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Re: Port Block sees in the new nineteenth century
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:25:37 GMT
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Richard Parsons wrote:
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> Despite all the predictions of doom and destruction, midnight has come and
> gone. The candles and torches did not go out, the lock on my treasure chest
> still fails to work (just like it always did), my abacus still does work,
> blood did not rain from the sky, Satan did not sail from hades on a blazing
> Skull's Eye Schooner, the Flying Dutchman did his rounds and shot through as
> per normal, and I am reliably informed that as long as the sun rises on
> time, the colony's sundial will continue to function as unreliably as ever.
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> This new nineteenth century is clearly over rated.
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> Nevertheless we will wait fervently for news from other centres. Of course
> we'll be waiting fervently for about three months for a ship to bring news,
> but we of the Brikish Armed Forces are quite used to waiting fervently for
> long periods of time.
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> And after all, we are the NSW Corps! <<rah!>>
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> And we have plenty of rum.
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> <<RAH!>>
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> Happy New Year gentlemen.
This begs the question: Is anyone planning any LEGO celebrations of the
new year/millenium (yea, I know, the new millenium doesn't actually
start for another year)?
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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