VLVL Rex Snuvvle

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 00:43, jbor wrote:
> Paul: 
> > 
> > Plus I'm told old Charles-Maurice was very fond of Danish.
> 
> haha. Sara Lee has been making them since nearly around his time, I believe.
> 
> http://www.saralee.com/ourcompany/history_timeline.aspx
> 
> http://www.saralee.com/ourcompany/lobBakeryHome.aspx
> 
> Though not so those "*Kasha Varnishkies*" old George W. (the first) was
> apparently so fond of (M&D 279).
> 
> best

Yeah, the commonplace Danish is not really at the top of the list for
tasty sweet breakfast delicacies. 


the Prince was was one of those Frenchmen or Frenchwomen who get quoted
a lot. In Proust the doctor treating M's dying grandmother suggests she
try to acquire imaginary good heath (bien portant imaginaire). Don't
know on what occasion Talleyrand used this phrase. Perhaps it was his
advice to Louis XV.