--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , Emily Reyn wrote: > > Dear Bob, given what Siduri says, I would suggest that you get the pedicure. Â Mean girl love, Emily
Dear Emily, > > Siduri is a character in the Epic of Gilgamesh. She is an "alewife", a wise female divinity associated with fermentation. ***Fermentation, with the correct formula of herbs and oils, is one of the secrets of longevity. >In the Old Babylonian version of the Epic, she attempts to dissuade Gilgamesh in his quest forimmortality, ***The secrets of immortality include: create something, and don't die. >urging him to be content with the simple pleasures of life ***The simple pleasure of enjoying the total internal reflection of a diamond depends on the complex process creating the proportions of a brilliant cut. >(Gilgamesh, whither are you wandering? ***Its my experience that self invention is addictive (you could also check with Voldemort). >Life, which you look for, you will never find. ***I'm not sure we "put away childish things" although I'm convinced "Love suffers long and is kind..." >For when the gods created man, they let death be his share, and life withheld in their own hands. ***One of a number of reasons I'm disappointed that Robin no longer graces this forum is that he was one of the few I found here that understands a life well lived requires death to be examined; I was also curious to hear his thoughts on money, could they be related? >Gilgamesh, fill your belly. Day and night make merry. Let >days be full of joy, dance and make music day and night. And wear fresh clothes. And wash your head and bathe. ***I'm working to rectify my truncated childhood. >Look at the child that is holding your hand, >and let your wife delight in your embrace. These things alone are the concern of men.)[1]Siduri's advice was recorded in the Old Babylonian version of >Tablet X referred to as the Meissner fragment. ***If men could follow these suggestions perhaps the relative barbarity of gassing and shelling would no longer be so much of concern of a for us. I'll be visiting the SPA today. > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: bobpriced bobpriced@... > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > >Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 2:15 PM > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post > > > > > > > > > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "Jason" wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> --- "bobpriced" bobpriced@ wrote: > >> > > >> > As I'm sure he knows, I'm a huge fan of Turq's posts; so I'm wondering > >> > if anyone > >> > would be kind enough to translate this one for me, particularly the last > >> > paragraph. > >> > > >> > > >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhSjwU8gEsI <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhSjwU8gEsI> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Hey Bob, it's so nice to have you here. You add color and > >> an extra dimension to this group. > >> > >> I think you scared Barry which is why he doesn't reply to > >> you. > >> > >> We are geneticaly hardwired to see symmetrical faces and > >> clear skin as attractive. It indicates the genetic health > >> of the individual, resistance to infections etc. Perhaps it > >> does irk him a bit when a woman gets attrracted to a baldy > >> like MMY. > >> > >> There are 6 categories of immune systems in humans and it's > >> reflected in facial features and smell. You are attracted > >> to someone with a complementary immune system. You are not > >> attracted to someone with a similar immune system. > >> > >> It's a mechanism by nature to prevent in-breeding. It also > >> ensures that the ofspring are healthy and have better immune > >> systems. > > > > > >Thanks Jason, I plan to read more about this; it could explain why all the wives are brunettes and I'm blond and our children are all Eurasian, and why > >mosquitoes within 100 miles want to make a meal out of me and never lay a glove on them. I'm thinking it may also explain why I'm attracted to multilingual women who speak English as a second or third language; unlike that ungrateful sod Murdoch (remember she almost took a pie in the face for him)---who, just after filing for divorce, was overheard telling a friend that after 15 years of marriage he realized had never understood what Wendi was saying---I happen to believe that not speaking the same first language as your spouse has some real advantages. I mean, just this morning, the wife asked me if I would consider getting a pedicure as she is getting fed up with the scratches I'm leaving on her lovely long legs in the night. After standing there for a minute, I decided to quote her from my favorite "overcoming the monster" plot: > > > >"Gilgamesh said, 'I dreamed again. We stood in a deep gorge of the mountain, and beside it we two were like the smallest of swamp flies; and suddenly the mountain fell, it stuck me and caught my feet from under me. Then came an intolerable light blazing out, and in it was one whose grace and whose beauty > >were greater than the beauty of this world. He pulled me out from under the mountain, he gave me water to drink and my heart was comforted, and he set my feet on the ground.'" > > > >The wife's comment was: "What if I pay half?"   > > > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > --- Michael Jackson mjackson74@: > >> > > > > >> > > > That is interesting - I don't understand why you deplore > >> > > > the act because of who he did it with? You know the > >> > > > women and don't like them or what? > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > --- turquoiseb@: > >> > > >> > > I'm going to steer your thread in a slightly different > >> > > direction, if you don't mind. For me, one of the most > >> > > puzzling things about the whole spiritual-teachers- > >> > > boning-their-students thang is that often I really, > >> > > really don't "get" the attraction, from the woman's > >> > > side. > >> > > > >> > > Call me guilty of being a lifelong straight guy, but > >> > > I simply don't understand women who would find Maharishi > >> > > Mahesh Yogi sexually *attractive* enough to want to have > >> > > sex with him. Charismatic, maybe, depending on your stan- > >> > > dards for that concept. The next thing to god in their > >> > > minds, possibly. > >> > > > >> > > But sexually attractive? I just don't get it. > >> > > > >> > > With some *other* teachers, of both sexes, I can definitely > >> > > see them being considered sexually attractive by their > >> > > students. I mean, like all of her male followers, I sprung > >> > > a woodie for Gangaji when I met her. :-) And I've certainly > >> > > met male spiritual teachers who would be swooned over even > >> > > by women who had no idea they were spiritual teachers, > >> > > because they were hot! > >> > > > >> > > But I honestly don't get it with Maharishi. I can see many > >> > > reasons for a woman devotee wanting to have sex with him, > >> > > most of them closely tied to the word "devotee," but I > >> > > find it difficult to imagine many of them wanting to > >> > > bone him because he was...uh...just so bonable. > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
