I wrote: <(yes, yes, I know, :) 'Avon nearly killed Vila, poor Avon').>

and Betty: <It's amazing how easily he evokes that sort of reaction, isn't it? :)>

Reading through the archives sometimes, it's interesting the number of posts that end with something like 'you just want to give him a big hug' (notwithstanding the fact that trying to hug Avon might be like trying to hug an ice-storm, and just as dangerous).

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