A Request for Our Readers: Capitol Hill Kiss-and-Tell
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Today, in case you forgot -- we almost did -- is Valentine's Day. In keeping with the holiday, the New York Times offers us this interesting meditation on "the profoundly bizarre activity of kissing." Here's an excerpt: When parents kiss their children it means one thing, but when they kiss each other it means something entirely different. People will greet a total stranger with a kiss on the cheek, and then use an identical gesture to express their most intimate feelings to a lover. The mob kingpin gives the kiss of death, Catholics give the "kiss of peace," Jews kiss the Torah, nervous flyers kiss the ground, and the enraged sometimes demand that a kiss be applied to their hindquarters. Judas kissed Jesus, Madonna kissed Britney, a gambler kisses the dice for luck. Someone once even kissed a car for 54 hours straight.
A Request for Our Readers: Capitol Hill Kiss-and-Tell
A Request for Our Readers: Capitol Hill…
A Request for Our Readers: Capitol Hill Kiss-and-Tell
Today, in case you forgot -- we almost did -- is Valentine's Day. In keeping with the holiday, the New York Times offers us this interesting meditation on "the profoundly bizarre activity of kissing." Here's an excerpt: When parents kiss their children it means one thing, but when they kiss each other it means something entirely different. People will greet a total stranger with a kiss on the cheek, and then use an identical gesture to express their most intimate feelings to a lover. The mob kingpin gives the kiss of death, Catholics give the "kiss of peace," Jews kiss the Torah, nervous flyers kiss the ground, and the enraged sometimes demand that a kiss be applied to their hindquarters. Judas kissed Jesus, Madonna kissed Britney, a gambler kisses the dice for luck. Someone once even kissed a car for 54 hours straight.