Sonny, In this day and age that constitutes child abuse, sadly, I loved hearing about these sorts of things when I was a kid. It's what makes the young people, those under 55, think I am a character today. A title I dearly love. Ruth At 1:08 PM -0400 4/21/03, Met History wrote: In a message dated 4/21/03 1:00:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Should I tell Gab & Eti stories to the kids? No, you should talk to them about: cussing where to take a leak/dump dynamiting a building to get the nails out what really happens when you flush a cherry bomb down the toilet when to substitute the f for an s the floating coffins people you know who are missing fingers Michael's horny French masons the politics of radio stations on the job Estelle the most gruesome accident you've ever seen cussing -- Ruth Barton [log in to unmask] Westminster, VT -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>