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- From: S.S.B.Glover@bradford.ac.uk (SSB GLOVER)
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- Subject: Re: An early toast
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.175300.13484@bradford.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 17:53:00 GMT
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- Chris Welch (me_s420@king.ac.uk) wrote:
- : The Urban Spaceman engages the delurkatron and, with a sound reminscent of
- : treacle imploding, materialises in The Place.
- :
- : "Anyway, I'm not here to bore you with my problems but to make a toast. Mike,
- : a dram of Dufftown Glenlivet, if you would be so kind."
-
- That's a good malt. The fact that it's currently tres bon marche' in Leeds is
- (of course) irrelevant -- even if we did get clva for the party instead...
-
- : "Chaffee, Grissom, White, Jarvis, McAuliffe, McNair, Onizuka, Resnik, Scobee,
- : Smith. Gone, but not forgotten."
-
- I'll join you in that, adding only the four(?) russians whose names I can
- never remember.
-
- the glass soars, crossing under the rafters, and just before
-
- reaching the grate
-
- a thin stream of left-over malt
- pours,
- ignites
- and a
-
- (*crash*)
- happens
-