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John Dean    896064 Fri, 30 Apr 04 01:07 AM

We were talking about the phrase 'Brown Sugar' recently. In Graham Nown's biography of Owney Madden, founder of the Cotton Club, he quotes a Cotton Club theatre card :
"The New, Sparkling, Lightning Fast Cotton Club Show BLACKBERRIES OF 1931
Brown Sugar - Sweet, But Unrefined
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* plus Duke Ellington and his Famous Cotton Club Orchestra ..."

John Dean
Oxford
Mike Lyle    896514 Fri, 30 Apr 04 02:06 PM

"We were talking about the phrase 'Brown Sugar' recently. In Graham Nown's biography of Owney Madden, founder of the Cotton ... OF 1931 Brown Sugar - Sweet, But Unrefined ... * plus Duke Ellington and his Famous Cotton Club Orchestra ...""

You sure can pick 'em. But cane you cut it?
Mike.
John Dean    896636 Fri, 30 Apr 04 05:08 PM

"We were talking about the phrase 'Brown Sugar' recently. In ... plus Duke Ellington and his Famous Cotton Club Orchestra ...""

"You sure can pick 'em. But cane you cut it? Mike."

Tate what you do it's the way that you do it

John Dean
Oxford
Laura F Spira    896684 Fri, 30 Apr 04 05:53 PM

"You sure can pick 'em. But cane you cut it? Mike."

"Tate what you do it's the way that you do it"

An especially clever response to Mr L. Such gems remind me why I hang about here.

Laura
(emulate St. George for email)
John Dean    896951 Sat, 01 May 04 12:13 AM

"Tate what you do it's the way that you do it"

"An especially clever response to Mr L. Such gems remind me why I hang about here."

If you can't beet them...

John Dean
Oxford
Mike Lyle    897455 Sat, 01 May 04 12:57 PM

"An especially clever response to Mr L. Such gems remind me why I hang about here."

"If you can't beet them..."

We need more lasses like Laura in this rogues' gallery.

Mike.
John Dean    897537 Sat, 01 May 04 03:20 PM

"If you can't beet them..."

"We need more lasses like Laura in this rogues' gallery. Mike."

And so the humour spreads - the treacle down effect ...
John Dean
Oxford
Professor Redwine    897672 Sat, 01 May 04 07:26 PM

"If you can't beet them..."

"We need more lasses like Laura in this rogues' gallery."

But we won't get 'em if we can't keep our sweet little hands to ourselves and stop molassin' 'em.

Redwine
Hamburg
Mike Lyle    897728 Sat, 01 May 04 07:55 PM

"We need more lasses like Laura in this rogues' gallery. Mike."

"And so the humour spreads - the treacle down effect ..."

You're so dextrose with words, John!
Mike.
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