Mcnally's Puzzle
“Actually it dawned dull and murky with a sky resembling a sodden bath mat. The kind of day designed to convince one of the utter hopelessness of rising and facing life’s demands.
But when duty’s bugle sounds the charge, McNally is not found skulking. I resolutely completed the usual morning drill and arrived at my office less than an hour late after stopping at our cafeteria for a container of black coffee and two glazed doughnuts. My abstemious breakfast at home (one skimpy scone) hadn’t dulle...d hunger I feared might be the first indication of serious malnutrition.
I lighted an English Oval for added nourishment and phoned Lolly Spindrift.
“Lolly,” I told him, “let me be perfectly frank.”
He giggled. “Darling, I’ve known two Franks in my life and neither was perfect, believe me.”
“Then let me be perfectly honest,” I said. “I need to tap your inexhaustible reservoir of inside skinny but at the moment I have nothing to offer in return.”
“The story of my life,”MoreLess
But when duty’s bugle sounds the charge, McNally is not found skulking. I resolutely completed the usual morning drill and arrived at my office less than an hour late after stopping at our cafeteria for a container of black coffee and two glazed doughnuts. My abstemious breakfast at home (one skimpy scone) hadn’t dulle...d hunger I feared might be the first indication of serious malnutrition.
I lighted an English Oval for added nourishment and phoned Lolly Spindrift.
“Lolly,” I told him, “let me be perfectly frank.”
He giggled. “Darling, I’ve known two Franks in my life and neither was perfect, believe me.”
“Then let me be perfectly honest,” I said. “I need to tap your inexhaustible reservoir of inside skinny but at the moment I have nothing to offer in return.”
“The story of my life,”MoreLess
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