Florilegium
GP: Is there an essential meaning behind POEE?
M2: There is a Zen Story about a student who asked a Master to explain the meaning of Buddhism. The master's reply was "Three pounds of flax."
GP: Is that your answer to my question?
M2: No, of course not. That is just illustrative. The answer to your question is FIVE TONS OF FLAX!
Malaclypse the Younger, Principia Discordia, fourth edition (1979).
M2: There is a Zen Story about a student who asked a Master to explain the meaning of Buddhism. The master's reply was "Three pounds of flax."
GP: Is that your answer to my question?
M2: No, of course not. That is just illustrative. The answer to your question is FIVE TONS OF FLAX!
Malaclypse the Younger, Principia Discordia, fourth edition (1979).