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Subject:Overheard on NPR From:Daniel Wise <dewise -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 22 Dec 1996 18:27:21 -0800
Colleagues on multiple lists,
Heard this afternoon from the lips of Peter Schickele (spelling approximate): "Winter isn't half
as much fun as sex or drugs, but it can get you into just as much trouble." He was talking about
one winter in Fargo, ND, when he did a lot of slipping on the ice.
Yes, I know. It is off topic. But what the hay, 'tis the season to enjoy a bit of a chuckle.