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To: Thomas C. White who wrote (31362)7/9/1999 5:27:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 71178
 
Thank you! <bask> <preen> What is a "hurdy-gurdy"?

<edit> Oh I found it. A rather unusual stringed instrument. OK, ta'where is the hurdy-gurdy native or appropriate?



To: Thomas C. White who wrote (31362)7/9/1999 5:51:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
Give'm the Finger

Ahmad bitterly regretted visiting his in-laws. While his guest yurt was comfy, he did not notice the damaged flooring. He figured even less on the camel spider, a flesh-eating troglodyte that owned the desert night. He lost three digits to its voracity, truncating his meteoric career playing the hurdy-gurdy.



To: Thomas C. White who wrote (31362)7/9/1999 6:22:00 PM
From: Rambi  Respond to of 71178
 
The taxidriver, a Mongol fresh off the yurt farm, warned,
"Remember! Stay away from troglodytes in red turbans." She didn't hear, too captivated by the monkey dancing to the strains of a hurdy-gurdy. So mesmerized, she failed to notice:
The hurdy-gurdy man was a troglodyte who wore a red turban.