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- From: eaeu282@orion.oac.uci.edu (Ching-I Chen)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: wow, delilah tries a SECOND post
- Message-ID: <2B66DF8C.6472@news.service.uci.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:16:28 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Irvine
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- >=> Delilah opens her eyes, mumbles something about her hands smelling
- >=>like acetone.
- >=> "Wow, what a nap," she says. "I dreamt I was living in Cicely,
- >=>Alaska, and had a cold, so I had to go see Dr. Fleischman..." She rambles
- >=>on about nothing in particular, something those who know her well are used
- >=>to by now.
- >=> "Neato. What be going on around here?" she asks.
- >=>
- >=
- >=Acetone? Whoa, Nelly! We ain't never had nothing like that since them pigs
- >=ran down old Grocer Jameson at the 4H/Illuminati rally! (+10 points for a
- >=triple negative)
- >
- >StM, who missed the reference to acetone the first time around, runs to his
- >back pack, pulls out his glucometer, lancet, test strips, and alcohol swabs,
- >and rushes over to Delilah. "People aren't supposed to smell like acetone!
- >And when they start getting sleepy, too, that can be dangerous. Last time I
- >started smelling like acetone (and feeling awfully sleepy), I ended up spending
- >five days in the hospital. You want I should check your blood sugar level?"
-
- Delilah brightens. "Be my guest! While you're at it, maybe you've
- got a gizmo to check out my stress level? And blood pressure? And do I get
- a lollipop, too?"
- Again, she stifles a yawn. "Excuse me," she says. "I was up til 4
- last night. And stupid me, I wasn't even studying! I was reading JOHNNY
- GOT HIS GUN." She glances around the bar. "Don't you have any complimentary
- M & M's or something?"
-