Where has his vitality gone...?

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mike morgan - 28 Dec 2006 19:50 GMT

Hi all,

A very popular children's story says that Pinocchio experienced an
involuntary enlargement of his nose whenever he told a lie. And I'm so
perplexed and baffled I'm about to lay an egg. The author of the story didn'
t mention a word what happened when this wooden whippersnapper saw, say, a
broomstick, a coat stand or simply a young tree. Did his private parts
behave the same way as his nose and got substantially longer? Oh, and what
kind of timber was the boy made of? Birch, elm, cherry tree perhaps? Please
shed some light on this super vital matter or else I will perish in
darkness. Spank you.

Ps. Just testing.

mike

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Leszek L. - 01 Jan 2007 15:31 GMT

> Hi all,
>
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> broomstick, a coat stand or simply a young tree. Did his private parts
> behave the same way as his nose and got substantially longer? Oh, and what

First, for the sake of learning English, which this group is about:
this should be "get", not "got", given that your sentence begins with "Did".

Now to the point of your question:
Most of us human males (whether of the flesh and blood or timber variety)
do not inevitably become sexually aroused at the sight of the particular
object which our noses pathologically resemble, be they broomsticks,
beans, basketballs, boots, blueberries, or bluebird beaks.

Which leaves me wondering what on earth the shape of _your_ nose
might be reminiscent of. The answer will certainly not be as plain
as the nose in your face. Or are you simply a... gosh, what's the Greek
for nose... a rhinophile??

> kind of timber was the boy made of? Birch, elm, cherry tree perhaps?
> Please
> shed some light on this super vital matter or else I will perish in
> darkness. Spank you.

To my knowledge, the original text does not explicitly state it, but the
name
of this wooden boy clearly derives from the Italian "pino" = pine.
I guess Pinocchio's story is an example of what happens when the resin
in a piece of pine wood becomes Collodized.

> Ps. Just testing.

And what's my score?

Happy new year,
Leszek.

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Where has his vitality gone...?