Gold, Man, Sax and Violins CH 6 V-2

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Fri Sep 10 22:38:37 CDT 2010


Well, this is one hell of a time to quit sniffing glue . . .

On Sep 10, 2010, at 1:51 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> hin the best niggling tradition
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Robin Landseadel
>>
>>        "Oh, 1 don't know," Roger elaborately casual, "I can't seem to
>>        find any mot soup on the menu .... "
>>
>
> mot soup indeed...

And might purdy too!

> on a different note (or mote), why call it Romance anyway?
> ("why is Rhodesia called Rhodesia?")

I'll take Romance for $500, Alex!

> my nephew's studying Chemistry, and I asked him why they call
> oxidation oxidation, since often oxygen isn't even involved...
> he said they have to call it something

Otherwise they'd have to admit it's really a euphemism for "cleaning  
the bong."

> one's less educated synapses think in times of lovemaking, when the
> term "Romance" is bandied...

I'm beginning to think about Shakespeare's "Tempest" and I'm beginning  
to see the light.




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