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Show Coffee Drinkers Preferred Page 195 of 307 Apartment number three. Please come fast." Pause. "Yes, I can stay on the phone." Now we had two eavesdroppers "Nephi," she came close to me and whispered in my ear. "This has happened before. The cops come. He'll swing at one and then he'll be arrested. We're going to be all right. Will you still like me even if I have some baggage?" Aphrodite, your humble servant worships in gratitude at your altars, now and forever. "My life is passing right in front of my eyes. I think I lack some of the testosterone of your ex." Tonto accent. "Him big like ox." Her tonto accent, "Him brain like ox." She continued in her normal voice, "I was young and stupid." "What the hell is taking so long Sariah! Is there someone in there with you? You got a man in there, you slut! I heard this whisper between my ears: "Pusillanimous." This was some other voice in my head that had not developed arms, legs and volition the way The Buddha had. This voice is probably what most people call a conscience. Sometimes it tells me to do the right thing. This time it was clearly trying to get me killed. You see, "Pusi" is from the latin, pusillus, which means very small. And animus, as we all know, means spirit. So this word |