"Rest in Peace"

Three common words that pasted together make a distinctive phrase. A phrase which its use and purpose we know identifies a single occasion.

I wouldn’t mind extending its use to more common, every day occasions.

Imagine me with a group of English friends enjoying a late cup of tea. When Sir Loin gets up and announces: Gentleman, It is time for me to retire to my quarters, I need to take some rest. To which I might reply: You may well rest in peace, Sir Loin.

Isn’t this wonderful? To wish a friend peace in his sleep, isn’t it?

But of course you know that Sir Loin is not going be able to sleep if
I say that. He’ll probably spend the night thinking why I had to say “rest in peace”, whatever happened to “good night”? Did I know he was going to die that night, and was that a clue? But if so, what was he supposed to do? Certainly not closing my eyes would help, he thinks.

We’ve done it again. We took a beautiful phrase and overused it in a single occasion, ruining its versatility. Oh well, there’s nothing we can do now, it’s too late. We might all just, rest in peace.

Bernardovski 3:17

Next time you call your family doctor ask him:

Doc, I got an itch but I don't seem to be able to find the scratch. Where do you recommend me to start looking?

Note: That's for all the time I spend sitting in the little waiting room.

Bernardovski 3:17

In the early days of the Roman Empire an adventurous and handsome young man in his travels by what we know today as China, fell in love with a beautiful young lady named Mein Ho.

They married and lived together years until one day he decided that it was time for him to visit his family back in Rome. So he departed not without kissing his wife and saying "Ciao Bella Mein"

She gave him for the road his favorite meal which consisted of Fresh celery (sliced), olive oil, bean sprouts, mushroom pieces, sliced water chestnuts, cooked chicken, chicken broth, soy sauce, cooked rice, and Mein's own made noodles.

Time passed and she heard nothing from him. Years after, Mein had to take on a job and later she opened her own restaurant. She named it Mein Ho Restaurant, and her signature dish was her husband’s favorite food which she named it "Chow (Chinese spelling of Ciao) Mein."

Enough said the recipe was a hit, so much that she had to open another restaurant, and then another, and then another, and then another, and then another, and then another...

Today we're all familiar with Mein's great Chow Mein recipe and her one-of-kind Chow Mein noodles. Many variants have come alone, but none like that first one cooked by love.

And so I depart not without saying "Ciao Bella Mein"

P.S. I prefer mine with a few roasted peanuts.

Bernardovski 3:17