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"PolishKnight" wrote in message
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> In article < $ @trnddc08>,
> "Avenger" wrote:
>
>> ">> > > "We were terrible to animals," recalled Mr. Throckmorton,
>> laughing.
>> A
>> >> > > dip behind the Bush home turned into a small lake after a good
>> >> > > rain,
>> >> > > and thousands of frogs would come out.
>> >>
>> >> > > "Everybody would get BB guns and shoot them," Mr. Throckmorton
>> >> > > said.
>> >> > > "Or we'd put firecrackers in the frogs and throw them and blow
>> >> > > them
>> >> > > up."
>> >>
>> >> > > When he was not blowing up frogs, young George -- always restless
>> >> > > and
>> >> > > something of a natural leader -- would lead neighborhood children
>> >> > > on
>> >> > > daredevil expeditions around town, seeing how close they could
>> >> > > come
>> >> > > to
>> >> > > breaking their necks. George also quickly acquired a colorful
>> >> > > vocabulary.
>>
>> So he was a foul mouthed sadistic kid on his way to become a drunkard.
>
> This may explain why he gets along so well with Ted Kennedy. :-)

Well Ted does perform one useful function. We can always tell when it's the
first day of the Summer holiday when Teddy drives up on the sidewalk at
Hyannis Port.



>
> regards,
> PolishKnight