cool story Zookman. I await part ll with bated breath. Which might bring up the question, is it "bated" or "baited"? To which I defer to the Bard:
...Or
Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this;
'Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last;...
or
Geoffrey Taylor, in his little poem Cruel, Clever Cat used the confusion over the word to good comic effect:
Sally, having swallowed cheese
Directs down holes the scented breeze
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.
On another note, I figure the shortest route to Australia from here is boring right through the Earth. Of course, or "off course", if I am off by a mere 1 degree in my boring direction, though I'm sure they would be interesting, I would miss my groundbreakthrough by 138 miles.
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