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2/6: "In the Tunnel of Love," a story from the collection, "Gordon Liddy is My Muse," by John Calvin Batchelor. Read by John Batchelor.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 6 January 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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2/6: "In the Tunnel of Love," a story from the collection, "Gordon Liddy is My Muse," by John Calvin Batchelor. Read by John Batchelor.

https://www.amazon.com/Gordon-Liddy-Muse-Calvin-Batchelor/dp/0671690787

1913 Schweinfurt am Main

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0:00.0

Gordon Liddy is my muse, in the tunnel of love, a tale of the Cold War, Black Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

0:09.2

Thursday, Friday Holmes, Payne on the case.

0:14.0

2.

0:16.8

I had deeper prejudices waiting off stage, but checked them while transferring from shipped to

0:21.5

German shore. My travel agent had arranged for a huge blue car to meet me on the

0:27.4

K. I don't go where I can't be driven. And it was an expected first lesson in German as that, unlike everywhere else I've been on this earth,

0:37.0

the driver and car were punctual and obliging.

0:40.0

I felt eager for exploring when Frau Yodel's voice surprised me.

0:45.0

Her pain, aren't you going to say goodbye?

0:49.0

I was surprised how quickly nurses had passed through customs, given that they were nationals returning

0:54.5

from Africa.

0:56.2

As for me, the officials had treated my bald eagle like a carte blanche, which both pleased

1:01.6

and worried me.

1:03.0

Her pain, tip, you didn't kiss us goodbye, continued Frau Yodu.

1:08.0

Heidi Men handled her giant bag to the ground and asked me of the Mercedes,

1:12.0

Is this yours?

1:14.4

I was nabbed, another getaway in the trash.

1:17.5

My choice now was selfish American or showy gentleman.

1:21.1

I didn't hesitate and introduce the car a pet at their pretty feet.

1:25.0

Oh, Her pain, said Frau Yolle.

1:28.0

Wunderbar, how kind.

1:30.0

She didn't bother with my ruse anymore, telling me an exacting German that they were in a hurry to catch their train at Hamburg south.

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