In case you have to deal with these folks again -

Post #260,344 by Ashton 6/29/06 12:56:15 AM Reply	In case you have to deal with these folks again - Here's a ref from [link\|http://www.thebowencenter.org/pages/theory.html\| Salon], linked in connection with another problem involving er, human behavior. Although it's couched in the pseudo-exact terminology that is popular in every wannabe-'science' - if you can get through the turgid prose, there are also enough examples, possibly to fathom and apply something of his 'Theory'. Remember the Principle, from School for Scoundrels (the Alastair Sim version): He who is not One-Up is ... One-Down. [link\|http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008IARP/202-2371241-6598255\| Review]. See, folks knew this stuff - way back in 1960 even. Since much of the behavior of persons you've described is very much about desperately Staying One-Up, perhaps a combo of the Theory + (almost Anything with Alistair Sim) can bring you up to speed, re one of the more popular and annoying pastimes of the unimaginitive masses. Luck, moi
Post #260,362 by bionerd 6/29/06 9:00:58 AM Reply	I beg your pardon? (new thread) Created as new thread #260361 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=260361\|I beg your pardon?] Sometimes. When a man is alone in his room... he wears stretchy pants. It's for fun.
Post #260,364 by bionerd 6/29/06 9:01:35 AM Reply	I beg your pardon? (new thread) Created as new thread #260363 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=260363\|I beg your pardon?] Sometimes. When a man is alone in his room... he wears stretchy pants. It's for fun.
Post #260,425 by Nightowl 6/29/06 1:07:07 PM Reply	Thanks, Ashton! I'll have to deal with them again on smaller scales, (not with supplies and boxes of stuff to guard), at other family functions, so I appreciate it. I glanced through the article you linked to, and it looks fascinating. I bookmarked it to read better later, as mom is on her way here. She's coming over expecting me to start recreating Alaska for her VBS classroom. ;) Brenda "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert ************************** "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss ******************************* "Sometimes it takes a whole lot more strength to walk away than to stand there and fight." -- By the character of John Abbott: said on Young & Restless on 5/19/06 *******************************

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