On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:47:57PM -0800, Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: > At 08:57 AM 1/21/2003 -0700, Jot Powers wrote: > >I don't think there is is any spoiler of any real value here. > >When Pel goes to the Easterner for "services", he asks > >if he is a "knitter of stone", and the reply is something > >like: "No, he crochets". > >This really strikes me as an inside joke, but one I have > >no clue about. Does anyone else have a stab? > I guess I must be in a "spoil their fun" mood. > This one wasn't an inside joke. Unless my subconscious was playing games, > that was nothing more than what sounded to me like an elegant kind of > code. Matthew will think I'm lying again, but for the rest of you I hope > this answers it. Oh dear, it seems I made more of an impression than intended. I was speaking in a lighthearted manner, not seriously accusing you of lying. -- 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