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Old 10-02-2006, 08:00 AM   #40
secondmortgages

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Psmith gives away the umbrella of some Drones Club member the flower shop girl right?

--------Barbazon Plank Major, Minor, Miner--#0002
Uncle Dynamite's name slips my mind, please help.
He claims to be Major Barbazon Plank, returning
from an Expdition to the Amazaon. Constable Potter knows the real Major Barbazon Plank and confronts
him and asks for an explantion.
This is how he wiggles out: (paraphrased by me
not an exact quote)
"My dear Potter, I dont blame you, many like you
have been confused. When I said Barbazon Plank,
the major, many people confuse me, like you apparently have, with my younger
brother Major Barbazon Plank, the minor."
Seeing Potter's eyes glaze over and not the one who to quit while he is ahead, he continued,
"By a curious coincidence I ended up in Africa and
America prospecting and eventually owning a goodly few mines in many parts of the world, Thus you see, I am the miner Barbazon Plank, the major. And my brother, having been promoted to the rank of Major for his services to Her Majesty, is the Major Barbazon Plank, the minor. So that should clear up any confusion you had my dear". He walked away leaving Constable Potter by the pond staring vacantly at the horizon making strange noises.
End of -----------#0002
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