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..... :)

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)

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.

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: #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.

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: #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: #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: #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: #73 song_and_dance_man

..."I sure hope cigarettes were invented by then.....

And I'll bet they were taxed 5 minutes later!

And then banned!

re: #76 brainwizard73

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...

oh shit! Here we go droppin' flame war grenades....new it was too good to last....

re: #62 goddessoftheclassroom

re: #68 song_and_dance_man

And warm bread to soak up any garlicky goodness!

re: #76 brainwizard73

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...

Oh dear, now we've got yet another ID (Intellectual Dysfunction) vs evolution debate. Batten down the hatches!

re: #77 neocon hippie

Try them raw with some fiery Pickapeppa sauce.

Almost as good as sex.....

([Link: www.pickapeppa.com...]

re: #83 Zach_the_Lizard

Oh dear, now we've got yet another ID (Intellectual Dysfunction) vs evolution debate. Batten down the hatches!

NAH! NAH! NAH!

re: #83 Zach_the_Lizard

Oh dear, now we've got yet another ID (Intellectual Dysfunction) vs evolution debate. Batten down the hatches!

NO! PLEASE! ENOUGH ALREADY!

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?

They took mine out the year I got out of High School. I snored when they put me under so they had to wake me up for the procedure. It was horrible. I got to hear every crunch and crack and pop.... and felt the pressure and the manhandling of my whole head. I don't ever hope to do that again. Made my root canal seem rather dull by comparison.

Happy mother's day mamma lizards!

re: #84 WhiteRasta

Try them raw with some fiery Pickapeppa sauce.

Almost as good as sex.....

([Link: www.pickapeppa.com...]

What the?! Sacrelidge! TABASCO! If it's doesn't come from Avery Island, you don't put it on an oyster man!

I just got a letter from someone claiming to be my dad's cousin. He wants to talk to me because some journalist wants to write an article or something about my dad. I'm I think it's a scam or something. What do you guys think.

re: #91 Killgore Trout

I just got a letter from someone claiming to be my dad's cousin. He wants to talk to me because some journalist wants to write an article or something about my dad. I'm I think it's a scam or something. What do you guys think.

I think scam. Why wouldn't the journalist contact you directly.

re: #91 Killgore Trout

I just got a letter from someone claiming to be my dad's cousin. He wants to talk to me because some journalist wants to write an article or something about my dad. I'm I think it's a scam or something. What do you guys think.

Ask him why he's waiting for such an opportune time to contact a "dear" relative....I loathe posers too!

Anyone been to the sewer today?

Koskidz...

Barack Obama betrays America by pledging allegiance to Israel

Dear Senator Obama,

You have pledged your support to Israel in solidarity, contrary to the Founding Fathers' advice against entangling alliances with foreign powers.

...Mr. Obama, thanks a lot for deceiving millions of people with "Change We Can Believe In" campaign motto, because you are irrevocably guilty of servile treason to the United States of America by selling out every bit of sovereignty, national security and world peace to appease Israel at the expense of the People by robbing of their Happiness and plundering their Labor to bankroll the petty existence of a foreign land ruled by a racist, apartheid, ethnocentric and theocratic Zionist movement that ultimately became a parasite on the back of Uncle Sam as the host that will prove to be a mortal danger to human civilization in abrogation of peace, justice and universal harmony.

Keep $5.01 donation.

Progressive!

re: #90 paxnhymn

With all due respect, my friend:

Tabasco is a girly, mild, French, kinda sauce. Compared to Pickapeppa Red.

re: #91 Killgore Trout

I just got a letter from someone claiming to be my dad's cousin. He wants to talk to me because some journalist wants to write an article or something about my dad. I'm I think it's a scam or something. What do you guys think.

Is he a Barrister from Nigeria?

re: #94 song_and_dance_man

Relax, they are jesting. In reply to Zach I might have said, the blender hadn't evolved yet.

Good. hell, S&D, you're like I am..it was OK the first coupla years but that dead horse is too stinky to kick anymore!

re: #97 NJDhockeyfan

Is he a former President of Nigeria?

Great. More tornadoes on the ground, how many will die this week?

re: #99 song_and_dance_man

I got a dumb mouth - my wisdom teeth never sprouted.

Obama has 32 wisdom teeth.

re: #13 Winslow

Bravo!

re: #83 Zach_the_Lizard

No, no, no, no, enough of that. I just wanted to keep everyone on their toes...debates are what they are, but to talk about impacted molars, oysters and other errata...THAT is gold.

re: #96 WhiteRasta

With all due respect, my friend:

Tabasco is a girly, mild, French, kinda sauce. Compared to Pickapeppa Red.

it's not the heat...it's the flavor! Hell if you want insane PH on your food just throw some Hydrochloric acid on it and call it a day. Excellent taste...little bite ACCENTS the oysters and doesn't smother them, why hide such a wonderful experience?!

re: #99 song_and_dance_man

I got a dumb mouth - my wisdom teeth never sprouted.

Gar. Mine are starting to, so I have to get them out sometime in the coming year. *sighs*

re: #102 debutaunt

Obama has 32 wisdom teeth.

He can probably unhinge his jaw to swallow his prey whole...

re: #92 VegasRick
I'm very hard to find. Even people who know me can't me, this guy had to search long and hard to get my adress. I don't show up on a google search, I'm unlisted. very suspicious.
re: #93 paxnhymn

That's the other thing. I know a lot of people are family oriented but I really don't feel much need for more family. If he is a relative I suspect he might want something.

re: #100 WhiteRasta

Is he a former President of Nigeria?

LOL

Beautiful image of typhoon Rammasun over in westpac:

[Link: agora.ex.nii.ac.jp...]

Large eye can be seen clearly even with the whole globe shot.

re: #66 goddessoftheclassroom

Death is what you believe it to be. I believe it is a gateway to the next plain. I do not fear it, nor ponder it. It is what it is. We're all headed there anyway. Last time I looked, no one had found a way to get araound it. Life is great, but not the end-all. Everything is a choice. Attitude, everything.

re: #106 Fat Jolly Penguin

Had mine removed 30 years ago at age 21. Lost six weeks work, 35 pounds. Bloody horrible.

The oyster reference meant being turned into a girl (or tranny).
Had it been a snail reference it would have meant a male.

WillyS was talkin some gay s#it.

re: #114 song_and_dance_man

But were they Intelligently Designed?

Had my wisdom teeth removed....25 years old or so. All I have to say is they should sell valium drips in six packs.

Well, I saw Speed Racer last night....Thank God I was high.

re: #116 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Had my wisdom teeth removed....25 years old or so. All I have to say is they should sell valium drips in six packs.

not me man. Demerol is my IV drug of choice.

Shall I compare thee to a summers day.........

Ire: #117 Maximu§

Well, I saw Speed Racer last night....Thank God I was high.

I was a speed racer fan during my early teens, there was just something about the campy ambiance of the 'toon, I had the hots for Trixie. Chim Chim didn;t do much for me. I thought RacerX was cool......

re: #116 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Had my wisdom teeth removed....25 years old or so. All I have to say is they should sell valium drips in six packs.

This tread is taking a very disturbing trend in my opinion as both a Dentist and someone who loves Oysters. How about them Knicks?

Sorry

re: #105 paxnhymn

Good point, but have you ever tried Pickapeppa Red?

Flavor like mad. It's very nice. My choice of high PH.

A drop goes a long way.

Here's a funny racing video. I have been own flights that felt like this

re: #103 tonysdca

Thank you, tonysdca.

Wow this thread is like "removing teeth"

re: #116 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Had my wisdom teeth removed....25 years old or so. All I have to say is they should sell valium drips in six packs.

What is with all you people and your wisdom teeth horror tales? Mine darned near killed me coming in, but I ran down to have them pulled on my lunch hour, stopped by the cafe for a toasted tuna sandwich and was back up on the ladder hanging sheetrock within an hour.

/don't ask me about the tooth I had to have extracted that broke off as they were pulling it - so they used a hammer and chisel.

re: #120 LoFlyer

I

I was a speed racer fan during my early teens, there was just something about the campy ambiance of the 'toon, I had the hots for Trixie. Chim Chim didn;t do much for me. I thought RacerX was cool......

I grew up watching SR as a kid also, but this movie is geared towards 10-12 year olds and it was torture sitting through the parts between the racing scenes.

re: #118 paxnhymn

not me man. Demerol is my IV drug of choice.

I have a spouse that is allergic to just about every serious pain medication known to man--seriously, I didn't believe it either, but she has the medical records to prove it.

Worst day of my marriage (so far...fingers crossed) was when she couldn't take the typical codine/vicodin/percocet/apirain/ibuprofen/somethin g else cocktail after a C-section. Horrible. Of course I did that to her, too.

Is this common or did I just luck out?

Or, did my wife just find a way to kick downwards?

re: #121 Nevergiveup

This tread is taking a very disturbing trend in my opinion as both a Dentist and someone who loves Oysters. How about them Knicks?

What if oysters had teeth?
It's something to think about.

re: #130 galloping granny

What is with all you people and your wisdom teeth horror tales? Mine darned near killed me coming in, but I ran down to have them pulled on my lunch hour, stopped by the cafe for a toasted tuna sandwich and was back up on the ladder hanging sheetrock within an hour.

/don't ask me about the tooth I had to have extracted that broke off as they were pulling it - so they used a hammer and chisel.

You'd rather dynamite?

re: #99 song_and_dance_man

Better a dumb mouth, than a big mouth.

