I can prove now, for instance, that two human hands exist. How? By holding up my two hands, and saying, as I make a certain gesture with the right hand, “Here is one hand,” and adding, as I make a certain gesture with the left, “and here is another.” And if, by doing this, I have proved ipso facto the existence of external things, you will all see that I can also do it now in numbers of other ways: there is no need to multiply examples.
— George Edward Moore
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:42:04pm |
re: #1 godfrey
I nostri preghieri, Italia!
I hope that means 'There's more than $50,000 coming if you need it"
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Desert Dog Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:43:53pm |
ispo facto is a cool expression
Here's one for our dear El Presidente:
facta non verba
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Killian Bundy Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:43:56pm |
Fifteen minutes to Beck, 15 minutes to Beck!
/on tap for today: FEMA detention camps
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Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:44:03pm |
Don't forget about the LGF Cookbook Volume 2. Recipes are now being collected. If you'd like to contribute, click on reine.de.tout's nic.
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godfrey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:44:15pm |
re: #2 sattv4u2
Ci saranno piu' di 50,000 dollari, se avete bisogno!
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:44:47pm |
I'll have to monitor this closely to make sure my annual vacation does not coincide with the Obamas.
Barack Obama Martha's Vineyard bound?
Following in the footsteps of another recent first family, we're told President Barack Obama is planning to vacation on Martha's Vineyard this summer. Word is the Obamas have rented a house in the East Chop neighborhood of Oak Bluffs for the last two weeks of August. Coincidentally, Bill and Hillary Clinton, who vacationed at the opposite end of Martha's Vineyard during Bill's presidency, will be on the island at the same time. Obama's visit would be a boon to the local economy since the president travels with a huge retinue of Secret Service, aides, and reporters. "I think this is one of the most exciting things that will happen this year," said Fred Mascolo, owner of Trader Fred's in Edgartown and a principal of Jane Brown Real Estate Associates. "When Obama said he would fix the economy, I didn't think it would be this soon."
Will Cindy Sheehan camp out to protest the ongoing combat operations in Iraq?
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DaddyG Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:45:07pm |
Woo Hoo - I'm over 2000 posts!
When do I get my official Lizard Decoder Ring?
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Killian Bundy Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:46:01pm |
Featherweights: Detroit police halt pillow fight
Police in Detroit have ruffled some feathers after they cracked down on an organized pillow fight at a downtown park.
The Detroit News reports that police at Campus Martius Park prevented the feathery fight Saturday by disarming pillow-toting participants.
/bastards
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:46:08pm |
re: #2 sattv4u2
I hope that means 'There's more than $50,000 coming if you need it"
If this is true it would not surprise me in the least.
The Obamas were downright stingy before he made a run for the Senate.
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:46:15pm |
re: #8 loppyd
I'll have to monitor this closely to make sure my annual vacation does not coincide with the Obamas.
Barack Obama Martha's Vineyard bound?
Will Cindy Sheehan camp out to protest the ongoing combat operations in Iraq?
Can she swim?
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:46:35pm |
I can prove now, for instance, that two human hands exist. How? By holding up my two hands, and saying, as I make a certain gesture with the right hand, “Here is one hand,” and adding, as I make a certain gesture with the left, “and here is another.”
Of course, you could (in principle) be hallucinating, or dreaming.
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razorbacker Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:46:43pm |
re: #9 DaddyG
Woo Hoo - I'm over 2000 posts!
When do I get my official Lizard Decoder Ring?
Pssst! It says, "Drink more Ovaltine."
That is all.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:46:55pm |
re: #9 DaddyG
Woo Hoo - I'm over 2000 posts!
When do I get my official Lizard Decoder Ring?
Only another 8,000 to go
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:47:00pm |
re: #9 DaddyG
Woo Hoo - I'm over 2000 posts!
When do I get my official Lizard Decoder Ring?
Here it is.
DRINK MORE OVALTINE
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:47:38pm |
re: #9 DaddyG
Woo Hoo - I'm over 2000 posts!
When do I get my official Lizard Decoder Ring?
We get shwag for posting milestones? Is that like the days-sober pins that AA hands out?
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:47:43pm |
re: #16 Occasional Reader
Here it is.
DRINK MORE OVALTINE
hmm,,, mine says PAUL IS DEAD ,,, but then again, i'm wearing it backwards!
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DaddyG Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:48:06pm |
O.K. but Ovaltine tastes like ground up multi-vitamins mixed with cocoa powder.
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mich-again Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:48:11pm |
there is no need to multiply examples.
Once is enough with certain hand gestures.
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Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:48:11pm |
re: #10 Killian Bundy
Featherweights: Detroit police halt pillow fight
/bastards
Didn't something similar happen in San Francisco? An organized street pillow fight was staged - feathers everywhere - and then it rained... A pillow fight is all fun and games until you have to clean up the mess.
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:48:19pm |
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LudwigVanQuixote Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:48:35pm |
Sea ice in the polar regions is dangerously low.
[Link: nsidc.org...]
[Link: www.nasa.gov...]
Every year we gain ice back during winter, however it is less and less and thinner. If we loose the caps it will be devestating. This is a fact.
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DaddyG Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:48:49pm |
re: #18 sattv4u2
hmm,,, mine says PAUL IS DEAD ,,, but then again, i'm wearing it backwards!
Brilliant! I would ding you again if I could.
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JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:48:55pm |
Good afternoon for a nap ... raining and cold here ... some music to nap ... or have an early cocktail ...
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Ward Cleaver Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:00pm |
If anyone needs a good laugh today, here's a comment posted by a nirther on the Dallas Morning News site, under a story about Gates' announcement regarding the defense budget.
Posted by edgarfred %P% 13 minutes ago
eat me, you must be a relative of Obamer to spout the garbage you do, if he was born in Hawaii howcome he has not released a copy of his birth certificate, according to what I have read the Dumcrap governor there has sealed the records and they are not fors publication. The early years of his life as has been well published he was raised Muslim in Kenya and attended muslim schools, if he is such a christian why did he bow the the Muslim leader of Saudia Arabia. Facts are Facts and there for anyone with a half a working brain to read and understand and since you are probably an illegal muslim you are unable to do neither, you only believe and understand what someone tells you to do. In fact you are probably the leader of the Dallas chapter of ACORN with you ignorant attitude.
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Learned Mother of Zion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:05pm |
re: #19 DaddyG
O.K. but Ovaltine tastes like ground up multi-vitamins mixed with cocoa powder.
Times are tough, people can only afford poor vanilla Ovaltine.
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godfrey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:09pm |
re: #19 DaddyG
And your point is? We have to live on something.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:16pm |
re: #15 sattv4u2
Sattv! You're comin' up on 15K!
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debutaunt Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:16pm |
re: #19 DaddyG
O.K. but Ovaltine tastes like ground up multi-vitamins mixed with cocoa powder.
Nice marketing skills!
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:19pm |
re: #19 DaddyG
O.K. but Ovaltine tastes like ground up multi-vitamins mixed with cocoa powder.
That was a fun as drinks got in my house growing up.
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DaddyG Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:34pm |
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:54pm |
re: #10 Killian Bundy
Featherweights: Detroit police halt pillow fight
/bastards
Didn't some other city recently have a problem with that? The feathers were clogging storm drains and decorative fountains and wound up costing a lot of money to clean up?
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Ward Cleaver Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:54pm |
re: #12 Nevergiveup
Can she swim?
I don't know, but I damn sure don't want to see her in a swimsuit.
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:49:55pm |
MN, better wake up and smell the Sharia...
[Link: www.powerlineblog.com...]
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:50:07pm |
re: #29 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Sattv! You're comin' up on 15K!
I am ? I'm afraid to look. My KARMA is prolly in the negs!
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:50:35pm |
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:51:04pm |
re: #27 Alouette
Times are tough, people can only afford poor vanilla Ovaltine.
Bitter ,, and clinging to it's guns and it's religion
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:51:09pm |
re: #19 DaddyG
O.K. but Ovaltine tastes like ground up multi-vitamins mixed with cocoa powder.
What a coincidence, it is ground up multi-vitamins mixed with cocoa powder.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:51:50pm |
re: #31 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Do you remember drinking "Tang" cause the Astronauts drank it? I drank it for years, liked it best a little crunchy.
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kansas Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:00pm |
Why does this global warming keep freezing my flowers in April?
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Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:07pm |
Reminder:
San Diego Lizard meet on April 25th, email me for details
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razorbacker Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:09pm |
re: #38 buzzsawmonkey
What with the epidemic of obesity among American youth, you can drink in an overabundance of oval teens at any mall these days.
Get with the program, buzzsawmonkey. Once Mr. Swift's modest proposal becomes effective, you'll be happy about all those tender, juicy youngsters.
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:18pm |
re: #41 CyanSnowHawk
Even worse... malted milk powder mixed with milk choc and sprayed with vitamins.
Yecch.
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jester6 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:27pm |
re: #8 loppyd
I'll have to monitor this closely to make sure my annual vacation does not coincide with the Obamas.
Barack Obama Martha's Vineyard bound?
Will Cindy Sheehan camp out to protest the ongoing combat operations in Iraq?
Something tells me the liberal open minded folks in Martha's vineyard will be suprisingly intolerant of Obama protesters. They'll make those knuckle dragging Texans look down right hospitable by comparison.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:30pm |
re: #42 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Do you remember drinking "Tang" cause the Astronauts drank it? I drank it for years, liked it best a little crunchy.
You can use it to clean dishwashers - no kidding.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:31pm |
re: #23 LudwigVanQuixote
Sea ice in the polar regions is dangerously low.
[Link: nsidc.org...]
[Link: www.nasa.gov...]
Every year we gain ice back during winter, however it is less and less and thinner. If we loose the caps it will be devestating. This is a fact.
So in the WINTER ,,, the there's more ice ,, and in the SUMMER ,, theres less ,,,
Damn ,,, I wish there was a pattern there we could work with!
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Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:34pm |
re: #42 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Do you remember drinking "Tang" cause the Astronauts drank it? I drank it for years, liked it best a little crunchy.
Do you remember Food Sticks - again an astronaut thing.
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Ward Cleaver Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:34pm |
re: #42 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Do you remember drinking "Tang" cause the Astronauts drank it? I drank it for years, liked it best a little crunchy.
You mean the drink, or the powder?
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mich-again Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:52:41pm |
re: #23 LudwigVanQuixote
Is that an effect of the net warming of the whole planet or are disruptions in ocean currents changing the way heat is distributed around the globe. Antarctica could be melting while Northern Europe is starting to freeze over.
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Opinionated Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:53:04pm |
On the subject of Obama failing:
John Bolton:
So far, therefore, the missile launch is an unambiguous win for North Korea. (Although not orbiting a satellite, all three rocket stages apparently fired, achieving Pyongyang's longest missile flight yet.) But the negative repercussions will extend far beyond Northeast Asia.
Iran has carefully scrutinized the Obama administration's every action, and Tehran's only conclusion can be: It is past time to torque up the pressure on this new crowd in Washington. Not only is Iran's back now covered by its friends Russia, China and others on the U.N. Security Council, but it sees an American president so ready to bend his knee for public favor in Europe that the mullahs' wish list for U.S. concessions will grow by the minute.
Israel must also be carefully considering how the U.S. watched North Korea rip through "the international community." The most important lesson the new government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should draw is: Look out for No. 1. If Israel isn't prepared to protect itself, including using military force, against Iran's nuclear weapons program, it certainly shouldn't be holding its breath for Mr. Obama to do anything.
Russia and China must also be relishing this outcome. They will have faced down Mr. Obama in his first real crisis, having provided Security Council cover for a criminal regime, and emerged unscathed. They will conclude that achieving their large agendas with the new administration can't be too hard. That conclusion may be unfair to the new American president; but it will surely color how Moscow and Beijing structure their policies and their diplomacy until proven otherwise. That alone is bad news for Washington and its allies.
[Link: online.wsj.com...]
Who knew Joe Biden was a prophet?
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:53:05pm |
re: #42 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Do you remember drinking "Tang" cause the Astronauts drank it? I drank it for years, liked it best a little crunchy.
I prefer not to chew my liguids!
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DaddyG Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:53:18pm |
re: #38 buzzsawmonkey
What with the epidemic of obesity among American youth, you can drink in an overabundance of oval teens at any mall these days.
I was going to counter pun with a remark about Hersheys kisses but can't think of a think that won't sound racist.
/
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:53:27pm |
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Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:53:31pm |
re: #41 CyanSnowHawk
What a coincidence, it is ground up multi-vitamins mixed with cocoa powder.
I really liked Ovaltine.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:53:54pm |
re: #51 Ward Cleaver
You mean the drink, or the powder?
One of the best sight gags from Married With Children was when Al made the kids a "Tang-wich"
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DaddyG Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:54:02pm |
re: #42 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Do you remember drinking "Tang" cause the Astronauts drank it? I drank it for years, liked it best a little crunchy.
Tang made me pee like a racehorse.
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:54:06pm |
re: #46 tradewind
Even worse... malted milk powder mixed with milk choc and sprayed with vitamins.
Yecch.
"sprayed with vitamins"?
That sounds like a bad euphemism. Or would that be "sprayed with protein"?
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:54:46pm |
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DaddyG Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:54:56pm |
re: #50 Russkilitlover
Do you remember Food Sticks - again an astronaut thing.
I loved those. Like soft tootsie rolls (with crushed up vitamins).
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bullskin Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:54:59pm |
I found why ropers could not ever defeat civilization. We eat pork blood.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:55:06pm |
re: #58 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I remember that.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:55:09pm |
re: #59 DaddyG
Tang made me pee like a racehorse.
you were only supposed to have a GLASS ,,, not a TROUGH
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mich-again Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:55:10pm |
re: #57 Russkilitlover
I really liked Ovaltine.
We used to call a kid down the block Ovaltine. Had something to do with the shape of his melon. Don't remember his real name.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:55:20pm |
re: #50 Russkilitlover
Do you remember Food Sticks - again an astronaut thing.
I remember BEGGING my mom to get us those. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
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jester6 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:56:18pm |
re: #61 Occasional Reader
I didn't know tang came in a green flavor.
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:56:19pm |
re: #59 DaddyG
Tang made me pee like a racehorse.
What were you doing in a starting gate with a jockey on your back?
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:56:21pm |
re: #66 mich-again
We used to call a kid down the block Ovaltine. Had something to do with the shape of his melon. Don't remember his real name.
Swiss Miss !?!?!
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:56:27pm |
re: #38 buzzsawmonkey
What with the epidemic of obesity among American youth, you can drink in an overabundance of oval teens at any mall these days.
And if they're all on drugs, we could also speak of their addled essence.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:56:45pm |
re: #67 Occasional Reader
I remember BEGGING my mom to get us those. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
I still but those packs of freeze-dried Astronaut Ice Cream whenever I'm in an airplane museum. They're just too odd to pass up.
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mich-again Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:57:08pm |
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Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:57:56pm |
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Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:58:44pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:58:48pm |
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:58:48pm |
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 1:59:46pm |
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:00:03pm |
re: #80 buzzsawmonkey
What about Steve Roper?
Or Grim Reaper?
Image: grim-reaper-colored-katie-alfonsi.jpg
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mich-again Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:00:09pm |
re: #42 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I loved that stuff when I was a kid. Orange sugar water jammed with vitamins. Nowadays they call it Sunny D. Not quite as tasty as Tang.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:00:36pm |
re: #83 mich-again
I loved that stuff when I was a kid. Orange sugar water jammed with vitamins. Nowadays they call it Sunny D. Not quite as tasty as Tang.
at least Sunny D isn't gritty!
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OldLineTexan Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:01:11pm |
re: #83 mich-again
I loved that stuff when I was a kid. Orange sugar water jammed with vitamins. Nowadays they call it Sunny D. Not quite as tasty as Tang.
And not even a chance of getting Tang dust up your snoot!
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:01:32pm |
re: #81 CyanSnowHawk
And to think Norman Fell used to hang with the rat pack. Must have used up all his cool in the 60s.
Did someone pick him up !?!?!
badda BING!
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Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:01:33pm |
re: #83 mich-again
I loved that stuff when I was a kid. Orange sugar water jammed with vitamins. Nowadays they call it Sunny D. Not quite as tasty as Tang.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:01:50pm |
re: #83 mich-again
I loved that stuff when I was a kid. Orange sugar water jammed with vitamins. Nowadays they call it Sunny D. Not quite as tasty as Tang.
