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?