> [Original Message] > From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 6/5/2005 11:04:32 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: On Kudos > > on 6/5/05 6:28 PM, Andy Amago at aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > So maybe you know the > > requirements for becoming a champion bull rider? I saw it on television. > > I thought I'd try it. I'd get to wear those cool cowboy clothes. Failing > > that, I thought maybe big wave surfing, the 40 footers in Hawaii, looked > > like my sport. I'm a pretty good swimmer. Anybody have any ideas how one > > goes about becoming a champion bull rider? > > > I believe the usual procedure, at least this is what the fellow in Harney > County told me, is to have your goolies stepped on several times by an > ill-tempered and quite heavy beast. After that all pain is relative, and > the future looks rosy. Something to do with burst blood vessels, I think. > > Sounds like your fellow in Harney County has a thing for goolies. Andy Odd coincidence BTW. I write a Sunday Poem that mentions Alexander > McCall-Smith's work, and here the fellow is on our radio this eve for the > first time ever. 'strawdinry. > > David Ritchie > Portland, Oregon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html