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> Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. This has prompted a whole subthread of tree-related puns.  Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply >> Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. > > This has prompted a whole subthread of tree-related puns. That's fir enough. SignatureMike. >>> Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. >> >> This has prompted a whole subthread of tree-related puns. > >That's fir enough. Oakay. SignatureJohn >>>> Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. >>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Oakay. I'm sick a more of these pun threads. SignatureRobin (BrE) Herts, England >>>>> Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I'm sick a more of these pun threads. See how yew are? SignatureMike. >>>>>> Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. >>>>> This has prompted a whole subthread of tree-related puns. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > See how yew are? Cedar problems you create! SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) LFS set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: >>>>>>> Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. >>>>>> This has prompted a whole subthread of tree-related puns. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Cedar problems you create! Much more of this and you won't be very poplar. Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply > LFS set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time > continuum: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Much more of this and you won't be very poplar. You should be more respectful to your elders. SignatureMike. >> LFS set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time >> continuum: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > You should be more respectful to your elders. It's a terrible thing indeed when a respected elder goes larchly unappreciated by the young sprouts. SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. >>> LFS set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time >>> continuum: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >It's a terrible thing indeed when a respected elder goes larchly >unappreciated by the young sprouts. I'm pining away. Put me out of mahogany. SignatureRobin (BrE) Herts, England >>>> LFS set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time >>>> continuum: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > I'm pining away. Put me out of mahogany. (excuse me) An old redhead joined a young one on a perch. Asked the young one: I am tempted by that tree, but yet puzzled. Do you think it is a birch or a beech? Said the elder: Well, let me have a try. And he flew over and hammered away a bit, and then returned to his former perch. Said: Sonny, that is the finest piece of ash I have ever sunk my pecker into. >> Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. > > This has prompted a whole subthread of tree-related puns. The author should be birched and fed to the Dandy Lions.. > >> Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. > > > > This has prompted a whole subthread of tree-related puns. > > The author should be birched and fed to the Dandy Lions.. I arbour no ill will. > > Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. > > This has prompted a whole subthread of tree-related puns. Evil Thread Drift Alert! Subject Line NOT Changed!!!! I heard a new word during the inaugural coverage: "monumentous". I think it was an inadvertent coinage, the speaker mixing up "monumental" with "momentous". I like it: obvious meaning is "hugely memorable". Jim Deutch (JimboCat) -- "A metaphor is when you say one thing and mean something else, but you're not lying." -- Gutenberg! The Musical! >> > Usenet is dead, but the copse is still twitching. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Jim Deutch (JimboCat) I remember hearing it and I liked it, too. Until you pointed it out, I thought it was a word. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland |
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