At 01:31 PM 6/2/2006, Howard Brazee wrote: >On 10:05 AM Joy Nicholson wrote: >> Vlad: "I'm trying to think of a polite way to say 'Drop Dead'." >> Sethra: "Don't bother; I died before the Interregum. Will you take >> the job?" > > >Amusing, but this whole idea of what is dead or not has not been explained. > >If it quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, and flies like a duck - >why say it's a cat? > >So what does "dead" mean? She's not exactly dead, she is just not alive. -- Regards, Pete pgranzeau at cox.net