Klarinet Archive - Posting 000834.txt from 2000/08

From: Nancy Buckman <znjb@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Fred Sheim/languages
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 00:13:28 -0400

>Fred,
>>
>>Here it is. I keep getting it bounced back if I try to send directly to
you. Hope this gets there.
>>
>>Nancy
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Speaking of languages, this charming e-mail arrived today:
>>>>>
>>>>>Reasons Why The English Language Is Hard To Learn
>>>>>
>>>>>1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
>>>>>2. The farm was used to produce produce.
>>>>>3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
>>>>>4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
>>>>>5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
>>>>>6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
>>>>>7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
>>>>>present
>>>>>the present.
>>>>>8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
>>>>>9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
>>>>>10. I did not object to the object.
>>>>>11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
>>>>>12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
>>>>>13. They were too close to the door to close it.
>>>>>14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
>>>>>15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
>>>>>16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
>>>>>17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
>>>>>18. After a number of injections my jaw got number.
>>>>>19. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
>>>>>20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
>>>>>21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
>Nancy Buckman
>Pasadena, Maryland, USA
>znjb@-----.net
>
>
Nancy Buckman
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
znjb@-----.net

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