tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post6263994427188774104..comments2023-08-20T03:51:23.368-06:00Comments on From the Shores of Introspect and Retrospect: Philosophy, Justification & IronyWanderlust Scarletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551514192060606454noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-81321446151716415702007-07-23T18:42:00.000-06:002007-07-23T18:42:00.000-06:00Dear Wilf, Of course it counts! Usually, grown ups...Dear Wilf, <BR/><BR/>Of course it counts! Usually, grown ups need therapists to tell them to get in touch with themselves, and there you are doing it already!<BR/>That's wonderful!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Colleen, <BR/><BR/>Thanks! Glad tea and religion have nothing to do with each other.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jules, <BR/><BR/>Well, in this case, it's perfectly fair because she's truly a very good, hard working girl. If she was shallow and stupid, then I'd share your opinion, probably. One less Paris Hilton in the world... but Molly's well worth her weight in gold.<BR/>No pictures... just comments... ha ha ha... <BR/><BR/><BR/>Ally!<BR/><BR/>Thank you ma'am, it would appear I've been redeemed! Wonderful!<BR/><BR/><BR/>MyUtopia, <BR/><BR/>Isn't stash GREAT!!! I love the double bergamot! It's SO good!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Scarlett & ViaggiatoreWanderlust Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551514192060606454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-51074765685607637692007-07-23T13:29:00.000-06:002007-07-23T13:29:00.000-06:00You can't go wrong with oscar or tea! I love STASH...You can't go wrong with oscar or tea! I love STASH brand tea.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149003661590866046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-18492846288568139052007-07-23T12:12:00.000-06:002007-07-23T12:12:00.000-06:00She is a full blown part-time Catholic, which mean...<I> She is a full blown part-time Catholic, which means sinning is ok as long as you ask for forgiveness.</I><BR/><BR/>This description of RC is so true. lol. And as for procuring Earl Grey for future emergency situations, why not? You don't overdo it and don't waste it, so enjoy your Earl Grey. There are bigger sins in this world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-31457657488940697712007-07-23T10:21:00.000-06:002007-07-23T10:21:00.000-06:00Women like that make the world unfair for the rest...Women like that make the world unfair for the rest of us mere mortals. (sighing in envy) More power to her, however! Wish I could see a picture of you in your fashion don't outfits, though. :)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-12959137344237959822007-07-23T07:34:00.000-06:002007-07-23T07:34:00.000-06:00That was a wonderfully told story! I felt like I w...That was a wonderfully told story! I felt like I was right there with you. As a tea lover, I totally understand, even with a bit of Catholicism in my DNA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-74735495129388130562007-07-23T03:58:00.000-06:002007-07-23T03:58:00.000-06:00Funny post! When staying at hotels with my grandpa...Funny post! When staying at hotels with my grandparents I used to post hotel stationery to myself and tell them they were long letters home - does that count?Wilfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15255247027469318384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-9401021866535696602007-07-22T12:41:00.000-06:002007-07-22T12:41:00.000-06:00Pink flowers, You are quite special, you are in a ...Pink flowers, <BR/><BR/>You are quite special, you are in a group of wonderful readers and writers who pinch tea & sugar... does it get better than that?<BR/><BR/>Thanks very much for dropping by!<BR/><BR/><BR/>LMN,<BR/><BR/>Yes, well as I am sure you know, history is always written by the victors... so how much is really truth, and how much is just good fiction? Tea thieves indeed.<BR/>Yes'm and glad to be one, look at the company I am in!<BR/><BR/>Guilt can be good, but many people use it for ill, and then it is not.<BR/><BR/>And, had there been more than one tea bag, I most certainly would have swiped that as well... such a shame there was only one. A carton would have lasted me a couple of weeks.<BR/><BR/><BR/>PK, <BR/><BR/>No, you're fine. Everyone lusts after Molly and she quite expects it. I think she was shocked once when she thought a gay theatre boy-friend of ours wasn't attracted to her, but he kissed her hand and swept her backward over his knee. looked into her eyes and told her otherwise. <BR/>She said, "Well that's more like it!"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Vesper, <BR/><BR/>Tea in space? Hmm... *big smiles* I may have to try that! If NASA ever gets around to public tours.<BR/>Think it would spill with no gravity?<BR/><BR/><BR/>East coast dweller, <BR/><BR/>I don't think of it as a weakness, I consider it a bonus... I just love EG tea.<BR/>Very glad you came by, thanks!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Apprentice, <BR/><BR/>I'm a bit confused now, I always have cream in my EG, but sometimes (only once in a while) I put the cream in first. Most of the time, I put it in second... cos I love to see it swirl as it blends. <BR/><BR/>So... if I do both, then what does that make me?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Chesca!<BR/><BR/>Chocolate hmm? I'll definitely have to give that a try!<BR/><BR/>As for the Bubble Bandit Brigade, I will have to post about that next... it's a whole story unto itself, and there's only one way to join!