In a message dated 12/8/2006 9:57:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: The public is lulled to sleep over the same corny-dumb gag about powder milk biscuits and ketchup , and the antics of lake Wobegone as if it were this generations Faulkner or Twain ...well perhaps it is . if so our tastes have been dumbed down ..Geritol did a much better job as far as oriinality was concerned signed My two cents Py -- Hey, my friend, you want to see the sugary syncophancy of the Garrison Keillor groupies, go to the PHC website. The oh and ah at each little bit >>>minute by minute, while it is underway<<<. Try to appreciate the showmanship of the guy. Every week, a narrative (fictional) monologue, completely imaginary, delivered without notes, obviously in large part improvised, almost flawlessly (but even the flaws are interesting, and reveal how close to the edge he skates). I never appreciated his skill - and, more importantly, the constant possibility of failure - until I tried sustained public speaking without notes myself. Regardless of content, each week is a high-wire act. So, I get the impression you're going to give up your season tickets in the First Dress Circle? Christopher -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>