I think Bush referred to Iraq as a comma recently -- "I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is -- my point is, there's a strong will for democracy." --George W. Bush, interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Sept. 24, 2006 This may change things for grammarians and text-editors. Julie Krueger always watching punctuation ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Happy Nihilism (and Thanksgiving) Date: 10/10/2006 4:10:35 P.M. Central Standard Time From: _wokshevs@xxxxxxx (mailto:wokshevs@xxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) , _eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Quoting Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >>Anyone up for a discussion of 'nihilism'? > > Why is there something rather than nothing? No, no; you forgot the comma. The question must read: "Why, is there something rather than nothing?" Walter O. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Nihilists Department of Rortain Studies University of Virginia P.S. Belated Thanksgiving greetings to one and all. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html