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Love that wallpaper violet...Have you ever thought of being an interior designer?

Karren B
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Oh I'm sure you could find plenty, but very few which are printable... Yes maybe you could decorate the bridal chamber for us (better pick something that doesn't date too quickly as I can see it remaining empty for a while yet)!

Karren B
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First, thank you for the wallpaper. Next time Mr. Freud bothers me, I shall wrap him in it.
As for the matter of my pronunciation, I apologize; I thought that was settled by the tacit assumption that fiction is, at times, stranger than truth.
I am 100% comfortable with having you believe that not only do I pronounce "again" to rhyme with "Maine" or "jugular vein", but I do so in a voice meant to imitate Ben Weasel faking a Scottish brogue.
For that matter, I am equally comfortable with you believing that every time I hear the word "mattress", I do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEeLtqtNvU
except instead of "And did these feet in ancient times", you have to sing "Closing Time". Or "Villanelle for our time". Maybe "Tonight will be fine" or "Diamonds in the mine"?
If the cold, hard, truth is what you want, however, I rhyme "again" with "opium den" like everybody else.

nonnymonster wrote:First, thank you for the wallpaper. Next time Mr. Freud bothers me, I shall wrap him in it.
As for the matter of my pronunciation, I apologize; I thought that was settled by the tacit assumption that fiction is, at times, stranger than truth.
I am 100% comfortable with having you believe that not only do I pronounce "again" to rhyme with "Maine" or "jugular vein", but I do so in a voice meant to imitate Ben Weasel faking a Scottish brogue.
For that matter, I am equally comfortable with you believing that every time I hear the word "mattress", I do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEeLtqtNvU
except instead of "And did these feet in ancient times", you have to sing "Closing Time". Or "Villanelle for our time". Maybe "Tonight will be fine" or "Diamonds in the mine"?
If the cold, hard, truth is what you want, however, I rhyme "again" with "opium den" like everybody else.

.. okay, I do admit to being disappointed that your "again" merits nothing more common than "opium den." I mean, everyone uses those. If I were you, I'd stick with the "Uh-Gane" pronunciation.. oh, and Ben Weasel. Seems a promising combination somehow.

Okay, this skit, meanwhile, though seemingly a parody of some kind, only confirms what I've always suspected about you brits. Oh, and about Leonard's lesser recognized song titles. Well, except for Closing Time. Or, maybe Diamonds in the Mine. But I'll keep such conclusions to myself. Just realize that you convey far far more than you'd intended, I assure you. I mean, what would

I'm not even going to utter his name. I've had it with all that. Did you know he killed his father, slept with his mother, danced with his sister, and ate his own hat? Or is that Lewis Carroll? (I always get the two mixed up). One has at least four ways of confusing the matter, and one resides in the fourth dimension, I think it is. Or is that the same thing?

You'll have to excuse me, I actually got a very good and long night's sleep (finally) and woke up with a paper bag over my head. Strange. I was having a dream where I kept exclaiming, Dog Kennel! Dog Kennel!.. only everyone thought I was meaning "mattress"..

.. of course, after waking up a bit, I realized I'd turned into a brit, so I had a cup of Lipton's tea, instead of my usual English Breakfast, and that seems to be helping.

My god.. what bunch of crackpots you are. No wonder Freud moved there.

[img]freud.jpg[/img]

Also, it was actually Oliver Sachs who ate his own hat.

.. ohmugod a CHART!!

.. wow.. actually, I'm a bit numb now. A real live chart. And it looks like I won by a landslide!.. (even though I'm a parapalegic?).. (Freud would call that hysteria).. (oh: was that last Freud mention one of those parathingies?.. or)..

You know, when I grow up, I plan on using charts all over the place. They really spruce things up, and make you look smart 'n stuff. I thought you needed to know Power Point or something to do a chart.. but maybe not.. [P.P.'s another thing on my endless "to do" list]..

.. gosh.. a chart..

[Violet dreamily ends the post.. as visions of purple and pink colored bar thingies (from the chart she's dreaming about).. dance in her head]


.. wait.. I thought Oliver Sachs mistook his wife for a hat?.. (I knew Freud didn't eat his hat, but thought he might as well have)..

.. you know, I've been thinking you need to raise my Freud bar now, Nonny.. after that last post. There's gotta be at least three more Freud-mentions in there, even if I'm not in a wheelchair.

Okay.. you can take your time with this (since I realize you're rather shy about your pronunciation habits), but there is one more word I'm wishing I knew how you pronounce. The word is:

Issue. I-S-S-U-E.

Now.. do you pronounce it, as many brits do:

Issssssssssss-u;

[that's 'u' pronounced 'you,' of course]

or simply [as Americans tend to do] [that is, those not tainted with affected britishisms]:

Ish-u.

