On Wed, 17 Sep 2014, alexander koryagin wrote to All:   
      
    ak> A telephone is ringing in a mental hospital:   
    ak> "Please, tell me, is anybody in the 10th ward?"   
      
   "Please tell me if there is anyone in the 10th ward."   
   "Is there anyone in the 10th ward, please?"   
   "Is there anyone in the 10th ward?"   
      
    ak> "No, there is no anybody"   
      
   "No, no one is there."   
   "There is no one there."   
   "There is nobody there."   
   "Nobody is there."   
      
    ak> "Gosh! It means I really manage to escape?"   
      
   "Gosh! Does that mean that I really managed to escape?"   
   "Gosh! Does that mean that I really escaped?"   
   "Gosh! That means that I really did manage to escape."   
   "Gosh! That means that I really did escape."   
   "Gosh! That means that I really escaped."   
   "Gosh! I really did escape!"   
   "Gosh! I really escaped!"   
   "Gosh! I escaped!"   
      
    ak> Alarm clocks don't play pleasant melodies.   
      
   agreed :)   
      
    ak> There was a fashion for torn jeans. Now there is a fashion for torn   
    ak> T-shirts. When, at last, will appear a fashion for torn socks?   
      
   When will a fashion for torn socks appear?   
      
   HTH :)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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