Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 13:46:55 -0700
Title: Bloody Joey!

The only thing I remember about the whole mess is that
I found myself on top of Joey.  I had his arms pinned with
my knees and my hands were around his throat.  Vern,
Yates, Dolores and Sis were all around me, either pulling
or yelling at me.  Finally I was aloft, Vern's arms around
my chest.  Joey's limp figure, unmoving,  was lying on the
floor, and as I looked back at him I saw there was
blood on his face and throat.

I'm sitting in the back room of La Punta on Harley.
Evidentally the owner of this place put my bike back
here so Joey wouldn't run off with it.  Sis is here, jutting
some sort of apocraphal document in my face,
claiming co-ownership of Harley.

Apoc.ry.pha \*-'pa_:k-r*-f*\ n
  1 not cap: writings of dubious authenticity
  2: books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but excluded from
     the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament
  3: early Christian writings not included in the New Testament.

The problem is, it's all in her handwriting.
"I'm no chirography expert, but isn't this all YOUR
writing, Sis?"

chi.rog.ra.phy \ki_--'ra_:g-r*-fe_-\ n : HANDWRITING,
PENMANSHIP.
  -- chi.rog.ra.pher n
  -- chi.ro.graph.ic \.ki_--r*-'graf-ik\ adj.

"Yes, of course it is!  Rather than photocopying it I
copied it from the original pink slip, literatim."

lit.er.a.tim \.lit-*-'ra_-t-*m\ adv (or adj) : letter for letter.

"So, in addition to being Yates' amanuensis, you're also
some sort of ... motorcycle thief, right?"

aman.u.en.sis \*-.man-y*-'wen-s*s\ n, pl -en.ses \-.se_-z\ : one
  employed to write from dictation or to copy what another has
  written : SECRETARY.

Sis is leaving.  As she opens the door, the music increases
in volume and then it slams shut.

How did I get here?  What am I doing with a Queen of hearts
in my hand?


Have a great Monday.   I hope
the day is as lovely where you are!!

de





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