[I'd try to write these things phonetically but I don't think I have the software for it]

I'm assuming the former, as I do believe that pronunciation is fairly common in your parts, t'ain't it?

.. issssssssssssssssss-u.

v.

.. [oh, by the way, did anyone ever eat their hat?.. actually, there is a conceptual artist around these days, though I don't know if she's still alive (and you'll understand why once I finish this), but she was eating sheetrock -- you know, the stuff you screw to metal or wood studs to make a wall. Now, I imagine, while she was at it, she might just as well have eaten her hat.. especially if it was a bowler.. though, personally, I'd probably fill it with cornflakes first]..

.. artists.. (geez)..

Ish-u.
I'm not sure if you really think I'm British or if this is a game, so I guess I'll say for the record I'm from North Carolina. So if you would like to stereotype me more accurately, you may assume that I might at a moment's notice come on and raise up, take my shirt off, twist it round my hand, and spin it like a helicopter. Oh dear, is my blue collar showing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHnA94-hTC8

Eating sheetrock? I looked this up, but couldn't find it. Do you know the name of this person? Cereal out of a bowler sounds infinitely more elegant, but I'd hate to gross up my bowler. I think I shall just imagine that you do that every day. Nah, you seem like more of a leopardskin pillbox hat type. But you are most certainly watching educational programming and wearing your special Freud-print jammies and fuzzy BF Skinner slippers.

nonnymonster wrote:Ish-u.

.. this is an unacceptable answer, as I'm fairly certain you pronounce it "isssssssssssssss-u".. [pretty sure]

I know you brits are secretly embarrassed by this pronunciation in particular, and so I forgive you your hesitance in disclosing this. I probably wouldn't fess up to it either, truth be told.

nonnymonster wrote:I'm not sure if you really think I'm British or if this is a game, so I guess I'll say for the record I'm from North Carolina. So if you would like to stereotype me more accurately, you may assume that I might at a moment's notice come on and raise up, take my shirt off, twist it round my hand, and spin it like a helicopter. Oh dear, is my blue collar showing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHnA94-hTC8

.. finally [as per my blue-ink highlight] I've caught you saying something fairly truthful for a change. [you really need to be more careful next time]

Petey Pablo, huh?.. [actually, I could have sworn all the woman in this music video would do as you said, and take off their t-shirts at the end, and whip them 'round their heads like a helicopter] [chalk that one up to: missed opportunity]

nonnymonster wrote:Eating sheetrock? I looked this up, but couldn't find it. Do you know the name of this person?

.. okay.. I just did a search myself, and couldn't find anything either. The problem is, there are SO many art venues here, and as I recall, this artist was fairly low on the, uh.. hmm.. "feeding" chain, I guess I'd have to call it.. [I mean, the poor girl had to eat sheetrock, for cripe's sake].. Anyway, no, I don't recall her name, unfortunately..

nonnymonster wrote: Cereal out of a bowler sounds infinitely more elegant, but I'd hate to gross up my bowler. I think I shall just imagine that you do that every day.

.. I actually prefer yogurt with nut's n' dates 'n things, as opposed to cereal.. but yes, I usually put that in my bowler. [doesn't everybody?]

nonnymonster wrote: Nah, you seem like more of a leopardskin pillbox hat type. But you are most certainly watching educational programming and wearing your special Freud-print jammies and fuzzy BF Skinner slippers.

.. the leopardskin pillbox hat type, seems very Audrey Hepburn to me.. [if you don't agree, please don't say.. I mean, as I'm sure I've said elsewhere, a girl needs certain illusions about things, after all]

.. actually, my special Freud-print jammies happen to quote a line from one of my fave Hitch flicks [Marney]:

YOU FREUD, ME JANE? YOU FREUD, ME JANE? YO
U FREUD, ME JANE? YOU FREUD, ME JANE? YOU F
REUD, ME JANE? YOU FREUD, ME JANE? YOU FRE

.. as for those BF Skinner slippers.. they may be fuzzy, but I suspect they're very uncomfortable.. they probably pinch you whenever you dare to have a pleasant thought or something.. [those have to go, I'm afraid].. and you thought I had Freud issues.. geez.. I mean, Freud I actually sleep with. [given my jammies, I mean]

.. anyway, that was a lot quote disassembling.. I need to find my bowler and have some nice soup, maybe.. some Freudian alphabet soup, I'm thinking..

.. now, what was that song again?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B-kt4KgV9c
FULL SCREEN

.. [I know what you're thinking: what's Freud got to do with it?].. [good question]

I use "whilst" on the same days that I use "however": the sort of days that I want to feel smart but don't think I deserve it. On the days that I am comfortable with whatever I perceive my intelligence to be, I say "while", "but", and "funner".