[Sca-cooks] A college class... on Coffee
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Mon Feb 28 12:48:10 PST 2005
Also sprach Martin G. Diehl:
>"Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" wrote:
>>
>> Also sprach Stefan li Rous:
>> >Adamantius commented:
>
>[snip]
>
>> I think it may be more likely that we remember our
>> old traditions around the holiday season.
>
>And brag about the good old days.
>
>In this context, the word 'brag' doe not actually mean
>'lie' ... but the one who can tell the most outlandish
>story does expect to receive an award.
That's all very well. But surely you realize that your theories on
possets and caudles, since they are not applicable to wassail (which
wasn't mentioned till now), must be inherently flawed...
Ada... erm, Stefan
--
"S'ils n'ont pas de pain, vous fait-on dire, qu'ils mangent de la
brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them
eat cake!"
-- attributed to an unnamed noblewoman by Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, "Confessions", 1782
"Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?"
-- Susan Sheybani, assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry
Holt, 07/29/04
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