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Konar

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Jun 14, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/14/98
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i am doing a sketch of We Were Poor (Four Yorkshiremen) and in the script
it says
"Farewell to Thee" should be playing in the backround, does anybody know
where i can get a copy of this from?
Thanx

Jason M. Collins

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Jun 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/17/98
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On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Colin Kelley wrote:

> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 17:46:16 -0700
> From: Colin Kelley <cke...@mail.island.net>
> Newsgroups: alt.fan.monty-python
> Subject: Re: We were poor

> Ah, we used to dream of having a copy of "Farewell to Thee" when we we were
> transcribing skits. But we were happier then.
>
> Er, mm can't help, but couldn't resist.
>
> Colin <raised in a septic tank> Kelley

We used to dream of being raised in a septic tank. It certainly would have
been cooler than the 118 degree (F) temperatures. -- Jason C.

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Richard Schultz

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Jun 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/18/98
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Colin Kelley (cke...@mail.island.net) wrote:

: Ah, we used to dream of having a copy of "Farewell to Thee" when we

: we were transcribing skits. But we were happier then.

*We* used to dream of having a pencil when we were transcribing skits.
We had to use our own blood to write with!

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C9R7U11N6T

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Jun 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/18/98
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In article <Pine.SOL.3.95.980617080220.19100H-100000@comp>, "Jason M. Collins"
<jm...@comp.uark.edu> writes:

>>
>> Ah, we used to dream of having a copy of "Farewell to Thee" when we we
>were
>> transcribing skits. But we were happier then

In them days, we were glad to have the price of a cup of tea.
- The Condenmed Radical Undermining Normal Transcendence ( CRUNT )

P. Rust

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Jun 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/18/98
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Richard Schultz wrote:
>
> Colin Kelley (cke...@mail.island.net) wrote:
>
> : Ah, we used to dream of having a copy of "Farewell to Thee" when we

> : we were transcribing skits. But we were happier then.
>
> *We* used to dream of having a pencil when we were transcribing skits.
> We had to use our own blood to write with!
>

Blood? You had blood? We were so poor we didn't even have
blood!

Jason M. Collins

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Jun 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/19/98
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On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, P. Rust wrote:

> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:52:44 +0000
> From: "P. Rust" <ru...@dnai.com>


> Newsgroups: alt.fan.monty-python
> Subject: Re: We were poor
>

I was about to say, blood is thicker than water, but not in your case.
Your blood IS water! Sheesh! -- Jason C.


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The Dark Virgin

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Jun 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/22/98
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*There is a well-known shimmering effect as the Dark Virgin de-lurks off
the starboard bow*

Well met,

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Colin Kelley wrote:
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> Colin <raised in a septic tank> Kelley

You lived in septic tank! We had to wait five years to get a septic tank.
We thought people what lived in septic tanks were nobs! We 'ad to live
underneath piece of old orange peel at dump!

*familiar shimmering as the Dark Virgin re-lurks*


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