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-Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
-Knew a guy wore his stomach on his sleeve. 1 dealt with
the problem using astrology in its medical aspects. His stomach
this, his stomach that, God Almighty but it was tiresome,
tiresome in the extreme. 1 dealt with it by using astrology in its
medical aspects.
-To each his own. Handmade bread and individual atten–
tion.
- You've got to have something besides yourself. A cat, too
often.
-I could have done better but 1 was dumb. When you're
young you're sometimes dumb.
-Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. 1 remember.
-Well let's have a drink.
-Well 1 don't mind if 1 do.
-1 have Goldwasser, Bombay gin and Old Jeb.
-Well 1 wouldn't mind a Scotch myself.
-I have that too.
-Growing older and with age, less beautiful.
-Yeah I've noticed that. Losing your glow.
-Just gonna sit in the wrinkling house and wrinkle. Get
older and worse.
-Once you lose your
g~ow
you never get it back.
-Sometimes by virtue of the sun roaring through the leaves
of the trees on a summer's day.
-Wrinkling you so that you look like a roast turkey.
-As is the case with the Oni of He. Saw him on television.
-Wrinkled and wrinkled and wrinkled.
-Let me show you lhis picture.
- Yes that's very lovely. What is it?
-It's
Vulcan and Maia.
- Yes. He's got his hooks into her. She's struggling to get
away.
-Vigorously? Vigorously. Yes.
-Who's the artist?
-Spranger.
-Never heard of him.
-Well.
