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From: elag <elag@cloud9.net>
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Subject: Re: 14 July 1789
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:19:08 -0400
Organization: de mortuis nil nisi bonum
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Paul Heslop wrote:
>
> elag wrote:
> >
> > Paul Heslop wrote:
> > >
> > > elag wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > "...a six pack of virgins, a roll of friction tape and the soundtrack to
> > > > > > 'The Wiz', please..."
> > > > >
> > > > > "And do i get a guarantee on those virgins?"
> > > >
> > > > they're "Sealed For Your Protection".
> > >
> > > Fresh and warm!
> >
> > Hot cross buns,
> > Hot cross buns,
> > One a penny,
> > Two a penny,
> > Hot cross buns.
> >
> > Fresh, sweet buns,
> > Come and buy my buns;
> > One a penny,
> > Two a penny,
> > Fresh, sweet buns.
>
> Believe it or not that actually works over here now. We have had enough
> american comedians to know that a bun can have more meanings...
I'm glad it "translates" into English.
> but whatever you do, never mention a woman's fanny over here :O)
Why, is Aunty Fanny a no good bum?
(I can guess the truth)
>
> >
> > >
> > > > > > In fact my apartment is mainly furnished w/ rectified rubbish.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah, we used to kind of 'save' furniture. We still have odd bits the
> > > > > family would have discarded. Plus ornaments. Being OCD makes it very
> > > > > hard for me to get rid of stuff so I could easily have the messiest
> > > > > place around if it weren't for my wife's steely determination.
> > > >
> > > > She has the Salvation Army on speed dial?
> > >
> > > :O) She has to use very brutal methods, basically, and make sure
> > > whatever it is is gone, without fuss, and hopefully without me realising
> > > it, or there could be tantrums.
> >
> > You'll just have to collect things small enough to fit in your pocketses.
>
> :O) That's kind of how it started. Before I realised it. I used to
> collect little things I found when I was out and about. I think it came
> from the old 'See a pin and pick it up' saying. I ended up with this
> huge lump of pins, brooches etc all linked together in my pocket. My
> method of getting rid of them, when I finally realised how much they
> dominated me and how hard I would fight for them was to wait until I was
> in a desolate area, close my eyes and spin round a little, throw them as
> far as I could then turn again before opening my eyes.
What I do to get rid of excess shiny little pretty bits I've collected,
is leave little "offerings" in various places as I walk around town,
reasoning that other flighty magpies might make use of them.
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