Let's try, if you believe French women make better violists in Hindemith's Sonata for Solo Viola No. 5 then they certainly could play Mr. Frog is Full of Hops. What you do while bench pressing and thinking at any time of day has nothing to do with the music of the French violists. I grant you that we can believe anything, including that with today's technology we can pass the speed of light in a space ship to populate a planet in another galaxy, but it doesn't mean we can do it. But, if we have such grandiose fantasies, then surely tackling a problem that we ourselves created here in our own home has to be far more doable. Unfortunately, it will take so much cooperation that it's a grandiose fantasy itself, every bit as big as colonizing Pluto. Instead, let's invade Iran. It will really take our mind off climate change and oil depletion, and it will give Japan cover while they build up their military again. A bunch of birds with one stone as they say. No need to think this one through either. Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>If we believe that we can colonize other worlds, then certainly we can clean up this one. If I believe that French women make better violists in Hindemith's Sonata for Solo Viola No. 5, then I certainly can bench press over 125 kilograms while thinking about digestion as a metaphor, in Bahia at midnight. Stating the obvious, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.