“As I was saying,” the Other Professor resumed, “if you’ll just think over any Poem, that contains the words—such as.‘Peter is poor,’ said noble Paul,‘And I have always been his friend:And, though my means to give are small,At least I can afford to lend.How few, in this cold age of greed,Do good, except on selfish grounds!But I can feel for Peter’s need,And I WILL LEND HIM FIFTY POUNDS!’.How great was Peter’s joy to findHis friend in such a genial vein!How cheerfully the bond he signed,To pay the money back again!‘We ca’n’t,’ said Paul, ‘be too precise:’Tis best to fix the very day:So, by a learned friend’s advice,I’ve made it Noon, the Fourth of May.. . ..This full Lewis Carroll poem may be found in ”http://www.readbookonline.net/read/13814/33476/">_Sylvie and Bruno_.
crystalwizard over 12 years ago
No she isn’t. She’s going to the end of the Pay Paul line with what she robbed from Peter.
lewisbower over 12 years ago
Where’s Mary? Er, that’s what the joke’s about, right?
odeliasimone over 12 years ago
otherwise known as an electronic transfer.
MelvinLott over 12 years ago
hahaha
mrssaskfan over 12 years ago
He means Peter, Paul and Mary. But clearly they are using guns, not hammers. Or Magic Dragons.
aciem88 over 12 years ago
@mrssaskfan “If I had a handgun, I’d rob Peter in the morning…”
bmonk over 12 years ago
“As I was saying,” the Other Professor resumed, “if you’ll just think over any Poem, that contains the words—such as.‘Peter is poor,’ said noble Paul,‘And I have always been his friend:And, though my means to give are small,At least I can afford to lend.How few, in this cold age of greed,Do good, except on selfish grounds!But I can feel for Peter’s need,And I WILL LEND HIM FIFTY POUNDS!’.How great was Peter’s joy to findHis friend in such a genial vein!How cheerfully the bond he signed,To pay the money back again!‘We ca’n’t,’ said Paul, ‘be too precise:’Tis best to fix the very day:So, by a learned friend’s advice,I’ve made it Noon, the Fourth of May.. . ..This full Lewis Carroll poem may be found in ”http://www.readbookonline.net/read/13814/33476/">_Sylvie and Bruno_.