Lola at the Coffee House

@farmerman,

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"Guilt Without Sex."

Wow, sounds like the perfect HAndbook for living the CATHOLIC LIFE. A life based upon the delusional assumption of some kind of moral high ground but is actually based upon NOT living a moral life but subsequently manufacturing a belief system that requires dependance upon some low-life intermediary for absolution. A very large cult that absorbs its members money for the promised delivery of eternal bliss it is .

I say that with all my love as an ex

AHHHH, my omelets done

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@Setanta,

Holy crap--didnt see you over there, want some omelet?

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@farmerman,

I was thinkin' of askin' for some when i seen ya rootin' around in the fridge . . . thanks, Boss!

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@Lola,

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There are plenty of good neurotic reasons why some ladies are more tediously moral than others. The church is not necessary to accomplish it. Although, the church is always there trying to take the credit.

Obviously you have not read Sexual Life in Ancient Rome/Greece, The History of Orgies, The Lives of Gallant Ladies, Ovid's Heroides, Amores, Ars Amatoria, and Metamorphoses. You must be thinking of modern life in the lower middle-class.

What would be a few of the plenty of good neurotic reasons to be tediously moral apart from not wishing to have it whispered abroad that one has had more pricks than a second-hand dartboard?

Guilt Without Sex is a pretty title. I think it would have sold. You would have had to come up with an accurate definition of both terms though. Is not guilt a strategy for maximizing the value of the biological inheritance?

And what is sex? The Darwinians amongst us would never answer that question.

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@Setanta,

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You guys are full of horsie poop.

Has Mr Setanta ever been more right?

Umbrella vs parasol. A parasol is for the sun? Only in the sense that a parapluie is for the rain, in France.

Or if you take something for your cold. You are helping it? Or helping it get better?

I rest my sombrero.

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@farmerman,

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A very large cult that absorbs its members money for the promised delivery of eternal bliss it is.

Only if there is a self-justifying need to see it that way. Coffee suppliers absorb coffee addicts' money for the delivery of a very gentle kick up the arse. And what can one say about the cult of ladies' beauty treatments and accoutrements? That doesn't half absorb some dough and delivers nothing at all. Apart from vast budget deficits.

That's going to get me in trouble.

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@georgeob1,

A final Jeopardy! question dealt with this in the Tournament of Champions last week...and two of the champions got it incorrect!

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@spendius,

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what can one say about the cult of ladies' beauty treatments and accoutrements

That's always been a puzzle to me. To say nothing of the food diets industry.

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@McTag,

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I rest my sombrero.

And a nice one it is too. How's your music coming along?

Umbrella/parasol/parapluie..........all the same thing to me. They work in the sun or the rain. Some are just prettier than others.

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@Lola,

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Umbrella/parasol/parapluie..........all the same thing to me. They work in the sun or the rain. Some are just prettier than others.

And none of them in a high winds.

Speaking of high winds and hot air....

Joe(the place seems a little empty of that today)Nation

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@Lola,

My music is coming along okay, although I really should have found more time for practice this weekend. I believe I may modestly claim a couple of break-throughs (breaks-through) this last week.

I trust that when I bring my bull fiddle to the cafe, I will not be obliged to waste time signing endless autographs. That can become so tiresome.

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@Joe Nation,

No one truly understands the word "umbrella" unless they have walked mid-town Manhattan during a rain storm.

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@Setanta,

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So you, along with MA, are claiming then, that a parasol does not provide shade? You guys are full of horsie poop.

Whoever said that? Of course a parasol provides shade and an umbrella protects one from the sun. As I said in my previous post, I was speaking of the semantics of the thing, the etymology, only. Your contention was that both items are the same thing. Linguistically they are not. That they fulfill the same function is unquestionable.

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@McTag,

No, no, we won't pester you.

But we will ask Wassau to clip your hair for some souvenirs* for us to tie with satin ribbons. Surely that would be a smart idea in any case.

*I've always hated that spelling.

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@Frank Apisa,

I gather that since I stopped using umbrellas (they can't be owned, you know, and are often not useful) that there are some made now that have a new design that wards off umbrella involution. Or maybe that's not new, I just didn't know about those.

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@Frank Apisa,

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No one truly understands the word "umbrella" unless they have walked mid-town Manhattan during a rain storm.

I can well imagine that, because not only does a rain squall usually bring a blustery wind, but also the presence of high buildings accelerates the wind speed, even at ground level.
In those conditions, you need an oilskin and sou'wester.

Or better, find a nice warm cosy spot where you can toast your toes and drink coffee until the weather improves.
Then call a cab.

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@ossobuco,

McTag - I hope you didn't take that as mocking. I follow your posts with interest mixed with liking..

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@ossobuco,

Oh my goodness no, dear lady.

I'm just grateful if anyone reads my stuff. May I plant a big smooch on your cheek?

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@McTag,

Relieved. Usually if I playmock, I like the person, but that can be obscure to readers, since I sometimes am hard to read.

Smooches...

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@Lustig Andrei,

what about a bumbershoot?

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