Re: Cants

Well, you see, the CIA is notorious (at least IMO) for bugging everything
and having their agents look like normal people, as opposed to some other
national intelligence agencies (i.e. Saddam's Iraqi one wasn't much like
that). So they lurk in the foreground. This is also true since they are at
the front of quite a few world political events.

-----Original Message-----
From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Andreas Johansson
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:47 PM
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Subject: Re: Cants

The Strange Powers are those of the Lord of the Instrumentality of Conlang,
ie
of John Cowan, the list moderator.

Would you in return explain the subtle joke?

                                                         Andreas

PS Am I the only one finding it a bit ironic that someone with a title like
that picks on Tristan for aspiring to the modest Indisputed Overlord of the
World?

> Both.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Andreas Johansson
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 11:36 AM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: Cants
>
> Quoting Greg <greg.johnstons@...>:
>
> > Yes. The CIA.
>
> Is this a joke too subtle for me to understand, or am I to conclude that
> Greg
> is unfamiliar with the Strange Powers?
>
>                                                                  Andreas
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of John Cowan
> > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 2:08 PM
> > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Cants
> >
> > Adam Walker scripsit:
> >
> > > > Bushie-n. One who follows Bush
> > > > Bushie-adj. an idiot
> > >
> > > Four more years!  Four more years!
> >
> > They said that in 1972, too.
> >
> > This is all good fun, but let's not forget the Strange Powers lurking
> > in the background.  (Does anyone ever lurk in the *foreground*?)
> >
> > --
> > Income tax, if I may be pardoned for saying so,         John Cowan
> > is a tax on income.  --Lord Macnaghten (1901)
> > jcowan@reutershealth.com
> >
>