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POLITENESS by FAIRFAX DOWNEY

First Line: IF PEOPLE ASK ME
Last Line: THAT THEY'D LAY OFF ASKING.
Subject(s): ETIQUETTE; MANNERS; COURTESY;
If people ask me,
I always tell 'em:
"I'm fair enough, I've no kick coming."
If people ask me,
I come right back with:
"I'm O. K., and how's your plumbing?"
You have to answer
And tell 'em something,
Although it bores you
And seems a dumb thing....
BUT SOMETIMES

I wish

That they'd lay off asking.



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