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   wlahearn@gmail.com to Mack A. Damia   
   Re: "Scrooge" (A Christmas Carol) 1951   
   25 Dec 23 22:41:26   
   
   From: wlah...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, December 25, 2023 at 9:30:49 PM UTC-5, Mack A. Damia wrote:   
   > On Mon, 25 Dec 2023 18:23:19 -0800 (PST), "wlah...@gmail.com"    
   >  wrote:   
   > >On Monday, December 25, 2023 at 6:04:00?PM UTC-5, Mack A. Damia wrote:    
   > >> Okay, here's the rub:    
   > >>    
   > >> Towards the end of the film, Scrooge wakes up in bed tossing and    
   > >> turning and grabbing the bed curtains, so we assume that he dreamed    
   > >> the entire sequence of the three spirits.    
   > >>    
   > >> But when did he go to bed? He leaves work, tells the poor man to go    
   > >> to debtor's prison, won't spend a half-penny for extra bread, sees    
   > >> Marley's face in the door knob, sits by the fire and eats his soup or    
   > >> gruel and then Marley makes an entrance and tells him he will be    
   > >> visited by three spirits.    
   > >>    
   > >> When did he go to bed if he wakes up from the dream towards the end of    
   > >> the film? Was Marley's face on the door knob part of the dream? How    
   > >> could it have been?    
   > >>    
   > >> Enquiring minds want to know.    
   > >    
   > >You just won't stop embarrassing yourself.   
   > Buzz off Billy. Your comments are shyte. Same as your brain matter.   
   Biff off, cultural moron.   
      
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