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- From: lew@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (lewis.h.mammel..jr)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.books
- Subject: Re: *Any* kind of r.a.b split, or at least a *serious* discussion
- Summary: amphibious assault
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.225738.5298@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 22:57:38 GMT
- References: <9212181601.AA04042@cfdev1.shearson.com> <1992Dec23.191329.10077@netcom.com>
- Organization: AT&T
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- In article <1992Dec23.191329.10077@netcom.com>, tmaddox@netcom.com (Tom Maddox) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec23.180850.26863@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> lew@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (lewis.h.mammel..jr) writes:
- > >In article <1992Dec20.091759.27869@netcom.com>, tmaddox@netcom.com (Tom Maddox) writes:
- > >> A *joking* attitude, it's called, and is easily recognized as such
- > >> by anyone with either a clue or a sense of humor.
- > >
- > >The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest, but the frogs die in earnest.
- >
- > Imaginary gardens with real toads?
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- I was thinking along the lines of, well, perhaps little psychic
- frogs that we all have within us ... Smurf pelts come to mind here, eh?
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- > I don't think so, Mr. Mammel. Whatever stones we exchanged on a
- > previous occasion (and there *was* a previous occasion, was there not? though
- > I don't remember the topic that provoked it), you seem to be doing quite
- > well--either that, or frogs post from the afterlife.
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- Aha! See? You wouldn't remember, would you. And gosh, did I throw back ?
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- > Or, put it another way, any frog that dies from the stones thrown
- > on r.a.b. is at the very least taking itself far too seriously.
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- The poor things just can't help themselves.
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- Lew Mammel, Jr.
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