flattop - Yes, I chuckle with glee when I think how many men I may have offended in my previous posting to this glorious saga...but I question the premise that those men have " only have that one bad habit of leaving the seat up". I have never met a human being of either sex who had only ONE bad habit...

By the way, hesperis said that she thinks the reason men like to pee standing up while using the toilet is primarily that it makes them feel like REAL men, because women "can't do it that way". If so, they deserve to be ridiculed for it, IMO.

Yes, Dylan is a pistol, metaphorically. Well said. He has fired shots heard round the world in his time.

I guess I'm willing to slap you with a glove if you feel that is what is required, but I hesitate to use the angora ones that you mentioned. I think one of the lacy black ones that go up to the elbow would be more appropriate, don't you? You know, like the ones that Julie Christie wore in the party scene in Doctor Zhivago?

As to the other stuff...you're really getting petty, and I feel I must respond in kind:

You're a fine one to accuse others of sitting for hours on the toilet. At least I don't disappear into the washroom with a collection of press pictures of Mila Mulroney, scrounged from the pages of McLean's and the Globe and Mail, and make strange utterances and use up all the hot water.

Nor do I think that Jerry Lewis is still cutting edge, and try to emulate him in my mannerisms and personal habits...

I have never felt welcome in Buffalo at all, but I think you should consider moving there. Jerry Lewis is still very popular in Buffalo, and the general ambience there would suit you to a "t".

I have to tell you that it is no longer cool to carry 5 pens and an automatic pencil in a special protective holder in your front shirt pocket, nor are Mickey Mouse watches in vogue these days.

I'd give you advice on the haircut too if I thought it would do any good, but it wouldn't, so never mind.

My excuse for not seeing Seamus is that I'm already booked for something else this weekend.

Now go easy on the Cadbury bars, you know they make you break out, be sure to wear an extra set of knee-highs, and try to avoid making disparaging remarks about Lithuanian chorus girls while playing pool at Finnegan's Walk. After all, you never know who might be listening, and it's not nice to offend people.

Cheers,

Little Hawk