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From: Tom Anderson on 27 Aug 2008 18:03 On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, David Cohen wrote: > On Aug 27, 6:28�am, Andrzej Rosa <bakt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> David Cohen wrote: >>> On Aug 26, 3:47�pm, Andrzej Rosa <bakt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>> She took after mommy? >> >>>>>>> I'll pay for breast reduction surgery. >> >>>>>> We call it a gardener's dog syndrome. �Even though he can't use the >>>>>> stuff himself, he won't let others. >> >>>>> True. >> >>>>> But I don't understand the gardener's dog reference. >> >>>> Because you never had a dog, only pets. �Real dogs do things, like >>>> guarding gardens, for example. >> >>> But, why �would the gardener NOT use the products of his garden? >> >> Gardener's dog, not the gardener! �You are like a gardener's dog, when you >> prevent others from using what you can't use yourself. � >> >> Damn, is that saying too sophisticated for a city dweller already? �You have >> a garden, you put a dog in to guard it, and this dog will not let others >> have those veggies even though it can't eat them either. > > Still makes no sense. The dog isn't guarding the garden for himself. > It is his job. Exactly analogous to a bank guard who can't use the > bank's money himself, but still won't let you steal it. > > Ancient Polish sayings suck. Although this does explain why the Poles don't eat anything except meat and cheese. And i guess you don't get potatoes from a garden. tom -- The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- Alan Kay
From: David Cohen on 27 Aug 2008 18:42 On Aug 27, 3:03 pm, Tom Anderson <t...(a)urchin.earth.li> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, David Cohen wrote: > > On Aug 27, 6:28 am, Andrzej Rosa <bakt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> David Cohen wrote: > >>> On Aug 26, 3:47 pm, Andrzej Rosa <bakt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>>>>> She took after mommy? > > >>>>>>> I'll pay for breast reduction surgery. > > >>>>>> We call it a gardener's dog syndrome. Even though he can't use the > >>>>>> stuff himself, he won't let others. > > >>>>> True. > > >>>>> But I don't understand the gardener's dog reference. > > >>>> Because you never had a dog, only pets. Real dogs do things, like > >>>> guarding gardens, for example. > > >>> But, why would the gardener NOT use the products of his garden? > > >> Gardener's dog, not the gardener! You are like a gardener's dog, when you > >> prevent others from using what you can't use yourself. > > >> Damn, is that saying too sophisticated for a city dweller already? You have > >> a garden, you put a dog in to guard it, and this dog will not let others > >> have those veggies even though it can't eat them either. > > > Still makes no sense. The dog isn't guarding the garden for himself. > > It is his job. Exactly analogous to a bank guard who can't use the > > bank's money himself, but still won't let you steal it. > > > Ancient Polish sayings suck. > > Although this does explain why the Poles don't eat anything except meat > and cheese. And i guess you don't get potatoes from a garden. Maybe they are all on a ketogenic diet.
From: David Cohen on 28 Aug 2008 06:17
On Aug 28, 1:02 am, Charles <j...(a)msn.com> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:53:36 -0700 (PDT), David Cohen > >(I'd do some atheist jokes, too, but I don't know any). > > I don't believe that... HA HA! You're funny for a Brit. |