Bob, at 10:41 on Jun 04 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> anything by Burroughs, Verne, or H G Wells is eminently
BG> readable, as they all had wonderfully prosaic styles.
BL>                                       ^^^^^^^
BL> ROFL!!! Either you are being very sly, or you need to look up the
BL> meaning of "prosaic". 

I was actually quite serious, and was just about to tell you to go and fuck
yourself, but decided to look it up just in case.  And bugger me, it has an
alternative meaning...

Prosaic adj. 1. commonplace or dull, matter-of-fact or unimaginative.
             2. having the character or spirit of prose as opposed to
                poetry, as verse or writing.

In case you wondered, in its original context, mine is definition #2.

Regards, Bill
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