B. Hussein is a brilliant intellect.

To a drawer full of socks.

re: #1 song_and_dance_man

B. Hussein is a brilliant intellect.

To a drawer full of socks.

Or a room full of morons.

I never thought I would like oysters. But I do.

re: #1 song_and_dance_man

B. Hussein is a brilliant intellect.

To a drawer full of socks.

Brilliant intellects for $100.

Ummmmm Who the heck went to Harvard?

Shakespeare, not so much.

re: #3 Attaboid

I never thought I would like oysters. But I do.

Clams are even better!

Much Ado about forming a giant crush on Emma Thompson in high school

re: #3 Attaboid

To eat? (Or swallow whole? :) What, if so, do they taste like? --I would eat my mother-in-law's Christmas eve oyster soup, leaving the oysters, and loving the hot milk-broth and the crackers..... :)

Is that like becoming a barnacle on a babe?

Hey, nonny, nonny.

re: #8 Ma Sands

Raw, whole, lemon. Beer.

Shhhh. Noise annoys an oyster.

Who Knows?

’Twas once upon the internet I chanced upon an argument;
A blog appeared to splinter into internecine wars.
’Twas all precipitated by a movie dedicated to
Portraying Darwinism as a truth-suppressing force.

A thousand comments did I read, another thousand did I feed
Into my aching brain, yet little progress did I find.
No sooner was a claim defeated, than it was again repeated;
Surely there’s a better way to influence a mind.

Oh Lord, I grew so weary of the cry: “It’s just a theory!” for
This charge is not dismissive in the scientific world.
And though this point was oft explained, it did not hinder those who claimed
That “Theory!” is rhetorical invective to be hurled.

My neurons whirled, my senses swirled; how did man come into this world?
I longed to take a nap, but someone said: “I’ve found a gap!”
And though the gap was quickly filled, there promptly came a voice more shrill:
“Behold!” it cried, “I now have spied a flanking pair of gaps!”

And then, with logic so perverse it’s hard to render into verse,
The charge was made that atheism is religious faith.
And even Orwell would be awed by language so profoundly flawed,
For logically, religious faith is therefore non-belief.

To try to cast theology as natural philosophy
Is clearly what Intelligent Designers have in mind.
Their documented strategy to wedge their way to victory
Speaks volumes on the nature of Intelligent Design.

Though Darwin’s Evolution is an elegant solution to
The origin of species, still I hear some people say:
“There must be something greater, so there must be a Creator,” but
Creators need creators too; it’s turtles all the way.

And so it went, and so it goes, but how it all began, who knows?
I’ll check the blog tomorrow, just in case it’s been resolved.
And if, by then, we all agree on how the humans came to be,
We’ll try to answer how and why we lizardoids evolved.

8 Foot Face

I saw these guys last night. The bassist (the guy with the horns) is the son of one of my best friends, I've known him since he was a baby.

These guys are crazy surf punks.

"I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I’ll take my oath on it, till he have made an oyster of me he shall never make me such a fool.

— William Shakespeare"

Heh.

"One woman is fair, yet I am well; another is wise, yet I am
well; another virtuous, yet I am well; but till all
graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in
my grace. Rich she shall be, that's certain; wise,
or I'll none; virtuous, or I'll never cheapen her;
fair, or I'll never look on her; mild, or come not
near me; noble, or not I for an angel; of good
discourse, an excellent musician, and her hair shall
be of what colour it please God. Ha! the prince and
Monsieur Love! I will hide me in the arbour."
(Withdraws)

Back to the Obama thread?

He was a brave man. The first man to eat an oyster....

I love them chilled with a shot of fiery Pickapeppa sauce..([Link: www.pickapeppa.com...]

Washed down with an ice cold beer.

re: #11 Attaboid

Guess I'll pass..... :) Thanks.

re: #17 WhiteRasta

Or the first to eat a snail. They must have been really hungry.

Hmmm...much ado about nothing. Charles trying to tell us something?

What the shell is Shakespeare talking about?

Charles, King of the Lizards be a tough master to please.

I want it all (and I want it now)

re: #19 song_and_dance_man

True.

An oyster looks like a stone, who would imagine there was food inside that?

good afternoon lizards (900th)

re: #21 Silhouette

What the shell is Shakespeare talking about?

Ask Obama.

Cap'n Curts Oyster Bar, Siesta Key, FL. A great place for a plate of oysters and a frosty beer.

OT

WASHINGTON - The amazement was on their faces. Hundreds waited for Barack Obama on that evening in South Carolina, 15 weeks ago, to claim victory — a surprising victory, surprisingly large.

And amazing it was. It made it possible for him to stand today on the verge of being the first black person ever nominated for president by a major party.

One could guess the thoughts of the blacks and whites in that crowd: Can you believe that our state — South Carolina, first to secede and first to open fire in the Civil War — is now catapulting a black man to the front of the presidential contest in a year that bodes well for Democrats?

