the precise quote that made me think of you

[morphosyntactic_ambiguity]

It was a terrible blow to hear that you actually worked. I didn't think anyone did so anymore. It's so old-fashioned to work. I'd much rather lounge about the house all day looking fascinating. I'd rather look fascinating than have a permanent income. Am I insane?

(from http://torr.typepad.com/weblog/2008/01/moz-penpal-lett.html -- 22 October 1980)

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[lexi_lemarath]

Whoa