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From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: Fall of the House of ??


> "Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 25 May 2002, Steve Sloan II wrote:
> >
> > > "Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
> > >
> > > > Pancakes?
> > >
> > > It *would* be fun to see Edgar Allen Poe try to order
> > > the "rooty-tooty fresh and fruity." ;-)
> >
> > "Waitress, I find myself oppressed by a mood of silent and sickening
> > gloom.  Prithee, 'fore this dank and dread New England clay devours us
> > all, fetch me the breakfast special and cup of coffee."
>
> I give it a 7.3.  If you can manage to actually incorporate "rooty-tooty
> fresh and fruity" into a Poean (?) construct, I'll give you a higher
> score.  :)
>
Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered weak and weary,
over another rooty tooty,
fresh and fruity repast,
not unlike a thousand that I had had before.
On my forehead came a knocking,
a rap,
a slap,
then handcuffs locking.
Quote the night manager, "Nevermore!"

xponent
Poe M Aru
rob

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