tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post7027719124897745832..comments2023-11-02T23:27:19.329+11:00Comments on A Curates Egg: Grumpy Old Man MomentLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-19459815082798688002008-09-25T12:54:00.000+10:002008-09-25T12:54:00.000+10:00Sir (having a Dr Johnson moment here, for no one c...Sir (having a Dr Johnson moment here, for no one could outgrump our Samuel)<BR/><BR/>Does not your scientific training blind you to the loveliness of the lily you behold?<BR/><BR/>If the lily is unadorned nature, is not its gilding part of its own nature? Does nature not misrepresent its own self? for example to prevent being eaten the caterpillar disguises itself as its own background (strategy 1) or extracts from its own background (the plant which it devours) such concentrated toxins or nasty flavours as to discourage its predators from treating it as food.<BR/><BR/>So in the same way the tour guide must for his own perceived economic survival embroider the raw material of what he has to offer into a tasty offering which his experience shows whets the appetite of his auditors (hearers) till you go auditing (examining) his veracity.<BR/><BR/>But the tour guide's patter further embroidered with your footnotes is even better.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-79559261499785389152008-09-13T10:39:00.000+10:002008-09-13T10:39:00.000+10:00That is what they call 'tourism'!Are you cooled do...That is what they call 'tourism'!<BR/><BR/>Are you cooled down already from the grumpiness? LOL..<BR/><BR/>Perhaps we all love bragging..about how our daughter is far prettier than others', how our house is the loveliest..it's quite natural..HLizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501423875033391870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-36533578579975013792008-09-12T15:22:00.000+10:002008-09-12T15:22:00.000+10:00It certainly is lovely enough without exaggeration...It certainly is lovely enough without exaggeration.<BR/><BR/>I love the colours and the reed boats, and I'm sure one of those old men on the lake island was my old neighbour from over the way... still I suppose all toothless old men everywhere look a bit similar. And that's what you'll be like before you know it, and then you'll have a real reason to be grumpy when you have to live on fish and mashed potatoes and can't even chew a reed stem or a wichity grub, let alone a piece of steak...<BR/>:~)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-59528229882087488982008-09-12T09:20:00.000+10:002008-09-12T09:20:00.000+10:00Dear Mr. Matthau,Walter, Walter, my grumpy old man...Dear Mr. Matthau,<BR/><BR/>Walter, Walter, my grumpy old man friend, Peru (gilded lily and all) is still better than Harrisonburg, VA. Suck it up and drink some tea. <BR/><BR/>Night night,<BR/><BR/>Diane<BR/><BR/>PS... is Walter Matthau dead? No wonder you're grumpy!Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637670293642285740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-9676724748489450742008-09-11T15:30:00.000+10:002008-09-11T15:30:00.000+10:00Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! Just as I was w...Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! Just as I was wallowing in self-pity (and jealousy) over your year long around the world "vacation", thinking how nice it would be to have all those months of no stress, just sight-seeing, picture-taking bliss, you made me feel so much better by getting "grumpy" and saying so. :-) Don't feel like you need to keep up with the grumps for the rest of your trip though, this little bit will hold me over for awhile. ;-)<BR/><BR/>(p.s. I'm still ridiculously jealous.)Susan Lucentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05945264948413483441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-35389850234754848272008-09-11T12:54:00.000+10:002008-09-11T12:54:00.000+10:00Grumplement? Really...Grumplement? Really...J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-11086694907585890932008-09-11T08:18:00.000+10:002008-09-11T08:18:00.000+10:00Ahhhh, Mr. Grumpy.Stop it.I would like to be in Pe...Ahhhh, Mr. Grumpy.<BR/><BR/>Stop it.<BR/><BR/>I would like to be in Peru.<BR/><BR/>Even if I was feeling grumpy.<BR/><BR/>So there.<BR/><BR/>Absolutely love your photos.<BR/><BR/>I would also like to own your camera.<BR/><BR/>I think I'll go and lie down .... I feel a grump coming on.riseoutofmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900369522350465257noreply@blogger.com