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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 #18875 - 02/15/01 02:45 PM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Valentine's Day is safely passed... That's what they used to say.... Thus began a great purification ritual. Dressing only in the skins of the newly sacrificed goats, the priests ran about the foot of the Palatine… a major part of this rite was the lustration (light flogging or whipping) of citizens by means of goatskin strips, called februa. Anyone the priests encountered on their trek received a smack with these bloody hides. It was the women, however, who got most of the attention… http://latin.about.com/library/weekly/aa021401a.htm (and yes, Jackie, they were fresh out of goat skins in Cardigan, so I had to just get her flowers ) #18876 - 02/15/01 07:16 PM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 38 BeingCJ newbie BeingCJ   newbie Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 38 Chicago, IL, USA I read on another site a few days ago that this week was International Flirting Week. That seems more fun. CJ CJ #18877 - 02/15/01 11:05 PM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 francais31415 member francais31415   member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 disheartening take heart #18878 - 02/15/01 11:59 PM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Geoff old hand Geoff   old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA disheartening take heart That's happening more and more, as organ donors are in short supply. #18879 - 02/16/01 12:24 AM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 francais31415 member francais31415   member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 That one made me laugh out loud - briefly but heartily! #18880 - 02/16/01 10:50 AM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth   old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > That's happening more and more, as organ donors are in short supply You didn't happen to read about those cases in Britain did you (I read it in Times). There's been a massive uproar concerning the hospital workers extracting organs from deceased patients (or PC its: negative-patient-output). Apparently some are robbed of so much, that which is buried is little more than a shell of their former (physical) self. Those heartless swines! #18881 - 02/16/01 11:44 AM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 those heartless swines! Then there are the 'lucky' transgenic pigs - how did they get them to sign those Organ Donor cards? But you can imagine how it might happen: "Pork chops - ME?! - a sentient warm loving creature! Come on, now - have a heart!" #18882 - 02/16/01 01:28 PM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Geoff old hand Geoff   old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA But you can imagine how it might happen: "Pork chops - ME?! - a sentient warm loving creature! Come on, now - have a heart!" Oh, Mav, you've been at the video store renting "Babe" again, haven't you? #18883 - 02/16/01 01:32 PM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 "Babe" again Nope. Used to keep pigs - the most intelligent animals I have ever encountered. Some humans gets close, but... #18884 - 02/16/01 03:27 PM Re: Heart-to-heart   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Sometimes it was hard to tell the swineherd from the swine. My father made a house visit to such an establishment, and the son of the patient felt it necessary to tell my father, "Pa's down yonder, You'll know him, he's got his hat on." Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) 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