On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:59:30 -0700 Helen Krummenacker avona@jps.net writes:

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"There was a young sailor from Ithaca Who found leaving Troy was quite trickia He sailed for ten years In very slow gears Till his whining made Olympus quite sickia.

"Let me read you the next three thousand verses-

Avon: AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!

Ellynne

Ellynne-- you are a Black Widowers fan aren't you!?

Actually, I haven't read those. I was borrowing/imitating/inspired by Dickson and Anderson's Hoka books (one of the Teddy bear like Hokas translated the Iliad into lymric verse). Of course, they may have well been Black Widower fans.

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