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Re: An offer for space simmers

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From: Brad Martin
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 18:31
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:23:12 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
wrote:

>In article <1rm88v4n7t0unofdh...@4ax.com>, 
>br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 05:34:12 GMT, Don Ertman <helms...@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >Lemming wrote:
>> 
>> >> I fear nothing except Br d's lemonade.
>> >
>> >As well you should. I however fear the melon patch.
>> 
>> I fell in that once, and I er... can't think of anything amusing to
>> say about it.
>
>Then you didn't fall hard enough, my good man.  The Melon Patch(tm) can 
>be a numinously frightening place.
>
>Bret
>
>PSA -- IIRC, "taking a walk in the melon patch" typically involves a 
>generous splash of Midori, a copious amount of Vodka and a negligible-
>by-any-standard volume of grapefruit juice served in a genuine-queen's-
>stamp-bearing pint glass)

Ahh it's a cocktail! I'm afraid my alcohol choices have been somewhat
presbyterian, I only discovered spirits a couple of years ago.
But tomorrow (an England International) I intend to hit the lemonade
with vigour, so if I can find out what on earth Midori is, and if I
can remember where I keep the fridge, I shall try a Melon Patch in
honour of you and Don.
Salute!

br d
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From: Brad Martin <br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim
Subject: Re: An offer for space simmers
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 18:31:04 +0000
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