Interesting topic, but it looks to me like it's an attempt to invent something. I sometimes get moody, like when the beer supply runs low or something like that.
As far as discussions with the little woman, my advantage is the language barrier and the usefulness of the phrase, no entiendo or the classic no sé while simultaneously shrugging the shoulders and sort of pursing the lips.
Leo
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Consistency. It's only a virtue if you're not a screwup.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunatley it kills all its pupils. - Hector Berlioz
"No matter where you go, there you are." - R. Young
As far as discussions with the little woman, my advantage is the language barrier and the usefulness of the phrase, no entiendo or the classic no sé while simultaneously shrugging the shoulders and sort of pursing the lips.
Sure ... always works... And yea, susie, really seems to be an international if not genetic thing!
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"Now here's my secret", said the fox, "it is very simple. It is only with ones heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
("The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
"The soul would have no rainbow, if the eye had no tears." (Native American Proverb)