My life of lists
Nov 22, 2017
2 minutes
Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” features a comic song (“As Some Day It May Happen”) about a list of people society could better do without. These include banjo serenaders, peppermint-eaters, and people with irritating laughs. I don’t particularly sympathize with these peeves (except, maybe, the banjo serenaders), but the keeping of lists resonates with me.
Since I was a teenager, I have made lists as navigational
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