Some remote fragment of Main Line to somewhere else, there was, which was going to ruin the Money Market if it failed, and Church and State if it succeeded, and (of course), the Constitution, whether or no;
~Chapter VI, Philanthropy in Minor Canon Corner.
It is good to be reminded that civil evils have always been going on. Does not negate the fact the evils ARE evil and ARE happening but ultimately God is in control, in the Past, Today and in the Future. I’m pretty sure Dickens, with his rabid hatred of the ecclesiastical, never thought he’d stir up a thought like that in a reader of his, hahahahaha!
How long have you been reading Judge Drood for? Think Dickens has a better chance of finishing this than you do….
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Well he didn’t finish it when he was alive, no chance now.
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Bookstooge is still alive, I thought?
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Haha funny.
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He is a notorious curmudgeon who has no place in the 21st century.
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That’s what they said about Mother Teresa too!
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And how does she feel about it?
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I have no idea. She’s dead.
You should read the newspaper a little more often, get caught up, you know?
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What is this ‘newspaper’ you speak of Mr Dickens? Is it like the internet?
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When the internet fails, like it will, the newspaper will replace it. Think of it like Internet 3.0…
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Won’t be any papers left the way we’re going…what will you wrap your valuables in then?
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Have you not looked at the reforestation programs big companies have? We have more forested land here in America than we did in the 1700’s. Not sure about Canada but I’m pretty sure the same applies there.
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Yup, but the internet doesn’t have a ‘yesterday’s news’ section, just Alex’s reviews.
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Ouch! * zing *
If Alex wasn’t wearing a gold speedo, I’d feel bad for him.
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Sideswipe! He’s probably out fixing the starting handle on his Model T….
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He wears speedos so rides a bike I should think.
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Or swims in a river…
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How rude, I think Booky is a man of the times!
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Sure, the Hard Times of the Industrial Revolution!
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Well, just remember, when newspapers replace the internet, you heard it here first.
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Thank you. I think Ol’10 is grumpy because he can’t be Captain because of his drinking issues…
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He’ll get over it once he’s had is whisky breakfast.
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Not unless someone invents a real working zombie prototype and they resurrect him to finish the book. I’d be all for that myself.
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years, decades, millennia. I carry my age pretty well these days.
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It’s just a shame we didn’t know you when you were still alive, Fraggle broke the news of your passing this morning….
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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated!
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…for comic effect!
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Now you’ve got it. That’s how we roll around here….
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Oh, I must have missed the potential for comedy…
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That’s because it is YOU. Hard to see yourself without a mirror.
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Not really, you could take a picture, or see your reflection in a body of water…
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But you’d have to convince Fraggle to even take your picture. Think you could do that?
And there’s no water on a highway….
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I own her. I say jump, she says ‘how high’?
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Have you been dipping into the stores of strong drink before we even left?
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Just saying, I’m the boss of her and everyone on this ship….
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Pfft in your dreams sunshine!
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Wut???
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I wondered when you’d see his comment 🙂
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Not sure his nose would fit in the viewfinder.
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😀 😀 😀
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I still can’t imagine Ol’10, fraggle, and you around a table. That has to be the definition of chaos.
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Yeah, it boggles the mind doesn’t it? 😀
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