Nothing like a open thread to bring life back to a poster!

Great! Now what is the pun thread?

From out of the clear blue of the western sky comes another open thread...

Did someone say Out of the Blue?

Buenos dias.

There in the clear blue sky I see it, missiles launching and a bright flash and ............................................ cue tone

Is it just me, or is the thread count way up today?

/This place is starting to feel pretty comfortable, I can't wait until the threads are made with Egyptian cotton.

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

re: #2 Ford_Prefect

Great! Now what is the pun thread?

this one, given it's name.......

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

Why not. I would that eliminating nirth-head would be very entertaining.

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

Same user posting this crap?

re: #9 Ford_Prefect

Why not.? I would think that eliminating nirth-head would be very entertaining.

Grr.

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

When it goes to 12, does the 13th self delete, making a handy Baker's Dozen?

No blue sky here. 35 and rain in Houston. Possible snow showers tonight. Coming from Vermont, it's funny to watch how people act down here with the cold weather.

re: #11 Ford_Prefect

Grr.

You're THINKING again? I thought we had talked about that!

The western sky is clear and blue, today.

re: #7 Charles

Hatchlings or some older Lizards who just can't seem to understand the word no?

Blue skies over Salt Lake as well.

From out of the clear blue of the western sky comes another open thread...

Welcome to Marlboro Country!

/cute the magnificent seven music

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

Oy.

re: #17 bosforus

Blue skies over Salt Lake as well.

Beautiful blue sky in western New Mexico, naturally.

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

Troffers never learn. I'm referring to them as flatheads from now on...always pounding their heads against a brick wall.

re: #17 bosforus

Blue skies over Salt Lake as well.

Overcast and cold here in Dallas. Had sleet last night.

re: #14 father_of_10

You're THINKING again? I thought we had talked about that!

I'm sorry.

/sulks off to the chair in the corner.

re: #17 bosforus

Same here in Twin Falls.

re: #7 Charles
Still idiots present and being accounted for! Sorry that you have to waste part of your time with this.

re: #18 Ward Cleaver

Welcome to Marlboro Country!

/cute the magnificent seven music

Greatest movie soundtrack of all time.

Nothing but blue birds all day long.

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

Don't let them get to you Charles, you are doing a fantastic job with LGF!

65 and sunny.

I love L.A.

re: #24 Bubblehead II

Same here in Twin Falls.

TF rocks! but Jerome rules! JHS '76

Finish this line from the opening of a TV show...

...and out of the blue of the western sky comes ______ _______?

re: #17 bosforus

Blue skies over Salt Lake as well.

And cold. But I'm optimistic -- in a few weeks, this will feel like spring.

re: #18 Ward Cleaver

Welcome to Marlboro Country!

/cute the magnificent seven music

You think the Magnificent Seven music is cute?

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

Obama was not born he descended in a cloud of light.

Charles, I wonder how many of the recent hatchlings registered solely so they could post that crap.

re: #22 Ward Cleaver

Overcast and cold here in Dallas. Had sleet last night.

I use to love watching all the cars on 635 after a sleet storm. Funny.

re: #33 Ford_Prefect

You think the Magnificent Seven music is cute?

Isn't Yul B cute?

They tell me I was born in America, but frankly I have a hard time remembering.

re: #33 Ford_Prefect

You think the Magnificent Seven music is cute?

Damn.

PIMF.

I was born in Belgium. Does that mean I can't be president?

re: #38 Cognito

They tell me I was born in America, but frankly I have a hard time remembering.

We tell you you were born there, but you really don't remember.

re: #37 father_of_10

Isn't Yul B cute?

"Don't moke! Don't moke!

After the election, there was a brief lull in news. Does it seem to others that the velocity of news has increased rapidly recently. For example:

Mumbai
Rioting in Greece
Financial Market Yo-yo watch
Illinois govt scandal and Obama's potential involvement
Auto bailouts

These are all big stories.

Ask and you shall receive.

magnificent seven music

re: #13 trryhin

No blue sky here. 35 and rain in Houston. Possible snow showers tonight. Coming from Vermont, it's funny to watch how people act down here with the cold weather.

I know what you mean, I have lived on the east coast and in the midwest. I'm back in CA now and it's funny to hear the weather people report rain and then tell us, "don't go out, unless you have to." It's just rain, fer cryin out loud!

Mr DT said he is not in the Christmas spirit.

Could it be the horrifying terror attacks?

The economic meltdown?

The pending swearing in of BHO who has

no governing experience
no military experience
no business experience
no economic experience
no energy experience and
no moral compass?

Mr Dt said he's probably just coming down with a cold.

Ain't no blue in this western sky.

re: #37 father_of_10

Isn't Yul B cute?

Well, bald is beautiful.

re: #31 Walter L. Newton

Finish this line from the opening of a TV show...

...and out of the blue of the western sky comes ______ _______?

Sky King?

re: #47 Alaska Kim

Overcast here.

re: #34 lifeofthemind

Obama was not born he descended in a cloud of light. digested organic matter.

