[Sca-cooks] Fun and ignorance - The Response

[Phlip]

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> You know, it does occur to me that we did not see Apollonia's letter to
the
> editor. Perhaps it was not as, er, well-presented as it could have been?

Yes, Apollonia- what in Heven's name did you send?

> Mind you, I know damn well that some people would have responded that way
> if the King of Academics wrote them (Heh- there's a challenge for Norman
> Hinton! ;-), but it could be that it would be useful to vett a letter of
> that nature past the list.

What I was thinking....

> I will admit that I am sorely tempted to add my two cents now- while I
> don't have a doctorate, I do have a degree, and I could put up sources...
> though I don't think that is what this person is interested in.

Yeah, I rather think they're angry because they did the usual half-bottomed
Medieval research, and got called on it. I've noticed that the folks who say
they have a bunch of Ph.Ds to validate their "findings" seldom can name
them, or else you discover the degrees are in something useful like,
"Colonial Basketweaving".

> Hildegarde of Bingen would be horrified.

Who? Teach me?

> 'Lainie

Phlip