Perhaps you could write it on toilet paper ready for critical comment Slip?
On 12 Mar, 22:57, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > I have heard that the 'unclean' hand has more to do with how one > eliminates #1, not #1 > > On Mar 11, 10:59 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have heard that the left hand is considered unclean. Presumably > > because it is the preferred hand for removal of...residue. Not sure > > if this is a Muslim thing or a no fresh running water thing. > > > dj > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:47 PM, ornamentalmind > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Question from ignorance....I have heard that those of islamic faith > > > etc. find the use of paper to be crass at the very least. Anyone know? > > > > On Mar 11, 10:55 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Small and beautiful and you raise the issue of toilets. Of course, > > >> one tends to favour the old Crapper to the Adamant, and we'll have > > >> none of the foreign muck in Blightly (I once mistakenly thought this > > >> nickname for Old Albion arose because everyone here has piles). We > > >> will weigh every German when they come in and send them on their way > > >> (as we are apt so to do) after calculating how much general effluent > > >> they should take back with them to compensate for what of their > > >> culture they leave here. I am currently in love with a German- > > >> speaking woman - fortunately she is a Belgian and thus rather refined > > >> in these matters and owns a septic tank. To discover that bidets were > > >> neither low to the ground water fountains for intelligent cats, nor > > >> the footbaths my father told me they were, is disconcerting. The > > >> French, of course, rarely try to come to Britain since Bonaparte > > >> ceased his urgings after his confrontation with arsenic 'wallpaper' - > > >> one understands this is because they have morbid fear of running water > > >> and toothbrushes. We have evaded such soft passions as wet toilet > > >> paper in the UK so far, but no doubt our womenfolk are massed in some > > >> monstrous regiment waiting to try it our was the advertising men tell > > >> them it is an essential prerequisite of the good life. Is the filthy > > >> stuff here already Francis, and being used to wipe make-up off faces > > >> and slime off babies. I would feel much less embarrassed about the > > >> times I placed my head into a bidet whilst fighting the Frog or at > > >> least in France travelling to Portugal to fight him if our good ladies > > >> are using re-branded toilet paper for facial purposes? > > > >> Col. Blithely-Unaware (RN rtd.) > > > >> On 11 Mar, 17:24, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > Zer goot!...I'm too modist to say how I deal with such things.... > > > >> > On Mar 11, 8:54 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > It's only the decadent French who use bidets, Orn, in Germany > > >> > > sensitive people uses two kind of toilet-paper, first dry, then > > >> > > moist! > > >> > > The old-fashioned toilets with a flat shelf above the water where the > > >> > > stools land so that they can be first examined before flushing them > > >> > > down are dying out - I seem to remember an hilarious meditation on > > >> > > them in Erica Jong's "Fear of Flying". > > > >> > > Francis > > > >> > > On 11 Mrz., 15:41, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > gee gabby, didn't know those of you in Deutchland used > > >> > > > paper...thought > > >> > > > you were more civilized! ...bidets and all.... > > > >> > > > On Mar 11, 7:37 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > Simplifying matters to the virtual extinction of the very matter > > >> > > > > combines all the qualities of a universal top seller, true, Orn, > > >> > > > > but > > >> > > > > don't come begging for toilet paper afterwards. > > > >> > > > > On 11 Mrz., 12:12, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> > > >> > > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > > This is one thing I liked about Clinton...during his first > > >> > > > > > year I > > >> > > > > > think it was, he established a major paper reduction act.... > > > >> > > > > > On Mar 10, 11:57 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > Brilliant 'old girl' (as grim a patronising term from > > >> > > > > > > Bulldog Drummond > > >> > > > > > > as can be mustard given this investigatory turn). There has > > >> > > > > > > not been > > >> > > > > > > a better from since I tried to get Great Manchester Police > > >> > > > > > > to cut down > > >> > > > > > > on unnecessary forms and they issued a form to cut down on > > >> > > > > > > forms > > >> > > > > > > (though I subsequently discovered there was no form to > > >> > > > > > > requisition > > >> > > > > > > that form). No doubt what we all desperately need is a > > >> > > > > > > European > > >> > > > > > > Administrative Bureau in order to cut down on > > >> > > > > > > administration. Its > > >> > > > > > > buildings should be small, beautiful (architect-designed), > > >> > > > > > > stacked > > >> > > > > > > with looted art (oops - I mean 'specially commissioned') and > > >> > > > > > > generally > > >> > > > > > > a cure for the massive unemployment that traditionally leads > > >> > > > > > > us to > > >> > > > > > > war. Perhaps the main occupation of its anti-bureaucrat > > >> > > > > > > bureaucrats > > >> > > > > > > could be 'cutting the mustard'? > > > >> > > > > > > On 10 Mar, 16:25, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > Have you ever tried to get an adequate response by using > > >> > > > > > > > the following > > >> > > > > > > > form? > > > >> > > > > > > >http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/admin-burdens-reduction/form_en.htm > > > >> > > > > > > > On 10 Mrz., 13:33, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > The modern Nazis who were installed in our bureaucracies > > >> > > > > > > > > long ago to > > >> > > > > > > > > rise again. It is far too hard to stand up against > > >> > > > > > > > > injustice in our > > >> > > > > > > > > supposedly free societies. 