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June 6, 2003

Fortuna, Be A Lady Tonight...

by Armed Liberal at June 6, 2003 3:26 PM

I'm not sure if I'm proud or ashamed... I'm one of the winners of Oxblog's 'Political Theory Pickup Lines' contest.

In light of the recent scandals, however, and in the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I cribbed part of it. I was once at a small restaurant in Santa Cruz with a date, also a political theory student, when we heard the smarmy chap at the next table croon to his date:

"I just want to go home with you, sit in front of the fire. sip some chardonnay, and discuss Wittgenstein's warm humanism."...

As my date had just finished a paper on Wittgenstein, and Annie Hall was fresh in our memory (and I was a proto-Tucker Max at the time), we stood as one and said "What? Warm humanism? Do you have any idea what you're talking about? Have you ever read one of his books? Can you name one? We don't think so." and sat down at our table.

The gentleman followed us and we had a 'full and frank exchange of views', and then all decided to leave the restaurant before the police showed up.

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#1 from MommaBear at 3:47 pm on Jun 06, 2003

Wear those laurels with pride, laddie!

#2 from Chrees at 6:56 pm on Jun 06, 2003

Too funny. But of course, you usually hear tons of crap being spread around in Santa Cruz, but it goes with the territory...

#3 from Joe Katzman at 7:08 pm on Jun 06, 2003

I would think anything that went beyond surfer slang might have a very willing market in Santa Cruz...

#4 from lightning at 10:03 pm on Jun 06, 2003

(Insert witty remark about Wittgenstein's poker.)

#5 from Armed Liberal at 10:24 pm on Jun 06, 2003

lightning -

I bow in shame. I can't believe I didn't use that in a line ... although I might not have enjoyed the ones that it picked up...

A.L.

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