cucumber jane refreshing 080130 ... gja and yoghurt, with curry 080131 ... thorn on whole wheat toast with cream cheese. 080131 ... margaux in summer camp when i was about 14, the guide told me how when you peel cucumbers you shouldn't just throw away the peel, you can use them to cleanse your face. the inward part of the strip, just smooth it over your skin, you will immediately feel refreshed. 080131 ... c r 0 w l As cool as a cucumber Meaning Calm and unruffled. Origin Cool here means imperturbable rather than having a low temperature. Cucumbers are cool to the touch. First recorded in John Gay's Poems, New Song on New Similies, 1732: "I ... cool as a cucumber could see The rest of womankind." 080131 ... gja Renee, you loved that cucumber. I am sure it was the idea as much as the reality. It was the filth and the focus on rising to my dare. Oh god, best not to think about those episodes. But best not to forget either. Store. When I happened upon that cucumber some weeks later it was almost preserved, and I knew that things had changed. Things were coming along nicely. 080201 ... raze once, a plant that was plucked from a creeping vine shook my hand and called itself zucchini. it explained its pale complexion by claiming it kept its distance from the sun. it was a very cunning cucumber. now i don't trust any vegetable that speaks to me, no matter what it has to say. 220515 what's it to you? who go blather from