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Posted by Loco Jones on 09/29/05 23:07
"Perseus" <ComHost-h0001.erase@hccnet.nl> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 22:11:11 +0100, "Hammerer" wrote:
> >"Perseus" wrote...
> >> I think I'm gonna have to read more of your posts
> >> to get a clearer picture.
> >>
> >Good luck, Pers! You're going to need it.
> >>
> >> BTW, "Perseus" comes from Greek mythology, where he was
> >> the son of Zeus and Dana. A son, not daughter, so that makes
> >> me...
> >. . . Someone who was conceived by a couple who were into
> > "golden showers". You Dutch folk! Wicked!
>
> Exactly! And that's because most anything goes in this land of
> windmills and wooden shoes.
Okay, windmills I can understand, those having a practical application and
all. But wooden shoes? Sorry, not so much... I mean, what possible
rationale could there be for walking on lumber?
Mind you, if this idea was hatched in the precursor to Amsterdam's famed
smokey cafes (the basement of a windmill?), then the whole hilarity factor
of whittling yourself a pair of shoes becomes apparent.
> Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
Then I guess sticking that finger in the dyke, in retrospect, wasn't the
best idea.
- Loco -
(Now Playing: Wooden Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
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