Ray Preliminates

Bye Sugarplum, bye Sweetiepie, come and see us again, maybe. Bye Hope, see ye tomorrow. All righty then. Where's Ms. Merriam? Merriam, Merriam I need to visit with ye.

Wait a minute Ray the little Tabby Labbers are still in the driveway.

Right. Still in the driveway.

Bye Sweetiepie, bye Sugarplum. Say hello to Nancy and Carl and Mary the Virgin, and Rex and Thelma Lou and Nelson and Vladamir for me-e. Say hello to the triplets. By-ei.

Jeez Louise! Well, the Goddess has saved me narrowly. There they go! Merriam, Merriam ye got to hep me.

What Ray? What are you carrying on about?

I need yer hep with a spell.

Look it up Ray. Everyone's going back in for a snort and I shall be joining them for all this shouting recommends a good throat lathering.

No, no, no. This is important.

No Ray. I'm going into the CB to get a drink and have a nice visit with the other ladies. It's time out, for me.

Dang! Jeez Louise and No Rest! All righty then. It's got to start out either pe or pr.
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somewhat later

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Ha! Here tis, something that precedes or is introductory to. No that caint be exactly right. Here then, coming before and usually a necessary prelude to something else. This second un fits the bill, maybe.

P-r-e-l-i-m-i-n-a-r-y, as in a preliminary plant list. Yepper, that spell might just solve one er two little aggravations, fer me.

Now I, Ray might just attend to the throat lathering festivities, myself.