You know what they say about doing the same thing and expecting different results as the definition for insanity? At this stage it is my own disorder I am concerned with! The cautionary tale of the frog and the scorpion is one of my favorites and I appreciate your reminding me of it. My dad fought on Quam in WWII, so I have the stories of the hell that it became.
--- In [email protected], gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Your point about the public invitation being the wrong way to do it > is > > a good one. I wasn't thinking, I wrote it on impulse. You are > wrong > > about my intentions, but correct that it was not the right way ask. > > As you know my private communications have been consistently > friendly. > > > > The rest of your points suck the oxygen out of the room I am in. > What > > a cynical point of view. > > Oh, Curtis, what a funny reaction to Nosferatu Stein, TM Nazi > extroadinaire. Of course she sucks the air out of the room. > > Apparently you have never encountered the nagging mother-in-law who > always fault-finds and reduces everyone to self-loathing. What else > to expect from a personality disorder of Judy's calibre? > > There's a wonderful story (two actually) everyone should know: in the > 20's or 30's suspecting the worst was on its way in terms of > international conflict, a man carefully researched and found the > safest place to move his family: Guam. > > Sigh and Alas. > > Everyone needs to keep this story in mind whenever courting the TM > Nazi. > > Then there is the story, Aesop's?, of the frog an the scorpion. The > scorpion wants to cross the river and asks the frog if it can ride on > its back. The frog, somewhat stupified, says "well of course not, > you'll sting me and we'll both drown" -- Oh, no, says the scropion, I > wouldn't do that. Finally the frog relents and, half-way over the > river the scorpion stings the frog. > > Why'd you do that, asks the frog. Now we'll both drown. Oh, well, > replied the scorpion, it's my nature. > > Still, Nosferatu sucking the air out of the room is a nice image. It > keeps me from inviting the scorpion to crawl on my back. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/zAINmC/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
