# Opus=Zen Master?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-zen-master/264276>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 13, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-zen-master/264276 "2004-09-13T17:51:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-zen-master/264276/21 "2004-09-14T17:07:21Z")

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Mass arousal? Well, they do come in bunches…

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-zen-master/264276/22 "2004-09-14T17:48:02Z")

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> [@Maureen](#):
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> Thanks, all. I feel better already. Hard to be in a bad mood when you see **balance** with a dandelion stem hanging from one nostril…

While I have not had dandelion up the nose, less than 10 minutes ago I did manage to snort some broccoli while trying to answer the phone. ☹

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**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-zen-master/264276/23 "2004-09-14T18:13:47Z")

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**Harmless** , I think you need to elaborate of that last post. The mental images it conjures up are horrific!

And **PussyCow** , a banana assault weapon would be classified as a Weapon of _MAX_ Arousal :eek:

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-zen-master/264276/24 "2004-09-14T18:23:14Z")

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> [@TwoTrouts](#):
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> **Harmless** , I think you need to elaborate of that last post. The mental images it conjures up are horrific!

As are the actual images.  
I’m pretty :sniff: sure that some of it… :sniff-sniff: is still _:snooooooork:_ up there too. ☹

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**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-zen-master/264276/25 "2004-09-14T19:22:51Z")

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::hands **harmless** a tissue::

Aw, sweetie. I don’t think broccoli was meant to be ingested nasally, I really don’t. But I operate on autopilot when I’m on the phone, too.

Case in point: Just got back to my desk with my lunch, and started laughing when I saw it. Went to the store, grabbed prepackaged chinese chicken salad from the deli. Without even thinking, I grabbed cream of broccoli soup and a banana for dessert. 😃 Talk about subliminal processing…  
And I’ve been _dying_ for a fudge anna since last night.

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