The Guest of Emperors and Boarding House Keepers: A long-lost obituary of
Mark Twain
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Adele Gleason in Lapham’s Quarterly: 1910: Lahore As I knew him in the many
summers he lived on estates joining ours in Elmira, N.Y., U.S.A., his
wife’s bi...
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[telephone conversation]
ReplyDelete[ring ring]
Shop: Hello. You Me Bum Bum Train!
Caller: Uh ... beg pardon?
Shop: You Me Bum Bum Train!
Caller: Creep.
[hangs up]
That must happen
DeleteIt reminds me...there used to be a Chinese takeaway place in Camden.Jolly good chow mein, but a disconcerting exhortation to "go back for noodle boys."
ReplyDeleteoops! what they said was : "go back door for noodle boys."
ReplyDeleteSo appetising!
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