> > > course flamboyantly gay, had lived in that
> > > earlier time, they might have been a good 
> > > influence on each other.
> > Or a bad one; I can just see the two of them egging each other on. 
> 
> Sort of like the Monty Python Prince of Wales sketch.
> 
Or any Monty Python sketch; I can see Wilde getting into those.  

> > There used to be some nice places down there, but obviously I'd sleep in my
> > own bed. That's even cheaper.  
> 
> Especially if you don't go.

Amen.  Right now I'm happy to be in my own house with the power on.
 
> > Bean known to happen.
> 
> Not if you use your noodle.

And don't mung it up.
 
> > No deep-frying of bean threads.  That's probably best down in a restaurant
> > kitchen. Or outdoors. 
> 
> It's fairly easy, as I recall. Just don't
> overload the pan. The large amount of oil can
> be excused by that it mostly doesn't get
> absorbed, plus the bean threads don't add much
> if any contamination.

OTOH I hate cleaning up oil, and don't find the results worth the mess.