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Dr. Drib · 10-20-2013, 11:49 AM

The four tentacles groped left, then right, before settling upon the star-shaped glass ashtray where four cigarette butts lay, while a fifth tentacle struck a match to a matchbox held by a sixth tentacle and then applied the lit match to the four cigarette butts now held by the previously mentioned four tentacles, all the while that a seventh tentacle slowly strangled Murdoch, who managed to say in a croaking voice, “I thought you said you didn’t smoke!”

(With thanks to Graham!)

Dr. Drib

10-20-2013, 11:49 AM	#162
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,511 Karma: 60119087 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	The four tentacles groped left, then right, before settling upon the star-shaped glass ashtray where four cigarette butts lay, while a fifth tentacle struck a match to a matchbox held by a sixth tentacle and then applied the lit match to the four cigarette butts now held by the previously mentioned four tentacles, all the while that a seventh tentacle slowly strangled Murdoch, who managed to say in a croaking voice, “I thought you said you didn’t smoke!” (With thanks to Graham!) Dr. Drib