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Wow, Zed, I didn't know people chewed wine! [impressed e] Welcome back to the land of connectivity, by the way.
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Dr. Bill, I was able to tell my friend yesterday the new word I learned for her condition. She likes it. It will probably confuse people when she says "I'm anosmic" - I figure they'll either hear "anemic" or "asthmatic" - but at least she now has an official medical word for it. 
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It is a very primitive concept that if you can name something,
you can control it.
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Oh no, she's not hoping to control it. (Too late for that.) She's just sick of explaining it to people. Having a medical word on hand often gets rid of that step - people are afraid to ask what it means!
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Dear Bean: what I meant was that something you can name is not as frightening as something you can't name. Remember, when Rapunzel learned Rumpelstiltskin's name he lost his power over her. (We used to have a member who called herself Rapunzel. Too bad she hasn't posted for such a long time.)
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Bill, I suspect she's out letting her hair down somewhere.
- Pfranz
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Let us hope a suitable Prince climbs up the golden rope.
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when Rapunzel learned Rumpelstiltskin's name
Don't tell me; let me guess. When she was reading the story about the miller's daughter? the one with the mendacious father who claimed she could spin straw into gold in hopes of snaring a good match for her?
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For pete's sake, Faldo, let's not bring anything resembling fact about fiction into this! It's grimm enough as it is ...  - Pfranz
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Dear Faldage: You got me fair and square, hybridizing fairy tales. Two for the price of one. However I will not in high dudgeon stamp one foot deep into the earth, and then tear myself in two.
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