[Oe List ...] OE Digest, Vol 159, Issue 18

[Diann McCabe]

I remember hearing Pierce say this in a talk in Chicago. --Diann McCabe,
San Marcos, TX

On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM Lawrence Philbrook via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> My Dad shared this with me years ago - RS1 in a Nutshell.  I do not know
> who said it originally except to know it was not my Dad or Mom
>
> With respect,
> Larry
>
>
>  *I was conducting collegium in London and got off on one of my tangents,
> and gave a carefully memorized speech to the group. The speech was this: He
> who does not know he lives in one hell of a universe peopled with
> son-of-a-bitches finally ends up in the corner sucking his thumb between
> tears and gripes and therefore, denies himself the experience of the
> glorious virtue of his one hell of a universe and the awareness of the
> warmth and the collegiality among us son-of-a-bitches. That's RS-I in a
> nutshell. Why we wasted 44 hours, I don't know. Anyway, then when we were
> boarding the plane at the airport, later, some guy at customs said, "Do you
> have anything to declare? I hear that in my dreams. "Do you have anything
> to declare?" "Do you have anything to declare?" So, one guy was looking at
> Pierce's passport and he said, "Mr. Pierce, do you have anything to
> declare?" And Pierce said, "Do I have something to declare? I do indeed
> have something to declare. I declare that this is one hell of a universe
> peopled with son-of-a-bitches and he who does not know it finally ends up
> in the corner sucking his thumb between tears and grips and therefore,
> denies himself the experience of the glorious virtue of this one hell of a
> universe and the awareness of the warmth and the collegiality among us
> son-of-a-bitches. I do declare!" *
>
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