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• Verily and forsooth, replied Goodgulf darkly. In the past year strange and fearful wonders I have seen.
  Fields sown with barley reap crabgrass and fungus, and even small gardens reject their artichoke hearts....
• Verily and forsooth," replied Goodgulf darkly. "In the past year strange and fearful wonders I have seen.
  Fields sown with barley reap crabgrass and fungus, and even small gardens reject their artichoke hearts....
• But among the children of the Great Society there were those whose skins were black.
  And lo! Their portion was niggardly, and of the fatted calf they were sucking hind teat ....
• So many things to see and people to do.
• Doing strange things in the name of art.
• Come to terms with the fact that mermen seem to be few and far between.
  (Well, how many have *you* seen?) -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....