I always was fond of eating and drinking, even as a child--especiallyeating, in those early days. I had an appetite then, also adigestion. I remember a dull-eyed, livid-complexioned gentlemancoming to dine at our house once. He watched me eating for about fiveminutes, quite fascinated seemingly, and Parajumpers Alaska Sverige then he turned to my fatherwith--"Does your boy ever suffer from dyspepsia?""I never heard him complain of anything of that kind," replied myfather. "Do you ever suffer from dyspepsia, Colly wobbles?" (Theycalled me Colly wobbles, but it was not my real name.)"No, pa," I answered. After which I added:
"What is dyspepsia, pa?"My livid-complexioned friend regarded me with a look of mingledamazement and envy. Then in a tone of infinite pity he slowly said:
"You will know--some day."My poor, dear mother used to say she liked to see me eat, and it hasalways Moncler Melina Suomi been a pleasant reflection to me since that I must have givenher much gratification in that direction. A growing, healthy lad,taking plenty of exercise and careful to restrain himself fromindulging in too much study, can generally satisfy the most exactingexpectations as regards his feeding powers.
It is Newcastle Jerseys amusing to see boys eat when you have not got to pay for it.
Their idea of a square meal is a pound and a half of roast beef withfive or six good-sized potatoes (soapy ones preferred as being moresubstantial), plenty of greens, and four thick slices of Yorkshirepudding, followed by a couple of currant dumplings, a few greenapples, a pen'orth of nuts, half a dozen jumbles, and a bottle ofginger-beer. After that they play at horses.
How they must despise us men, who require to sit quiet for a couple ofhours after dining off a spoonful of clear soup and the wing of achicken!
But the boys have not all the advantages on their side. A boy neverenjoys the luxury of being satisfied. A boy never feels full. He Benfica Kid Jerseys cannever stretch out his legs, put his hands behind his head, and,closing his eyes, sink into the San Jose Sharks Pelipaidat ethereal blissfulness that encompassesthe well-dined man. A dinner makes no difference whatever to a boy.
To a man it is as a good fairy's potion, and after it the worldappears a brighter and a better place. A man who has dinedsatisfactorily experiences a yearning love toward all hisfellow-creatures. He strokes the cat quite gently and calls it "poorpussy," in tones full of the tenderest Moncler Gueran Suomi emotion. He sympathizes withthe members of the German band outside and wonders if they are cold;and for the moment he does not even hate his wife's relations.
A good dinner brings out all the softer side of a man. Under itsgenial influence the gloomy and morose become jovial and chatty.
Sour, starchy individuals, who all the rest of the day go aboutlooking as if they lived on vinegar and Epsom salts, break out intowreathed smiles after dinner, and exhibit parka Woolrich Jacket Donne a tendency to pat smallchildren on the head and to talk to them--vaguely--about sixpences.
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