Pickled Cucumber?

[R.Gancie/C.Parcelli]

Mr. Pickled Cucumber,

I'm sorry. I just had to type that out. (laughter) CP

pickled cucumber wrote:

> Mr. Brennan, you chose to monologue to me the aphorism:
>
> "Obesity is the opiate of the American intellectual..."
>
> The aphorism is quite endearing, but as it stands, it seems somewhat
> - how shall I put it? - denuded.  Is there any foundation for it?
> The term "American intellectual" brings to mind, randomly, people
> like Mills, Dewey, Whitman, William James, Cage, Thoreau, DuBois.
> Could you perhaps elaborate on how it is that obesity is claimed to
> be - or have been - their common opiate?  Assuming, of course, that
> you do not share Mr. Parcelli's view that intellectual honesty
> forbids one from responding cogently to pickled cucumbers.
>
> PC
>
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