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Podcast: CraftLit
Episode: 478: In Which We Are All Surprised! - Chs 1-2 of Anne of Green Gables
Description: Chapters 1-2 Anne of Green Gables Ms Rachel is Surprised & Matthew is Surprised (too!) Sorrel Mare Wellerism sort of the root of the Irishman joke (similar to this one: Paddy is in jail. Guard looks in his cell and sees him hanging by his feet. "What the hell you doing?" he asks. "Hanging myself" Paddy replies. "It should be around your neck" says the Guard. "I know" says Paddy "but I couldn't breathe".) Reminds me of the Mr Dooley stories we learned about from Biscuits Ex Machina History of the (very dated and now offensive) term Street Arab Book Talk @ 9:31...