Comments on: Free is free; a gift is a gift. http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/12/31/free-is-free-a-gift-is-a-gift/ stargazer, muddler, muffle-jaw, cockatouch, spoonhead, hookear, gudgeon, grubby, blob, bull-rout, blue garnet, miller's thumb Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Cam Sculpin http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/12/31/free-is-free-a-gift-is-a-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-47298 Cam Sculpin Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:49:24 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/12/31/free-is-free-a-gift-is-a-gift/#comment-47298 Hee. I also can explain things <em>ad nauseam</em>, probably as a reaction to seeing how blazingly well that worked for him. This made me a bad target for that particular maneuver, because by the time I was 10 I could discuss right back at him <em>ex tempore</em> in the verbal equivalent of a 24-page whitepaper. No way was I going to let that guy see me crack. His ability to explain exhaustively and in excruciatingly finely-reasoned detail was actually one of my father's finer qualities. Hee. I also can explain things ad nauseam, probably as a reaction to seeing how blazingly well that worked for him. This made me a bad target for that particular maneuver, because by the time I was 10 I could discuss right back at him ex tempore in the verbal equivalent of a 24-page whitepaper. No way was I going to let that guy see me crack.

His ability to explain exhaustively and in excruciatingly finely-reasoned detail was actually one of my father’s finer qualities.

]]> By: Rhonda http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/12/31/free-is-free-a-gift-is-a-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-47291 Rhonda Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:33:00 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/12/31/free-is-free-a-gift-is-a-gift/#comment-47291 Oh, my. That's wonderful. My mother is also the type who can explain anything <i>ad nauseam</i> (as an extreme reaction to being raised by a "because I said so!" type of mother), so you have my sympathies in that regard. But isn't it great when that endless stream of explanation is turned on someone else? I bet that salesman found a new job, pronto. and/or warned his fellows away from your door. Oh, my. That’s wonderful.

My mother is also the type who can explain anything ad nauseam (as an extreme reaction to being raised by a “because I said so!” type of mother), so you have my sympathies in that regard.

But isn’t it great when that endless stream of explanation is turned on someone else? I bet that salesman found a new job, pronto. and/or warned his fellows away from your door.

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