tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post1085348295416994273..comments2024-02-17T12:34:01.400-08:00Comments on Illusion of Prosperity: Word of the DayStagflationary Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-86986013307681241282016-09-14T07:06:50.468-07:002016-09-14T07:06:50.468-07:00Why not? Mr. Creosote?
Cornonsky
So who was Curn...Why not? Mr. Creosote?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.french-news-online.com/wordpress/?p=33331#axzz4FNF8zZH1" rel="nofollow">Cornonsky</a><br /><br /><i>So who was Curnonsky? This was the pen name of Maurice Edmond Sailland (1872-1956), the French writer, novelist, biographer, and gastronome who in a public referendum in 1927 earned the title ‘Prince of Gastronomes’ basically by gently over-indulging and in grande style over a very long time. It turns out this award was a unique honour as no-one else has ever been recognised in the same way since. According to legend Curnonsky, who adopted the pen name because it sounded vaguely Russian and mysterious, was so heavy in his later years that he was he was unable to walk and was thus carried to his food assignations by six stout fellow gourmets. He died in July 1956 aged 84, allegedly after falling from his apartment window…!</i><br /><br />And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.<br /><br />Oh sir! It's only a tiny little thin one.<br /><br />Oh sir... it's only wafer thin.<br /><br />Oh sir, just... just one...<br /><br />Just the one, sir... voila... bon appetit...Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-68017972415642696252016-09-14T06:38:14.439-07:002016-09-14T06:38:14.439-07:00cur corners
Cur Non!<i>cur corners</i><br /><br />Cur Non!mabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-84997671983727800152016-09-13T11:33:42.364-07:002016-09-13T11:33:42.364-07:00P.S. One way to "cur corners" is to skip...P.S. One way to "cur corners" is to skip the spell checking step.<br /><br />Bad Mark. Bad! Bad! Hahaha!<br /><br />Hey. Been there. Done that. Nobody's perfect. :)Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.com