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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Oct 3, 2011 12:48:05 GMT -8
(Gonna hafta figure out what are the warning signals of explosive overthinking...)
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Post by Apple on Oct 3, 2011 19:14:57 GMT -8
Yeah, the guy who invented Vaseline would eat a spoonful of it each day -- claimed it kept him healthy. He didn't invent it, it was on part of the drill. He just started peddling it! From what I understand it was kind of like churning butter, only it churned up vaseline. I love reading about the beginning of oil...once Rockefeller really got involved I don't want to know as much (financial stuff too boring) but the lives of the oilmen are interesting. |
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Post by Apple on Oct 3, 2011 19:17:40 GMT -8
Re eating Vaseline: Yikes! Maybe he thought it was good for his health, but I can imagine what it was doing....  I know lots of people that give it to their cats for hairball control. I use bacon grease for that though. |
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Post by Apple on Oct 3, 2011 19:19:47 GMT -8
I have always been curious about this drink. I have never seen it for sale before, but I noticed it in Target this morning and bought some. Tastes a lot like root beer. I could never tell if Artie likes it or not when he says "Its the free sarsaparilla that gets me." in Poisonous Posey. Interesting question. From the tone, I've always taken it as he's saying 'Why the heck do they always add that?' That is what I think too. I think that Arte isn't a snob about such things, at least not as much a snob as some like to think he is. |
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Post by California gal on Oct 3, 2011 19:38:11 GMT -8
Except where hot dogs are concerned. ;D
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Post by snish on Oct 4, 2011 4:17:19 GMT -8
Re eating Vaseline: Yikes! Maybe he thought it was good for his health, but I can imagine what it was doing.... I know lots of people that give it to their cats for hairball control. I use bacon grease for that though. Come to think of it, the hairball medicine I give my cat is probably mostly Vaseline. He loves it though and I guess it does the job. |
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Post by Apple on Oct 4, 2011 5:13:53 GMT -8
Except where hot dogs are concerned. ;D I concede that point!  |
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Oct 4, 2011 5:55:43 GMT -8
(Gonna hafta figure out what are the warning signals of explosive overthinking...) Headache, yeah headache is a definite, ahhhh....sinus pressure...eyes bulging nosebleed.... dizziness, nausea, ...that's how I feel when I watched the 1999 WWW movie. Oh wait....we were talking about warning signals of explosive over thinking. Oh!!!... I'm so sorry.......I wonder how that happened...hmmm  ........mind wander........did I just say something nasty about WWW?  If you say something nasty about the 1999 movie, it doesn't count as being about WWW. |
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Post by Silver on Oct 4, 2011 6:45:10 GMT -8
I think we can concede that Artie is a bit of a food snob, but really he's just a true gourmand (as opposed to gourmets, who often over-eat). I doubt hot dogs in that era were much if any better than those today (okay, I admit I like a good hot dog once in a while).
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Post by California gal on Oct 4, 2011 6:50:56 GMT -8
Silver, I believe you have that backwards. Gourmets like good food but gourmands tend to overeat. ;D
I like hot dogs, especially at the ball park. But I try not to eat them too often.
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Oct 4, 2011 7:23:24 GMT -8
My kids will only eat the chicken hot dogs; they don't even like the turkey ones.
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Post by Silver on Oct 4, 2011 8:10:40 GMT -8
Silver, I believe you have that backwards. Gourmets like good food but gourmands tend to overeat. ;D I like hot dogs, especially at the ball park. But I try not to eat them too often. By George, CalGal, you're right! Thanks for the catch. I wonder how I mixed those up? *SIGH*  |
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Post by California gal on Oct 4, 2011 8:49:47 GMT -8
For a long time I thought the two words meant the same thing. I can't remember now what caused me to find out differently. I guess the folks in Avaricious Actuary belonged in both categories! |
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Oct 4, 2011 9:06:15 GMT -8
The distinction between gourmet and gourmand had me looking in my copy of Sandra Boynton's Chocolate the Consuming Passion for her definitions. From page 12:
The true connoisseur of chocolate shuns all chocolate novelty in favor of the uncompromised bittersweet experience. This is the gourmet.
*Cartoon of cat at table with wine glass, shunning a chocolate in the shape of a fish.*
At the other extreme is the individual who will embrace chocolate in any form: the gourmand.
*Cartoon of pig eating from tin as big as he is, labeled Chocolate Covered Potato Chips.*
And right in the middle of the field is she who is partial always to the gentleness and variety of milk chocolate: the gourmoo.
*Cartoon of cow.*
An absolute favorite book, it was on my dresser, directly atop my stack of WWW DVDs. Oh yeah!
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Post by Silver on Oct 4, 2011 9:49:15 GMT -8
Okay, I gotta get me a copy of that book!
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Oct 4, 2011 10:16:43 GMT -8
It's hilarious. I've had the book like 25 years now, so I have no idea if it's in print. You've probably seen her artwork on greeting cards.
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Post by snish on Oct 5, 2011 4:25:41 GMT -8
The distinction between gourmet and gourmand had me looking in my copy of Sandra Boynton's Chocolate the Consuming Passion for her definitions. From page 12: The true connoisseur of chocolate shuns all chocolate novelty in favor of the uncompromised bittersweet experience. This is the gourmet. *Cartoon of cat at table with wine glass, shunning a chocolate in the shape of a fish.* At the other extreme is the individual who will embrace chocolate in any form: the gourmand. *Cartoon of pig eating from tin as big as he is, labeled Chocolate Covered Potato Chips.* And right in the middle of the field is she who is partial always to the gentleness and variety of milk chocolate: the gourmoo. *Cartoon of cow.* An absolute favorite book, it was on my dresser, directly atop my stack of WWW DVDs. Oh yeah! Ooooohhhh.... chocolate. I may get on my high horse about soda, but chocolate is my weakness. But it's good for you, right? I do love dark chocolate best, but I'm not a snob, any kind of chocolate is good enough for me. And I love Boynton! Haven't seen her work in years. |
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Post by Apple on Oct 5, 2011 4:48:40 GMT -8
Boynton used to be really popular in the 80's I remember. She was on Mugs and calenders and such.
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Oct 5, 2011 8:00:52 GMT -8
She's written some little kids' board books; I saw them at the Wal*Mart.
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Post by Apple on Oct 5, 2011 9:02:53 GMT -8
I just opened this page and saw the title Free Sarsaparilla and am now really thirsty! Parched, actually.
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........mind wander........did I just say something nasty about WWW? 
