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To: Mang Cheng who wrote (4081)	3/8/2001 8:14:10 AM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Respond to of 6784

Unfortunately I think the Sony Clie really looks quite horrible I agree. I really really wish the folks who gave us the iMac, the Cube, and the titanium powerbook would get off their duffs and give us a PALM!

To: Mang Cheng who wrote (4081)	3/8/2001 8:34:22 AM
From: David E. Taylor	Respond to of 6784

Mang: OT: You're right that wishing a pox on someone or something is placing a kind of curse on them/it. Reflects my British upbringing and six years of studying the Bard in high school there. The "pox" was originally smallpox, later any kind of virulent disease, in present day times includes STD's etc. So wishing a pox on someone is basically wishing something unpleasant will happen to them. Shakespeare was pretty good at insults, and I've borrowed and used a few of his choice epithets over the years, including here on SI occasionally (but only when warranted, which seldom happens). Some of my favorites come from Henry IV Parts 1 & 2: insults.net insults.net You'll note Part 2 has "a pox" curse: A pox damn you, you muddy rascal, is that all the comfort you bring me? David T.