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Originally posted by: Lessons from Mama
"My mama taught me not to lie with the old adage "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." Although unfortunately too late for too many, it is unraveling."

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Please explain.

I can only answer in the ways that Mama taught me.  She used to say "Why is there never enough time to do things right but always enough time to do them over?"

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Originally posted by: ram

 "Remember, mama always said, "If you can't say something helpful, don't say anything at all."

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ram, you are right. the posting to which you refer was too ambigous. there are many ways to interpret it, all of which would be hardly more than guesses. but it has peaked my curiosity. teach us, help us, lessons from mamma.

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Originally posted by: ram
" Oh, those ambiguous pronouns!  At least tell us who the "we" is that practices deceit, and what the "it" is that is unraveling.  While you're at it, you could tell us what could have been done right and will now have to be done over. Remember, mama always said, "If you can't say something helpful, don't say anything at all.""

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Mama used to say that it just wasn't worth getting up some mornings - looks like today was one of them - have become sorry that I posted.  We is they, it is their web of lies, and the costs of repeatedly "doing it over" to fix mistakes are certainly going to get questioned - maybe as early as this week.  And now that I'm grumpy, Nostradamus, my Mama taught me to spell "piqued" this way.

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Originally posted by: present professor
"I think Lessons from Mama might have in mind the IHL meeting this week . . . . perhaps she/he has heard something unambiguous? "

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Hmmm,  perhaps a surprise rebuttal appearance before the IHL by Thames'  latest whipping boy Tim Hudson?  Wouldn't that be interesting....

AE  :

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Originally posted by: present professor
"I think Lessons from Mama might have in mind the IHL meeting this week . . . . perhaps she/he has heard something unambiguous? "

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From your mouth to God's ears.

One can only hope (well, maybe not only hope).

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Originally posted by: Lessons from Mama
"And now that I'm grumpy, Nostradamus, my Mama taught me to spell "piqued" this way."

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Lessons from Mama,

My mama made me learn at least one new word each day. Mama never attended college, but she did appreciate education and she encouraged me to take Latin in high school. Mama taught me that words sometimes have more than one meaning. My posting employed the word "peaked" in the manner I intended:

Piqued = To cause to feel resentment or indignation. A feeling of hurt, vecation, or resentment.

Peaked = The most extreme possible amount or value; the highest level or degree attainable.

As I said, you "peaked" my interest.

 

 

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Originally posted by: Nostradamus
" vecation = vexation  I suppose Mama didn't teach me to type. "

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A peak in your interest after your interest has been piqued is very likely to cause vexation of the spirit - at least I think that's what Mama would have said.