On Dec 8, 4:43*am, Bryan > wrote:
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> > > > On 12/7/2011 1:22 PM, Bryan wrote:
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> > > > > People are taking turns bringing over dinner to be helpful while Betsy
> > > > > recovers. *My sister was bringing lasagna, and announced beforehand
> > > > > that she was making a separate one for me w/o noodles. *When she
> > > > > arrived, she announced that she has used spaghetti squash instead of
> > > > > the noodles. *Why the F--k hadn't she just left out the noodles and
> > > > > not put in goddamned SQUASH. *I told her that I wouldn't eat such a
> > > > > thing. *It's OK anyway, since I had already had a big lunch, 3 duck
> > > > > wings and some of my wife's cashew chicken. *The cashew chicken had
> > > > > cornstarch in it, so by my rules I had to go to the gym and do one set
> > > > > of at least 10 reps on all 18 machines, with enough weight that it
> > > > > hurt. *I figure if I eat too much carb, I burn it off right away
> > > > > before my body gets a chance to know it's there. *Kinda like feeding a
> > > > > stray dog, in that I don't want my body to start expecting excess
> > > > > glucose. *I still have 3 more duck wings left.
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> > > > > --Bryan
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> > > > That bitch!!!
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> > > No. *More like, "Think, Susan. *You know I don't eat squash." *I
> > > wasn't hostile to
> > > her, partly because she has had a bad memory since she was a
> > > teenager. *We
> > > love each other so much that I get along with her in spite of her
> > > fascist leanings.
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> > Fascist? Bryan's sister seems to have the open flexible attitude I
> > associate with liberals, because she considers the needs of others,
> > and goes out of her way to thoughtfully meet them.
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> You have to be smart enough to know that one's philosophy on
> political economy doesn't correlate much with how one gets along with
> ones family.
> "Fascism is an economic system in which corporations, or the
> wealthy elite, are essentially the government and vice versa."
> * * *--sourcehttp://askville.amazon.com/wealthy-people-attracted-fascism-early-mid...

If your sister is a wealthy elite, her sacrifice by cooking you food
that met your dietary requirements -- if not your childish pickiness
-- was all the more remarkable. All the more so if she was a
corporation. (I've heard of corporate personality -- hers seems
unusually kind and generous. Perhaps she's a non-profit corporation?)


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> > Whereas Bryan is some bigoted Anticucurbite.
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> I like watermelons and pickled cucumbers.
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A few exceptions don't invalidate the general rule.