Monday afternoon here.

Happy December __st to you all

Monday morning open thread? It is afternoon here in beautiful Massachusetts

But I'm still open!

re: #4 Ford_Prefect

Hey Ford!

Monday morning/afternoon open thread.

any australians here?

morning lizards. afternoon here

Bummer......Rush out sick today.

Filling my pockets with change hoping they copulate and have more change.

Thanks for the change Barry.

re: #9 oronpam

I HATE it when that happens.

Another drab, dreary, overcast, Western Washington late morning here. *UGH*

re: #5 bellamags

Hey Ford!

Howdy bella. How are things?

re: #7 Shug

any australians here?

Would love to spend a few months being an honorary one. ;)

re: #10 jorline

Filling my pockets with change hoping they copulate and have more change.

Thanks for the change Barry.

LOL. How are things jorline?

Dianna West is defending Vlaams Belang again.....
On Vlaams Belang

So where do the anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi charges comes from? Let’s start by acknowledging that Dutch is a Germanic language, and, in our age and culture, any Germanic-accented politicians decribed as “right-wing” may trigger an almost atavistic prejudice--although when these same right-wing, Germanic-style-accented politicians were born around the 1960s (or later) we need to think a little deeper.

re: #11 bellamags

I HATE it when that happens.

So who is running the show today?

re: #10 jorline

Filling my pockets with change hoping they copulate and have more change.

Thanks for the change Barry.

That change in your pocket is about the only change Obama is going to give you. Unfortunately the bills won't be there to keep them company.

Anti-American mouthpieces not happy about Clinton after "8 years of calamities".

&

Hamas Forbids Muslims To Leave To Go To Haj! Sharif isn't gunna like this.

I'm having lunch here. The cook calls it "Ye Ol' Style Meatloaf". I call it "meatloaf".

re: #19 WrathofG-d

Anti-American mouthpieces not happy about Clinton after "8 years of calamities".

&

Hamas Forbids Muslims To Leave To Go To Haj! Sharif isn't gunna like this.

Oh, boo hoo, the poor abused Muslims.

re: #12 FurryOldGuyJeans

Another drab, dreary, overcast, Western Washington late morning here. *UGH*

Don't remember if you mentioned your particular WW region before...there's sunshine on Whidbey. I'd invite you over, but I'm home sick from school today.

At least I can still attend classes at Lizardia U! LOL

re: #19 WrathofG-d

Anti-American mouthpieces not happy about Clinton after "8 years of calamities".

&

Hamas Forbids Muslims To Leave To Go To Haj! Sharif isn't gunna like this.

Interesting. Saudi Arabia might get upset, too. Lost revenue.

re: #20 father_of_10

I'm having lunch here. The cook calls it "Ye Ol' Style Meatloaf". I call it "meatloaf".

If there is any green on that meatloaf, it really is Ye Ol'.

re: #20 father_of_10

I'm having lunch here. The cook calls it "Ye Ol' Style Meatloaf". I call it "meatloaf".

The cook must be a democrat. "If you give something a pretty name it must be better"/

Good afternoon, Lizards.

re: #13 Ford_Prefect

Howdy bella. How are things?

OK. Mondays are usually ok but TODAY is totally lame. Just dealing with utility companies. They have a complete monopoly. You can't threaten them with the old "I'll take my business elsewhere" routine. I moved to a new location 3 months ago and they still have not disconnected the utilities at my previous location.

Getting my flu shot today. That usually means I will be sick by Wed.

Will she have any problem getting confirmed, seeing as last time she was in court regarding campaing funding, she couldn't remember much and many of the contributors left the country or pled the 5th?

The meatloaf isn't old, just the cook's style of cooking. So far it smells and tastes OK. Kinda meatloafy.

re: #26 goddessoftheclassroom

Well, huhlo, goddess!

re: #24 FurryOldGuyJeans

If there is any green on that meatloaf, it really is Ye Ol'.

Now, now. Green peppers are a perfectly acceptable addition to meatloaf.

re: #16 Killgore Trout

Dianna West is defending Vlaams Belang again.....
On Vlaams Belang

So- we're racists who need to think deeper.... I think it's called "projection".

re: #30 father_of_10

The meatloaf isn't old, just the cook's style of cooking. So far it smells and tastes OK. Kinda meatloafy.

Funny how meatloaf is like that/ : )

re: #26 goddessoftheclassroom

Good afternoon, Lizards.

Good afternoon Goddess.

*deep genuflect

re: #17 vxbush

So who is running the show today?

I don't know. I have to listen to top 40 (work). I used to wear little ear buds with a tiny am radio, but it was too distracting. damn.

re: #25 Ford_Prefect

The cook must be a democrat. "If you give something a pretty name it must be better"/

The cook is a Navajo. I'm lucky I'm not eating mutton on frybread with blue corn mush.

re: #15 midwestgak

LOL. How are things jorline?

Good afternoon, gak. I'm well, thank you and you?

