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five east texas jokes = five too many?
Thursday 27 July 2006 | I like a cookie
The owner of a golf course in Lufkin was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, “You graduated from the University of Texas and I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how […]
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when they show you who they are,
believe them the first time
Thursday 27 July 2006 | I like a cookie
excerpts [taken long, long ago, at a university far, far away], from Richard Elllman’s biography of James Joyce:
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“Dante Conway [Joyce’s aunt] reminded James that if he played with Eileen he would certainly go to hell, and he duly informed Eileen of his destination but did not cease to merit it. Hell and its superintendent had […]
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