Re: Way,WAY off topic diatribe -was : Paying to present

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

Maybe mixed metaphor is it -- is that what BW means?   dross is on top,
dregs on the bottom.  Dross I first heard floated on the top of molten
gold -- Shakespeare used the the term than once.

bc

Brian Whatcott wrote:

> Certainly mixed:   cream,  dross,  froth, slag, scum,
>  and of course management rise to the top.
>
> "At the Devil's booth are all things sold. Each
> ounce of dross coats its ounce of gold."   - Lowell.
>
> Brian W
>
>
> At 04:55 PM 3/6/2004, you wrote:
>
>
> > "If not, it will sink into the mud with the rest of the dross."
> >
> > There's a word for this metaphor, which I've forgotten.
> >
> > [You meant dregs?]
> >
> > bc
> >
> >
> > Hugh Haskell wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > At 12:09 -0500 3/6/04, Bob LaMontagne wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I think the event that turned me sour on the value of
> > > > meetings was when presentations from the Maharishi
> > > > Institute (I'm sure I have the name wrong) were treated
> > > > with equal standing as any other presenters in the physics
> > > > community. I suddenly realized that if you were willing to
> > > > pay, you could have your 15 minutes.
> > > I remember those days. Those papers were usually good for a few
> > > laughs, and they were frequently rather well-attended, but I doubt
> > > they were treated with equal consideration with the more serious
> > cut
> >
> >
> >
> > > If what they have to say
> > > is worthwhile, it will probably be noticed. If not, it will sink into
> > > the mud with the rest of the dross.
> > >
> > > Hugh
> > > --
> > >
> > > Hugh Haskell
> > > <mailto:haskell@ncssm.edu>
> > > <mailto:hhaskell@mindspring.com>
> > >
> > > (919) 467-7610
>
>
> Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!