Posted on 07/30/2002 4:37:41 PM PDT by aconservaguy
As an ambitious yung joker in his teens, Geo'ge Wuzhin'ton copied 110 rules uh baaaad manners fum an English courtesy scribblin' uh de previous century. Slap mah fro! He stugot wasted and "committed t'de memo'y" dese rules uh genteel behavio' cuz' he realized dat t'rise in society, one gots'ta know how t'behave, rap, and dress as some gentleman. 'S coo', bro. One uh de rules, which touches on de subject uh dis article, wuz simple and catego'ical, dig dis: "Use no reproachful language against any sucka, neida' curse no' revile."[1]
I's gots'ta be so'ry t'say most yung and ambitious sucka's today would laugh at such advice. We is livin' in an age when insultin' oders and 'sassin'' family and homeys is considered baaaad humo'. Cursin' be so common dat even de most obscene profanities is heard in cribs and classrooms. And language in general has lost some polished tone and be becomin' increasin'ly vulgar and prosaic. Co' got d' beat! Some might honkyfoolishly call dis some byproduct uh de uninhibited freedom uh modernity. Slap mah fro! ah' would qualify it differently, dig dis: ah' would call it da damn fruit uh de egalitarian Revolushun dat aims t'do away wid everydin' dat distin'uishes, refines, and ennobles.
"Language be de dress uh dought," be de famous statement uh Remus Johnson, who wuz only translatin' de wo'ds uh a Roman, Quintillion. 'S coo', bro. If whut ya' wear reflects whut ya' are, den yo' style uh speech indicates yo' dinkin'. De So'bonne cultural revolushun uh de 20d century dun did not affect only dress and manners, but also speech, which gots become co'respondin'ly vulgar and egalitarian. 'S coo', bro. Most certainly, it reflects modern dought bo'n fum some revolushunary and egalitarian philosophy. Slap mah fro!
Is order unnatural?
IN WHAT SPIRIT THE AMERICANS CULTIVATE THE ARTS
LITERARY CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOCRATIC TIMES
THE STUDY OF GREEK AND LATIN LITERATURE IS PECULIARLY USEFUL IN DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITIES
HOW AMERICAN DEMOCRACY HAS MODIFIED THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
WHY DEMOCRATIC NATIONS SHOW A MORE ARDENT AND ENDURING LOVE OF EQUALITY THAN OF LIBERTY
Well at least our federal government is putting up beacons and water fountains for illegal aliens out in the desert, near our southern borders.
This I feel is real compassionate conservatism. I suggest shaded rest areas with home cooked goodies, diaper dispensers, and chilled bottled water too...
Remember, it's an election year.....
LOL! Like candy for a baby! hehehe
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Imagine working in a service industry where a manager has to protect offensive, brain-dead and welfare-sucking employees from management.
God forbid if I'm dense enough to ask an employee to do something...
Case in point: I have a new employee to train. This "gentleman" is more tan than me. On his first day on the job, he tells me he's been stung by "17 bees" and has to leave to go to the doctor but he'll "be right back". Uh, never came back to fulfill his shift or his pledge to me (or his fellow associates).
It goes without saying that he beat feet for that shift. Never showed up, never had the decency to call and let his fellow employees know he's not coming back.
Okay. Fine. At this point I may as well mention this individual tells me he "deserves" 30 hours a week because he's on welfare. Oh, and he has three children. And did I mention he's 19 years old and shows up with booze on his breath and I can't do a damn thing about it because I "don't have proof"????
But I digress...
Courtesy???? These people are raised, comforted, cocooned and incubated by Democrats to grow up ( poor choice of words, I admit) and destroy everything I hold dear.
Courtesy? Hell, tell them how cool their piercings are...
Well, I don't know for sure. Using Google Search (link above), I found this......
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/pumpion.htm
PUMPION PIE
from : The Compleat Cook. London : printed for Nathaniel Brook, 1671.
from : Thanksgiving by the (Cook)Book.
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Take about half a pound of Pumpion and slice it, a handfull of tyme, a little rosemary, parsley and sweet marjorum slipped off the stalks, and chop them small, then take the cynamon, nutmeg, pepper and six cloves, and beat them, take ten eggs and beat them, then mix them and beat them all together and put in as much sugar as you think fit, then fry them like a froize*, after it is fryed, let it stand till it be cold, then fill your pye, take sliced apples thinne round wayes, and lay a rowe of the froize, and layer the apples with currents betwixt the layer while your pye is fitted, and put in a good deal of sweet Butter before you close it, when pye is baked, take six yelks of eggs, some whitewine or vergis*, and make a caudle* of this, but not too thick, cut up the lid and put it in, stir them well together whilst the eggs and pumpions be not perceived and so serve it up. *froize = a kind of pancake or omelet |
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Alright, now yer talkin' ! LOL! Come on down ! I'm sittin' here sippin' on a big ol' 16 oz Busch Lite right now! Tastes good too, it's Soooo hot outside ! Chicken's about done too!
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