Dragaera

Questions about genealogy & stuff

Mon Oct 14 23:39:30 PDT 2002

On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:21:24PM -0700, Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote:
> At 09:48 PM 10/14/2002 -0700, David Silberstein wrote:
> >On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Steven Brust wrote:
> >>At 01:55 PM 10/14/2002 -0700, David Silberstein wrote:
> >>>  - Does a yendi differ from a snake in any meaningful way?
> >>That's rather like asking if a cocker-spaniel differs from a dog.
> >So you're saying that the yendi is the small, cute, bouncy,
> >tail-wagging floppy-eared fluffywuffy member of the snake family?
> I was thinking more of an irritating, always underfoot, peeing on the 
> carpet, yapping to go out member of the snake family, but I guess it works 
> either way.

Now, it seems to me that if you had paid attention to the 
irritating, always-underfoot, and yapping behaviors in a timely 
fashion, you would have fewer issues with the floor being peed 
upon.  But that's just me.

(And let this example state a clear and compelling case *against* 
a command economy!  The invisible hand of the market will 
allocate its waste-disposal resources more efficiently without 
the interference of a communal gatekeeper whose excretory needs 
are not closely tied to the other individuals in his community!  
Thus proven, ladies and gentlefolk: Communism results in a pile 
of crap.)

There, that should be inflammatory enough to draw a response.

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