Lord, I dislike big-mouth dickheads.

re: #132 brainwizard73

I have a spouse that is allergic to just about every serious pain medication known to man--seriously, I didn't believe it either, but she has the medical records to prove it.

Worst day of my marriage (so far...fingers crossed) was when she couldn't take the typical codine/vicodin/percocet/apirain/ibuprofe n/something else cocktail after a C-section. Horrible. Of course I did that to her, too.

Is this common or did I just luck out?

Or, did my wife just find a way to kick downwards?

Trust me, it would have been all your fault if she had gone through labor too.

Wolfie
The Celts are about to kick "The King's" ass

re: #133 wolfie

What if oysters had teeth?
It's something to think about.

Ever get your nuts stuck between to halves of the shell?

Anyone here like Neil Young, Like a Hurricane? I'm cranking it up right now.

re: #131 Maximu§

I grew up watching SR as a kid also, but this movie is geared towards 10-12 year olds and it was torture sitting through the parts between the racing scenes.

Reminds me of Star Wars 4, which was the dumbest of the bunch aimed at the 12 year old audiances...Loved the last one though. Lush graphics and an awesome plot....

OUCH

re: #136 galloping granny

Trust me, it would have been all your fault if she had gone through labor too.

It was the other two times...talk about a hole you can never climb out of.

Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there in lizard land. May your day be everything you wish it to be.

re: #142 brainwizard73

It was the other two times...talk about a hole you can never climb out of.

That's one I will leave strictly alone. . . .

re: #139 Maximu?

Anyone here like Neil Young, Like a Hurricane? I'm cranking it up right now.

That was one of my favorite NY songs. I remember my buds and I drunkenly singing it leaving the E-club.....

re: #137 artiemcc

Wolfie
The Celts are about to kick "The King's" ass

Elvis has been sighted in Boston?

re: #101 maddogg

Great. More tornadoes on the ground, how many will die this week?

I hope it not 10,000, like in the recent Kansas tornadoes.

/Lord Obama

re: #138 Nevergiveup

Ever get your nuts stuck between to halves of the shell?

What the?! Oh, never mind. Some things I really don't need to know...

re: #147 wolfie

Elvis has been sighted in Boston?

Can Elvis pitch?

re: #145 galloping granny

That's one I will leave strictly alone. . . .

Geez, I didn't even catch that...seriously...I can be so funny (or whatever) when I don't mean to be.

Thank God my wife doesn't read this blog...

re: #125 ploome hineni

I have all my wisdom teeth

So do I! I think they are in a drawer somewhere.

His Majesty King LeBron

re: #138 Nevergiveup

Ever get your nuts stuck between to halves of the shell?

I am going to assume you think I am a squirrel.
Of course, if I were not a mild-mannered lady, I might interpret your remark rather differently.
......Yikes!

re: #151 brainwizard73

Geez, I didn't even catch that...seriously...I can be so funny (or whatever) when I don't mean to be.

Thank God my wife doesn't read this blog...

Been there, done that. . .

re: #138 Nevergiveup

Ever get your nuts stuck between to halves of the shell?

No, but I did zip them into my pajama's when I was about 12. Worse than any dental procedure or snails with teeth.

Religion and money; two great tastes that taste great together......
Company puts faith in spiritual water

The instructions are simple: Read the Prayer ... Drink the Water ... Believe in God! Believe in Yourself!

Spiritual Water, the faith-inspired venture of two Sunrise, Fla., businessmen, offers its drinkers clearer focus, positive thinking and connection to a higher power.

The 11 bottles in the company's collection bear prayers and impressively detailed images of Jesus Christ, St. Michael and the Virgin Mary. Spiritual Water joins a broad slice of feel-good products -- Testamint, Bible Gum and other bottled waters -- emerging at the intersection of religion and commerce, entrepreneurship and pop culture.

You're doing it wrong. Put JC on a wine bottle and now you have a marketable idea.

re: #150 Nevergiveup

ROFLMAO !

re: #157 Killgore Trout

Religion and money; two great tastes that taste great together......
Company puts faith in spiritual water

You're doing it wrong. Put JC on a wine bottle and now you have a marketable idea.

How about putting Mo on TP...marketable?

Last fall, Elicko Taieb launched Spiritual Water as a way to inspire Protestants and Catholics. The water, purified from a municipal source in Santa Ana, Calif., is not available in stores, but Taieb says independent distributors sell about 2,000 to 3,000 cases a month.

Mmmmm, ya can taste the religion.

re: #145 galloping granny

That's one I will leave strictly alone. . . .

Thank you, I was starting to get some disturbing images as well.

Just got back from the movies. Me and the kids badgered my wife into seeing Iron Man which she swore she was going to hate. She ended up loving it.

re: #154 wolfie

I am going to assume you think I am a squirrel.
Of course, if I were not a mild-mannered lady, I might interpret your remark rather differently.
......Yikes!

