Yes, said Cooley. That is the question, as the Bard might say. The Bard? Whats so funny? said Cooley. Nothing, sir, I said. I just didnt know people still used that term. Well, Im a people, Burke. Am I not? Of course. If you prick me, do I not bleed, you scat-gobbling, mother-rimming prick? Occasionally Dean Cooley reverted to a vocabulary more suited to his marine years, but some maintained it was only when he felt threatened, or stretched for time. Yes, sir, I said.
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