Quoting David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Feb 1, 2007, at 1:41 PM, wokshevs@xxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > > > P.S. "Mark V" is a rubber/sponge. (Costs an arm and a leg.) In > > combination with > > the right blade, you can take on anybody .. even the Chinese and the > > Swedes. > > > David R: > Don't you worry about blades. I'll supply those. Walter will probably > want something French and nineteenth century--the very best swords of > the era, I think--and keep his PPK for backup. W: A table tennis blade, let it be publicly known, a sword does not make. Ever wonder how people come to conclusions about who you are and what you like? (Btw: What's a "PPK"?) I understand myself to be morally cosmopolitan and rationally transcendental. What is there in the history of 19th. century France that even asymptotically (sp?) approaches such ideals? Plse. pardon the spelling: I spent today teaching, mentoring, discussing the nature of a university in these "Oh so pomo days!" with top-brass administrators, and playing a gruelling 90 minute table-tennis match with a young, very-much-in-shape, visiting professor of German Language and Literature from Bremmen who very much needs to acquire a much less distracting halter top and exercise pants. (Us Canadians, pardon me, "We Canadians" are not nearly as mature as Europeans in this regard. I would have had a better chance of winning had she wore a burkah, or at least a veil. Re-match next Friday. Bets may be placed through the offices of "wokshevs@xxxxxx" Cheers, Walter O Iranian and Quebecois Olympic Table Tennis Association Monreyal, Keiybek Kanada ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html