"W.T. Hatch" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:39:48 GMT, "Comcast News" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I may still hold the record for longest sentence ever written in
freshman advanced English placement at a certain university in the
midwest. Nearly 1000 words, full of phrases, semicolons, and commas,
perfect grammar, and absolute nonsense. Even then, I knew my specialty
would be nonsense!

I had a college professor who would have failed you for using a "run on"
sentence.

A 1000 word sentence is not the work of a proficient author.

Sir:

Tell that to William Faulkner (cf. "Intruder int he Dust," "As I Lay
Dying")

Or, for that matter, to James Joyce.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

P.S. Yes, I am quite aware that both authors are deceased

OK, but that's considered "artistic license". My son's lit class included
some e.e. cummings. Forget the content.....oh my.

Doug Kanter wrote:

"Comcast News" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I may still hold the record for longest sentence ever written in
freshman advanced English placement at a certain university in the
midwest. Nearly 1000 words, full of phrases, semicolons, and commas,
perfect grammar, and absolute nonsense. Even then, I knew my specialty
would be nonsense!

I had a college professor who would have failed you for using a "run on"
sentence.

A 1000 word sentence is not the work of a proficient author.




I believe Harry already admitted his guilt.


Indeed, Doug. The grad student conducting the placement "exam" offered
us advanced placement if we could prove we had sufficient skills in
English. He offered me the chalk, and I filled up six blackboards with
perfectly punctuated "extemporaneously" written English. Actually, it
was a sort of mini essay off the top of my head on Theodore Dreiser, an
American writer I sort of concentrated on in high school English
classes. So, while the "essay" was based in fact -the life and writings
of Dreiser- I had him starting out life in a Dickens novel.

Life was so much simpler in those days.



--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

Sir:

Tell that to William Faulkner (cf. "Intruder int he Dust," "As I Lay
Dying")

Or, for that matter, to James Joyce.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

P.S. Yes, I am quite aware that both authors are deceased





It's really too bad that the breadth of your vocabulary far outweighs the
depth of your intellect.

W.T. Hatch wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:39:48 GMT, "Comcast News" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
news:c3dhc2g=.8ff946e4a4a2402d1e0c9f0c9d2fa505@1 092248937.nulluser.com...

I may still hold the record for longest sentence ever written in
freshman advanced English placement at a certain university in the
midwest. Nearly 1000 words, full of phrases, semicolons, and commas,
perfect grammar, and absolute nonsense. Even then, I knew my specialty
would be nonsense!

I had a college professor who would have failed you for using a "run on"
sentence.

A 1000 word sentence is not the work of a proficient author.

Sir:

Tell that to William Faulkner (cf. "Intruder int he Dust," "As I Lay Dying")

Or, for that matter, to James Joyce.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

P.S. Yes, I am quite aware that both authors are deceased



It is doubtful that Comcast Smith heard of either. What did you do to
celebrate Bloomsday? We raised a few to old Leopold in, of course, an
Irish bar in DC.

--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

Doug Kanter wrote:

"W.T. Hatch" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:39:48 GMT, "Comcast News" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
news:c3dhc2g=.8ff946e4a4a2402d1e0c9f0c9d2fa505@10 92248937.nulluser.com...

I may still hold the record for longest sentence ever written in
freshman advanced English placement at a certain university in the
midwest. Nearly 1000 words, full of phrases, semicolons, and commas,
perfect grammar, and absolute nonsense. Even then, I knew my specialty
would be nonsense!

I had a college professor who would have failed you for using a "run on"
sentence.

A 1000 word sentence is not the work of a proficient author.

Sir:

Tell that to William Faulkner (cf. "Intruder int he Dust," "As I Lay
Dying")

Or, for that matter, to James Joyce.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

P.S. Yes, I am quite aware that both authors are deceased

OK, but that's considered "artistic license". My son's lit class included
some e.e. cummings. Forget the content.....oh my.


cummings is a favorite of mine. My favorite traditional poet probably is
Coleridge. But I wrote a 100-page paper on Thomas Chatterton for some
absurd reason while in "kollidge." The paper took almost as long to
write as Chatteron lived.

--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:07:28 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:

[snip]

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

P.S. Yes, I am quite aware that both authors are deceased



It is doubtful that Comcast Smith heard of either. What did you do to
celebrate Bloomsday? We raised a few to old Leopold in, of course, an
Irish bar in DC.

With very little help, I made some serious inroads into a keg of Guinness. The
genuine article--my host knows the value of nitrogen, and how to pull a proper
pint.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

W.T. Hatch wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:07:28 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:

[snip]

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

P.S. Yes, I am quite aware that both authors are deceased



It is doubtful that Comcast Smith heard of either. What did you do to
celebrate Bloomsday? We raised a few to old Leopold in, of course, an
Irish bar in DC.

With very little help, I made some serious inroads into a keg of Guinness. The
genuine article--my host knows the value of nitrogen, and how to pull a proper
pint.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch


Ahhh. It isn't hard to find the right drinks for Bloomsday in DC,
especially when one is accompanied by some of the DC Friends of Ireland.


--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:06:05 GMT, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
wrote:

Sir:

Tell that to William Faulkner (cf. "Intruder int he Dust," "As I Lay
Dying")

Or, for that matter, to James Joyce.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

P.S. Yes, I am quite aware that both authors are deceased




Sir (or Madam):

It's really too bad that the breadth of your vocabulary far outweighs the
depth of your intellect.

You know nothing of my intellect or, for that matter, my vocabulary.

Is this the greatest value you have to bring to the table?

Pity.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

In article ,
says...
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:07:28 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:

It is doubtful that Comcast Smith heard of either. What did you do to
celebrate Bloomsday? We raised a few to old Leopold in, of course, an
Irish bar in DC.

With very little help, I made some serious inroads into a keg of Guinness. The
genuine article--my host knows the value of nitrogen, and how to pull a proper
pint.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

Clearly, you did not make it to the lees.

jps

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:38:30 -0700, jps wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:07:28 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:

It is doubtful that Comcast Smith heard of either. What did you do to
celebrate Bloomsday? We raised a few to old Leopold in, of course, an
Irish bar in DC.

With very little help, I made some serious inroads into a keg of Guinness. The
genuine article--my host knows the value of nitrogen, and how to pull a proper
pint.

Most sincerely,
W.T. Hatch

Clearly, you did not make it to the lees.

But not for lack of trying!

Sadly, time interfered, and I had to leave the party before reaching the last of
the keg.