On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 02:52:22PM -0500, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/13/2002 12:29:37 AM Eastern Standard > Time, Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 04:36:10PM -0500, Gaertk at aol.com > > wrote: > >> I personally found _Atlas Shrugged_ quite enjoyable, > >> though I should point out that I spent the time laughing > >> AT the characters and the author. ?Also, the only reason I > >> was reading it was that at the time I was frequenting > >> rasfw.robert-jordan, and wanted to understand what > >> alt.shrugged was parodying. > > You read thousand-page novels to get the payoff for a 5-10 > > page comedy skit? > Not often, but that time was worth it :) Well, ok, it was a really GOOD comedic piece. > At first I tried to cheat and started at the chapter titled > "Atlantis", and it took me several pages to realise that > "Dagny" wasn't a mild expletive; it was always used in > dialogue like "God, Dagny, when did you arrive?" or "Dagny! > I hadn't heard you were here!" Damnit, yer spoilin' folks. Who the fuck is this Novak person anyway? -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp