G'morning the third, Nicolaas.

 NH>> Getting here fine, Norm ... maybe it's just that us natives
 NH>> aren't talkative at the mo.  Just to set the ball rolling, I
 NH>> tried to modify the shape of my left thumb with a circular
 NH>> saw on Monday of last week.  I do *NOT* recommend it as a
 NH>> pastime.  Those bloody saws have NO friends and don't play
 NH>> favourites.

 HL> Isn't that a *bit* extreme when you want fresh meat?

 NH> Hmm ... yes ... well ... at least I didn't try to climb into a
 NH> shredder.

Ah ... you all remind me of the gruesome fate of my clients,  a 
pastry chef who was obsessed with pushing a very personal part of 
his person into the onion-shredder in his kitchen.

We spent many hours trying to visual the real consequences of such 
a masochistic manoeuvre for 2 hours every Monday morning over 
several months (at fees that would make your eyes water),  but he 
stopped coming just as we seemed to be fully conquering this most 
destructive drive.

Much later I bumped into him one day appropriately in Pak `N Save,  
and asked him how he was holding out;  he looked at me 
shamefacedly and said he hadn't - he'd succumbed to his basest 
desire, chosen a moment when the kitchen was deserted and then 
carefully turned the onion shredder on to full blast before doing 
the dirty deed.....

I was appalled and nervously asked how he'd survived the awful 
consequences....

He said the onion-shredder really liked it, and they're now 
happily married with at least one bun in the oven.....

:-((
 
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