Wise. One should avoid placing oneself in the position of Mercutio, Romeo's cousin in Romeo and Juliet, who lay on the ground bleeding from a fatal sword thrust: "Tis not so wide as a church door, nor as deep as a well, but 'twill serve. Inquire after me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man. . . ."

Just out of curiosity, Little Hawk, did you know that before I changed my college major to music, I was majoring in English? You tell my nothing I don't already know.

Comprenez-vous irony?

Don Firth