Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bobbie Sellers Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Rat The Luddite Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:45:47 -0700 Organization: none at all Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <17fobjtemh0r464olg57kk4b5j8ol72v3u@4ax.com> <7bq7cjlvu5pmsqic7cp34a4f2n8tvour2b@4ax.com> <6fc9cjpjolk7u758230hd9p454uui5c50c@4ax.com> <16jacj5beijeflv3nfhvqqsu075g6nkp20@4ax.com> <5k1ccj1dr4qsr53uaal088uajjahhod9ql@4ax.com> Reply-To: blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:45:48 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b32470b9022a7f2d73f1b53fea6960ec"; logging-data="4172874"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19AZZ7FAar0CVeqm9fzrceE" User-Agent: Betterbird (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:s1am/oX8/mT5iysogf5y7HKkQHs= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <5k1ccj1dr4qsr53uaal088uajjahhod9ql@4ax.com> Bytes: 2764 On 8/21/24 08:25, Paul S Person wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 22:12:26 -0400, Joy Beeson > wrote: > >> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 08:11:46 -0700, Paul S Person >> wrote: >> >>> Wash them? Oh, you're putting things that can leak into them. >> >> >> They did get leaked on now and again, but mostly it's just that dirt >> accumulates during a few dozen uses. > > Dave Berry once articulated the theory that women can see dirt that > men can not. Men can see it too with practice and attention to details. > > Which is to say that I don't see any dirt accumulating on mine. > >> And one washes food containers more often than garments. > > Yes indeed; the two I use get washed every day. > > But then, fruits/veggies /do/ tend to leave bits behind. Everything that touches anything tends to leave bits behind which with DNA sequencing is why so many criminals are being apprended later. ~40 years ago my mother was murdered and this year they found the micreant. He was in prison for attempted murder, I believe. Trial should start next month. bliss -- b l i s s - S F 4 e v e r at D S L E x t r e m e dot com