Posted: Jul 27, 2008, 3:34 PM CST
rusty_knight wrote:Dear Nina3,
I have difficulty understanding your aversion to mint sauce.
Great civilisations have sprung up here and there in the Universe based on a deep understanding and symbiotic relationship with mint sauce.
Maybe something terrible happened to you in your childhood that you are suppressing; it is my considered opinion that no humanoid can be truly happy until he/she/it really enjoys the subtle pleasure of mint sauce indulgence.
I am not a professional, but can only refer you to a 'higher' authority on this delicate matter.
You could always elicite free advice from our own font of all CS knowledge Herr Conrad der Googleit or put all your life savings into a course of help with a Welsh psychiatrist of dubious reputation called Dai "the sauce" Jones. Dai is a great friend of mine who shares all his ill-gotten psychiatric gains with me down the pub on a Sunday afternoon... he hasn't had many clients lately and I'm getting a bit thirsty, so please help Dai (and myself indirectly).
You need help! get it NOW!
Baaaaa!
Yours truly,
Peter Py-Thong
Well, as much as I would find the insights of Dr Jones and Herr Conrad fascinating, I can make this a lot simpler. You see, I do know where this unbecoming aversion to mint sauce stems from...
It was on a family holiday one Easter to the beautiful country of Wales when I was a child. I remember the landscape being beautifully green, and also very wet. It wouldn't stop raining.
Nevertheless, we made an excursion to a sheep farm, to learn all about the countryside (we were clearly city folk, you see). After admiring the little cute creatures for a while, what did we see? Lo and behold - it was the little house next door, where they made their living from making mint sauce, pouring it into little jars, and selling it at the local market! Lovely!
To make a long story short; what was not so lovely was the huge vat of mint sauce, teetering a little too high off the floor for my liking - only held up by some rusty looking levers and stuff. And what do you know - as we went by to have a look, it snapped, and guess who got covered in the green, minty goo?... Yep...
I was scarred for life, I was. Can never eat a proper British lamb meal again... Although I hope all is not lost - I hope it might wear off in time, so I can again taste the tasty sauce and find it... tasty!
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