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   Joe Fineman to Martha Bridegam   
   Re: While we're being rude...   
   28 Oct 05 01:01:53   
   
   From: joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   Martha Bridegam  writes:   
      
   > selene1022 wrote:   
   >> 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 the way, did you catch that 60% plus voter turnout that   
   >> approved the new Iraqi constitution? You'd think that all admirers   
   >> of Orwell would hear a few bells peeling at news like that--at   
   >> least in their hearts. I know I for one am pretty pleased.   
   >>   
   > Yes, the rust on a number of liberty bells is peeling pretty badly   
   > lately. Got to say I'd rather hear them ringing.   
      
   I seem to have misspelled "troll".   
   --   
   ---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   ||:  Be sloppy enough that a surprise can happen, and careful  :||   
   ||:  enough that you can tell what it was.                     :||   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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