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   alexander koryagin to All   
   A crazy sentence   
   28 Apr 15 19:28:23   
   
   Bye, All!   
      
   Reading "Good Omens" by Terry Prattchett, I read this:   
      
   Tyler, an old man, who likes to write complaints to a local newspaper.   
   Young (Adam Young) is a boy.   
      
   -----Beginning of the citation-----   
   There was a commotion on the grass. Shutzi, who was a particu?larly   
   refined toy French poodle, of the kind only possessed by people who were   
   never able to fit children into their household budgets, was being   
   menaced by Dog.   
      
   "Master Young," ordered R. P. Tyler, "please get your mutt away from my   
   Shutzi." Tyler did not trust Dog. When he had first met the dog, three   
   days ago, it had snarled at him, and glowed its eyes red. This had   
   impelled Tyler to begin a letter pointing out that Dog was undoubt?edly   
   rabid, certainly a danger to the community, and should be put down for   
   the General Good, until his wife had reminded him that glowing red eyes   
   weren't a symptom of rabies, or, for that matter, anything seen out?side   
   of the kind of film that neither of the Tylers would be caught dead at   
   but knew all they needed to know about, thank you very much.   
      
   Adam looked astounded. "Dog's not a mutt. Dog's a remarkable dog. He's   
   clever. Dog, you get off Mr. Tyler's horrible of poodle."   
   ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
   I can't understand this:   
      
   ....red eyes weren't a symptom of rabies, or, for that matter, anything seen   
   out?side of the kind of film that neither of the Tylers would be caught dead   
   at but knew all they needed to know about, thank you very much.   
      
      
   Bye, All!   
   PS: Thank you very much. ;)   
      
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)   

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