How much snow did you get yesterday?

re: #22 hermit

Don't remember if you mentioned your particular WW region before...there's sunshine on Whidbey. I'd invite you over, but I'm home sick from school today.

At least I can still attend classes at Lizardia U! LOL

Lakewood, near McChord AFB and Ft. Lewis.

For the geographically challenged, south of Seattle by about 30 miles. ;)

Boy are we fooked.

So...has anybody signed-up to get in on the next batch of Soylent Green?

Every good thread deserves its own needle.

(I have no idea what that means...I must be channeling a tailor)

re: #28 rawmuse

Getting my flu shot today. That usually means I will be sick by Wed.

Takes me only a couple of hours before I start showing symptoms.

re: #41 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

Boy are we fooked.

So...has anybody signed-up to get in on the next batch of Soylent Green?

THAT LOOK. Jeez. I'm glad I'm not on the receiving end.

re: #40 FurryOldGuyJeans

Nevermind, FOGJ, sun's gone.....no wait! There it is again!...oops, nevermind.

re: #34 Sharmuta

She closes with....

America must start paying attention to Europe. And to Vlaams Belang.

We should emulate Europe and VB? What an idiot.

re: #27 bellamags

That s*cks. Are they trying to bill you for anything? I mean if you moved out there shouldn't be anything running, right?

re: #32 vxbush

Now, now. Green peppers are a perfectly acceptable addition to meatloaf.

Pretty sure he was describing the green "FUZZ" like texture that 3 day ole meatloaf develops.

ANd just for reference, it will turn into a velcrolike substance when microwaved

re: #39 jorline

Good afternoon, gak. I'm well, thank you and you?

How much snow did you get yesterday?

Doing okay. Got only about an inch my way. Others nearby weren't so fortunate. Some got 5" or more just a little further north and west.

Everything is white and grey and black (tree branches)

re: #44 bellamags

THAT LOOK. Jeez. I'm glad I'm not on the receiving end.

Talk about the old "put a bag on the old bag" pun.

re: #44 bellamags

THAT LOOK. Jeez. I'm glad I'm not on the receiving end.

...but we are, we are....

re: #42 So?

Every good thread deserves its own needle.

(I have no idea what that means...I must be channeling a tailor)

*DING-DING-DING*

re: #48 saberry0530

Pretty sure he was describing the green "FUZZ" like texture that 3 day ole meatloaf develops.

ANd just for reference, it will turn into a velcrolike substance when microwaved

Suddenly my lunch is starting to taste funny . . .

Thanks

re: #54 father_of_10

Suddenly my lunch is starting to taste funny . . .

Thanks

That's what gravy is for...

re: #41 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

Boy are we fooked.

So...has anybody signed-up to get in on the next batch of Soylent Green?

Man, the temperature in my office dropped ten degrees when I clicked on that.

re: #19 WrathofG-d

Sharif and his minions are very confused.

re: #19 WrathofG-d

Anti-American mouthpieces not happy about Clinton after "8 years of calamities".

&

Hamas Forbids Muslims To Leave To Go To Haj! Sharif isn't gunna like this.

So, bad to allow crossing to pray, but mandatory to let them prey on Israeli civilians. . .eeeeeek and grrrrr

re: #41 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

Boy are we fooked.

So...has anybody signed-up to get in on the next batch of Soylent Green?

I'd suggest checking with father_of_10 - he's got a plateful! :D

Hmmm.....

It's Official - US in a Recession

Monday's declaration by the panel of the National Bureau of Economic Research confirms what many private economists, lawmakers and members of the general public already have assumed and puts an official date on it: A U.S. recession began in December 2007.

That was the same month employment peaked, and the economy began shrinking in a downturn that has been exacerbated by the financial crisis that took hold of markets beginning in September.

Perhaps I'm mistaken, and didn't get the memo on the new definition of recession, but I thought that a recession was when the GDP growth was negative two successive quarters. Now, while the GDP did grow at a substantially slower rate, starting the last quarter of 2007, I do not recall any of the quarters showing a negative growth - the closest was a .3% uptick.

Is this just another case of redefining a term to fit a political agenda - similar to calling a plan to not grow an entitlement at 8% annually but grow only 4% annually a cut in the entitlement?

Hey folks - in a few seconds the wayward toolbag is gonna go straight over New Zealand. Don't blink or you'll miss the whole thing.

re: #54 father_of_10

Suddenly my lunch is starting to taste funny . . .

Thanks

BUilding bridges one cadav oh ... friend at at time!

re: #42 So?

Every good thread deserves its own needle.

(I have no idea what that means...I must be channeling a tailor)

Sew, what's new So? :)

re: #45 hermit

Nevermind, FOGJ, sun's gone.....no wait! There it is again!...oops, nevermind.

I use Firefox's Forecastbar Enhanced to keep my depression rolling along. ;)

re: #55 hermit

That's what gravy is for...

