help! pls help matter of life & death

[M. Otis Beard]

Rev'd PtR wrote in message <7shp60$2i...@news2.newsguy.com>...
>
>Try www.hometownfavorites.com
>They don't have it in stock and they might not care to order it
>for you, but this is their kind of problem. You should call them.
>Also, you can get cool stuff like canned fiddleheads, mock turtle
>soup in a can, and chocolate cigarettes. Quite a few items that I
>didn't think were produced anymore. No pork brains in milk,
>though - for all the "Beer Frame" readers that might be out
>there.
>I want the "U.S. Senate Bean Soup" and "Autocrat Coffee Syrup".
>Are those commonplace on the east coast?

I am stunned and dismayed to learn that crisp, refreshing Aspen soda is
(according to the 'Boy, They Were Good, But...' section of
www.hometownfavorites.com) no longer available anywhere at any price. I weep
for humanity as I step into the bath and open my veins.

Goodbye.

-M. Otis Beard

[Karlo Takki]

(Strange. This is nearly the oldest article on the Supernews spool)

In article <0n0H3.721$Pv.3...@news.uswest.net>, "M. Otis Beard"
<bar...@uswest.net> wrote:

> I am stunned and dismayed to learn that crisp, refreshing Aspen soda is
> (according to the 'Boy, They Were Good, But...' section of
> www.hometownfavorites.com) no longer available anywhere at any price. I weep
> for humanity as I step into the bath and open my veins.
>
> Goodbye.

I didn't know him that well, but I can't help thinking that this
was meant as a Grand Gesture, a Last Laugh. Like Oscar Wilde and
the wallpaper. For most of us, Usenet is just a sparrow fart in
life's typhoon. But I know I'll remember this for the rest of my
daze.

Death will come when thou art dead,
Soon, too soon--
Sleep will come when thou art fled;
Of neither would I ask the boon
I ask of thee, beloved Night--
Swift be thine approaching flight,
Come soon, soon!

(Shelley, "To Night")

k.

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