GRGR(6) Discussion Opener

Skip Wolfe zootster at juno.com
Thu Dec 5 04:47:48 CST 1996


>5) "`Bert,' suggests the constable, trying to remember if it's right 
>hand grasps left arm above elbow or left hand grasps...."  
>   
>   Any significance in naming the Lord of the Sea "Bert"?  What's the 
>   arm-elbow-hand stuff?
>
I always assummed it had to do with him (the constable) trying to
remember the proper procedure for collaring an escaped loony.



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