It was a rhetorical question I think?

re: #144 song_and_dance_man

I took my son on Thursday to see Iron Man. Downey is good in this role with comedic one liners throughout. I enjoyed it less than my son whose laughter was contagious; he really laughed out (almost too) loud.

I saw both movies and Iron Man blew Speed Racer out of the water....Speed Racer was too cartoonish, it was a big dissapointment. I expected better from the Wachowski brothers.

re: #158 song_and_dance_man

"Da Kid" will destroy the pretender to the throne.

Why would LBJ even show up? Futility, thy home is Cleveland.

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

I think somebody already did that one.

re: #157 Killgore Trout

Religion and money; two great tastes that taste great together......
Company puts faith in spiritual water

You're doing it wrong. Put JC on a wine bottle and now you have a marketable idea.

You could call it JezusJuice(TM). 180 proof, come to Jesus.....

s_a-d_m
So far not so good

Oh my g*d song and dance man is Sadam!

re: #157 Killgore Trout

(Yawn) Wake me when your done...and quit poking me with that stick!

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

How about putting Mo on TP...marketable?

Print Quran verses on it....

re: #157 Killgore Trout

That is so wrong- I would think Jesus would be pissed.

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

How about putting Mo on TP...marketable?

Lampoon had a cartoon photo years ago with swastikas on a roll...caption..."wipe out hate"...

re: #165 Maximu?

I saw both movies and Iron Man blew Speed Racer out of the water....Speed Racer was too cartoonish, it was a big dissapointment. I expected better from the Wachowski brothers.

I loved the first Matrix, interesting and thought provoking, the rest went down hill rapidly.....

re: #148 Killian Bundy

Yesterday's insane storm chaser video.

re: #153 artiemcc

His Majesty King LeBron

Honey, there is only one King, and he's working in a 7-11 in Mobile, Alabama.
But how 'bout those Celts! They're for real....................maybe.

wolfie we shall see

re: #172 Sharmuta

Yeah, I think so too. Charging money for water would have been pretty unthinkable to him.

re: #166 brainwizard73

"Da Kid" will destroy the pretender to the throne.

Why would LBJ even show up? Futility, thy home is Cleveland.

Lyndon Johnson plays for the Cavs? Wow! Talk about a career!

re: #161 Killgore Trout

Last fall, Elicko Taieb launched Spiritual Water as a way to inspire Protestants and Catholics. The water, purified from a municipal source in Santa Ana, Calif., is not available in stores, but Taieb says independent distributors sell about 2,000 to 3,000 cases a month.

That is really, really wrong. They should be ashamed of themselves.

/I bet it's GE filtered water

re: #164 Nevergiveup

It was a rhetorical question I think?

I certainly hope so! :D

re: #176 wolfie

Honey, there is only one King, and he's working in a 7-11 in Mobile, Alabama.
But how 'bout those Celts! They're for real....................maybe.

Which onE?! On Sage Avenue? That him? Boy, he looks like hell...

:-D

re: #172 Sharmuta

The testamints seem kinda cool though....

The New Jersey firm that makes Testamints offers berry, spearmint and peppermint mints wrapped in a verse of scripture. Bible Gum promises consumers they can chew their way to spiritual enlightenment. Each box comes with a scripture verse.

The water thing is different.

re: #172 Sharmuta

That is so wrong- I would think Jesus would be pissed.

I don't think Jesus would be ticked at being a label on a wine bottle, he drank enough of it himself. What he would be pissed at is using the Christian religion commercially to generate revenue for non-secular stockholders....

re: #174 LoFlyer

I loved the first Matrix, interesting and thought provoking, the rest went down hill rapidly.....

True, the first Matrix rocked.....sitting through the dialog on Speed Racer was bad, real bad.

re: #183 Killgore Trout

The testamints seem kinda cool though....

The water thing is different.

good save.

re: #183 Killgore Trout

The testamints seem kinda cool though....

The water thing is different.

Bible Gum promises consumers they can chew their way to spiritual enlightenment. Each box comes with a scripture verse. Benny Hinn is kicking a flunky around the office right now for not thinking of it first.

re: #165 Maximu§

I saw both movies and Iron Man blew Speed Racer out of the water....Speed Racer was too cartoonish, it was a big dissapointment. I expected better from the Wachowski brothers.

Pretty much every review of Speed Racer I've seen said it was very impressive visually rendered peice of crap movie. I was curious when they first announced the project but was convinced it was going to be awful with the first production shots came out. Turns out I was right. The Waz Bros have proven style does not win out over substance.

re: #178 Killgore Trout

Yeah, I think so too. Charging money for water would have been pretty unthinkable to him.