<BR/><BR/>Molly is everything one could imagine. She is Irish Catholic, and can drink every male we know under the table. She is also a college history professor... and very, VERY smart. She likes to sit and watch the men/boys assume that she has no brain because of the way she looks... and then... <BR/>hee hee.<BR/>It's all sooo entertaining.<BR/>She's lots of fun to go out on the town with, and she enjoys everything about life, so it's never boring.<BR/><BR/>I hope everyone who reads this has a friend as good as she is.<BR/><BR/> <BR/>Christina, <BR/><BR/>The fact that you tip them justifies everything... all in one fell swoop. <BR/>Brava, sister, excellent.<BR/>Good to see you here. <BR/>I LOVED your travel stories!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Scarlett & Viaggiatore (he prefers cream without the tea).Wanderlust Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551514192060606454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-15410291191805286262007-07-22T09:48:00.000-06:002007-07-22T09:48:00.000-06:00That is a hilarious story, Scarlett! If it makes y...That is a hilarious story, Scarlett! If it makes you feel any better, whenever I'm staying in a hotel, I usually pack just about everything not nailed down. Okay, not towels or bibles, but all bathroom ammenities (I include a note with the tip each morning requesting extras and get them), and any leftover coffee/tea packet ammenities. I guess I figure I'm technically paying for them with how much hotels cost nowadays. :-) <BR/><BR/>ChristinaThe (Mis)Adventures of a Single City Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02251831216687175535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-74860633206730054042007-07-22T07:59:00.000-06:002007-07-22T07:59:00.000-06:00great story.where do i sign up for the bubble band...great story.<BR/>where do i sign up for the bubble bandit brigade?<BR/><BR/>earl grey is my favorite tea-especially when sipped with chocolate in your mouth. my favorite.<BR/><BR/>myself i always seem to stock up on napkins.<BR/>where i am from, public bathrooms never had toilet paper.<BR/>so it became a habit to always "come prepared"<BR/>despite the roughness on one's behind...it was certainly better than nothing.<BR/><BR/>molly seems like a quirky and funny character.<BR/>i like her...no wonder you are friends.<BR/>when is the next conference?<BR/>i am in. (hope they have soft napkins...)exskindiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116951497970094346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-77185361199574253422007-07-22T07:18:00.000-06:002007-07-22T07:18:00.000-06:00Hey beware, Walmart encourages its staff to nick p...Hey beware, Walmart encourages its staff to nick pens, it saves them provding them and they save thousands of dollars a year to boot!<BR/><BR/>I like very strong navvy strength tea. There a class thing attached to tea too, if you put the milk in first it used to mean you had cheap stoneware cups, milk in last and you could afford bone china, which could take the heat of the undiluted tea. I prefer the former, a so I must be a true pleb.apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-71225635128950393612007-07-22T06:17:00.000-06:002007-07-22T06:17:00.000-06:00We all have our weaknesses. Some of us borrow tea ...We all have our weaknesses. Some of us borrow tea bags, others walk through emergency doors.<BR/><BR/>And yet, the world spins on.Eastcoastdwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140530743668908554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-46953529315036553582007-07-22T00:16:00.000-06:002007-07-22T00:16:00.000-06:00Lovely story."Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."I shall always ...Lovely story.<BR/><BR/>"Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."<BR/>I shall always remember Captain Piccard, of Star Trek the Next Generation fame, standing in front of the replicator, and asking for his tea.:-)<BR/>I love it too.<BR/><BR/>I take souvenirs of sugar from restaurants, etc. just for the fun of a (sort of) collection.Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-17252743580857564932007-07-21T19:07:00.000-06:002007-07-21T19:07:00.000-06:00Q. Is it a sin if I am lusting after Molly, even i...Q. Is it a sin if I am lusting after Molly, even if it is purely imaginary based on your lurid description?<BR/>A. Only if I'm not taking pleasure in it, but if I do take pleasure I must be procreating. (But I'm too old; so this is a real moral quandary.)Pawlie Kokonutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974388685662241108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-76920118534186636332007-07-21T17:48:00.000-06:002007-07-21T17:48:00.000-06:00I know bugger all about North American history, bu...I know bugger all about North American history, but it seems to me that there was a spot of trouble some time back over the 'possession' of tea?<BR/>Will you never learn tea thief!<BR/>Having grown up half Catholic-half Muslim, I can tell you; guilt is a fabulous thing. You can write about it, make art about it, spice up your sex life...<BR/>As starving art students, we attended absolutely every boring event in order to eat and pinch everything not nailed down. I remember going to an 'all you can eat' affair with another starving artist and admiring the inner plastic bag she had cunningly manufactured for her capacious handbag. Into it went king prawns by the dozen, crabs, a lobster and I think even a couple of pieces of steak ( for her starving artist’s cat).