Philip Hart wrote: >On Mon, 15 May 2006, Philip Hart wrote: > > > >>Also, similarly, "Dragons say Dzur say that ... that Issola say that ... >>that X say that it takes foo Y to sharpen a sword, because bar", where >>each stage there's a comment on what the deeper stage finds funny. >>E.g., a Vallista might be fully in agreement that it takes a village, >>and a Hawk might find that funny, and a Jhereg might find it funny >>to say that to an Athyra... >> >> > > >In fact, the very purpose of the Cycle might be to set up that joke, >and when somebody tells it the small invisible lights will, without any >fuss, go out. > > > Only if it is told 9 billion times, with 9 billion variations. Snarkhunter