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   *OB-B*E!!!---!!!!!!!!! to Martha Bridegam   
   Re: Bloomsday   
   17 Jun 04 08:15:25   
   
   From: keepontruckingbyrobertcrumb@fhfhfhfhfhfh.com   
      
   "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   news:40D0BD27.1847B71@pacbell.net...   
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   > "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?   
      
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