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katysails wrote: Well, you got some bites but were they worth it? A tramp, a broad, an other. Flying Tadpole So which one am I??? And you'd better be VERY careful how you answer.... -- In this case, Katy dear, you're a literary illusion. Try a google on "a tramp, a broad". http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.726 / Virus Database: 481 - Release Date: 7/22/2004 -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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Mike Mc wrote: What a wierdo ! "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... I detect a soupcon. And, apart from demonstrating your spelling abilities, your point is...? -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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wrote in message news  On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:38:45 GMT, "Bob Crantz" wrote: or you are too inarticulate to explain yourself. Okay! BB Had you of wit or letters the least jot: But, O most lamentable man!--of wit You never had an atom, and of letters You have three letters only!--they spell Ass! And--had you had the necessary wit, To serve me all the pleasantries I quote Before this noble audience. . .e'en so, You would not have been let to utter one-- Nay, not the half or quarter of such jest! I take them from myself all in good part, But not from any other man that breathes! BC |
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A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he
should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer? Shouldn't he be above plagiarism? (snort) -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.726 / Virus Database: 481 - Release Date: 7/22/2004 |
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katysails wrote: A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer? Shouldn't he be above plagiarism? (snort) Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source, and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen) -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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Bob Crantz wrote: wrote in message news On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:38:45 GMT, "Bob Crantz" wrote: or you are too inarticulate to explain yourself. Okay! BB Had you of wit or letters the least jot: But, O most lamentable man!--of wit You never had an atom, and of letters You have three letters only!--they spell Ass! And--had you had the necessary wit, To serve me all the pleasantries I quote Before this noble audience. . .e'en so, You would not have been let to utter one-- Nay, not the half or quarter of such jest! I take them from myself all in good part, But not from any other man that breathes! BC You expected more, Mr Crantz? I'd have thought you too would have realised that Bill the Binary's barnacle nature is a retreat from the world of articulation. But he can count to 1. -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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"I went with a heavy heart to one more watchmaker, and looked on while he
took her to pieces. Then I prepared to cross-question him rigidly, for this thing was getting serious. The watch had cost two hundred dollars originally, and I seemed to have paid out two or three thousand for repairs. While I waited and looked on I presently recognized in this watchmaker an old acquaintance -- a steamboat engineer of other days, and not a good engineer, either. He examined all the parts carefully, just as the other watchmakers had done, and then delivered his verdict with the same confidence of manner. He said: "She makes too much steam -- you want to hang the monkey-wrench on the safety valve!" I brained him on the spot, and had him buried at my own expense." Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... katysails wrote: A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer? Shouldn't he be above plagiarism? (snort) Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source, and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen) -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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Sketches New and Old, 1875; but I cheated, what did you expect?
A couple of the sketches we had at school, but The Watch or is it My Watch wasn't one of them. Sam Clemens is one of the few people I would _really_ like to meet in whatever afterlife there might be. Thanks for the additional prompt. I think I'll print out the E-book and crawl off for a quiet read now! Scout wrote: "I went with a heavy heart to one more watchmaker, and looked on while he took her to pieces. Then I prepared to cross-question him rigidly, for this thing was getting serious. The watch had cost two hundred dollars originally, and I seemed to have paid out two or three thousand for repairs. While I waited and looked on I presently recognized in this watchmaker an old acquaintance -- a steamboat engineer of other days, and not a good engineer, either. He examined all the parts carefully, just as the other watchmakers had done, and then delivered his verdict with the same confidence of manner. He said: "She makes too much steam -- you want to hang the monkey-wrench on the safety valve!" I brained him on the spot, and had him buried at my own expense." Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... katysails wrote: A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer? Shouldn't he be above plagiarism? (snort) Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source, and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen) -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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One of his best lines: If I could bring anyone back from the next life, I
wouldn't bring anyone back. (paraphrased). He was a man of remarkable paradoxes. Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... Sketches New and Old, 1875; but I cheated, what did you expect? A couple of the sketches we had at school, but The Watch or is it My Watch wasn't one of them. Sam Clemens is one of the few people I would _really_ like to meet in whatever afterlife there might be. Thanks for the additional prompt. I think I'll print out the E-book and crawl off for a quiet read now! Scout wrote: "I went with a heavy heart to one more watchmaker, and looked on while he took her to pieces. Then I prepared to cross-question him rigidly, for this thing was getting serious. The watch had cost two hundred dollars originally, and I seemed to have paid out two or three thousand for repairs. While I waited and looked on I presently recognized in this watchmaker an old acquaintance -- a steamboat engineer of other days, and not a good engineer, either. He examined all the parts carefully, just as the other watchmakers had done, and then delivered his verdict with the same confidence of manner. He said: "She makes too much steam -- you want to hang the monkey-wrench on the safety valve!" I brained him on the spot, and had him buried at my own expense." Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... katysails wrote: A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer? Shouldn't he be above plagiarism? (snort) Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source, and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen) -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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My Watch (An Instructive Little Tale)
Another fav: 'How I edited an Agricultural Newspaper.' Scout " 'YOU are the loser by this rupture, not ME, pie-plant. adios!' i then left." MT "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... Sketches New and Old, 1875; but I cheated, what did you expect? A couple of the sketches we had at school, but The Watch or is it My Watch wasn't one of them. Sam Clemens is one of the few people I would _really_ like to meet in whatever afterlife there might be. Thanks for the additional prompt. I think I'll print out the E-book and crawl off for a quiet read now! Scout wrote: "I went with a heavy heart to one more watchmaker, and looked on while he took her to pieces. Then I prepared to cross-question him rigidly, for this thing was getting serious. The watch had cost two hundred dollars originally, and I seemed to have paid out two or three thousand for repairs. While I waited and looked on I presently recognized in this watchmaker an old acquaintance -- a steamboat engineer of other days, and not a good engineer, either. He examined all the parts carefully, just as the other watchmakers had done, and then delivered his verdict with the same confidence of manner. He said: "She makes too much steam -- you want to hang the monkey-wrench on the safety valve!" I brained him on the spot, and had him buried at my own expense." Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... katysails wrote: A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer? Shouldn't he be above plagiarism? (snort) Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source, and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen) -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Join the chorus: http://music.download.com/internetopera http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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