At 12:35 PM 1/25/97 -0500, you wrote:

Daddy's been so useless, ever since momma drowned in that spring.

Now he's got this crazy scheme to engage one of us off to this Ranma Saotome.

What!  He's coming back with a Panda and...

Oh, VERY VERY neat! Cool! Loved every.. er.. 5 sentences? ^_^ 

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