Still better than purple stuff
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:01:50pm |
re: #47 jester6
Something tells me the liberal open minded folks in Martha's vineyard will be suprisingly intolerant of Obama protesters. They'll make those knuckle dragging Texans look down right hospitable by comparison.
I'd probably get arrested for wearing my NOBAMA t-shirt.
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LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:02:01pm |
re: #85 OldLineTexan
And not even a chance of getting Tang dust up your snoot!
Orange u glad Tang is hard to find these days...
/
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ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:02:17pm |
re: #70 CyanSnowHawk
What were you doing in a starting gate with a jockey on your back?
He was young and needed the money.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:02:31pm |
AP headline: Bad economy holds highway deaths to 1960s levels
BAD ECONOMY IS RIPPING US ...! ... ... uh ... oh, never mind
/slinking away in embarrassment
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:02:36pm |
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razorbacker Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:02:41pm |
Apropos of nothing whatsoever:
What in the world could have possibly happened to cause Raytheon stock to jump 7.5% today?
Hmmm. What could it be?
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:03:03pm |
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:03:07pm |
re: #94 Occasional Reader
I really need to get my mind out of the gutter.
yes you do. It's crowded now that you're here too!
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:03:46pm |
Hi Guys. Earlier we we talking about black people and lowering standards for marriage. I wanted to reccommend a mini-series called The Wedding in which Halle Berry plays a Marthas Vineyard socialite about to marry a white man. Take a look at this scene at 4:01
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Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:04:00pm |
Ovaltine is a gateway beverage. It leads to smoothies and lattes!
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:04:07pm |
re: #95 razorbacker
Apropos of nothing whatsoever:
What in the world could have possibly happened to cause Raytheon stock to jump 7.5% today?
Hmmm. What could it be?
Is that a Frank question?
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filetandrelease Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:04:44pm |
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Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:05:15pm |
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KenJen Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:05:21pm |
re: #59 DaddyG
Tang made me pee like a racehorse.
I think Tang was used in the 2006 plot to blow up a transatlantic plane.
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HDrepub Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:05:21pm |
re: #95 razorbacker
Apropos of nothing whatsoever:
What in the world could have possibly happened to cause Raytheon stock to jump 7.5% today?
Hmmm. What could it be?
North Korea launched a missile over the weekend, and Obama said he will go ahead with the European missile defense system?
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LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:05:24pm |
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:05:44pm |
re: #103 Dustyvet
A blast from the past...:)
How many Lizards remember:
BOSCO CHOCOLATE DRINK
[Video]
ME! I loved Bosco!
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:06:13pm |
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So? Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:06:16pm |
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razorbacker Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:06:22pm |
re: #105 HDrepub
North Korea launched a missile over the weekend, and Obama said he will go ahead with the European missile defense system?
Nah! That cain't be it. The world loves us now.
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DaddyG Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:06:37pm |
Straight Hershey's syrup for me thank you.
(I gave up everything else to become a Mormon - at least leave me the chocolate!)
Ta Ta for now!
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:06:58pm |
re: #98 Afrocity
Hi Guys. Earlier we we talking about black people and lowering standards for marriage. I wanted to reccommend a mini-series called The Wedding in which Halle Berry plays a Marthas Vineyard socialite about to marry a white man. Take a look at this scene at 4:01
Marrying Halle Berry counts as raising one's standards IMHO.
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:07:15pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:07:20pm |
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:07:31pm |
re: #95 razorbacker
Apropos of nothing whatsoever:
What in the world could have possibly happened to cause Raytheon stock to jump 7.5% today?
Hmmm. What could it be?
IBM backing out of buying Sun?
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Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:07:48pm |
re: #99 Sharmuta
Ovaltine is a gateway beverage. It leads to smoothies and lattes!
When I was younger, so much younger than today, I recall that there was a fellow lived in my dorm whose breakfast consisted of equal parts:
Dry Ovaltine Powder
Instant Coffee
Crushed Frosted Flakes (or generic equivalent)
This, he'd mix with hot water till it made a sort of thinnish paste, and down the hatch it went. He attested to its many virtues and other fine qualities, but we always sort of thought him an odd one.
I did try this mixture, and can report it is quite tolerable in small amounts - probably no more than two or so coffee mugs full. Quite filling, and, overall, a tolerable way to get one's vitamins and carbs with a bit of a caffeine kick as well.
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:07:50pm |
re: #114 CyanSnowHawk
My Grandparents named their Dachshund Bosco. He was a great dog.
Awww. That's a cute name for a pooch.
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ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:07:55pm |
re: #113 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Marrying Halle Berry counts as raising one's standards IMHO.
As good ol' J.R. would call it "outkicking your coverage."
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mikalm Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:08:17pm |
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:08:19pm |
re: #103 Dustyvet
A blast from the past...:)
How many Lizards remember:
BOSCO CHOCOLATE DRINK
I'm old ,, I do
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Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:08:21pm |
re: #103 Dustyvet
A blast from the past...:)
How many Lizards remember:
BOSCO CHOCOLATE DRINK
Oh, yeah! Another classic! Kids today got nuttin'
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:08:56pm |
re: #105 HDrepub
North Korea launched a missile over the weekend, and Obama said he will go ahead with the European missile defense system?
Not exactly. He said he will only go ahead with "proven" technology?
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:08:56pm |
re: #113 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Marrying Halle Berry counts as raising one's standards IMHO.
My mother met Halle Berry's high school English teacher once. Does that count?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:09:00pm |
re: #116 victor_yugo
Unless I'm utterly mistaken, wouldn't have a thing to do with Raytheon or Raytheon's LOBs.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:09:03pm |
re: #113 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Marrying Halle Berry counts as raising one's standards IMHO.
Ya think?!?
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razorbacker Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:09:07pm |
re: #116 victor_yugo
IBM backing out of buying Sun?
I'm just going to chalk it up to one of those random happenings you hear so much about.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:09:47pm |
re: #113 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Marrying Halle Berry counts as raising one's standards IMHO.
and lowering hers !
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:07pm |
re: #116 victor_yugo
IBM backing out of buying Sun?
They want to buy the Sun!?! Those greedy bastards! Enough is enough!
/
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:23pm |
re: #125 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Unless I'm utterly mistaken, wouldn't have a thing to do with Raytheon or Raytheon's LOBs.
Unless Raytheon is eyeing Sun Microsystems.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:29pm |
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Gitarzan Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:30pm |
re: #114 CyanSnowHawk
My Grandparents named their Dachshund Bosco. He was a great dog.
A dog named Bosco makes me think of One Crazy Summer... ;-P
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filetandrelease Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:35pm |
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:37pm |
re: #120 mikalm
Does this guy ever do anything other than compare the government to Nazi Germany? Talk about a one trick pony.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:40pm |
re: #113 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Marrying Halle Berry counts as raising one's standards IMHO.
Speak for yourself, loser!
///
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Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:46pm |
re: #107 loppyd
ME! I loved Bosco!
OK, do you remember PDQ Chocolate drink crystals...also came in Egg Nog flavor?...:)
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NelsFree Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:47pm |
re: #8 loppyd
CoincidentallyAmazingly, Bill and Hillary Clinton, who vacationed at the opposite ends of Martha's Vineyard during Bill's presidency, will be on the island at the same time.
/Helping Journos get it right, mostly...
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razorbacker Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:50pm |
re: #129 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
They want to buy the Sun!?! Those greedy bastards! Enough is enough!
/
Can you imagine the page 3 girls if that happens? Horror. The horror.
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eschew_obfuscation Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:54pm |
re: #120 mikalm
Yep...killing joos and killing muslims is morally equivalent ... why didn't I see that before?
///
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babes Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:55pm |
I work in DC. Street scenes in DC are fun to watch. Today, along with the usual mixture of small packs of tourists, school groups, working schlubs, and parades of tour buses were two dweebs with clipboards from the ACLU.
In the 10 or 15 minutes I was there, they approached approximately 40 people with: "Hi, I'm from the ACLU'. ALL, save one, brush them off and didn't even acknowledge them. The one that did stop, listened to the ACLU pitch to sign a petition and walked off.
BWAH!
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:10:59pm |
re: #132 talon_262
A dog named Bosco makes me think of One Crazy Summer... ;-P
makes me think of George's password?
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Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:11:24pm |
re: #103 Dustyvet
The Bosco I remember was a liquid in a sqeeze bottle.
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:11:29pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:11:39pm |
re: #129 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
They want to buy the Sun!?! Those greedy bastards! Enough is enough!
/
"Since time immemorial, man has dreamed of blotting out the Sun..."
-Montgomery Burns
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:11:46pm |
re: #142 Russkilitlover
The Bosco I remember was a liquid in a sqeeze bottle.
Are you sure that wasn't iodine?
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:11:52pm |
re: #124 victor_yugo
My mother met Halle Berry's high school English teacher once. Does that count?
I knew a guy that used to live next door to a lady that had a motor home that she took to California and it broke down and was fixed by a place that fixed a flat tire for the people that at one time lived in the same zip code as John Wayne!
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:12:11pm |
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:12:18pm |
re: #136 Dustyvet
OK, do you remember PDQ Chocolate drink crystals...also came in Egg Nog flavor?...:)
yup
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:12:35pm |
re: #131 Guanxi88
WHat? Did they stop making Cel-Ray, the only celery-flavored soft-drink?
Which makes as much sense as clam-flavored tomato juice.
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razorbacker Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:12:37pm |
re: #146 sattv4u2
I knew a guy that used to live next door to a lady that had a motor home that she took to California and it broke down and was fixed by a place that fixed a flat tire for the people that at one time lived in the same zip code as John Wayne!
Can I shake your hand?
Be a big plus for me, you betcha.
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:12:50pm |
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opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:13:18pm |
re: #128 sattv4u2
and lowering hers !
Women do lower their standards, or most of us would never have gotten married.
That is one thing that I have on my wife, I have better taste.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:13:27pm |
re: #146 sattv4u2
I met a man who met Andy Griffith.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:13:30pm |
re: #130 victor_yugo
Unless Raytheon is eyeing Sun Microsystems.
Haven't followed Raytheon lately, but in the late 90's (when it bought the Hughes and TI defense groups) it divested damned near all its non-defense lines of business.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:13:49pm |
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Killian Bundy Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:14:04pm |
re: #95 razorbacker
Apropos of nothing whatsoever:
What in the world could have possibly happened to cause Raytheon stock to jump 7.5% today?
Hmmm. What could it be?
All the defense stocks were up today.
/probably just because of clarity in the details of the defense budget being released and an increase in F-35 spending
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:14:22pm |
All this talk of Bosco and Ovaltine makes me feel real glad I always bought the pre-mixed chocolate milk at the grocery store.
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Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:14:43pm |
re: #139 eschew_obfuscation
Yep...killing joos and killing muslims is morally equivalent ... why didn't I see that before?
///
Ted Rall is a worthless sack of shit
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:14:59pm |
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:15:00pm |
re: #154 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I met a man who met Andy Griffith.
I tried to pick up Cameron Diaz's stand-in.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:15:09pm |
I really want some chocolate milk right now.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:15:15pm |
re: #159 Honorary Yooper
All this talk of Bosco and Ovaltine makes me feel real glad I always bought the pre-mixed chocolate
milksort of like a dairy product at the grocery store.
FTFY
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:15:26pm |
re: #134 CyanSnowHawk
Does this guy ever do anything other than compare the government to Nazi Germany?
Yes, he draws poorly-scrawled cartoons that make fun of the widows of terrorism victims. That counts for something, right?
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:15:43pm |
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:15:48pm |
I'm watching the Orioles play the Yankees in Camden Yards. That is a beautiful ballpark. Oh Yanks up 1-0.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:15:57pm |
By the way, the "Silk" chocolate milk is very good.
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razorbacker Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:02pm |
Gotta fix the wife-woman some supper.
*She only has X number of movements left in her knees. I don't want them wasted on piddling things like fixing supper.*
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:05pm |
re: #153 opnion
Women do lower their standards, or most of us would never have gotten married.
That is one thing that I have on my wife, I have better taste.
She married the kind of man who would say a sweet thing like that...she's a very smart woman.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:05pm |
re: #162 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I tried to pick up Cameron Diaz's stand-in.
how high off the ground did you get her?
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Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:18pm |
re: #149 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Which makes as much sense as clam-flavored tomato juice.
Cel-Ray's quite nice, truth be told, but it's not the sort of thing one drinks without a meal.
Clamato, though, is just revolting in its contents, but ingenious in its composition; talk about using everything but the squeal, these guys even use the waste-water from clam processing!
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:18pm |
re: #162 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I tried to pick up Cameron Diaz's stand-in.
I met Dick Van Dyke and his family at a Christmas tree farm once.
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:20pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:22pm |
re: #149 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Which makes as much sense as clam-flavored tomato juice.
What else would you drink to accompany Khlav Kalash? (Mountain Dew just isn't the same.)
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Poli_wog Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:22pm |
Your text to link...Video that purports to show Taliban flogging a Pakistani teenage girl has been posted on the Web, shown on Pakistani TV and sparked national protest — but she now says it never happened.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:24pm |
re: #166 buzzsawmonkey
Cameron Diaz wasn't available?
She was filming, her stand-in was in line ahead of me at the coffee shop
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:16:38pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:00pm |
re: #162 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I tried to pick up Cameron Diaz's stand-in.
You were trying to LEGALIZE RAPE ! ! !, weren't you?
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HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:04pm |
re: #166 buzzsawmonkey
Cameron Diaz wasn't available?
Nope..unavailable t the time..Need her Cell?
/
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:08pm |
re: #177 Poli_wog
Your text to link...Video that purports to show Taliban flogging a Pakistani teenage girl has been posted on the Web, shown on Pakistani TV and sparked national protest — but she now says it never happened.
Yeah, right.
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:14pm |
re: #60 CyanSnowHawk
That would be sprayed w/ liquid vitamins, the same way that the processed cereal manufacturers (Kellog, etc) do today to ' fortify ' their cereals with the RDAs that they show on the labels.
Not the healthiest way to get them, btw...
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opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:20pm |
re: #171 scottishbuzzsaw
She married the kind of man who would say a sweet thing like that...she's a very smart woman.
Well, thank you for that, but I did marry up.
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:22pm |
re: #164 sattv4u2
Um, no, it is milk. Made by Dean's, Prairie Farms, or Kemps. Purely chocolate mixed with milk. You're thinking of drinks like Dean's Choco-riffic.
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:28pm |
re: #163 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I really want some chocolate milk right now.
you want chocolate everything/
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:37pm |
re: #166 buzzsawmonkey
Cameron Diaz wasn't available?
Cameron Diaz wasn't coherent. She only knows how to read a script.
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:44pm |
re: #167 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
He doesn't even deserve the sack.
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:17:47pm |
re: #180 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Your in Camden Yards?
No I'm in my offfice watching it on TV. Wish I was in Camden Yards.
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:04pm |
re: #188 victor_yugo
Cameron Diaz wasn't coherent. She only knows how to read a script.
Just like Barry!
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:08pm |
re: #186 Honorary Yooper
Um, no, it is milk. Made by Dean's, Prairie Farms, or Kemps. Purely chocolate mixed with milk. You're thinking of drinks like Dean's Choco-riffic.
Thats where you're wrong!
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:16pm |
re: #169 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
By the way, the "Silk" chocolate
milksoy product is very good.
FIFY. Soy products are not, and never will be milk.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:17pm |
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kansas Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:19pm |
re: #188 victor_yugo
Cameron Diaz wasn't coherent. She only knows how to read a script.
Wow. She could be President.
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:26pm |
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NelsFree Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:30pm |
re: #155 sattv4u2
"I'd reply to your comment, but I don't have hands!"
/Dog in the Beggin Strips commercial
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opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:36pm |
re: #181 Occasional Reader
You were trying to LEGALIZE RAPE ! ! !, weren't you?
No matter how dumb that she is , There was something about Mary.
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:38pm |
re: #186 Honorary Yooper
Um, no, it is milk. Made by Dean's, Prairie Farms, or Kemps. Purely chocolate mixed with milk. You're thinking of drinks like Dean's Choco-riffic.
OR OBERWEIS!
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:51pm |
I once sat next to Douglas Bader's nephew on an airplane flight.
/I dare anyone to come up with a more obscure one than that !
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:18:54pm |
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:19:14pm |
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:19:24pm |
re: #202 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I once sat next to Douglas Bader's nephew on an airplane flight.
/I dare anyone to come up with a more obscure one than that !
If I knew who that was?
