[LMB] Sometimes I wonder...

[onyxhawke at onyxhawke.com]

Tsk, tsk, metaphors are meant to convey information. That one simply states that the Capt'n is OBVIOUSLY attracted to / aroused by the lady in question.





The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured of one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one. H. L. Mencken    

-----Original Message-----
From: "Peter H. Granzeau" <pgranzeau at cox.net>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 13:25:53 
To:"Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold." <lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [LMB] Sometimes I wonder...

At 03:51 AM 5/3/2007, Trix wrote:
>Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
> > I am reading an elderly book I picked up at the used bookstore,
> > published by Daw in 2001.
> >
> > I just read the following:
> >
> > "Don't tell me you haven't noticed her, Captain.  I've seen you
> > looking at her.  You're like a bitch in heat when she passes by."
> >
>I don't see anything wrong with that sentence... assuming the Captain is
>female, and gay or bi. ;-)

I assure you, none of those possibilities happens to be true.  The 
metaphor is about as inappropriate as it is possible to get.


-- 
Regards, Pete
pgranzeau at cox.net 

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