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   From: epsteinrob@yahoo.com   
      
   Lee Rudolph wrote:   
      
   > Julian  writes:   
   >   
   >   
   >>And thank you for starting to read the Lotus for as the Sutra itself   
   >>states that if I can propagate even a single character to someone I am   
   >>assured of reaching the state of non regression in the Land of Tranquil   
   >>Light   
   >>(or some such) so if you read a verse, chapter or the whole thing   
   >>I'll probably get the whole72 thousand virgin thing and   
   >>an Aston Martin DB9.   
   >   
   >   
   > I'm glad to be able to inform you that, not at all due to budget   
   > pressures but for entirely commendable ends, the present coalition   
   > managing the Land of Tranquil light has replaced both the 72   
   > thousand virgins and the Aston Martin with a community bicycle.   
   > Everyone says she's quite a comfortable ride, really.   
   >   
   > Lee Rudolph   
   >   
   >   
      
   Nah e'en one virgin then?  Is the budget really that bad?  Can't they   
   even spare a single damn virgin?  I don't mind transporting the virgin   
   on the bicycle if that's the issue.  I mean who do you have to blow in   
   the Land of Light to get a single damn virgin these days?   
      
   Robert   
      
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