[LMB] [OT] May I do this?

[James Nicoll]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, James Burbidge wrote:

> On 18/12/06, James Nicoll <jdnicoll at panix.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, James Burbidge wrote:
>> 
>> > On 18/12/06, James Nicoll <jdnicoll at panix.com> wrote:
>> >> I am running a humane test on SF readers' expectations. May I exploit 
>> this
>> >> list?
>> >
>> > This sounds like an old Doonesbury comic strip...
>> >
>>
>>         Really? Which one?
>>
>>         [looks around for talking plants]
>
> It's a very early one -- Nicole is trying to raise Boopsie's
> consciousness and talks to her about male exploitation of women.
> Boopsie replies: "Exploited? Ooh, that sounds sexy. Where do I go to
> be exploited?"
>
 	Oh, I remember that one! I have that in the little collections.

 	Who would have thought back then that BD would become one of the 
more interesting characters in that strip?

 	Anyway, would I be violating list manners?