Genital Readers

[j minnich]

>On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> and it is the point of the most outrageous pun in English literature.
>> When Hamlet and co. are about to watch the play-within-the-play, he asks
>> Ophelia if he may lie in her lap.  When she protests, he responds, "Did you
>> think I spoke of country matters?"  (emphasis on first syllable of next-to-
>> last word)
>> [...]
>
>Reminds me of the juvenile snickers that used to arise with the old
>slogan:  "You can take Salem out of the country, but, you can't take the
>country out of Salem."
>
>Joe
>

A-and while we're sampling this flavor we shouldn't forget erstwhile
Berkeley city council candidate, Country Joe McDonald.  
                            -j minnich
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