[Magdalen] Great octopus tonight!

Kate Conant kate.conant at gmail.com
Fri Mar 13 17:38:13 UTC 2015


Sadly so.

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> It would have only been a copy of an octopus. Invertebrates lose their
> flavor after faxing.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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