The Filiform Appendages of African Catfish

"Hey, you! Yeah, the guy who amputates, at the base, the filiform appendages of African catfish! First, I would like you to engage in that action using, as the recipient thereof, a shoat (barrow or yilt, take your pick). Next, I would like you to opine about the total number of pigmented, imbricated filiments necessary for the completion of a peruke."

He replies, "Two dozen will be sufficient."

Upon which the first speaker, gratified to receive this tidbit, attempted to remunerate the other by offering him a small preparation of dehydrated, comminuted leaves of a tall, South American annual with large ovate to lanceolate foliage. This preparation was to be inhaled to produce some sort of desirable sensation.

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