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:19:25pm |
re: #192 sattv4u2
Thats where you're wrong!
Um, no, that's where I'm right. Go to the grocery store next time and look at the ingredients label.
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Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:19:32pm |
I was at my parent's house when Rikki Rocket from Posion showed up to talk about some motorcycle parts with my Dad.
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:19:34pm |
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opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:19:38pm |
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:19:50pm |
re: #195 kansas
For sure. They've got that weed and a little blow thing in common.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:19:51pm |
re: #202 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I once sat next to Douglas Bader's nephew on an airplane flight.
/I dare anyone to come up with a more obscure one than that !
K ,, I was sitting next to YOU as YOU were sitting nect to Douglas Bader's nephew
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:19:56pm |
re: #202 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I once sat next to Douglas Bader's nephew on an airplane flight.
/I dare anyone to come up with a more obscure one than that !
I have met both Steve Wozniak and Jack Tramiel. I even rode Woz's Segway.
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:07pm |
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LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:10pm |
re: #166 buzzsawmonkey
Cameron Diaz wasn't available?
My daughter looks like Cameron Diaz. Good for her that she got her looks from her mother...
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:11pm |
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:11pm |
re: #176 Occasional Reader
What else would you drink to accompany Khlav Kalash? (Mountain Dew just isn't the same.)
I always thought that KSM looked like the Khlav Kalash guy
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:17pm |
re: #177 Poli_wog
Your text to link...Video that purports to show Taliban flogging a Pakistani teenage girl has been posted on the Web, shown on Pakistani TV and sparked national protest — but she now says it never happened.
She'd be killed if she said otherwise.
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Zimriel Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:26pm |
re: #120 mikalm
Oh God, him again.
Rall is right about poppy production; we should be using Afghanistan (and Kurdistan) to grow our legal medical opiates, instead of Turkey. Screw the Turks.
But Rall is relaying some major lies here:
'My Paul-on-the-road-to-Damascus moment came while watching Afghan villagers sobbing outside a house being searched by U.S. troops. "The Russians never violated our homes," an old man told me. As in many societies descended from nomads, Afghan culture dictates that a man's home is truly his castle. "Even when they came to kill you, the Taliban knocked on the door and waited for you come out. They didn't touch your wife or daughter. They never came inside. Never."'
Yeah, because Russians and Communists are so into that due-process thing. Hah! And I expect that all the Uzbeks and Arabs and Chechens among the Taliban's allies didn't give much of a shit about Afghan civil rights, either. Look what they did to the Hazara.
To sum up, Rall is still a slimeball and still needs to STFU. But you knew that already.
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:28pm |
re: #208 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I was at my parent's house when Rikki Rocket from Posion showed up to talk about some motorcycle parts with my Dad.
Drew Barrymore hit me in the balls with her umbrella once when she was a little kid.
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mikalm Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:46pm |
re: #189 tradewind
He doesn't even deserve the sack.
Like the joke: Q) What's the difference between T*d R*ll, and a sack of sh!t? A) The sack!
Seriously -- I consider him possibly the vilest and most degenerate person working in the MSM, which is saying something.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:49pm |
re: #207 Honorary Yooper
Um, no, that's where I'm right. Go to the grocery store next time and look at the ingredients label.
No ,, I mean you would be wrong saying "you're thinking" ((hence the highlight of those 2 words)
gggeeezzz ,,, when ya gotta splain the self depricating joke,,,
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opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:56pm |
re: #214 Honorary Yooper
Mmmm. Now that's milk. A bit pricey, but always excellent.
Try the Frozen Yogurt.
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Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:20:58pm |
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:11pm |
re: #220 Nevergiveup
Drew Barrymore hit me in the balls with her umbrella once when she was a little kid.
And that's the truth
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LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:15pm |
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Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:19pm |
re: #169 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
By the way, the "Silk" chocolate milk is very good.
That's not milk.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:19pm |
re: #190 Nevergiveup
No I'm in my offfice watching it on TV. Wish I was in Camden Yards.
Went to a game there once...it is a beautiful place to watch a game.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:26pm |
re: #181 Occasional Reader
You were trying to LEGALIZE RAPE ! ! !, weren't you?
The very fact that a woman as dumb as a bag of mice can play any role at all is a testament to what a fine actress Cameron Diaz is.
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:33pm |
re: #220 Nevergiveup
Drew Barrymore hit me in the balls with her umbrella once when she was a little kid.
LOL LOL
Not at your pain, of course.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:35pm |
re: #215 LGoPs
My daughter looks like Cameron Diaz. Good for her that she got her looks from her mother...
Is she coming to the next lizard meetup?
WHAT? I didn't write that.
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:43pm |
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Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:56pm |
re: #202 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I once sat next to Douglas Bader's nephew on an airplane flight.
/I dare anyone to come up with a more obscure one than that !
How crowded does it get with two in the Cockpit of a Spitfire eh?...:)
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:21:57pm |
re: #220 Nevergiveup
Drew Barrymore hit me in the balls with her umbrella once when she was a little kid.
I think we have a winner!
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so.cal.swede Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:22:05pm |
re: #40 sattv4u2
Bitter ,, and clinging to it's guns and it's religion
pretty good post/karma rating =)
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:22:11pm |
re: #214 Honorary Yooper
Mmmm. Now that's milk. A bit pricey, but always excellent.
Somehow that glass bottle makes it worth it and taste better. Good lemonade too. Or Peterson's Ice Cream in Oak Park, IL.
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LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:22:15pm |
re: #231 Occasional Reader
Is she coming to the next lizard meetup?
WHAT? I didn't write that.
If it's in Chicago I'll see if she can make it...
:)
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ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:22:22pm |
re: #221 mikalm
Like the joke: Q) What's the difference between T*d R*ll, and a sack of sh!t? A) The sack!
Seriously -- I consider him possibly the vilest and most degenerate person working in the MSM, which is saying something.
And a horrible artist too.
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KenJen Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:22:34pm |
re: #202 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I once sat next to Douglas Bader's nephew on an airplane flight.
/I dare anyone to come up with a more obscure one than that !
I know the guy who played one of the terrorists in Passanger 57 with Wesley Snipes. He is also the same guy who shot Jake on Melrose Place.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:22:53pm |
re: #220 Nevergiveup
Drew Barrymore hit me in the balls with her umbrella once when she was a little kid.
She wants another shot at you now that she's an adult!
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:23:08pm |
re: #230 loppyd
LOL LOL
Not at your pain, of course.
It was in a restaurant in NYC. She was playing around with a friend near the bathrooms and playing with her umbrella and hit me by mistake.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:23:12pm |
The "Silk" chocolate liquid product is very tasty.
How's that?
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Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:23:29pm |
re: #193 Honorary Yooper
FIFY. Soy products are not, and never will be milk.
And white chocolate is an insult to chocolate!
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:23:35pm |
re: #206 Nevergiveup
If I knew who that was?
Precisely. Only a hardcore airplane buff would.
Douglas Bader
A WWII RAF ace, who had lost both legs between the wars.
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Learned Mother of Zion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:23:40pm |
re: #160 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Ted Rall is a worthless sack of shit
A sack of shit can fertilize a garden.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:23:42pm |
re: #220 Nevergiveup
Drew Barrymore hit me in the balls with her umbrella once when she was a little kid.
I got drunk at David Brudnoy's (late of WBZ, in Boston) studio (off his gin) and bummed cigarettes from one of his guests, who had written a book about legal prostitution in Nevada.
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:23:48pm |
re: #227 Ben Hur
It's got that icky soybean aftertaste...
Just saying...
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:23:48pm |
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:23:54pm |
re: #242 Nevergiveup
It was in a restaurant in NYC. She was playing around with a friend near the bathrooms and playing with her umbrella and hit me by mistake.
Was it the metal point on the end?
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:07pm |
I went Christmas shopping with Elle McPherson once.
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filetandrelease Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:21pm |
re: #234 Occasional Reader
Hey, I got drunk with Lauran Bacall a couple of times.
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:22pm |
re: #231 Occasional Reader
Is she coming to the next lizard meetup?
WHAT? I didn't write that.
I wouldn't let you guys near my pleasantly plump cousin w/ three kids/
| 254 |
sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:28pm |
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:34pm |
re: #247 Guanxi88
I got drunk at David Brudnoy's (late of WBZ, in Boston) studio (off his gin) and bummed cigarettes from one of his guests, who had written a book about legal prostitution in Nevada.
That is very, very cool.
| 256 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:37pm |
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jamgarr Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:38pm |
re: #162 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I tried to pick up Cameron Diaz's stand-in.
The one who did the window boob shot in Mary?
| 258 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:39pm |
re: #251 Occasional Reader
I went Christmas shopping with Elle McPherson once.
I crashed John F'ing Kerry Christmas Party in 1998.
| 259 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:42pm |
re: #245 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Precisely. Only a hardcore airplane buff would.
Douglas Bader
A WWII RAF ace, who had lost both legs between the wars.
Wow- I should have known that. Inspirational for sure.
| 260 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:43pm |
re: #251 Occasional Reader
I went Christmas shopping with Elle McPherson once.
Well... okay, I followed her down Fifth Avenue and into Bergdorf Goodman. Whatever.
| 261 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:24:51pm |
| 262 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:25:13pm |
re: #251 Occasional Reader
I went Christmas shopping with Elle McPherson once.
Was that the time that Tom Brady and I ran into you two?
| 263 |
KenJen Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:25:18pm |
re: #243 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
The "Silk" chocolate liquid product is very tasty.
How's that?
I've heard that it makes men grow boobs. Or moobs as I like to call them.
| 264 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:25:26pm |
Oh gosh... Ben Stein is commencement speaker for Liberty University. I wonder how many Jew's have been the commencement speaker at Liberty.
Helped himself with the movie about the "subject that shall not be named".
| 265 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:25:27pm |
re: #213 victor_yugo
I have met both Steve Wozniak and Jack Tramiel. I even rode Woz's Segway.
Not obscure enough.
| 266 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:25:37pm |
| 267 |
OldLineTexan Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:25:44pm |
re: #67 Occasional Reader
I remember BEGGING my mom to get us those. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
We used to get the almost-expired sticks from the pilot survival kits that were thrown out. Mmmm, Korean War era Chick-O-Stix.
/
| 268 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:25:48pm |
re: #260 Occasional Reader
Well... okay, I followed her down Fifth Avenue and into Bergdorf Goodman. Whatever.
And she's now got a restraining order against you?
| 269 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:25:53pm |
re: #251 Occasional Reader
I went Christmas shopping with Elle McPherson once.
You know she has never called me...
| 270 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:26:02pm |
re: #253 Afrocity
I wouldn't let you guys near my pleasantly plump cousin w/ three kids/
You are wise, indeed.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:26:18pm |
re: #255 loppyd
That is very, very cool.
Yeah, he used to do the show from a studio in his townhouse on Comm ave. New a guy who knew a guy who got me the chance to meet Bruds and sit in on the show.
Brudnoy was a civilized host, both on the radio and in person: you could drink as much as you wanted, provided you didn't get sloppy, and could smoke anything legal, provided you didn't get ashes or burn-marks on his stuff.
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:26:25pm |
re: #266 Nevergiveup
Oh yeah, but I survived.
yikes.
I kicked a neighbor in the boys when we were kids. He punched my in the face in return.
Those were the days...
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:26:28pm |
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:26:30pm |
re: #251 Occasional Reader
I went Christmas shopping with Elle McPherson once.
I dated (famous guy name) once
| 275 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:26:32pm |
re: #268 scottishbuzzsaw
And she's now got a restraining order against you?
That's just her way of teasing.
| 276 |
JHW Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:26:34pm |
I ran smack into Richard Nixon when I was a kid and got him to say "Oomph".
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:26:37pm |
re: #254 sattv4u2
from what I hear, so were your balls!
I want to know how you and Beer Drinking Victory Monkey know that?
| 278 |
Honorary Yooper Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:26:39pm |
re: #213 victor_yugo
I have met both Steve Wozniak and Jack Tramiel. I even rode Woz's Segway.
I am certain Woz's Segway riding is far better than his dancing.
| 279 |
Learned Mother of Zion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:27:01pm |
re: #263 KenJen
I've heard that it makes men grow boobs. Or moobs as I like to call them.
And then they have to wear a mansierre? Or a bro as I like to call them.
| 280 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:27:14pm |
re: #258 Guanxi88
I crashed John F'ing Kerry Christmas Party in 1998.
He probbly thought you were Ghengis Khan...
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:27:29pm |
re: #271 Guanxi88
Yeah, he used to do the show from a studio in his townhouse on Comm ave. New a guy who knew a guy who got me the chance to meet Bruds and sit in on the show.
Brudnoy was a civilized host, both on the radio and in person: you could drink as much as you wanted, provided you didn't get sloppy, and could smoke anything legal, provided you didn't get ashes or burn-marks on his stuff.
His coverage on election night 2004 kept me sane.
| 282 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:27:30pm |
re: #268 scottishbuzzsaw
And she's now got a restraining order against you?
Now that I think of it, no, she doesn't.
Which means... she's totally into me!
| 283 |
mikalm Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:27:40pm |
I shook hands with Bo Diddley before one of his concerts in L.A.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:27:46pm |
re: #277 Nevergiveup
I want to know how you and Beer Drinking Victory Monkey know that?
You placed your internet camera on top of your CPU on the floor instead of on top of the monitor on the desk!
| 285 |
Learned Mother of Zion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:27:51pm |
I don't know any celebrities, but my son has met Vlad Putin and George W. Bush.
| 286 |
Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:27:53pm |
While I was doing security work in Minnesota, I did an executive protection detail for Pat Robertson of the 700 club.
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:28:02pm |
re: #278 Honorary Yooper
I am certain Woz's Segway riding is far better than his dancing.
Yeah, but it was all just in fun, like most of his ventures these days.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:28:13pm |
| 289 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:28:18pm |
| 291 |
filetandrelease Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:28:33pm |
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Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:28:35pm |
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:28:45pm |
re: #285 Alouette
I don't know any celebrities, but my son has met Vlad Putin and George W. Bush.
I have hosted Putin and Laura Bush
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:28:49pm |
re: #258 Guanxi88
I crashed John F'ing Kerry Christmas Party in 1998.
At his Louisburg Square manse?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:28:51pm |
re: #259 Nevergiveup
Wow- I should have known that. Inspirational for sure.
Reach for the Sky -- movie and book
| 297 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:29:08pm |
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:29:09pm |
re: #269 LGoPs
Maybe sometime we will have a ' which celebs are most polite/ rudest/best-worst- looking without makeup' thread, and I'll clean up. My kids are a little weary of my 'guess who I had on my flight back when ' stories.
| 299 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:29:16pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:29:32pm |
re: #276 JHW
I ran smack into Richard Nixon when I was a kid and got him to say "Oomph".
I nearly ran smack into Madeleine Albright while jogging in Manhattan once. (I'd much rather run smack into Elle McPherson, but we can't always choose these things.)
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Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:29:34pm |
re: #283 mikalm
I shook hands with Bo Diddley before one of his concerts in L.A.
Met with Maynard from Tool backstage after one of his shows, nice guy
| 302 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:29:35pm |
re: #286 Dustyvet
While I was doing security work in Minnesota, I did an executive protection detail for Pat Robertson of the 700 club.
A man of faith needs a bodyguard?
DOES ... NOT ... COMPUTE ... ERROR ... ERROR ... MUST STERILIZE ...
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:29:45pm |
re: #293 Sharmuta
I once startled the hell out of Bjork.
Hey Sharm! I thought of you this weekend. I played "It's so quiet" and thought my beautiful Sharm!
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JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:29:47pm |
re: #293 Sharmuta
I once startled the hell out of Bjork.
Shar ... Bjork has startled the hell out of me many times ... I like some of her stuff ...
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:00pm |
re: #285 Alouette
I don't know any celebrities, but my son has met Vlad Putin and George W. Bush.
I shook George W. Bush's hand at a rally...
I wish I could have talked to him.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:08pm |
re: #299 Nevergiveup
OK I don't want to know who, just was he any good?
She said once! What kind of girl do you think she is!
/
| 307 |
jamgarr Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:09pm |
My daughter was at a party last week with Claire Dane - guess who the DJ was - - - no, shit, it was Moby - The Moby!
| 309 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:18pm |
I've oft been mistaken for a well known movie character...
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Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:20pm |
re: #302 victor_yugo
A man of faith needs a bodyguard?
