--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Which makes you, once again, a schmegegy. > > > > > > > > AZ, if you know, please clear up for me some > > > > of the mystery of the term "schmegegy." > > > > > > > > Being not of the Jewish persuasion, the only > > > > times I have heard this phrase in my life have > > > > been accompanied by a grimace of cognitive > > > > dissonance, my face reflecting the fact that > > > > I simply don't get the reference. > > > > > > > > A Jewish friend of my acquaintance, exorted > > > > over a shared joint back in college to define > > > > "schmegegy" for me, replied: > > > > > > > > "You know how when you go to the laundromat > > > > to do your wash and afterwards you discover > > > > weird lint stuff in the pockets of the washed > > > > clothing, stuff that you can't quite figure > > > > out the origin of? Schmegegies." > > > > > > > > So what's the literal meaning? > > > > > > Schmegegy is a noun meaning idiot with connotations > > > or being full of hot air. If you referred to someone as > > > full of baloney, the person you were referring to would > > > be a schmegegy. > > > > > > Lets say, for example that someone said that schmegegy > > > was a wimpy way to bash but then spent 3 post responding > > > to the comment. That person defines being a schmegegy. > > > > Thanks. So my friend's suggestion that a > > schmegegy was an individual with the same > > basic worth as trouser lint was correct. > > Another example of analogy and example being spot on > to clarify definition.
It may be a side effect of years of Yogic Flying. Think to yourself "lightness of cotton fiber" over and over for decades, and sure 'nuff you become as lightweight as cotton fiber. :-) > Thanks for your suggestions regarding my Blue Moon > maladies. Come to find out, it was nothing that a near > felonious motorcycle ride on some deserted highways > and byways followed by howlin' at the moon with 100K > of my closest friend couldn't cure. I feel much better now. :-o~ > > http://www.fiestabowl.org/index.php/blockparty/entertainment/ Looks like fun. > Say, back in the day, did you ever know Hans Olson? I would > wager Bruce Cockburn knows him. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Olson Can't say I know the gentleman or his music, and I've never seen his name pop up on the Humans mailing list, which is where I've learned of many other good musicians. But you're probably correct that Bruce has run into him...if nowhere else at some festival where they've played together.
