Posted by Marcia on April 03, 1998 at 16:19:20:
In Reply to: Re: The Age of Innocence - Bridges of Madison County posted by Bill R on April 03, 1998 at 14:21:09:
Bill wrote:
: Hey don't get all miffed! I called MYSELF a Cetacea too ya know!
: And was batting my non-existent whale eyelashes at you and singing my whale song sweetly for you! We Cetaceans have to stick together (I think they call it a pod when two or more whales stick together).
Well...ok. I won't get miffed. But just you watch your step or I'll be plucking those whalelashes right out with my barbecue tongs!
Then he wrote:
: Hey! I've never been accused of long deliberations about things and I NEVER let research or facts stand in the way of my opinions!
Again, typically MALE, says she-who-is-on-a-manhunt-today. Grr.
And finally, he wrote:
: Besides....don't knock hormones! If it werent for hormones none of us would be here. It's what drives mammals to do what they do......even the cetacean kind!
Hormones are just fine in the right time & place, but one is not supposed to let them take over for one's BRAIN! Ya know??? There are only SOME functions they are supposed to control, after all. Didn't they teach you that in biology class??? ;o)
Oh, and sorry I didn't respond to this sooner...I had to go take a little nap, as my acrylic sniffing fantasies had finally pushed me over the edge. Exhausting business, dreaming up any kind of believable reason why DDL would be chasing Shamu!(Speaking of hormones run amok!) *and with a splash and and flip of her dorsal fin, she swims over to the feeding area for her bucket of squid!*
M.