It all sounds like a cock and bull story to me.
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> sorry for my imprecision
>
> i assumed it would be known
>
> it's very old
>
> man goes into a shop and says Good morning madam; do you keep stationery?
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> and she says No, I move around a bit
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>
> L
>
> On Thu, August 23, 2012 20:21, Patrick McManus wrote:
>> Aha sweet L it's the punch line of a joke not a joke of a joke joke P
>> enlightened like knock knocks who's there?.............a poet............
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
>> Sent: 22 August 2012 17:45
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: no snap diversion
>>
>>
>> for instance
>>
>> Captain: ugh! that's awful! what is it?
>>
>>
>> Cook: It's bean soup, Sir
>>
>>
>> Captain: I don't care what it's been; what is it now?
>>
>>
>> L
>> On Wed, August 22, 2012 17:40, Patrick McManus wrote:
>>
>>> L_I don't care what it's been: what is it now?_ is that a joke??P
>>> confused
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
>>> Sent: 22 August 2012 17:37
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: no snap diversion
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> all I have in my head now are the various jokes which include _I don't
>>> care what it's been: what is it now?_
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, August 22, 2012 17:33, Barry Alpert wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sources within legislative kitchens on Capitol Hill tell me that COCK
>>>> FLAVOUR has become the basis for the broth used in preparing the
>>>> famous Senate Navy Bean Soup.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Barry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:43:40 +0100, Lawrence Upton
>>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Having no snap again, I propose to divert you with the observation
>>>>> that, last night, I saw in the small West Indian foods section of my
>>>>> supermarket, a packet of dehydrated soup mix from Jamaica: COCK
>>>>> FLAVOUR SOUP MIX
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder what Republican Senators would make of that
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> L
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----
>>>>> Lawrence Upton
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>>>>> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
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>>> -----
>>> Lawrence Upton
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>>>
>>>
>>> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
>>> Goldsmiths, University of London
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>> -----
>> Lawrence Upton
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>>
>> http://sho-zyg.com/upton.html
>>
>>
>> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
>> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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> -----
> Lawrence Upton
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> http://sho-zyg.com/upton.html
>
> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
> Goldsmiths, University of London
> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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