tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post8391664172327377485..comments2023-05-16T02:08:42.858-07:00Comments on Degringolade: Jackie and MichelleDegringoladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893964959960977677noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post-13892271241565170362009-04-07T17:32:00.000-07:002009-04-07T17:32:00.000-07:00Publius...Actually, it is Tallyrand.Publius...Actually, it is Tallyrand.Degringoladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893964959960977677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post-60457987756152033202009-04-07T07:39:00.000-07:002009-04-07T07:39:00.000-07:00Yup, folks are easily distracted by glitz and glit...Yup, folks are easily distracted by glitz and glitter. Kinda like fish are attracted to shiny lures....Mayberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664966137470121099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post-23697676098877736642009-04-07T07:31:00.000-07:002009-04-07T07:31:00.000-07:00Rather like the French king requiring the upper cl...Rather like the French king requiring the upper class to learn ballet to be in his presence. So busy learning how to look there is no time to think. But we are much too smart for that to work today aren't we?<BR/><BR/>(considering this was when ballet was new & not the evolved form it is today)Stephanie in ARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117946992633230458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post-11844257620822341292009-04-07T06:34:00.000-07:002009-04-07T06:34:00.000-07:00Nice post. I like the French quote... might that b...Nice post. I like the French quote... might that be from Tocqueville? I love Tocqueville, and wish I could have experienced the Ancient Regime in France, before the Revolution. People decry a decadent society, but it does have its fun and games.Jacob Gitteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559764359800682222noreply@blogger.com