DOES ... NOT ... COMPUTE ... ERROR ... ERROR ... MUST STERILIZE ...
Yup three of them...:)
| 311 |
Lincolntf Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:25pm |
Hi all. Anyone else reveling in the newly minted baseball season?
| 312 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:29pm |
I was in the elevator at Yankee stadium with Mayor Rudy once.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:35pm |
re: #280 LGoPs
He probbly thought you were Ghengis Khan...
Well, from the way I acted before I was invited to go elsewhere, I'm sure my presence is seared, seared, into his memory.
Had you been there, you'd have noticed a slim(ish) guy, in dark charcoal suiting by Brooks Brothers, pouring drinks down his throat as fast as possibly, pausing in between rounds to add a finger-sandwich to the cargo.
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:41pm |
re: #276 JHW
I ran smack into Richard Nixon when I was a kid and got him to say "Oomph".
I literally ran into Bozo the Clown at Logan airport when I was kid...did I mention clowns terrify me?
| 315 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:47pm |
My company sold some items to a "G. Nash" of California not long ago. He paid for them, but never bothered to have them delivered to him. After a while, they're just taking up space, so I called Mr. Nash & politely but firmly asked him to please pick up his purchases. It was only after I got off the phone that I realized it was Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills & Nash!
| 316 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:51pm |
re: #294 Afrocity
I have hosted Putin and Laura Bush
Impressive. Though I liked the "cute little girl from E.T. smacked me in the balls" story more for sheer fun.
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:30:54pm |
re: #299 Nevergiveup
OK I don't want to know who, just was he any good?
No. Noodle Roni would have been better. (shudder, still brings back bad memories)
| 319 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:31:09pm |
re: #311 Lincolntf
Hi all. Anyone else reveling in the newly minted baseball season?
But of course. I even endured Joe Morgan last night!
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:31:15pm |
re: #311 Lincolntf
Hi all. Anyone else reveling in the newly minted baseball season?
Yeah but Baltimore just went ahead of the Yankees 3-1
| 321 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:31:21pm |
re: #309 LGoPs
I've oft been mistaken for a well known movie character...
Jack Elam?
/running like hell!
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:31:21pm |
re: #293 Sharmuta
I once startled the hell out of Bjork.
Kiki Stockhammer threw a door open in my face at a tradeshow once. This was back in the days when she was spokeswoman for Play, Inc.
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:31:35pm |
re: #314 scottishbuzzsaw
I literally ran into Bozo the Clown at Logan airport when I was kid...did I mention clowns terrify me?
Me too. Clowns are the devil.
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Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:31:41pm |
re: #313 Guanxi88
Well, from the way I acted before I was invited to go elsewhere, I'm sure my presence is seared, seared, into his memory.
Had you been there, you'd have noticed a slim(ish) guy, in dark charcoal suiting by Brooks Brothers, pouring drinks down his throat as fast as possibly, pausing in between rounds to add a finger-sandwich to the cargo.
Please tell this old Vietnam Veteran that you at least bit the son of bitch...:)
| 326 |
mikalm Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:31:44pm |
Back in my L.A. punk-rock days, Darby Crash hit me up for drugs (no, I didn't have or distribute any!)
| 327 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:31:45pm |
| 328 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:32:09pm |
re: #307 jamgarr
My daughter was at a party last week with Claire Dane - guess who the DJ was - - - no, shit, it was Moby - The Moby!
Which leads us back to soy milk - didn't he say that he feeds his boy soy milk in the hopes that it'll turn him gay?
| 332 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:32:26pm |
re: #320 Nevergiveup
Yeah but Baltimore just went ahead of the Yankees 3-1
Okay stupid question. Is the new stadium open yet?
| 333 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:32:31pm |
re: #319 loppyd
But of course. I even endured Joe Morgan last night!
G-D when is ESPN gonna dump him? But he hates the Yankees so why do you hate him?
| 334 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:32:38pm |
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JHW Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:32:44pm |
re: #314 scottishbuzzsaw
Ha! Nowadays though I wish it'd been Jimmy I'd run into, with a full head of kid-steam going. I'd have made him forget that rabbit!
| 336 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:32:49pm |
re: #295 loppyd
At his Louisburg Square manse?
NO, this one was at the Four Seasons; I used to sort of wander around there sometimes after taking on a suitable supply of fuel to see how the better half lived. And there he was, and there I was, and so, in I went (ballroom type of thing, on the second floor. when you climbed to the top of the stairs, Aujor D'hui was on your left, the ballrooms on your right).
| 337 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:32:51pm |
| 338 |
JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:32:59pm |
re: #328 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Which leads us back to soy milk - didn't he say that he feeds his boy soy milk in the hopes that it'll turn him gay?
BDVM ... you are kidding ... right ... please tell me you are ... is Moby gay? ...
| 339 |
gregg Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:09pm |
It's a little known fact that the predominant language spoken in states 51 through 57 is Austrian.
/ I'm just kidding.
| 340 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:15pm |
re: #334 LGoPs
Hell's bells, those two aren't even in the same universe!
:)
| 341 |
mikalm Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:16pm |
At a conference on drug abuse, I fielded a call from Betty Ford to one of her underlings.
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Lincolntf Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:18pm |
re: #320 Nevergiveup
Sounds good to me. My team (I'll give you one guess) got rained out. I ended up with an inordinate number of Yankees on my fantasy team, so I will be quasi-rooting for them some of the time.
| 343 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:22pm |
re: #317 Afrocity
No. Noodle Roni would have been better. (shudder, still brings back bad memories)
Okay, you just beat out the "smacked me in the balls" story and pulled into a clear lead...
| 344 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:25pm |
re: #333 Nevergiveup
G-D when is ESPN gonna dump him? But he hates the Yankees so why do you hate him?
Because he is a fool and a tool and listening to him makes me want to kill someone?
| 346 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:31pm |
| 347 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:47pm |
re: #338 JacksonTn
BDVM ... you are kidding ... right ... please tell me you are ... is Moby gay? ...
No I don't think Moby is gay. I saw him at TeaNY and he was with someone- a woman.
| 348 |
jamgarr Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:50pm |
re: #328 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Which leads us back to soy milk - didn't he say that he feeds his boy soy milk in the hopes that it'll turn him gay?
wouldn't surprise me
| 349 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:33:50pm |
| 350 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:34:00pm |
re: #325 Dustyvet
Please tell this old Vietnam Veteran that you at least bit the son of bitch...:)
No, but I ate his food, drank his booze, and generally made a boor of myself til I was gently encouraged to leave.
| 352 |
JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:34:08pm |
| 354 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:34:12pm |
| 355 |
Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:34:24pm |
re: #347 Afrocity
No I don't think Moby is gay. I saw him at TeaNY and he was with someone- a woman.
Got to do the Dundee check to make sure
| 356 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:34:24pm |
I sold Bono some beer. OK- it was his manager. But Bono drank the beer I sold.
| 357 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:34:40pm |
re: #330 loppyd
I met Jodi Foster...
I rescued her once from a bunch of lowdown pimps, in a bloody gun battle.
No, wait... that was a movie. Never mind.
| 358 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:34:50pm |
re: #338 JacksonTn
BDVM ... you are kidding ... right ... please tell me you are ... is Moby gay? ...
No, but I do recall him saying that the high estrogen content in soy products could make his kid catch a case of gayness
| 359 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:00pm |
re: #342 Lincolntf
Sounds good to me. My team (I'll give you one guess) got rained out. I ended up with an inordinate number of Yankees on my fantasy team, so I will be quasi-rooting for them some of the time.
Well both Boston and the White Sox got rained out but I'll go with the Red Sox
| 360 |
Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:02pm |
re: #350 Guanxi88
No, but I ate his food, drank his booze, and generally made a boor of myself til I was gently encouraged to leave.
I would have been taken away in handcuffs...:)
| 361 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:02pm |
| 362 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:12pm |
Stood in line behind David Byrne at a Store 24 in Beantown (he was buying 2 packs of Marlboro Lights and a Boston Globe).
| 363 |
Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:18pm |
re: #358 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
No, but I do recall him saying that the high estrogen content in soy products could make his kid catch a case of gayness
He should just play his CDs for the kid
| 364 |
mikalm Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:20pm |
re: #347 Afrocity
No I don't think Moby is gay. I saw him at TeaNY and he was with someone- a woman.
He's str8 or bisexual. The "gay kid" comment was just metrosexual freak-out-the-hicks posturing.
| 368 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:36pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:37pm |
re: #338 JacksonTn
BDVM ... you are kidding ... right ... please tell me you are ... is Moby gay? ...
He's a vegan. Many vegans raise their children as vegans.
| 370 |
filetandrelease Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:39pm |
Paul Tibbits was over for dinner a while back.
| 371 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:35:40pm |
| 372 |
KenJen Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:01pm |
re: #324 loppyd
Me too. Clowns are the devil.
Barbara Streisand singing Send in the Clowns gives me nightmares.
| 373 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:04pm |
One of my best friends from childhood got a Lincoln given to her by Elvis.
| 374 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:14pm |
I talked to Sarah McLaughlin once. We talked about David Letterman.
| 375 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:19pm |
re: #361 MandyManners
I smoked pot with certain members of Nirvana.
I know two women whom Wil Wheaton tried to pick up at sci-fi conventions with the promise of free weed backstage.
| 376 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:21pm |
| 377 |
sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:21pm |
re: #372 KenJen
Barbara Streisand
singing Send in the Clownsgives me nightmares.
| 378 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:25pm |
re: #370 filetandrelease
Paul Tibbits was over for dinner a while back.
I think you talked about that a while back didn't ya? I was impressed.
| 379 |
Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:33pm |
re: #373 MandyManners
One of my best friends from childhood got a Lincoln given to her by Elvis.
Is that what he called it?
| 380 |
Kosh's Shadow Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:37pm |
re: #271 Guanxi88
Yeah, he used to do the show from a studio in his townhouse on Comm ave. New a guy who knew a guy who got me the chance to meet Bruds and sit in on the show.
Brudnoy was a civilized host, both on the radio and in person: you could drink as much as you wanted, provided you didn't get sloppy, and could smoke anything legal, provided you didn't get ashes or burn-marks on his stuff.
His was the only talk show I listened to. Got on once or twice, too, on the phone.
I do remember him and Dave Barry, I believe, getting quite drunk on the air.
| 381 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:49pm |
re: #365 jamgarr
Met Jessie Owens and Gordy Howe once.
I worked with a doctor who used to run with Jessie Owens.
| 382 |
Mike in Georgia Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:51pm |
I met Linda Vaughn(Miss Hurst Golden Shifter) once. One of the
guys I was with asked her if those were real. She showed us.
| 383 |
mikalm Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:57pm |
re: #345 Ben Hur
I shot some smack with Jerry.
I smoked weed with both his daughter Annabelle, and Bill Kreutzmann's son.
| 384 |
JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:36:57pm |
Paul Simon tried to pick me up on an airplane coming from New York once a gazillion years ago ... man is he ever short and he did a comb over even then ... creepy ...
| 385 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:37:08pm |
re: #336 Guanxi88
NO, this one was at the Four Seasons; I used to sort of wander around there sometimes after taking on a suitable supply of fuel to see how the better half lived. And there he was, and there I was, and so, in I went (ballroom type of thing, on the second floor. when you climbed to the top of the stairs, Aujor D'hui was on your left, the ballrooms on your right).
That is funny!
Did you see his freakishly large head?
| 386 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:37:15pm |
| 387 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:37:28pm |
I sat next to Jake Bucy over on Catalina Island last year. I was deeply hurt and disappointed that he didn't seem to recognize me...
/
| 388 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:37:39pm |
re: #380 Kosh's Shadow
His was the only talk show I listened to. Got on once or twice, too, on the phone.
I do remember him and Dave Barry, I believe, getting quite drunk on the air.
Good times, indeed.
| 389 |
sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:37:48pm |
re: #385 loppyd
That is funny!
Did you see his freakishly large head?
The Space Station can see it ,,, WITHOUT a telescope!
| 390 |
Dianna Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:37:49pm |
I admit that I don't know anyone famous.
Though I may have smacked Eddie Veder. Not sure, it was dark and I'd been drinking.
But he sure deserved it.
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:37:57pm |
re: #373 MandyManners
One of my best friends from childhood got a Lincoln given to her by Elvis.
Mandy it wasn't your friend that died at 14 was it?
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JHW Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:02pm |
re: #361 MandyManners
I smoked pot with certain members of Nirvana.
That whole gang comes from a very close town to me. Down on its luck and trying to make a buck from Kurt Cobain tourism, concrete statues of him and other assorted schlock.
| 394 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:03pm |
| 395 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:11pm |
re: #374 Sharmuta
I talked to Sarah McLaughlin once. We talked about David Letterman.
Love her voice.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:20pm |
re: #372 KenJen
Barbara Streisand singing Send in the Clowns gives me nightmares.
Best tee shirt I ever saw. Inverted pyramid in text... simply said...
Can't sleep; clowns'll eat me.
over and over in descending font size...
| 397 |
Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:20pm |
re: #383 mikalm
I smoked weed with both his daughter Annabelle, and Bill Kreutzmann's son.
That is kick ass.
| 398 |
Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:30pm |
re: #381 scottishbuzzsaw
I worked with a doctor who used to run with Jessie Owens.
Remember the kid who played Oliver? He's a Doctor in London...:)
| 399 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:31pm |
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HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:33pm |
re: #362 Guanxi88
Stood in line behind David Byrne at a Store 24 in Beantown (he was buying 2 packs of Marlboro Lights and a Boston Globe).
I met Robin Williams at Perry's Deli on 3rd street in Napa..
Perry's is the best Deli in the world
| 401 |
jamgarr Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:37pm |
re: #381 scottishbuzzsaw
I worked with a doctor who used to run with Jessie Owens.
Not for long, I bet
| 402 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:46pm |
re: #357 Occasional Reader
I rescued her once from a bunch of lowdown pimps, in a bloody gun battle.
No, wait... that was a movie. Never mind.
I recommended that she purchase some beach plum jelly...
| 403 |
mikalm Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:49pm |
re: #375 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I know two women whom Wil Wheaton tried to pick up at sci-fi conventions with the promise of free weed backstage.
Way back in the early-90s BBS days, I performed an online "wedding" between Wil and an Iranian-American girl who liked quoting Rumi. I believe it may have been the first (nonbinding) cyberspace nuptials ceremony in history.
| 404 |
Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:51pm |
re: #390 Dianna
I admit that I don't know anyone famous.
Though I may have smacked Eddie Veder. Not sure, it was dark and I'd been drinking.
But he sure deserved it.
I almost got run over in a parking lot by Weird Al.
| 405 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:52pm |
I met Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot, Gypsy, and Mike Nelson.
| 406 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:54pm |
re: #391 Sharmuta
Sarah McLaughlin is really nice, BTW.
If she's as nice as her voice, she's a peach.
| 407 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:38:56pm |
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Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:00pm |
re: #390 Dianna
Up ding because that guy drives me nuts. I hope you did smack him! heehee
| 409 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:16pm |
re: #390 Dianna
I admit that I don't know anyone famous.
Though I may have smacked Eddie Veder. Not sure, it was dark and I'd been drinking.
But he sure deserved it.
I used to lust after him...
| 410 |
Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:20pm |
| 411 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:28pm |
re: #404 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I almost got run over in a parking lot by Weird Al.
OK, you win!
| 412 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:29pm |
re: #405 Occasional Reader
I met Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot, Gypsy, and Mike Nelson.
I saw Mel Gibson in a movie once...
| 413 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:38pm |
re: #381 scottishbuzzsaw
I worked with a doctor who used to run
withbehind Jessie Owens.
Probably fixed that for ya!
| 414 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:51pm |
I bowed and kissed the ring of the King of Saudi Arabia once.
/ducks
| 415 |
Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:52pm |
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:52pm |
re: #396 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Best commercial candidate has to be the e-trader baby who hired a clown and ' forgot about the creep factor'... I laughed til I cried...
| 417 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:54pm |
re: #404 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I almost got run over in a parking lot by Weird Al.
Dude, I would have gotten an autograph
| 418 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:58pm |
re: #405 Occasional Reader
I met Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot, Gypsy, and Mike Nelson.
But not TV's Frank?
| 419 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:39:59pm |
| 421 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:16pm |
re: #405 Occasional Reader
I met Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot, Gypsy, and Mike Nelson.
Really? Sweet (if true).
