on 6/4/02 4:50 pm, Arthur at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> This is the last until I glean others from the recesses of memory.....and
> not always very pleasant. It carries a warming!! scroll down to read.
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Yikes! Arthur! Adt yew berrer stop thee ypnosis cooarse?

Sally-ee.

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> Thi granddad Thomas
> 'ed a terribul thust, tha naws,
> sup owt 'ee wud,
> it kilt 'im at end up an' awl.
> 'e wur a skilled masun
> an helpt bild that resuhvoyer
> up at Ogden Fut
> an' most a t'big bildin's in 'alifax, too.
> Burree must drink munt 'e ?
> Then 'e cun't wuk
> an 'eed bi aht on a job ageean.
> Grand big feller 'ee woh
> and fast wen he wuh  young.
> Played on't wing fur 'alifax
> in t'Northern Union.
> Aye, drink wur a cuss fer 'im
> an' many lahk 'im ah suppose.
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> Dust naw when 'ee dint 'av t'coin ter buy owt
> 'ee 'ed a  two ring circus in his topcoit.
> Ah! Ah si thi lukin strange theear,
> that med thi sirrup,
> bur 'e did tha knaws.
> 'ee called it 'is Two-ringed Circus, onyrooad
>
> 'ee 'ed an albino rat
> as 'eed copt at back a t'ovun.
> It uist to cum aht an' wissul on t'arth, 'ee sed,
> an'  wun neet he copt it
> an' kept it on a chain in 'is coit pockit .
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> Soah nah, he cud go inta a pub
> an' tell ivryone as ud lissen
> as ah 'ee had t'onli wissulin' rat in t'Wuld.
> Bur it wunt wissul for nowt, tha knaws,
> theear 'ad to be a pint or two in it for thi Grandad, dust see.
> An' then 'eed tek it aht on 'is pokkit
> purrit on t'bar an' it ud sirrup an' wissul like a gud un.
> Mahnd yew ah reckon it wuh just squeakin'
> bur if a feller cums inta thi pub
> an, sez 'ee 'as a wissulin' rat,
> an' tha's ed a few thisen, tha'll beleev owt wunta?
> An it bein' white an' awl wi pink eyes,
> that mun 'ev 'elpt, ah'm thinkin'
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> Two ring ?
> Oh, aye, well in t'other pockit
> wuh t'smallest puppies in't Wuld!!
> They were ded an' pickled in surgicul alcuholl
> The'd bin teken fro' a peke
> when shi 'ed an operashun fuh gawlstoan.
> They wuh fully-formed but reet tiny
> pale as dead fish in thur alcuholl
> an' thur wee eyes shut.
> Thi bobbed and flooated abaht, very strange.
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> 'ee even ed t'gawlstoan as t'fob on 'is 'unter
> burree lost it in a feet ower summat an nowt
> wen 'ee wuh kaylied wun tahm durin' Wake wik.
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> Kept 'im  i' drink 'is Two-ringed Circus did
> but then came t'tahm wen ivryone 'ed sin it awl
> an' awl t'novilti 'ed gooan
> an they wunt pay 'im a drink nor nowt ony mooah.
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> Then t'rat deed an' thi granddad
> emptid puppis aht a t'jar
> an drank t'alcuholl
> in t'leean-to in't backyahd
> an' thi granma fahnd 'im
> asleeap and white as t'toilet wall laid on sum sackin'
> an' shu swilled 'im wi' t'mop bukkit
> bur 'ee dint mooiv, nur at awl, not fuh days.
> By Gow, burree wur poorly, tha naws.