FTFY!

re: #49 SummerSong

Sky King?

Got it. You're really old, aren't you LOL.

re: #30 father_of_10

TFHS 1980 (If I hadn't dropped out and joined the Navy)

re: #28 Jetpilot1101

Don't let them get to you Charles, you are doing a fantastic job with LGF!

They're not getting to me. I'm simply going to revoke link posting privileges for all those people.

re: #38 Cognito

They tell me I was born in America, but frankly I have a hard time remembering.

*memory implant reload on aisle 38 please*

re: #45 SummerSong

I know what you mean, I have lived on the east coast and in the midwest. I'm back in CA now and it's funny to hear the weather people report rain and then tell us, "don't go out, unless you have to." It's just rain, fer cryin out loud!

Rain and people that have no clue how to drive on wet streets.

re: #36 Walter L. Newton

I use to love watching all the cars on 635 after a sleet storm. Funny.

Bumper cars.

Fortunately it had been 71 on Monday, so the ground was still warm. A tornado in Denison on Monday night, then sleet on Tuesday night. That's North Texas for ya.

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

Deep breaths.

re: #41 father_of_10

We tell you you were born there, but you really don't remember.

he wasn't born, he was inflicted.

Let me play among the stars.

re: #50 LilyGecko

Just got 20 inches of snow the other night, now it is gloomy and raining sideways. Messy slush.

re: #37 father_of_10

Isn't Yul B cute?

He's no Toshiro Mifune.

re: #61 Alaska Kim

Just got 20 inches of snow the other night, now it is gloomy and raining sideways. Messy slush.

Hey, at least you got snow.

re: #49 SummerSong

Sky King?

Isn't it scary that some of those show intro's are embedded into our brain.

I mean, if you are in your 50's like me, I can bet you could sing all the words to the Green Acres opening or to Gilligan's Island.

Scary.

re: #54 Charles

They're not getting to me. I'm simply going to revoke link posting privileges for all those people.

You can revoke specific privileges? That's pretty cool.

re: #54 Charles

They're not getting to me. I'm simply going to revoke link posting privileges for all those people.

See. Wasn't that satisfying?

re: #56 CyanSnowHawk

then they be dead here!

re: #40 Jetpilot1101

I was born in Belgium. Does that mean I can't be president?

McCain was born in Panama. The court confirmed that children of active duty military serving overseas are natural born americans and eligible. I'm no legal scholar, but I think if you were the children of miitary, you can. If you were just the child of an American drifter, probably not. If you were born a foreign citizen, definitly no.

Do you really want to?

re: #51 redc1c4

FTFY!

So what is FTFY?

re: #69 Ward Cleaver

Something along the lines of "Fixed it for you"?

re: #41 father_of_10

We tell you you were born there, but you really don't remember.

In Oklahoma.
Not Arizona.
What does it matter....

re: #29 Racer X

65 and sunny.

I love L.A.

I loved LA, too, right up until the earthquake. Then the fire. I'll stay here in Portland, where our biggest threats are idiots and volcanoes.

re: #64 Walter L. Newton

Isn't it scary that some of those show intro's are embedded into our brain.

I mean, if you are in your 50's like me, I can bet you could sing all the words to the Green Acres opening or to Gilligan's Island.

Scary.

Green Acres, one of the funniest shows ever.

/moon rocks that cry?

/even ze sink is out of sync!

re: #2 Ford_Prefect

Great! Now what is the pun thread?

Leaf it alone......

re: #57 Ward Cleaver

Bumper cars.

Fortunately it had been 71 on Monday, so the ground was still warm. A tornado in Denison on Monday night, then sleet on Tuesday night. That's North Texas for ya.

I know it well. I was there for 10 years. I still remember a thunder storm headed up from Houston about 3 in the morning, got to us in Mesquite in about 4 hours, I woke up AFTER the tornado blew off over half my shingles, and that was on Dec. 3rd. WINTER TIME.

re: #32 Fat Jolly Penguin

And cold. But I'm optimistic -- in a few weeks, this will feel like spring.

I think I heard it's supposed to get near 50 by friday.

re: #70 LilyGecko

Something along the lines of "Fixed it for you"?

Okay.

Fixed
That
For
You

Cool and clear in the Bay Area today.

re: #68 DeafDog

McCain was born in Panama. The court confirmed that children of active duty military serving overseas are natural born americans and eligible. I'm no legal scholar, but I think if you were the children of miitary, you can. If you were just the child of an American drifter, probably not. If you were born a foreign citizen, definitly no.

Do you really want to?

I'm the child of an American drifter and no I don't want the job.

re: #76 bosforus

I think I heard it's supposed to get near 50 by friday.

Bleh. I want there to be snow.

re: #75 Walter L. Newton

I know it well. I was there for 10 years. I still remember a thunder storm headed up from Houston about 3 in the morning, got to us in Mesquite in about 4 hours, I woke up AFTER the tornado blew off over half my shingles, and that was on Dec. 3rd. WINTER TIME.

Yes, I remember that December tornado. Weird.

re: #80 Fat Jolly Penguin

Move to Alaska.