I know a guy who did guest spots on the bowling show Comedy Central used to run.
| 422 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:19pm |
Yoko Ono walked her dog with me in Central Park.
I sat next to Chris Mathews at a dinner
I side struck Ethan Hawk in Borders on 63rd and broadway
Stood in line with Julliane Moore.
But when you live in NYC that stuff is common.
| 423 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:20pm |
re: #398 Dustyvet
Remember the kid who played Oliver? He's a Doctor in London...:)
I did not know that!
| 424 |
Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:21pm |
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:30pm |
re: #400 HoosierHoops
I met Robin Williams at Perry's Deli on 3rd street in Napa..
Perry's is the best Deli in the world
I met him at a Playoff or Series game at Yankee Stadium more than once. I thought he was an unfriendly bastard. Not to me, since I didn't give a rat's ass, but to some people who did come up to him.
| 426 |
Kosh's Shadow Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:31pm |
re: #375 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I know two women whom Wil Wheaton tried to pick up at sci-fi conventions with the promise of free weed backstage.
I had drinks with Gordon Dickson. Very nice guy. And very knowledgeable.
Also Jerry Pournelle. He loves ouzo, or did back in around 1977.
And we played one of our audio comedy pieces for Rich Sternbach (science fiction artist and technical consultant for Star Trek: The Next Generation, although that was to come later)
This was all from being a big shot in a college science fiction society that ran a yearly convention.
| 427 |
Dianna Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:35pm |
re: #409 loppyd
I used to lust after him...
I'm sorry to read that.
It's odd, I rather liked Pearl Jam's first album, until I saw a picture of the band, and realized that Eddie looked a heck of a lot like a guy I smacked in a club in the 80's.
| 428 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:36pm |
Jeremy Roenick stole my friend's Sharpie.
| 429 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:53pm |
Accident a mile from my house. Four dead.
Sigh.
| 430 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:40:56pm |
| 431 |
Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:41:04pm |
I met a friend of mine for lunch up in LA, she was working for an agency at that time for musicians and actors.
While she was showing me around the office, in walks Jimmy Page. She introduced me to him. I think I responded articulately with something like
bhjfjsutjsbgbshg...hee hee hee...mpfmnnshp...giggle, giggle, snort!
| 432 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:41:21pm |
re: #418 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
But not TV's Frank?
Actually, come to think of it... yes. He sort of wandered by and said hello.
(Best Brains studio tour, circa 1993)
| 433 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:41:25pm |
re: #406 MandyManners
If she's as nice as her voice, she's a peach.
She's really down to earth- nice lady.
| 434 |
jamgarr Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:41:48pm |
| 435 |
Dianna Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:42:03pm |
re: #426 Kosh's Shadow
I had drinks with Gordon Dickson. Very nice guy. And very knowledgeable.
Also Jerry Pournelle. He loves ouzo, or did back in around 1977.
And we played one of our audio comedy pieces for Rich Sternbach (science fiction artist and technical consultant for Star Trek: The Next Generation, although that was to come later)This was all from being a big shot in a college science fiction society that ran a yearly convention.
I was working a convention (as a temp) and Jerry Pournelle was just awful.
| 436 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:42:05pm |
My gran met the Oak Ridge Boys. One of them sat on her desk.
| 437 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:42:06pm |
re: #404 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I almost got run over in a parking lot by Weird Al.
"Frank, they aren't here to see you. Weird Al Yankovich is on that plane."
The Naked Gun
| 438 |
sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:42:06pm |
re: #431 Russkilitlover
I met a friend of mine for lunch up in LA, she was working for an agency at that time for musicians and actors.
While she was showing me around the office, in walks Jimmy Page. She introduced me to him. I think I responded articulately with something like
bhjfjsutjsbgbshg...hee hee hee...mpfmnnshp...giggle, giggle, snort!
| 439 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:42:07pm |
re: #422 Afrocity
Was it the Winston Churchill installation dinner? My husband took the boys up to Norfolk or some place like that for some ship being christened, and C. Matthews was the keynote speaker at the dinner. This was when he was still sane...
| 440 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:42:33pm |
re: #385 loppyd
That is funny!
Did you see his freakishly large head?
Like an orange on a toothpick. Hey, Senator! Why the long face?
Good times.
The great thing to remember, if you ever mean to try to crash the upper-crust's parties, is that you have to look like you belong. Doesn't mean you have to look rich or famous, just means you have to carry yourself a certain way. Act like you've been there before, as they say.
Clothes are the big give-away; you want a good, solid outfit (sportscoat and dress trousers - a suit is a dead give-away; suits are for business), nothing fancy, nothing elaborate, a good shirt, quiet, conservative tie, and (this is key) good shoes. None of your stuff should be obviously new; new clothes, especially a good outfit with all the trimmings, marks you as a climber.
Look clean-cut, but with soft hands, and you're ready to go. It helps, too, if the staff in the place know you. I was on very good terms with the bar-tender (Heili, or something like that), and from spending so much time there, got to be "familiar" to the staff. A nod from me got a nod and a smile back from them, and that was usually enough to get me in most places.
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HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:42:47pm |
re: #425 Nevergiveup
I met him at a Playoff or Series game at Yankee Stadium more than once. I thought he was an unfriendly bastard. Not to me, since I didn't give a rat's ass, but to some people who did come up to him.
Might explain why he cut the line at Perry's Deli..
After all he is Celebrity and has a house in the Valley.
| 442 |
Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:43:09pm |
re: #417 ConservatismNow!
Dude, I would have gotten an autograph
I had run back to the car to put my jacket in it and was running when a car almost hit me. I stopped short, he stopped, I waved him on, he kept going and I said "Was that Weird Al? Nah, couldn't be." An hour later, the Special Announcer for the show we went to see stepped on stage and it was Weird Al.
| 443 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:43:09pm |
re: #422 Afrocity
But when you live in NYC that stuff is common.
I had absolutely terrible celebrity-fu when I lived in Manhattan. Apart from my brief Elle stalking story, I got practically nothin'.
| 445 |
Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:43:18pm |
re: #423 scottishbuzzsaw
I did not know that!
After his film career, Lester took his A Levels at the age of 28 and became an osteopath, studying at the British School of Osteopathy.
| 446 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:43:22pm |
re: #389 sattv4u2
The Space Station can see it ,,, WITHOUT a telescope!
| 447 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:43:25pm |
I met Goose Gossage in the bathroom at Mickey Mantle's Restaurant. Real nice guy. He said hello to me, but didn't offer to shake my hand since we were both peeing.
| 448 |
reine.de.tout Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:43:42pm |
Too funny to keep to myself.
Hope ya'll enjoy. It does NOT involve a bow of any sort.
| 449 |
Conservative in Liberal Hands Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:43:44pm |
re: #236 Afrocity
Somehow that glass bottle makes it worth it and taste better. Good lemonade too. Or Peterson's Ice Cream in Oak Park, IL.
Unfortunately Peterson's Ice Cream on Chicago Ave is closed... Try The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor in Forest Park.
| 450 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:43:45pm |
Barney Frank gave me a home mortgage when I had bad credit and really needed to buy a $1,000,000 home./
| 451 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:43:58pm |
| 452 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:44:01pm |
re: #447 Nevergiveup
I peed beside Peyton Manning once.
| 453 |
JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:44:06pm |
re: #441 HoosierHoops
Might explain why he cut the line at Perry's Deli..
After all he is Celebrity and has a house in the Valley.
Cut in line? ... okay ... that is where I draw the line ... nothing gets me more p*ssed off than when anybody ... anybody cuts in line ... I hate that ...
| 454 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:44:25pm |
re: #439 tradewind
Was it the Winston Churchill installation dinner? My husband took the boys up to Norfolk or some place like that for some ship being christened, and C. Matthews was the keynote speaker at the dinner. This was when he was still sane...
No it was a charity thing in Manhattan.
| 455 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:44:29pm |
| 456 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:44:30pm |
re: #398 Dustyvet
Remember the kid who played Oliver? He's a Doctor in London...:)
The guy who played Frank N. Furter's invention now runs an antique shop and refuses to discuss the movie.
| 457 |
filetandrelease Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:44:47pm |
re: #361 MandyManners
I had a similar situation at a dinner party with Ronnie Van Zant, Rossington and Collins.
| 458 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:44:49pm |
re: #436 Sharmuta
My gran met the Oak Ridge Boys. One of them sat on her desk.
About 20 years ago, my next door neighbor and childhood friend was dying of cancer. She loved the Oak Ridge Boys. I don't know how they heard of it, but they came to visit her at her house when they were in the area on tour.
They have my eternal respect and admiration.
| 459 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:44:56pm |
re: #452 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I peed beside Peyton Manning once.
Did they throw you out of the bar after that?
| 460 |
wiffersnapper Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:45:01pm |
For all this time I thought I had two left feet. Moore proves otherwise!
| 461 |
Emerald Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:45:03pm |
Hot water rules! The furnace died Friday, and they just finished installing the new one. Off to take another hot shower...
| 462 |
Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:45:11pm |
re: #443 Occasional Reader
I had absolutely terrible celebrity-fu when I lived in Manhattan. Apart from my brief Elle stalking story, I got practically nothin'.
I have fantasic fu.
Been in clubs next to Marky Mark, Leo DiCaprio (when he looked like a teenaged girl) Prince, Scoot Baio (YEAH!) and a few others.
| 463 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:45:30pm |
re: #440 Guanxi88
Quiet conservative tie?
Not any more... you want one in hot pink or lime green covered with labs or lacrosse sticks from Vineyard Vines.
Also, dressing down might work for a cocktail party, but I wouldn't try crashing a black-tie dinner in khakis and a sports coat...
| 464 |
CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:45:32pm |
re: #404 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I almost got run over in a parking lot by Weird Al.
Stevie Wonder almost did that to me in one of the hallways at a NAMM convention. How the hell his entourage parted around me and brought me suddenly face to face with him is something I will never know. I'm am so glad I realized who it was before I said, "Watch where you're going".
| 465 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:45:32pm |
re: #449 Conservative in Liberal Hands
Unfortunately Peterson's Ice Cream on Chicago Ave is closed... Try The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor in Forest Park.
You sure? I thought only the restaurant closed.
| 466 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:45:32pm |
re: #458 goddessoftheclassroom
About 20 years ago, my next door neighbor and childhood friend was dying of cancer. She loved the Oak Ridge Boys. I don't know how they heard of it, but they came to visit her at her house when they were in the area on tour.
They have my eternal respect and admiration.
They are a class act.
| 467 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:45:47pm |
re: #441 HoosierHoops
Might explain why he cut the line at Perry's Deli..
After all he is Celebrity and has a house in the Valley.
Yup that is how he acted. And also, which I was disappointed in, his friend Billy Crystal.
| 469 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:02pm |
re: #443 Occasional Reader
I had absolutely terrible celebrity-fu when I lived in Manhattan. Apart from my brief Elle stalking story, I got practically nothin'.
Restraining orders suck, don't they?
| 470 |
filetandrelease Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:06pm |
re: #378 Nevergiveup
I think you talked about that a while back didn't ya? I was impressed.
He dated my Dads cousin. A very interesting man, with no regrets.
| 471 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:07pm |
re: #461 Emerald
Hot water rules! The furnace died Friday, and they just finished installing the new one. Off to take another hot shower...
Enjoy! (Will we hear singing?)
| 472 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:11pm |
re: #427 Dianna
I'm sorry to read that.
It's odd, I rather liked Pearl Jam's first album, until I saw a picture of the band, and realized that Eddie looked a heck of a lot like a guy I smacked in a club in the 80's.
I said used to!
They exploded onto the scene when I was in college. Saw them live upwards of a dozen times. Gave up on them when they got so political.
| 473 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:14pm |
| 474 |
Kosh's Shadow Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:15pm |
re: #435 Dianna
I was working a convention (as a temp) and Jerry Pournelle was just awful.
What was he like? I found him to think he knew everything, but didn't. However, he did come up to our apartment when a friend said he had some ouzo, and had a more relaxed time than his talks.
The guest the first year I ran the convention was Ben Bova.
At that time, I went to a bigger regional convention, Boskone, and met Asimov, for a few seconds.
| 475 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:16pm |
re: #464 CyanSnowHawk
Stevie Wonder almost did that to me in one of the hallways at a NAMM convention. How the hell his entourage parted around me and brought me suddenly face to face with him is something I will never know. I'm am so glad I realized who it was before I said, "Watch where you're going".
Or worse, "what, are you blind or something?!"
| 476 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:23pm |
re: #459 Guanxi88
Peyton Manning was a groomsmen in my cousin's wedding. What a nice guy.
| 477 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:23pm |
| 478 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:35pm |
All right. I'll admit it. I've never, ever met anyone famous.
*Sigh*
| 479 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:35pm |
re: #452 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I peed beside Peyton Manning once.
My dad peed next to Robert Parish.
| 480 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:46:53pm |
re: #462 Ben Hur
I have fantasic fu.
Been in clubs next to Marky Mark, Leo DiCaprio (when he looked like a teenaged girl) Prince, Scoot Baio (YEAH!) and a few others.
Ah! One more; I briefly chatted with Dr. Ruth Westheimer at a party once. (Thought about hitting on her, just so I could say I did it; thought better of it.)
| 481 |
Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:47:07pm |
re: #456 victor_yugo
The guy who played Frank N. Furter's invention now runs an antique shop and refuses to discuss the movie.
Freddy of Freddy and the Dreamers ended up as a house painter in Manchester UK.
| 482 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:47:12pm |
re: #470 filetandrelease
He dated my Dads cousin. A very interesting man, with no regrets.
Good for him
| 483 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:47:13pm |
re: #453 JacksonTn
Cut in line? ... okay ... that is where I draw the line ... nothing gets me more p*ssed off than when anybody ... anybody cuts in line ... I hate that ...
A guy is in line in Heaven's cafeteria. Man walks in wearing scrubs, cuts into line. The guy starts to complain, someone says, "Shhh. That's God. Sometimes he likes to play doctor.
| 484 |
Pigtown Water Dog Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:47:17pm |
I once yelled at William Hurt because I thought he was the linen rental delivery guy, and he was late. Once we got that straightened out, we had a nice chat about Bradbury and Bradbury wallpaper.
| 485 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:47:26pm |
re: #462 Ben Hur
I have fantasic fu.
Been in clubs next to Marky Mark, Leo DiCaprio (when he looked like a teenaged girl) Prince, Scoot Baio (YEAH!) and a few others.
Last Tuesday?
| 486 |
pink freud Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:47:41pm |
| 487 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:47:56pm |
re: #469 MandyManners
Restraining orders suck, don't they?
I dated a Miss World contestant once. So there.
| 488 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:05pm |
Are we doing celebrity encounters? I've met Alex Trebek.
| 489 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:10pm |
re: #478 LGoPs
That you knew of. I swear, the six degrees thing is really right on. It's weird...
| 490 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:15pm |
re: #463 tradewind
Quiet conservative tie?
Not any more... you want one in hot pink or lime green covered with labs or lacrosse sticks from Vineyard Vines.
Also, dressing down might work for a cocktail party, but I wouldn't try crashing a black-tie dinner in khakis and a sports coat...
Ha!
The BF will be sporting a Vineyard Vines tie at our wedding.
| 491 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:16pm |
re: #480 Occasional Reader
Ah! One more; I briefly chatted with Dr. Ruth Westheimer at a party once. (Thought about hitting on her, just so I could say I did it; thought better of it.)
So did you get any pointers?
| 492 |
Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:37pm |
My Merv story is great.
Lied my ass to him.
Ended up meeting President and Nancy Reagan from afar.
| 493 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:40pm |
re: #463 tradewind
Quiet conservative tie?
Not any more... you want one in hot pink or lime green covered with labs or lacrosse sticks from Vineyard Vines.
Also, dressing down might work for a cocktail party, but I wouldn't try crashing a black-tie dinner in khakis and a sports coat...
The quiet tie is essential to the imposture. In my own case, it was one I picked up in Harvard Square some years earlier, a sort of silver-filigree on grey and green background (difficult to describe, but imagin staring at a mono-chrome print of indian calico, but through a silver filigree, and in the dark).
And, no, this wasn't some formal event. Khakis with sport coat marks you as a frat-boy at best; wool, old top, wool all around; although a cashmere-silk blend might work as well.
| 494 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:40pm |
I would give anything to meet
Michael Franks
John McCain
Sarah Palin
Sean Hannity
Daniel Craig
| 495 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:46pm |
re: #488 doppelganglander
Are we doing celebrity encounters? I've met Alex Trebek.
