And yet thou couldst covet thy neighbour's arse whilst shackled in a cage, wherein thou couldst perform no ill deed unto thy neighbour's arse. To covet is but to yearn after, is it not? And how is that different from suffering the bulging temptation of as fine a brace of buttocks as e'er thou hast seen?

You need to get over it.

Well "mouth-plum" is particular to -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. yet you still saw fit to label it a Briticism. Do you consider -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. to be the sole embodiment of all things British? I consider him to be the sole embodiment of all things Brownish. Good day.

Those who find phalluses (phalli?) in everything have their heads up their ass. It happens to be a very useful shape, whether for cocks, rockets, train tunnels, or rifles. That's all it is - a useful shape. The world needs to get over it.

That's the way.

I think you can make it whatever "colour" you'd like.

Temptation preceedeth coveting, lest what shall a man covet that doeth not draw his interest? He sinneth not unless he proceedeth from seeing to coveting.

“Shocked with dismay,” “abysmal outcome,” and “urging your use of strong language,” are inelegant because they use ordinary words with their ordinary definitions to point out your prudish arrogance. Your elegant “mouth plums” relies on cultural setting and carries an air of aristocracy – an elegant Briticism. “Howdy!” and “Y'all!” are particular to sections of the US, not general Americanisms.

Coveting anything that is thy neighbour's is a sin. And what is coveting but suffering temptation? Shouldst thou covet thy neighbour's Nintendo Game Cube, thou hast committed an sin, regardless of whether or not thou hast stolen thy neighbour's Nintendo Game Cube, and hast concealed it deep within thy bosom.

That's why I gave her a -10-

Yes but you don't prefer reality over the pretense of class, do you? That's why you're using mouth-plums like "shocked you with dismay" and "calling attention to this abysmal outcome" and "urging your use of strong language". Those are hardly inelegant Americanisms. They aren't Americanisms at all. Here are some Americanisms: Good job! Howdy! Y'all! None of those are mouth-plums. Your mouth-plums look far more like an attempt to sound posh than anything I've temerariously deigned to inscribe.

Please do. But until you find out, I'd like to think that the colour of hope is love. What do you think?

Then I have committed the sin of descending from the common stock of Eve and being tempted to place a shade of beige in my drapes that matches my carpet. But how is temptation a sin? I only sin if do the unmentionable act.

the sin is not the tawdry favours but the being of common stock. the original sin was you see not being tempted in the garden of eden but the unmentionable temptation of matching ones curtains with ones carpet. to contemplate such a transgression makes my blood run cold.

An interesting, perhaps plutocratic, view of wealth and class. “Common stock,” of course, has two almost opposite meanings, which we have gouged each other with in goodhearted fun. But “sin” cannot be so used. I find it appalling that you consider it a sin to perform the tawdriest of favours. I know many people performing menial tasks who have more class than some of the wealthiest. The two seem unrelated.

you can not have class coming from common stock. you must first gain wealth performing the tawdriest of favours and only with that wealth can your descendants begin to live down your sin like we all had to of adam's.

Yes, we do come from a common stock, though it’s hard to see how that matters.