Man Made Global Warming is REAL!
Last year, Pachauri's IPCC, which collected the work of more than 2,000 scientists, said climate change is "unequivocal, is already happening, and is caused by human activity."

It listed likely effects of global warming: arid regions will grow dryer, rising seas will flood coastal areas, melting glaciers will flood communities downstream and then dry up the source of future water supplies, and up to 30 percent of all plant and animal species may become extinct.

Er,

No, it's not.
Study: Half of warming due to Sun! –Sea Levels Fail to Rise? - Warming Fears in 'Dustbin of History'

A hint of what the upcoming report contains:

“I am a skeptic…Global warming has become a new religion.” - Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Ivar Giaever.

“Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly….As a scientist I remain skeptical.” - Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Joanne Simpson, the first woman in the world to receive a PhD in meteorology and formerly of NASA who has authored more than 190 studies and has been called “among the most preeminent scientists of the last 100 years.”

re: #80 Fat Jolly Penguin

Bleh. I want there to be snow.

You can have mine. I spent 2 hours last night chipping ice off of my driveway.

Here's something you don't see everywhere. Fun to watch, not so fun to be ing.
Dust storm in Phoenix.

re: #82 Alaska Kim

Move to Alaska.

Not that much snow!

Just got several page load errors. Anybody else notice a hiccup?

re: #81 Ward Cleaver

Yes, I remember that December tornado. Weird.

You sure we don't know each other, in real life?

re: #82 Alaska Kim

I don't want snow that badly.

re: #13 trryhin

No blue sky here. 35 and rain in Houston. Possible snow showers tonight. Coming from Vermont, it's funny to watch how people act down here with the cold weather.

It was funnier in the '80's, when half of Houston was from Michigan.

I'd've thought Michiganders could handle just-above-freezing drizzle, but I was wrong.

They were fun to watch in the summer, too.

What chaps me these days in no one in Houston can drive in the RAIN anymore. C'mon, folks, we're practicaly sub-tropical.

But I can tell you: any hint of ice or snow, and I am off the roads. I don't have the gear, the skills, or the spare cat-lives for it.

re: #85 bosforus

Here's something you don't see everywhere. Fun to watch, not so fun to be ing.
Dust storm in Phoenix.

Now how'd that happen?

re: #73 Ward Cleaver

Green Acres, one of the funniest shows ever.

/moon rocks that cry?

/even ze sink is out of sync!

It was good. However, the funniest sitcom ever, IMO, were:

1. Taxi
2. Andy Griffith
3. Soap

re: #87 Bubblehead II

Yes. I'm having trouble with 'new comments' and 'view profile'.

The Messiah is rejecting his disciples.

Obama calls for Blago to resign.

re: #45 SummerSong

I know what you mean, I have lived on the east coast and in the midwest. I'm back in CA now and it's funny to hear the weather people report rain and then tell us, "don't go out, unless you have to." It's just rain, fer cryin out loud!

This is because most Californians (myself excluded) are completely incapable of driving in the rain. Anytime it sprinkles for more than a few minutes here there are 25+ multi-car pileup accidents and the whole freeway system grinds to a halt.

re: #87 Bubblehead II

Just got several page load errors. Anybody else notice a hiccup?

I did.

re: #82 Alaska Kim

Move to Alaska.

I would love to. But I think they want me to have a job before I move in.

We have global warming here today, along with global wind and global rain.

re: #83 Racer X

Warming fears are the “worst scientific scandal in the history…When people come to know what the truth is, they will feel deceived by science and scientists.” - UN IPCC Japanese Scientist Dr. Kiminori Itoh, an award-winning PhD environmental physical chemist.

They evacuated the building next door to our building yesterday. Some dufus from Texas sent our old Governor Murkowski some sort of powder substance in the mail. That's odd. I can't believe folks don't know Palin is and has been our governor for 2 years.

Regarding the Obamessiah and the alleged "fact" that he has not spoken with Blagojevich - this from November 5, 2008 is more than a wee bit curious:

"Who will fill Obama's senate seat?
Ill. governor meeting with Obama today
By Carol Sowers"

[Link: www.connecttristates.com...]

and

[Link: www.connecttristates.com...]

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

Maybe they need some more subtle, nuanced guidance. Let me give it a try.....
F**king Stop it!

re: #64 Walter L. Newton

Isn't it scary that some of those show intro's are embedded into our brain.

I mean, if you are in your 50's like me, I can bet you could sing all the words to the Green Acres opening or to Gilligan's Island.

Scary.

Heck, I'm in my 20's and I can sing most all of those intros. Thank you TV Land and TBS.

re: #79 Jetpilot1101

I'm the child of an American drifter and no I don't want the job.

Perfect, then! You can tell everyone what a great president you would be and no one can reall disagree.....sort of like Arnold.

re: #94 CyanSnowHawk

The Messiah is rejecting his disciples.

Obama calls for Blago to resign.

Ok, is this under the bus, next to the bus, or never on the bus.

re: #88 Walter L. Newton

You sure we don't know each other, in real life?

