On 4/15/06, joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> That does it ravi. I'm getting your little boy a trumpet for Xmas.
>
> Joanna
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> ravi wrote:
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> At around 15/4/06 8:43 pm, ravi wrote:
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> (I warn you, they will keep getting worse!)
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> [recycle++]
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> On a USO tour with Mother Teresa, Kissinger and Doug Henwood, Hitch hits
> the bottle early (could you blame him, with this sort of company?).
> Halfway through the flight, in the midst of extreme turbulence, the sole
> pilot makes a brief appearance to hand out three parachutes before
> leaping to safety using his own.
>
> Kissinger grabs one of the three packs, exclaims that the world needs a
> Nobel laureate peacemaker such as himself, and exits the plane.
>
> Hitch lunges at one of the two packs, grabbing himself one, and barely
> able to conceal his glee, announces "The world needs me, for I am the
> smartest man on the planet!". And out he goes!
>
> The good lady turns to young Henwood and advices, "Good fellow, you are
> in the prime of your life. A Manhattan socialite with a far flung
> mailing list empire, you deserve to see more. I have exhausted my use on
> this planet. Please, take the remaining parachute".
>
> "No worries, grandma", responds the alert lad, "We both have parachutes.
> The smartest man in the world just jumped out with my backpack".
>
> ------
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> And that I believe is my quota. Good night, peace, love and all that
> other stuff that ain't gonna happen,
>
> --ravi
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