[LMB] off limits?

[Marty L. Adkins]

Iestyn opined:
>Yeah, but its hard to work up a good argument about Australian
>politics: If I called the PM "Little Johney, the two faced, *rse
>licking, liar" I'd be surprised if I ruffled any feathers.

Well, you could always start a discussion of characters in Lois' 
books that meet that description [cough-Haroche-cough].

Of course, if you *really* wanted to ruffle some feathers, we could 
talk about whether or not *rse-licking should be hypenated, & lure 
the pedants out of the paneling.   If asked nicely, I could even 
upload Joe Bethancourt's marvellous "Does Anal-Retentive Have A 
Hyphen Or Not?" & post the link here.  ;)

If you want to stay on-topic, we could even talk about Lois' uses of 
punctuation.  I savor her semicolons, a rite, as _The Little 
Prince_'s fox might say, too often neglected.   [Far too many 
authors--otherwise excellent ones!--set complex clauses apart with commas.]

Jerrie