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- From: kibo@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry)
- Subject: Re: "Mr." Socks?
- Message-ID: <C0Azup.K13@world.std.com>
- Followup-To: alt.religion.kibology,rec.pets.cats
- Organization: Two rooms filled with typography, in downtown Boston
- References: <726036048snx@sgml.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 00:25:36 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- [alt.folklore.urban]
- In article <726036048snx@sgml.com> brian@sgmlinc.com writes:
- >It seems to me that I heard someone, early on in the Clinton
- >transition, refer to the first cat as "Mr." Socks. Now all I ever
- >hear the horrid thing called is "Socks the Cat"
- >
- >Has anyone else heard the more proper form? Either way, I can't
- >wait until the Prez-to-be shows his manhood by whirling the
- >animal around by his ears.
-
- So this Spanish-speaking guy of no particular ethnic persuasion is
- looking around the White House for something. A butler tries to help
- him but the butler knows no Spanish. The butler starts bringing the
- person various things.
-
- Mr. Clinton's bank book. "No."
-
- Some styrofoam Big Mac boxes from Clinton's archives. "No."
-
- Some partly-chewed red, white, and blue jelly beans that Reagan stuck
- under the desk. "No."
-
- Clinton's cat. "!ESO SI QUE ES!" "Well, why didn't you SAY so?"
-
-
- (womp womp)
- -- K.
-