and of course I had already posted it to my blog, and no one told me . . .
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:58:59 -0700, Douglas Barbour
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> Yup. & I guess it does matter.
>
> I think the poem generally works quite well, as others have said.
> Richard's comments are helpful, though I would think. I simply didn't
> read it that carefully, but once Dominic brought that tossing off into
> it, those words pretty well have to go I suspect...
>
> Doug
> On 23-Mar-05, at 8:13 AM, Dominic Fox wrote:
>
> > Time for a straw poll, I think. Hands up if you knew that the
> > expression "to toss off " meant "to masturbate".
> >
> > Dominic
> >
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> 'Goodbye Porkpie Hat': A slow air written by bass legend, band-leader
> and composer Charles Mingus . . . . It originally appeared on his 1959
> album for Columbia "Mingus Ah Um" scored for quintet.
>
> Tony Mcmanus "Ceol More'
>
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