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You never know what may set people off. Colorful tale.
posted by
mariss9
on February 9, 2012 at 7:44 AM
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Re: Thanks, Annicita. Some people just seem to think they're entitled.
Bad toilet-training, perhaps.
posted by
2902
on February 9, 2012 at 2:02 AM
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Re: How good this is! excellent poem and iam so happy to be back reading
You too, Kabu! Good to have you back! How was your trip?
posted by
2902
on February 9, 2012 at 2:00 AM
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Re: Paris? Maybe. He sounded like a spoiled kid!
posted by
2902
on February 9, 2012 at 1:58 AM
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Re: This guy would not listen! He seemed normal enough otherwise.
Just something about the little laundry room and machines! The Royal Princess (commissioned by Diana herself) was British, so maybe it's a faint continuation of the Napoleonic wars, you think?
posted by
2902
on February 9, 2012 at 1:55 AM
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nice job....always one sour apple in the bunch
posted by
Annicita
on February 8, 2012 at 8:56 PM
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How good this is! excellent poem and iam so happy to be back reading
you again.
posted by
Kabu
on February 8, 2012 at 8:51 PM
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LOL - bet he was from Paris - they seem to have a very short fuse in general! Great poem...loved the rhythm too.
posted by
adnohr
on February 8, 2012 at 7:08 PM
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So your telling me that a French guy took a swing at some one? That's funny. When my daughter was on the Paris subway some pregnant girl punched her in the back of the head...She donsen't know why.
posted by
UtahJay
on February 8, 2012 at 6:02 PM
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Re: Poor Ginny has already captivated her audience. Me. :Physiological
warfare is my favorite, and I'm going now. Good night.
posted by
2902
on February 8, 2012 at 5:35 PM
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Well Bob lad you are beginning to spin your yarns and captivate your audience, I wonder if poor Ginny will get jealous. Physiological warfare is my forte. Go and give her a cuddle.
posted by
C_C_T
on February 8, 2012 at 8:25 AM
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Re: Great fun. Love the rhythm, the hyperbole, the whole thing.
Thanks, Pat. The guy was a real nut-job, even picking on the biggest passenger on board to try his fisticuffs on. No coward he, nor was he very tightly wrapped!
posted by
2902
on February 8, 2012 at 5:57 AM
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Great fun. Love the rhythm, the hyperbole, the whole thing.
And it all makes such sense after we get the context. 
Write on!
posted by
Pat_B
on February 8, 2012 at 4:56 AM
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Re: I agree - Old Blind Pew tapping down the road and suddenly
grabbing Jim Hawkins still gets me. And was there ever a scalliwag like Long John Silver!
posted by
2902
on February 8, 2012 at 4:13 AM
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Somehow it takes me back to Robert Louis Stevens' Treasure Island. I must have read it twenty times when I was growing up. I'd read it again if I had one around. Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 8, 2012 at 3:55 AM
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