What was he like?
| 497 |
jamgarr Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:49pm |
re: #452 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I peed beside Peyton Manning once.
The guy next to me at the urinals once said he was Drew Pearson - or maybe just through pissin'
| 498 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:48:55pm |
And in the "Washington is Hollywood for ugly people" Dept.; Mark Shields used to show up frequently at a local sandwich place at lunchtime. He seems odd.
| 499 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:49:10pm |
| 500 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:49:11pm |
re: #480 Occasional Reader
Ah! One more; I briefly chatted with Dr. Ruth Westheimer at a party once. (Thought about hitting on her, just so I could say I did it; thought better of it.)
She would have said you were lousy in bed anyway/
| 501 |
Dianna Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:49:18pm |
re: #474 Kosh's Shadow
What was he like? I found him to think he knew everything, but didn't. However, he did come up to our apartment when a friend said he had some ouzo, and had a more relaxed time than his talks.
The guest the first year I ran the convention was Ben Bova.
At that time, I went to a bigger regional convention, Boskone, and met Asimov, for a few seconds.
His credentials had gotten screwed up, which wasn't our fault - we were temps. He landed on one of the kids, a 19 year old boy, and informed him that he was the most famous writer at the convention, and we were idiots.
Since absolutely nothing intimidates me, I put the kid out of the way and waded into the situation, up to and including telling him to back the hell off. He was short, loud and hectoring. He thought all together too well of himself, and thought nothing of bullying a bunch of innocent temps.
I've never forgiven him for it.
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KenJen Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:49:19pm |
Like OMG I totally forgot. I used to play with Jennifer Aniston when I was little. She lived a few doors down from my cousins.
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MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:49:27pm |
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:49:32pm |
re: #488 doppelganglander
Are we doing celebrity encounters? I've met Alex Trebek.
Oh you poor thing! ;>)
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:49:36pm |
re: #494 Afrocity
I would give anything to meet
...Daniel Craig
If you meet me, I look almost exactly like him.
/
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Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:50:00pm |
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:50:09pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:50:17pm |
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jaunte Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:50:21pm |
Chris Noth cut in front of me in the lunch line at craft services, (Rough Riders tv movie). He saved 20 seconds.
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rawmuse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:50:29pm |
re: #26 Ward Cleaver
Hawaii has a Republican Governor, last time I checked.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:01pm |
My Mom dated Frankie Avalon when they were in high school.
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:02pm |
I also met Rick Springfield. He took a shine to my friend who looked like a supermodel when we were 14.
My mom told everyone I had met Bruce Springsteen.
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:13pm |
My Friend had season tickets in the fancy section of Yankee Stadium and the fancy Restaurant. So that is where I saw most of my famous people. Basically the only one I ever struck up a conversation with were Phil Rizutto in the Elavator. He was so nice to my 2 daughters, and to Ari Fleisher after he quite being the President's Press Secretary. We talked about how it was to be Jewish and Republicans.
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MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:16pm |
re: #487 Occasional Reader
I dated a Miss World contestant once. So there.
For all you know I am a former Miss World.
Neener.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:29pm |
re: #508 Afrocity
You dated Rupaul?
Nope. Miss [certain Latin American country]. That was lots of fun.
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:36pm |
re: #492 Ben Hur
My Merv story is great.
Lied my ass to him.
Ended up meeting President and Nancy Reagan from afar.
A classmate of mine has a picture of the day he met Ronald Reagan. My classmate was working security detail at his California ranch, and Reagan just came out one day to meet everyone and shake their hands.
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doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:36pm |
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reine.de.tout Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:37pm |
Celebrities . . .
Let's see . . .
Britney Spears has been known to shop at the mall that's about a mile from my house.
And,
Back when jimmy swaggart was having his first scandal, I worked with a man who could have been swaggart's twin. The looks we got from other drivers when we would ride together to events or meetings were priceless.
And that's about it for me, celebrity-wise.
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:37pm |
re: #510 jaunte
Chris Noth cut in front of me in the lunch line at craft services, (Rough Riders tv movie). He saved 20 seconds.
Well he is Mr. Big after all...
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:51:57pm |
re: #512 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
My Mom dated Frankie Avalon when they were in high school.
Wow! That's a good one.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:52:02pm |
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:52:08pm |
re: #512 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
My Mom dated Frankie Avalon when they were in high school.
My mom slept with Don Cornelius of Soul Train...No he is not my dad...(I think)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:52:14pm |
I sooo almost went out with Tai Collins once. She was the best friend of one of my friends. We met...Googly eyes...started dating the friend though.
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doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:52:18pm |
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jamgarr Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:52:21pm |
John Prine came into a dive bar I used to work at
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:52:28pm |
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Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:52:31pm |
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filetandrelease Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:52:40pm |
re: #482 Nevergiveup
Good for him
My thoughts exactly. He wore a great burden like a fine silk suite. My Dad flew the hump in WWII, some where they became casual acquaintances.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:52:55pm |
re: #510 jaunte
Chris Noth cut in front of me in the lunch line at craft services, (Rough Riders tv movie). He saved 20 seconds.
20 seconds here ,,, 20 seconds there ,, pretty soon you're talking real minutes !
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:02pm |
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Dianna Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:06pm |
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:22pm |
re: #502 KenJen
Like OMG I totally forgot. I used to play with Jennifer Aniston when I was little. She lived a few doors down from my cousins.
Was there a Greek church in town?
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calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:27pm |
re: #469 MandyManners
One day, Fester, you'll meet that special kind of woman--one that won't press charges! -Gomez Aadams
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:29pm |
re: #493 Guanxi88
I think maybe there's a generation gap there. My Dad's ties are all pretty quiet and rep-striped... well, they were. We started updating him a few years ago.
The pants, shirts and coats and shoes haven't changed much at all, but ties are the one area that men can kick out the jams a little. Just grab a yearbook from a good prep school and look at the senior pics.
/Within limits. I'm not talking about tropical scenes or hula girls/.
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HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:31pm |
re: #478 LGoPs
All right. I'll admit it. I've never, ever met anyone famous.
*Sigh*
How about famous people you met that were assholes?
When I was 14 me and a friend snuck back stage at a Canned Heat Concert..Our Hero's...After the Concert they walked backstage in the waiting room or whatever they call it.. And Bob Hite ( The Bear ) threw a bag of pot to me and told me to start rolling joints..
I turned to my friend..You know how to roll? ah no Hoopster..And if you smoke any I'll tell your mom..
Those guys when we were 14 were my hero's..Stopped listening to them.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:33pm |
re: #523 Afrocity
My mom slept with Don Cornelius of Soul Train...No he is not my dad...(I think)
WOW!
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:41pm |
re: #524 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I sooo almost went out with Tai Collins once. She was the best friend of one of my friends. We met...Googly eyes...started dating the friend though.
See meat does the body good.
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Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:44pm |
re: #480 Occasional Reader
Ah! One more; I briefly chatted with Dr. Ruth Westheimer at a party once. (Thought about hitting on her, just so I could say I did it; thought better of it.)
Dude, I've met her soo many times. She's big in my Cabal circle in NY.
One of the last times I met her, my wife and I were trying to get pregnant.
I was drunk at dinner.
We started speaking with her - I had to sit down on a chair and was STILL much taller than her.
I asked her if there was anything physically or nutritionally we could do to effect the sex of the baby.
She said that the only thing she's ever heard is that if the woman orgasms first, then you will have boys.
I said, "Great! I guess we're having male triplets!"
There was an awkward silence (that I'm very used to with my type of humor) - then she and others got it, she made some pfffttt! noise and walked away smiling.
True story.
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Kragar Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:53:52pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:54:02pm |
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reine.de.tout Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:54:16pm |
re: #5 Sharmuta
Don't forget about the LGF Cookbook Volume 2. Recipes are now being collected. If you'd like to contribute, click on reine.de.tout's nic.
Yikes!
And here I am, late, with my nic.
Everybody, click away.
But be warned - e-mail addys will change sometime this week, so re-check the cookbook if you need to wait to send anything in.
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MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:54:17pm |
re: #516 Occasional Reader
Nope. Miss [certain Latin American country]. That was lots of fun.
Does her last name rhyme with FEMA?
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calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:54:23pm |
re: #461 Emerald
Hot water rules! The furnace died Friday, and they just finished installing the new one. Off to take another hot shower...
Sigh. Another denizen of the Bates Motel meets their fate.
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tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:54:43pm |
re: #534 victor_yugo
Her Dad was a huge movie producer... he must have been in Hollywood.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:54:57pm |
re: #535 calcajun
One day, Fester, you'll meet that special kind of woman--one that won't press charges! -Gomez Aadams
And speaking of t.v. monster familes, pretty much EVERYONE who lived in Manhattan in the 90s has seen "Grampa" Munster... he owned a bar on the upper east side, and used to hang out in front of it to drum up business.
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jamgarr Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:54:59pm |
The daughter was a backup dancer for Neil Young
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zombie Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:55:05pm |
I can prove now, for instance, that two human hands exist. How? By holding up my two hands, and saying, as I make a certain gesture with the right hand, “Here is one hand,” and adding, as I make a certain gesture with the left, “and here is another.” And if, by doing this, I have proved ipso facto the existence of external things, you will all see that I can also do it now in numbers of other ways: there is no need to multiply examples.— George Edward Moore
I'm sorry, but that's not very convincing "proof." All sorts of visual trickery is possible, nowadays, so for all I know what I'm seeing is sleight-of-hand or an android or computer graphics or whatever.
More fundamentally, as Bishop George Berkeley noted (the man after whom Berkeley California is named, btw),
As a young man, Berkeley theorized that individuals cannot know if an object is; they can only know if an object is perceived by a mind. He stated that individuals cannot think or talk about an object's being, but rather think or talk about an object's being perceived by someone. That is, individuals cannot know any "real" object or matter "behind" the object as they perceive it, which "causes" their perceptions. He thus concluded that all that individuals know about an object is their perception of it.
In other words: for all we know, "it's all in our heads." Each of us could in fact be just brains floating in outer space, being bombarded with all sorts of subtle stimuli which give us the illusion of having bodies, having memories of any moment prior to "now," of there being physical things which we see, feel, hear, taste and smell.
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Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:55:07pm |
re: #444 Ben Hur
I met Merv Griffin and Zsa Zsa.
I met Jonathan Winters a long time ago in O'Hare airport.
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LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:55:08pm |
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Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:55:24pm |
re: #517 victor_yugo
A classmate of mine has a picture of the day he met Ronald Reagan. My classmate was working security detail at his California ranch, and Reagan just came out one day to meet everyone and shake their hands.
I can see it like it was yesterday.
I will never forget it.
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MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:55:36pm |
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:55:44pm |
re: #550 zombie
In other words: for all we know, "it's all in our heads." Each of us could in fact be just brains floating in outer space, being bombarded with all sorts of subtle stimuli which give us the illusion of having bodies, having memories of any moment prior to "now," of there being physical things which we see, feel, hear, taste and smell.
Can I buy some pot from you?
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JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:55:47pm |
re: #535 calcajun
One day, Fester, you'll meet that special kind of woman--one that won't press charges! -Gomez Aadams
Calcajun ... I LOVED THAT SHOW - I was even Cousin It for Halloween one year (mama made the best costumes for me every year) ...
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:55:50pm |
This thread is turning very Lizard Lounge-ish/
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Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:55:59pm |
| 560 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:56:20pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:56:48pm |
re: #501 Dianna
His credentials had gotten screwed up, which wasn't our fault - we were temps. He landed on one of the kids, a 19 year old boy, and informed him that he was the most famous writer at the convention, and we were idiots.
Since absolutely nothing intimidates me, I put the kid out of the way and waded into the situation, up to and including telling him to back the hell off. He was short, loud and hectoring. He thought all together too well of himself, and thought nothing of bullying a bunch of innocent temps.
I've never forgiven him for it.
I can believe it; he did have a big ego, much bigger than his writing deserves.
BTW, a few days ago, some lizards were mentioning reviewing drafts of your writing. I entered my email address, if you still are looking for people to read it.
Also, some basic info on submitting stories seems to be missing from places I look, like whether pages should be numbered, have headers, etc.
I think at least one of my stories did get read, since it got a real response from an assistant editor at Fantasy and Science Fiction, not just a form letter. But I want to submit it elsewhere, and maybe look more professional.
If you have any answers, best to email, or reply much later, as I will be away from LGF until somthing like 9PM Eastern tonight.
But you can send your writing to me for review, if you want, using the safe email.
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MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:56:54pm |
re: #540 Ben Hur
Dude, I've met her soo many times. She's big in my Cabal circle in NY.
One of the last times I met her, my wife and I were trying to get pregnant.
I was drunk at dinner.
We started speaking with her - I had to sit down on a chair and was STILL much taller than her.
I asked her if there was anything physically or nutritionally we could do to effect the sex of the baby.
She said that the only thing she's ever heard is that if the woman orgasms first, then you will have boys.
I said, "Great! I guess we're having male triplets!"
There was an awkward silence (that I'm very used to with my type of humor) - then she and others got it, she made some pfffttt! noise and walked away smiling.
True story.
I'm laughing hysterically.
| 563 |
Kosh's Shadow Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:57:10pm |
Have to head out; back much later tonight
| 564 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:57:21pm |
re: #560 Occasional Reader
Was wondering the same thing. Doing the "Lindy" to "After the Gold Rush"?
| 565 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:57:27pm |
re: #548 Occasional Reader
And speaking of t.v. monster familes, pretty much EVERYONE who lived in Manhattan in the 90s has seen "Grampa" Munster... he owned a bar on the upper east side, and used to hang out in front of it to drum up business.
Al Lewis?
| 566 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:57:30pm |
| 567 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:57:42pm |
re: #563 Kosh's Shadow
Have to head out; back much later tonight
Careful out there, Kosh. It's nasty!
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:57:48pm |
re: #543 reine.de.tout
Yikes!
And here I am, late, with my nic.
Everybody, click away.
But be warned - e-mail addys will change sometime this week, so re-check the cookbook if you need to wait to send anything in.
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:57:54pm |
Oh, I have one. I was on a date at a susi bar on the UWS and Alec Baldwin came in with his daughter Ireland. I got up to use the restroom and he looked at me like he was attracted. It made my millennium (though he must have been desperate, but still.)
| 571 |
sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:57:56pm |
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zombie Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:57:56pm |
re: #556 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Can I buy some pot from you?
Wait a month or two until it's legalized. Then I'm opening Zombie's Mar-I-Wanna! Supermart.
| 573 |
jamgarr Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:58:12pm |
re: #560 Occasional Reader
Neil Young had backup dancers?!
Not usually, but he did for his Greendale tour.
| 574 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:58:23pm |
| 575 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:58:42pm |
re: #556 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Can I buy some pot from you?
I've already stolen her...er...his Cheetos.
| 576 |
Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:58:45pm |
I "met" (stood next to and listened to) Ilan Ramon when I was at TAU.
| 577 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:58:58pm |
re: #574 Occasional Reader
Weird competition. I bet your wife won.
That is what we like to call a sucker's bet...
| 578 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:59:00pm |
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reine.de.tout Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:59:27pm |
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ArchangelMichael Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:59:29pm |
re: #569 Afrocity
Oh, I have one. I was on a date at a susi bar on the UWS and Alec Baldwin came in with his daughter Ireland.
Was that before or after he cussed her out on the phone and the whole world got to hear it?
| 581 |
rawmuse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:59:30pm |
thanks all for making the number of my karma roughly equal to the number of my comments!
| 583 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 2:59:52pm |
re: #558 Afrocity
This thread is turning very Lizard Lounge-ish/
Think so? I never had an issue in the lounge...didn't visit often..
But used it a few times to chat with a few lizards that pissed me off...
all 2 of them..LOL
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doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:00:04pm |
re: #569 Afrocity
Oh, I have one. I was on a date at a susi bar on the UWS and Alec Baldwin came in with his daughter Ireland. I got up to use the restroom and he looked at me like he was attracted. It made my millennium (though he must have been desperate, but still.)
That's a good one. I hate the way he yelled at his daughter on that phone message, but I love him on 30 Rock. And back in the day, he was the hotness. As my daughter said the first time she saw one of his movies from the '80s, "Now I know why in Clueless, the cute guys were called Baldwins!"
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calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:00:07pm |
re: #577 loppyd
That is what we like to call a sucker's bet...
