Oh dear ... I have Catalan roots (actually, Ibiza; my father's side - Roig) and I totally missed it.
Thanks, Stephen. I will have to get one of those. I wonder whether the caganer collector represents the quintessential anal retentive character. ;-) Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Cc: "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 7:08:58 PM Subject: re: [tips] Toilet talk On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:04:32 -0700, Stephen Black wrote: [snip] >BTW, speaking of toilet talk, I can't believe that no one on this >list reacted to my slipping in a mention of caganers among the >things that men collect, in my recent post on collecting. If we >can't have a little toilet humour on this list from time to time, >what good is it, anyway? First, how DARE you use such a word on this list!?! Why, I would have missed it completely if you had not brought it up now. And now I had to look up the meaning of the dang thing. I didn't even know there was a word for such a thing. Second, for those of you who are like me and are unfamiliar with the term "caganer", there is a Wikipedia entry on it with "amusing" pictures of examples. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer Third, I've had one girlfriend and a family member who were into collecting Christmas ornaments and cannot remember them ever referring to a caganer let alone having one. I've seen my share of Christmas nativity scenes over the decades and don't ever remember seeing such a figure in any of them. I will have to check out the creche at St. Patrick's cathedral in midtown though I have a feeling that I am more likely to see a caganer in Old St Patrick's cathedral in Little Italy. Fourth, what the hell is Canadian doing using a Catalan cultural concept? Bucking for the "new cultural dude" on Tips? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: roig-rear...@comcast.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=6137 or send a blank email to leave-6137-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6138 or send a blank email to leave-6138-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
