<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa sababu ya haya, au mengine mengi ya mifano kama mimi kukusanywa, hakuna kutaja katika kitabu. sababu kwamba mimi si kutaja yao ilikuwa kwamba kufanya hivyo walionekana kwangu risasi nafuu - kuzingatia juu ya muda mfupi na inconsequential - foam scummy juu ya mawimbi ya mazungumzo yoyote.  <response>: Of these, or the many other similar examples Ive collected, there is no mention in the book . The reason that I didnt mention them was that to do so seemed to me a cheap shot--concentrating on the ephemeral and the inconsequential--the scummy froth atop the waves of any discourse. 