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Herb Shriner was, of course, a real person and Hoosier commedian -- had I really wanted to jazz up the story I would have called him Herb Spicer.  >You really are loosening up these days - is it medication? I suppose what it is, actually, is the steady degeneration, drib by drab, of my execrable wwftd master personna. soon I will be nothing but a shadow of my former sylph. -ron (who's a degenerate?!) obvious
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[jackie, I think "herd" was a typo]
No, I put the quotation marks deliberately, to show that I was making a play on words.
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< Guys and Dolls>
In the words (and music) of Frank Loesser:
"When the smell of the rain-washed pavement
Comes up clean and fresh and cold
And the street lamplight fills the gutters with gold.
That's my time of day, my time of day,
And you're the only doll I've ever wanted to share it with me."
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And if I were a bell I'd be ringing!
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The point is that the 'f' and 'v' thing is virtually a rule
Except in the word Thames (as mentioned earlier) - I suppose that as the "Th" is already pronounced as the single consonant "t" this is a variation of the rule. "Th" as "f" or "v" unless it is already pronounced "t".
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"Hey there, guy, - would you like a glass of wine?"
Well Mav, old fruit, how do you feel about the word "chap"?
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And if I were a bell I'd be ringing!
Um--if I were a song, I'd be singing?
paulb, Darlin', that was lovely--thank you! You are gold to me.
Now, Jo--just what kind of fruit are you supposing maverick is? Let's see--I believe he is one of our number who likes
numbers, and he is quick off the mark...I will say he is a bananosecond. (That is not original. The actual joke is that that is the definition of how much time elapses between slipping on the peel and smacking the
pavement.)
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Guys and Dolls: the best musical of all time (working my way toward addict status)
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Mav, old fruit, how do you feel about the word "chap"?Pip, pip, old bean! And Jackie, though that banana is a pealing in some ways, I think my Upright Young Citizens would probably rather suggest the humble prune: occasionaly stoned, increasingly wrinkly, and often straining for a joke! 
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Except in the word Thames...
... which is not to be confused with the Tames also of London, and its sister, the Sunday Tames.
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