From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George Michaelson To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Ligatures Message-Id: <20040422091225.3abee279@garlic> In-Reply-To: <001501c427f4$8370fca0$a4517d50@SOMA> References: <001501c427f4$8370fca0$a4517d50@SOMA> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:12:25 +1000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 68134e2e-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Its always appealed to me that ligatures are the small threads you tie around arteries on bleeding stumps after a successful amputation, and which are pulled on to reveal the laudible pus, or fateful corruption...