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A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit

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Author’s NoteThis is a work <strong>of</strong> fiction. Names, characters,places and <strong>in</strong>cidents are ei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> product <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>author's imag<strong>in</strong>ation or are used fictitiously. Anyresemblance <strong>to</strong> actual events or locales or persons,liv<strong>in</strong>g or dead, is entirely co<strong>in</strong>cidental.<strong>The</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ries based at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Woody</strong> <strong>Back</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>School</strong><strong>Unit</strong> are works <strong>of</strong> adult fiction based upon <strong>the</strong> real-lifefantasy games played by <strong>the</strong> author, R. Humphriesand his wife, <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>imitable Jojo.It is <strong>the</strong> author’s <strong>in</strong>tent <strong>to</strong> create <strong>the</strong> <strong>Woody</strong><strong>Back</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Unit</strong> as an imag<strong>in</strong>ative world peopledwith a believable cast and set <strong>in</strong> familiar surround<strong>in</strong>gswith<strong>in</strong> which <strong>the</strong> readers will become comfortable.<strong>The</strong> vernacular used <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ries is acomb<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> phraseology derived from writ<strong>in</strong>gsuch as <strong>the</strong> British penny comics from <strong>the</strong> n<strong>in</strong>eteenthirties, current language, slang and idioms, and <strong>the</strong><strong>in</strong>vented parlance known as <strong>Woody</strong> Jargon.As such references <strong>to</strong> ‘beat<strong>in</strong>g’, ‘thrash<strong>in</strong>g’, and‘flogg<strong>in</strong>g’ have no context <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> use or avocation <strong>of</strong>physical violence, with <strong>the</strong> exception <strong>of</strong> controlledcorporal punishment, aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>the</strong> characters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>s<strong>to</strong>ries.

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