Suggested changes: {before : after}
On 01/31/2004 08:56 PM, DB Sommer wrote:
> "You've been out carousing again, dressing like a tramp and
> drinking like a lush!" Soun wailed.
>
> A vexed expression crossed Kasumi's features. "No, that's not it at
> all. Ranma is going out on a date with Mother."
"... at all. I'm not going out with Mother again until next week. ..."
> "Women like a take charge kind of guy," Genma concurred. "In fact,
> if it was me, and Nodoka was behaving that way, I'd kick down the
> girl's door and demand she go out with me."
>
> Soun considered the statements. There was some wisdom in them.
Where?
> "I'll have you know it's based on the style of one of the most
> dangerous criminal organizations {back in : of} the nineteenth
> century."
> "Just bear with {it : me}!" The Gargoyle demanded. "We have not
> gathered here to comment on my choice of raiment. Rather we are
> here because of a common past we share."
> The youma reread his paper. "Oh, I'm sorry. The meeting isn't until
> 9:00. I really must read the fine print more carefully." The
> toaster youma bowed as he and his comrades {exited : left} the
> warehouse.
"The youma have left the building."
> "Thank god I added the 'trapdoor with adjoining tank filled with
> man-eating piranha at the bottom' option at the last minute," the
> Gargoyle said.
That works on lawyers? Even mindless, voracious predators have limits.
The Gargoyle probably lost his deposit for dropping a lawyer in the tank.
> Kachiko lifted one eyebrow in surprise. "Don't be ridiculous. I'm
> here to help you pick out what {you 're : you're} going to wear so
> you can impress her."
> Kachiko tried her best to be civil to the house guest. "That dress
> hides your sag well."
She's a silver tongued devil, ain't she?
> "A problem you'll never have, since there's nothing for gravity to
> effect. And I don't have sag."
Nice that they appreciate each other.
> Besides, it was just a date --one not involving him or one of his
> romantic interests-- what could possibly go wrong?
He just HAD to think that.