Discipline is . . .

. . . having the self-restraint to suck a lozenge or sweet until it dissolves rather than hastening the process by chewing or biting.

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11 Responses to Discipline is . . .

  1. dutchie down south's avatar dutchie down south says:
    07/07/2011 at 2:39 pm

    call me spineless….

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  2. homepaddock's avatar homepaddock says:
    07/07/2011 at 2:59 pm

    Some days I have a spine, some days I don’t.

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  3. robertguyton's avatar robertguyton says:
    07/07/2011 at 3:09 pm

    I never crunch.

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  4. Moist von Lipwig's avatar Moist von Lipwig says:
    07/07/2011 at 3:37 pm

    Discipline…
    A workmate from years back was accepted for a job at Roaul Island, or one of our outer islands. He was an engineer. In those days the posting was for about a year I think, with not much contact during that time.
    This was big news for the small town that he was from so the local store arranged to give him a year’s supply of chocolate. He was duly farewelled with a huge case of assorted Cadbury and Nestle bars.
    On the island, Sunday was his chocolate day and he selected the top bar from the box. Over the year he never once altered the order of the bars, always taking the next one regardless if he liked it or not.
    The less disciplined among us might have been tempted to rummage through for our favorite, but he was quite proud that he did not succumb.
    These were simpler times of course.

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  5. Andrei's avatar Andrei says:
    07/07/2011 at 3:39 pm

    Why doesn’t your virtue in this regard surprise me Robert Guyton?

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  6. homepaddock's avatar homepaddock says:
    07/07/2011 at 3:41 pm

    Anyone who can make a year’s worth of chocolate last a year is indeed disciplined.

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  7. robertguyton's avatar robertguyton says:
    07/07/2011 at 4:15 pm

    You’d expect nothing less of me Andrei?
    That’ll be it.

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  8. laughykate's avatar laughykate says:
    07/07/2011 at 6:58 pm

    Nope, I just can’t.

    I blame it on email.

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  9. pdm's avatar pdm says:
    07/07/2011 at 7:06 pm

    So when people say that RG is a sucker it is true.

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  10. Cadwallader's avatar Cadwallader says:
    07/07/2011 at 7:20 pm

    I used to like the gob-stoppers which were large for a child’s mouth and would change colour as they dissolved. We now have the Green Party to perform the roles of gobbing and changing colour.

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  11. robertguyton's avatar robertguyton says:
    07/07/2011 at 8:49 pm

    pdm – ha!

    Cad – if Act was a confectionery, they’d be one of those sour lollies that pucker your whole mouth til you look like Hilary Calvert.

    🙂

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