I ventured the following analogy:
quoted 9 lines The experience of listening to Dead Cities was for me akin to> > > The experience of listening to Dead Cities was for me akin to
> > > that of having a shower in a plastic mac (not a customary practice for
> > > me, by the way). There was the perceptible sensation of something
> > > resembling warmth/feeling and certain pleasurable elements "out
> > > there" but it just didn't penetrate through to the soul; like registering
> > > "intellectually" that something satisfying was present in the
> > > immediate environment but at the same time being conscious of an
> > > obstructive layer forbidding full access to satisfaction.
> > > (*I recommend Dannimac -- heheh)
to which On Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:16:46 -0600 (CST) Deckard [no@h] wrote:
quoted 1 line Heh... interesting thoughts... but what's a plastic mac...?> Heh... interesting thoughts... but what's a plastic mac...?
OK. Think raincoat ["macintosh" in Br. Eng., hence "mac"].
Then think plastic.
Typically carried around rolled up by trainspotting types with
overprotective mums in "sensible" shoes with thermos flasks of hot sweet
tea.
Not the mums, the trainspotting types, that is.
Occasionally unrolled and donned in downpours. The mac, that is.
If that doesn't satisfactorily evoke the object in question, think of a
garment resembling a large loose-fitting condom [sans teat and avec
sleeves].
alan/beyondwearingaplasticmacandanupholderoftotallynakedshowering
[Dannimac is the market leader in plastic macs, incidentally]