----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark A. Mandel" <thnidu at yahoo.com> To: "David Levine" <dlevine99 at earthlink.net> Cc: "Dragaera Mailing List" <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 11:30 AM Subject: Re: Jokes and Allusions - Correction? > > --- 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 > > > > I am almost positive that it is an old Far Side cartoon, two vultures on a tree, looking at some antelope. I googled the net, and that is what that quote most often led me to. Jeff