off the deep end

Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt hag at iafrica.com
Sat Jul 13 13:46:18 CDT 1996


Chris writes:

>      I think you've all gone mad.
>      
>      To wit:  At the top of the list, the redoubtable hg.  No, sorry, John, 
>      it's not that he's a Ph.D. in training:  It's that he's under 30!  A 
>      28-year-old punk kid, to be precise--neither Colonel Blimp *nor* Big 
>      Daddy (mendacious personals aside), which is how he existed in my 
>      personal mental construct!  (That's written with a smile, hg, but I 
>      still happen to be wearing my flameproof nightie, if you're so 
>      inclined.)
[...]

I would NEVER FLAME someone in a nightie, flameproof or not - and what 
do you mean "if I'm so inclined"? And "punk kid"? Hmm? (Gnagnagna....)

hg
PS. A little lame, I know (and do apologize) but I'm just not in the mood to 
flame anyone right now, older woman or not.


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hag at iafrica.com





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