<BR/>I'd never steal from someone needy or trying make an honest dollar, but a teabag from a hotel...pah you should have taken the box...nay the carton.L.M.Noonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881964969727529916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-25255746684191217292007-07-21T14:16:00.000-06:002007-07-21T14:16:00.000-06:00good for you!i am guilty, guilty, guilty!i PICK UP...good for you!<BR/><BR/>i am guilty, guilty, guilty!<BR/><BR/>i PICK UP earl grey tea bags <BR/>when i travel, too.<BR/>i have them stashed everywhere<BR/>because<BR/>what happens it i run out?<BR/><BR/>thought i was the only one <BR/>posting about earl grey! LOL!<BR/><BR/>no matter how special <BR/>we think we are,<BR/>then are dozens more like us,<BR/>sneaking the EG T-bags...<BR/><BR/>:-)somepinkflowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07553884470329083831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-11123118232527257392007-07-21T13:10:00.000-06:002007-07-21T13:10:00.000-06:00Sognatrice, I laughed out loud, when I read that E...Sognatrice, <BR/><BR/>I laughed out loud, when I read that Earl Grey is your favorite, I thought... of course it is! We are so similar, you and I.<BR/>Well... perhaps habit was the wrong word.<BR/>emm... no, it wasn't. It's a habit when the tea is available to the general public for people to take one (or 2) and that's usually when I get 4 or 5. <BR/>I never have more than that in my purse at one time. I don't get crazy with it, but I do plan ahead.<BR/>Isn't temptation lovely?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jon!<BR/><BR/>Mmmmm..... mints and chocolates....<BR/>couldn't be helped, of course.<BR/>You are completely justified, having been made to wait next to them. No one is expected to have will power like that.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Pearl, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for coming by! Glad it was entertaining for you.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Vanilla, <BR/><BR/>Isn't Oscar just wonderful? So glad you enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Bobby, <BR/><BR/>Welcome! Talking ones way out of something is usually just a shade more thrilling than trying to get away with what you were doing to begin with!<BR/>Especially if you do get away with it!<BR/>Thanks very much.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Scarlett & ViaggiatoreWanderlust Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551514192060606454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-43806935713535643852007-07-21T10:20:00.000-06:002007-07-21T10:20:00.000-06:00I would have gotten caught. I always get caught. ...I would have gotten caught. I always get caught. Talking my way out of it would have been fun though.<BR/><BR/>Nice blog, I followed links to get here.Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15472070140608801080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-35575465865156085112007-07-21T08:28:00.000-06:002007-07-21T08:28:00.000-06:00I imagine friend Oscar was being his usual ironic ...I imagine friend Oscar was being his usual ironic self, but I've found that on the whole mistakes make really good lessons - which add up to experience :-)<BR/>Lovely "story", so enjoyed reading it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-62349720555234464562007-07-21T07:03:00.000-06:002007-07-21T07:03:00.000-06:00What an entertaining tea tale.What an entertaining tea tale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-16269916814829193252007-07-21T04:18:00.000-06:002007-07-21T04:18:00.000-06:00Good anecdote! I played in a wedding band once and...Good anecdote! I played in a wedding band once and we were stuck in the kitchen waiting for all the speeches to finish. we were stood right next to the box of after dinner mints and chocolates...Jon Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299901366453310075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-84715583587431038042007-07-21T03:54:00.000-06:002007-07-21T03:54:00.000-06:00Earl Grey is my favorite! I would've snagged some ...Earl Grey is my favorite! I would've snagged some packets too. I can't say that I make a habit of it, but sometimes they're just asking for it--leaving all those temptations in full view (or in a deserted kitchen).Michelle | Bleeding Espressohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578703393987896737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-46599362932001720072007-07-20T23:15:00.000-06:002007-07-20T23:15:00.000-06:00YAY! I do feel a bit better... good company and al...YAY! <BR/>I do feel a bit better... good company and all that, you know?<BR/><BR/>*giggle*<BR/><BR/>I'd like to remind all that I am the president of the Bubble Bandit Brigade, and as such I am a proponent of bending rules as long as they don't hurt anyone else.<BR/><BR/>Even the boy scouts believe in being prepared, so princess... pack away.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Scarlett & ViaggiatoreWanderlust Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551514192060606454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3676634601538526644.post-37351947441470925302007-07-20T20:00:00.000-06:002007-07-20T20:00:00.000-06:00Well, if it makes you feel better, I do nick packe...Well, if it makes you feel better, I do nick packets of sweeteners (EQUAL) whenever I could only because I hate going to coffee shops or restaurants that don't carry it. As you say, "I come prepared!" Haha!Princess Banterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481130646604985046noreply@blogger.com