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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (16462)	6/11/2001 5:51:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

When one is bogged in mud, one must sometimes reach down both hands, and lift one foot at a time out of the mire They're not making bootstraps like they used to. I don't have any that are big enough to fit even one finger from each hand. Whenever I've had a boot stuck in the mud, I always ended up stepping out of it, then bending over and wrenching the empty boot loose. I guess that doesn't count. <g> Actually, when I think of bootstrap, I always think not of boots but of computers. Karen

To: Solon who wrote (16462)	6/12/2001 1:14:21 AM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Kids, don't try this at home. Sorry, but you're wrong, as usual. Stand on one foot Reach down and grasp bootstaps firmly Now pull with all your might Pulling one foot at a time only works if you have a place to put that foot afterwards, but then your not pulling yourself up by your bootstrap anymore you're leveraging one foot against the other. It doesn't work any better as a metaphor than it does in real life.