Nichael Cramer wrote:
> paul womack wrote:
> 
>>John North wrote:
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>>>>So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway??
>>>
>>>Down? That's just a figure of speech. Actually the path takes you up a 
>>>series of ascending steps. Think of a grand staircase.
>>
>>Like the one in "A Matter of Life and Death"?
> 
> 
> Actually, M. C. Escher comes to mind:
> 
> http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/AscendingDescendingLg.html
>

"The slope goes ever on" (quite topical, I feel)

       BugBear