The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate

The Pull-It-Surprise!




(apologies to Kinder Surprise)

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"The Pulitzer Prize in fiction takes dead aim at mediocrity and almost never misses; the prize is simply not given to work of the first rank, rarely even to the second; and if you believed yourself to be a writer of that eminence, you are now assured of being over the hill--not a sturdy mountain flower but a little wilted lily of the valley." William H Gass.

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WE came up with that pun on the way to breakfast @ New York Tomato*. And it reminded me of the Gass quote. And the waiter there reminded us of No1 Son's joke last night...

Q: How many hipsters does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: It's a really obscure number - you've probably never heard of it.


E@L


* Really nice breakfast place in an obscure part of town - you've probably never heard of it.