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To: Mr.Manners who wrote (8620)	5/16/2000 4:30:00 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 12754

If you knew the truth about your heroes, you would have none...not even yourself. A little learning is a dangerous thing :)

To: Mr.Manners who wrote (8620)	5/16/2000 4:58:00 PM
From: Blue On Black	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12754

Buckwheat, How do you think the western version of the yodel got started? Imagine that you have a tough cowboy image to protect, roids the size of softballs, and a horse that seems to be intent on pounding your ass into the saddle at a rate similar to a jackhammer.......thusly, was the western yodel born. Ah'm back in the saddle again..... lee

To: Mr.Manners who wrote (8620)	5/20/2000 7:39:00 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12754

The official autobiography of Buckey Special K. is being released by Blackout Books to a fanfare of critical acclaim. The account, titled: "I crawled in the ditches of life" was 11 years in the writing, and is an account of a life where practically nothing ever happens. The 1st person style pulls the reader into a claustrophobic world of endless ennui--a world in which Buckey spends the vast majority of his waking moments in seeking oblivion from his conciousness. The hapless reader is guided into a world of hopelessness and despair. Buckey describes an intrapsychic universe that views the world as increasingly incomprehensible, and from which he must constantly seek escape. The lauded work is merely 3 1/2 pages long, and can be read quickly over a glass of cheap wine. It is chiefly of interest to sociologists who embrace it as a validation of their theories of anomie. At least one critic, however, was much more chary of his praise. Solon of Athens, in a special contribution to the Peking Review, stated that it was "nothing more than a lengthy and glorified allegory of the Capitalistic system as exemplified in the life of a drunk". The critical Solon was dining frugally on Peking Duck under glass, accompanied by four rare cheeses and a vintage year bottle of Cabernet...