In a message dated Sat, 17 Aug 2002 3:51:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes: > On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, magical truthsaying bastard roney! > wrote: > ># I have no joke here, i just like saying, "Thou look'st ># passing fair, milady, excepst thou manglest the Queen's ># good English and your tits are hanging out." > > If thou seekest consistency in thy speech, conclude instead > by saying not "your tits", but "thy tits". I believe from the context [1] that the last part was intended to be humorously contrasting instead of consistent. [1] Gaiman's Sandman, "Sunday Mourning", in _The Wake_ (need I add this series is a must read?) --KG