Poot and Putin . . .

[Wilson Gray]

Charlie writes:

"The recollection is so vivid that it simply HAS TO be accurate!"

Telll it!

Truly, we must have been separated at birth.

-Wilson

On 6/8/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> A memory suddenly bubbled to the surface of my roiling brain: In grade school, my bawdy associates and I read _Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates_ with great hilarity--because of the presence of a character named Jakob Poot. (The recollection is so vivid that it simply HAS TO be accurate!)
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