> > > 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. 
> 
> Ab-ka-defghe-jickle-manop-kwers-tuwixiz, 
> Rumpelstiltskin, the notion of "he who must not be 
> named" has been in the literature for a long time - 
> even BCE, if you're into that kind of thing.
> 
Except back when, She was the good guy.(LOL) 

> > > > 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.  
> 
> Yep, dirty work it is, too.
> 
Very, especially when you're dealing with conductors, producers, and 
record execs.

> > > > 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.
> 
> There is the Jean Valjean issue, but beyond that,
> I mostly agree. Causing strife unnecessarily is not 
> good. Unnecessarily being a key word.

Dire emergency is one thing.  Greed and stupidity are another matter. 
 
> > 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.
> 
> That was my thought. One oddity was that her offerings
> were off-brands - either she had bad taste or perhaps had
> the Valjean mentality ... steal no more than is necessary
> (in the novel, the guy did grow worse for a while, though).
> 
In the musical he's almost saintly. Somehow I doubted that was 
accurate.  Maybe she swiped it all from a food bank instead of a 
grocery.  That would explain the off brands.

> > > Old statesmen never die, they just misstate things.
> > Old legislators never die, they just go on recess.
> 
> As do children.

Except children come back and go back to work.
 
> > Gotta love a good pun if one walks up; I'd rarely Turner down. 
> 
> So I'm going to Europe for Bonnie and Letitia's concert 
> tour (this is true), and we'll be seeing a lot of the
> stomping grounds of the great artists (this is true), and 
> there will be Manet more opportunities to make bad puns
> (this is largely up to you).

I'm Seurat will be educational. 
 
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