Andrew Lias wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >From: Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> [snip] > > > >Oh, my goodness. > > > >Give the girl a cigar. > > Well, I'm not *entirely* sure what that means, > but at least we can lay to rest a number of hypotheses, > including the simplest: that you simply hadn't bothered to > come up with a solution (and, maybe, never would). Then again, perhaps he hadn't and/or hasn't but like any good YendiImeanauthor is obscuring the issue. To the left, I am reminded of a passage from _Time Enough for Love_ in which Lazurus Long explains that one of the most effective types of lies is to tell the truth when it is not expected. Curiouser and curiouser. Casey