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peacock2121
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by peacock2121 » Fri May 30, 2008 2:24 pm
Jeemie wrote:
Now, why would you go and bring context into a good bashing job?
My dad used to say "Quit muddying the waters with facts - I'm on a roll here."
When he said that, I knew I had impacted his thinking and I could then stop talking.
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fantine33
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by fantine33 » Fri May 30, 2008 2:30 pm
This reminds me of what my dad used to call the "Lick and Look". My sister was just telling the kids about this the other day, but I can't remember what brought it up. Anyway,
BITD we didn't have money for much entertainment so the majority of our fun involved people watching (while waiting in the grocery store parking lot, picking my mom up from work downtown, etc.). The Lick and Look concept was that people can't eat an ice cream cone without looking at it between licks. So when we'd go to the Velvet Freeze during the summer, we played the Lick and Look game (sort of like I Spy on a car trip). The first person to find somebody that took two licks of their cone in a row without stopping, pulling it back and looking at it would win.
Tougher than it sounds. Go down to the ice cream stand and try it yourself. Or give it a try on your own, you'll find yourself looking down every time!
If we went out for ice cream at night, we'd drive around the neighbourhood looking in people's windows instead of staying at the stand for the Lick and Look.
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tanstaafl2
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by tanstaafl2 » Fri May 30, 2008 2:37 pm
fantine33 wrote:This reminds me of what my dad used to call the "Lick and Look". My sister was just telling the kids about this the other day, but I can't remember what brought it up. Anyway,
BITD we didn't have money for much entertainment so the majority of our fun involved people watching (while waiting in the grocery store parking lot, picking my mom up from work downtown, etc.). The Lick and Look concept was that people can't eat an ice cream cone without looking at it between licks. So when we'd go to the Velvet Freeze during the summer, we played the Lick and Look game (sort of like I Spy on a car trip). The first person to find somebody that took two licks of their cone in a row without stopping, pulling it back and looking at it would win.
Tougher than it sounds. Go down to the ice cream stand and try it yourself. Or give it a try on your own, you'll find yourself looking down every time!
If we went out for ice cream at night, we'd drive around the neighbourhood looking in people's windows instead of staying at the stand for the Lick and Look.
Hmm, this may explain a lot...
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
~Mark Twain
Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
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fantine33
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by fantine33 » Fri May 30, 2008 2:41 pm
tanstaafl2 wrote:Hmm, this may explain a lot...
Are those two creatures in your avatar doing it, or is that just my Beautiful Mind?
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Bob Juch
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by Bob Juch » Fri May 30, 2008 2:48 pm
fantine33 wrote:tanstaafl2 wrote:Hmm, this may explain a lot...
Are those two creatures in your avatar doing it, or is that just my Beautiful Mind?
No, it's you.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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marrymeflyfree
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by marrymeflyfree » Fri May 30, 2008 5:45 pm
minimetoo26 wrote:
If I still had a baby, I'd go nurse it on his front lawn. Loser.
My kid volunteers us for the job. She's such a go-getter!
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ulysses5019
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by ulysses5019 » Fri May 30, 2008 5:50 pm
andrewjackson wrote:The quote is authentic.
You can read the cited page full-text on Google Book Search.
He does excuse eating in public at festival, picnic areas, and outdoor restaurants but he also says that you should not watch other people eat.
Kass quotes the Talmud as saying, "Whoever eats in the street or at any public place acts like a dog. " -- (Kiddushin 40b).
I've looked at a couple of translations and this seems to mostly be a section which is about disqualifying someone as a witness. And at least some of it has to do with grabbing the food in the street and eating it.
Well, no more corn dogs...
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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Beebs52
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by Beebs52 » Sat May 31, 2008 9:34 am
ulysses5019 wrote:andrewjackson wrote:The quote is authentic.
You can read the cited page full-text on Google Book Search.
He does excuse eating in public at festival, picnic areas, and outdoor restaurants but he also says that you should not watch other people eat.
Kass quotes the Talmud as saying, "Whoever eats in the street or at any public place acts like a dog. " -- (Kiddushin 40b).
I've looked at a couple of translations and this seems to mostly be a section which is about disqualifying someone as a witness. And at least some of it has to do with grabbing the food in the street and eating it.
Well, no more corn dogs...
Or gyros. You could dump a load of past-sell-date spice on his front porch.
Well, then
