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Dan Hall wrote:
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> Bruce offers bonus points to those who can identify:
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> "never get involved in a land war in Asia, never go up against a Sicilian
> when death is on the line "
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> The movie is The Princess Bride, and the line is spoken by Vessini to the
> "Dread Pirate Roberts" (Wesley in disguise),.
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> One of my all-time favorites, Bruce
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> Dan Hall
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> dan -at- cooper -dot- com
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Sorry, Dan:
Within minutes of posting that comment, my mailbox was flooded with
replies. So, like I told everyone else: "get used to
disappointment."
My favorite reply was Maggie Secara, who was heard to say, "I don't
think that word means what you think it means."
So why am I smiling? Because I'm not left-handed, either!
--
Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
604.421.7189 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com
'And do you mean to say that you've built up this important business
and amassed a fortune of thirty thousand pounds without being able
to read or write? Good God, man, what would you be now if you had
been able to?'
"'I can tell you that, sir,' said Mr. Foreman, a little smile on his
still aristocratic features. 'I'd be verger of St. Peter's, Neville
Square.'"
- Somerset Maugham, "The Verger"
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