,
> > > except for "bzkskttl pftet," which I just said.
> > Mr Mzlplyk, whose name I can't spell or pronounce, probably got 
there 
> > before you.
> 
> Mxyzptlk or Mxyztplk, looked it up for you. 
> Apparently the creators weren't too sure of
> the spelling, either.
>
As I recall they wanted something unpronounceable.  It also turned 
out to be unspellable. 
 
> > > figuring it's all a question of degree.
> > Possibly, but we have to get our potatoes and shrimp and t-shirts 
> > somehow.  
> 
> I might agree about the shrimp, but for myself,
> production is very alien, as my products were on
> the intangible side - editing, teaching, and making
> music.

Somebody's got to do it.  
 
> > > An impossibly good deal is likely to be result 
> > > of a misunderstanding, either that or taking 
> > > advantage of a disadvantage, which is worse.
> > Or the purchase of stolen merch.  That's been known to happen 
too.  
> 
> I am not friendly with stolen merch. Do you remember

I have lots of words for it, none of which can be printed.

> Nancy, the downstairs tenant of where I hosted the
> Salem echo picnic? I mean, you weren't there, but we
> wrote about it. She periodically curried favor with 
> Bill the landlord with random frozen and canned goods,
> which she'd obviously shoplifted (she always claimed it
> was a gift from a friend, but what friend would give
> a can of peas as a gift?). He accepted the stuff with
> equanimity, turning down other gifts that she wanted to
> give in lieu of rent. I was less favorably inclined to
> these offerings when made to me, especially when they 
> were offered in her usually aggressive way.

Ack.  Back of the truck, much?  If not for the frozens, I'd have 
wondered about dumpster diving too.  Store throw out all sorts of 
things, often in code, if they're returns.  They can't be resold for 
liability reasons and have to get tossed.  Fresh produce too, if one 
orange in a bag gets moldy the whole thing goes out.  The frozen food 
tends to indicate she swiped it.
 
> > > Old politicians never lie; they just do
> > > it in caucus.
> > Meanwhile, young politicians never lie either; they just quote 
> > statistics.
> 
> Old statesmen never die, they just misstate things.

Old legislators never die, they just go on recess.
 
> > > > > Oh, lord, give me Correggio.
> > > > Gotta have the patience of an Angelico for this lot. 
> > > I'm not sure why I tolerate this place - a sane
> > > person wouldn't be moderator for love or Monet.
> > Sometimes you just have to Cezanne an opportunity to talk.
> 
> That was very good. I have to Giotto it down.

Gotta love a good pun if one walks up; I'd rarely Turner down.
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