"Race doesn't matter," some began to chant. "Race doesn't matter!"

Except it is the subject of three, possibly four, of the paragraphs here. It's in every story about him; mentioned by every supporter before they draw a second breath.

And what you're yelling about.

re: #13 Winslow

Who Knows?

’Twas once upon the internet I chanced upon an argument;
A blog appeared to splinter into internecine wars.
’Twas all precipitated by a movie dedicated to
Portraying Darwinism as a truth-suppressing force.

A thousand comments did I read, another thousand did I feed
Into my aching brain, yet little progress did I find.
No sooner was a claim defeated, than it was again repeated;
Surely there’s a better way to influence a mind.

Oh Lord, I grew so weary of the cry: “It’s just a theory!” for
This charge is not dismissive in the scientific world.
And though this point was oft explained, it did not hinder those who claimed
That “Theory!” is rhetorical invective to be hurled.

My neurons whirled, my senses swirled; how did man come into this world?
I longed to take a nap, but someone said: “I’ve found a gap!”
And though the gap was quickly filled, there promptly came a voice more shrill:
“Behold!” it cried, “I now have spied a flanking pair of gaps!”

And then, with logic so perverse it’s hard to render into verse,
The charge was made that atheism is religious faith.
And even Orwell would be awed at language so profoundly flawed,
For logically, religious faith is therefore non-belief.

To try to cast theology as natural philosophy
Is clearly what Intelligent Designers have in mind.
Their documented strategy to wedge their way to victory
Speaks volumes on the nature of Intelligent Design.

Though Darwin’s Evolution is an elegant solution to
The origin of species, still I hear some people say:
“There must be something greater, so there must be a Creator,” but
Creators need creators too; it’s turtles all the way.

And so it went, and so it goes, but how it all began, who knows?
I’ll check the blog tomorrow, just in case it’s been resolved.
And if, by then, we all agree on how the humans came to be,
We’ll try to answer how and why we lizardoids evolved.

That is bloody brilliant. I added it to my favorites.

re: #5 Attaboid

How can you not love Shakespeare?

Oysters, Hepatitis A on a half shell. Yuck.

re: #7 arrow75

Much Ado about forming a giant crush on Emma Thompson in high school

Was your only other post talking about her sister?

re: #19 song_and_dance_man

Or the first to eat a snail. They must have been really hungry.

They had a bunch of garlic and a good imagination.

re: #21 Silhouette

What the shell is Shakespeare talking about?

Usually, the answer is, "to be."

re: #23 WhiteRasta

True.

An oyster looks like a stone, who would imagine there was food inside that?

Birds whack them with rocks to get them open.

re: #28 Sharmuta

I bloody-well thank you, Sharmuta.

Looks like I'll be able to get my vegetable garden planted (and transplanted) Tuesday or Wednesday. I thought I'd be able to get started today, but it was pouring rain this morning, and too muddy to do anything by the time it quit about midafternoon.

I wanna get my veggies in!

-- Ann

Good evening All! I remember when my date ordered us escargot, I had no idea what it was till it arrived, and could only down one. The rest of the date went downhill from there.....

re: #26 GoJeepGo

A friend and myself were kicked out of an oyster bar in Ft Lauderdale, for eating too many oysters.

It was an "all you can eat" place. The manager came up to us and said, "Youse guys have had enough. Go home."

When a no-neck Sicilian tells you to go away, you say, "Yessir. Please bring the bill."

re: #38 WhiteRasta

Heh, an "all you can eat" place.

As in "That's all youse can eat, now get the fahk outta here"!

re: #2 VegasRick

and idiots

Some Mozart to go with our Shakespeare.

re: #39 Slumbering Behemoth

Exactly!

re: #23 WhiteRasta

True.

An oyster looks like a stone, who would imagine there was food inside that?

I'm sure someone saw some animal eating them and thought, if there good enough for them there good enough for me, and besides I'm hungry.

re: #39 Slumbering Behemoth

Heh, an "all you can eat" place.

As in "That's all youse can eat, now get the fahk outta here"!

You Go NOW!

re: #29 Sharmuta

How can you not love Shakespeare?

I like to imagine what young Will Shakespeare's teachers thought of him. Was he the class wit? Did he daydream instead of doing his homework? Did he reveal any hints of his genius? Did any of them appreciate him?

re: #31 VegasRick

Yes, I only jump into the fray for the Thompson sisters.

Are they still arguing about BO's "brilliance"?

[Link: petelevin.com...]

When a simple epithet will simply not do.

re: #45 goddessoftheclassroom

I like to imagine what young Will Shakespeare's teachers thought of him. Was he the class wit? Did he daydream instead of doing his homework? Did he reveal any hints of his genius? Did any of them appreciate him?

I've found that, often times, geniuses are seldom appreciated.

OT, a cool fighter video courtesy of the Swiss AF

re: #46 arrow75

Yes, I only jump into the fray for the Thompson sisters.

