Frank, at 18:14 on Jun 11 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

FM> To be perfectly frank...

BG> As my name's not Frank, and "to be perfectly William"
sounds rather stupid,
BG> my options were somewhat limited (that's not a stockbroker joke, BTW).

FM> Damn! I thought it was a stockbroker joke!

It could indeed be construed as such, but not a particularly good one IMO. 
However, fell free to plagiarise it as you see fit, I don't mind.

FM> And why does it sound stupid? Sure it needs a bit of punctuation, but
FM> "To be, perfectly, William" could even be seen as a
compliment, if not a
FM> total suck. :-)

Not unlike "prosaic", I'd suggest that it depends upon one's
interpretation of same, does it not?  And anyway, I'm not averse to
compliments (nor even total sucks, if the truth be known), as I receive so
few of them.  :)

BG> FM> * Do not sleep in a eucalyptus tree tonight.

BG> Que?  Far too obscure for me, I'm afraid.

FM> Me too, wonder where it came from. Hardly septic.

Dunno, doesn't the San Diego Zoo have their own eucalyptus trees, from
which they feed their resident koalas?  Still doesn't explain its meaning
though.

Regards, Bill
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