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- From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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- Subject: Re: Touchtones and Alternative Librarians
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 21:28:15 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU () says:
-
- >>This sounds true.:-) I did hear the joke using koalas, though; no one said
- >>jokes had to be accurate....
- >...... but those that get their facts straight are usually funnier.
- >
- This was on rec.humor - accuracy isn't a strict requirement, and neither is
- "funny".
- >
- >Nothing wrong with that! There's nothing nicer IMO than a glass of cold, fresh
- >cow's milk on a hot summer's day or warm milk on a cold, winter's evening.
- >Does that make me an addict too?
- >
- Nope - he drinks it year-round, any temperature, all the time. I only do that
- with caffeine.:-)
-
- >>He reminds me more of my younger sister sometimes; she growls when she's tired.
- >>And when she's tired and cranky, heaven help whoever's in her way. Sound
- >>familiar?:-)
- >That reminds me of everyone I know! :-)
- >
- Ow gawwwwwwd - you mean there are more of her? Australia has me deepest
- sympathies!
-
- >resemblance himself.... he kept the moustache for 10 years - maintaining a
- >striking resemblance to Terry Thomas, but was clean-shaven the last time I
- >saw him (about 6 months ago). I was very surprised to receive a phone call from
- >him on Christmas Day to wish me a 'Merry Christmas'... so surprised that I
- >didn't recognise his voice and he had to identify himself, if you can call
- >"It's me!" identifying one's self..... no wonder we always had 'communication'
- >problems. :-)
- >
- Well, over the phone...but still. You remind me of me.:-) Of course, if he
- really was a true jerk, forgetting his voice might have been deliberate.:-)
-
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