Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:06:25 -0500
Subject: Re: Best Cat toy EVER!!
Status: RO

In alt.religion.kibology, asweinbe@midway.uchicago.edu wrote:

The moving finger of Theresa Willis  wrote and then moved on:
>Well, I would like to be a ruined woman, but I think now I am too old.

"O Terri, my dear, this does everything crown!
Who could have supposed that, same as in Town,
You'd spend twenty dollars for kibolo-gy" --
"O didn't you know I'd been ruined?" said she.

-- "You left us in tatters, without penguins or crows
And then wearing pants as a part of your clothes;
And now you've a tiara, just like Lisa Pea!" --
"Yes, that's how we dress when we're ruined," said she.

-- "You spoke in plain language, and never said "BLAM!"
And didn't feed crack to poor sweet Harlan,
But now you speak cryptic- and memetic- ly!" --
"Some polish is gained with one's ruin," said she.

-- "You used to call USENET a hag-ridden dream,
And stare at the terminal without plan or scheme,
But now you troll kooks out from r.p.d.b!" --
"True. One's pretty lively when ruined," said she.

-- "I wish I had horsies, and a dog like Harlan,
And a farm in Missouri with /acres/ of lan (d)
"My dear -- a young newbie, just such as you be,
Cannot quite expect that. You ain't ruined," said she.

Plorkwort
-- 
Stuff pitted prunes with cheese or peanut butter, wrap in a short length of
bacon, fasten with a toothpick, and broil until bacon is crisp.  Replace
charred toothpick with a fresh cocktail pick before serving.
        --"Cocktail Hour: Baconized Prunes."  Sunset Host & Hostess Book, 1945