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And what was your prior maxim...the honesty one, the bird or the fibble one?
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I am afraid to answer, belMarduk, afraid that you'll have a too clever reply.
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a too clever reply
Oooh! Not answering ain' no protection against that.
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Moi???  But, but, I am the picture of sweetness. Ohhhhh, I see, are we still talking about fig-leaf comparisons? Botany linguistics is all. Geez, you bring up one fairly small-sized leaf and men go all defensive-like.
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you bring up one fairly small-sized leaf and men go all defensive-like. Oh, bel, don't they, though?? Hmm--now why am I suddenly inspired to ask where the expression "don't give a fig" came from?  Signed, GQ  P.S., Dear--will you take it a bit easy with my sweet milum, at least until he gets his feet wet in our stream of banter? And milum, when you do--look out! Anything is considered fair game!
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It is less to be a beast of prey, blessed a beast of burden.
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Three cumquats do not a webbed foot make.
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Tell not the blind man selling jellies in the market the sound of passing boys is mischief.
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Tell me, O, Socrates, what is virtue?
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Notice that our dear lady has now switched the subject from fig- leaves to figs. Well, dear, now that the leaf has been removed, would you say that the fig iself is symbolically masculine, or feminine? Do you wish to review the literature together (but not in the library )?
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<<would you say the fig leaf is symbolically masculine, or feminine?
I would say it was symbolically symbolic, perhaps the most honest icon of hiddenness: it covers the likeness of the body and becomes a physical symbol of non-corporeal hiddenness or hiding. As an attachment of the Roman church to Greek statuary, it is the concrete gesture of a change in being towards the world--of the transition from its immediacy to its mediation through religion and understanding. That is, it is the iconic gesture of the apprehension of the world through shame.
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[hiding-behind-inselpeter emoticon] 
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Warning-really old, naughty joke
Misquote of Mark Twain : Naughty jokes are OK as long as the humor exceeds the vulgarity.
The Fig Leaf
A man was invited to a masquerade -- and he decided to go as Adam.
He called the costume house and asked that a medium fig leaf be mailed to him. The leaf was received but the man called again and said he was returning the leaf as it was too small and could they send him a "large" -- they did. Another call followed, the man was mailing the large fig leaf back and could they send him the largest fig leaf they had. The costumer sent an XXXLarge. Yet another phone call and the man said the leaf was still too small. To which the exasperated costumer said, "Sir, that's the largest we have. May I suggest you paint yourself red, throw it over your shoulder and go as a gas (petrol) pump."
Blushing slightly the old woman gathers up her skirts and leaves while resisting incredible temptation to crack wise ....
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