I don't know. I grew up in East Dallas, and who knows, we might have seen each other at Town East Mall. Or maybe Big Town.

I don't like going to Town East anymore; seems to be lots of gangbangers hanging out there.

re: #97 Walter L. Newton

Lots of jobs up here.

re: #69 Ward Cleaver

So what is FTFY?

Fixed That For Ya/You

ARU!

re: #83 Racer X

“The IPCC has actually become a closed circuit; it doesn’t listen to others. It doesn’t have open minds… I am really amazed that the Nobel Peace Prize has been given on scientifically incorrect conclusions by people who are not geologists,” - Indian geologist Dr. Arun D. Ahluwalia at Punjab University and a board member of the UN-supported International Year of the Planet.

Thats gotta sting, Al.

re: #94 CyanSnowHawk

The Messiah is rejecting his disciples.

Obama calls for Blago to resign.

He should have done that yesterday. I have a feeling over the next four years there's going to be a lot of day late actions.

re: #94 CyanSnowHawk

The Messiah is rejecting his disciples.

Obama calls for Blago to resign.

Under the bus, blow dry boy!

re: #105 Walter L. Newton

Ok, is this under the bus, next to the bus, or never on the bus.

I believe this is called "under the bus".

re: #100 Alaska Kim

They evacuated the building next door to our building yesterday. Some dufus from Texas sent our old Governor Murkowski some sort of powder substance in the mail. That's odd. I can't believe folks don't know Palin is and has been our governor for 2 years.

You answer is in your own comment.

re: #47 Alaska Kim

Ain't no blue in this western sky.

None here either.
Just some much needed rain.

Now about that certific......mmmpppppppppphhhhhhh!

re: #2 Ford_Prefect

Great! Now what is the pun thread?

Freeze! Step away from the pun.....hands on your head

"Out of the blue of the western sky"-- comes Sky King, and his niece Penny!

Yep, I'm old.

re: #7 Charles

I just had to delete EIGHT nirth certifikit links from our LinkViewer, and I am not a happy camper.

It's not like you didn't put out the word!

re: #105 Walter L. Newton

Ok, is this under the bus, next to the bus, or never on the bus.

More like the pot calling the kettle black...

Did that sound racist?

re: #116 quickjustice

"Out of the blue of the western sky"-- comes Sky King, and his niece Penny!

Yep, I'm old.

And the name of his horse?

re: #115 LGoPs

Freeze! Step away from the pun.....hands on your head

Quick! If he tries something, take him down!

You have the right to remain silent!

re: #118 Ford_Prefect

More like the pot calling the kettle black...

Did that sound racist?

RACIST!

/knee jerk reaction

re: #116 quickjustice

"Out of the blue of the western sky"-- comes Sky King, and his niece Penny!

Yep, I'm old.

Name the Plane!

re: #7 Charles

Just so we're clear on this, links reporting Supreme Court slapping down the flurry of claims filed by the likes of Philip Berg are okay (such as the order list denying the Donofrio suit) Or are those the kind being whacked too.

Don't want to get whacked for reporting on the news that these boneheads are getting dismissed by the court (which of course will feed into the whole conspiracy nonsense anyways), but that's for another time...

re: #85 bosforus

Here's something you don't see everywhere. Fun to watch, not so fun to be ing.
Dust storm in Phoenix.

truly awsome...I witnessed a storm just like that in Denver in the mid 70's...unbelievable for a Michigander

re: #105 Walter L. Newton

Ok, is this under the bus, next to the bus, or never on the bus.

I think it is hanging on the grill with feet dangling underneath.

re: #115 LGoPs

Freeze! Step away from the pun.....hands on your head

Easy. Don't go ballistic.

re: #118 Ford_Prefect

More like the pot calling the kettle black...

Did that sound racist?

No.

re: #79 Jetpilot1101

I'm the child of an American drifter and no I don't want the job.

If you change your mind, please feel free to visit the Hawaii department of health and social services to apply for your new birth certificate. The Nirthers are convinced you will be issued a nice new one that says your place of birth was Honolulu.

re: #121 Ward Cleaver

You're a racist for calling him a racist, you racist!

re: #64 Walter L. Newton

Isn't it scary that some of those show intro's are embedded into our brain.

I mean, if you are in your 50's like me, I can bet you could sing all the words to the Green Acres opening or to Gilligan's Island.

Scary.

Heck, I'm only approaching 46 and can sing (badly) both of those.

re: #119 Walter L. Newton

Trigger, of course! ;-) Yep, it's the Alzheimer's kicking in!

re: #125 CyanSnowHawk

That sounded oddly Indiana Jones-style.

re: #6 CyanSnowHawk

Is it just me, or is the thread count way up today?

/This place is starting to feel pretty comfortable, I can't wait until the threads are made with Egyptian cotton.

Hey, you're puting American cotton out of work buddy.

re: #102 LGoPs

Maybe they need some more subtle, nuanced guidance. Let me give it a try.....
F**king Stop it!

