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To: iowamark
Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said, "one can't believe impossible things."

"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen.

"When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day."Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - Lewis Carroll

37 posted on 06/15/2009 12:59:41 PM PDT by La Lydia (.)
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To: La Lydia
Point"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - Lewis Carroll

counter-point...""When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in a rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master – that's all." Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. "They've a temper, some of them – particularly verbs, they're the proudest – adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs – however, I can manage the whole lot! Impenetrability! That's what I say!"

47 posted on 06/15/2009 1:16:09 PM PDT by Dosa26
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