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- From: balaji@nimbus.yorku.ca (Balaji)
- Subject: Re: Pitchfork?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.213249.26046@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
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- References: <1993Jan22.195524.18393@Shiva.COM>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:32:49 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.195524.18393@Shiva.COM>, phil@Shiva.COM (Phil Budne) writes:
- |>
- |> Eons (well, at least twelve years) ago, I saw a PBS dramatization of a
- |> Wodehouse story which ended with a chararter being chased by a mob.
- |> They run into a house where someone is doing a crossword, and the
- |> dialog that ensues is;
- |>
- |> "What is a 9 letter word for an implement used in the pusuit
- |> of agriculture?"
- |>
- |> "Pitchfork. And that's not all it's used in pursuit of!!"
- |>
- |> Does anyone know the name of the story?
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- The truth about George. It's the first Mulliner story.
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- Balaji
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