The problem being is that people (Both D's and R's and in between) hear some talking head, or something written and take it as the truth without doing their homework.

Proof positive.... nearly President-Elect Obama

re: #122 IslandLibertarian

Name the Plane!

Songbird

re: #92 DeafDog

It was good. However, the funniest sitcom ever, IMO, were:

1. Taxi
2. Andy Griffith
3. Soap

I like the classics too (I was a huge M*A*S*H fan), but I've got to say "The Office" beats them all. I prefer the American version; the British version is just too sad.

re: #92 DeafDog

It was good. However, the funniest sitcom ever, IMO, were:

1. Taxi
2. Andy Griffith
3. Soap

I have to go with All in the Family as funniest. I Love Lucy and Bob Newhart also. Full disclosure - I haven't watched sitcoms in about 20 years.

re: #122 IslandLibertarian

Trigger! LOL!

Obama told him he got a call from Jack Kemp, he said he wants his hair back.

re: #135 Walter L. Newton

Excellent!

Another black eye for my department. Maybe I can transfer to the California Highway Patrol?

re: #92 DeafDog

It was good. However, the funniest sitcom ever, IMO, were:

1. Taxi
2. Andy Griffith
3. Soap

Get Smart... is number one in my book.

re: #135 Walter L. Newton

Songbird

I wonder if that plane's still flying? I'd have to find a clip somewhere, to see the N-number, and look it up.

re: #87 Bubblehead II

Just got several page load errors. Anybody else notice a hiccup?

Yep. Couldn't get back in for a couple minutes. Seems okay now.

I had to reload the page. I was getting stuck on posting a note that was perfect. It was the absolute best posting in the history of LGF. Unfortunately, the glitch prevented it and now it is lost. The world now is suffering a little more because of a mere computer glitch.

UN Blowback: More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims

Just a treasure trove of quotes from actual scientists on the Global Warming lie.

“Even doubling or tripling the amount of carbon dioxide will virtually have little impact, as water vapour and water condensed on particles as clouds dominate the worldwide scene and always will.” – . Geoffrey G. Duffy, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering of the University of Auckland, NZ.

“After reading [UN IPCC chairman] Pachauri's asinine comment [comparing skeptics to] Flat Earthers, it's hard to remain quiet.” - Climate statistician Dr. William M. Briggs, who specializes in the statistics of forecast evaluation, serves on the American Meteorological Society's Probability and Statistics Committee and is an Associate Editor of Monthly Weather Review.

“For how many years must the planet cool before we begin to understand that the planet is not warming? For how many years must cooling go on?" - Geologist Dr. David Gee the chairman of the science committee of the 2008 International Geological Congress who has authored 130 plus peer reviewed papers, and is currently at Uppsala University in Sweden.

Is Blago nuts or crazy like a fox for trying to appear so outlandishly corrupt that he could claim an insanity defense against the whole kit and kaboodle of charges expected against him?

re: #101 GGMac

Facts are pesky things.

So, I guess axlerod was telling the truth afterall.

re: #144 Ward Cleaver

I wonder if that plane's still flying? I'd have to find a clip somewhere, to see the N-number, and look it up.

He had at least two during the TV series.

re: #113 Walter L. Newton

You answer is in your own comment.

Like Texas has a corner on dufuses or something?

Mind you, Austin is a pretty good place to look....

re: #141 Wyatt Earp

Another black eye for my department. Maybe I can transfer to the California Highway Patrol?

And partner up with Ponch? Do some roller disco?

re: #117 MandyManners

It's not like you didn't put out the word!

Surfin' Bird!

re: #133 Hard Right

Hey, you're puting American cotton out of work buddy.

Sorry, Milo says it's for the syndicate.

re: #148 lawhawk

He's auditioning for the lead villain in the next Batman movie!

re: #128 Buck

If you change your mind, please feel free to visit the Hawaii department of health and social services to apply for your new birth certificate. The Nirthers are convinced you will be issued a nice new one that says your place of birth was Honolulu.

Thanks for the advice. I'm proud of where I was born and my heritage. I don't plan on hiding it under a rug or locking it up in a vault for political purposes.

Charles is right on with this one. I wish there was a smite button that could be applied to troofer just so we could be rid of them. I mean do they really contribute anything positive to society? Can't we find some nice island in the middle of the ocean that they can all settle on and revel in their conspiracy theories without bugging the rest of us.

re: #92 DeafDog

It was good. However, the funniest sitcom ever, IMO, were:

1. Taxi
2. Andy Griffith
3. Soap

#1 - The Young Ones - BBC

re: #134 uncc_compman

The problem being is that people (Both D's and R's and in between) hear some talking head, or something written and take it as the truth without doing their homework.

Proof positive.... nearly President-Elect Obama

No kiddin'. It's the death of critical thinking.

re: #152 Ward Cleaver

And partner up with Ponch? Do some roller disco?

Luckily, I have the legs for it!

re: #132 LilyGecko

That sounded oddly Indiana Jones-style.

