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   Peter J Ross to Will Dockery   
   Re: I Met A Girl / Will Dockery (1982)   
   21 Dec 25 22:12:15   
   
   From: pjr@example.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-21, Will Dockery  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Peter J Ross  posted:   
   >> On 2025-12-20, HarryLime    
   >> wrote:   
   >>> Will Dockery wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > In 1982, perhaps.   
   >> >   
   >> > In 2025, if you met a girl, and "put [your] finger to her hole," you'd   
   >> > be thrown in jail.   
   >>   
   >> You're forgetting that the Dreckster lives in Georgia, not New York or   
   >> any other tolerably advanced part of the world.   
   >>   
   >> According to the Georgia Criminal Code, you're not allowed to fantasise   
   >> about sexually assaulting a little girl unless she's your first cousin,   
   >> your sister or (best of all) your daughter. (If she's your daughter you   
   >> get elected to the State Senate unopposed.)   
   >   
   > The poem was based on a dream, written in 1982.   
   >   
   > The "girl" in the poem was approximately my age, which was 24 st that time.   
      
   But she was at least six degrees of consanguinity away from you! Why   
   weren't you lynched?   
      
   --   
   PJR :-)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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