Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00139)

samblo@cs.com wrote:
> Mauri,
> Lead Balloons are very usefull if one loves fishing. But I am a Vegetarian 
> and can't use hooks,lol.
>
> John
^:-/ ... hookless fishing, with lead 
balloons? Sounds like something I might 
want to try this summer. Thanks for the 
tip, John! I know just the spot for it, 
too. My family/friends already think 
I'm weird, so I don't think hookless 
fishing would make any difference. I'll 
be planning for a vegetarian picnic to 
take along. You're welcome to join me 
if you happen to be in the area. Just 
bring along your own fishing equipment, eh.

John, something peculiar seems to have 
happened last night. Somebody heard me 
laughing loudly about the time I was 
writing that lead balloon, but, as far 
as I recall, I didn't laugh out all that 
loudly at all---seems to me, at least in 
retrospect---and I feel that even if I 
did laugh, it seems hard for me to 
believe that the laughter was loud 
enough for anybody to hear it on the 
floor below. I'm wondering if you 
might've come across that kind of thing 
before. Or could it be that I got so 
involved in writing that lead balloon 
that I didn't even realize how loudly I 
was laughing ... Hmm ... Maybe if I make 
notes of volume levels/times right after 
each laugh ... Or what if I set up a 
tape recorder ... On the other hand I'm 
wondering if maybe I did laugh that 
loudly, after all, seeing as I still 
tend to think that that lead balloon was 
one of the funniest things I ever wrote 
...

^:-/ ...
Mauri