Did Delenn TELL A LIE to Sheridan? [spoilers Sic T.V.]

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Subject: Did Delenn TELL A LIE to Sheridan? [spoilers Sic T.V.]
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+  1: Apr 22, 1996: pedwards at valhalla.cs.wright.edu (Phil Edwards)
+  4: Apr 24, 1996: Matthew W Buckley <sauron+ at andrew.cmu.edu>
*  5: Apr 24, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: pedwards at valhalla.cs.wright.edu (Phil Edwards)
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Okay, many newsreaders don't see ^L as a pagefeed, so here's some
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In the dinner scene, when Sheridan asks Delenn how the food is, she
answers, "Just right."  Now, from her visible reaction, it obviously
wasn't "just right" at all.  Did we just see a Minbari lie?

Now, granted, she /had/ just pulled the "Distract The Dinner Date and
Do Stuff In The Meantime Escapade of 2260," and so the food /may/ have
been "just right" afterwards, at the time of Sheridan's question.  Maybe.
So, Silly Opinion Poll:  did Delenn lie to her boyfriend?  Or is she
skillfully applying the ambassadorial skills of tact?

(Loved the kiss, BTW.  :-)


Luck++;
Phil

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From: Matthew W Buckley <sauron+ at andrew.cmu.edu>
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Excerpts from netnews.rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated: 22-Apr-96 Did
Delenn TELL A LIE to Sh.. by Phil Edwards at valhalla.cs 
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> In the dinner scene, when Sheridan asks Delenn how the food is, she
> answers, "Just right."  Now, from her visible reaction, it obviously
> wasn't "just right" at all.  Did we just see a Minbari lie?
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> Now, granted, she /had/ just pulled the "Distract The Dinner Date and
> Do Stuff In The Meantime Escapade of 2260," and so the food /may/ have
> been "just right" afterwards, at the time of Sheridan's question.  Maybe.
> So, Silly Opinion Poll:  did Delenn lie to her boyfriend?  Or is she
> skillfully applying the ambassadorial skills of tact?
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Perhaps it had the correct amount of salt, but the rest wasn't too great.

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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It's been established that Minbari can and do lie when it's done to save
the honor of another.  Here, Delenn saved face for Sheridan at dinner.



 jms

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