I am not touching that one. This is still a PG thread.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:00:17pm |
re: #570 ConservatismNow!
When are they due by?
No deadline - yet.
So you have some time to collect a few.
But probably a couple of months. When I set a deadline, I'll let everyone know.
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:00:24pm |
re: #569 Afrocity
Oh, I have one. I was on a date at a susi bar on the UWS and Alec Baldwin came in with his daughter Ireland. I got up to use the restroom and he looked at me like he was attracted. It made my millennium (though he must have been desperate, but still.)
He's a bit of a moonbat (well, ok, a LOT of a moonbat), but dang! does he nail the Dems for cocking up the economy.
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Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:00:26pm |
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HDrepub Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:00:37pm |
Met Johnny Majors in an odd place once. The Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, TN.
Had a chance to shake Al Gore's hand once. I declined.
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CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:00:37pm |
Meredith Viera said I looked pretty good on national TV once.
My wife was a contestant on Millionaire and had told her during one of the commercial breaks that she considered me to be her "Blond Viking God" and Meredith just had to work that into one of the discussion segments.
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:00:57pm |
re: #580 ArchangelMichael
Was that before or after he cussed her out on the phone and the whole world got to hear it?
That was right before it happened. I mean it happened like the next week. He was much fatter in person.
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Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:00:59pm |
re: #576 Ben Hur
I "met" (stood next to and listened to) Ilan Ramon when I was at TAU.
Had he already been picked to fly on the shuttle
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:01:26pm |
re: #575 MandyManners
I've already stolen her...er...his Cheetos.
Mandy I posted this for you on the thread below:
Jake Tapper Isn’t Letting Go
Keeping the White House accountable.
What we can say for certain is that Tapper isn’t afraid to go against the grain of the liberal consensus in pursuit of a story. Whether he was pointing out that Barack Obama was a “one-man gaffe machine,” factchecking Obama on the surge, or chiding him for blaming any and all mistakes on his staff, no mainstream journalist was tougher on Obama during the campaign. Considering the fact that much of the media gave Obama the kid-glove treatment, Tapper’s reporting was essential.
Read it all when you can...
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doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:01:27pm |
re: #590 CyanSnowHawk
Meredith Viera said I looked pretty good on national TV once.
My wife was a contestant on Millionaire and had told her during one of the commercial breaks that she considered me to be her "Blond Viking God" and Meredith just had to work that into one of the discussion segments.
How did your wife do on the show?
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Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:01:37pm |
re: #585 calcajun
I am not touching that one. This is still a PG thread.
Hey calacjun I've missed you.
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victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:01:41pm |
Almost forgot: I met Rita Rudner after one of her concerts. She was apologizing profusely for not being able to speak well (she had a bad chest cold), but I told her we had no trouble hearing her.
| 597 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:01:48pm |
re: #565 MandyManners
Al Lewis?
Yes, I think that's the name.
DC sightings; well, of course I've seen Clinton and Bush (but not yet Obama) through thick bulletproof glass as the motorcade zoomed by. Saw Joe Lieberman having drinks with his entourage at a Georgetown restaurant. Um... I saw Hugo Chavez, who was actually wearing a decent suit (for once). Saw McCain from a distance.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:02:20pm |
re: #579 reine.de.tout
Jus rong on so many lvlz, as it says!
*grin*
/i figgered the recipe was a dog!
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loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:02:30pm |
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Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:02:38pm |
re: #536 tradewind
I think maybe there's a generation gap there. My Dad's ties are all pretty quiet and rep-striped... well, they were. We started updating him a few years ago.
The pants, shirts and coats and shoes haven't changed much at all, but ties are the one area that men can kick out the jams a little. Just grab a yearbook from a good prep school and look at the senior pics.
/Within limits. I'm not talking about tropical scenes or hula girls/.
Cripes! So it's come to that, has it? Even the quiet, but unusual, has become passe. We're doomed! Doomed, I tells ya!
Seriously, though, there are some fashion trends that look foolish on certain people. Take me- My face, etc., is so bland and kinda gaunt, my hair so thin, and the rest of me just as it is, that the last thing I need is to attract attention to myself. You pick the quiet tie, the decent outfit, and you go with it. Conspicuously inconspicuous consumption is the mark of class, and so the jacket must be top-shelf stuff all-around ( I had a Russian lady who was a gifted tailor, to boot, and so, for a few bucks at the right time, I could avail myself of a few jackets from really good fabric - the occasional bolt of cashmere and lambswool suiting fabric came her way). The trousers, well, I got 'em at Filene's, but who didn't?
Point is, the clothes were quiet but high-quality; folks who knew the rag-trade used to ask me where I got a certain jacket (or my top-coat, a beautiful charcoal number in cashmere), as they were interested to meet the tailor or designer. And so Lyudmila would have new customers.
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HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:02:44pm |
re: #581 rawmuse
thanks all for making the number of my karma roughly equal to the number of my comments!
You are on track for election to the Lizard Hall of Fame...
Nice raw
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Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:02:52pm |
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MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:02:58pm |
re: #589 HDrepub
Met Johnny Majors in an odd place once. The Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, TN.
Had a chance to shake Al Gore's hand once. I declined.
YOU MET JOHNNY MAJORS?
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zombie Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:01pm |
The only celebrities I've met recently are Barack Obama and Joe Biden, both of whose hands I shook in the course of zombi-fying in the last several months.
| 606 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:09pm |
Ok, I have one. I got drunk one night with Bill Veck. I know a lot of people are saying Bill Who?.But he is a Chicago icon.
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FlakMusic Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:21pm |
re: #565 MandyManners
Al Lewis?
I ate at his Italian restaurant. He'd park himself in a chair and hold court, rising occasionally to go from table to table saying, "bon appetite...enjoy."
He was...well...colorful...
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goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:32pm |
| 609 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:33pm |
re: #583 HoosierHoops
I meant that in a fun drink a beer way.
| 610 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:33pm |
Not to get serious, but seriously,
WTF with this ' new global regime' thing? Why do we need it? I don't like the sound of it...
I heard him say it with my own ears. What does he mean?
He=BHO.
| 611 |
calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:43pm |
re: #595 Afrocity
Thanks--been real busy the last two months. Just one thing after the next.
| 612 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:49pm |
re: #578 Afrocity
You really are a card you know.
"Now, shuffle along, and I'll deal with you later."
| 613 |
sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:52pm |
re: #606 opnion
Ok, I have one. I got drunk one night with Bill Veck. I know a lot of people are saying Bill Who?.But he is a Chicago icon.
Before or after he had his leg amputated?
| 614 |
Ben Hur Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:03:57pm |
re: #592 Nevergiveup
Had he already been picked to fly on the shuttle
Yes.
He was in a blue flight suit. Or jump suit. I don't know what it's called.
It was for an event at the university.
| 615 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:01pm |
You know, I've been on Charles Johnson's blog a few times.
| 616 |
HDrepub Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:21pm |
| 617 |
calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:22pm |
re: #603 Ben Hur
That's not how you get pregnant!
Like I said--we're still trying to keep this PG thread.
| 618 |
DEZes Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:23pm |
re: #568 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Is that from the cook book 'One Hundred and One ways to Wok your Dog'?
| 619 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:29pm |
| 620 |
JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:33pm |
re: #610 tradewind
Not to get serious, but seriously,
WTF with this ' new global regime' thing? Why do we need it? I don't like the sound of it...
I heard him say it with my own ears. What does he mean?
He=BHO.
um ... that is when the Chicago Mob takes over the world ... rapture follows ...
| 621 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:34pm |
re: #581 rawmuse
thanks all for making the number of my karma roughly equal to the number of my comments!
Aw, now I have to downding you just to be an ass/
| 622 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:34pm |
| 623 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:39pm |
re: #601 Guanxi88
I loved BOS layovers just so I could go fight the hordes at Filene's basement. Down South, we had nothing like that in the eighties...
| 624 |
Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:04:42pm |
re: #597 Occasional Reader
Yes, I think that's the name.
DC sightings; well, of course I've seen Clinton and Bush (but not yet Obama) through thick bulletproof glass as the motorcade zoomed by. Saw Joe Lieberman having drinks with his entourage at a Georgetown restaurant. Um... I saw Hugo Chavez, who was actually wearing a decent suit (for once). Saw McCain from a distance.
Ronald Reagan waved at me once.
| 625 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:05:02pm |
re: #606 opnion
Ok, I have one. I got drunk one night with Bill Veck. I know a lot of people are saying Bill Who?.But he is a Chicago icon.
Ok..NOW I'M JEALOUS!
| 626 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:05:29pm |
| 627 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:05:50pm |
re: #597 Occasional Reader
DC sightings; well, of course I've seen Clinton and Bush (but not yet Obama) through thick bulletproof glass as the motorcade zoomed by. Saw Joe Lieberman having drinks with his entourage at a Georgetown restaurant. Um... I saw Hugo Chavez, who was actually wearing a decent suit (for once). Saw McCain from a distance.
Also: Shook Jesse Jackson's hand once, back when I was young and liberal (so I didn't ask him, "how's that whole race-hustling thing going?").
| 628 |
sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:06:01pm |
re: #624 Soona'
Ronald Reagan waved at me once.
Me too. There I was, sitting at home, just minding my own business. Reagan was doing a State of the Union. When it was over, he looked right into the camera, gave ME the double thumbs up thne waved!
| 630 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:06:07pm |
re: #620 JacksonTn
The Chicago Mob doesn't scare me much, but I don't want any part of any global regime thing writing laws that I'll just have to break...
| 631 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:06:26pm |
re: #623 tradewind
I loved BOS layovers just so I could go fight the hordes at Filene's basement. Down South, we had nothing like that in the eighties...
That area is a pit now.
| 634 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:07:36pm |
re: #608 goddessoftheclassroom
LOL!
I've got to run (out for the evening) ... so I'll leave you with this
MWAH!
| 635 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:07:37pm |
re: #589 HDrepub
I've been to the Tennessee Library and Archives, but Majors was loitering in the hallways when I was there. And Gore's an old classmate of mine. (I'm sure that'll impress the lizard community! ;-)
| 636 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:07:43pm |
| 637 |
JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:07:46pm |
re: #630 tradewind
The Chicago Mob doesn't scare me much, but I don't want any part of any global regime thing writing laws that I'll just have to break...
tradewind ... wanted to thank you for posting that Jackie Greene song a week or so ago ... I bought two of his albums after hearing that song ... I really like him ... I had never heard of him before ...
| 638 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:08:04pm |
re: #624 Soona'
Ronald Reagan waved at me once.
My daughter met Joe Lieberman, Justice Clarence Thomas, the late William F. Buckley, and President Bush (with whom she got a picture). She's met Jonah Goldberg twice and he autographed her copy of "Liberal Fascism."
| 639 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:08:04pm |
re: #627 Occasional Reader
Also: Shook Jesse Jackson's hand once, back when I was young and liberal (so I didn't ask him, "how's that whole race-hustling thing going?").
Jesse Jackson spoke at my college. His empty rhetoric is what opened my eyes to the vacuity of modern liberalism.
It's gotten so bad there, I told the alumni office to strike my name from their records. I'll never set foot there again.
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opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:08:16pm |
re: #613 sattv4u2
Before or after he had his leg amputated?
He had the wooden leg on, & he was using a hole that he drilled in it for an ash tray. I kid you not.
Veck was a hero of mine & i had more fun drinking & talking to him that night.
| 641 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:08:49pm |
re: #632 Iron Fist
Damn, that was you?
Seriously, I met Gore back when he was a Senator at a little townhall meeting out in the middle of nowhere, Tennessee. There were maybe 25 people there, maybe less. And one guy did make a big point of refusing to shake Gore's hand. I, myself, remained courteous. Had I known then what I know now (in more ways than one) I might would have taken his hand off at the shoulder.
As it was, he didn't strike me as being the sharpest knife in the drawer. I've never understood why people thought he was so bright. He failed law school and dropped out of divinity school. He was named Gore, so he basically inherited his Daddy's seat in the Senate (and didn't Gore Senior filibuster one of the Civil Rights bills? Or do I have him mixed up with somebody else?)
I think you're right on that one.
| 642 |
zombie Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:08:53pm |
Between this shake and this shake, I blessed poor Barack with my holy touch; and shortly after this moment I blessed poor Joe Biden as well.
Then I cured a coupla lepers and raised the dead. All in a day's work.
| 643 |
sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:09:08pm |
re: #640 opnion
He had the wooden leg on, & he was using a hole that he drilled in it for an ash tray. I kid you not.
Veck was a hero of mine & i had more fun drinking & talking to him that night.
Thats why I asked. I had heard about the "ash tray" and wanted verification
| 644 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:09:26pm |
re: #618 DEZes
Is that from the cook book 'One Hundred and One ways to Wok your Dog'?
Could be, but it'd be a shellfish thing to do.
/my parting shot ... I've gotta get out of here ... :D
| 645 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:09:33pm |
re: #632 Iron Fist
Damn, that was you?
Seriously, I met Gore back when he was a Senator at a little townhall meeting out in the middle of nowhere, Tennessee. There were maybe 25 people there, maybe less. And one guy did make a big point of refusing to shake Gore's hand. I, myself, remained courteous. Had I known then what I know now (in more ways than one) I might would have taken his hand off at the shoulder.
As it was, he didn't strike me as being the sharpest knife in the drawer. I've never understood why people thought he was so bright. He failed law school and dropped out of divinity school. He was named Gore, so he basically inherited his Daddy's seat in the Senate (and didn't Gore Senior filibuster one of the Civil Rights bills? Or do I have him mixed up with somebody else?)
Nope, same guy. I think Al Jr. got where he is solely because of the family name and being a good-looking guy in his youth.
| 646 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:09:44pm |
For all you Boston Fan's --Yankees and CC getting hosed but good in Baltimore : 5-1 base loaded 1 out bottom of the fifith.
| 647 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:09:49pm |
re: #639 victor_yugo
Jesse Jackson spoke at my college. His empty rhetoric is what opened my eyes to the vacuity of modern liberalism.
It's gotten so bad there, I told the alumni office to strike my name from their records. I'll never set foot there again.
My family was a regular at Jackson's Chicago home for dinner in the 70's. We attended PUSH. Then he tried to come on to me during the Clinton campaign. I was not surprised when his affair came out.
| 648 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:09:51pm |
re: #632 Iron Fist
You are right. His father voted AGAINST the Civil Rights Act.
| 649 |
Salem Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:09:51pm |
I saw Reagan when he came to town back when I was in high school.
| 651 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:10:07pm |
On a more serious note...
One of the three police officers killed in Pittsburgh was from my home town. He was 29 just two days before he died, and he leaves a widow and two young daughters.
If you have a Facebook page, here is something for your consideration.
| 652 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:10:21pm |
"We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country," Obama said.
BHO in Turkey. Now I feel all better...
| 653 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:10:36pm |
re: #646 Nevergiveup
For all you Boston Fan's --Yankees and CC getting hosed but good in Baltimore : 5-1 base loaded 1 out bottom of the fifith.
I won't gloat. It's way too early in the season for that.
| 654 |
Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:10:41pm |
re: #644 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Could be, but it'd be a shellfish thing to do.
/my parting shot ... I've gotta get out of here ... :D
Oh taking a wok eh...:)
| 655 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:10:51pm |
I'm gone for the night.
{goddess}
Everyone have a good evening.
| 656 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:10:56pm |
re: #642 zombie
Between this shake and this shake,
Can I get some fries with that shake, baby?
(I assume of course you are fully comfortable that your post runs no risk of "blowing your cover", right?)
| 657 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:10:57pm |
| 658 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:11:07pm |
re: #625 HoosierHoops
Ok..NOW I'M JEALOUS!
Hoops I promise you the guy was even more colorful that you might imagine.
I told hiim that I met him at the Ballpark when I was a 13 yeaer old usher.
He was such a nice guy, that he threw his arm around me & said, "I remember you:"
| 659 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:11:30pm |
re: #638 doppelganglander
My daughter met Joe Lieberman, Justice Clarence Thomas, the late William F. Buckley, and President Bush (with whom she got a picture). She's met Jonah Goldberg twice and he autographed her copy of "Liberal Fascism."
She gets my vote for coolest list.
| 660 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:11:39pm |
My folks gave a mass-murderer a car-ride once; we didn't know a the time that this guy, known to our family as kinda goofy but otherwise harmless, was in fact snuffing his relatives and hiding their bodies all over their property.
| 661 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:11:53pm |
re: #647 Afrocity
My family was a regular at Jackson's Chicago home for dinner in the 70's. We attended PUSH. Then he tried to come on to me during the Clinton campaign. I was not surprised when his affair came out.
