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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 12:42 PM
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Isn't La Belle Dame sans Merci really about venereal disease?
Edited on Mon Feb-21-05 12:42 PM by jpgray
I thought so. Keats could have shortened it:

Hey Bill--what's wrong? You look like crap.
I think the bitch gave me the clap.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 12:43 PM
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1. ok. now you made me spit coffee all over my monitor.
bastard! :)
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 01:05 PM
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2. This will be my first and last literary Lounge thread
Glad you were around for it. :D
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:40 PM
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6. why your last?
I found it utterly enjoyable. More - damn you! MORE!
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 01:16 PM
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3. I like "Autumn"
Now I feel like I should go back to make sure it's about what I think it's about... :)
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 01:18 PM
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4. To be fair, in his correspondence he names a more innocent muse
Edited on Mon Feb-21-05 01:18 PM by jpgray
But still!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 01:20 PM
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5. I asked my mother this very recently
her response, "*uc* if I know"
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