>Grady,
>
>I still enjoyed your proza, but I am also less enthousiastic meanwhile. This is plagiary, at least you should have had the decensy to inform us where you had C&P-td this piece.
>Sorry I can't revoke my previous posting.
>
>Koen
This was first posted someplace on the internet a few years ago and was sent around a lot as email. ( I don't think Judge Judy has been in the news for quite a while. )
One indication it wasn't original was that Grady lives in Canada so 'owning a Canadian' wouldn't really mean someone from a bordering country <s> In fairness, I don't think Grady intended to claim authorship ... he just wanted to share something he ran across that he thought was enjoyable.
Not really plagiarism - just didn't know or print the attribution. Like repeating a joke you heard someplace.
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