Posted by Neredbojias on 09/30/23 12:00

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:28:47
GMT dorayme scribed:

>> > So, what are you saying? That you are fat as well as everything
>> > else?
>>
>> Nope. I'm 5'8"
>
> In Witness, when John Book (Harrison Ford) first met the lovely
> Rachel and her son, the boy (the "witness" to the murder) was
> asked about the attackers. He pointed to Book's offsider who was
> a short black detective. But he had to qualify and mumbled
> something about him not being "stumpi".
>
> "Stumpi?" queried Book. Rachel, the boy's Amish mother, explained
> about a piglet in a litter being born a runt... At which, John
> Book stood up (he had been kneeling to talk to the boy), and said
> with a proud smile, "You mean, he was a big guy like me!". "Yes",
> said the boy enthusiastically, "Big guy!". It is hard to describe
> the eyes of the shorter black officer at the time. But what could
> he say?

"Yo' mama!"...?

>> Btw, what do you mean by "...as well as everything else"? Certainly
>> you have noticed nothing amiss in my typically impeccable
>> characteristics...
>
> What do you mean btw, that was the main point of my post. I am
> sorry, Boji, but I have to be very cruel to you in words because
> Officer White (ha!) is on holiday and will not be back to
> administer his usual beating of you till Feb (not that it does
> any bloody good).

Nice pun in a gruesome sort of way. However, I still find my deportment
flawless. So exactly what is it that puts a bug in your bloomers?

--
Neredbojias
Riches are their own reward.

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