Re: RAT John Sylvain and "grammar"

[Christopher DeWan <cdewan@relaypoint.net>]

Werner Trieschmann wrote:

> No frekin' kiddin'. This is my whole concept of chili. You don't need beans,
> meat, spices or any of that messy crap. You don't need to work to make it. You
> just call it chili and it's CHILI! Dammit! It's easy and requires no work.
> Serves 6 billion. Whoo hoo. Let's eat!
>
> The Once and Future Chili King
> (Werner T.)

Here's how the math works in my kitchen: 6 billion malnurished people.  Feed
people that chili with no messy crap, and they get used to it-- they get that
starvation belly, get that glazed look in their eyes, get so numb they don't know
they're hungry.

Few things are more important than chili.  I put a lot of care and a lot of spicy
peppers in mine.  It ain't always easy to eat, but goddamn if every bean doesn't
NEED to be there.  The grammar's not always "right" but it's always intentional.
And I _work _to make it.  And I wouldn't serve it to hungry people if I didn't
think it was the best I could offer.

I don't know but I'd bet Shakespeare probably labored a bit for his chili, too.
But maybe you're right-- maybe he didn't care about words or sentences or his
audience.  Maybe he just scribbled between shags with Gwyneth Paltrow.  That's how
it was in the movie, so it's probably true.

- Chris DeWan

P.S.  How do you spell "Gwyneth"?