“Anna! What is it?” she cried in alarm.“Your gold belt, Isabel, it’s so cold!”We laughed again and I turned to her and took her face in my h...nds.“Isabel,” I said, looking deep into her eyes, “I have never been kissed, never mind touched, by a woman before,” and before she had the chance to react I continued, “and it feels wonderful.” “Neither have I,” she replied, a little sheepishly, “but you are very special to me, Anna, my best friend. My only friend.”Moving my face towards hers I kissed her. I guess that stretches credibility. Maybe a human form of it. A goody-two-shoes meeting a gangster or some biker kid.”“Sounds like one of those eighties teen flicks. Valley Girl or the Breakfast Club.”“The eighties version of the romantic comedy. That’s a genre with equal weight on genders.”“You want to write a romantic comedy?”“What’s wrong with that?”“It’s a bit lightweight,” I offered.“Some of the cleverest plays have been. Noel Coward and Oscar Wilde.”“True gay wits,” I reminded her. “I’m. ” Gudrun smiled. “I’m joking, Astrid. There’s every chance the gods will bring them back eventually. Remember the women of the southern isles. Their men returned the following spring bringing back bounty from distant Andalusia ruled by the men of the camel.” Astrid smiled. She nursed the same hope that the expedition had merely taken the men further south to the mythically rich lands where even the winters were warmer than the Norse summer and the natives had permanently sun-darkened skin.. The priest, who was watching, quickly ran over to him saying, 'I saw that. You didn't put any money in the poor box!'The Irishman replied, 'Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and according to you, that's the same as putting it in!'Lemon SqueezeThere once was a religious young woman who went toConfession. Upon entering the confessional, she said, 'Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.'The priest said, 'Confess your sins and be forgiven.'The young woman said, 'Last night my boyfriend made.
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