Actually, it's mostly mint flavoring that triggers my gag reflex. Fresh mint, in tiny quantities, is OK. (I've got a recipe for a bulgar salad with carrots, almonds, dried cranberries, and a few other things, and it calls for fresh mint. I cut it down to about a quarter of the amount specified, and liked it that way. I still didn't like the smell of the whole bunch of mint, though.)
You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 30: Going on Thirteen
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Hil R. - Apr 18, 2006 6:22:22 pm PDT #118 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
beth b - Apr 18, 2006 6:22:52 pm PDT #119 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
yay for homework being done... Lemon drop I bet I have vodka around...
Sparky1 - Apr 18, 2006 6:24:10 pm PDT #120 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
My homework that is due on Monday is DONE
Wow.
sj - Apr 18, 2006 6:25:02 pm PDT #121 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, Suzi! You deserve the Lemon Drop. Someone needs to take me out for cosmopolitans, but I will settle for spending the day tomorrow with the cutest 10 year old ever.
Connie Neil - Apr 18, 2006 6:40:14 pm PDT #122 of 10002
brillig
What a glorious episode of House! Cameron so got the smackdown she needed. My god, that bitch should be fired. It's all about her and her delicate little feelings. Welcome to the real world, toots, now grow the fuck up.
I love House.
Steph L. - Apr 18, 2006 7:28:25 pm PDT #123 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I won't even let the dentist use toothpaste when cleaning my teeth, such is my hatred of mint and my fear of the gag reflex.
Me too.
I had NO idea anyone else shared this degree of mint aversion. I thought I was a lone freak with a VERY tolerant dentist.
I feel so much better.
beekaytee - Apr 18, 2006 7:45:20 pm PDT #124 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Racing to the end of the shiny new thread to say many thanks for the lovely beej-day wishes (I'm with Pete...that just sounds porny).
I did have a fabulous day that ended with dinner with friends at a very cool restaurant called Busboys and Poets. Much hilarity...including the cringeworthy, everyone in the place sings an off-key Happy Birthday as I sink below the table. Good times!
Nicole-I won't be able to make F2F this year because I'm running the 20 year reunion of the Great Peace March. But NEXT year, for sure.
Mojitos are Soooo of the tasty. About a half of one and I'm dipsy, though. A friend calls them 'aquarium water' due to the murk. I love 'em...and I'm with all y'all mint lovahs.
Off to bed to prep for the rest of Birthday Week.
Tomorrow night, Fella is painting me with mehndi. This is going to be fun.
Scrappy - Apr 18, 2006 7:45:41 pm PDT #125 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I LOVE mint. More for me.
I worked from 7am to 6pm today--and then to my rollerskating class. I am pooped. Pooped but happy, because right before I left, my boss called. I got a 15% raise!
beekaytee - Apr 18, 2006 7:50:11 pm PDT #126 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Whoot! Congrats on a) getting a raise and b) for taking a rollerskating class...how fun must that be?! (fondly remembering Roll Bounce and wishing I had that kind of balance)
Vortex - Apr 18, 2006 7:56:31 pm PDT #127 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I had NO idea anyone else shared this degree of mint aversion.
I'm not that bad. I am, however, left feeling nauseated until I either eat something, or drink something soothing like ginger ale or sparkling water.