Oh I think he could have conceived of it. Remember the incident with the money changers at the Temple?

re: #183 Killgore Trout

I don't think so. Chewing gum is not going to improve one's spiritual enlightenment. The reading might, but not the gum.

re: #179 VegasRick

Lyndon Johnson plays for the Cavs? Wow! Talk about a career!

Scouting report says he used to be a scorer, but now just pushes people around and hammers the opposition with sharp elbows. If you get to big for your britches, he sends troops to your house in a "police action".

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

How about putting Mo on TP...marketable?

I'd buy it, but your factory would get burned down.

#17 WhiteRasta 5/10/08 4:20:21 pm
He was a brave man. The first man to eat an oyster....

#19 song_and_dance_man 5/10/08 4:21:20 pm
Or the first to eat a snail. They must have been really hungry.

I think famine and hunger had a lot to do with some of our food choices...

But then again- some people gain spiritual enlightenment from hanging out with Pooh.

re: #168 LoFlyer

You could call it JezusJuice(TM). 180 proof, come to Jesus.....

Ummm. Michael Jackson already beat you to it. He poured wine into Diet Coke cans to lure his pre-pubescent prey into "play time". His name for the wine in coke can was Jesus Juice.

re: #195 David IV of Georgia

I think famine and hunger had a lot to do with some of our food choices...

Let them eat cake!

re: #194 song_and_dance_man

I told my son we should see that next, but he wants to see Iron Man again. He wins.

You got a smart boy....Gotta go, the neighbors are here and I hear the blender going.

re: #167 Killgore Trout

I think somebody already did that one.

Mo piss cakes (for urinals)...anyone think of that one yet?

Thanks for reminding us Truck

re: #199 Maximu§

You got a smart boy....Gotta go, the neighbors are here and I hear the blender going.

salute!

re: #195 David IV of Georgia

I think famine and hunger had a lot to do with some of our food choices...

Good point. I have often wondered where the heck did someone get the idea to cook icky stuff like, snails, mushrooms, and oysters. Famine would explain a lot....

re: #201 NJDhockeyfan

Mo piss cakes (for urinals)...anyone think of that one yet?

Beautiful! That's better than my "Mo's pork on a stick"! Gotta be shaped like that cartoon of Mo with a bomb turban to sell, though!

:-D

re: #184 LoFlyer

I don't think Jesus would be ticked at being a label on a wine bottle, he drank enough of it himself. What he would be pissed at is using the Christian religion commercially to generate revenue for non-secular stockholders....

First of all- my comment wasn't about Killgore's joke- which was pretty funny. But I do think Jesus would be pissed about a product using him claiming the consumer will be more spiritually aware by ingesting the product. Somehow, I don't think Jesus Water™ was the thirst He was getting at.

OK Everyone -

I WILL Finally Bite on this thread. Charles, was "To Be Or Not to Be" the early Danish Equivalent of "Depends what you think the word is, is?"

-S-

re: #206 Sharmuta

First of all- my comment wasn't about Killgore's joke- which was pretty funny. But I do think Jesus would be pissed about a product using him claiming the consumer will be more spiritually aware by ingesting the product. Somehow, I don't think Jesus Water™ was the thirst He was getting at.

Amen. Amen.

re: #196 Sharmuta

That's actually a very good book. Highly recommended.

re: #207 Dr. Shalit

OK Everyone -

I WILL Finally Bite on this thread. Charles, was "To Be Or Not to Be" the early Danish Equivalent of "Depends what you think the word is, is?"

-S-

How did things finish up with the "brilliant" one?

re: #201 NJDhockeyfan

Nope, I think you have an original there.

re: #210 VegasRick

How did things finish up with the "brilliant" one?

"V-R" -

Don't Ask. Thanx. -S-

re: #204 LoFlyer

Good point. I have often wondered where the heck did someone get the idea to cook icky stuff like, snails, mushrooms, and oysters. Famine would explain a lot....

I saw a show recently where bears were digging for and opening oyster shells at low tide. My guess is that humans saw animals eating some of the stuff and figured if it didn't kill them it must be okay.

re: #209 Killgore Trout

That's actually a very good book. Highly recommended.

I know it! I've loved it for many moons now. In fact- it's on my bookshelf behind me right now. :)

To bring up another topic:

Why is it that where ever I go, I'm subjected to the same bloody awful "Music".

F*cking Celine Dione, Michael Bolton, The Drifters, Bryan Adams.

The supermarket. Dentist's office. The restaurant. The coffee shop...

All the same dreary, wailing shiite. Celine seems to follow me around, all day. It's like being in Hell!

Anyone else feel the same way, or am I just being neurotic?