Or ketchup.

re: #59 Miss Trixie

I'd suggest checking with father_of_10 - he's got a plateful! :D

Not with 10 kids he don't. . .

re: #47 Ford_Prefect

That s*cks. Are they trying to bill you for anything? I mean if you moved out there shouldn't be anything running, right?

The water bill is for Nov. - Feb. They pre-bill. The electric was only like $10 but they should have disconnected two months ago and they are trying to screw me with the deposit. I canceled the alarm monitoring at the end of Sept. written and verbal and they keep sending me bills. The phone company is trying to bill me for a line that was disconnected 3 months ago. I wonder how many larger businesses just pay these bills without asking. Happens a lot I am sure.

re: #60 Athos

Hmmm.....

It's Official - US in a Recession

Perhaps I'm mistaken, and didn't get the memo on the new definition of recession, but I thought that a recession was when the GDP growth was negative two successive quarters. Now, while the GDP did grow at a substantially slower rate, starting the last quarter of 2007, I do not recall any of the quarters showing a negative growth - the closest was a .3% uptick.

Is this just another case of redefining a term to fit a political agenda - similar to calling a plan to not grow an entitlement at 8% annually but grow only 4% annually a cut in the entitlement?

I think you nailed it pretty well!

re: #21 FurryOldGuyJeans

re: #23 vxbush

I found these paragraphs very interesting. They give you a bit of insight into how the Arab countries see both Hamas and Fatah (ie: only as Palestinian Authority). Guess that whole playing them against each other thing the West and Israel are doing aint working so well.

In a sign of a widening rift with regional Arab countries, Egypt's Foreign Ministry said the ban damaged "the reputation of (the) Islamic movement."

Saudi Arabia also expressed its displeasure in indirect but rare criticism.
The Saudi news agency quoted an unnamed foreign ministry official who said he was "shocked that a member of the Palestinian parliament," — referring to Hamas — "said that Saudi Arabia did not give visas to Gaza pilgrims."

re: #62 saberry0530

BUilding bridges one cadav oh ... friend at at time!

If you only knew where I worked and what I do! that is either really funny . . . or very tasteless!

re: #49 midwestgak

Doing okay. Got only about an inch my way. Others nearby weren't so fortunate. Some got 5" or more just a little further north and west.

Everything is white and grey and black (tree branches)

I hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. Thanks for the email and apologize for my delay.

Stay warm!

re: #60 Athos

Is this just another case of redefining a term to fit a political agenda - similar to calling a plan to not grow an entitlement at 8% annually but grow only 4% annually a cut in the entitlement?

I think that depends on what your definition of "is" is...

re: #65 Ford_Prefect

Or ketchup.

Or the family dog.

Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security.

I always thought our troops were already ensuring our domestic security by bitch-slapping people in other countries.

Not to spoil anyone's "Peace Process"

But, maybe it's a lost cause.

'Hatred of Israel is in our genes'
Syrian actress: We'll pass this down to many more generations (MEMRI).

JPost video. Java link from home page

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

re: #46 Killgore Trout

Well- on the upside- if anyone sticks "vlaams belang" in google, LGF and Thanos are in the first few links.

[Link: www.google.com...]

re: #41 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

Boy are we fooked.

So...has anybody signed-up to get in on the next batch of Soylent Green?

I hear it looks and tastes like Ye Ol' Meatloaf...!

re: #72 hermit

I think that depends on what your definition of "is" is...

SNAP! The linguistic gift that keep on giving. . wait. . .ewww sorry

re: #73 midwestgak

Or the family dog.

To feed it to, I mean. Don't go Chinese on me.

re: #63 DisturbedEma

Sew, what's new So? :)

LOL!

Just found this new thread, it's So incredible.

re: #70 father_of_10

If you only knew where I worked and what I do! that is either really funny . . . or very tasteless!

I remember! You mentioned it once about a month or so ago. Some things just stick. or is that some things are sick. I've slept since then......

re: #75 opinionated

Not to spoil anyone's "Peace Process"

But, maybe it's a lost cause.

'Hatred of Israel is in our genes'
Syrian actress: We'll pass this down to many more generations (MEMRI).

JPost video. Java link from home page

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Stupid asshole- nature vs nurture. . .and in this case nurture wins, Jews and Israel lose.

re: #58 DisturbedEma

Yea, where are the depression pieces from the media with the pictures of "impoverished" and crying children and women? I guess Muslims not allowing Muslims to leave Gaza to go to Haj, is a "bad decision", but Jews not allowing Muslims into a Israel (a Country they vow to destroy) is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions.

(Remember Ramadan on the Temple Mount?)

re: #80 So?

LOL!

Just found this new thread, it's So incredible.

I find it to be just So? So? :)

re: #30 father_of_10

The meatloaf isn't old, just the cook's style of cooking. So far it smells and tastes OK. Kinda meatloafy.

