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- From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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- Subject: Re: This ere t-shirt
- Date: 2 Jan 1993 20:56:17 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, Fizzy the Fribble () says:
-
- >From the screen of 'Anne Burton Harwell'...
- >> > > 'high-profile'? Is that a coment about my stomach, eh fizzy? Grrrr!
- >> > Only when you are lying down Graham.
- >> I never in all my life. Standing up = ??
- >
- >(Any sexual innuendo implied by the first message was totally accidental
- > and not intended.)
- >
- >But the term "beached whale" came to mind...
- >
- Fiz, I think I know which whale in particular. The Great White whale of
- imfamous memory - Moby Dick? [it had to be said; it's the Usenet Influence
- creeping up on me....]
- I'll let other, dirtier-minded folks <ahem> flesh out the implications of
- that name.
-
- Ken? You awake?
-
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