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#68839 05/11/2002 2:23 AM
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A cook named McMurray
Got a raise in a hurry
From his Hindu employer
By favoring curry.

-- Ogden Nash


#68840 05/11/2002 2:34 AM
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My favourite in this category is "Ouch!", a concoction by one J. Hicks of Sandy Lake, PA. Unlike some sauces of this ilk it is not only quite hot, but it has a good taste.
lusy! My darling lusy! Oh, welcome back, welcome back! HUG! KISS!!! You can't think how delighted I am to see you again, my lovely, loving lusy! [throwing my arms around you e]

Being your slave what should I do but tend
Upon the hours, and times of your desire?
I have no precious time at all to spend;
Nor services to do, till you require.
Nor dare I chide the world without end hour,
Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you,
Nor think the bitterness of absence sour,
When you have bid your servant once adieu;
Nor dare I question with my jealous thought
Where you may be, or your affairs suppose,
But, like a sad slave, stay and think of nought
Save, where you are, how happy you make those.
So true a fool is love, that in your will,
Though you do anything, he thinks no ill.


Shakespeare, sonnet LVII


#68841 05/11/2002 3:20 AM
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<I have no precious time at all to spend; Nor services to do, till you require.

Thank you, Max, for your welcome. It's good to be back. And Jackie ... gosh, what can I say?!

A lovely thought, my dear, and I do believe I have been out-sonneted! Catch up with you again soon.

lusy

#68842 05/11/2002 2:01 PM
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I do believe I have been out-sonneted!
Nope, nary a bit. I'm still swooning over yours.

Catch up with you again soon.
Oh boy, did you ever! [giggle]



#68843 05/11/2002 3:14 PM
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Hot can be a matter of what you are used too!

Indeed! My friend Roshan, on his last visit here, brought me a bottle of an Indian orange hot sauce. I took a teeny-tiny bit and about blew the top of my head off.
I couldn't believe it when I saw him swallow a teaspoonful with hardly a blink!
I reciprocated by introducing him to fresh horseradish, a New England brand called "MR."
I ate a tablespoonful on a small piece of bread and while it did clear my head it was no big deal.
However, when Roshan had a tiny bit on a piece of bread he had the same reaction to horseradish that I had to his orange hot sauce!
Chacun a son gout or whatever!



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