Quoting Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx: snip > Wittgenstein attacked Russell with a pike. snip Methinks it was Witters with a poker in the library, offering a firm riposte to a claim made by one Karl Popper. (Apologies: one SIR Karl Popper, though perchance not at the time.) Russell, also in attendance at the meeting in the library, is reported to have told W, in a languid tone, "OK, kid, put the poker down. I'll tell ya when to bring it out again." Walter O. "Clue" Champion of Canada > Russell was a multigamist. > Wittgenstein was diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder, in Finnland. > Diogenes had swine flu (for not washing his left hand after doing it). > Mary Daly conducted a seminar for 'girls-only', and this was found illegal. > Aristotle charged his students a fee in drachma. > Strawson sent "Meaning" to the Philosophical Review signing "H. P. Grice". > etc. > > Writers are even more scandalous. Notably Lamb's sister. She killed her > own mother. > > J. L. Speranza > Buenos Aires, Argentina > > "It is just horrendous the little respect the young have for dyed hair" > (_The importance_) > > **************Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now. > (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006) > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html