Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!crs From: crs@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.women,net.music Subject: Re: Cyndi Lauper? Message-ID: <19145@lanl.ARPA> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 09:50:08 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.19145 Posted: Wed Jan 9 09:50:08 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 06:05:02 EST References: <147@decwrl.UUCP> Sender: newsreader@lanl.ARPA Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 10 Xref: watmath net.women:4042 net.music:5679 et that as meaning that "I never ever want *anything* except to be left alone." I'd interpret that colloquialism as "I'd like to be left alone for a while" or as "Don't bug me right now." Perhaps, because I've only seen the phrase out of context as posted, I'm not getting the full picture. Do others really find it offensive [in context, out of context]? Charlie