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Unread 12-04-2004, 03:33 PM
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I've always loved Archy and Mehitabel. Here's an excerpt from 'the song of archy and mehitabel':

'my youth i shall never forget
but there s nothing i really regret
wotthehell wotthehell
there s a dance in the old dame yet
toujours gai toujours gai

the things that i had not ought to
i do because i ve gotto
wotthehell wotthehell
and i end with my favorite motto
toujours gai toujours gai

boss sometimes i think
that our friend mehitabel
is a trifle too gay'

I use one of Archy's maxims as a signature on some boards:
'An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.'

By the way, Archy had a good excuse for his lack of punctuation, as he had to bang out his poems on a typewriter with his head, poor dab.

Regards, Maz


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