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   From: JUJU@withouta.net   
      
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   <5bb7d967-8414-472b-8beb-9737e88030a4@ek5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,   
    Doug Elrod  wrote:   
      
   > On Nov 1, 9:39 am, Judith  wrote:   
   > > Older ratmm-ers will recall (maybe they won't, if they're *too* old)   
   > > that years ago there was a thread here devoted to condiments.  Many   
   > > people weighed in, with passionate views on mayo, ketchup, etc., but one   
   > > member, I forget his name, wrote long diatribes, over several years and   
   > > several threads, against mayonnaise (mayoNAISE).  I wonder what he   
   > > thinks of the new fancy-shmancy ketchup?   
   >   
   > Ah, I guess that wouldn't have been OSCAR WINNER LOUIS GOSSETT, JR,   
   > would it?   
   >   
   > But, truly, condiments are a crucial part of culture.  In fact, I can   
   > foresee a day when we think of their creation as inflection points as   
   > significant as that of automobiles or computers.  Consider, for   
   > instance, *****MIRACLE WHIP*****!  Can you imagine the primitive   
   > "spreads" people put on their sandwiches before this product was   
   > created?  Difficult, isn't it?  Any time travelers would have to take   
   > care, just in case they landed in the BMW epoch! ;-)   
   >   
   > -Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)   
   >   This BK era, with its new mores.... HOW WILL CIVILIZATION ADJUST?   
   > (It's the kind of thing that perhaps only an Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer   
   > could explain!)   
      
   So are you saying that balsamic vinegar ketchup is the new Miracle Whip?   
   And did those in the dawn of the AMW epoch say "Hellman,  Schmellman!"?   
      
      
      
   Oh brave new world, that has these condiments in it!   
      
   Judith   
      
   --   
   The dog's had four bones already.  Three of them are mine.   
   -Henry Crun   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)