Ouch. That post has upset my aesthetic balance, and I have a headache. I need beauty, now!

punky!

Of all people, I thought you'd pick up on the rephrasing of a couple lines from the Inferno (the same lines Eliot stole for the Wasteland).

But you've said nothing.

Nothing, punky! Nothing!

(Well, except for that other stuff you said.)

See how it is? I do something totally pretentious, and then nobody notices.

You wound me, sir.

I am wounded.

Rory:

What can I say? If I had thought that my response would be read by someone returning to the world of the living, I wouldn't have kept my mouth shut.

punky -

It's OK - senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo.

But you hurt my feelings by not picking up on the obscure reference :)

(OK - you didn't, really. I'm just being bratty while my videos render.)

Rory:

Yes, I know, and I am ashamed - it's been too long since I've read Dante, too long even since I read the Wasteland. I won't dare eat peaches for a month. I must be getting old (I know my hair is thinning, next I'll be rolling the bottom of my trousers).

punky -

I'm tempted to reply in kind, but I think we're starting to get a little obnoxious :)

(Especially me - but that's normal. It's your reputation I'm worried about.)

Rory:

Yes, we're being pompous gits. And I'm worried about my reputation too. I'll try to lay off on the po8ry g33k sp33k.

punky -

That's more like it.

Let's talk trash about ourselves.

I like this "pompous gits" stuff. That's what we are.

(At least we got to say it before anybody else.)

Rory:

Self-bashing is always a blast. I'm in. From the comments in the previous posts, I've learned that you're both a male and a female organ (which calls for some interesting hermaphroditic fun). Can I be that too?

Don't be jealous, the food was horrible.

Of course I'm deeply upset that Mr. Franklin didn't include me in his snapshot spree, but then I'm just a Bil.

Someday I'll be a law, then I'll show 'em!

Bil -

"but then I'm just a Bil"

That's the truth, yo.

You really need another "l" for that puppy.

Rory,

Sorry dude, but I lost it in a wicked battle with a coin-op game back in the 80s. I don't think it's coming back, but who knows.

Maybe, someday...