More re Toto
Richard Romeo
richardromeo at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 21 13:13:15 CDT 1999
>
> Romeo, Romeo:
>
> >it would be extremely interesting if toto was a norfolk terrier
>
> Stop that, Pynchon-loving revisionist! Toto was a Cairn
> terrier--Cairns are extremely cute, intelligent and fearsome to all
> vermin--and don't you forget it!
>
> Now. As far as that Toto-basher Rushdie's derogations are
> concerned--as a breed, Cairns are known for gentleness, goddammit! I
> am sure the much put-upon Toto, ENSLAVED, I will remind you, in a
> "stable" of movie dogs to the grossly animal-abusive capitalist
> entertainment industry, was justified in whatever nips she took from
> the backsides of those drunken Munchkins. She probably spent
> countless nights dreaming of the rocky cairns of her ancestral
> homeland somewhere on the Isle of Skye...muffled rrrruffs...twitching
> paws...she's a hero, the lone hunter, on her solitary, longing,
> phantom quest in the foggy night of the...Dread. Scottish. BADGER.
> Rrrruff!
>
> kissy kiss kiss,
>
> ck
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well, I was close--maybe distant cousin to the LED...
rich
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