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   Joe Fineman to selene1022v@yahoo.com   
   Re: While we're being rude...   
   24 Oct 05 00:31:33   
   
   From: joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   "selene1022"  writes:   
      
   > Joe Fineman wrote:   
      
   >> Next time thou hearest church bells, remember, they toll for thee.   
      
   > I don't go to church, and even if I did, there are lots of churchs   
   > but certainly no bells for miles around here, much less tolling   
   > bells.   
      
   By "they toll for thee" (besides alluding to that notorious piece of   
   totalitarian propaganda by John Donne), I meant to suggest:  Just   
   imagine that they are telling you "Don't keep talking balls".   
   --   
   ---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   ||:  Six days shalt thou work and do all thou art able --  :||   
   ||:  The seventh, the same, and clean out the stable.      :||   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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