>>>PartyTime: HG Wells once wrote, "in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
LPS5: ROFL! More ersatz intellectualism...beautiful.<<<
My comment stands: "HG Wells once wrote, "in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." He did write that. Here 'tis!
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"In the Country of the Blind the One-Eyed Man is King."
"In the Country of the Blind the One-Eyed Man is King."
And very civilly he gave them greeting. He talked to them
and used his eyes.
"Where does he come from, brother Pedro?" asked one.
"Down out of the rocks."
"Over the mountains I come," said Nunez, "out of the country
beyond there--where men can see. From near Bogota--where
there are a hundred thousands of people, and where the city
passes out of sight."
"Sight?" muttered Pedro. "Sight?"
"He comes," said the second blind man, "out of the rocks."<<<
LPS5, you don't see the parallel?
I'll deal with the rest of your points later. Right now, now that you're impresed, I'm pressed for time.
PS: Remind me if I don't soon get back to you--I'm up to 515 inbox messages. Got any idea what's the record--? |
