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Re: [OM] It's a disease alright, but I love being infected! ;) (long)

Subject: Re: [OM] It's a disease alright, but I love being infected! ;) (long)
From: "Gary Edwards" <garyetx@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:23:52 -0500
Been there, huh Craig?

Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Roberts <croberts@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] It's a disease alright, but I love being infected! ;)
(long)


> Olaf wrote:
>
> > Finally, you ask: how did you get all that stuff past Gioconda without
> > getting busted? Well, I had to invent a clever introduction scheme, for
> > smuggling stuff in these quantitities past her, without having to sleep
> > alone for a month...
>
>
> Oh, you poor, naive fellow.  You actually think you got away with it,
don't
> you?  You're so bold, you're even recording your misdeeds in writing and
> broadcasting them world-wide.  Oh, my boy....
>
> This is like the movie villain who, rather than just shoot the hero to
death
> quickly and efficiently, is moved to hold the hero at bay for a few
dramatic
> minutes in order to confess, explain his motives, and brag about his
> criminal cleverness.  This always gives the hero enough time to turn the
> tide.
>
> Similarly, you have fallen into the trap of pride, my friend.  Trust me,
> your beloved...but apparently dangerous...Gioconda knows of your Olympian
> excesses.  She knows when and where you obtained each and every item.
She
> has inventoried each piece.  She knows their purchase and resale values
> better than Sotheby's.
>
> You may not become painfully aware of her intimate knowledge of your
> treasures for days, weeks, months...perhaps even years.  But, someday it
> will be used as weapon of indisputable force; used to build an impregnable
> wall.  Someday, Gioconda will want something.  A new car, perhaps.  A
> holiday in the South Pacific.   A new house.  The freedom to pursue a new
> career or.....  It matters not how trivial or extravagant her wish may be.
> If you, my friend, offers even the slightest hint of resistance, she will
> lower your Olympus collection upon your head like a rain of meteors.   You
> can never escape.
>
> Sympathetically,
>
> Craig Roberts
> Boston
>
>
>
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