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To: Kid Rock who wrote (1386)3/8/2000 9:40:00 AM
From: Roo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2633
 
Early Spring in New England - or- Advance of the Crocus

Defeated, winter recalls it's frigid forces and retreats to the north. The victorious sun calls forth it's troops from the muddy battleground. Proudly adorned with the brilliant yellows, whites and purples of the federation, the troops thrust jubilantly from their entrenched positions and gleefully overrun the front lawn.



To: Kid Rock who wrote (1386)3/17/2000 5:55:00 AM
From: sandintoes  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2633
 
Here is yet another look at the strangeness of the English language!

I'll bet most of you will do like I did, skip over half of the words, and have to reread the sentence to discover the sameness! Enjoy!

We polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
A farm can produce produce.
The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.
The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
The present is a good time to present the present.
At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
The dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance for the invalid was invalid.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.



To: Kid Rock who wrote (1386)4/1/2000 4:15:00 PM
From: Thomas G. Busillo  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 2633
 
I Torched It All and Headed for Boise

I could've just thrown everything out the window. But I still would have been there. It would have been there. And it was me.

So I torched it all and headed for Boise.