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Re: MR-Disc: Nobility




Poster: Henry Best <jstrauss@gmu.edu>

> > Trust you to quote the dictionary!  For those of you who don't know, this is
> > the man who has a two-volume edition of the OED in his personal library at
> > home.  He thinks this is standard domestic equipment.  You HAVE been warned.
> > 
> > Elen------------------------------------same household, same warped mentality
> > hehehehehehhh....
> 
> But but but -- you mean, not everyone does?  We're not just keeping up
> with the Joneses, we're *ahead* of them??
> 
>    Alys of Foxdale           | Vert, on a fess between three trees
> foxdale@dakota.widomaker.com |     argent, a fox passant gules.
> 

As a subculture, we have unusual demographics on certain things.

That spiffo 2 volume OED is an example. There's one here at this 
desk at Gyrth and Melisande's place. I didn't bring mine up because
I knew there was already one here.

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| Ld Henry Best		| "People don't quit playing because they   |
| John Strauss		| grow old. They grow old because they quit |
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