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Okay, we've already determined that your roommate is weird -- I mean, that Cheez Whiz incident hammered it home for sure if you had any lingering doubts. But this is... well... bizarre.

Your Professor said, last Tuesday, that today's discussion would center around eleven pop tunes. All you asked your dear buddy -- who attended, while you were home nursing a hangover -- for was the song list, and this is what you got:
    A. she is rather extensively educated in the arts of
       eating fish eggs and smoking, and quite
       compassionate as well
    B. i replied regarding my current state of unemployment
       and proceeded to, in an undignified manner, make
       my way to a rather unconventional and uncomfortable
       resting place
    C. our natural sattelite has travelled near to the
       apex of the sky, but, at the same time, the sun has
       descended into the netherworld
    D. something's wrong: namely, my lack of honesty;
       honestly, nothing i'm telling you is, in fact true,
       but, in the telling, i'll strengthen our bond anyway
    E. i think i'll investigate the feasibility of procuring
       a new abode, and, what's more, i'll do so while
       wearing absurdly large, ebony footwear and carrying
       this well-aged luggage
    F. as yet, i have been unable to persuade her that her
       current beau has acquired very little concrete
       information regarding her likes and dislikes, and,
       furthermore, is vastly more interested in doing
       drugs and playing video games than in remedying this
       deficiency
    G. your audio cassette altered my preconceptions when
       i grasped the overarching lyrical subtext
    H. i can provide that which you desire, but you
       should make a bee-line to my current location, as
       the supplies are rapidly diminishing
    I. when you were just barely a teenager, doing nothing
       but kicking back by yourself in our abode, your
       birth father was passing away elsewhere
    J. it's impossible to illegally board an airplane in a
       manner similar to that which you can employ upon a
       locomotive
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    --------------------------------------------------------
       133936714321514426616031823252
       421011314742834642911212111542
       723812923023654244951523935415
       734833982519414619332114214021
       032981131626225824431313751552
       327964531226831122422019651733
       842621229323924017134712512941
       333123231435754012631973817541
       853927
    
All righty then. Ten strange phrases, ten weird Wheel of Fortune-y thingies, and a big ol' batch of digits. Hey, wait, weren't there eleven songs?



Check your answer at
http://www.YARK.org/puzzle/verbose/eleventh_song.shtml
For example, if you think the eleventh song is Tutti Frutti, go to
http://www.YARK.org/puzzle/verbose/tutti_frutti.shtml


 
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