Very nice to have you back and writing on topics of universal interest. Must
admit, I misread your note at first and thought you were celebrating your
300th. But it's all clear now.
Cheers,
Michael
On 9/17/09 5:23 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> I have timed my return to coincide with the 300th birthday of Dr
> Johnson, a great man of letters. Recently I had the pleasure of
> visiting his childhood home (now a museum) in Lichfield, just down
> the road from the home of Erasmus Darwin in fact.
> It was sam who wrote the first proper dictionary of the English
> language, probably in response to the barbarities inflicted upon it
> by the colonies. He was also a man much given to the pleasures of the
> flesh, despite girth, age and infirmity (my hero) and who once
> offered the following piece of logic (paraphrased) -
> The greatest pleasure is sex, the second, drink.
> Given that he former is not always available to everyone, it is
> astonishing that there are not far more drunkard reeling around the
> streets.
> (Note for pedants - he didn't actually use the term sex - he was
> somewhat more direct).
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.pbase.com/afildes
>
>
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