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English term or phrase:
tofu-eating mediators
English answer:
hippy type-mediators, (tree-hugging,) tofu-reating, (sandal wearing),..
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Yvonne Gallagher
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tofu-eating mediators
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Sure, the tofu-eating mediators contacted me with all sorts of offers about talking to the dead and traveling to higher planes of consciousness. But they were not my type. Then in early 1976 I was contacted by a couple in San Diego, Jay and Martha B., who promised to introduce me to spiritual entities. “You’ll be able to talk to them,” the B.s promised. “You can talk to them and they’ll answer.”
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Yvonne Gallagher
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hippy type-mediators, (tree-hugging,) tofu-reating, (sandal wearing),..
yes, as Jack says, they are vegetarian but the "tofu" bit implies they are liberal, New Wave, free-thinking, whale-saving etc etc as well
Often a put-down of people not seen as being in the "real world" as here where it follows with "NOT MY TYPE"
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...tree-hugging hippies....
Said representation is a pathetic, politically-motivated hoax pushed by tree-hugging, tofu-eating, anti-civilization hippies who base scientific theories on emotion, ...
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typo tofu-eating
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or even
HIPPY-DIPPY TYPE MEDIATORS
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glad to have helped
Often a put-down of people not seen as being in the "real world" as here where it follows with "NOT MY TYPE"
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...tree-hugging hippies....
Said representation is a pathetic, politically-motivated hoax pushed by tree-hugging, tofu-eating, anti-civilization hippies who base scientific theories on emotion, ...
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Note added at 35 mins (2012-04-29 09:14:05 GMT)
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typo tofu-eating
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-04-29 09:46:20 GMT)
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or even
HIPPY-DIPPY TYPE MEDIATORS
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Note added at 4 days (2012-05-04 08:24:48 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
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Jack Doughty
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vegetarian mediators
Tofu is a vegetarian substitute for meat. "Tofu-eating" is a scornful way of referring to the mediators, who are trendy people with belief in spiritualism, herbalist remedies, etc.
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