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- From: klawton1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Kathleen Lawton)
- Subject: Re: Wodehouse query
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- References: <1993Jan21.232532.10713@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <1993Jan22.052457.14090@osf.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:28:17 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.052457.14090@osf.org>, dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
- wrote:
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > "Like a patient etherised upon a table" ?
- >
- > ( :-) for the old h. i.)
- > --
- > 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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-
- Isn't that from J. Alfred Prufrock? (sorry if I'm missing a joke)...
- K
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