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There's an old joke:
When God made man...
...she was only testing.

When did I first hear it? Perhaps in the 1970s - that's why I say 'old'. But I recently heard this version:
Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears
Her noblest work she classes, O:
Her prentice han' she try'd on man,
An' then she made the lasses, O.

- which is dated 1783. Happy Burns Night! I'm off to boil a haggis...

Date: 2010-01-25 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nineweaving.livejournal.com
Peerless verse!

Got whisky?

Nine

Date: 2010-01-25 09:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewhomust.livejournal.com
Got whisky! (You needed to ask?)

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