humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

On Apr 10, 2:33=EF=BF=BDpm, Roundtable wrote:
> On 1 Apr., 17:05, lackpurity wrote:
>
> >=EF=BF=BDNo thanks, young fellow.
>
> Young fellow? Considering the (by me presumed)
> average age of the posters on HLAS, this phrase does
> make you seem quite ancient.

MM:
Well, I the main thing is that he's younger than me. I think I'm
correct on that.

> As for Mr.Reynolds' clichees -
>
> some of them are new to me, and will come
> in useful.
>
> Besides, what's the non-cliche of "body bags" -
> black plastic corpse transportation sacks?

MM:
I can always depend on you to bring the group back to a semblance of
sanity. If it were not for you and Lyra, I'd probably leave this
group. Of course, cliches are part and parcel of our ability to
communicate. They are as American as apple pie, I'd say.

> Or maybe it's a plastic surgeon term -
> body bags as opposed to facial bags, when
> the flesh kinda hangs down after extreme
> dieting without exercise, or those fat-filled
> tyres round my waist...are those my body
> bags?

MM:
Yes, if we're not going to use standard cliches, then we might be
guessing at what was meant.

> Oh, at the end of the day, when all is
> cut and dried, with all due respect, how interesting
> cliches are, positively the cat's whiskers, and
> I for one come back for more, etc.

MM:
The main thing is the communication, from one to another, or from one
to a group. If we get the meaning, that's great. Cliches do convey a
meaning, simply, and relatively easy.

I suppose Peter Groves and Greg, think I should take a lot of time
composing messages to appeal to their artistic sense? I hardly have
time to post cliches, so time is a factor, also.

> RT

Michael Martin