08-08-2021, 10:42 PM
(08-06-2021, 09:11 AM)BIAD Wrote:(08-06-2021, 07:55 AM)Ninurta Wrote: If BIAD heads to the south of the British Isles, you'll have to let him know that people and customs are "different" down there before he ventures forth...
Oh Lordy, this is so close to the truth! The last time I was in the city of the blade -over four decades ago,
it was just like that!!
Same here, but in reverse - southerners are friendly, and that scares the hell out of northerners. They don't quite know what to do when a complete stranger smiles and waves, God forbid he should say "hello" or actually speak to them!
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’