There was a guy who would always leave stuff at the gravestone of Edgar Allan Poe each year at his birthday. He didn't show up this year. I read that in the paper today. Anyone know more?
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PhilinYuma
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Oh, sure. That was Joseph W. Walker. As I'm sure you know, last year was the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth. Last October (I guess around the 160th anniversary of his death; I didn't check) I got an Email from Joe saying something like, "When I picked up Poe, drunk as a skunk, in 1849, I thought that his poetry and short stories really sucked. I felt rather bad about this, so I left a token on his grave ever since, hoping that over time, I would change my mind. This is the 200th anniversary of his birth, though, and I still think that his literary work sucks, particularly that Raven ###### [his words, not mine], so next year, I shall start leaving a token at the grave of Virgina Wolfe, another loser, to see if that will help." I shall probably be gone before he gives up on her, but at least, as a young woman, she was a darn sight cuter than Edgar Allan.
I hope that this helps.
Been hitting the cooking sherry again Phil? :lol:
PhilinYuma
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Nah! That stuff is only about 30 proof. Good mouthwash is 54 proof! Gargle gargle, swallow!
