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 Message 23734 
 George Pope to Joe Mackey 
 the original Elon Musk 
 06 Jun 22 22:27:34 
 
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> GP wrote --
>> Did you read this series of books, with their silly adverbial punistry?
> We had someone here years ago who posted Tom Swifties* as he called them.
> They were hilarious.

Yup, Tom Swifties were popular tagline fodder for a while there.. . I
collected the better ones I saw, & created some along the way. . .

>> Or what series grabbed your attention when you were a child?
> I don't recall reading any series of books.  I was more into non-fiction,
> history, etc.  I seem to remember the only time I read fiction books
> (novels, etc) was for a school assignment.

You were Like my son is now -- I read anything & everything as a child. I 
especially loved a long series I could immerse in for a while (5,000 pages or 
more, when I could find such)

He's more into science fact books, reading these mini encyclopedia type 
compendiums of animal or other Nature facts.

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