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Originally Posted by Janice D. Soderling
Bill, I do believe that editors are friends to writers and poets.
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Janice,
The good ones are, I agree. I've met some truly fine people this way, whose friendships I value. But there have been others...
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Originally Posted by Janice D. Soderling
If it is the London Bridge, I'll buy it. It should never have been relocated.
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The joke here is that he thought he was buying the Tower Bridge, which would have been worth transporting. Instead he got London Bridge, which wasn't even the one in the song. He denied his error, of course, like one of those movie characters who says "I meant to do that...", and his broker covered for him. But it just fits so well into the narrative of the rich, naive, ignorant American. Part of me wants to believe he really just got it completely wrong, and decided he'd go ahead and install the bridge anyway. Wish I could have been there when he realized mistake... the look on his face would have been priceless!
Best,
Bill