[ExI] mark twain; was Re: big bugs, was: RE: tabby's star dimming again

[William Flynn Wallace]

have been reading a collection of Mark Twain short stories.  spike

https://americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/short-story/experience-of-the-mcwilliamses-with-membranous-croup

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mrs._McWilliams_and_the_Lightning

I rarely laugh out loud, public or private, but these two are the funniest
things ever written by anyone.  I think both are stories based on him and
his wife, probably juiced up a bit.

Do not die before reading these stories, everyone.

bill w



On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:23 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:47 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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> Could you even imagine the fun we could have with a freaking 18 inch cock
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> -Dave
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> Dave you will pardon me please.  I have been reading a collection of Mark
> Twain short stories.  His writing is filled with fun Easter eggs, most of
> which goes right over the heads of the younger crowd.  I want to be like
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> They wouldn’t really be just for eating, but perhaps as guard beasts,
> cheaper to feed perhaps than a watch dog.  It would be kinda fun just to
> see if there were any foods a watch roach wouldn’t devour.
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> We could make some really cool horror movies with these babies.
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> We could perhaps use them to clean up food industry waste (the stuff that
> is so revolting it makes the hogs barf) or congress.  Hmmm, OK that’s a bit
> of a stretch.  But the first part about giant roaches cleaning up food
> industry waste might work.
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