with
cats and that black men are interchangeable with dogs.
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Because of a) my choice to not reprint --Tangent-- in the Form & Void
trade paperback (although it is relevant -- so far as I'm concerned -- to
the --Recondite magazine-- portion of Ham and Mary Ernestway's story),
b) the fact that I have no plans in the foreseeable future to publish
any collection of my essays and c) mindful of the fact that issue 186
(despite being universally deplored by male and female feminists) is one
of the few Cerebus back issues to sell out virtually overnight:
I hereby waive all trademark and copyright considerations to the essay
and authorize any and all individuals to reproduce the essay in any
form, print, electronic or otherwise provided that that reproduction is
of the complete work and not excerpts from it (which are authorized for
journalistic purposes or as raw materials in another creative or
journalistic work).
Dave Sim Kitchener, Ontario March 16, 2001
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ASSORTED QUOTES ON WOMAN
- It takes a man a lifetime to find out about one particular woman; but
if he puts in, say ten years, industrious and curious, he can acquire
the general rudiments of the sex.
- For a man to pretend to understand women is bad manners; for him
really to understand them is bad morals.
- Men dislike women who don't understand them, and women dislike men who
do.
- Even when a man understand