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  • Re: XKCD

    From BCFD 36@bcfd36@cruzio.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Sat Jun 20 11:32:06 2026
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    On 11/25/25 11:57, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <10g4vht$3n2b7$1@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
    He hit it out of the park.


    Yep.

    Every now and then he reminds us it's not just stick figures, it's Hugo winning stick figures...

    permalink: https://xkcd.com/3172/

    I was going back and looking at things I had replied to or written or
    whatever and came across this from last November. It may be the best
    he's ever done.

    And then she got a bile duct cancer diagnosis a few months after this.
    It really hits home. Things are going well, but...
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  • From BobbieSellers@bliss-sf4ever@dslextremeinvalid.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Sat Jun 20 15:44:50 2026
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    On 6/20/26 11:32, BCFD 36 wrote:
    On 11/25/25 11:57, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <10g4vht$3n2b7$1@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36
    <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
    He hit it out of the park.


    Yep.

    Every now and then he reminds us it's not just stick figures, it's Hugo
    winning stick figures...

    permalink: https://xkcd.com/3172/

    I was going back and looking at things I had replied to or written or whatever and came across this from last November. It may be the best
    he's ever done.

    And then she got a bile duct cancer diagnosis a few months after this.
    It really hits home. Things are going well, but...


    Thanks! I must have been ill enough to miss this one or the computer was FUBAR.

    bliss
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