On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:30:02 PDT,
skid.schermerhorn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Skid Schermerhorn) wrote:
>
>Letter to the Trans****t Authority:
>
>Gentlemen:
>
>I have been riding trains daily for the last two years, and the service
>on your line seems to be getting worse every day. I am tired of
>standing in the aisle all the time on a 14-mile trip. I think the
>trans****tation system is worse than that enjoyed by people 2,000 years
>ago.
>
>Yours truly,
>A Commuter
>
>
>Dear Sir:
>
>We received your letter with reference to the shortcomings of
>our service and believe you are somewhat confused in your history. The
>only mode of trans****tation 2,000 years ago was by foot.
>
>Sincerely,
>The Railroad
>
>
>Gentlemen:
>
>I am in receipt of your letter, and I think you are the ones who are
confused
>in your history. If you will refer to the Bible, Book of David, 9th
Chapter,
>you will find that Balaam rode to town on his ass. That, gentlemen, is
>something I have not been able to do on your train in the last two years.
>
>Yours truly,
>A Commuter
Excusing wrong information on grounds of literary licence
doesn't work unless that wrong information is somehow
required as an essential part of the story.
It would have been a lot better if the author had put even
a little extra effort into the details:
- It wasn't 2000 years, but well over 3000 years ago.
- The correct reference is Numbers 22.
- The event took place hundreds of years before David was born.
- There is no Book of David in the Bible.
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