Friday, November 02, 2012
As for the speakers and/or subjects listed under: “Food for Reflection?” The quotes and notes are way too clever, mostly anachronistic and all dated, more quickly understood, I’m sure, by these well informed and educated gentlemen from their 19th Century purview. You can bet groans moved as waves through the crowd as one group after another “got it.” (Olla podrida? Was Max B. May to speak of a “rotten pot?” Or, was this a reference to miscellaneous matters, a potpourri of thought?)
"Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast."
Notice the text within the line: Queries . . . Sam’l Mayer. “Who struck Billy Patterson?”
That question was asked for decades. When you feel the need to search the Internet for something more interesting than politics or porn recipes, you can spend an hour or so reading about the subject, but don't expect to find . . oh, never mind. You'll see.
