Several of my younger relatives insist that Larry David and I are lookalikes. You be the judge.
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Jonathan, you are not identical twins or anything, but you are definitely look-alikes. I saw the movie last night & it added an odd flavour to it. I think I liked him better than I may have otherwise!
x jane
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Absolutely not. Never in a million years. If I thought you did, I would hide behind the couch.
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This is just one more piece of evidence confirming that Australia is little more than a counter United States, sans topsoil!
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I don’t see it.
*giggles behind hand*
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Jane: I told someone about your comment and they suggested I should ask Woody Allen for a cut of his income from the movie.
Thank you for the reassurance, Will and Franzy, he said, choosing to remain deaf to irony.
Iain: Please note that I have more on top than that other guy.
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I was referring to the actual Australian continent when I mentioned topsoil, but now that you bring it up…well, yes, I suppose you do have more!
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What perfection, not only an absolute lookalike but the post is the same attitude of self-deprecation. A minimasterpiece of the type one only finds in blogs. Superbness.
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Thanks, Paul. Now if only someone would speak as highly of my attempts at poetry!
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The similarity is there, but how about the temperament?
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My mother used to say I’d never let things go, Kaaron, so maybe there’s something there. But I like to think there’s at least a little bit of Larry in all of us.
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There’s Larry in me at a coffee shop here in Suva where they give you cups you simply cannot hold comfortably! Nowhere to put your fingers, bits sticking out everywhere. I feel like shouting, “How am I supposed to hold a cup like this??” but usually restrain myself.
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