From jdrayton@ou.edu Fri Mar 28 07:41:41 2003 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.132]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.03/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h2SFffZv037140 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:41:41 -0800 Received: from hubmail.ou.edu (hubmail.oulan.ou.edu [129.15.87.252]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.03/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h2SFfeNg024649 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:41:40 -0800 Received: by hubmail.oulan.ou.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:41:38 -0600 Message-ID: From: "Drayton, John N" To: "'classics@u.washington.edu'" Subject: There once was a woman from Ephesus (offlist) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:38:12 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Content-Type: text/plain Thank you. With regret I must ask that my membership be canceled. I cannot afford the time required to sift through stuff that seems better suited for private exchanges. Best wishes, John Drayton -----Original Message----- From: Diana Wright [mailto:dgw1@nyu.edu] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:14 AM To: classics@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: There once was a woman from Ephesus (offlist) That's 2 questions about appropriateness in a row. Appropriateness is determined by [1] the list owner, & [2] the list members. The list owner here has traditionally respected the ability of list members to determine up with which they will put, and most of us put up with a great deal, under the assumption--I think--that with we will be up put in turn. DW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drayton, John N" Date: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:04 am Subject: There once was a woman from Ephesus (offlist) > In spite of the parenthetical note on the subject line, this > exchange is not > off list. > Recently I subscribed to this list hoping it would afford me access > to current trends in the discipline. And already I have received > some very > helpful information. But I also find myself deleting strings of > exchangesthat would be better handled off list. > If in fact the list will be replaced by another, perhaps ground > rules could be established early about what is, and is not, > appropriate for > the new list. > Thanks > John Drayton > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lora Holland [lholland@unca.edu] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:27 AM > To: classics@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: There once was a woman from Ephesus (offlist) > > Okay, I wasn't going to do this, but here it is (and again, not > exactly G > and S): > There once was a widow from Ephesus > Who wept at her husband's sarcophagus. > But her loyalty wavered > For a soldier she favored, > So she tendered the body crucigerous. > Rather abashedly, > Lora > > James Butrica: > what would W.S. Gilbert have done with Ephesus? > There once was a widow from Ephesus > who mourned her husband Odysseus > a Roman consoled her with such passion and flare > that their screams became the deaf of us. > Not exactly Gilbert & Sullivan > with risibility to share, > John > ===== > John N. Lupia, III > 31 Norwich Drive > Toms River, New Jersey 08757 USA > Phone: (732) 341-8689 > Email: jlupia2@yahoo.com > Editor, Roman Catholic News > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News > .