- it really IS a joke, the book does not exist
- depends on what you find funny -- I find it mildly humorous
>From: "Eric D. Pierce" <PierceED_at_csus.edu>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: Re[2]: OT: Awful E-mail
>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:16:38 -0800
>
>THIS LOOKS VERY SERIOUS, I'M *SURE* IT IS NOT A JOKE, AND IT ALSO IS
>NOT FUNNY:
>
>
>http://www.thespark.com/content/011700/pirate.html
>
>
>Another helping of soup to open the hearts and rekindle
>the spirits of sea-faring ne'er-do-wells everywhere.
>
>
>by CHRISTIAN RUDDER
>
> Subtitled "101 Stories of
>Courage, Hope, and Plunder,"
>Chicken Soup for the Pirate's
>Soul is a worthy addition to the
>best-selling series and fills the
>glaring lack of pirate-oriented
>books in today's literary
>landscape.
> For swashbucklers struggling
>to find the time to both rape and
>pillage in a hurried workday,
>there's "The Princess's Two Booties," an uplifting story of
>a princess - of ample treasure and rear - and the
>walleyed pirate who overcomes his handicap to plunder
>all her assets in a single raid.
> The many pirates anxious about their body image will
>be especially inspired by "Ahoy! Courage," the tale of
>Captain Claw, an aging sailor who has hooks for both
>hands and feet. When his ship gets lost at sea and his
>crew begins to starve, Claw saves his men by
>volunteering to be a human fishing lure: "Blast! I be bait
>and four fish hooks all in one," he says. The image of the
>first mate lowering the brave captain down into the
>churning waves is one of the collection's most moving
>moments.
> As fans of the series have
>come to expect, Pirate's Soul also
>has some wonderfully lyrical
>passages. In "A Bloodfeast Most
>Befitting," Canfield's writing
>shines: "Betrayed by the
>malicious mutiny, the captain
>ordered his first mate's guts
>spread on two slices of bread and
>fed to the shimmering sharks."
>
>---
>excerpt:
>
>"Ye be a pirate genius the way ye plunder an' ravage
>an' slay. Arrr!
>Methinks that in these landlubbin' times the things that be most important
>to us, we most often be forgettin'. Forgive me,
>cap'n, for not telling ye sooner."
>
>-from "You Don't Know What You've Got Till It's Gone, Pirate" in _Chicken
>Soup for the Pirate's Soul_
>
>---end excerpt---
>
> Ultimately, the collection
>succeeds in sharing the daily
>courage, compassion, and
>creativity that take place on
>pirate ships everywhere, as buccaneers bury treasure and
>walk planks. This edition of Chicken Soup will make any
>pirate's one working eye well up with tears.
>
>---end---
>
>
>
>
>
>On 13 Sep 2000, at 6:25, dgoulet_at_vicr.com wrote:
>
>Date sent: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 06:25:58 -0800
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
><ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Send reply to: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>
> > ... As to the mental
> > health of the members of this list & our profession, I thought being in
>a
> > continous insane state was normal!!!
>
>...
> >
> > To really find out, you must take TheSpark's
> > famous PERSONALITY TEST, RIGHT NOW.
> >
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>--
>Author: Eric D. Pierce
> INET: PierceED_at_csus.edu
>
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