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".
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> Dominic
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