To: Neocon who wrote (245097 ) 4/3/2002 6:33:21 PM From: bonnuss_in_austin Read Replies (7) | Respond to of 769670 Oh, Neocon!! Oh, woe!! ... What a PITY that you must leave us so prematurely this fine evening!! What, pray, is it that draws you away from your many adoring and envious 'friends' on oh-so-many SI forums on this particular evening? Could it be that your alleged wife 'beckons?' You know ... she(?) who supports you? Your personal 'breadwinner?' -g- I was SO HOPING that you would spend even more of your 'valuable' time here to 'educate' the great unwashed 'working stiffs' among us -- availing us 'plebes' of the truly remarkably 'infinite wisdom' of your exceptional knowledge culled in the pristine -- although possibly arcane -- environs of a highly PRESTIGIOUS EAST COAST 'liberal -g- arts' private college... Oh! I hasten to add, not to disparage your NATURAL, 'god-given' superior intelligence, by any means ... with or without the education, I'm sure your brilliance would have proven exceptional ... if you had chosen -- or had to produce income -- to work for a living. The world would have been your oyster -- no question about THAT!!!! Damn ... we'll just have to see you later, I suppose ... Just remember to steam the artichokes AT THE SAME TIME you begin preparations of the Hollandiase sauce ... and ... OH HELL!! I SO HOPE you remembered the fresh goat milk mayonnaise that she insists upon for the superior flavor for the HOLLANDIASE!!! You know, Neocon, that only ONE IN THE ENTIRE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES boutique that imports that wonderful and deliciously expensive product from inner Malaysia flown in refrigerated at digital precision -- from tit to table, so to speak -g- -- nightly on the Concorde You DID remember to pick it up today, right? Sigh. Oh well. Get back to us at your SOONEST opportunity! <breathlessly> bia