Re: Reality check

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>
To: "ihc-digest" <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2039 15:00
Subject: Reality check


> Well, I haven't checked my e-mail for a day now, but when I last did, no
one
> had called me on my novel-author piece of entrapment.
>
> Now, guys, I wasn't checking on the literacy level of the digesters, it's
> obvious that most of you can read. <g>  I was checking to see if anyone
> reads my overly long off-topic posts.
>
> Now, our Ryan is too young to know about Ernest Hemingway, but a bunch of
> you not-so-youngs know that he wrote, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and your
> lack of telling me about it can only mean that I have finally lost my
> audience.
>
> OK, so what novel did first make John Hersey famous?
>
> The first person with the correct answer gets a free entrance pass to the
> Nationals.
>
> That reminds me that I need to get my reservation in for the factory tour.
>
> Anybody have a Travelall glove box lock with a working key? I'm going to
> need one.
>
> John Hofstetter
>

Never read the book, but it was a moot point because your post came when I
was in GA and I somehow missed reading it...  silly me....   I have no idea
about anything about John Hersey, but Hemingway is someone we study in our
Literature classes... after all, his works are considered classics now...


-Ryan

P.S.  Jeff wins!