--- David Levine <dlevine99 at earthlink.net> wrote to me about an entry on the Jokes & Allusions page of Cracks and Shards: > > "Patience my ass; I'm going to go out and kill something." > > > > I think this is Kliban; maybe it's The Far Side. Said by one > >predator to another. Here it's Vlad to Teldra; he calls it an old > >Jhereg joke. [Iss131-3] > > As I remember it, It was one scavenger / carrion eater to another > (vultures - I think). Therein lies the joke - both the original and the > Jhereg version. good point. if anyone can find the actual source i'd rather use that. -- Mark A. Mandel http://www.cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust fan website __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail