B"H....anything else.

:)

Awesome! Makes me feel like i'm in an Irish pub.

re: #3 Sharmuta

Drinks are on you then. Guiness please.

re: #3 Sharmuta

Awesome! Makes me feel like i'm in an Irish pub.

Excellent!
Guinness for me then!

a Harp's for me then Lass

DRINK!

Damn, I thought this was that Will Farrell video with the kid...

Time for drinks?

Enjoy this story, then, while you drink and I go work out - you really have to check out the photo of this family:

Poor Ohio Family Forced to Scrimp On Food

Awesome!

Sorry boys- I'm the sharmuta, not the waitress.

I'll be back in a moment.

My coffee just asked for some Jameson.

- thanks for the lively tune, Charles.

I've already had too much wine to switch to Guinness. Oh, wait. Someone's buying? Two please.

Sharmuta's buying!

re: #9 reine.de.tout

Arrrrrrrrrrrgh

Can't get into the heavy stuff, I'll stick with cold, light, tasteless American beer...

I thought he was talking about this

re: #14 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Sharmuta's buying!

Uh- no.

re: #11 Sharmuta

Sorry boys- I'm the sharmuta, not the waitress.

Okay, I'll bite ... what IS a Sharmuta?

re: #9 reine.de.tout

Time for drinks?

Enjoy this story, then, while you drink and I go work out - you really have to check out the photo of this family:

Poor Ohio Family Forced to Scrimp On Food

oh my, it's a good thing they have to scrimp.
imagine how they would look if they could eat all they want.

re: #18 Sharmuta

Uh- no.

Rhut Roh!

/from the Jetzons!

re: #9 reine.de.tout

Time for drinks?

Enjoy this story, then, while you drink and I go work out - you really have to check out the photo of this family:

Poor Ohio Family Forced to Scrimp On Food

I saw that earlier. My office was laughing their asses off.

re: #19 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Sharmuta

re: #16 LoFlyer

Can't get into the heavy stuff, I'll stick with cold, light, tasteless American beer...

Well now don't you mean the tasteless Belgiun stuff. This Bud's to you.

re: #19 pre-Boomer Marine brat

On second thought, Sharm, never mind. I just googled it.

lol this was amazing. I didn't know it was possible to make a harmonica sound like this. Just beautiful. I think I'm going to buy one and start scaring some cats.

Basil for me.

*toddle by*

re: #22 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I saw that earlier. My office was laughing their asses off.

Sugar and lard are cheap. What's the problem?

re: #11 Sharmuta

Sorry boys- I'm the sharmuta, not the waitress.

Well, in that case....

I like a good hornpipe to drink to!

re: #28 David IV of Georgia

Sugar and lard are cheap. What's the problem?

As long as they can buy a can of Crisco, a jar of Mayo and a spoon, they look like they'll be ok.

re: #20 nyc redneck

oh my, it's a good thing they have to scrimp.
imagine how they would look if they could eat all they want.

I saw the story a couple of days ago where the south leads the country in obesity, like nearly one/third the population. Never understood why the most poverty stricken appear to be the most obese. Liberals will call this racist stereo- typing and politically incorrect, but its the truth. Mississippi leads the union in poverty and has the most obese population. The obvious conclusion would be that poverty leads to obesity, but if you are poverty stricken how can you afford the food to grow obese? My conclusion is there is little true poverty in America, just stupid people who cannot manage their lives.
/rant off!

Power is so good. Thanks, Charles.

re: #24 xtraBilly

Well now don't you mean the tasteless Belgiun stuff. This Bud's to you.

I am sipping on a Michelob out of a bottle, I rather enjoy the stuff....

re: #23 Sharmuta

Sharmuta

Can I get a screaming orgasm?

re: #34 LoFlyer

I am sipping on a Michelob out of a bottle, I rather enjoy the stuff....

Sam Adams here. Cheers.

re: #23 Sharmuta

Thanks for the definition.

