Re: Useless memes and material consequences

From: Chuck Palson (cpalson@mediaone.net)
Date: Thu May 18 2000 - 11:59:20 BST

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    Diana Stevenson wrote:

    > Chuck wrote:
    >
    > <It's too late to take that bet. Whats-her-name found one - the little
    > musical
    > ditties that circulate around inside our heads like the annoying fly that
    > won't
    > leave us alone and we can't swat! As they say, Richard, the early bird gets
    > the
    > worm, ah, I mean buck.>
    >
    > But I didn't get the buck, Chuck. The $100 caught on as a meme but where
    > are the material consequences? :)

    Well - I definitely owe you. I forget - did we sign an agreement on terms? But
    at any rate, I DO owe you. It's an interesting example I probably never would
    have thought of.

    >
    >
    > Diana
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