Cliches in sittuationist-ic correspondence

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: I, Aristophanes, in one of my comedies, : entitled "Frogs" have presented Aeschylus : and Euripides fighting over who's the better : poet. Here's an except: : EURIPIDES : I know your kind of man, I've scanned you : through and through, A savage-creating : stubborn-pulling fellow, Uncurbed, unfettered, : uncontrolled of speech, Unperiphrastic, : bombastiloquent. : : AESCHYLUS : Hah! sayest thou so, child of the garden quean : And this to me, thou chattery-babble-collector, : Thou pauper-creating rags-and-patches-stitcher? : Thou shalt abye it dearly! : : It appears apparently that if they were situs : their correspondence would have been of this form: : <Font size="+1"> : Athens, 410 B.C : Dear sir, : I know your kind of man, I've scanned you : through and through, A savage-creating : stubborn-pulling fellow, Uncurbed, unfettered, : uncontrolled of speech, Unperiphrastic, bombastiloquent. : Euripides : : Dear sir, : I received your letter. : You write that I am: "A savage-creating stubborn-pulling : fellow, Uncurbed, unfettered, uncontrolled of speech, : Unperiphrastic, bombastiloquent.". Hah! sayest thou : so, child of the garden quean And this to me, thou : chattery-babble-collector, Thou pauper-creating : rags-and-patches-stitcher? Thou shalt abye it dearly! : Yours sincerely, : Aescylus : <Font size="-1">

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