As long as it doesn't taste like chicken....

re: #67 bellamags

The water bill is for Nov. - Feb. They pre-bill. The electric was only like $10 but they should have disconnected two months ago and they are trying to screw me with the deposit. I canceled the alarm monitoring at the end of Sept. written and verbal and they keep sending me bills. The phone company is trying to bill me for a line that was disconnected 3 months ago. I wonder how many larger businesses just pay these bills without asking. Happens a lot I am sure.

Here is what you do. Give them all new billing addresses. Give the water company the electric company's address. Give the electric company the security company's address and give the security company the water company's address... Then let them figure it out.

re: #73 midwestgak

Or the family dog.

Depends on how much you like the dog.

re: #83 WrathofG-d

Yea, where are the depression pieces from the media with the pictures of "impoverished" and crying children and women? I guess Muslims not allowing Muslims to leave Gaza to go to Haj, is a "bad decision", but Jews not allowing Muslims into a Israel (a Country they vow to destroy) is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions.

(Remember Ramadan on the Temple Mount?)

Yep, and every Friday at Temple Mount, a fresh call to jihad. . .

re: #20 father_of_10

I'm having lunch here. The cook calls it "Ye Ol' Style Meatloaf". I call it "meatloaf".

"Meatloaf again?"

re: #82 DisturbedEma

Why is Peace a Process?

The way I see it, either you have it or you don't.

Ye Ol' Style Meatloaf was OK. Fortunately potatoes and gravy diluted the Soylent Green characteristics. Now on to the cherry cheesecake. I think it came from a box (cheesecake not being a traditional Navajo dish) so I'm probably safe.

re: #60 Athos

It's kind of like going to your doctor's office for a physical, and having him inform you that you died six months ago.

re: #87 Ford_Prefect

Depends on how much you like the dog.

Baked, BBQed, or fried?

re: #75 opinionated

Not to spoil anyone's "Peace Process"

But, maybe it's a lost cause.

'Hatred of Israel is in our genes'
Syrian actress: We'll pass this down to many more generations (MEMRI).

JPost video. Java link from home page

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Hey, stop posting that stuff, you'll disturb everyone's peaceful trancelike state of Obama-induced warmth and fuzziness.

Everyone, just keep repeating to yourself: "tiny minority. Tiny minority. Tiny minority. Tiny minority. Tiny minority."

There. Everything is great again. Everyone loves one another. Happy happy happy.

re: #87 Ford_Prefect

Depends on how much you like the dog.

See my #79 : )

re: #56 Ford_Prefect

Man, the temperature in my office dropped ten degrees when I clicked on that.

You're lucky, my blood's now running a cool 34°F.

re: #84 DisturbedEma

I find it to be just So? So? :)

Not all threads are alike. ;)

re: #76 Sharmuta

Heh. That really has to piss them off.

re: #86 Ford_Prefect

Here is what you do. Give them all new billing addresses. Give the water company the electric company's address. Give the electric company the security company's address and give the security company the water company's address... Then let them figure it out.

Sounds like a fabulously diabolical plan. (eeeevil laugh) ; )

re: #92 Occasional Reader

I absolutely hate it when that happens.

re: #90 So?

Why is Peace a Process?

The way I see it, either you have it or you don't.

Because it is a way of saying it is possible, even if all evidence on the ground says no way. . .

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. . .wired and ready to detonate- lets look at the roadmap!

re: #77 96RoadKing

I hear it looks and tastes like Ye Ol' Meatloaf...!

nicely done.

re: #97 So?

Not all threads are alike. ;)

Sew true

re: #88 DisturbedEma

Tell me about it....you're typing to an individual who has actually had rocks thrown at it by Muslims from up on the Temple Mount.

re: #91 father_of_10

Ye Ol' Style Meatloaf was OK. Fortunately potatoes and gravy diluted the Soylent Green characteristics. Now on to the cherry cheesecake. I think it came from a box (cheesecake not being a traditional Navajo dish) so I'm probably safe.

And meatloaf is?

re: #90 So?

Why is Peace a Process?

The way I see it, either you have it or you don't.

Well, if you call something a process, it is be default never-ending, as is your employment in said process.

re: #102 Ford_Prefect
I be learnin'!

re: #103 DisturbedEma

Sew true

You just had to needle your way in, eh?

re: #98 Killgore Trout

Heh. That really has to piss them off.

I suppose it does. LOL

re: #94 Last Mohican

Hey, stop posting that stuff, you'll disturb everyone's peaceful trancelike state of Obama-induced warmth and fuzziness.

Everyone, just keep repeating to yourself: "tiny minority. Tiny minority. Tiny minority. Tiny minority. Tiny minority."

There. Everything is great again. Everyone loves one another. Happy happy happy.

Moderate muslims are out there Moderate Muslims exist. . .I WANT TO BELIEVE

Obama pick for UN ambassador known for tough stance on genocide

To reinforce his intention to work more closely with the United Nations after the tensions of President George W. Bush's tenure, Obama plans to restore the ambassador's post to cabinet rank, as it was under President Bill Clinton, according to Democrats close to the transition.

