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Quan displays better artistry. One thing about art--sloppy can be good, if it's intentional. Otherwise it's garbage. Quantum physics is not trying to be sloppy. In fact, and this may alarm some of you, it is trying to be "physics"--the exact opposite of sloppiness. Also, origami is really cool. It's bound to be the very next phase, so get into now, before it's cool.

Thank you! I have done the deed!

does St Andre cheese go well with a cinabun?

, is it considered a dessert or a snack ?

The line between dessert and regular food is indeed very fine. The best definition is as follows--if it is sweeter than it is hearty, it is a dessert. Therefor, even different brands of cinnamon rolls can fall on opposite sides of the line. Cinabun offers a particularly sweet bun, and therefor on its own it is a dessert. If you eat it with cheese, then it depends if you eat the two in the same bite, or eat them seperately. In the former case the above definition takes effect, and the heartiness of the cheese must supplement the heartiness of the Cinabun to excede the sweetness of the same. In the latter case, no--you are eating both a snack and a dessert. And to answer your first question, it does depend on your taste. I do not care for your selection of cheese. I would prefer a sharp cheddar, which as you know is nearly the exact opposite of St Andre. Now I say I would prefer such, as I think it would be the least disgusting cheese to eat with a cinnamon roll. The end.

Im sorry but , with all respect , I cannot accept your last response. it is all assumption and fact free.
By your logic,you would stuff cheddar into a cannoli

of course, thats ridiculous, because then it would be a taco and would lose the general "dessertness" that is the spirit of the cannoli.the same is with a cimmin roll.

wait, its time for our medication. here come the nice young men with the restraints

SCoates


How should I deal with a family member who finds herself in continual financial difficulties .... then expects to be "rescued" by other family menbers (of whom there aren't too many). This person is well into middle age, not a young thing learning about money management. She's driving me nuts.

Farmer, my point was that cinnamon rolls are not meant to be eaten with cheese. If god had intended cinnamon rolls to be eaten with cheese, don't you think he would have revealed that to the good people at Cinabun by now?

Madam Olga, na kakom yazikye govoritye? Mnye sovsyem ne-izvyesna.

er ...... I sort of half got it, SC, but not fully ..... Any chance of an Oz translation?

Chto? Izvyeni, nye ponimayu. Kto-nibud yeyo ponimayet?

SC

Are you inventing a new language here?
Or are you telling me to say I have no $$$$$$?

Okay, I admit it. I was avoiding your question, because it was difficult. You see, I really specialize in trivial things. I'm only competent with generalities... your question was too specific. Nevertheless, I shall endevour to be of some use on the topic. I suggest bailing them out of their trouble. If they get into trouble again, bail them out again. And so on... You're going to need to establish yourself pretty well, and always keep a few thousand in the bank.

Now that's a FINE solution to the problem, SC!
Sorry to put you on the spot & cause you discomfort ... I understand, I do ....

So I'll ask you a simpler question: How does a person put an instant end to the hic ups? And what causes hic ups to happen to one in the first place?

(Don't make me look bad. I'm seen as nearly omnipotent by most *wink*)

Excellent questions! I shall answer the second first. Sin. Now, sin is not what actually makes you hiccup, in fact it is the opposite, but sin plants the seed--the germ, if you will. In case that is still confusing, I shall go into greater depth. The actual hiccup is our body rejecting evil spirits. Hiccups are not something you want to stop! When we sin our spiritual defenses become weak, and dark, unseen spirits cling to our souls. They can only do this when we let our defenses down! Later, iif an individual is truly penitent his soul gains more power over these wicked, spectral barnacles, and they are forced away by an involuntary reflex which had previously been rendered dormant by sin. Now, on to the first question. The best way to put an instant end to the hiccups is to immediately indulge in one of the seven deadly vices (actually, eight by my calculations). Now, I must stress that this is undesirable. I merely offer the answer, I do not condone it.

Ahem, do you know about Pius XII's (Eugenio Pacelli) long bout of hiccups? No, I don't have a link, I remember it... long....

Aahhhhhh, I see! The hiccup is sort of the antibiotic that removes the evil from our bodies? Never thought of that before ....
Dunno about the cure, though ....

Some people have had succes holding their breath, or standing on their heads and so forth, since such are minor sins (they are disrespectful to the life/bodies we have been given).

I've read about him, osso.

Really, osso? You learn something new every day!

Yes, it was weeks. My father had that too, not funny at all, at all. I am guessing now, decades later, that a lot of dehydration is happening in these circumstances and some kind of (uh. nerve?) reaction.

I remember when I wanted to go to med school, hiccups were one of the things that interested me, besides all the obvious diseases. Odd that I have not researched if they've solved them.

Serious hiccups don't respond to bags blown into, and can be very debilitating.

WEEKS of hiccups, osso? Awful! That would be exhausting. I had I idea that they could last this long.