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To Sail Beyond the Sunset- I'm reading it (again)  and I'm startign to pull out the quotes that i love but also i  am listing Mauren's "commandments"  here as i find them so i can analyze  them better
quotes
" Sex appeal is the outer evidence of  deep interest in your partners pleasure...It's the way  you give, when you give."- Jubbal H.

To this day I am convinced that tongue kissing is more intimate that coition - Maureen J.

Gentlemen enjoy offering little gallantries; a lady enjoys accepting them graciously, with a smile and a word of thanks - Maureen J.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in - Robert Frost

Money... any question that starts out "why don't they ..." the answer is money  -Maureen J.

The best wedding present I can bring my future husband is good cooking - Maureen J.

... You are an amoral little wretch. If you are not to be destroyed by your lack, you must work out a practical code of your own and live by it  - Ira J.

censorship is never logical but, like cancer, it is dangerous to ignore it when it shows up - Ira J.

...Other sorts of killing come in several flavors and each must be analyzed- Maureen J.

...bear in mind that the person who eats meat is onthe smae level as the butcher - Ira J.

[Refering to 'jumping the fence'] If you've just gotta - tell your husband what is bitting you, ask his permission, ask for his help, ask him to stand jigger for you. - Ira J. to Maureen J.

A moral

"Commandments"
  1. Thou shalt pay homage to the god favored by the majority...
  2. Thou shalt not make any  graven images of a sort that could annoy the powers that be...
  3. Thou shalt not take the name of they lord god in vain... lest mother wash your mouth with lye soap. Thou shalt not split infinitives, or dangle participles. Thou shalt shun solecisms. Thou shalt honor the noble English language
  4. Go to church on Sundays. Smile and be pleasant but don't be too summarily a hypocrite. Don't  let my children play out front on Sunday or make too much noise in the back. Support the  church by deeds and money  but not too conspicuously.
  5. Honor thy father and mother where any one  can see you. But once you leave home, live your own life. Don't let them lead you around by the nose.
  6. Thou shalt not commit murder. "Murder" means killing someone wrongfully
  7. Thou shalt not get caught committing adultery... and that means don't get pregnant, don't catch a social disease, don't let "Mrs.Grundy" suspect you.
  8. Thou shalt not steal - in general
  9. Thou Shalt not bear false witness or Don't tell lies that can hurt other people & Don't tell any fibs to your  mother that she can catch you in
  10. Thou shalt  not covet your neighbors _____________.
  11. Don't get caught
  12. Open thy mouth only if thou planneth to open thy limbs
  13. ......
  14. Thou shalt keep thy secret places as clean as a boiled egg lest thou stink in church - and hold they husbands love when thou dost catch one
  15. Thou shalt always live with in  thy house hold allowance
  16. Thou shalt not let thy children see thee cry
  17. Thou shalt not Lett they husband see thee cry- be sure to offer a smiling face - do let the children welcome him; don't let them smother him
  18. Promises must be kept - especially promises made to children
  19. Don't save up promises "til your father gets home"
  20. TBC.....
ORGINAL 10
  1. HAVE NO OTHER GODS
  2. DO NOT MAKE IDOLS
  3. KEEP THE SABBATH DAY
  4. DO NOT TAKE THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN
  5. HONOR YOUR PARENTS
  6. DO NOT MURDER
  7. DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY
  8. DO NOT STEAL
  9. DO NOT FALSELY ACCUSE
  10. DO NOT COVET


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