don groves
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:32 pm
Post subject: Re: The Horseman's Word. |
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In article <2v7j2lF2iaqqjU2@uni-berlin.de>, Mike Lyle at
mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk poured forth...
| Quote: | don groves wrote:
In article <2v796qF2fbu3fU2@uni-berlin.de>, Mike Lyle at
mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk poured forth...
Qp10qp wrote:
[...]
should know that without amateur interest in poetry he'd sell
fewer
books and be invited to read, adjudicate, and participate at
fewer
events (which I believe is how most poets earn their living).
Of course, as with most skills - football, say - few reach the
highest level, but that isn't to say they shouldn't take part in
the
activity. [...]
Football and poetry have in common that if there were no bad,
there'd
be no good.
Only football and poetry? How about every human endeavor?
Certainly; but football and poetry were the only ones Albert
mentioned. It's my excuse for everything I do!
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I need to find an excuse like that! So far, the best I've found
is "I'm only a man". This works well with the wife (a feminist,
needless to say) but not in a lot of other situations.
--
dg (domain=ccwebster)
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