Water grows colder and colder and suddenly it's ice. The day grows darker and darker and suddenly it's night. Man ages and ages and suddenly he's dead. Differences in degree lead to differences in kind.
--John Barth The Floating Opera
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That's pretty deep.
ReplyDeleteI had a bunch of opera singers in the store this weekend. They sang in the store.
My other customers were amazed.
Any prima donna's?
ReplyDeleteOnly under their shirts.
ReplyDelete(that's the name of the bras we sell)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I feel better now. Until I feel worse later. And then die. Where's the bourbon?
ReplyDeleteI guess every rough barroom situation needs at least one flouncer at the door.
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