Not that old trick! "John Steinbeck’s dog ate the first draft of 'Of Mice and Men.'"
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"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Isaac Newton had a similar experience with his dog, Diamond.
ReplyDeleteThen it's extremely unfair for my teacher - er, I mean, some other guy's teacher in the third grade - to have dismissed the excuse, "The dog ate my homework", out of hand.
DeleteHey, if it worked for Steinbeck …
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