I wonder how appropriate it was to have an ad for ArabLounge.com, where you can "Meet Arab Singles Online!, at the bottom of the page?

re: #35 VegasRick

Can I get a screaming orgasm?

I seriously doubt it.

It looks like it was recorded in a church, which would explain the natural reverb.

"That'll be four Our Fathers, three Hail Marys and a harmonica solo."

Drunken Landlady

re: #38 LoFlyer

I seriously doubt it.

Slow bang against the wall?

re: #35 VegasRick

Can I get a screaming orgasm?

Ask your wife/girlfriend.

re: #35 VegasRick

Can I get a screaming orgasm?

Mom! Get out of here! I'm in the bathroom!

re: #41 VegasRick

Slow bang against the wall?

Drink a beer and tell us about it?

re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

As long as they can buy a can of Crisco, a jar of Mayo and a spoon, they look like they'll be ok.

I used to know a fellow in similar shape. He thought the supreme snack was a jar of miracle whip and a spoon.

I worked in a grocery store long ago. It was extremely rare to see an obese person who bought a healthy, sensible, balanced bill of groceries. Cookies, pie, cake, donuts, sugar, syrup, jam, shortening and grease were common foods to find them buying. Sure I like all of those things too, but I also like walking without losing my breath or having my chest hurt.

re: #35 VegasRick

Can I get a screaming orgasm?

It's your orgasm. Scream if you want to.

re: #46 USBeast

It's your orgasm. Scream if you want to.

That should be made into a song.

re: #27 MandyManners

Basil for me.

*toddle by*

Mandy, have you ever tried Woodford Reserve? I took a bottle to a friends place and the four of us finished it in a couple of hours. I felt so bad that I made sure to get him another bottle for the next time I saw him. Seeing that it was a gift, and all.

re: #43 Racer X

Mom! Get out of here! I'm in the bathroom!

LOL!

re: #47 VegasRick

That should be made into a song.

No...no...it really shouldn't.

re: #48 ploome hineni

................what happened to the b00b thread?

You have boobs?

re: #51 USBeast

No...no...it really shouldn't.

[Link: www.webtender.com...]

Oh you guys meant.............................nevermind

re: #32 LoFlyer

I saw the story a couple of days ago where the south leads the country in obesity, like nearly one/third the population. Never understood why the most poverty stricken appear to be the most obese. Liberals will call this racist stereo- typing and politically incorrect, but its the truth. Mississippi leads the union in poverty and has the most obese population. The obvious conclusion would be that poverty leads to obesity, but if you are poverty stricken how can you afford the food to grow obese? My conclusion is there is little true poverty in America, just stupid people who cannot manage their lives.
/rant off!

I think that in general you are right about the correlation between obesity and poverty. I wonder, too, if in the South there isn't more to it- maybe some of the Southern readers might pitch in.

I once read an article about Louisiana and how people pretty much knew that their eating habits were going to do them in- but the laissez le bon temps roulez culture was thought to be very prevalent and that was the trade off. People in the south like their food- and there's a lot to like. The skinniest state is Colorado- people live there for the outdoor activities, not the food!

re: #36 xtraBilly

Sam Adams here. Cheers.

Kokanee. We're kinda close to Alberta.

re: #20 nyc redneck

oh my, it's a good thing they have to scrimp.
imagine how they would look if they could eat all they want.

I'd love to know the mom's excuse for not working. And her poor daughter who has never heard of public transportation and car pooling and now cannot work. I can feed a family of four on $100 per week-and two of the four are growing boys. None of us are overweight either because it's a lot cheaper to eat a well balanced, healthy diet.

This is what the liberals have wrought-they've created these "victims" instead of helping them learn how to be independent. I would happily see my tax dollars go towards weekly classes on healthy eating on a budget and employment skills.

One more thing-I better not find out they have a big screen television in their home.

For some amazing chromatic playing on a diatonic harp, check out Howard Levy. He's doing all those sharps and flats on a 10 hole harmonica, with a technique called overblowing or bend blowing.

re: #54 angst

I think that in general you are right about the correlation between obesity and poverty. I wonder, too, if in the South there isn't more to it- maybe some of the Southern readers might pitch in.

I once read an article about Louisiana and how people pretty much knew that their eating habits were going to do them in- but the laissez le bon temps roulez culture was thought to be very prevalent and that was the trade off. People in the south like their food- and there's a lot to like. The skinniest state is Colorado- people live there for the outdoor activities, not the food!

I can't explain it, but we certainly enjoy our BBQ down here. We also love to hang out in the kitchen helping prepare the dinner and discussing family topics. I think the real issue in obesity is exercise versus intake. If you don't work you probably don't get any exercise....

"...scream if you want to,
scream if you want to,
you would scream too if it happened to you!"
Little Stevie Wonder

re: #56 livefreeor die

One more thing-I better not find out they have a big screen television in their home.

Then I have a suspicion you'd better not ask!

re: #59 Karridine

"...scream if you want to,
scream if you want to,
you would scream too if it happened to you!"
Little Stevie Wonder

I like it!

re: #57 ronnie schreiber

For some amazing chromatic playing on a diatonic harp, check out Howard Levy. He's doing all those sharps and flats on a 10 hole harmonica, with a technique called overblowing or bend blowing.

[Link: youtube.com...]

Dang! He thinks he's playing sax!

Ron Pual could hire them, if his blimp ever blows away.

re: #60 wolfie

Then I have a suspicion you'd better not ask!

You're right-I'll find out they have two.

re: #23 Sharmuta

Love the definition - but somehow I think this does not apply to you!

re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

As long as they can buy a can of Crisco, a jar of Mayo and a spoon, they look like they'll be ok.

Greenpeace is now involved, and trying to figure out how they got so far inland.
Meanwhile, they're bringing in tanker trucks of krill until they can get a wide load truck and vets to keep them wet on the trip back to the coast.

However, they still must survive a stalker; unique guy with a peg leg, and his assistant with a harpoon, named Ishmael.

re: #58 LoFlyer

I can't explain it, but we certainly enjoy our BBQ down here. We also love to hang out in the kitchen helping prepare the dinner and discussing family topics. I think the real issue in obesity is exercise versus intake. If you don't work you probably don't get any exercise....

I'm sure education does have a lot to do with it.

Once we were at a ski resort and our babysitter (who was both Southern by birth and also very heavy) was absolutely thunderstruck by the fact that nearly everyone was thin. So much, in fact, that she quit rather than travel with us to any resort destination in the future.

I think she seriously did not know how the rest of the world lives. In her world, everyone was very heavy and that was normal. In my world, it isn't. I thought it was very sad.

The reason the South leads in obesity is prosperity. After the War of Northern Aggression and until WWII, poverty and low calorie diets were the norm for much of the South. Ample bellies and full figures were signs of prosperity.
With the post-war economic boom and increased availability of lower cost food those who had been wearing tight belts saw no reason not to loosen them or deny their children RC colas and moon pies.

re: #68 USBeast

That's interesting. Kind of like when being pale meant one was a person of leisure, and now means the opposite. Being tan means you've got the money/time to fool around, or at least can afford a good paint job.

re: #32 LoFlyer

I saw the story a couple of days ago where the south leads the country in obesity, like nearly one/third the population. Never understood why the most poverty stricken appear to be the most obese. Liberals will call this racist stereo- typing and politically incorrect, but its the truth. Mississippi leads the union in poverty and has the most obese population. The obvious conclusion would be that poverty leads to obesity, but if you are poverty stricken how can you afford the food to grow obese? My conclusion is there is little true poverty in America, just stupid people who cannot manage their lives.
/rant off!

i heard this on the news also.
mississippi, alabama, and tennessee have the most obese people in the country.
many grossly over weight people don't know anything abt. nutrition.
plus there are a lot of bad habits w/a grease focus. my gramma had a skillet of bacon grease on the stove and just kept adding to it. we never got fat. we were running around skinning our knees. today, children don't go out and play tho.
they get fat when they are little and it becomes a life long struggle.
also, oddly, those huge women in that photo could actually be suffering from malnutrition.
i agree w/ you that few people in this country are so poor that they are going hungry, many are just making bad food choices.

re: #56 livefreeor die

I'd love to know the mom's excuse for not working. And her poor daughter who has never heard of public transportation and car pooling and now cannot work. I can feed a family of four on $100 per week-and two of the four are growing boys. None of us are overweight either because it's a lot cheaper to eat a well balanced, healthy diet.

