This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C1994D.C78072A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Bad mannersI imagine no one is much interested in discussing my sex = life, but I want to add one thing -- had I known this was going to the = list (and no, Gunnar, I don't mind), I would have phrased it to avoid = the "hey, I'm not gay" flavor. I know some people are offended by that, = and I can see why. Somehow -- I can't say why -- it seemed more = appropriate in a one-to-one communication. Tom K ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Thomas Kissane=20 To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:18 PM Subject: Re: Bad manners ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Gunnar Jauch=20 To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: Re: Bad manners Dear Rick,=20 here's a funny Tom K offline remark (hope you don't mind my making = it public, old chap): Something Rick Seddon wrote caught my eye: <<That Gunnar and Tom like each other and know T. S. Eliot extremely = well.=20 That Steve and Rick P are both convinced that TSE was gay (just = joking, just joking).>> I appreciate Rick S's kudos. I wonder, though, if this = juxtaposition might drag us into an analysis by Rick P's great-grandson, = in his thesis on "Sexual Orientation of TS Eliot List Members at the = Turn of the Last Century." If he's content with evidence such as appears in "Painted Shadow," = he could create a tale that would shock our wives in their dottering, = aged-140+ retirements. What a sneaky way to point out that we're married, eh? It don't mean a thing! Remember what Woody Allen said about the merits of being bisexual: = You double your chances for a date on Saturday night. Cheers, Gunnar ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C1994D.C78072A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Bad manners</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffe0b8> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I imagine no one is much interested in = discussing=20 my sex life, but I want to add one thing -- had I known this was going = to the=20 list (and no, Gunnar, I don't mind), I would have phrased it to avoid = the "hey,=20 I'm not gay" flavor. I know some people are offended by that, and = I can=20 see why. Somehow -- I can't say why -- it seemed more = appropriate in=20 a one-to-one communication.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tom K</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A [log in to unmask] = href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">Thomas=20 Kissane</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = [log in to unmask] href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 09, = 2002 8:18=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bad manners</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A [log in to unmask] href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">Gunnar Jauch</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = [log in to unmask] href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 09, = 2002 5:50=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bad = manners</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>Dear Rick, <BR><BR>here's a funny Tom K offline = remark=20 (hope you don't mind my making it public, old = chap):<BR><BR><TT>Something=20 Rick Seddon wrote caught my eye:<BR><BR><<That Gunnar and Tom = like=20 each other and know T. S. Eliot extremely well. <BR>That Steve and = Rick P=20 are both convinced that TSE was gay (just joking, just=20 joking).>><BR><BR>I appreciate Rick S's kudos. I wonder, = though,=20 if this juxtaposition might drag us into an analysis by Rick P's=20 great-grandson, in his thesis on "Sexual Orientation of TS Eliot = List=20 Members at the Turn of the Last Century."<BR>If he's content with = evidence=20 such as appears in "Painted Shadow," he could create a tale that = would=20 shock our wives in their dottering, aged-140+=20 retirements.<BR><BR><BR></TT>What a sneaky way to point out that = we're=20 married, eh?<BR>It don't mean a thing!<BR>Remember what Woody = Allen=20 said about the merits of being bisexual: You double your chances for = a date=20 on Saturday=20 = night.<BR><TT><BR></TT>Cheers,<BR><BR><BR>Gunnar<TT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BL= OCKQUOTE></TT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C1994D.C78072A0--