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   >>>> time.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's true, Donkey.   
   >>>   
   >>> But if Boy George "never knew" what "mysterious" games the other   
   >>> children were playing, It's safe to conclude that he *never* hung out   
   >>> with them.   
   >>>   
   >>> There are only so many games that children play out doors: Hide and   
   >>> Seek, Tag, Mother May I?, Hopscotch, Simon Says, Blind Man's Bluff,   
   >>> Catch, Marbles, Kick Ball, Baseball, Touch Football, basketball,   
   >>> croquet, horseshoes, etc.  And children usually play these games *many*   
   >>> times throughout the course of their childhood.  It's not as if you were   
   >>> to miss a game of "Tag," they wouldn't be playing it again a day or two   
   >>> later.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not only did Boy George not hang out with the other children, but he   
   >>> doesn't seem to have even spoken with them.  Had they been speaking, he   
   >>> could have asked "What was that mysterious game you were playing   
   >>> yesterday?" and they would have replied "Jacks." And the mystery would   
   >>> have been solved.   
   >>>   
   >>> Boy George had a sad and lonely childhood.   
   >>>   
   >>> And you know what's the saddest part?  He didn't even have an AI bot to   
   >>> keep him company back then,   
   >>>   
   >>> --   
   >>   
   >> I suppose we all had different childhood memories, but I find it bizarre   
   >> how you obsess over the childhood of George Dance, while making up   
   >> delusional fantasies about George Dance when he was a lad.   
   >>   
   >> And so it goes.   
   >   
   > you know that we're discussing George Dance's   
   > semi-fictional character, "Boy George."  We aren't technically   
   > discussing George Dance.   
   >   
   > And since George Dance titled this thread "Re: My Father's House / gjd   
   > (for new comments)," one should think that he was looking to receive new   
   > comments on his poem.   
   >   
   > I don't think you can call anyone obsessed for providing "new comments"   
   > on a poem when the author specifically asked for the same.   
   >   
   > --   
      
   You're making the mistake Karla Rogers warned about:   
      
   "Don't mistake the speaker in the poem with the writer of the poem."   
   -Karla Rogers   
      
   HTH and HAND.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)