That's exactly the image that I thought about when I saw the headline.

re: #101 GGMac

Regarding the Obamessiah and the alleged "fact" that he has not spoken with Blagojevich - this from November 5, 2008 is more than a wee bit curious:

"Who will fill Obama's senate seat?
Ill. governor meeting with Obama today
By Carol Sowers"

[Link: www.connecttristates.com...]

and

[Link: www.connecttristates.com...]

Don't confuse The One with "facts".

/waves hand

re: #137 Catttt

I have to go with All in the Family as funniest. I Love Lucy and Bob Newhart also. Full disclosure - I haven't watched sitcoms in about 20 years.

I remember Newhart, the one where he ran the hotel, as pretty funny. Taxi as well. Can't really think of any others.

re: #143 Buck

Get Smart... is number one in my book.

WKRP was up there on the list.

re: #144 Ward Cleaver

I wonder if that plane's still flying? I'd have to find a clip somewhere, to see the N-number, and look it up.

At the beginning of the television series, Sky flew a Cessna T-50 twin-engine "Bamboo Bomber." The plane, a WW II surplus UC-78B, was owned by legendary Hollywood pilot Paul Mantz [2]and flown by employees of his Paul Mantz Aerial Services for filming of the flying sequences.[3] At least two other T-50s are known to have been used for on-ground and in-the-cockpit scenes.[4]

The best-known Songbird was a twin-engine Cessna 310B. The airplane used was the second production 310B (N5438A), which was provided by Cessna at no cost to the producers and piloted by Cessna's national sales manager for the 310, Bill Fergusson. Fergusson got the job after the motion picture pilot already selected was deemed unqualified to land the airplane at some of the off-airport sites required. Some months after a library of stock footage had been compiled, additional sequences were filmed using a different airplane. [5]The original 310B was eventually destroyed in a 1962 crash at Delano, California, that killed its owner-pilot.[6] Cockpit sequences were filmed using the static test fuselage, also provided by Cessna.[7]

re: #125 CyanSnowHawk

I think it is hanging on the grill with feet dangling underneath.

Off the back of the sleigh to the following wolves...

/more Christmas-y

They just don't promote them like this anymore.

re: #154 CyanSnowHawk

Sorry, Milo says it's for the syndicate.

If you were patriotic, you'd eat it.

re: #118 Ford_Prefect

More like the pot calling the kettle black...

Did that sound racist?

no, but if you said "the black calling the kettle pot" the yes or you are dyslexsic..(sp?)..heh a dyslexic racist..boy there some good jokes in that one, but I don't feel like being deleted right now..

re: #144 Ward Cleaver

What type of aircraft?
This I don't know.

re: #110 Lee Coller

He should have done that yesterday. I have a feeling over the next four years there's going to be a lot of day late actions.

3 AM phone calls will mess up his beauty sleep

re: #163 Ford_Prefect

WKRP was up there on the list.

lol, forgot about that one.

"I swear to God. I thought turkeys could fly.

re: #148 lawhawk

Is Blago nuts or crazy like a fox for trying to appear so outlandishly corrupt that he could claim an insanity defense against the whole kit and kaboodle of charges expected against him?

He's too well coiffed.

re: #151 OldLineTexan

Like Texas has a corner on dufuses or something?

Mind you, Austin is a pretty good place to look....

my friends from Dallas/Austin made this new mexican an honorary Texan for Life with a hail of fine tequila and backslapping....dufus or not I'm highly honored....Remember the Alamo!

re: #164 Walter L. Newton

Thanks. Wow, Paul Mantz, he's a legend.

re: #139 iluvlivia

True story about Kemp: as an NFL quarterback, he broke his hand, and was told he'd never play football again. He had the doctors shape the cast so he could hold a football when it healed. Kemp's hand still is "shaped" to hold a football.

re: #110 Lee Coller

He should have done that yesterday. I have a feeling over the next four years there's going to be a lot of day late actions.

And that's one (of many) problems with Obama. All to often, his first reaction or response is bad and it isn't for a day or to for him to change his position to the right one. That could get us in a lot of trouble in the next 4 years.

Remember Georgia?

....yet, we get Paris Hilton, and Brittany Spears.

re: #117 MandyManners

Hey Mandy? You there?

re: #159 Wyatt Earp

Luckily, I have the legs for it!

Like these?

re: #163 Ford_Prefect

WKRP was up there on the list.

Both great shows.

re: #136 doppelganglander

I like the classics too (I was a huge M*A*S*H fan), but I've got to say "The Office" beats them all. I prefer the American version; the British version is just too sad.

MASH was great with its first cast. Then, as the original cast members changed it kept losing steam, IMO. It lost all of its appeal when Kinger stopped cross-dressing

re: #151 OldLineTexan

Like Texas has a corner on dufuses or something?

Mind you, Austin is a pretty good place to look....

No, but it does have it's own unique "pioneer" spirit, which shows up in strong rugged individualism. But, that same strong rugged individualism also breeds a nice flock of anti-this and anti-that nutcases.

