"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com on Fri, 25 May
2012 15:16:45 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
pyotr filipivich fired this volley:

"That watch you sold me doesn't work."
"Did you wind it up?"
"Of course I wound it."
"I told you not to interfere with it!"

I _have_ a Russian consumer-grade pocket watch. That's the best advice
I've ever heard for one of them! G

I snagged that from a British "comedy" recording.
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pyotr
Go not to the Net for answers, for it will tell you Yes and no. And
you are a bloody fool, only an ignorant cretin would even ask the
question, forty two, 47, the second door, and how many blonde lawyers
does it take to change a lightbulb.