[geeks] Re: RE: [rescue] OT: ADD - MOVING to geeks

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Mike Hebel wrote:

> "You need to slow down and not work you body so hard - you'll get sick.
>   You're not thin you know."
>
> instead of
>
> "Are you looking after your body.  You might get sick if you work it too
> hard.  You could stand to lose a little weight."

Am I the only one here that doesn't interpret these two differently?  My
fiancee is constantly correcting me on this, but, when they're said to me,
they sound equivalent.  Both of them are someone expressing their opinion
that I could be treating myself better, and I regard the both of them with
equal amounts of contempt and/or appreciation, depending on the tone or
who is delivering the message.

--Jonathan