This is what the liberals have wrought-they've created these "victims" instead of helping them learn how to be independent. I would happily see my tax dollars go towards weekly classes on healthy eating on a budget and employment skills.

One more thing-I better not find out they have a big screen television in their home.

npr had them on a radio show. that says it all.
we have the most obese well off poor people in the world.
i bet they do have a big screen t.v.
that could be part of their problem.

re: #54 angst

I think that in general you are right about the correlation between obesity and poverty. I wonder, too, if in the South there isn't more to it- maybe some of the Southern readers might pitch in.

I once read an article about Louisiana and how people pretty much knew that their eating habits were going to do them in- but the laissez le bon temps roulez culture was thought to be very prevalent and that was the trade off. People in the south like their food- and there's a lot to like. The skinniest state is Colorado- people live there for the outdoor activities, not the food!

Lots of fried stuff in the South, and in Louisiana, "fried food" is more than chicken - it's fish, crawfish, shrimp, etc. Really good food, but prepared in a high-calorie way.

But I also think there is a problem today with food-like edibles, rather than real food.

My grandmother seasoned all vegetables with bacon grease. Her cooking was high-fat cooking. But neither my mom nor her sister, nor any of us, were ever overweight. But in my family, we eat real food (fish, shrimp, pork, fresh veggies), not "food-like" substances (potato chips, hot pockets, etc). Real food satisfies - food-like stuff doesn't, and so you end up eating more calories.

re: #69 angst

That's interesting. Kind of like when being pale meant one was a person of leisure, and now means the opposite. Being tan means you've got the money/time to fool around, or at least can afford a good paint job.

Tan is one thing. Sunburned is another.

Years ago a cartoonist named Jake Vest had a one panel feature called "That's Jake" in our local paper. One of his best was: "We've got two kinds of roofers in Florida...sunburnt and unemployed."

I'm sunburned everywhere I can't avoid it. I would love to be able to afford to be tanned.

re: #71 nyc redneck

npr had them on a radio show. that says it all.
we have the most obese well off poor people in the world.
i bet they do have a big screen t.v.
that could be part of their problem.

Like this slum-dweller in N.O.?

(you may have to scroll to about mid-page)

re: #72 reine.de.tout

Who was it that said "Never eat anything your grandmother can't identify as food."?

re: #73 USBeast

That Florida sun is something else! It always makes me laugh when I run across CSI: Miami and the leading man is a pale redhead. Like he'd last half an hour out there. And wears black suits, no less.

My kids are such northerners, they get heat exhaustion in 85 degree temperatures with 20% humidity. (This week, that's how I remember the details so well).

I had no idea a harmonica could sound like that....

Awesome

re: #73 USBeast

Tan is one thing. Sunburned is another.

Years ago a cartoonist named Jake Vest had a one panel feature called "That's Jake" in our local paper. One of his best was: "We've got two kinds of roofers in Florida...sunburnt and unemployed."

I'm sunburned everywhere I can't avoid it. I would love to be able to afford to be tanned.

Our roofers here begin working in October, and have stopped by June. Impossible job during the summer.

Brendan Power - what a mindblower! Thank you!

I've gotta go search for more now...

It's amazing that anyone would spend so much time learning to play such a ridiculous instrument so well.

I mean that in the best possible way, because that was awesome. I just can't help but imagine the endless hours of practicing a harmonica to get to that point. More torture than water boarding for sure.

You've never heard a ridiculous instrument played so well til you've heard this.