Update on Burma Crisis – e-mail just in, from mission people currently in U.S.:

News has continued to trickle in from our friends and co-workers in Burma by e-mail. All of the orphanages have sustained great damage but thankfully no injuries or loss of life. They have lost most of the outbuildings such as kitchen buildings, chicken coops (along with the chickens), rice barns (and the rice stored), etc. One orphanage lost many of their large beautiful fruit trees that provided fruit for all of the orphanages and were a means of making some extra income because they could sell the fruit that they couldn't eat. The primary need for the orphanages right now is food. The price of all commodities has risen by four times in the past week. Eggs went from about 10 cents each to about 70 cents each. One of the orphanages also has to buy bottled water since they don't have a well. The other five orphanages have wells but with no electricity have to bring the water up by hand. But, fortunately, they have a lot of hands to do this!

One of the Bible schools that we work with... lost the roof off their building and all of the windows were broken. They had several computers and these were destroyed along with many other things due to flooding. The home of the leaders of the school also sustained severe damage with the ceiling falling in due to big portions of the roof coming off and the flood of water coming in...Our ministry supports 20 young men and women who have graduated from this school over the past 6 years who are out on the mission field in primarily unreached areas. One of these areas... sustained the brunt of the Cyclone and subsequent flooding. The news sources say that a portion of land the size of Delaware is under water and whole villages totally wiped off the map. They haven't been able to hear anything from three of our missionaries in that area. Here is an excerpt from [the school head’s] e-mail:
"I am so glad I am able to reach you finally. To get access to e-mail takes two to three hours with very low connection. I am very concern now that I have not heard from [three of our people]. Their area was one of the worst areas where the storm hit...The road is still blocked so we can't send anyone by bus to see what happened there. (in "good" times it is about and 8 hour bus ride) The rest of the outreach people are OK but need to fix their houses [In one house] the roof is wide open and water is up to their knees now inside their house. [Another] is also under water and [another] also has no roof on it...”

One of our prison workers...lost her home. And in several areas where our people are missionaries to the "squatters" (those who put up bamboo shacks) have lost everything. In one of these areas...around 50 children from Buddhist backgrounds who come twice a week for Bible studies...their parents have recently begun to come also on Sundays. This area was completely destroyed and these already destitute people now have nothing at all. Here is an excerpt from [an] e-mail:
"[Our] friends have lost all their homes...there was no bus or taxi so we walked on foot (about 10 miles) and also by tricycle (three wheel conveyances where a man cycles and two people can sit on small seats) to help our friends who are in need of help. No power, so there is no water. I heard it will take two months. We are glad that we can have candle light but we need to buy water every day and it is so high. As you know things are so high - four times higher than before and we are not sure how long we can take it...”

(to be continued, below)

re: #210 VegasRick

How did things finish up with the "brilliant" one?

it was like debating cognito ,,,,,, obfuscate,, duck ,, dodge ,,,, change words ,, nit pick

re: #157 Killgore Trout

I think I'll stick with the He'Brew, thanks all the same.

Kosher and tasty.

re: #201 NJDhockeyfan

"NJD" -

Are all 'y'all saying Mo-"P" is Mo-Better?

-S-

re: #209 Killgore Trout

Are you going to come up with an avatar for the taoists? Might have a hard time with that one, since taoists are likely to just let it be. hehe

re: #96 WhiteRasta

With all due respect, my friend:

Tabasco is a girly, mild, French, kinda sauce. Compared to Pickapeppa Red.

I was eating with a bunch of damnyanks guys from NY and NJ and they made me sit at another table because I put a little Tabasco™ on my food. It seems it burned their eyes or something. But then again, they call bean soup "chili". Pssst—Chili is the Spanish word for pepper, the main ingredient.

re: #213 ec marm

I saw a show recently where bears were digging for and opening oyster shells at low tide. My guess is that humans saw animals eating some of the stuff and figured if it didn't kill them it must be okay.

When one of my cats throws up, the other sometimes eats it. I have not had the urge to copy said behavior yet? They also sniff each others.....oh never mind.

re: #215 WhiteRasta

ya hearing voices in your head ?

re: #215 WhiteRasta

It's worse in the UK. Shops, supermarkets even restaurants play techno. It's really awful.

re: #215 WhiteRasta

Testify!

Celine has covered so many hits, I can't recall what is real and what she has ripped off. Never mind "LET THEM TOUCH NICE THINGS!" There, my favorite Dion quote. Period.

My personal irritations are Cher and any country artist "crossing over" to adult easy listening. I am not 14 anymore, I don't need more music to try to slow dance to at the Jr. High end of year dance. The fact that these stations advertise as your "at work" stations belies the value of the music.

re: #220 Sharmuta

I was thinking of a Ayaan Hirsi Ali's head on Shiva

Burma update, continued:

The government has been very slow to respond to the needs and as you have probably heard on the news is refusing aid from most places and blocking aid workers from getting visas. We have a way to send in money to the country directly to our people and have already sent $4,000 so they can distribute to our workers and orphanages to help them at least buy food and water at these inflated prices. As money becomes available for this disaster relief, we'll send in more to help them to rebuild the worst parts - such as getting roofs - so they can have shelter and a dry place, at least. The roofs and kitchen buildings are the priority at the orphanages with the monsoon rainy season starting at the end of this month when they will get usually one to 5 inches of rain nearly every day. They have to use firewood to cook food since there is no electricity whatsoever - and they need to do it outside the main building because of the danger of fire. That is why they have separate kitchen buildings - to reduce the risk of everything starting on fire.

