[Magdalen] Great octopus tonight!

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Fri Mar 13 16:58:14 UTC 2015


Oh, I thought maybe that's how you had faxed it to Jon!

> On Mar 13, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No, I don't print octopus!
> 
> Kate
> 
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
> 
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> So, Kate, I take it you have one of those newfangled 3-D Fax machines...?
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Did you get the fax yet? <gr>
>>> 
>>> Kate
>>> 
>>> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and
>> walk
>>> humbly with your God?"
>>> Micah 6:8
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Sounds yummy, Kate!  Fax me some?
>>>> 
>>>> I love octopus sushi.
>>>> 
>>>> +++
>>>> Grace & peace,
>>>> jon
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> When the late ex and I were at the beach in SC one year, we were
>> walking
>>>> on
>>>>> the pier one night and encountered a fisherman who had caught a small
>>>>> octopus. Several people had gathered around him, watching with interest
>>>> as
>>>>> he attempted to remove it from his line and hook, and we joined them.
>> No
>>>>> sooner would he get one tentacle unwound than all the others would
>> latch
>>>> on
>>>>> more determinedly. Finally he took out a Swiss army knife, cut the line
>>>>> loose as close to the creature as possible, and threw the whole thing
>>>> back
>>>>> in the water, saying, "All right, YOU figure it out!!" I have no doubt
>>>> the
>>>>> little guy did.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:52 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net
>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> And probably the most intelligent invertebrates - some say about
>>>>>> equivalent to that of a dog.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -------------------------------------
>>>>>> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jim Handsfield
>>>>>> jhandsfield at att.net
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> At an amazing Chinese luncheon prepared by the wife of a seminarian
>>>>> from
>>>>>> Hong Kong, I found myself staring at one small tentacle on a bit of
>>>>>> lettuce--all that was left of the salad. There was no way I could put
>>>>> those
>>>>>> suction cups in my mouth, so I asked the classmate on my left if he
>>>> would
>>>>>> like it, and we made the transfer undetected.
>>>>>>> Yesterday someone posted a video on YouTube showing the amazing
>>>>>> camouflage capabilities of octopus and another showing a rather large
>>>> one
>>>>>> passing through an incredibly small hole to get from a boat into the
>>>>> water.
>>>>>> They certainly are odd creatures...
>> 


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