substitute

[Eric Zumbach]

Also, 287 (bottom...): Another ass bites the dust. Remember the gold screw in the stomach from V? Lost the screw and his arse fell to the floor.  Someone's always losing ass....

And:
  >> does this double stuff make anyone (else) think of Noah's Ark?)

Makes me think of the duplicity in COL49--where X is not only a close double of Y but X serves as a substitute for Y.  Any substitution going on here? 



Eric Zumbach                                                                                       LAN      
ehzumbac at prodigy.net                                                                       821-0033
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