[extropy-chat] lette

[Damien Broderick]

At 01:12 PM 10/9/2004 -0700, Spike wrote:

>Rules schmules.  Wordplay is about bending rules.

Au contraire. Word play is about observing constraints with wit and, if 
possible, brilliantly. That's why Eliezer's post was so wickedly and 
gratifyingly funny.

It's the same with limericks, where almost *nobody* has clue one on the 
scansion of just about the simplest verse form ever to make us laugh. It's 
like Bush struggling to grasp the meaning of a subordinate clause, although 
luckily not as consequential.

Damien Broderick