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And it IS....that he has been eatting too many "Bangers and Mash" lately, and the effect is starting to show !

...and to keep him where you want him! Yours, IHOP aka FavelaDweller

Yikes! Scandinavian skinny-dippers warned of testicle-biting fish By Leslie Holland, CNN updated 12:07 PM EDT, Sun August 11, 2013 The Pacu's large teeth aren't as sharp as a piranha's but are "fully capable" of severing fishing lines and fingers. Happy swimming! STORY HIGHLIGHTS A fish native to South America has been discovered in Scandinavian waters The fish has been known to mistake testicles for nuts, Danish museum says Male swimmers in the strait of Oresund are being warned to wear swimsuits (CNN) -- Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, as the saying goes, male skinny-dippers in Scandinavia are being warned about a fish infamous for munching on testicles. Yes, you read that right. The Pacu, native to South America, was found by a fisherman in the Danish/Swedish strait of Oresund, according to experts at the Natural History Museum of Denmark. Though the fish has big teeth and looks menacing, it is generally known as a friendly cousin of the piranha. The Pacu's large teeth aren't as sharp as the piranha's but are "fully capable" of severing fishing lines and fingers, the museum's experts said. Oh yeah, and the Pacu is vegetarian, unlike it's meat-eating cousin. So why should swimmers beware? Pacu fish love crushing nuts with their powerful jaws and sometimes can mistake the male reproductive organs for their favorite snack. Just how the exotic fish ended up in Scandinavian waters is a bit of a mystery, the museum said. "Amateur aquarium owners and fish farmers are "the usual suspects" when we meet fish where they do not belong," said the museum's Peter Rask Moller. Museum experts said they are going to perform a genetic examination on the Pacu found in the fisherman's nets to learn more about the fish. Meantime, the advice of the museum's experts is this: "Anyone choosing to bathe in the Oresund these days had best keep their swimsuits well tied." http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/10/world/europe/scandanavia-swim-warning/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

I also enjoyed the BF book. By then, I think I was more used to WI's style. May I repeat one of my favorite stories about AE? One day, at Princeton, Mrs. Einstein was being interviewed by someone from the media, who asked, Mrs. Einstein, do you understand the theory of relativity? No, I don't, replied Mrs. E, but I do understand Albert. I thought that lovely. Best regards, RA1

Is this similar to I lost 200 pounds of ugly fat, I got a divorce? Best regards, RA1

George Will occasionally gets it right: his term for the Donald was "this bloviating idiot."

I endorse all the positive comments here. Check it out if you're not watching.

My second favorite things to eat.... Um, maybe third...... Err, the fifth...... Oh, hell in a handbasket. One of the top seventy-seven things I enjoy inserting into my mouth. After all, there are so many wonderful flavors of Haggen-Dazs.

I just love my painters to have long, firm, steady and forceful strokes.

Well, the missing mysterious fourth brother, is really quite missing now. He has semi-moved in with me, about half the nights each week. He is keeping me quite happy and quite occupied and quite satisfied. I thought I was getting to old and past my prime to be having superior-quality relations at 2AM. I thought that was only decades ago during my very wild and crazy daze. Yours IHOP aka FavelaDweller

I can only attest to the one time that we were together at Meio Mundo. He had a tough time staying between "the lines"as it were. But when he got back to where he was supposed to be, his brushstrokes were long, firm, steady and might I add, quite forceful. Yours, IHOP aka FavelaDweller

Never miss it. One of the unsung gems on cable. Good writing, good cast. The lead sort of reminds me of a cross between Gary Cooper and Harrison Ford. My one knock against the show is that Longmire sort of overdoes the brooding martyr thing with the murdered wife, the independent daughter and the weight of the world on his shoulders -- only he can right the world. It is suppose to be part of his character but for me a little less would be better.