"The Early Worm"
Dec. 16th, 2005 08:13 pm<Hits: >
__ I wonder if it would not be possible to work up some sort of mock snow, a substitute which would satisfy the snow people and yet cause just as much trouble as real snow.
__ It would be necessary to hire boys to run along beside people and tuck the substitute in their sleeves and collars as they walked.
__ By the time you have got around to sitting down again, the place which you have been keeping dry up until the forward pass is now a tiny lily pond with swan boats in it... and in it you sit for the rest of the game while... a series of chills race up your spine to a spot directly behind your ears, where they break ranks.
__ The success of the Ford product is almost entirely due to the favorable light refractions of the name on the consumer's retina.
__ (On a museum piece labeled as "Head of Zeus(?)":) Certainly no one could have called them on it, and it would have made them seem a little less afraid to take a chance.
__ One of the smugglers has come back for his umbrella.
__ If you are highly strung you whispered out loud to the heroine not to go to the city with him as he had no more intention of marrying her...
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