Boy, those Professional Association of Hermits annual conferences were
always a riot.
P
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Robin Hamilton
> Sent: 14 September 2007 02:52
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> Subject: Re: frog poem for kids
>
> >I like the gnome turn of phrase a lot, Ted Hughes might very well have
> > called a frog a gnome
> >
> > KS
>
> I presume that everyone here is aware that the modern garden gnome is a
> direct result of a strike by eighteenth century professional hermits?
>
> True -- read it in the papers.
>
> One Who Was There
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