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To: ThomasJefferson
Guess who won't be fighting?

It won't be the smokers. They'll be too busy puffing away in some back alley.

301 posted on 12/24/2002 9:56:00 AM PST by VRWC_minion
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To: VRWC_minion
It won't be the smokers.

The real answer is you, coward.

304 posted on 12/24/2002 1:15:07 PM PST by Protagoras
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To: VRWC_minion
Thanks to MadIvan for posting the following from Gilbert & Sullivan:

"If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am:
I'm a genuine philanthropist -- all other kinds are sham.
Each little fault of temper and each social defect
In my erring fellow-creatures, I endeavour to correct.
To all their little weaknesses I open people's eyes;
And little plans to snub the self-sufficient I devise;
I love my fellow creatures -- I do all the good I can--
Yet ev'rybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!
And I can't think why!

"To compliments inflated I've a withering reply;
And vanity I always do my best to mortify;
A charitable action I can skillfully dissect;
And interested motives I'm delighted to detect;
I know ev'rybody's income and what ev'rybody earns;
And I carefully compare it with the income-tax returns;
But to benefit humanity however much I plan,
Yet ev'rybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!
And I can't think why!

"I'm sure I'm no ascetic; I'm as pleasant as can be;
You'll always find me ready with a crushing repartee,
I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer,
I've an entertaining snigger, I've a fascinating leer.
To ev'rybody's prejudice I know a thing or two;
I can tell a woman's age in half a minute -- and I do.
But although I try to make myself as pleasant as I can,
Yet ev'rybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!
And I can't think why!"

308 posted on 12/25/2002 6:58:00 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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