Perhaps (or perhaps not).

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

>  A friend of mine gave me (at age 16) a placard which said:
>
> "*I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not
> sure that what you heard is what I meant"*
>
> Anytime someone's sentences come packed a bit too tight for me to unpack
> easily or if I am confused or even offended by what appears to be a complex
> convolution, I remember that phrase.
>
> I have come to trust Arlo to mean exactly what he says even if or when it
> is beyond my focus or context to parse it well...
>
> In that spirit (being not completely sure how tightly in his cheek Doug's
> tongue was planted when he wrote this), I happily second Arlo's most
> excellent one-liner (are parenthetical inclusions allowed technically in
> one-liners?).
>
> - Steve
>
>
>  I nominate this for the coveted (yet prestigious) award of *FRIAM
> Sentence of the Year*!
>
>  Seriously, this one sentence captures the essence of what it means to be
> on this list.  If it were allowed, I'd award extra points for it having
> been delivered concisely, if not precisely.
>
>  Long-time members of this list will recognize the magnitude of the honor
> this award would represent.
>
>  I shall leave you all to ponder the the integral of my action function.
>
>  --Doug
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Arlo Barnes <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> *So if you are saying that actions are the derivative of feelings,
>> because feelings are [an interpretation of] a trend, does that mean all we
>> have to do to perceive intent is to find the integral of an action
>> function, indefinite as the result may be?*
>> -Arlo James Barnes
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>
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