Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 19:33:34 -0500
From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us>
Subject: Re: moorish temple


At 02:30 PM 10/19/2002 -0700, roger wrote:

>but since we're on the subject, i recall as a kid noticing that if i
>repeated a word long enough out loud to myself that eventually it
>stopped having any meaning to me and just became a sound, much like a
>word in a foreign language.


One of my later-high-school-years-jobs was selling Arby's Plastic Roast 
Beef Sandwiches.   After every sale you had to say "Thank you sir/ma'am, 
enjoy your arby's."

"Thank you sir, enjoy your arby's."  "Thank you sir, enjoy your 
arby's."  "Thank you ma'am, enjoy your arby's."  "Thank you sir, enjoy your 
arby's."  "Thank you ma'am, enjoy your arby's."

Didn't take long to lose sincerity and meaning.


carp