Some Days Are Like That

Sep 23 03:47 UTC 1994

   "So," says I, "*if* one speaks of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'
   then does the use of Biblical names at some level sanctify the
   act of such robbing?"

   "I don't understand what you're talking about," says he.

   "Well, look at it this way.  If I say I'm going to rob Gladys
   to pay Fred, it is clear that I am going to commit a sleazy
   and possibly criminal act.  But somehow 'robbing Peter to pay
   Paul' has a diginity that lends validity to the act, because
   of the names."

   "Oh," says he.

   Feeling that the matter was settled and we could move on, I
   was about to change the subject when the aliens who had landed
   in the backyard unbeknownst to us vaporized the door with their
   ray guns, took us prisoner and shipped us off to their planet
   to be slaves in the mines for the rest of our natural lives.

response 2 of 10:

Sep 23 20:32 UTC 1994

are the aliens named Gladys and Fred or Peter and Paul? And where's Mary?
and Barney?

response 4 of 10:

Sep 25 22:16 UTC 1994

Somehow, I get the feeling that you guys are talking about various things.
That scares me.

response 6 of 10:

Sep 27 19:21 UTC 1994

It only causes an infinite recursion if you go bob-bob-bobin' along.
along.

response 8 of 10:

Sep 29 02:17 UTC 1994

and again-  rob Bob a re-bob.

response 10 of 10:

Dec 2 04:08 UTC 2002

Peter and Paul should get together to rob those aliens of their mines.  Or
at least of their mineworkers.