Re: Best last lines



In article <Xns9A675F403A86Dgenewardsmithsbcglob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Gene Ward Smith <gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

I hope people aren't wandering around a conference somewhere now
saying there's a mathematician who wants to introduce rigorous
proofs into literary criticism.

"Paging Alan Sokal, will Prof. Alan Sokal please pick up the white
Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity courtesy phone..."

--
William December Starr <wdstarr@xxxxxxxxx>

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