An exhibition celebrating the life of Charles Darwin has failed to find a corporate sponsor because American companies are anxious not to take sides in the heated debate between scientists and fundamentalist Christians over the theory of evolution.

The entire $3 million (£1.7 million) cost of Darwin, which opened at the American Museum of Natural History in New York yesterday, is instead being borne by wealthy individuals and private charitable donations.

Yeah, Deb. Get on the I.D. gravy train, babe. That's where backs get scratched. Wink, wink. Hey, if an "invisible hand" was good enough for Adam Smith... I mean, same dif, right?

PS - I think the author of that article missed a good chance to really coin some phrasage. He writes, "Chance, in league with danger, created both the eye and the orchid, the ocelot and the man."

I was with him up until "...and the man." (Unless he meant The Man, which is a different thing.) I really thought he was going somewhere else. Maybe:

"... the ocelot and the Hapsburgs"

or, perhaps

"...the ocelot and Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, two-time Professional Women's Bowling Association Bowler of the Year."

I just know there's a better "...the ocelot and the..." out there.

Any suggestions?

Emu. It's chiasmus.

Congrats, Debbie!

Ah. When you mentioned "chiasmus" I thought you might be referring to something like this.

But then I looked it up.

So, since we're on the subject, I suppose I'm obliged to ask if anyone knows how to titillate an ocelot...

Chiasmus be darned! What about the frumious bandersnatch? Who will speak for the frumious bandersnatch?