>Thread Killer From: Aquarion Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Subject: Re: [I] Titanic Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 20:43:44 +0100 Mike Knell took 24 tacks to pin this to the wall of alt.fan.pratchett > >Eric Jarvis wrote: >>[1] not quite "they sa3 each other across the crowded ballroom", nor >>even "their eyes met across the disco floor" [2] but very exactly >>"their eyes met whilst leafletting each other at the Edinburgh >>Fringe" > >Doesn't quite have the impact of "I met {her,him} at the candy store, >{she,he} turnedarounansmiledatmeyagetthepicture?" (Yeah, we see) [1] >of that other tale of Doomed Love At First Sight, though. > >Unfortunately, I can never remember the next few lines. For some reason >my memory tells me it's "I took her to a supermarket", but that's >*another* song of doomed love. > I must not filk. Filk is the thread killer. Filk is the little post that causes total obreferentialness I will face my filk. I will let it rhyme over me. And when the tune has passed, I will set the MP3 player to it's path. Where the filk has gone there will be nothing. Only rhyme will remain. Yours in total sincerity, Aquarion