mpgrewal  +  72617 Mon, 07 Feb 05 12:08 PM Celebration of cerebration is not what the public wants. Indeed, the opposite is probably true. We are suspicious of excessive smartness. --David R. Slavitt, "You Can Go Holmes Again. mpgrewal Joined on Thu, Jan 15 2004 Ludhiana, Punjab , India New Member 27 Thanks for your ideas Manpreet Grewal

	Mister Micawber  +  72640 Mon, 07 Feb 05 01:19 PM Hard to tell out of context (or maybe even in context), Manpreet. 'Excessive smartness' would suggest to me overconcern with fashion or chicness. 'Celebration of celebration' would suggest preoccupation with celebrating qua celebrating, or celebration for the sake of celebration: too slick a production, too many fireworks and cheerleading teams. So: the public does not want overproduced festivities for a holiday or an event. Perhaps. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,841 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	MrPedantic  +  72725 Mon, 07 Feb 05 10:44 PM Hello Manpreet and MrM I would interpret it slightly differently: 'People don't like other people to appear very clever.' Out of interest, Manpreet, do many people call you on your cellphone, after seeing the number in your signature? MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	mpgrewal  +  72768 Tue, 08 Feb 05 05:34 AM I appreciate your replies, MrM and MrP. MrM, you took it slightly wrong. Acutally its 'Celebration of cerebration' not 'Celebration of celebration'. I think MrPedantic has enlightened it for me. MrP, no one has called yet, I think its better to remove it from signature and place somewhere else. mpgrewal

	Mister Micawber  +  72770 Tue, 08 Feb 05 05:38 AM Pretty good bluff, though, wasn't it? Mister Micawber

	Mister Micawber  +  72779 Tue, 08 Feb 05 06:10 AM Not so strange, Manpreet. Have you never 'played dumb' when it was politic to do so? Many people are wary or jealous of too much obvious intellingence in others. Why did George Bush get so many votes? Many voters are leery of liberal intellectuals. Mister Micawber