Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 11:48:11 EST

From: Wayne Glowka wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU

Subject: Re: word geography



Now what do you undertand by the term mayfly?



A mayfly is a smushy bug that appears after rain in July. It has big wings

and can't fly too well. When I lived up North, I read everything I could

about catching the mythical fish called the trout. Trout are said to

strike at pieces of feather and cloth made to look like mayflies. It being

unethical to catch trout with worms and such, I tied all kinds of flies in

order to hook my ear and hat. The only living trout I ever saw was under

some tree roots. A child with a stiff dead trout showed me that flies were

nonsense. He jumped into the water and tried to scoop up the terrified

fishery-bred animal with a landing net--the same net he had used to catch

the stiff dead fish.



I went back to catfish and other pedestrian breeds on that day. The whole

process was too much like trying to get a job in a research university.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu

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