Aha! Got to him, did you, Penelope? I thought you might. Well, now the coward is shown in his true colours, skulking about in fear of his life with a pistol...and a life preserver! Ha! Ha! Ha! No doubt expects me to sink his punt on the next canal outing! Ha! Ha!

Well, it's a damn shame. I was looking forward to a good dustup in January. However, this means I can forego training and continue indulging in the customary "pleasures of the flesh" without letup right through the holidays, so there's a bright side to it after all.

India? Well, why not? I've been thinking of buying a private jet.   Put aside this nonsense about Captain "Wassiname" and we can jet out there together for the holidays.

And try being just a little bit less sarcastic, Penny...I may be a libertine, but I am not completely without scruples.

Dave Bryant - I am not too old for Penelope. I am 27. When I was 7 and she was 5, we kissed under the gazebo at Rutledge Mansion. I, of all people, should know if I was too old for Ms Rutledge. You accuse me of being a roue and an addict to drink and gambling. Well, sir, I beg to differ. Though my dalliances with the fair sex are, at this point, a legend, I am far too young to fit the term "roue". I shall no doubt be a roue some time later...in my 50's, 60's and 70's. Count on it. As for gambling and alcohol, I admit to a liking for both. I make no apologies for that.

Now why don't you idiotic lot of yanks get off this thread and go back to eating hominy grits, skinning "possums" and menacing underage girls...

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