While the cabinet consists of 15 department heads, a president can give other positions the same rank for the duration of his administration.

"She's obviously one of Obama's closest advisers, so it underscores how much of a priority he's making the position," said Nancy Soderberg, a senior U.S. diplomat at the United Nations under Bill Clinton. "If you look at the last eight years, we obviously need to be more engaged at the UN and realistic about what the UN can do."

**SHUDDER**

Is it just me, or does it seem the Haj comes earlier every year?

re: #108 FurryOldGuyJeans

You just had to needle your way in, eh?

Can't hem in a Lizard

re: #105 Ford_Prefect

And meatloaf is?

Apparently. He said it was Ol' Style anyway.

Is an open thread kind of like a drum or guitar solo in a rock concert?

gives the rest of band a break.

re: #106
"it is be default"="it is by default"

PIMF!

re: #103 DisturbedEma

Sew true

LOL again!

Thimble but smart.

Hot dogs, Armour hot dogs
What kind of kids eat Armour hot dogs?
Fat Obese kids, skinny undernourished kids
Kids who climb on rocks need Ritalin
Tough Over-aggressive kids, sissy LGBT kids
Even kids with chicken pox not immunized for the varicella zoster virus eat
Hot dogs, Armour hot dogs
The dog processed meat sausage kids love to bite

re: #108 FurryOldGuyJeans

You just had to needle your way in, eh?

Don't pin that on me.

re: #107 96RoadKing

I be learnin'!

u lern good

re: #108 FurryOldGuyJeans

You just had to needle your way in, eh?

This thread has me in stitches!

re: #113 Creeping Eruption

Can't hem in a Lizard

I see a pattern here.

re: #67 bellamags

The water bill is for Nov. - Feb. They pre-bill. The electric was only like $10 but they should have disconnected two months ago and they are trying to screw me with the deposit. I canceled the alarm monitoring at the end of Sept. written and verbal and they keep sending me bills. The phone company is trying to bill me for a line that was disconnected 3 months ago. I wonder how many larger businesses just pay these bills without asking. Happens a lot I am sure.

Happened to me when we moved. We got two months of power bills from the old residence even though we cancelled it three separate times. And don't even get me started with Comcast.

re: #104 WrathofG-d

Tell me about it....you're typing to an individual who has actually had rocks thrown at it by Muslims from up on the Temple Mount.

All hail, th Religion of Pieces. . .

I know of what you speak, have family in Tel Aviv, distant cousins on my dad's side.

re: #113 Creeping Eruption

Can't hem in a Lizard

Yeah, they're cut from whole cloth, aren't they?

Holiday gifts for that special someone on your list.

FOGJeans

As long as it doesn't taste like chicken....

Well ....

re: #112 Occasional Reader

Is it just me, or does it seem the Haj comes earlier every year?

No more self control.

re: #112 Occasional Reader

Is it just me, or does it seem the Haj comes earlier every year?

Haj carols have been on the radio since October.

re: #108 FurryOldGuyJeans

You just had to needle your way in, eh?

Sew sue me!

re: #125 father_of_10

Yeah, they're cut from whole cloth, aren't they?

A real patch-work of people and places

re: #125 father_of_10

Yeah, they're cut from whole cloth, aren't they?

Tailor made!

re: #122 FurryOldGuyJeans

I see a pattern here.

That was so off the cuff.

re: #111 gmsc

Obama pick for UN ambassador known for tough stance on genocide

**SHUDDER**

Great. More discussions about what should be done during the next genocide. Then putting too few people in blue helmets in place to watch and report the genocide while ducking incoming mortars.

Y'all have me in stitches!

;-)

re: #103 DisturbedEma

Sew true

You're gonna' have me in stitches.

re: #121 96RoadKing

This thread has me in stitches!

The shears audacity of you!

re: #134 midwestgak

That was so off the cuff.

Yoke's on you. . .

re: #115 Shug

Is an open thread kind of like a drum or guitar solo in a rock concert?

gives the rest of band a break.

drum solos are my FAVE. I have seen this live

re: #136 redstateredneck

Y'all have me in stitches!

;-)

One freakin' second.

re: #138 FurryOldGuyJeans

The shears audacity of you!

I'm pressed for ideas.

re: #121 96RoadKing

This thread has me in stitches!

Dammit, that wasn't up there when I posted mine!

re: #82 DisturbedEma

Almost makes you believe that Land for Peace won't bring peace.

But then Hillary needs something to do for four years. And with much anger to work off, why not take it all out on Israel.

I'm coming unravelled.

re: #114 father_of_10

Apparently. He said it was Ol' Style anyway.

Hmmm. Navajos weren't canibals in days of Ol' were they?

Just another open thread...

Least it's not an open fly.

re: #138 FurryOldGuyJeans

The shears audacity of you!

