Steven Johnson wrote:
>
> Thank you for your wonderful commentary. I applaud you for it. Not
> for what you actually wrote but the way in which you wrote it. You
> see, my third grade teacher Mrs. Bidlach, affectionally referred to by
> the pupils in her care as Mrs. Bitchlax, was a wholly contemptible
> creature. You having written your commentary completely devoid of
> the rules of a third graders paragraphs, namely developing a cogent
> point, have single handledy managed to refute the skills and lessons
> that she was attempting to instill in us. In a small way, you were
> able to lash out against Mrs. Bitchlax in a way that I never was able
> to. Try as I might, even in the third grade I was always able to
> write coherent sentences and deliver a point. Thank you sir. In
> your poorly formed paragraph, you have managed to strike a blow
> against the tyranny of Mrs. Bitchlax and other third grade teachers
> everywhere.
Uhmm... actually, I don't know about you guys, but I got 2 copies of
that e-mail; one which was properly formatted and the other which was
not. Perhaps it was just a "me" thing...
Gnorb
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