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Re: Midol Moment or National Tragedy? You decide...
Subject:Re: Midol Moment or National Tragedy? You decide... From:"George Hinman" <techwriter -at- my-deja -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>, JohnMethod -at- aol -dot- com Date:Sat, 13 Nov 1999 04:34:51 -0800
I don't understand this post. Bad grammar is related to a babysitter's selection of reading material? Can someone explain this?
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:10:27 JohnMethod wrote:
>Mark Baker wrote:
>
>Parents tell a babysitter, "Read to our little daughter at bed time," and
>leave for the evening. The little girl obediently goes upstairs when told by
>the sitter, cautioning, "I don't want "Little Wed Widing Hood" 'cuz mommy wed
>it to me last night."
>
>Sure enough, the sitter forgets and shortly hears, "Weed to me! Weed to me!",
>picks up a book, and goes upstairs. The book, of course, is "Little Red
>Riding Hood". The exasperated little girl cries out, "What did you bring that
>book that I didn't want to be read....
>.. o u t o f t o u p h e r e f o r ? "
>
>hmmmmmmmm
>
>John G. Boland
>
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