Astronomy is a good topic on Christmas Eve!

If yew are having some shiftless relatives or other chiselers and/or
deadbeats over Christmas eve, like we dew hyar at the mansion frum time too
time, often it's hard to find a common topic to discuss. I meen, yew cain't
complain about the relatives cause they're all there - hyuk hyuk....

BUTT... astronomy is one topic that seldum fails to start a rousing chat....

For example, "Say, Cousin Flatlena Belle? Bet yew dent no that I wuz
watching Uranus the other night! Mmmmm MMM! And what an ASStronomical site
it wuz too!"

Guv "Look up, look down, look at my thumb, gee yore dumb" BoB

One way to tie in Christmas with astronomy is through the fact that it is
the birthday of Isaac Newton, famous astronomical theorist and Mint spy.

"Guv Bob" wrote in message
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If yew are having some shiftless relatives or other chiselers and/or
deadbeats over Christmas eve, like we dew hyar at the mansion frum time
too
time, often it's hard to find a common topic to discuss. I meen, yew
cain't
complain about the relatives cause they're all there - hyuk hyuk....

BUTT... astronomy is one topic that seldum fails to start a rousing
chat....

For example, "Say, Cousin Flatlena Belle? Bet yew dent no that I wuz
watching Uranus the other night! Mmmmm MMM! And what an ASStronomical site
it wuz too!"

Guv "Look up, look down, look at my thumb, gee yore dumb" BoB

Charles Gilman wrote:
One way to tie in Christmas with astronomy is through the fact that
it is
the birthday of Isaac Newton, famous astronomical theorist and Mint
spy.



Yes, but only if you go by the outdated Julian calendar.

Double-A

"Phringus Fuller Malarkey" wrote

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:54:18 -0000, "Charles Gilman"
wrote:

Mint spy.

Did he come in any other flavor?

...P.

Fig.

Guv "With Grey Poupon" BoB

Mint spy.

Did he come in any other flavor?

...P.

Fig.
Guv "With Grey Poupon" BoB

Must I?
O B! O who?
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Mint spy.

Did he come in any other flavor?

...P.

Pepper

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Mint spy.
Did he come in any other flavor?
...P.

Fig.
Guv "With Grey Poupon"
~ BoB

Must I?
O B! O who?

Mint spy?
Another flavor, you
Ask.
Pepper O scatter ~
Intersperse, interleave, sprinkle!

Break up, cut short, disrupt, stop!
Butt in! Interject! Speak!
Interpolate. Interpose. Explain.
Rain nice. Got umbrella, O
Yeller?

Cast issue. Make imprint. Strike.
Mint
Luck chance kismet destiny fate.
You are late. You are late.

Peppermint ~
Reverse tide, let’s swim the easier Gulf
Stream. Peptide ~ A chemical compound
Whose amino acids have chemical bonds
Between carboxyl and amino groups.
A linear molecule made up of two
Or more amino acids
Linked by peptide bonds.

What ring cycles, what song,
What opera do you bicycle?
Schwinn I spin, my stationary, static
Vessel. But alas, before I spun,
I rode my Fuji
Mount.

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Fig.
Guv "With Grey Poupon"
~ BoB

That hound,
Around Town Square ~
Or just,
That Hound around Grillage Square,
Who hangs out with Grimaldi,
And all her Grimalkin? Or that other one
Who roasts for supper
A griffon vulture? Me, yes, if I were you,
And if I am me, I would complain
To the Grievance Committee, file your grievance,
Make Public Notary, your grief.
Or else, know! All’s gridlock, no irony
Grid. All’s just a nasty grid bias!
Such wisdom, no secret, for even the Gribble
Greymate knows the grief, the wound
A thief leaves behind, when the Greyhound’s
Gravity runs too deep, a bleeding gash,
A mad dash, without suture. So stop,
So consider Gresham’s Law ~ And, too,
Enjoy with me a Waterford glass of Grenadine.
Cheers, a celebratory toast to the Grenadier’s
Quibble! Later, I’ll let you spy
My Gregorian Telescope. We’ll drop by
The Green ~ Retailing General Store
Over on Greensward Grass-Grown Turf.
War, no, not the answer. But O
Know ~ The Greenstone Rock of Gibraltar
Cracks, faults, tears ~
If mended not, if not amended right.
And to you, a fine Christmas Noir!
Forward I look, for what’s
In store, storage, or storied elevation ~
Further News @ 11.
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Mint spy.

Did he come in any other flavor?

...P.

Pepper

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Yes, Newton could be peppery. Peppery indeed. He was known to have an
almost psychotic temper. But he could take it out on the culprits he
caught, once he became spy for the mint.

Did he have other flavors? Why yes!

He of course had a flavor for those with a taste for physics. Laying
down his laws of motion and gravitation left some wondering, what is
left to be discovered?

He had a flavor for those with a taste for alchemy. He became a master
the occult art; he tested all the old formulas. He wrote more books on
alchemy that he did on physics.

He had a flavor for those with a taste for mathematics. He perfected
his methods of infinitesimals, and the Calculus was born.

He had a flavor for those with a taste for Bible prophesy. He spent 50
years studying the scriptures, trying to decipher the "Bible Code". He
finally arrived at a date for the end of the world, but it was lost for
hundreds of years, only recently coming to light.

Yes Virginia, Newton was truly a man for all tastes, a man of all
flavors!

Not at all just mint!

Double-A

Yes, Newton could be peppery. Peppery indeed. He was known to have an
almost psychotic temper. But he could take it out on the culprits he
caught, once he became spy for the mint.

Did he have other flavors? Why yes!

He of course had a flavor for those with a taste for physics. Laying
down his laws of motion and gravitation left some wondering, what is
left to be discovered?

He had a flavor for those with a taste for alchemy. He became a master
the occult art; he tested all the old formulas. He wrote more books on
alchemy that he did on physics.

He had a flavor for those with a taste for mathematics. He perfected
his methods of infinitesimals, and the Calculus was born.

He had a flavor for those with a taste for Bible prophesy. He spent 50
years studying the scriptures, trying to decipher the "Bible Code". He
finally arrived at a date for the end of the world, but it was lost for
hundreds of years, only recently coming to light.

Yes Virginia, Newton was truly a man for all tastes, a man of all
flavors!

Not at all just mint!

Double-A

no doubt.
my grandmother, who lived on a gorgeous lay of grounds, landscaped by Auburn
University architects, ca 1955, kept a small vegetable garden, English style,
brick bordered (next to where we set up the croquet court in summer). in this
garden, which were long lanes, with brick walkways between, rather like bowling
alleys, 3 or 4 lanes, as i recall, narrow, say 5 feet wide, perhaps 50 feet
long, she planted, among other delicacies, spearmint.

one of my most cherished of all memories, sensual experiencs, in this life.
fresh-brewed tea, chilled, iced, with a sprig of mint, in a waterford,
crystal-cut tall glass. sitting on an upstairs dining porch, overlooking the
small flag-stoned goldfish pond, with its fountain splish-splashing sounds.

that is heaven.

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