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Marius Hancu
Aug 7, 2013, 9:27:59 PM8/7/13
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Hello:
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[Boarding House]
Jack Mooney, the Madam's son, who was clerk to a commission agent in Fleet Street, had the reputation of being a hard case. He was fond of using soldiers' obscenities: usually he came home in the small hours. When he met his friends he had always a good one to tell them, and he was always sure to be on to a good thing — that is to say, a likely horse or a likely artiste. He was also handy with the mits and sang comic songs.
James Joyce, Dubliners, The Boarding House
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"handy with the mits": puppetry?
Thanks.
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Marius Hancu
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[Boarding House]
Jack Mooney, the Madam's son, who was clerk to a commission agent in Fleet Street, had the reputation of being a hard case. He was fond of using soldiers' obscenities: usually he came home in the small hours. When he met his friends he had always a good one to tell them, and he was always sure to be on to a good thing — that is to say, a likely horse or a likely artiste. He was also handy with the mits and sang comic songs.
James Joyce, Dubliners, The Boarding House
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"handy with the mits": puppetry?
Thanks.
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Marius Hancu
Mac
Aug 7, 2013, 10:02:23 PM8/7/13
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ANMcC
Tony Cooper
Aug 7, 2013, 11:36:09 PM8/7/13
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Hence this headline pun:
http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2011/11/30/its-time-to-put-up-your-mitts-mitt/
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Tony Cooper - Orlando FL
Marius Hancu
Aug 8, 2013, 10:43:30 AM8/8/13
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On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 10:02:23 PM UTC-4, Mac wrote:
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> >Jack Mooney, the Madam's son, who was clerk to a commission agent in Fleet Street, had the reputation of being a hard case. He was fond of using soldiers' obscenities: usually he came home in the small hours. When he met his friends he had always a good one to tell them, and he was always sure to be on to a good thing — that is to say, a likely horse or a likely artiste. He was also handy with the mits and sang comic songs.
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Ah, more likely.
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> >Jack Mooney, the Madam's son, who was clerk to a commission agent in Fleet Street, had the reputation of being a hard case. He was fond of using soldiers' obscenities: usually he came home in the small hours. When he met his friends he had always a good one to tell them, and he was always sure to be on to a good thing — that is to say, a likely horse or a likely artiste. He was also handy with the mits and sang comic songs.
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Thanks.
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Marius Hancu
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