We are still planning on going...in June. Please pray that we'll be able to get visas. We will be able to bring in money at that time also...The people's religion and government have failed them. They are not stupid about what the government is presently doing (and not doing). One of them wrote to us, "Our heart is broken for our people. Our Big Daddy (code for government) is so cruel and pigs!" According to the internet, the people are getting very angry as they hear the reports of food, water and supplies that have been held up at the Thai border and aren't being allowed in.

I watched a news anchor interview a worker with a relief agency. He asked the relief worker if he actually had people on the ground in Burma. The worker said that agencies that are not already in Burma are being denied entry visas. Then the anchor asked a GREAT question, ‘Why should anyone give your agency money for Burma if you don’t have people there who can properly manage its spending?” The worker had no reply.

There are many appeals by many organizations promising help to Burma. You may want to investigate that organization before donating to it. If their workers not already in there, the corrupt Burmese government will direct the distribution and they have a track record of taking everything for themselves and their supporters and not caring about the needs of the people of their country. The UN has already sent in tons of goods and yet, NO UN workers are allowed to oversee the distribution of the goods. [This article] shows that the corrupt Burmese government has claimed such goods as their own gift to the Burmese people. The article...is typical of them at work.

re: #218 Slumbering Behemoth

Ha!

re: #212 Dr. Shalit

"V-R" -

Don't Ask. Thanx. -S-

Don't tell.
"V-R"

re: #221 David IV of Georgia

I was eating with a bunch of damnyanks guys from NY and NJ and they made me sit at another table because I put a little Tabasco™ on my food. It seems it burned their eyes or something. But then again, they call bean soup "chili". Pssst—Chili is the Spanish word for pepper, the main ingredient.

You have to be kidding me. I think I would of told them off and eaten at the local El Toro(TM)!

re: #221 David IV of Georgia

I can't eat the hot stuff like I used too

/come on ice cream

re: #223 sattv4u2

YES! The voices of all the same crap songs I have heard since 1969.

Played over and over and over and over.....They follow me around and haunt me.

re: #161 Killgore Trout

Last fall, Elicko Taieb launched Spiritual Water as a way to inspire Protestants and Catholics. The water, purified from a municipal source in Santa Ana, Calif., is not available in stores, but Taieb says independent distributors sell about 2,000 to 3,000 cases a month.

Wait, isn't a "municipal source" just a fancy term for tap water?

With an update from Burma, suddenly my rant against Cher et al seems...petty.

So, that leather outfit in the "If I could turn back time" video was really hot...there, a compliment.

re: #218 Slumbering Behemoth

I think I'll stick with the He'Brew, thanks all the same.

Kosher and tasty.

"S-B" -

The Day to Day the HE-BREW is CAMO BLACK ICE. The once in awhile is the stuff in the little blue bottle that Koch brews up in Massachusetts, SAM ADAMS "TRIPLE."

-S-

re: #232 WhiteRasta

YES! The voices of all the same crap songs I have heard since 1969.

Played over and over and over and over.....They follow me around and haunt me.

we all have a cross to bare

re: #232 WhiteRasta

YES! The voices of all the same crap songs I have heard since 1969.

Played over and over and over and over.....They follow me around and haunt me.

Well ,,, I have voices in my head too ,,, fortunately, they're speaking Lithuanian and I don't understand them!

re: #233 Slumbering Behemoth

Yup. 2 bucks for Santa Anna tapwater.

re: #161 Killgore Trout

Mmmmm, ya can taste the religion.

You can get all the Holy Water you want for free at my church...

The unblessed version Is Ozarka I think.

re: #226 Killgore Trout

I was thinking of a Ayaan Hirsi Ali's head on Shiva

But- isn't that Hindu?

Postal rates to rise 1 cent on Monday

High gasoline prices and other cost increases will force the price of mailing 1-ounce envelopes up by 1 cent starting Monday, the first price increase in a year, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said.

The last increase was May 2007 from 39 cents to 41 cents.

New 42-cent stamps have been sold for the past month with images of the American flag and a new series with important American journalists.

/don't get your mail returned

Not like it's a big deal or anything like that. I am just irritated at hearing the same shit everywhere I go .

I have taken to asking them to turn off the wailing when I go to a restaurant. If they refuse, I leave.