Seams to be the case. . .

re: #123 tackle

Happened to me when we moved. We got two months of power bills from the old residence even though we cancelled it three separate times. And don't even get me started with Comcast.

My ex calls them communistcast.

re: #144 redstateredneck

Darnit, that wasn't up there when I posted mine!

re: #130 debutaunt

Haj carols have been on the radio since October.

I just hope to avoid the Haj crush this year.

I mean... literally.

re: #145 opinionated

Almost makes you believe that Land for Peace won't bring peace.

But then Hillary needs something to do for four years. And with much anger to work off, why not take it all out on Israel.

Because she is the senator of New York state. . .

re: #111 gmsc

Obama pick for UN ambassador known for tough stance on genocide

Who was the pro-genocide candidate in the running?

re: #130 debutaunt

Haj carols have been on the radio since October.

The local Wal-Mart has had Haj decorations up since August (they're so ahead of the season!)

re: #146 MandyManners

I'm coming unravelled.

Darn it, I can't think if anything!

re: #148 bosforus

Least it's not an open fly.

Button your lip!

re: #146 MandyManners

I'm coming unravelled.

Is this a loose thread?

re: #111 gmsc

Obama pick for UN ambassador known for tough stance on genocide

"Tough stance on genocide"? Meaning, she's agin' it? Well, that's nice.

Frawed knot.

Thanks for the laughs...I needed that.

I guess there's more to this thread than meets the eye.

re: #152 debutaunt

touche'

re: #159 jorline

Is this a loose thread?

No, it's knot.

re: #157 tackle

Darn it, I can't think if anything!

Seems you have run out of seam. . .

re: #161 midwestgak

Frawed knot.

um, frayed knot.

re: #115 Shug

Is an open thread kind of like a drum or guitar solo in a rock concert?

gives the rest of band a break.

It's when Dead Heads would use the amenities and visit the concession stand.

re: #159 jorline

Is this a loose thread?

Sounds like everyone is QUILTY of something.

re: #164 hermit

No, it's knot.

Just people BATTING about puns

re: #146 MandyManners

I'm coming unravelled.

That is the fashion these days.

re: #157 tackle

Darn it, I can't think if anything!

The weather's socked in here.

re: #157 tackle

Darn it, I can't think if anything!

say anything. any old yarn will do

re: #165 DisturbedEma

Seems you have run out of seam. . .

We can iron this all out.

re: #160 Occasional Reader

"Tough stance on genocide"? Meaning, she's agin' it? Well, that's nice.

Not just agin' it -- she has threatened to "strongly condemn" it.

re: #140 bellamags

drum solos are my FAVE. I have seen this live

Bah!

The Master™

re: #112 Occasional Reader

I might. IIRC, Muslims don't follow the Christian calendar.

Chanukkah is nearly an entire week or so before the 25th this year.

I wonder if they came practically a full month apart (ie: Chanukkah in the beginning of December) if we would still be forced to say "happy holidays" instead of Happy Chanukkah in the beginning of the month, and Marry Xmas at the end.

re: #169 saberry0530

Sounds like everyone is QUILTY of something.

Makes em' ready to BOLT

re: #60 Athos

Indeed. Heck, you've go the media pushing a meme that we're not only in a recession, but heading towards a depression. They can't be deterred from their meme - facts be damned.

I wasn't particularly impressed with the crowds on Black Friday, but apparently sales figures were pretty robust - ahead of last year by about 2%. That's certainly not a sign that the economy is heading into a depression.

But the media just loves a great depression story.

Meatloaf?

My lunch was the turkey-leftover version of shepherd's pie. We call it turkey herders pie. Yumm.

re: #151 ploome hineni

it's a pattern

Oh, what a tangled web we weave....

Starter martyr......
Yahoo pic

A Palestinian child steps on a U.S flag during a protest demanding an end to a blockade on the Gaza Strip by Israel, in Ain el- Hilweh refugee camp near the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon November 29, 2008.

re: #176 Racer X

Bah!

The Master™

Upding for that.

Lizards are such a tight knit community

re: #167 ploome hineni

is she the one who thinks Israel is practising genocide?

Yep. . .wants NATO in Israel. . .

I'm taking this thread to the dry cleaners.

re: #159 jorline

Is this a loose thread?

Only if it's dangling.

All right, that's enough hemming and hawing around. Does this thread have a topic?

re: #167 ploome hineni

is she the one who thinks Israel is practising genocide?

Yep, you devious Joos have managed to simultaneously inflict on the Poor Suffering Palestinians® a genocide AND a population explosion. You bastards!

re: #175 Last Mohican

Not just agin' it -- she has threatened to "strongly condemn" it.

She's probably preparing a stack of strongly worded letters as we speak....

re: #176 Racer X

Bah!

The Master™

I KNEW someone would one up me. Saw Rush in February. Neil is awesome and is the best. Lars was more fun to watch.

re: #169 saberry0530

Sounds like everyone is QUILTY of something.

