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On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 3:53:41 +0000, Carl G. wrote:
On 1/11/2025 7:04 PM, HenHanna wrote:
(His wife and daughter were both named Edna.)
(They left him.)
He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an
andedna,
all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.
(from the context) ----------- What is [andedna] ???
Possibly it's a play on the word "addenda". It may be a portmanteau of
"and Edna".
thanks... that makes sense.
maybe i'td have been easier fro me, like tihs:
He never noticed their absence; they had both given him
andedna,
all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.
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this great Palindromist was a perfectionist...
When he noticed a flaw in his typescript,
which he worked on for 30 years:
He...
carried it across to the open grate, and flung it
on the fire. It was typed on sheets of
di-olullectical acit-celluloid, and therefore was consumed
immediately.
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