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   Martha Bridegam to All   
   Re: Bloomsday   
   16 Jun 04 14:35:37   
   
   From: mabjo@pacbell.net   
      
   "ROB-B*E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" wrote:   
      
   > "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   > news:40D07EF4.401FD5AB@pacbell.net...   
   > > Wondering if folks here will also be celebrating Bloomsday   
   > > (see, e.g.,   
   > > ).   
   > >   
   > > Probably others here can think of more things Orwell owed to   
   > > Joyce, but to start with, there's the obvious "Nighttown"   
   > > knockoff in *A Clergyman's Daughter*, and some of his   
   > > appreciation, as in "Inside the Whale," for people who   
   > > aren't tempted to strike heroic poses.   
   > >   
   > > Any thoughts?   
   > >   
   > > /M   
   >   
   > I had Guinness with pals and defended the book from naysayers.   
      
   Thanks. I've just made a pot of tea here. Anyone know if Joyce was a   
   Milk In First or a Milk In Second man?   
      
   (There's a Guinness waiting in the fridge but it's early yet here.)   
      
   /M   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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