--- In [email protected], hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], hermandan0 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > > > So when I found out about all this stuff about > > > > "King" Tony getting his weight in gold, and "Rajas" > > > > and gold crowns, it was really a mindboggler. I > > > > think sometimes that those who lasted long enough > > > > for that kinda stuff to have become commonplace > > > > don't understand just how weird it really is. > > > > > > > > > > You mean like the proverbial frogs in the vat of lukewarm > > > water over a continual flame where you don't realize you're > > > done until your blood > > > is boiling and your brain is cooked? > > > > > > :) > > > > > > > Heh. Some of these frogs had to pay a million dollars for the > > privilege of jumping in the > > pot in the first place. I don't think you can claim that they're > > being fooled on some level. > > Who said anything about anyone being fooled? The comments have to do > with people being around long enough for that behavior to become > commonplace, millionaires or not. BY the time folks were asked for > the million they'd been in there a long time already. > > Besides--the frog thing was a tongue-in-cheek throw away line.
It was *also* a completely accurate metaphor for what's happened to these silly people. If Sparaig weren't in Professional TM Apologist mode, he'd be talking about how brainwashed they are, too. :-) 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
