Re: [lojban] Re: Broken phone status?

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

What will be interesting is hearing each person justify the corruption
they performed.




On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Evgueni Sklyanin wrote:

> --- In lojban@y..., Pierre Abbat <phma@o...> wrote:
> > Where's the broken phone message now? Last I heard, xod had it. Has
> Evgueni
> > gotten it yet?
> >
> > phma
>
> Sorry, Pierre, again I forgot to switch the default address from
> reply-to-sender to reply-to-the-list...
>
> Yes, I have sent my translation to Gordon on Monday. I hope soon he'll
> entertain us with the full report.
>
> Meanwhile, to tease you I can give you the original (anyway, already
> recognized by many) and the last version (my translation).
>
> The original passage from "The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle:
>
> He cupped his hands for the Princess Alison Jocelyn, and she climbed
> wearily and in some bewilderment to the saddle. Schmendrick turned
> the
> horse, saying, "You will surely overtake him with ease, for he will
> be
> riding slowly. He is a good man, and a hero greater than any cause is
> worth. I send all my princesses to him. His name is Lir."
>
> And the final outcome:
>
> With his hand moving wearily and slowly towards the saddle,
> Schmendrick made a hole in Alison Jocelyn, the penultimate princess.
> He turned the horse and said:
> "No doubt, soon you'll easily transcend in his qualities.
> Thus, he is a slow rider.
> In the way of valour, he is great and braver than any deserved battle
> reward.
> I have already granted him to all penultimate princesses who are my
> daughters.
> His name is Evil Eye."
>
> No comments.
>
> mi'e .evgenis.
>
>
>
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It's said that Mullah Omar has met two non-Muslims in his life. Others say
even that's not true.

Sami ul-Haq, Osama bin Laden's closest friend in Pakistan, runs the
"University for the Education of Truth," a fundamentalist institution that
educated and trained nine out of the Taliban's top 10 leaders.