Gammon? Ha ha!

Ribby settled Duchess in an armchair before the fire, and went out and hurried to the village to look for the doctor.

She found him at the smithy.

He was occupied in putting rusty nails into a bottle of ink, which he had obtained at the post office.

"Gammon? ha! HA!" said he, with his head on one side.

Ribby explained that her guest had swallowed a patty-pan.

"Spinach? ha! HA!" said he, and accompanied her with alacrity.

-The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan, Beatrix Potter 1905

Ribby the cat, Duchess the dog, and Dr Maggotty the crow

There is a guy who is chatting to me right now, that reminds me SO much of Dr Maggoty in the Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan by Beatrix Potter. Every single sentence he says is most dutifully followed by a "haha". It's even worse when people have nothing else to say but "lol"! Argh! (*real s/n not used to protect idenities lol)

dr maggotty* says:
hi aimi
dr maggotty says:
haha
dr maggotty says:
how was xmas and new year?

[insert generic response of mine here]

dr maggotty says:
well
dr maggotty says:
i went sightseeing and done lots of shopping
dr maggotty says:
haha
dr maggotty says:
cos the sale here is really sale

[more generic conversation later]

a i m i : l a d y says:
have u studied
dr maggotty says:
erm
dr maggotty says:
not really
dr maggotty says:
haha
dr maggotty says:
i'm procastinating
dr maggotty says:
haha
dr maggotty says:
but i've started a little
dr maggotty says:
hahaa
dr maggotty says:
what's with girls and diamonds ?
dr maggotty says:
haha

And to make things worse, when I was young I had that story on audio tape, so I have an imprint of how a crow would say the words "Gammon? Ha Ha!" imprinted in my memory.

Dr Maggotty, filling my msn with nonsense does not make up for your lack of conversation.

Haha, just something I just thought I'd share. Ha Ha!