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I'm sure it exists outside of this poem, and with different nationalities slotted in where they belong, but I quote unaltered. Easier to just c+p, really.

In the Belgian Army, the feud
Between the Flemings and Walloons grew vicious,

So out of hand the army could barely function.
Finally one commander assembled his men
In one great room, to deal with things directly.

They stood before him at attention. "All Flemings,"
He ordered, "to the left wall." Half the men
Clustered to the left. "Now all Walloons," he ordered,

"Move to the right." An equal number crowded
Against the right wall. Only one man remained
At attention in the middle: "What are you, soldier?"

Saluting, the man said, "Sir, I am a Belgian."
"Why, that's astonishing, Corporal–what's your name?"
Saluting again, "Rabinowitz," he answered
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She escapes tonight.
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But I found it *prior* to today, so that's encouraging! Purpoted to be "A day in the life of the CentOS Team".
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Well, she's three. I'm not too concerned.

All the same, when I bought some Sri Lankan food yesterday, I ate most of it where she couldn't see. But I still had two with me when I went upstairs for a visit, and Ana asked me for some. And she really wanted to try some, even after I warned her that it was very spicy.

So I gave her a fish ball. And she ate the whole thing, even when it meant she had to breathe heavily through her opened mouth.

And then, a minute or so later, she started running, I mean running back and forth in the hallway, screaming* at the top of her lungs! I expected flames to shoot out of her mouth and ears! AND SHE WAS STILL PUTTING IT IN HER MOUTH WHILE SHE WAS RUNNING!

I literally collapsed on the floor and just cracked up. Eventually, Jenn gave her some soy milk and calmed her down. Ana had already done this that evening with some of a mutton roti she'd been given, and then proceeded to do so *again* after taking some *more* mutton roti. Maybe her palate is expanding?

All I know is, this was hilarious. I mean, absolutely hysterical.

*Ana says "No, I wasn't screaming, I was shrieking." I've had so many conversations on this subject, especially when I was her age, I'm not even arguing.
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Wednesdays and Fridays I take Su to the SICM for the toddler program. I watch her a couple of hours (with two bathroom breaks, and sometimes lunch), and in exchange, I get a ride to and from the museum, and they pay the fees for the program for me.

We take the same route to get there, every time. Pass right by a church. Church has a billboard. Billboard says, and I quote:

Spreading the "Good" News!

Every time, I crack up laughing. "Good" news indeed.
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Area man thinks infant son might be gay.

My mother told the story about a neighbor they had once, who was convinced that his son was going to grow up to be gay, because at two years old he liked to play with soft toys. And he was a doctor, so of course he knew!

Joke is, one of his sons was gay. Just wasn't that one.

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