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> So he knows how to turn a phrase. Who on this list doesn't know
> how to turn a phrase? Phrases I can get in the bar or the locker
> room.
Maybe -- you must frequent better bars and locker rooms than I do --
but getting them down on paper is a bit harder than hearing them. I
don't know about you, but any lessons I can get on rendering the rythms
of speech on paper are rare enough that I value them, regardless of the
content.
But if you really feel that everyone on this list is equally skilled in
that regard, I doubt that we're hearing the same things.
Just think -- if the man had been enthusing over a funny business name
instead of raging about someone who wasted a few minutes of his time,
no one would have noticed. I'm not saying I liked his state of mind; I
was just remarking how well it was rendered in this oft-abused medium.
