Re: "To visit an apartment"

Eric Schwartz wrote:

Purl Gurl wrote:

Fascinating. You find humor written, presumably, in a language
foreign to your own tongue. How is this so you find humor in
a language you, presumably, cannot understand?

It's because I'm a genius, you see, and able to comprehend that which
is opaque to others.

Wile E. Coyote is a genius, much like yourself.

Purl Gurl
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