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- From: jcarroll@ferris.cray.com (Jeff Carroll)
- Subject: Re: Natty Bumpo I Ain't
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.101315.21411@walter.cray.com>
- Originator: jcarroll@ferris
- Lines: 28
- Sender: jcarroll@ferris (Jeff Carroll)
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- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
- References: <Bxy57B.9M3@rice.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 10:13:15 CST
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- In article <Bxy57B.9M3@rice.edu>, caz@owlnet.rice.edu (HWRNMNBSOL) writes:
- > This afternoon I had just about recovered from my failure in the wilderness.
- > (Remember your failure in the tree! The tree, young Jedi!) So I didn't see
- > any deer, let alone kill any. So what. Big deal.
- >
- > Got home today and got a call from my uncle, who lives north of Dallas.
- >
- > His 10-year-old daughter shot an 8-pointer yesterday.
- >
- > I have readjusted my sights. I have reloaded my firearm. My skinning
- > knife is good and sharp; my hands are steady and my aim is true. I have
- > consulted the entrails of the sacred geese, and the omens are good.
- >
- > This weekend, I shall surely kill.......
- >
- > .....unless my cousin is VERY sneaky......
-
- and kills you first?
-
- > --
- > HWRNMNBSOL
-
- Next time, stay in the pickup. I've found that the most effective
- deer-hunting weapon I ever owned was an '83 VW diesel Rabbit.
-
- jkc (here in Virginia we get 8-pointers dancing on the parkway
- in broad daylight)
-