A painter by the name of Paddy Murphy, while not a brilliant scholar, was a gifted portrait artist. Over a short number of years, his fame grew and soon people from all over Ireland were coming to him in the town of Doolin, County Clare, to get him to paint their likenesses. One day, a beautiful young English woman arrived at his house in a stretched limo and asked Paddy if he would paint her in the nude. This being the first time anyone had made such a request, Paddy was a bit perturbed, particularly when the woman told him that money was no object; in fact, she was willing to pay up to $10,000. Not wanting to get into any marital strife, Paddy asked her to wait while he went into the house to confer with Mary, his wife. In a few minutes he returned. "T'would be me pleasure to paint yer portrait, missus," he said. "The wife says it's okay." "I'll paint ya in da nude alright, but I has to at least leave me socks on so I has a place to wipe me brushes."................. Rusty

Speaking of Aussies, my neighbor had one and during our annual block parties it would slowly walk around a group of folks talking, just barely touching the backs of our legs, until we found ourselves crowding each other in a tight circle. tj

I too, ded - (but my "2" ... wazn't in the computation). (If I amend that error, I'll have reduplication to deal with). Many people would say "me, too" but when I'm the one doing the action, it needs to be "I": when I'm the recipient of the action, is the time for the "me"). Didn't use my fingers, actually - just recited in bunches of three. ole joyful

Rusty