On or about 05-03-10 16:28, Ardith Hinton allegedly uttered "Just Couldn't
Resist" to James Bradley:

 JB>  When I said "Meet you at the coda," scant few would know
 JB>  what I was talking about. That was my cue to leave.

 AH>  Ah... very good!  Dallas & I exchange certain non-verbal
 AH>  signals when one of us has decided it's about time to
 AH>  leave some social gathering.  And Nora often finds the
 AH>  sign language abbreviation for "toilet" useful, as do we.

 JB>  For the former, "coda" means "the car," not
"the caboose".


 AH>          Just when I think I've figured out what you mean,
 AH> you speak even more in riddles than usual.  I see how you
 AH> might use "coda" to mean a conclusion of some sort... or
 AH> even Calgary Olympic Development Association... but how do
 AH> you get "car" out of "coda"??  Apparently
there's a battery-
 AH> operated car made by a company named Coda.  If you have
 AH> one, though, it's news to me.  The only other idea I can
 AH> come up with is that after certain gatherings you call a
 AH> taxi.  ;-)

When you are called to the "coda", the song (night out) is about
to end. Not
the caboose "end". *8-0 When I found a room full of time-waste, I
knew that was
my exit call. When the elder Hintons find it's time to "coda" the
night, they
get in their carriage. When Nora's had enough of this.... 


 JB>  "There she goes again!" (IOW, "At-a girl!" P-)


 AH>          Glad you like it....  :-)  :-)  :-)

Would I come back if I didn't? 


 AH>  I've heard it said that the Irish people gave the
 AH>  Scottish people the bagpipes as a joke, and as yet
 AH>  the latter haven't figured out the joke....  ;-)

 JB>  I heard in a movie that Freud said - and I'll paraphrase,
 JB>  "The Irish are the only race immune to psychotherapy."


 AH>          Well... I reckon he & they were on different wave lengths!
 AH> Freud was a pioneer whose ideas others disputed and/or clarified later.
 AH>  Those who could afford his services may also have had different
 AH> priorities than those who were struggling for physical survival (or
 AH> still felt they needed to) in the wake of the Irish Potato
 AH> Famine.  It's often said the Irish drown their sorrows, but
 AH> I have known many women who would recount their life story
 AH> after half a glass of wine.  I imagine the latter could be
 AH> a folk version of psychoanalysis....  :-/

I wonder if Freud took into account the extent of stubborn alcoholics had on
his subjects. (Don't know the extent an MD diploma was required in his
burgeoning profession at the time.) Perhaps generations of oppression garnered
something in the Irish upbringing? 



 AH>          Seen recently in a music classroom, on the
 AH> teacher's desk... a box of kleenex labelled "ROOM (222) FLU
 AH> KIT".  Offhand, I can't think of any Scottish comedians.
 AH> But I know this teacher & I know he's of Scottish
 AH> extraction.  :-)

I wonder if the "FLUE KIT" was for the sniveling, or the other
end. (IOW, not
sure I get it.)

 AH>  Arghh!  Time for a Mommy Brag.

 AH>  It seems our efforts have paid off....  :-)

 JB>  Can I spend a week at your home?  I am *so* out of
 JB>  practice!


 AH>          Sure, if you don't mind sleeping in the back yard.
 AH>  We can introduce you to the music therapist & the cuties
 AH> in the French horn section... [grin].

I'm all in for *that!*  Unfortunately, life is still muckin' up the works,
so I'll have to take a "rain check" on that. You're used to rain,
right? (-3^C
here right now, but I was hoping for more snow to insulate the early bedding.
What're you gonna do, eh? |-)



... James
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