'The Boys From Brazil' got > > >> > > > > > > > > it all wrong - > > >> > > > > > > > > it's more like Robert Harris' 'Ghost' in which a poorly > > >> > > > > > > > > concealed > > >> > > > > > > > > Cherie Blair is CIA. > > > >> > > > > > > > > On 10 Mar, 11:10, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > Who is they? > > > >> > > > > > > > > > On 10 Mrz., 11:43, archytas <[email protected]> > > >> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > And who will they turn on when all the rose gardens > > >> > > > > > > > > > > are dead? > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > On 9 Mar, 11:57, gabbydott <[email protected]> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Don't worry, we won't take away your gravy and > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > custard again. And for > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > his sausages I have taught my son to prefer > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > mustard to ketchup. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > On 9 Mrz., 00:48, archytas > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > And the Germans have invaded Humour, or so it > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > seems! > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8 Mar, 19:00, frantheman > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rosenspray & Guildenstern are dead! > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8 Mrz., 19:52, archytas > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LOL - we shall have to start Rosenspraying > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > our politicians instead of > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > custarding them. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8 Mar, 15:38, gabbydott > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Too late, it's already been > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > produced:http://www.pflanzotheke.de/shop/exec/product/804/12773/Combi-Rosenspr... > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8 Mrz., 11:38, archytas > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Produce the vaccine Gabby - I tend to > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > prefer truly scientific > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > solutions. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7 Mar, 18:52, gabbydott > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wouldn’t want to live in your > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > perfect rose garden, although it > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > smells nice in there. To me, > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > vaccination seems the more liberating > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > form of protection against the dark of > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the night. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7 Mrz., 16:40, archytas > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Small is beautiful was the title of > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a book by EF (Fritz) Schumacher. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It impressed me when I was > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > impressionable and I was involved > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with the > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cooperative-commonwealth movement > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for a while - mostly trying to keep > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a few jobs afloat. I then read his > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 'Guide for the Perplexed' - you > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > could almost imagine an Errol Flynn > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > style sword fight amongst us to > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > get to it! It was rubbish. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is much in the notion of doing > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > things small though, especially > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > now we could globalize on a fair > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > basis. Free markets and such have > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > always been unreal in many senses - > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > almost in the way that > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > epistemology tends to boil down to > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > conditions of existence. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Something, frankly, has to protect > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > them from banditry. Ideology > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > always seems to lapse to idiocy at > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the point we could be doing > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > something - a bit like that point in > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > science when there is a critical > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > experiment that will bring research > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > programmes together. We could be > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > trying all sorts of stuff in a > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > spirit of protected competition. The > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thinking doesn't have to be small > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and can range from anything from > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > using satellite photographs to chose > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > plant types, fertiliser amounts - > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on to the creation of small, > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metaphorically gated communities to > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > help > > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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