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Strike Leader
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Middleofnowhere, NH
Posts: 2,012
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Nudge Nudge
Man:
'Evening, squire!
Squire:
(stiffly)
Good evening.
Man:
Is, uh,... Is your wife a goer, eh? Know whatahmean, know whatahmean, nudge nudge, know whatahmean, say no more?
Squire:
I, uh, I beg your pardon?
Man:
Your, uh, your wife, does she go, eh, does she go, eh?
Squire:
(flustered)
Well, she sometimes 'goes', yes.
Man:
Aaaaaaaah bet she does, I bet she does, say no more, say no more, know whatahmean, nudge nudge?
Squire:
(confused)
I'm afraid I don't quite follow you.
Man:
Follow me. Follow me. That's good, that's good!
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!
Squire:
Are you, uh,... are you selling something?
Man:
SELLING! Very good, very good! Ay? Ay? Ay?
(pause)
Oooh! Ya wicked Ay! Wicked Ay! Oooh hooh! Say No MORE!
Squire:
Well, I, uh....
Man:
Is, your uh, is your wife a sport, ay?
Squire:
Um, she likes sport, yes!
Man:
I bet she does, I bet she does!
Squire:
As a matter of fact she's very fond of cricket.
Man:
'Oo isn't? Likes games, eh?
Knew she would. Likes games, eh?
She's been around a bit, been around?
Squire:
She has traveled, yes. She's from Scarsdale.
(pause)
Man:
SAY NO MORE!!
Scarsdale, saynomore, saynomore, saynomore, squire!
Squire:
I wasn't going to!
Man:
Oh! Well, never mind. Dib dib?
Is your uh, is your wife interested in... photography, ay? 'Photographs, ay', he asked him knowlingly?
Squire:
Photography?
Man:
Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more?
Squire:
Holiday snaps, eh?
Man:
They could be, they could be taken on holiday.
Candid, you know, CANDID photography?
Squire:
No, no I'm afraid we don't have a camera.
Man:
Oh.
(leeringly)
Still, mooooooh, ay? Mwoohohohohoo, ay? Hohohohohoho, ay?
Squire:
Look... are you insinuating something?
Man:
Oh, no, no, no... yes.
Squire:
Well?
Man:
Well, you're a man of the world, squire.
Squire:
Yes...
Man:
I mean, you've been around a bit, you know, like, you've, uh... You've 'done it'...
Squire:
What do you mean?
Man:
Well, I mean like,... you've SLEPT, with a lady...
Squire:
Yes...
Man:
What's it like?
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Each smallest act of kindness reverbrates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.
This Momentous Day, H. R. White
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