It is Thursday, and I must give a book talk today, which means donning fancy apparel. I hope I get lunch along with the listeners! Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili is commenting on the upcoming election in Poland, but it’s enigmatic. As Malgorzata said (Andrzej writes the dialogues):
This is again about the election this Sunday but do not ask me why “teeth”. Your guess is as good as mine.
If anyone knows, by all means enlighten us!
Hili: I’m voting for the lesser evil.
A: And how will you recognize it?
Hili: By its teeth.
In Polish:
Hili: Wybieram mniejsze zło.
Ja: A po czym je poznajesz?
Hili: Po zębach.
There’s no electoral slogan better than a politician promising to, ” Get their teeth” into a subject. The trouble is. That by the time they’ve done fighting with their political opponents, all they have left are their gums!
Someone should take photos & send for jerry to put up…
Don’t forget, Ireland votes on Gay marriage tomorrow!
And when a genocidal maniac talks about grief
And you kinda get the feeling that there’s nothing underneath
But you can’t believe a man would lie through such nice teeth
Only one way
— Karine Polwart
In my professional experience, being a speaker at a lunchtime meeting means that you have two-and-a-half sandwiches left when everybody else has finished.
Bon chance!
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Maybe somebody misheard Hili? I’d guess that you could distinguish greater and lesser weevils by their teeth….
b&
I suppose–the lesser don’t have any, and the greater don’t have even more?
Yes, but the teeth the greater doesn’t have are most truly terrifying!
b&
Dr. C, as soon as you get there, just nicely ask that the powers that be reserve a plate for you. Tell them you need to keep up your blood sugar. 😉
Well, wrt the teeth, humans can be IDed by their teeth, so maybe cats can ID critters by the shape and size of their fangs?
Hili, I’d be wary of this one!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe_weevil
Evil has an evil grin! The bigger the smile, the more the politician is hiding – or am I being too cynical?
And big teeth can nom cats …