You cut a pretty wide swatch with that statement.

Genocide is bad.

/Can I now get a cabinet position?

re: #160 Occasional Reader

"Tough stance on genocide"? Meaning, she's agin' it? Well, that's nice.

Tough stance on genocide. So I guess that means more candlelight vigils and demands that someone do something.

All while the genocidal thugs continue their genocidal ways as the UN looks on and worries about the next time they get emergency sex or get to molest and abuse refugees in their care or the African Union can't get its act together to send in forces.

re: #178 Creeping Eruption

Makes em' ready to BOLT

Not measuring up. . .shear maddness. . .

re: #181 MandyManners

Oh, what a tangled web we weave....

Man, I'm getting taken to the cleaners...

re: #188 redstateredneck

All right, that's enough hemming and hawing around. Does this thread have a topic?

Or are we just spinning a yarn?

re: #147 Ford_Prefect

Hmmm. Navajos weren't canibals in days of Ol' were they?

Not that I've ever heard. They were pretty rough on the Utes but I've never heard they liked the other other white meat.

As much as I love the color of this thread, my time is cut short by the pattern of work.

re: #181 MandyManners

Oh, what a tangled web we weave....

crochet or is that . . .touche?

re: #171 FurryOldGuyJeans

That is the fashion these days.

I'm gonna' fade away.

re: #192 FurryOldGuyJeans

You cut a pretty wide swatch with that statement.

there was a remnant of wit there. . .

Killgore-

Discovery Institute Announces Academic Freedom Day Student Video and Essay Contest

There's a typo too.

re: #186 So?

I'm taking this thread to the dry cleaners.

That was the worsted pun of them all.

These puns are being worn threadbare.

re: #192 FurryOldGuyJeans

You cut a pretty wide swatch with that statement.

For the military people, watch those Irish pennants!

re: #187 MandyManners

Only if it's dangling.

Only berries, chads and participles do that, Mandy.

re: #184 Shug

Lizards are such a tight knit community

You're such a purl.

re: #196 tackle

Man, I'm getting taken to the cleaners...

Ancient Chinese Secret, huh?

re: #180 GordonShumway

THAT is an awesome nic. Welcome to LGF.

jorline

Is this a loose thread?

... he asked pointedly.

re: #197 Occasional Reader

Or are we just spinning a yarn?

Knitfty!

re: #196 tackle

Man, I'm getting taken to the cleaners...

Me? I'm frazzled.

re: #206 karmic_inquisitor

These puns are being worn threadbare.

I bet Charles could create some sort of code patch to prevent this punnery

re: #194 lawhawk

So I guess that means more candlelight vigils and demands that someone do something.

Don't forget the rock concerts! The proceeds of which will benefit the "Save [fill in blank]" bumper sticker production. Sales of bumper stickers will be used to fund the next rock concert.

re: #197 Occasional Reader

Or are we just spinning a yarn?

That would be unseamly.

re: #112 Occasional Reader

The Moslems have a lunar calendar like Jews do except that, unlike the Jewish calendar, the calculations and adjustments weren't put in place so that holidays fall out at the same time each year so all Islamic holidays "travel" around the year falling out variously in summer, spring, winter or fall. So its not your imagination. The Haj, like any other observance, comes out at a different time each year.

re: #213 Miss Trixie

jorline

... he asked pointedly.

lol...Hi {Trixie}.

re: #214 DisturbedEma

Knitfty!

And perl 2!

re: #204 Sharmuta

The grand-prize winner will be awarded $500 and selected by an illustrious panel of leaders in the ID movement.

What a crappy prize. At least Adnan Oktar was giving out a few thousand bucks.

re: #204 Sharmuta

Killgore-

Discovery Institute Announces Academic Freedom Day Student Video and Essay Contest

There's a typo too.

Heh. Academic freedom my tail end. The DI wants to stifle scientific freedom and academic freedom.

re: #195 DisturbedEma

Not measuring up. . .shear maddness. . .

I shot a collared peccary once.

re: #220 ploome hineni

don;t forget nude bike rides

and old testicle man

eeww. i hope the two are separate events.

It never happened....but if it did.....it is also happening to us.

This thread is giving me a tingle down my inseam

re: #189 Occasional Reader

Yep, you devious Joos have managed to simultaneously inflict on the Poor Suffering Palestinians® a genocide AND a population explosion. You bastards!

All without a single suicide bomber or Ramadan massacre. . .yes, us Jews have it going on- cut from the same cloth we are. . .

re: #202 MandyManners

I'm gonna' fade away.

Don't let that put a stain on your record.

re: #219 2senseplain

The Moslems have a lunar calendar like Jews do except that, unlike the Jewish calendar, the calculations and adjustments weren't put in place so that holidays fall out at the same time each year so all Islamic holidays "travel" around the year falling out variously in summer, spring, winter or fall. So its not your imagination. The Haj, like any other observance, comes out at a different time each year.

