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You know," said Mr. Washington, tapping the Open Pussies again with his hand, "you would have been all right if you had kept writing poetry, but when you began writing this stuff-" He again tapped the Open Pussies. I waited two minutes and thirty seconds. Then I asked: "Are we to consider the postal officials as the new critics of literature?" "Oh, no no," said Mr. Washington, "we didn't mean that." I sat and waited. There is a certain conduct expected of postal employees. You are in the Public Eye. You are to be an example of exemplary behavior." "It appears to me," I said, "that you are threatening my free- dom of expression with a resultant loss of employment. The A.C.L.U. might be interested." "We'd still prefer you didn't write the column." "Gentleman, there comes a time in each man's life when he must choose to stand or run.
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