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Re: ATOC cloning in real life
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Fri, 10 May 2002 18:05:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Monica Wilbur writes:
In lugnet.starwars, Richard Noeckel writes:

             Speakin’ of test-tube babies…
                 I was a test-tube baby!
          For I had a womb with a view!!!

E.M. Forster would be rolling in his grave - "womb with a view." With only
four months to go, gotta get me one of those ;).
mo      www.galacticbrick.com

For those of you (like me) who are only vaguely familiar with the literary
works of Edward Morgan Forster here’s a link of explanation:
http://emforster.de/hypertext/template.php3?t=rwav

~I looked this up cause the whole reference ‘just went over my head.’

            Well, we all don’t have *brains as big as Monica’s…


                         ¤Sincerely,

                                  --==RïçhårÐ==--


*But the question still remains:  -Just how big ‘is’ her brain?-
Was the allusion a literary one…
Or did she simply see the old ’86 movie adaptation?
(5 points for the book, 1 point for seein’ the movie)



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  Re: ATOC cloning in real life
 
(...) I'm a full-blown, stinkin' English major, so 6 points. (I read the book 4 times, so do I get extra credit for that?). I'm convinced my SW LEGO addiction is a subverted manifestation of my love for classic literature... *mo ducks to avoid the (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)

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(...) E.M. Forster would be rolling in his grave - "womb with a view." With only four months to go, gotta get me one of those ;). mo www.galacticbrick.com (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)

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