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From: v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk ("ppint. at IMT")

Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:56:44 +0100 (BST)

Local: Sat, Jul 5 2008 12:56 pm

Subject: Re: Changing titles

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- hi; in rasfwr article, <djwbk.884$zv7....@flpi143.ffdc.sbc.com>,
philosphe...@sbcglobal.net "Rebecca Rice" playfully proposed:

>Seeing how it's a holiday, I thought I would see if people would like
>to play a game.

- there're times when the denetzens of this newsfroup would not?

>Lo these many years ago, when I was in high school, a friend and I would
>refer to books by altered titles. The rules were simple: change one word
>to a synonym in one definition, that totally changes the meaning of the
>title.

- the principle of synonymity may get strained - just a little;

>However, the only one I can remember off-hand is: The Power That Preserves
> -> The Power That Jams. I know we had several others, and I figured this
>well-read, erudite group can come up with some new ones.

- you stamp-collector, you; but yes, the observable interests (not
to say, predilections) of the froup do make this appear at least
tolerably likely, yes; i hope none is more politically unsound than:

_The Moon is a Harsh Mattress_

- love, a ppint. happy to have two thrids the shop open again
[please drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g",
should you wish to cc. to, or email, me]
--
"never trust a man with shaved buttocks"
- jim darby, 2/9/96 (9/2/96 for merkins)

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