I had twins once.

re: #32 debutaunt

They had a bunch of garlic and a good imagination.

I can't imagine there's enough garlic in the world that would get me to eat one.

Anyone who says "Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved", has never loved and lost. I got lucky.

I am gonna have a massive Pizza tonight

re: #52 song_and_dance_man

I can't imagine there's enough garlic in the world that would get me to eat one.

I adore escargot in garlic butter. YUM!

re: #3 Attaboid

I never thought I would like oysters. But I do.

That's interesting.
I always thought I would like them, and I don't!

re: #53 4wheel

Anyone who says "Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved", has never loved and lost. I got lucky.

Tennyson wrote that in "In Memoriam" about of friend of his who died. It's about fraternal love, not romantic--thus it makes far more sense.

re: #13 Winslow

Thoughtful poem Winslow - Thank you.

Didn't Carl Sagan hypothesize Adam and Eve could have been Lizards?

re: #55 goddessoftheclassroom

I adore escargot in garlic butter. YUM!

Is it the snail or the garlic butter that is yum.

I almost tried escargot once, but reason took hold and wouldn't allow it.

re: #57 goddessoftheclassroom

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but then it doesn't matter. In real life, I am loved.

I just got my wisdom teeth removed a few days ago, and man, could I use some meat! Makes me want to massacre entire colonies of innocent oysters.

Why, oh why, did God give us some useless teeth?

re: #59 song_and_dance_man

Is it the snail or the garlic butter that is yum.

I almost tried escargot once, but reason took hold and wouldn't allow it.

Well-done escargot are tender, and the garlic better enhances their yumminess.

re: #43 song_and_dance_man

That's probably exactly what happened.

Then he discovered the side effects of what happens when men eat oysters!

By the way, all you lizard {Mommies}...

re: #55 goddessoftheclassroom

I adore escargot in garlic butter. YUM!

With some lovely sourdough bread to sop up the juices!

re: #60 4wheel

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but then it doesn't matter. In real life, I am loved.

I am glad.

Many people think that "Tis better to have loved and lost" refers to the end of a romantic relationship, the pain of which can challenge that sentiment.

On the other hand, the warm memories of a loving friendship can outlive death.

re: #63 WhiteRasta

That's probably exactly what happened.

Then he discovered the side effects of what happens when men eat oysters!

When I was a kid my Dad had a friend that owned an oyster bar and we went there one time and he tried to give me some. He told me "It'll put lead in your pencil" (he was a no neck Sicilian guy like my father). I said "with all due respect, I don't have anybody that important to write to". I love them now.

re: #62 goddessoftheclassroom

Well-done escargot are tender, and the garlic better enhances their yumminess.

Describing taste is always tough. Do they taste like something that is common?

You almost make me wish I had tried them.

I unwittingly ate calamari once, yet still ate the whole plate after realizing what it was.

re: #64 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You are quite right!

To all our Lizard Mothers, Stepmothers, Foster Mothers, Grandmothers, and any other Moms -- Happy Mother's Day tomorrow!

-- Ann

re: #58 MacGregor

Thank you, MacGregor.
I don't know if there was a Sagan Lizard hypothesis, but if there was, it would be oddly appropos.

re: #55 goddessoftheclassroom

There was a terrific PBS series a few years ago that explored his early years. Lots of fascinating tidbits.

re: #68 song_and_dance_man

Describing taste is always tough. Do they taste like something that is common?

You almost make me wish I had tried them.

I unwittingly ate calamari once, yet still ate the whole plate after realizing what it was.

Sort of like steamed oysters or clams.

re: #63 WhiteRasta

Then he discovered the side effects of what happens when men eat oysters!

I sure hope cigarettes were invented by then.

re: #61 Zach_the_Lizard

I had mine removed many years back. My lowers were impacted (jaw bone grown over) so they had to dislocate my jaw, shatter the teeth within and remove them piece by piece. I looked like someone took a bat to my face, and couldn't eat solid food for weeks.

When I could, the first thing I ate was a hamburger. It is no exaggeration when I say that that experience was better than sex. Well, most sex anyway.

re: #67 VegasRick

HAHAHA very good! LOL.

re: #61 Zach_the_Lizard

How dare you...dare you...question the intelligence behind the design!

Don't you know you could be hit by lightning at any moment. Pray for mercy...now! No, not that god, the other one...

I'll eat cooked oysters but not raw ones

re: #68 song_and_dance_man

Describing taste is always tough. Do they taste like something that is common?

You almost make me wish I had tried them.

I unwittingly ate calamari once, yet still ate the whole plate after realizing what it was.

Try to imagine what it's like to eat a snail. It isn't anything like that thought.

re: #61 Zach_the_Lizard

I just got my wisdom teeth removed a few days ago, and man, could I use some meat! Makes me want to massacre entire colonies of innocent oysters.

Why, oh why, did God give us some useless teeth?

The blender was created on the 8th day?