Everyone15 Jan 2004

No, look, you old crone. I didn't ask for the meanings of the individual words. I asked what a "harsh, poignant talent" is, which you've failed to explain. You claim that a "harsh, poignant talent" is a talent for writing harsh, poignant stories. This is buncombe. The only way it could be right is if "X, Y talent" meant "a talent for writing X, Y stories", which it does not. Affix your shrivel'd eyes upon this proove: 1. Let P have an X, Y talent if and only if P has a talent for writing X, Y stories. 1. Let P have a talent for writing fictional, 2000-word stories. 2. Therefore P has a fictional, 2000-word talent. 3. This is buncombe. 4. Q.E.D. Or shall we take your principle further, and say that a man has a brown, German talent because he has a talent for making brown, German films? That you have a nasal, grating talent because you have a talent for producing that sort of sound?

From now on, I do not wish to hear you use the phrase "harsh, poignant" except when referring to "Ace Bandido Red" brand hot sauce.