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Robert E. Jordan
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0 posted 2010-04-10 08:39 PM


Gwendolyn and Bones are hungry.  
They decide they better climb off
the cathedral roof
and get a bite to eat.  

Both kids have money in their pocket,
and could eat just about anywhere.  

They decide to get
what they are used to eating.  

They find a street vendor
selling Philly soft pretzels,
the staff of life.

Bobby

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Andrew Scott
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1 posted 2010-04-11 02:19 PM


A rather twisted, if not appropriate, staff for these two. Throw some mustard on it and I'm inclined to agree. Bon appetite!

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

Robert E. Jordan
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2 posted 2010-04-11 07:24 PM


Thanks Andrew,

I never eat soft pretzels with mustard, I rather like them raw.  We have an ice cream shop on the corner here that sells them.  Soft pretzels are very big here in the hood.

Bobby  

Andrew Scott
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3 posted 2010-04-11 10:11 PM


REJ... I see you're from Philly, so far be it from some backwater Californian that I should try to tell you how to eat a pretzel. My father taught me how to respect my betters.

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

Robert E. Jordan
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4 posted 2010-04-11 10:17 PM


Thanks Andrew,

I love soft pretzels.  I'm always careful not to buy too many, because the kids here in the hood like them for lunch, and for some it's their only lunch, and perhaps dinner.  I try not to be a pretzel hog.

Bobby

Andrew Scott
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5 posted 2010-04-11 10:34 PM


Pretzel hog... that just sound dangerous.

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

Robert E. Jordan
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6 posted 2010-04-12 08:53 AM


Yo Andrew,

Yes, they are very dangerous, and fat.

Bobby

Earl Brinkman
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7 posted 2010-04-13 10:17 AM


This makes me curious.  Are Philly soft pretzels much different from the ones that they sell in New York?
Robert E. Jordan
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8 posted 2010-04-13 01:04 PM


Thanks Earl,

I have no idea about the soft pretzels they sell in New york.

Bobby

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