| Alistair 2006-06-17, 7:55 am |
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Pete Dashwood wrote:
> You might be taking this altogether too seriously, Alistair :-) but I've
> made a few comments anyway...
>
> "Alistair" <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1149791163.298865.229160@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Er...since when was the wearing of body armour and crash helmets NOT manly?
> I'm no expert, but I think you'll find that, with the possible exception of
> Joan of Arc and a tribe of Gr leabians, ALL the wearers of body armour
> throughout history have been men...:-)
>
> Now you can argue that REAL men don't need armour (and, as a rugby supporter
> I'd agree...) but that is really a different argument...
OK, I accept that point.
>
> You've probably never experienced honeycomb tripe gently braised in white
> wine and spices and served on a bed of almond and blackberry mash... It is a
> different universe from Middle England's tripe in a dreadful white sauce,
> with onions... although I have to confess to having enjoyed that too after a
> few dark ales... :-)
Even the sight of tripe makes me queasy. I think that your recipe looks
interesting and is certainly preferable to tripe and onions.
> Oh puh-leeze! This is a trait that is not confined to the French. Many
> European girls don't shave. (And some non-European girls don't either.) How
> you feel about it is a personal thing. My experience has been that sometimes
> it doesn't bother me and sometimes it does... I think it has to do with how
> important it is to have sex with that particular person at that particular
> moment... :-) Hirsute or not, personal hygiene seems pretty important all of
> the time...
>
> Pete.
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