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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Shambles / Will Dockery
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 08:31:55 +0000
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General-Zod wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Victor H. wrote:
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> Zod wrote:
>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>>>>>>> > > Shambles
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > > Yes, the "Richard Pryor" looking guy was somewhat interesting,
>>>>>>> > > except that he was so drunk he was drooling.
>>>>>>> > > He either thought I looked like Mark Twain or Gene Wilder,
>>>>>>> > > sitting on the bench on Broadway at Midnight, typing.
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > > He seemed to think we were from the same home area,
>>>>>>> > > somewhere around Kentucky,
>>>>>>> > > and then North oats",
>>>>>>> > > all these in Carolina,
>>>>>>> > > where his family worked on "crab boats".
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > > All these short stories and his 1970s comedy asides,
>>>>>>> > > the out of the side of his mouth political jabs and so on,
>>>>>>> > > were pretty entertaining,
>>>>>>> > > as I just sat there and typed,
>>>>>>> > > playing the white straight man type,
>>>>>>> > > like in Stir Crazy and Silver Streak,
>>>>>>> > > wild Einstein afro hair flapping in the breeze.
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > > That went okay for a few minutes
>>>>>>> > > until Pryor knocked over my coffee,
>>>>>>> > > seemed to be embarrassed about that,
>>>>>>> > > and wandered away,
>>>>>>> > > on up the sidewalk.
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > > Then when a crack hooker chick
>>>>>>> > > in real shambles came along,
>>>>>>> > > offered to blow me right there for five bucks,
>>>>>>> > > I decided that along with the chilly breeze on my back,
>>>>>>> > > perhaps it was time to pack it up for the night.
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > > I wanted dark, I got dark.
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > > -Will Dockery 2017
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > That was...just awful. It wasn't a poem, it was barely coherent.
>>>>>>> > You...you...you're a terrible person.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your reading comprehension problems are noted, Dink.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So because I think
>
>>>>>> You're a troll, Dink... trolls are not well known for thinking, just
>>>>>> trolling.
>
>>>>> Thinking is not Dink's strong suit, no...
>
>>>> Actually, I don't know if Family Guy even has a strong suit.
>
>>> Ha ha ha ha... gone one.
>
>
>> Happy holidays Victor.
>
> Ha ha... you remember my old name...!!

"Victor Hugo Fan" if my memory serves me well.

🙂