Twice this morning when I have logged out, multiple LGF windows opened on my desktop. The first time I was able to shut down, the next time it happened my machine went into safemode. Ran a virus scan and nothing is amiss. Any ideas on what is causing this?

re: #171 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

lol, forgot about that one.

"I swear to God. I thought turkeys could fly.

The exact quote: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

re: #171 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

lol, forgot about that one.

"I swear to God. I thought turkeys could fly.

"Eyewitness Weather."

re: #157 Racer X

#1 - The Young Ones - BBC

Coupling - BBC
Nothing can beat the Lesbian Spank Inferno soliloquy delivered by Steve. The Truth Snake came close though.

re: #163 Ford_Prefect

WKRP was up there on the list.

Funniest show ever, IMHO.

/As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

re: #182 Walter L. Newton

No, but it does have it's own unique "pioneer" spirit, which shows up in strong rugged individualism. But, that same strong rugged individualism also breeds a nice flock of anti-this and anti-that nutcases.

Hey, don't forget the pro- nutcases!

/and we're not really sorry about Luap Nor ;)

re: #164 Walter L. Newton

Wow!

re: #157 Racer X

#1 - The Young Ones - BBC

My all-time favorite sitcom is Fawlty Towers.

re: #183 Fluffy Bunny

Your multiple personalities manifesting themselves? ;-)

Thank goodness someone gave SpaceJesus an upding in the next thread...

re: #163 Ford_Prefect

WKRP was up there on the list.

...has just been bombed with live turkeys...

re: #146 father_of_10

Don't you just hate it when that happens?

As far as BBC goes, I liked Red Dwarf.

re: #162 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I remember Newhart, the one where he ran the hotel, as pretty funny. Taxi as well. Can't really think of any others.

The last episode of Newhart produced the single finest moment in any television show ever.

re: #190 mikalm

My all-time favorite sitcom is Fawlty Towers.

Love Watery Fowls

re: #196 doppelganglander

The last episode of Newhart produced the single finest moment in any television show ever.

Was that the "waking up next to Suzanne Pleshette" scene?

re: #196 doppelganglander

The last episode of Newhart produced the single finest moment in any television show ever.

THAT is a true statement... There is none of that type of creativity in TV any more...

re: #178 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey Mandy? You there?

Mmmph.

re: #175 quickjustice

True story about Kemp: as an NFL quarterback, he broke his hand, and was told he'd never play football again. He had the doctors shape the cast so he could hold a football when it healed. Kemp's hand still is "shaped" to hold a football.

My favorite Jack Kemp story.

Hey, another thread. I started wondering about that when this one hit 100 comments.

re: #181 DeafDog

I met the author of the original MASH novels years ago. He was a Maine physician and Korean MASH veteran who wrote under a pen name. Anyone remember the pen name?

Oh gooeis, and Obama/Blogojevich thread - Charles - Blagojevich is missing an i.

This just in... Global warming is bullshit.

LOL...

Thank you for the diagnosis!

Sincerely,
Fluffy Bunny, Sybil, Cindy, Sherry, Jane, Mary, Alicia and Lauren

re: #195 OldLineTexan

As far as BBC goes, I liked Red Dwarf.

Woohoo. Someone who knows what Red Dwarf is. The Young Ones was another BBC comedy few know about.

re: #162 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I remember Newhart, the one where he ran the hotel, as pretty funny. Taxi as well. Can't really think of any others.

Frasier's always been my favorite.

re: #181 DeafDog

MASH was great with its first cast. Then, as the original cast members changed it kept losing steam, IMO. It lost all of its appeal when Kinger stopped cross-dressing

Very true. And let us never speak of the abomination that was "After M*A*S*H."

I'm going to take a nap. Hell, I am going to be 56 in two weeks. And I have a job interview this afternoon at 4:00pm.

Yes, a programming job, about 10 minutes from my apartment. No, I haven't quit the theatre, it's fun being a starving artist, but with the economy the way it is, and people spending less on entertainment, the theatre job is always in jeopardy.

The only problem is, this is the place I applied for twice before, about 3 years ago and they told me I didn't "fit the corporate culture," which the recruiting firm told me meant "you're too old."

So, we'll see.

Be back later tonight.

re: #205 NYCHardhat

This just in... Global warming is bullshit.

I thought the debate was over.....
/

re: #210 Walter L. Newton

Good luck.....

re: #195 OldLineTexan

As far as BBC goes, I liked Red Dwarf.

I was only counting US sitcoms. But Red Dwarf is an all time classic.

re: #170 Rednek

3 AM phone calls will mess up his beauty sleep

or keep him from eating his waffles..

re: #200 MandyManners

Just wanted to thank you for linking that Hiatt song earlier. Have listened to it about 10 times. Such a great song.

And I didn't even call in gay today!

re: #198 OldLineTexan

Was that the "waking up next to Suzanne Pleshette" scene?

Yep. I practically stopped breathing, I was laughing so hard. It was nearly equaled by the one-off sequel to "The Bob Newhart Show," in which Larry, Darryl and Darryl turn up as painters in Bob's office.

re: #203 quickjustice

I met the author of the original MASH novels years ago. He was a Maine physician and Korean MASH veteran who wrote under a pen name. Anyone remember the pen name?

