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A Scholars Demise

There once was a man, a scholar became He had a great many books to his name They fell on his head And then he was dead They said, "He only had his shelf to blame"

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 10/29/2019 12:33:00 AM
G'day PAT … here you go again. Grinning like a Cheshire cat at your wit - thanks PAT - Lindsay
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Date: 10/29/2019 7:00:00 AM
Grinning is good! (I think)...thanks for commenting Lindsay!............pat
Date: 10/25/2019 11:29:00 PM
So was his shelf 'shelfish?' ;)
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Date: 10/26/2019 9:33:00 AM
80).......funny!..... I think it more of a live by the book, die by the book sort of thing!.....pat
Date: 10/24/2019 3:47:00 PM
You had me giggling guess his books had a short shelf life too:-) Hugs Jan xx
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Date: 10/25/2019 7:02:00 AM
I think that would be a fair assumption! Thanks Jan, I'm glad you liked it!........pat
Date: 10/24/2019 8:22:00 AM
That was really funny....I knew a punchline was coming but I didn't expect that.
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Date: 10/24/2019 2:51:00 PM
Well you know, "Keep Em' Guessin'", I guess?!.....Thanks for commenting Chris!....80)

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