My mother won’t admit
My mother won’t admit it, but I’ve always been a disappointment to her. Deep down inside, she’ll never forgive herself for giving birth to a daughter who refuses to launder aluminium foil and use it over again. Erma Bombeck
Foils
Wrap fish fillets, sliced
Wrap fish fillets, sliced veggies, and other quick-cooking items inside foil packets with bundles of fresh herbs and throw them directly on the grill; the steam will release the herb’s perfume and flavor anything contained inside the pouch. Emeril Lagasse
I\\’m so not interesting
I’m so not interesting in having to try and make something out of foil.\” What, you didn’t like the poncho with wraparound leggings?\” It was beyond hideou- wait a minute. You watch that show?\” My mom loves it.\” But your suppose to be sulking in the basement getting ready to light fires.\” What can I … Read more
For me too, the
For me too, the periodic table was a passion. … As a boy, I stood in front of the display for hours, thinking how wonderful it was that each of those metal foils and jars of gas had its own distinct personality. Freeman Dyson
Some months ago we
Some months ago we discovered that certain light elements emit positrons under the action of alpha particles. Our latest experiments have shown a very striking fact: when an aluminium foil is irradiated on a polonium preparation [alpha ray emitter], the emission of positrons does not cease immediately when the active preparation is removed: the foil … Read more
If you just live
If you just live in New York and you only know New York, you know a certain kind of condition of formality and informality. By being able to go to another context and to be able to use that as a counter foil to the context you know, you are about to see a wider … Read more
I can’t fool myself
I can’t fool myself into thinking that musically I don’t need other people, whether it’s as a foil or just to come in and make real the ideas that are kind of vague and wispy in my head. Dan Bejar
Barack Obama was better
Barack Obama was better as a campaigner than as a – as a president sometimes in this same position. It is easier when you have a foil. Chuck Todd
[Barack Obama] was comfortable
[Barack Obama] was comfortable when he had the foil. Chuck Todd
The reality is [Donald]
The reality is [Donald] Trump is just better at this game than they are. Blaming the media may be a convenient foil, but the reality is, he`s played the free media game better than they have. He has used the personal attack meme against them and literally created memes about them. They need to figure … Read more