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Dear dxb: and what did you think of James Bond's Pussy Galore?
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That was Honor Blackman wasn't it? Well, what more can one say that the film title didn't?
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Bangalore is also home to a long-absent poster here, (also called Anu) and to several of my cousins. It is a shame that AWADtalk's Bangalore Anu can't find the time to post here anymore.
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Dear sjm: I suspect Wordsmith is in same predicament as the
Sorcerer's Apprentice - remember Disney's Fantasia? I wish I could see it again.
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>Dear sjm: I suspect Wordsmith is in same predicament as the
Sorcerer's Apprentice -
You misunderstand me, Dr. Bill. I care not a whit if I never read another post from Wordsmith Anu. I miss my friend from Bangalore, she who has the same name as Wordsmith.
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What was the predicament faced by the Sorcerer's apprentice?
(I haven't seen 'Fantasia.')
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (and this is not limited to the Disney Mickey Mouse incarnation), attempting to lighten his assigned chore of fetching water from the well during the Sorcerer's absence, snuck a peek into his master's spell book and cast a spell on a broom so that it would do the fetching for him. The broom proceeded to fetch pail after pail of water, dumping them until the water started to get too deep. The Apprentice found himself unable to reverse the spell and get the broom to stop. He then tried smashing the broom to pieces, but each piece set to work at the original task, compounding the problem. The havoc continued until the Sorcerer returned. Goethe wrote a poem about it: http://www.fln.vcu.edu/goethe/zauber_e3.htmland I doubt if he saw the movie, either.
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That was an interesting read.
Thanks Faldage!
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Dear anchita: forgive my insensitivity in unwittingly being obscure. When Wordsmith had only to post Today's Word, he still began to need assistance. Now the site has so many additional features that requre his attention, it is unreasonable to expect him to pay any attention to AWADtalk.
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