The nuns didn’t care if you went to heaven or hell or married a Protestant as long as your handwriting was clear and handsome and if you were weak in that department they’d bend your thumbs back till you screamed for mercy and promised a calligraphy that would open the doors of heaven.
Frank McCourt
Teacher Man
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Frank was on television the other night; I think it was the Colbert Report. Poor Mr. Colbert didn't get a word in, Frank just chatted over all his attempts to break in to the conversation.
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