"Leif Thorvaldson" > wrote in message
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> "Jules Dubois" > wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:32:14 -0800, in article
> > >, Leif Thorvaldson wrote:
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> > > What is the problem with Lipton's tea? Some Brit friends of mine
laugh
> at
> > > the mention of it being a consumable tea? What about Red Rose.
> >
> > My answer to questions like those is usually, "Who cares?"
> >
> > > I enjoy
> > > both of them.
> >
> > There's the proper answer!
> >
> > > Does this make me a Philistine?
> >
> > No. On the other hand, are you from Philistia?
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> No, I am not from Philistia. Born in NY actually, perhaps that is the
next
> worse thing? I guess the tea question overall comes down to the same
> judgment as in Art and Music: "I know what I like."
>
> Thanks all for playing! *G*
>
> Leif

Hey! Us Noo Yawkuhs are sensitive about our home town! An' we ain't from
Philistia, eithah!

I know and love good food, but sometimes what I want is 'comfort food'- the
kinds of things my mother once made, or dishes that make me feel homey. It's
raining in NYC, so I'm going to heat up soome home-made French onion soup-
but a part of me really wants Campbell's cream of tomato and a toasted slice
of Wonder Bread. Earlier I scarfed down an ice cream sundae- hardly the
height of foodie chic, but I could care less.

On some days, we're all from Philistia. As my neighbors would have said,
'so, nu?'

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