From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Jan 11 2002 - 21:39:05 MST
At 12:43 PM 1/11/02 -0800, Jeff quoth:
>And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
>And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest!
And why was that, class? asked Asimov's school teacher. Instantly, the
little beast's hand shot up. Yes, Isaac, sighed the teacher. Why *did* his
name lead all the rest? Alphabetical order, cried the youthful sage, and
was chased from the room by his wrathful pedagogue.
Damien Broderick
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