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- From: tje3@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
- Subject: Re: Lamplighter's Re-Introduction
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.231347.11100@news.columbia.edu>
- Originator: tje3@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
- Sender: usenet@news.columbia.edu (The Network News)
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- Reply-To: tje3@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Tammy Jo Eckhart)
- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <1992Nov14.185057.548@news.columbia.edu> <keulen.721926988@possum>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:13:47 GMT
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- Mike van Keulen writes:
-
- >Splash walks up to the Lamplighter and introduces himself. "Hi - I'm
- >Splash, the resident marine biologist. I've only been here a few months,
- >and so I guess I'm a newby to you. Welcome back ... how about a refill
- >and a hug?"
-
- "Well, hello there, Splash," says the Lamplighter. "I've been around
- since ... um ... wow, late 'ninety. Except for a couple months I just
- recently missed. I was a physics grad student, and now I'm working in a
- library."
-
- He looks into his glass, which is empty. "A refill? What was that I
- just drank, anyway? A hug? Now, that's less confusing." He and Splash hug
- the hug of new acquaintances, which around here looks just like the hug of
- old friends.
-
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- The Lamplighter |"There's only so many times you can type 'Pat
- (Tom Lee) | Buchanan' into a word processor before the
- tje3@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu | system crashes." -- Love & War
-