Quite a selection of caganers available http://www.google.com/images?rlz=1C1CHMB_enDK360DK360&q=caganers&qscrl=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=S2fOTNegJMqcOoXavb8B&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQsAQwAQ&biw=1280&bih=651Mari Marie
**************************************************** Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html **************************************************** From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 1:36 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Toilet talk 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" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Cc: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=6138 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-6138-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-6138-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6150 or send a blank email to leave-6150-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
