Shallow and empty seems a harsh description for some to envelope but I think its a very accurate description of the masses.   Far easier it remains for folks to abide the daily and changing rule of the masses over finding a level of comfort that is of their own and abiding the scorn of the ones that are weaker in spirit but strengthened with the approval of others.

I should hope that many would learn that it is alright to be different or be same but to be oneself and be true is far more the pleasing way to be.

I am never sure what is the correct way to serve beans but I have spent a life time of tradition of eating this rare commodity with a side order of pickled beats, corn bread and onion head.   Clothing is optional I am sure but I can only imagine that Mother and all others would be more happy if all showed up at least full clad.  Weather being so cold I assume its the practical thing to do.  In fact seems I do not recall every have shuck beans except during cold weather.

I never knew whom Tucker Carlson was.  About Shuck beans they are simply sundried or air dried green beans that are strung up on a sewing thread.  They develop a leathery type surface and would not be enjoyed by the masses, I think but are a local treat from child hood.  They are also called leather britches and several other names.  The shuck here refers to the fact that they have not been shucked of the outter skin.  Shucking has not lost all its meaning.  I understand the term in deep south and or Georgia however has some more a modified meaning as in friendly communications of the locals called shucking and jiving.   Ahh Shucks no reason to try to explain all this hillbilleze to a bunch of english gentlemen I reckon.

Well have to say I have never been much on fagging but I could learn some things and twagging has not been my strong point as well but I am up for a lesson in it.   While you are at it can you tell me a clear definition of what Film Noir is.   Since one of our writters once wrote we do film noir hats, I have always wondered just which of the hats we do was they.

Thank you Ed. I have learned that : Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography, while many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Depression.

The term film noir (French for "black film"), first applied to Hollywood movies by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, was unknown to most American film industry professionals of the era. Cinema historians and critics defined the canon of film noir in retrospect; many of those involved in the making of the classic noirs later professed to be unaware of having created a distinctive type of film.


I see that like so many other things that come to be this came to be with out the planning for it to be so.   Nothing wrong with that concept however.  I seem to do it all the time -- that is do things and not know what the heck I am doing.

Mr Lean did you get to fag, twag or otherwise get Mrs Lean out of the nighty or any mustard in the beans yet?   

My beet root was devine as always.

I've heard of Biscuits & Gravy but am clueless as to what it is. Surely it's not biscuits with gravy on top?
Equally I have no idea what Grits are.

No beans for me for a while now. I miss them.

And Mrs Lean was cross with me yesterday too...

A fag was a younger boy acting as a servant to an older one. In theory the older boy would then mentor the younger one, but only rarely did that happen.
Does this still go on?
Sedburgh (Sp?) I think still had it in my day. My school did not. Or maybe I just wasn't trusted enough to be involved in such high-jinks...

'Twagging it' is one of the many terms for playing truant. I think it's a Northern English term.

And so I remain fagless & twagless, working away in my study listening to Hank Mobley.
Can't complain really.

t.

Fagging:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagging

Twagging & a whole lot more:

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/t.htm

Last edited by Terry Lean (2007-01-29 08:35:13)

It's the old witch-burning mentality isn't it?