In all seriousness, Novak reports that Michelle Obama has "nixed" HRC for VP. (no snickering, please). Given Michelle Obama's chip on her shoulder-about-the size of the 56th state, are we in danger of hearing "two for one"?

Given the Dem's nods to feminism, can a male president (who is a dem) ever again just be a male president?

Or is this to weighty for an open thread.

re: #196 Sharmuta

But then again- some people gain spiritual enlightenment from hanging out with Pooh.

I once saw an employee at Home Depot with several well drawn images of Winnie the Pooh on her smock. I was just this [] close to saying "I see you have a pooh fetish".

re: #227 Ma Sands
Damn.
That's sad.
Dick Cheney wants me to ask, "Does Burma have any oil?"

re: #244 Slumbering Behemoth

I once saw an employee at Home Depot with several well drawn images of Winnie the Pooh on her smock. I was just this [] close to saying "I see you have a pooh fetish".

LMAO! Oh, sh*t- that's funny.

re: #241 Killian Bundy

Fortunately I bought a book of "forever" stamps last week... did that a year ago too.

A 2.5% rise in price is pretty small considering the rise in energy prices over the year. As such, I'm wondering if we won't see another increase before the end of the year.

re: #204 LoFlyer

Good point. I have often wondered where the heck did someone get the idea to cook icky stuff like, snails, mushrooms, and oysters. Famine would explain a lot....

Or, curiosity, boredom, truth or dare.

re: #215 WhiteRasta

To bring up another topic:

Why is it that where ever I go, I'm subjected to the same bloody awful "Music".

F*cking Celine Dione, Michael Bolton, The Drifters, Bryan Adams.

The supermarket. Dentist's office. The restaurant. The coffee shop...

All the same dreary, wailing shiite. Celine seems to follow me around, all day. It's like being in Hell!

Anyone else feel the same way, or am I just being neurotic?

I feel your pain. same for me, but add some years. I heard a Muzak cover of and LZ song the other day. Sure fire sign I'm fixin to be put out to pasture...

(shakes head. walks away dejected.)

re: #240 Sharmuta

Sure, I'll get to everybody eventually.

re: #248 itellu3times

Or, curiosity, boredom, truth or dare.

Teenage boys do have social uses!

OK Everyone -

Re: "MY (and your?) AN-MAR. Really too bad the Chinese will NOT lean on them. In Europe they believe that the Future will be "Chi-Merican." Methinks the "CE" folks are right. About 50 - 500,000 BURMESE will probably DIE in this disaster - NEEDLESSLY. Time for the "CHI" part of this equation to act responsibly and tell their FLUNKIES to let the AID IN.

-S-

re: #245 ec marm

Damn.
That's sad.
Dick Cheney wants me to ask, "Does Burma have any oil?"

no ,, but they do shave !

re: #247 freetoken

Fortunately I bought a book of "forever" stamps last week... did that a year ago too.

A 2.5% rise in price is pretty small considering the rise in energy prices over the year. As such, I'm wondering if we won't see another increase before the end of the year.

Yeah, they'll probably make it 43.7 cents.

re: #253 sattv4u2

"satt" -

Sounds like a Market for Gillette/BRAUN.

-S-

re: #238 Killgore Trout

Yup. 2 bucks for Santa Anna tapwater.

That is just deplorable scumbaggery if you ask me. Selling snake-oil seems more honest.

re: #227 Ma Sands

Burma update, continued:

Time Magazine asks the question:
Is It Time to Invade Burma?

re: #230 LoFlyer

I was eating with a bunch of damnyanks guys from NY and NJ and they made me sit at another table because I put a little Tabasco™ on my food. It seems it burned their eyes or something. But then again, they call bean soup "chili". Pssst—Chili is the Spanish word for pepper, the main ingredient.

You have to be kidding me. I think I would of told them off and eaten at the local El Toro(TM)!

I was, unfortunately, on their turf.

re: #257 ec marm

Seems something along that line, would be in keeping of preserving the lives of the common & poor folk, as was done, is being done, by going into Iraq.....was originally intended by going into Vietnam......I think.....

--still learning on that issue.....

When lots of people die
You don't have to sit down and cry
You just need to be saved
Invade Burma Shave

re: #253 sattv4u2

no ,, but they do shave !

Burma-Shave
Was such a boom
They passed
The bride
And kissed the groom

re: #246 Sharmuta

Thanks, I thought it was kind of clever. I was in a real rush at the time and couldn't spare a second, otherwise I would have thrown that out as a conversation starter. The gal was rather attractive.

Yet when one comes to reflect upon the nature of an oyster, it seems plain that he does not care for scenery. An oyster has no taste for such things; he cares nothing for the beautiful. An oyster is of a retiring disposition, and not lively-- not even cheerful above the average, and never enterprising.
--Mark Twain