Happy as a Clam

I am terribly disappointed in myself. I told myself I would write once a week or month or something like that. Well...5...months...later. Oops. But this is a fun post that I am so excited about so that makes up for it all. As I was sitting in my kitchen, using my laptop to keep the napkins from blowing off the table to the extreme force of our heater/air conditioner, I pondered how to spice up my research paper on Jane Austen. Even though my teachers usually ask me cut this part out, I cannot help putting a little personality in my papers. If they are boring and dull and stuffy, I fall asleep writing them. Anywho, I was thinking about how dramatically Elizabeth tells Mr. Darcy she won't marry him after his heartfelt proposal. He just walks away I think after a short discussion but I think he should have said something sassy (not that British men have any sass). While coming up with something for him to say these words entered my mind: "If she doesn't eat with (ch