tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post4832708916911646976..comments2024-03-07T12:57:35.296-05:00Comments on Varieties of Unreligious Experience: A health to the companyConrad H. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-61371903316293516052007-06-16T04:10:00.000-04:002007-06-16T04:10:00.000-04:00i shall NOT enterprise to teach you the single mos...i shall NOT enterprise to teach you the single most important drinking tradition of Poland: standing on the table, preferrably half-naked, and singing a series of short drinking songs between gulps; of which my favorite goes something like this:<BR/><BR/>we shall sell and drink away our grandmas little house, white little house, white little house<BR/><BR/>i shall not do it lest i am instructed to drink hemlock on account of introducing new gods and corrupting youth. but i might raise a Georgian toast. it is magnificent, but too complex too discuss here with any justice; and too long for me to copy it out here.<BR/><BR/>i just arrived in Lisbon today. i have waited 20 years to come back to this place where I had spent intense 3 days with 3 women... good to be here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-22600302817370172302007-06-14T09:49:00.000-04:002007-06-14T09:49:00.000-04:00Good question; I don't know why the editors used t...Good question; I don't know why the editors used that form in translation. The original Latin has 'weschail'.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-82923136633095048262007-06-14T09:07:00.000-04:002007-06-14T09:07:00.000-04:00wes hālWhy the long a? Isn't it attested as "wæs ...<I>wes hāl</I><BR/><BR/>Why the long a? Isn't it attested as "wæs hæil"?Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-71465196913280297082007-06-14T07:35:00.000-04:002007-06-14T07:35:00.000-04:00Well, I'm glad someone else is!Well, I'm glad <EM>someone</EM> else is!Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-53188664848932806222007-06-12T21:28:00.000-04:002007-06-12T21:28:00.000-04:00I too am a lover of toasts, and am constantly frus...I too am a lover of toasts, and am constantly frustrated by the fact that most people cannot wait to bring the alcohol to their lips to admire the wonderful social importance of drink to the human experience.Andrew W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00071098030747838202noreply@blogger.com