[garymill]

For some reason, reading this thread reminded me of a chapter in Jessica Porter's The Hip Chick's guide to Macrobiotics. She had been dumped by her boyfriend, and just did not want to feel the pain over it anymore, so she went to a nearby Mc Donalds, ordered a Filet O Fish, Coke and Fries. She liked the fact that for the moment she was like the rest of the world in being there, the familiarity of it all. After she ate the meal, as she said, she did not feel happy, or sad, just thick, and the breakup of her boyfriend just did not matter, she did not feel much at all.

Gary