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#26406 04/11/01 12:08 AM
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I know that the content here is more important than the couriers, but I found this little item delightfully quirky, a tribute to those which, quite literally, serve us all.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010409S0001


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Isn't this Edgar Allan Poe?


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John Milton, "On His Blindness"


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Hi Max,
Marvellous! I see a connection with the "Empathy" thread.


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John Milton, "On His Blindness"

You've stumped me there, Max, and pled my ignorance. But I still say it's Poe--the man who kills his wife and seals her up behind a masonry wall in the basement only to be given away by a cat...Lord, don't your little post lead just about everywhere!


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Or perhaps the Reverend Trask.


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Goodness, IP, you're all over the place here. The Poe story is A Cask of Amontillado and it wasn't his wife, it was a man named Fortunato, who was one of those so-called friends or acquaintances who are insufferably annoying.


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blindness

They also serve...

http://www.bartleby.com/106/71.html


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Having worked in and around the catering industry for a number of years, I can say with heartfelt sincerity that, "they also wait, who only stand and serve."


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Cask of Amontillado

No, No, No, No, No. (1,000x and all that stuff). It's a story about a guy who kills his wife and seals her up behind a brick wall in the basement. Only he doesn't know the cat got in there with his spouse. The law comes to check the place out and the murderer shows them the basement. He's so pleased with his handywork, that he goes tapping all around the walls to prove there's nothing hidden up his sleeve. Well, he taps on the wall what's hiding the crypt and there's a blood curtling cry. The cat, of course. Poor thing. And the rest is...what it is.

I know! It's "The Masque of the Red Death!" Just kidding. Isn't "Cask" the one with that insufferable journey deep into cellar…? Never liked that one. Look, if I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time, but I'll bet you even money I ain't.



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