[MD] A fly in the MOQ ointment

[plattholden at gmail.com]

Hey John C,

Shaking hands is a lot different than hanging out. There aren't many I 
wouldn't shake hands. A few notable exceptions: Castro, Chavez, Kim 
Jong-il, Bin Laden, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Mao, Pol Pot and their ilk.  

Platt


On 23 Feb 2010 at 13:19, John Carl wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:32 PM, <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 20 Feb 2010 at 9:34, John Carl wrote:
> >
> > > Platt's wiki list is given:
> > >
> >
> 
> 
> >  Jesus Christ, Hillel the Elder, Buddha, Mazdak, St. Francis
> > > > of Assisi, Henry David Thoreau, and Gandhi."
> >
> 
> John Carl asks half-rhetorically:
> 
> 
> >   Who wouldn't want to hang with those
> > > guys?
> >
> >
> And Platt responds thusly:
> 
> 
> > I wouldn't.
> >
> > Platt the Capitalist
> 
> 
> 
> And John sez then you're a poopy-head.
> 
> I'd be a happy man to shake the hand of any of them fellas.  But most
> especially that New England Crankster, Henry David:
> 
> "But men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon plowed
> into the soil for compost. By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity,
> they are employed, as it says in an old book, laying up treasures which moth
> and rust will corrupt and thieves break through and steal. It is a fool's
> life, as they will find when they get to the end of it, if not before."
>