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Re: "My Uncle Terwilliger on the Art of Eating Popovers"
Mousie, on host 205.173.143.35
Friday, February 9, 2001, at 14:30:52
"My Uncle Terwilliger on the Art of Eating Popovers" posted by Ferrick on Thursday, February 8, 2001, at 17:49:09:
> My uncle ordered popovers
> from the restaurant's bill of fare.
> And when they were served,
> he regarded them
> with a penetrating stare ...
> Then he spoke great Words of Wisdom
> as he sat there on that chair:
> "To eat these things,"
> said my uncle,
> "you must exercise great care.
> You may swallow down what's solid ...
> BUT ...
> you *must* spit out the air!"
>
> And ...
> as *you* partake of the world's bill of fare,
> that's darned good advice to follow.
> Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.
> And be careful what you swallow.
>
>
> Theodore Geisel's commencement speech to Lake Forest College, 1977
Leggo my eggo.
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