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[morrisonhotel]

[Catfisher]

[tomato]

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[Catfisher]

[tomato]

It was a weekend in October. A small town in Korea was holding its annual harvest festival, and Tomato was getting off the bus, looking very forward to two days of cultural enrichment.

Then he saw a bus parked on the street, with painted letters reading MIRIAM FERGUSON SOCIETY. "Uh-oh."

Tomato walked the few blocks to the festival and decided to make a small purchase. He took an item from the display rack and carried it to the counter. "얼마입니까?� he stammered, in the best Korean he could muster.

The woman behind the counter laughed nervously.

A hand grabbed Tomato by the arm. "캔 아이 헬프 유?�

Tomato looked the other way, only to see another one. "잉글리시 티처?�

Before he knew it, he was surrounded. Questions were coming from all sides. �두 유 해브 어 하비?� �화트 이즈 유르 네임?� "두 유 라이크 김치?�

Just as Tomato started to run for cover, an apparition distracted everyone at the festival. A cloud in the sky was slowly descending to the fairground. The awe-stricken crowd silently watched as the cloud reached the ground. They continued to watch as the mist cleared. Could it be--no, it couldn't be--yes, it is! None other than Catfisher himself, surrounded with an aura of light and clad in a long white robe!

Pandemonium instantly broke out. School superintendents and English school directors rushed to the scene, armed with a work contract in one hand and a pen in the other. Women came running from all directions, shouting promises of matrimonial bliss. Children tried to outrun each other, all wanting to be the first to play 보리 보리 쌀. Friendly rivalries escalated into harsh words. Harsh words escalated into shouting matches. Shouting matches escalated into fist fights. Police arrived on the scene. They were just in time, because the women were just about to rip off his long white robe and admire the beautiful body underneath.

Meanwhile, Tomato was left stranded, all alone and completely forgotten.

[morrisonhotel]

Have you ever considered that wasting time by writing things like the above is the reason why you aren't fluent? If you've got enough time to waste creating dross like that then it's clear you aren't particularly committed to learning.

[Louis VI]

[tomato]

A person is not allowed to spend time on more than one interest?

There have been outstanding musicians who had other interests.
German composer Richard Wagner was a voluminous writer on philosophy.
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi ran an apple orchard.
Italian composer Giacomo Puccini enjoyed hunting in the forest.
Composer Albert Roussel was an officer in the French navy.
American composer Charles Ives was an insurance salesman.
German conductor Otto Klemperer earned a degree in physics before making a career switch.

Conversely, persons who were outstanding in other fields have been expert musicians.
Benjamin Franklin was a composer.
So was Charlie Chaplin.
Fred Rogers, of MisteRogers' Neighborhood, had a degree in music composition and used his own music on his show.
French philosopher and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a composer. The song "Go Tell Aunt Rhody� is based on an aria from one of his operas.
US President Thomas Jefferson played the violin.
US President Harry Truman played the piano.
US President Bill Clinton played the saxophone.
Albert Einstein was an excellent violinist.
Comedian Jack Benny also was an excellent violinist.
American poet James Whitcomb Riley owned a violin and was able to play every instrument in the orchestra.
Albert Schweitzer excelled both as a missionary doctor and as a scholar on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Woody Allen is a jazz clarinettist, and a very good one.

In light of the foregoing, I think it is good for a foreign teacher to study Korean, but a foreign teacher should not be expected to devote every leisure minute to studying Korean.

[IlIlNine]

[morrisonhotel]

[tomato]

Maybe not, but at least one of them engaged in pastimes which were just as frivolous.
Puccini had a friend who was an art student.
His friend made a life-sized three-dimensional image of himself, attached a suicide note, and hung it from a rope in a local widow's attic.
Then the friend waited inside Puccini's house for several days.
He came outside only after the widow ventured up into the attic, saw the image, and went hysterical.

Also, at least one of them engaged in pasttimes which were just as hostile.
Wagner wrote extensively on reasons why we should all hate the Jews.

[Catfisher]

Yeah. I think we all understand at this point why tomato can't speak Korean. He/She spends too much time on this forum in a feeble attempt to impress us with his/her intellect.
**yawn**
Move on with it, you beet faced slovenly Englishman.

[edwardcatflap]

[Catfisher]