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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> > tvoivozhd---that could be a while---my Uncle Earl Potten sold more farms 
> > than anyone in the U.S., and for at least ten years, was unable to get 
> > out of his car to show a customer any real estate---popped nitroglycerin 
> > pills like candy---but closed two out of three customer showings.

He slyly spelled Unc's name wrong; it was Potted. Comes from the old 
country where names are derived from occupations. His clan are renowned for 
their gustatory rapacity for vile poteen and for the common behavior 
deriving from said occupation. Those weren't all nitro pills. Also included 
were phenytoin, clonidine, diazepam and haloperidol, all useful in treating 
the various symptoms of life-threatening delirium tremens. What a waste, if 
the poor devil had quaffed a mere half case a day of full-bodied home brew 
he would still be selling dairy farms to city slickers.