Re: Earliest published ambigram?
don...@hotmail.com wrote: > My appy-polly-loggies, since I'm one of those mentally ill people we've > been discussing, my mammary is a bit shakey and I really did think > urine name is Gala, even though I knew before that it is Gayla, but > I've never been good at names, I've had to come up with all these ruses > when I see people to avoid calling them by name, or maybe it's > incipient Altzy's, or who knows, why am I being so defensive, why don't > I just admit to myself that I got your name wrong, and why am I > referring to myself, that's a Hofstadter self-reference thing, and ewe > no the very best, most powerful form of self referece (IMHO) is to use > intelligence to boot-up ever higher levels of intelligence, another is > the mind studying the mind, and Dr. Hofstadter stated in one of his > books that he thinks self-reference, and general reference, is the key > to Humanity's ever spiraling upwards advancement to infinite > knowledege, and you know - I megaditto that concept. > > You're too creative for me. I can't compete. I'll have to go away, > shame-faced, and cry in my pillow. You're just too good, Layla. You > win. > > - Ron Tee hee! That was very good, so you don't need to go away after all. The signature is brilliant. I have the same problem with remembering the names of people, and unfortunately I have trouble remembering faces too. But I usually remember all of the gossip I've heard about everyone, it's just a matter of figuring out which stories go with which people. Go figure.
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