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- From: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
- Subject: Re: Wodehouse query
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.052457.14090@osf.org>
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- Reply-To: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <1993Jan21.232532.10713@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:24:57 GMT
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- shenkin@still3.chem.columbia.edu (Peter Shenkin) writes:
- >One of the most hilarious moments in a Jeeves/Bertie book is when someone
- >recites a parody of a romantic poem, in which the setting sun is compared
- >in appearance to an overly rare slice of roast beef.
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- "Like a patient etherised upon a table" ?
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- ( :-) for the old h. i.)
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- David Brooks dbrooks@osf.org
- Open Software Foundation uunet!osf.org!dbrooks
- Shine out, fair sun, with all your heat! Black winter freezes to his seat...
- The boneless fish close quaking lies...the stars in icicles arise!
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