Nip substitute?

As you know, there seem to be a lot of herby substances that knock
Stinky into a state of stoned bliss-- unlike the real stuff, though,
these seem to just put him into a hypno-trance without the playful
stage.

Today I received a package from an Ebay purchase, the sender had
enclosed a little lagniappe of a potpourri bag full of lavender buds.

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I was unfamiliar with the word "lagniappe", so I looked it up on
dictionary.com. It has an interesting history:

la?gniappe Pronunciation Key (lan yap', lan' yap)

n. Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi
A small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the
customer's purchase.
An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called boot.

[Louisiana French, from American Spanish la ?apa, the gift : la, the
(from Latin illa, feminine of ille, that, the. See al-1 in Indo-European
Roots) + ?apa(variant of yapa, gift, from Quechua, from yapay, to give
more).]

Regional Note: Lagniappe derives from New World Spanish la ?apa,
"the gift," and ultimately from Quechua yapay, "to give more." The
word came into the rich Creole dialect mixture of New Orleans and
there acquired a French spelling. It is still used in the Gulf states,
especially southern Louisiana, to denote a little bonus that a friendly
shopkeeper might add to a purchase. By extension, it may mean "an
extra or unexpected gift or benefit."

jmcquown...

Some old cookbooks (usually regional) contain a Lagniappe section of
unexpected little extras. It's a term folks who have lived in the southern
U.S. are familiar with :)

Well, Stinky snuggled up to this thing, and in a few minutes, he was
killing tissue paper and bunny-kicking placemats. Now. he's just
flopped into a purry puddle. ;)

Theresa

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