Posted by The Huggy Merchant on July 04, 2000 at 05:05:33:
In Reply to: Re: Thought for the Day posted by Bent Twigg on July 03, 2000 at 21:41:34:
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: : : : : Here's one appropriate to the type of day I have had.....
: : : : : If all be true that I do think,
: : : : : There are five reasons we should drink:
: : : : : Good wine - a friend - or being dry -
: : : : : Or lest we should be by and by -
: : : : : Or any other reason why.
: : : : : (Henry Aldrich, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1647-1710)
: : : : SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD BREAK OUT THE TEQUILA!!!! HEY CLABERT!
: : : : SHE NEEDS SOME MORE OF YOUR WINE.
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: : : Now, where's that peach brandy.......?
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: : Brandy?? Brandy?? Naw, that's not peach brandy in that bottle on top o' my fridge...yeah, I know it LOOKS like peach brandy, but it's not...honest...no, really! Well...OKAY, so it IS the left-over peach brandy! After all,
: : "I ain't as green as I am cabbage-looking!" (to quote the good Scotswoman, Miss Katie O'Arbroath!), and when I saw that bottle sittin' there all lonely & half-empty like that, I knew just the perfect place for it to end up!
: : hehehe...hic!
: : MMMM
: Good Evening, Miss Marcia,
: Just stopped by to see if you'd like to enjoy some Fourth of July Fireworks with me? (Not that we've declared Independence yet, it being only 1757, but I always say no time like the present to start practicing.) Perhaps we could invent the tradition.
: Bent
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Well, now, Sheriff - not being an independent yet, does this mean you will be inviting 'the English' to your little shindig? If so, I would be delighted to attend, and think that I could even rustle up some dusty sparklers and some flat cider! How does that be grabbing ye?
The Huggy Merchant