sharing

[Jonathan Lighter]

Mark: one hell of an emoticon. Do you use it often?

Add spear for "Zulu warrior."

JL

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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>  o
> <()^
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> I'm a little teapot, short and stout
> Here's my handle and -- OMG, I'm a teakettle!
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> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
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> > That means "Thanks for sitting still and listening to my dreams."
> >
> > Kids: "sharing" is a two-way street.
> >
> > Not that anybody would have written a sentence like that back when things
> > made sense.
> > > Poster:       Randy Alexander <strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM>
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> > > I picked up a children's book in a friend's house: "I'm a Little
> > > Teapot", by Iza Trapani.
> > >
> > > Second last stanza begins:
> > >
> > > I'm a little teapot, golly gee!
> > > Thank you for sharing my dreams with me.
> > >
> > > WTF?
> >
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