Aphorism 1, series 1: Tourists & fat people
A tourist is a person who does not fit in.
A fat tourist is a person who does not fit in chairs.
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Friday, September 01, 2006
7 comments:
Alas, I must once again remind large numbers of Chinese salesmen and other worldwide peddlers that if they fall into the Gulf of Spam, they will be eaten by roaming Balrogs. The rest of you, lovers of grace, poetry, and horses (nod to Yeats--you do not have to be fond of horses), feel free to leave fascinating missives and curious arguments.
Heh, heh. Very good.
ReplyDeleteThat butt is playing tricks on me. Sometimes it looks concave. Other times it looks convex. It's all very disconcerting and prevents me from concentrating on your aphorisms. Now, where were we. Oh, yes. Tourists not fitting in. Plump people not fitting on. I am among the former group on occasion, but I was only plump while pregnant. Not that my experience is relevant here. Kindly disregard it.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it is convex. Sometimes it is concave. This is one of the mysteries of the internet.
ReplyDeleteR says it is convex but in a hole.
I feel like I have watched enough Dark Shadows and Murder She Wrote to make me a New Englander in spitit!
ReplyDeleteNo tourist or fat person here! Just a voluptiously gothic girl
HAHAHAHAAAAA
In spitit.
ReplyDeleteI like that...
uggg
ReplyDeleteI really should be more careful!
It is more entertaining when you are not! Although I hear than the good folk of New England are wroth with you...
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