Actually, I knew that... 'twas a joke, riffing on that very subject.

re: #212 Sharmuta

re: #212 Sharmuta

THAT is an awesome nic. Welcome to LGF.

No problemo, Willie.

Was watching for an open registration for about a year. Got in on turkey-day.

re: #225 father_of_10

I shot a collared peccary once.

That was the plaid truth.

re: #189 Occasional Reader

Yep, you devious Joos have managed to simultaneously inflict on the Poor Suffering Palestinians® a genocide AND a population explosion. You bastards!

That's the most evilest kind of genocide: where you keep growin' and growin' more Palestinians, at the third-highest population growth rate in the whole world, so you can keep genociding them more and more and more!

Those evil Joos.

re: #201 midwestgak

crochet or is that . . .touche?

Don't be so buttoned-down.

re: #226 bellamags

eeww. i hope the two are separate events.

If not, then at the end of the ride they would be.

re: #216 hermit

I bet Charles could create some sort of code patch to prevent this punnery

Patchwork quilt?

re: #213 Miss Trixie

... he asked pointedly.

Reminds me of one of my faves:

"Shut up!" he explained.

also the title of a dandy book

re: #208 jorline

Only berries, chads and participles do that, Mandy.

Not into kilts, are you?

Pakistan drops the other shoe...

US, India face Pak blackmail on terror

WASHINGTON: The United States and India face tactics bordering on blackmail from a militarized Pakistan - where civilian control is still very dodgy - as they coordinate efforts to eliminate terrorism in the region, according to analysts and officials on both sides.

In what is turning out to be an elaborate chess game in the region, Islamabad on Saturday made its "Afghan move" to counter the US-India pincer, telling Washington that it will have to withdraw some 100,000 Pakistani troops posted on its western borders to fight the al-Qaida-Taliban and move them east to the Indian front if New Delhi makes any aggressive moves.

re: #121 96RoadKing

This thread has me in stitches!

Y'all are warped. Woof.

JAFLW

re: #230 midwestgak

Don't let that put a stain on your record.

Hi, Billy Mays here..........!

re: #200 buzzsawmonkey

You forgot the "Mmmmmmmmmmmmkay?"

LOL.

Was on a concall this morning with this particularly passive aggressive gal who not only did the "mmmmmmkay?" thing at every opportunity, but would talk over you beggining with "I'm sorry".

When people I know well start with "I'm sorry" I always respond "No you aren't".

The internet needs a dictionary of thoughtless phrases.

re: #236 saberry0530

If not, then at the end of the ride they would be.

heh. LOL

re: #228 Shug

This thread is giving me a tingle down my inseam

thanks for shearing. . .

re: #20 father_of_10

I'm having lunch here. The cook calls it "Ye Ol' Style Meatloaf". I call it "meatloaf".

Food that stands up and says "Hi" to you.
/sneaks in from commenting on DT.

I've been out of the loop for a few days, but it looks like we Lizards have added puppy dogs to the menu, and have also started a knitting circle...have I missed anything else?

re: #239 MandyManners

Not into kilts, are you?

No...but Walter is.

re: #204 Sharmuta

Ben Stein endorses Academic Freedom Day.....
A Message from Ben Stein on Academic Freedom on Evolution

I've been trying to thread my way through the comments without laughing.

re: #243 karmic_inquisitor

LOL.

Was on a concall this morning with this particularly passive aggressive gal who not only did the "mmmmmmkay?" thing at every opportunity, but would talk over you beggining with "I'm sorry".

When people I know well start with "I'm sorry" I always respond "No you aren't".

The internet needs a dictionary of thoughtless phrases.

Who were you talking with, Mrs. Mackey?

Sew, I've got to cast off. Baby is needling me for a nap.

re: #191 bellamags

I'm a big Metallica fan, but Lars can't hold a candle to Neil. Or Carl Palmer.

re: #228 Shug

This thread is giving me a tingle down my inseam

Is that you, Chrissy?

re: #245 DisturbedEma

thanks for shearing. . .

I am not going to cotton any more puns!

re: #230 midwestgak

Don't let that put a stain on your record.

I'm gonna' SHOUT!

re: #216 hermit

I bet Charles could create some sort of code patch to prevent this punnery

Get thee to the punnery.

re: #248 jorline

No...but Walter is.

Men in kilts...be still my heart. *swoon*

re: #239 MandyManners

Not into kilts, are you?

Mandy. There is nothing hotter than a strapping young man in a kilt. No shirt, war paint on his face etc....... maybe toting a Celtic drum or something to hunt with.

re: #223 Killgore Trout

What a crappy prize. At least Adnan Oktar was giving out a few thousand bucks.

Did you see he got another site shut down?

Hi Yooper!

re: #160 Occasional Reader

"Tough stance on genocide"? Meaning, she's agin' it? Well, that's nice.

All depends on the victim.........