Once upon a time, an aesthete and a chimpanzee sat down for tea and a continental breakfast. In the course of the conversation, the topic of religion naturally arose. The aesthete argued passionately that the soul of religion itself is not faith but ritual. The chimpanzee listened intently until, perhaps bored with the lecture, she leapt onto the tea service and did a back-flip, demonstrating her intellectual elitism.
HAUTEUR, n. Speaker envy.
Speakers and back-flips... yes, I sometimes wish I could double- and triple-speak like some of our national political leaders. That is until I remember that my soul has not yet reached the depths of those pits. For them and their arrogance, I have no pity.
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ReplyDeleteMy speakers aren't so hauty now
that one of their members had to
be reglued. That's down to earth!
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I read your fable to the
grandkids. They learned some
vocabulary today.
now was this an
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speaking with a peer
or a brit in the wilds
dr.livingstone i presume
engaging the jungle elite
for some ritual brings faith
(if you can call that faith)
tosses salt over shoulder
for others ,the faith, allows
for ritual to honor faith...
is one better then the other,
not really..it is truly
how you live
your faith........
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Bless Bless
so would not the
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begging
to be asked
be simply
faith
now is that
mafia style faith
business
family
faith
each a separate entity ...
the trinity
allowing murder with a clean
soul
did my best for Hauteur behavior
Peace always Doug
Go figure that the chimpanzee was of the female gender. :)
ReplyDeleteNow if that chimpanzee had then turned around and done a belly flop, she would likely have started a "Draft Bonzo For President 2012" campaign. Thereby imPalin some of the other candidates.
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HAUTEUR, n. the incredible talent of being able to look down one's nose even though it is tilted up.
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Speaker envy, that is quite good Doug. A word more easily visualized than defined.
ReplyDeleteHauteur: I would venture a guess that it means nothing but basic "stuck-up-ness" which I know is not in the dictionary, but means tons.
ReplyDeleteI would say commenting on this is beneath me but I must be heard.
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Sauerkraut, when I consider it, my intellectual agility is a spiritual blessing.
ReplyDeleteJim, I'm happy to hear I could teach your grandkids something.
George, that was especially good free association today.
Thom, that's amore.
Amoeba, have you seen this?
Actonbell, there's always a risk. Left turn, Clyde.
Very good, Quilly!
Thanks, Coop. I'm glad you could see it.
Terry, it's a three-bit word for using three-bit words.
Sure, Nessa. If you just left the link I might mistake you for a spammer.
I do hope there were cucumber sandwiches.
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