Comments on: C’mon, I mean how bad was it really?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:00:24 +0000

LOL Thanks for the chuckle – it was quite funny and today I definitely needed it! And, of course, it goes without saying that one in my position can never have too many friends – its a national affliction!

By: AW1 Tim

AW1 Tim — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:51:16 +0000

Michelle, ma belle, etc….

Ah, mon petite femme, you spoke French! Cadida! Oh wait, that’s Gomez’s line… ah well..

Lookit here, I have no problem with croissants. they are excellent when filled with chocolate and warmed to gooey perfection, or when used to secure eggs, sausage and cheese.

The problem is that the left-nutz can’t just let it be a pastry. they have to find fault, to project upon the croissant all that is wrong with the world: trans fat, excess carbs, lack of true substance. they simply cannot accept it for it mouthyness, it’s tactile exhileration.

To the Professors of the world, a croissant can never, ever, be a simple thing. it must be broken down and examined, exposed, and corrected! Were the grains used to produce the flour grown organically, and ground via a stone wheel, powered by simple peasants who live only for the simplicity of life, uncorrupted by capitalism and American hedgemony? Or were, gasp, the grains grown by a corporate farm, using the underpaid sweat of poor farmers and peasants to produce a chemically-enhanced, genetically modified flour which lined their pockets with unwarrented profit?

The problem with institutions of higher learning is that they dwell a little tooooooo much on the minutiae of life, and seem to miss the simple joy of indulging in life’s bounties. They fail to realise that sometimes a croissant is, well, just a croissant.

And I am too your friend… so there:)

Respects,

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:45:57 +0000

Geez AW1 Tim, and here I thought we were, you know, kind of, sort of ….. almost friends. Now don’t get me wrong, this particular prof is obviously a wing nut and it sounds like many of his colleagues likely fit in the same category but….
Well, first of all, I kind of like croissants. On rare occasion. Heated with butter. I know they’re not really but good for me but…. they are yummy. Secondly, oh forget it, not worth bothering….its pretty obvious that its just one of those days.

By: RPL

RPL — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:40:01 +0000

I have another one, although I can’t remember where I read it. The author was describing something else, but I think it fits.

What we are dealing with is a perfect organism. It’s structural perfection is matched only by its hostility; a survivor unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:32:07 +0000

Dang it. Sorry for the Anon. That was me again forgetting to fill in all the fields.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:27:05 +0000

Thank G I went mostly to night school (where most instructors held real day jobs) and I didn't have to be submitted too many of this absent-of-any-mind professor Bell's kind of ilk. For any of you familiar with Iowahawk, he has a wickedly outrageous satire of Bell's op ed. Found at LGF: Iowahawk-_Historically_Speaking Or on Iowahawk: Historically_Speaking Had me ROFLMAO.