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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rara-avis #42189 09/18/2001 11:23 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Who is not so rare, that there is more than one of her? her every moment less than recrudescent love? his blood a treasure less than ruby? Who has not in the very namelessness of passing on the street in the air overhead altered entire, the fabric of our own existence, whose absence from the nameless space, there does not threaten the fantastic silk of Being entire? There will be a pause before annihilation when despair will hang its unbearable cry endless in the heart of the void. *** rara-avis 'Life is as the shadow of a passing bird' --Talmud *** Dear Anu, For all you have given us Words of solace, rage, good counsel, restraint No words could begin to thank you Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rara-avis #42190 09/18/2001 1:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta From the sublime to the ridiculous. I couldn't resist quoting this little ditty from Saki's "The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope" (http://www.fluxus.freeserve.co.uk/Clovis/SeptimusBrope.html): Daintly little girlie Mavis, She is such a rara avis, All the money I can save is All to be for Mavis mine. In case you were wondering the secret sin of Septimus Brope is writing such rubbish . Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by Wordwind #42191 09/30/2001 5:33 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by inselpeter #42192 09/30/2001 6:30 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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