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- From: mjmh@crsa.bu.edu (Michael J M Holmes)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Another introduction...
- Message-ID: <102898@bu.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 15:50:08 GMT
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- In article <1ek2ceINNiff@gap.caltech.edu> ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz) writes:
- >>>"You wouldn't happen to have read 'The Rains of Eridan' by H. M. Hoover,
- >>>would you? One of my favorites ... I've been looking for a copy for years."
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- >>"No, I don't think so. But I have a desperate need to go bookstore-
- >>hopping soon, so I'll be sure to keep an eye out for it!"
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- >"Well, if you ever do see it, I'm certainly willing to pay (as long as you
- >don't ship it to Australia first ...). it would be worth the money just
- >to have it stop nagging at the back of my head!"
-
-
- /* smiles.
-
- "OK, I'll check for it when I'm out, and if I find it,
- I'll pick it up and let you know! And it gives me a
- great excuse to go to *lots* of bookstores!! (Not that
- I really need an excuse...) "
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- >>>>>>"Thanks, Abner! I think I need another drink after that Purple-People
- >>>>>>Eater scare!!"
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- >>>>>Here you go. I'm sure it'll taste mauvelous!
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- >>>>"Many more that bad and I'll get violetly ill!!"
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- >>>"Say many more like that and you'll get purple upset at you!"
-
- >>"Okay, okay, you win! I thought I could go for a while
- >>telling purple puns, but you've taken all the plum ones!!"
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- >Abner flinches. He's reaching his limit. "If you tell many more puns like
- >that, we'll maroon you on a desert island!"
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- Grapefully, /* sits down and relaxes.
-
- "Ok, no more punning or joking orchidding around!"
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- ;)
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