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In news:d8i05v$bb2$0@pita.alt.net, Uncle Davey wrote:
>> 11. Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
>
> I don't know what you are talking about, although I am sure it is
> fascinating.
>
> Care to elucidate?
I must apologize but your beatiful and diverse list of topics seemed to me
somewhat surreal, not unlike one of my favourite books which you might
recognize by this slightly longer abstract:
<quote>
"Why me?" was his constant lament, and the question was a good one.
Yossarian knew it was a good one because Yossarian was a collector of
good questions and had used them to disrupt the educational sessions
Clevinger had once conducted two nights a week in Captain Black's
intelligence tent with the corporal in eyeglasses who everybody knew was
probably a subversive. Captain Black knew he was a subversive because he
wore eyeglasses and used words like "panacea" and "utopia", and because he
disapproved of Adolf Hitler, who had done such a great job of combating
un-American activities in Germany. Yossarian attended the education
sessions because he wanted to find out why so many people were working so
hard to kill him. A handful of other men were also interested, and the
questions were many and good when Clevinger and the subversive corporal
finished and made the mistake of asking if there were any.
"Who is Spain?"
"Why is Hitler?"
"When is right?"
"Where was that stooped and mealy-colored old man I used to call Poppa
when the merry-go-round broke down?"
"How was trump at Munich?"
"Ho-ho beriberi."
and
"Balls!"
all rang out in rapid succession, and then there was Yossarian with the
question that had no answer:
"Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?"
The question upset them, because Snowden had been killed over Avignon
when Dobbs went crazy in mid-air and seized the controls away from Huple.
The corporal played it dumb. "What?" he asked.
"Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?"
"I'm afraid I don't understand."
"Ou sont les Neigedens d'antan?" Yossarian said to make it easier for
him.
</quote>
Hania
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