I accept this cherry-picking charge with alacrity - - in fact it is exactly what I do. My claim, though, is that Nabokov left those cherries in the pudding for me and others to find. I remember taking (and passing with alacrity) a test for entry to MENSA (does it still exist I wonder?) when I was in high school. The problem had something to do with two racing cars and there must have been fifty or more bits of information in the problem. I got bored and after reading the question posed at the end, realized that in order to answer the question I only needed two or three bits of information. I then went back and quickly found those relevant bits and solved the problem in a few minutes.

You, Jansy and your ilk are still fooling around with how many miles three of the four tires had and wondering what influence this could have on the race between Shadeans and Kinboteans (or whatever it is you do wonder about) while I have been waiting for you at the finish line. But since Jansy does not care if she ever gets there, and probably neither do you, I really had better find a more promising way of passing the time!

Carolyn

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