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Skriven 2015-06-20 18:29:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: minor annoyances 860
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 06-19-15  05:06 <=-

 NB>> I suppose it could be an interesting experiment, if you and Steve
 NB>> stick together, which one of you will the bugs favor more...?  Did we
 NB>> get any data points from last year's picnic...?  ;)  And then the
 NB>> question arises, if you stay far apart, will you, between the two of
 NB>> you, attract more bugs away from the rest of us...?   ;)
 ML> Enquiring and slightly cruel minds want to know.

Nah... just some idle speculations... ;)  I read somewhere that soybean
oil is an effective deterrent... that might be another interesting
experiment... :)

 ML> Yesterday I decided to go outside (it was the day after a
 ML> rainstorm) to clip my nails, and I was accosted by dozens
 ML> of the things - the had clearly just hatched and were so
 ML> cuuuute. Ended up with more bites than I can count, but 
 ML> they were small, and I presume the critters were relatively
 ML> virgin, so my exposure to microbes should have been minimal.

Hopefully...  :)

 ML> Reminds me to take another tour around the house and empty
 ML> all the pools of standing water.

Good idea...  :)   Are you back in MD...? 

 NB>>> That looks good... as long as one knows their source well enough to
 NB>>> be sure of the food safety...  :)
 ML>> But ... but ... isn't everything raw and natural and
 ML>> organic and pasture-fed good for you?
 NB>> I was thinking of a particular dairy farm or two that I would never
 NB>> drink raw milk from, given their lack of sanitation... in contrast to
 NB>> my friend's farm in Lisbon...  :)
 ML> That had been a more than 100% ironic statement.

Oh, yes... I figured as much... and the answer to the ironic statement
is of course no, not really... ;)  which is what you meant anyway... ;)

 ML>> Actually, to me that looks okay minus the adjectives,
 ML>> except that there is a good 10x too much nutmeg.
 NB>> A sprinkle on top is sufficient...  :)
 ML> If that. When in high school I read that if you ate a tablespoon
 ML> of nutmeg, you'd get a wicked high. The obvious experiment was
 ML> in order. The only effect was that to this day, almost 50 years
 ML> later, I am extremely leery of nutmeg, and often a sprinkle on
 ML> top is too much.

Didn't even get your high... how sad... ;)  Maybe the wicked was just
the impetus to experimentation...

ttyl          neb

... New Cocktail: Mary Poppins - Vodka, tomato juice & a spoonful of sugar

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