You know I think we've been on a roll here! Too bad we couldn't get Errol Flynn in a cameo role to "Cut the Sheets"
Well I've got the sheets, gotta run! LOL It's bad I know, but humor just has it's way! On Mar 12, 8:40 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > You'll find the budget only runs to a roll of Bronco. > > On 13 Mar, 01:28, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes, of course, Charmin extra soft, two ply, pleated, designer > > colors! I could wipe it out in, er, oops, I meant whip it out, in a > > few more days! > > > Thanks! > > > On Mar 12, 8:20 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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