I cheated and looked it up

re: #209 doppelganglander

And its sequel, MASHED potatos! The actual sequel, as written by the author, was called "MASH goes to Maine, and followed the exploits of Hawkeye et al. after they returned to the states.

re: #64 Walter L. Newton

Isn't it scary that some of those show intro's are embedded into our brain.

I mean, if you are in your 50's like me, I can bet you could sing all the words to the Green Acres opening or to Gilligan's Island.

Scary.

the love boat

re: #209 doppelganglander

Very true. And let us never speak of the abomination that was "After M*A*S*H."

Or that weird "Trapper John, MD" show

re: #217 DeafDog

Well done. I met Dr. Hornberger in Waterville.

re: #141 Wyatt Earp

Another black eye for my department. Maybe I can transfer to the California Highway Patrol?

why would you want to be a Caltrans w*rker with a gun?

besides, did you know that CHP stands for
Can't Handle Policew*rk?

re: #90 OldLineTexan

It was funnier in the '80's, when half of Houston was from Michigan.

I'd've thought Michiganders could handle just-above-freezing drizzle, but I was wrong.

They were fun to watch in the summer, too.

What chaps me these days in no one in Houston can drive in the RAIN anymore. C'mon, folks, we're practicaly sub-tropical.

But I can tell you: any hint of ice or snow, and I am off the roads. I don't have the gear, the skills, or the spare cat-lives for it.

its cat litter that you need if you get stuck.

re: #205 NYCHardhat

This just in... Global warming is bullshit.

I've come to the conlcusion that global warming only occurs during the day. In my observations I've discovered an uncanny correlation between that big orange thingy rising in the morning and it warming up......just my opinion of course.

re: #217 DeafDog

And to drill down into the MASH trivia further, the original handwritten manuscript for the novel "MASH" is in the Bowdoin College library collection.

re: #47 Alaska Kim

Ain't no blue in this western sky.

Severe clear here in the Santa Cruz mountains.

re: #52 Walter L. Newton

Got it. You're really old, aren't you LOL.

Tried to answer awhile ago and got the spinning wheel -

I'm younger than you! (Not by much, though) LOL

Can you name the plane? What company sponsered the show? His daughter's name? Sky King is always good for trivia questions.

re: #149 DeafDog

Facts are pesky things.

So, I guess axlerod was telling the truth afterall.

Yeah - apparently Axelrod missed Barry's memo listing "denials-of-the-day". No wonder hisoneness wants his blackberry back!

re: #122 IslandLibertarian

Name the Plane!

In the original episodes it was a Cessna T-50 also known as the Bamboo Bomber

re: #64 Walter L. Newton

Isn't it scary that some of those show intro's are embedded into our brain.

I mean, if you are in your 50's like me, I can bet you could sing all the words to the Green Acres opening or to Gilligan's Island.

Scary.

Or Gumby...

Excellent Song

Obama says he wants to 'reboot'
America's battered image among Muslims

President-elect Barack Obama says he will try to ''reboot America's image'' among the world's Muslims and will follow tradition by using his entire name - Barack Hussein Obama - in his swearing-in ceremony. (Snip) Obama promised during his campaign that one of his top priorities would be to work to repair America's reputation worldwide, and that one element of that effort would be a speech delivered in a Muslim capital.

[Link: www.cbc.ca...]

re: #231 ploome hineni

Just catching up. Has anyone mentioned "The Honeymooners"? I think that is the funniest

Green Acres was a spin off from Petticoat Junction

i am planning revenge on the people that banned wikipedia in the UK. Maybe send them a few dozen copies of that image.

re: #164 Walter L. Newton

At the beginning of the television series, Sky flew a Cessna T-50 twin-engine "Bamboo Bomber."
...
The best-known Songbird was a twin-engine Cessna 310B.

Thanks for the info! I always thought Sky King only flew the 310, cool to know about the Bobcats. A T-50 variant was built for the Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada, known as the Crane - that contract pretty much saved Cessna from bankruptcy.

I was surprised to took 49 posts for someone to call out the Sky King reference.
Now for the Whirlybirds trivia!

And my favourite stumper is to see if anyone knows what type of plane the Flying Doctor used.

re: #223 Eowyn2

its cat litter that you need if you get stuck.

How about shredded copies of Earth In The Balance?

It's already snowing here (610 north) as of 4 PM. No ice on the roads yet but it's cold as f*** by the window in this office, despite the mightiest efforts of the heating system.

a better title would have been "middle earth in the balance"

Snow in League City, TX.

I haven't seen snow in League City since I moved back to Texas in 87'.

In 04' we had 5" of snow at the beach(Crystal) which began at about 11pm on Christmas Eve and continued into the morning Christmas Day.

The snow stayed almost 5 days. It only snowed along the beach, not inland. People were coming to the beach just to see snow(not to mention that it was on the beach) - it was absolutely dynamite.