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Hey, Ertas. . . .
As long as
John Henry is OK with it, I'm sure a friendly "arm-wrestle" would be fine! Though knowing JH, as we do, I'm sure we could ALL go out for a refreshing mint-julep, and have a lovely time together, at the races ;-)))
Just one word of warning, though, Ertas - while I am a gentle and normally pacific Canadian - should you ever try to steal my
Jason Matthews away from me: the consequences will be DIRE. It will be
pistols at dawn, and no mistake. . . but you won't even make it to the rendezvous. . . because I don't fight fair, and Uncle Sal will come visit you, in the dead of night, when you least expect it. . . .
Just a word to the wise,
"A" ;-)))) LOL!!!
P.S. Of course, being new, Ertas, you don't know the story of 'Uncle Sal'. Well, here it is, in a nutshell. I tutored this guy in university, who lived in a nice great big house, and had all sorts of nice things. . . and had lots of relatives in Chicago. I swear to you, I had
no idea of all his various connections, but, I helped him get "A's", in school. Just because I was trying to be a nice guy. . . .
And then, when we were all lined up for university graduation, he took me aside, shook my hand, and said, "'A', 'A', 'A' . . . you've been so nice to ME, and OUR FAMILY, I want to tell you something. . . if anyone ever
BOTHERS YOU, or touches a
HAIR on your HEAD, call
THIS NUMBER, IMMEDIATELY (and he slipped a little piece of paper into the breast-pocket of my not-very-flattering suit, straight from the Sears catalogue): and my Uncle Salvatore will come up, from Chicago, and
SOLVE the problem, for you. He
SPECIALIZES in solving problems.
Difficult problems." And then he
kissed me, on the cheek.
I was shocked, but there it is. (After our convocation, my Mom and Dad - poor farmers - took me to the buffet at "Bonanza", for dinner. My friend's parents took him to the toniest restaurant in town, where they presented him with his graduation-present: the keys to his new pizzeria.)
Obviously, I have never called in this favour, over all these many years, Ertas. But I wouldn't hesitate to do so, if anyone ever tried to steal my
JASON, from me!!! LOL!!! *Just kidding. . . or, maybe, not? ;-)
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