☂ 017; i just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit

[is_an_island]

[ England had been remarkably capable of handling himself quite well for the past week or so. Certainly he sulked by hiding under his blankets, but he did that with pride. Or at least a respectable-looking blanket. But on the 21st day at the fourteenth hour at thirty-three seconds, as he realised he had written nothing but the word SOCKS1 for the

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[dynamic_may_lee]

That is probably the worst choice of words ever.

[is_an_island]

Nonsense, it sounds quite right to me. Gets the message through. A firm acknowledgment of my well-being while still accepting callers. And all said in a very polite tone.

[dynamic_may_lee]

With the use of euphemisms?

[is_an_island]

What euphemisms?

[dynamic_may_lee]

Knock you up, spotted dick, keep your pecker up? Come on, I'm Korean and I know those.

[is_an_island]

That's good. I wouldn't want people to misunderstand me.

[dynamic_may_lee]

So... wait... you intended to talk about your dick?

[is_an_island]

Well, I wouldn't give away my recipe.

[dynamic_may_lee]

I officially have no clue what you're on about.

[is_an_island]

I don't know what you're going on about, either.

Listen, perhaps America can explain it better. He's had some of my spotted dick before. And even if he didn't like the taste, he still came back and all that.

[dynamic_may_lee]

Is it... is it a food?

[is_an_island]

Well... Yes. What did you think it was?

[dynamic_may_lee]

A euphemism for your penis.

[is_an_island]

What? What? G-get your mind out of the bloody gutter! That sort of talk isn't meant for the public phone lines!

[dynamic_may_lee]

Hey man, you're the one that put "dick", "pecker", and "knock you up" in the same statement.

[is_an_island]

But not in the perverted sense!