On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 21:50:32 +0000 (UTC), Rick Chappell
> wrote:

>Green tea with milk and sucralose?
>
>I have tried sitting on my hands, counting to 10, taking deep breaths,
>pretending I'm Dan Quayle, and banging my head repeatedly on my tatami.
>
>However, ....
>
>Desperate times call for desperate measures:
>
>Apostate! Heathen! Whore of Babylon (sorry, I grew up in Texas)! Purveyor
>of filth and venom and corruptor of sacraments!
>
>I will consume green tea with milk and sucralose along with my blueberry
>bagel, ritz cracker faux applie pie, and pastrami-on-white-with-a slice-
>of-Kraft-single sandwich.
>
>Is this the way to treat a divine herb of whom Lu Yu stated "Its liquor is
>like the sweetest dew from Heaven" (never mind that he boiled it with
>onions and pepper)?
>
>You might as well spread peanut butter on the host.
>
>Yours in theologic outrage,
>
>Rick.

Brother Chappell -

Before you lay your right hand upon my forehead, to exorcise the
demons from my being for mentioning such blasphemy, and then
commanding me to rePENT for my sins, at least allow me to state my
defense:

Um, well, I didn't add *much* milk and sucralose to my green tea.

cv