Oakes' eyes glistened. He was interested. "What was the cause of
death?" he asked.
Mr. Snyder coughed. "Snake bite," he said.
Oakes' careful calm deserted him. He uttered a cry of astonishment.
"Why, that's incredible!"
"It's the literal truth. The medical examination proved that the fellow
had been killed by snake poison--cobra, to be exact, which is found
principally in India."
"Cobra!"
Friday, September 05, 2008
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Were they filthy pips? :-D
Filthy, dirty, sticky pips. Lawks, that sounds familiar. Either I've nicked that from somewhere or it's a past life come back to haunt me.
Yeah, its a fairly celebrated phrase that you introduced me to.
I the list in question was the guardian.
Thats why I thought it was a humourous reference. Not sure now.
I remember now. Dammit. Shall I delete the blog? It seemed better at 2am.
Dont delete it. If that phrase is staring at you and mocking you, you could edit it. But this is a little change of pace on LFE, and I'm sure most regular readers like biblical porn anyway, so its very convenient to have it here. :-)
Dont delete it. If that phrase is staring at you and mocking you, you could edit it. But this is a little change of pace on LFE, and I'm sure most regular readers like biblical porn anyway, so its very convenient to have it here. :-)
Don't you dare delete this! I love it, read it yesterday and am still loving it today
Phew!
Beautiful and dark. Love it.
Yay!
Very good - the metaphors in particular!
W00T!
I'd like the next one to feature Jesus fisting the moneylenders after upturning their tables at the temple.
I value your constructive creative input.
Gorgeous metaphor.
Ahem, speaking of blog rolls - where did I go? ;)
Oh, and more interestingly - check out this linky love. I gave you an award.
Oh you're kidding me. *slaps forehead* Sorry about that. I had to put them all in by hand again after I messed about with the layout. (Note to self: stop messing with the layout.) Will put you back in your rightful place post-haste.
Hands up, is there anyone else who should be there but isn't?
(And thanks for the award xx)
Love this.
Did you write this? It's pretty amazing! Never thought of it like that... I bet that's what they meant...
Except I've plagiarised twice, from PJ Harvey's Snake and from Professor Lupin's shortlisted bad sex passage.
I <3 plagiarism.
Ahh I see that more as inspiration. :)
I believe the Japanese call it "magpie talent" =)
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