From Ozzyptitsarack@worldnet.att.net Mon Apr 30 12:00:31 2001 Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 06:15:09 GMT From: Oleg Ozerov Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Jordan promotions? Was: Re: 9 Books is enough "SonnyJ" wrote > My personal "favorite" is "male character, in a moment of strong emotion, > unintentionally crushes the glass/cup in his hand." Rand, Lan, and Moridin > have all done it. Perrin's done it twice. > > Enough, already. We've established that cups are flimsily made in Randland. > Is this point important enough to the plot to repeat it so many times? Lame shot: Jordan in the pay of modern cup industry? Although, he could have squeezed some commercials in there. You know, Thom telling a story about an old man who was so fond of Aspyren the fair maiden that his heart would not stop. Mak son of Donald who served billion masters. Colgythe whose teeth were so bright they made the noon sun looked dim. Appsie, a girl with the voice of a mountain. And there was another season once, after autumn it came yet winter it was not. The month of Phord'al'truc the ancients called it. In that month The Fourth Door of the Temple of Istand ed'Kaab was open. -- O.