That must have been so upsetting for a variety of reasons. I'm truly sorry.
| 662 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:12:05pm |
re: #637 JacksonTn
Oh, glad you like it too. I looked him up after I heard the song on the television show, Life... one of my favorites that will probably get the axe.
| 663 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:12:18pm |
re: #651 goddessoftheclassroom
On a more serious note...
One of the three police officers killed in Pittsburgh was from my home town. He was 29 just two days before he died, and he leaves a widow and two young daughters.
If you have a Facebook page, here is something for your consideration.
That's a shame. My wife was picking my younger daughter up from College at Binghamton when that shooting occurred. I was incommunicado and didn't know about it till much later.
| 664 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:12:20pm |
re: #660 Guanxi88
My folks gave a mass-murderer a car-ride once; we didn't know a the time that this guy, known to our family as kinda goofy but otherwise harmless, was in fact snuffing his relatives and hiding their bodies all over their property.
OMG. That is SO creepy.
| 665 |
reloadingisnotahobby Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:12:30pm |
I guess being picked up and teased by Nixon as a baby isn't to impressive...
Hey ..I didn't spitup on him!
Drank several beers with Sammy Hagar!
Very cool dude!
| 666 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:12:33pm |
re: #660 Guanxi88
My folks gave a mass-murderer a car-ride once;
Yeesh. "If you give this man a ride/sweet family will die."
| 667 |
HDrepub Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:12:49pm |
re: #632 Iron Fist
Damn, that was you?
Seriously, I met Gore back when he was a Senator at a little townhall meeting out in the middle of nowhere, Tennessee. There were maybe 25 people there, maybe less. And one guy did make a big point of refusing to shake Gore's hand. I, myself, remained courteous. Had I known then what I know now (in more ways than one) I might would have taken his hand off at the shoulder.
As it was, he didn't strike me as being the sharpest knife in the drawer. I've never understood why people thought he was so bright. He failed law school and dropped out of divinity school. He was named Gore, so he basically inherited his Daddy's seat in the Senate (and didn't Gore Senior filibuster one of the Civil Rights bills? Or do I have him mixed up with somebody else?)
Gore came to my work place when he was Senator, and I found something I needed to check on when he stopped at my work station so I didn't have to shake his hand. I would have probably gotten in trouble had I rudely declined, which was my first thought.
| 668 |
MandyManners Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:13:05pm |
re: #644 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Could be, but it'd be a shellfish thing to do.
/my parting shot ... I've gotta get out of here ... :D
Clamming up, eh?
| 670 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:13:21pm |
re: #647 Afrocity
My family was a regular at Jackson's Chicago home for dinner in the 70's. We attended PUSH. Then he tried to come on to me during the Clinton campaign. I was not surprised when his affair came out.
Well, if he came on to you, he has better taste than Slick Willie...
| 671 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:13:31pm |
re: #458 goddessoftheclassroom
When Obama stopped over in Germany, he failed to visit the wounded U.S. soldiers in the local military hospital. Too much of a hassle. They noticed.
| 672 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:13:41pm |
re: #659 loppyd
She gets my vote for coolest list.
Indeed. Oh, and I forgot Mitt Romney! As you might guess from that list, her career plans include reforming the GOP and making it a winning party again.
| 673 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:13:42pm |
re: #643 sattv4u2
Thats why I asked. I had heard about the "ash tray" and wanted verification
Absolutey true. There was a lot of talk some years back about fiming a movie about Veck with Bill Murray in the lead. For some reason, they dropped the idea.
| 674 |
Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:13:45pm |
re: #626 Guanxi88
Reagan led my country once.
That particular night he spoke as the former president at the Olympic Festival celebation in Norman, OK in 1991/2. I was married at the time, and after his speech, I turned to my wife and said that our nation will be missing him very much some day. I was right for once.
| 675 |
Dianna Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:13:52pm |
re: #660 Guanxi88
My folks gave a mass-murderer a car-ride once; we didn't know a the time that this guy, known to our family as kinda goofy but otherwise harmless, was in fact snuffing his relatives and hiding their bodies all over their property.
OK, that earns an "eeep!" from me.
| 676 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:14:05pm |
re: #660 Guanxi88
My folks gave a mass-murderer a car-ride once; we didn't know a the time that this guy, known to our family as kinda goofy but otherwise harmless, was in fact snuffing his relatives and hiding their bodies all over their property.
About 3 years ago I interviewed the guy (Pardo) who murdered 9 people in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve. He lasted less than 2 weeks with us...
| 678 |
zombie Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:14:50pm |
re: #656 Occasional Reader
Can I get some fries with that shake, baby?
(I assume of course you are fully comfortable that your post runs no risk of "blowing your cover", right?)
Very comfortable. Everybody thought I was that woman (forget her name) who recorded the "bitter clingers" speech moments later; and even though I featured the clearest mp3 of the snippet on my post, I wasn't actually the one who recorded it.
| 679 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:15:04pm |
re: #672 doppelganglander
Indeed. Oh, and I forgot Mitt Romney! As you might guess from that list, her career plans include reforming the GOP and making it a winning party again.
Give her my thanks!
| 680 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:15:04pm |
re: #664 goddessoftheclassroom
OMG. That is SO creepy.
re: #666 Occasional Reader
Yeesh. "If you give this man a ride/sweet family will die."
No, he only did in his relatives. He was remembered by those who knew him as being sort of "slow" and such; was always walking around town, in all kinds of weather, picking up cans and such for recycling. It's raining hard one day, and so the folks, who knew him since he's a kid, have him climb in for the ride back to his place.
| 681 |
CyanSnowHawk Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:15:20pm |
re: #594 doppelganglander
How did your wife do on the show?
Missed the $16k question. They taped before the syndicated version started showing on TV, Oct. '02 IIRC, and we had no idea that the questions were going to be much more difficult than the Regis version of the game. Got hit with a hard science question after using all of her lifelines on earlier questions and picked the wrong answer.
What color light has the shortest wavelength?
A) Yellow
B) Green
C) Red
D) Violet
I'm an engineer and was proud when she ruled out Yellow and Green. Then crushed when she picked Red.
| 682 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:16:09pm |
re: #494 Afrocity
If you want to meet Hannity, attend the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Martin Luther King, Jr. day dinner in NYC. Hannity always shows up, and that's where I met him. CORE is an organization of black conservatives.
| 684 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:16:16pm |
I Really Have To Move To Texas
—DrewM.
George Bush gets cheered throwing out the first pitch for the Texas Rangers.
[Link: ace.mu.nu...]
Good arm.
| 685 |
zombie Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:16:40pm |
re: #683 albusteve
nobody ever got a rise out of Ed Sullivan
And nobody ever called Pablo Picasso an asshole.
| 686 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:16:41pm |
Fourre: #683 albusteve
Jackie Mason did, didn't he?
| 687 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:16:54pm |
Had an egg-salad sandwich once with Umberto Eco.
| 688 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:16:59pm |
re: #671 quickjustice
When Obama stopped over in Germany, he failed to visit the wounded U.S. soldiers in the local military hospital. Too much of a hassle. They noticed.
You know, I never did think much of the late Princess of Wales, but I do admit she was sincere in her concern for children, and she visited hundreds in need.
The president does not strike me as someone who does anything that is either 1) not a political help or 2) is an inconvenience to him.
| 689 |
avanti Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:17:07pm |
re: #168 Nevergiveup
I'm watching the Orioles play the Yankees in Camden Yards. That is a beautiful ballpark. Oh Yanks up 1-0.
The park will take your breath away in person, very old school and pretty.
| 690 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:17:10pm |
re: #678 zombie
Very comfortable. Everybody thought I was that woman (forget her name) who recorded the "bitter clingers" speech moments later; and even though I featured the clearest mp3 of the snippet on my post, I wasn't actually the one who recorded it.
This absolutely CONFIRMS my operating theory that you are either:
1) A woman
2) More than one person, or
3) A man
| 692 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:17:24pm |
Four people killed in a car crash just up the street from my neighborhood. All in the same family.
| 693 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:17:48pm |
re: #692 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Four people killed in a car crash just up the street from my neighborhood. All in the same family.
Were is that?
| 694 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:17:54pm |
re: #685 zombie
And nobody ever called Pablo Picasso an asshole.
Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lovers! Yeah! Hell Yeah!
Dodge Vega-matic
Government Center
Roadrunner
New England.
| 695 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:18:01pm |
re: #678 zombie
I think disguising your gender was a great idea, Zombie! Who would have thought you'd go to an Obama event in drag?
| 696 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:18:07pm |
re: #673 opnion
Absolutey true. There was a lot of talk some years back about fiming a movie about Veck with Bill Murray in the lead. For some reason, they dropped the idea.
didn't Veeck hire a midget because he was unhappy with the strike zone?
| 697 |
sattv4u2 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:18:13pm |
re: #687 Guanxi88
Had an egg-salad sandwich once with Umberto Eco.
WOW ,,, how was it?
(((ummm,, the sandwich ,, not Umberto)))
| 698 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:18:14pm |
re: #680 Guanxi88
No, he only did in his relatives. He was remembered by those who knew him as being sort of "slow" and such; was always walking around town, in all kinds of weather, picking up cans and such for recycling. It's raining hard one day, and so the folks, who knew him since he's a kid, have him climb in for the ride back to his place.
I understand, and it speaks volumes of your parents' compassion and kindness, but it is still creepy!
| 699 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:18:17pm |
re: #686 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Four
Jackie Mason did, didn't he?
Reminds me! I saw him, too, walking through a Manhattan street fair, accompanied by a stunning black woman who was about five inches taller than he was.
| 701 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:18:46pm |
re: #681 CyanSnowHawk
Missed the $16k question. They taped before the syndicated version started showing on TV, Oct. '02 IIRC, and we had no idea that the questions were going to be much more difficult than the Regis version of the game. Got hit with a hard science question after using all of her lifelines on earlier questions and picked the wrong answer.
What color light has the shortest wavelength?
A) Yellow
B) Green
C) Red
D) VioletThat's a tough break. I was a lifeline once. The answer was the Saturday Night Massacre. I actually barely knew the contestant; she won $25K, I think, and sent me a nice t-shirt and thank you note.
I'm an engineer and was proud when she ruled out Yellow and Green. Then crushed when she picked Red.
| 702 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:19:04pm |
| 704 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:19:09pm |
re: #686 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Four
Jackie Mason did, didn't he?
If he didn't, at yeast he tried. That's what he was born and bread for...
| 705 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:19:11pm |
re: #689 avanti
The park will take your breath away in person, very old school and pretty.
*sniff* You're making me nostalgic even though it's been DECADES since I've lived near Baltimore!
| 706 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:19:16pm |
re: #692 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Four people killed in a car crash just up the street from my neighborhood. All in the same family.
Gah. Very sorry to hear it, FBV.
| 707 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:19:19pm |
re: #664 goddessoftheclassroom
OMG. That is SO creepy.
Okay, I know I sound full of it but my brother played cards with John Wayne Gacy. He lived about 9 blocks from us in Chicago.
Like I said when you live in cities you see a lot of stuff.
| 708 |
rawmuse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:19:32pm |
Being in this biz we call "show", I am fortunate to have worked with many celebs and politicians, and still do, but it is slowing down a bit.
The one I admire most was Reagan.
But it was Bill Clinton who was personally responsible for me changing my voter card to (R).
"Good Lord", I thought to myself, "what hath the People wrought?"
| 711 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:19:47pm |
re: #692 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Four people killed in a car crash just up the street from my neighborhood. All in the same family.
How awful.
| 713 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:20:16pm |
| 714 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:20:24pm |
re: #678 zombie
Very comfortable. Everybody thought I was that woman (forget her name) who recorded the "bitter clingers" speech moments later; and even though I featured the clearest mp3 of the snippet on my post, I wasn't actually the one who recorded it.
I'm sad for you..You do so much good reporting and posting..You stand on the wall against extremists and show true bravery in it's onslaught.
Yet...You must go to such deep cover that it would be dangerous for you to even reveal if you are a man or a women.
I always want to up ding you just for your bravery and dedication and work.
| 715 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:20:25pm |
re: #679 scottishbuzzsaw
Give her my thanks!
Well, her intentions are good, but she needs to get hired somewhere first! She's available to start work in June, if any of you power brokers are looking for a bright young protege.
| 716 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:20:36pm |
| 717 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:21:15pm |
re: #707 Afrocity
Okay, I know I sound full of it but my brother played cards with John Wayne Gacy. He lived about 9 blocks from us in Chicago.
Like I said when you live in cities you see a lot of stuff.
Yikes. Did Gacy offer him a job?
| 718 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:21:22pm |
re: #697 sattv4u2
WOW ,,, how was it?
(((ummm,, the sandwich ,, not Umberto)))
Not bad; he was there for a conference, hosted and chaired by my teacher. Honestly, I thought the whole thing was rather nice, even homey, in its way. He and my teacher, sitting down over egg-salad and (coffee for Eco, decaf Earl Grey for my professor) and they were doing what? Gossiping about people they knew from here and there. You'd have no idea that I was sitting down to a cheap lunch (it was at the Tasty, in Harvard Square) with two of the greatest minds if the century if you'd been passing by, and they talked like my relatives.
(And ECO won't discuss Foucault's Pendulum; not at all, and he made a point to make sure I understood that before we all started eating.)
| 719 |
calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:21:27pm |
re: #668 MandyManners
Clamming up, eh?
Get thee behind me, crustacean! With friends like that, who needs anemones?
| 720 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:21:27pm |
re: #683 albusteve
nobody ever got a rise out of Ed Sullivan
He had trouble with Jackie Mason. Mason was on his show & someone held up one finger to indicate that he had one minute left.
Jackie says , "I gotta go they're giving me the finger."
Mason swpore that he had bno vulgar intent, but it took Ed Sullivan years to forgive him.
| 721 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:21:56pm |
| 722 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:22:09pm |
re: #707 Afrocity
Okay, I know I sound full of it but my brother played cards with John Wayne Gacy. He lived about 9 blocks from us in Chicago.
Like I said when you live in cities you see a lot of stuff.
Didn't Gacy work as a clown? *shudder*
| 723 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:22:16pm |
another embarrassing obama moment, in turkey
"we don't consider ourselves a christian nation"
i mean - WTF?
| 725 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:22:26pm |
re: #704 LGoPs
Wasn't the "finger" thing on Ed Sullivan?
| 726 |
calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:22:49pm |
re: #722 scottishbuzzsaw
Didn't Gacy work as a clown? *shudder*
Talk about underestimating the creepiness.
| 727 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:22:55pm |
re: #718 Guanxi88
(And ECO won't discuss Foucault's Pendulum; not at all, and he made a point to make sure I understood that before we all started eating.)
You should have said, "dude, 'fess up, you TOTALLY ripped that off from The Da Vinci Code, didn't you?"
Would have made for a great story.
| 728 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:23:09pm |
re: #723 buzzdroid
another embarrassing obama moment, in turkey
"we don't consider ourselves a christian nation"
[Video]i mean - WTF?
We elected him. QED.
| 729 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:23:18pm |
re: #716 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Roanoke, VA
Wow. I was in Roanoke last year for Reserve Duty. I had a good time.
| 730 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:23:23pm |
re: #720 opnion
He had trouble with Jackie Mason. Mason was on his show & someone held up one finger to indicate that he had one minute left.
Jackie says , "I gotta go they're giving me the finger."
Mason swpore that he had bno vulgar intent, but it took Ed Sullivan years to forgive him.
Ed didn't dig the Stones either...what a fussy old fart
| 731 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:23:23pm |
re: #681 CyanSnowHawk
Missed the $16k question. They taped before the syndicated version started showing on TV, Oct. '02 IIRC, and we had no idea that the questions were going to be much more difficult than the Regis version of the game. Got hit with a hard science question after using all of her lifelines on earlier questions and picked the wrong answer.
What color light has the shortest wavelength?
A) Yellow
B) Green
C) Red
D) VioletI'm an engineer and was proud when she ruled out Yellow and Green. Then crushed when she picked Red.
Over the years I've realized what a great education I've had. I admit I was an eager learner, but I had some really great teachers.
Miss Hanley, if you're a Lizard, and you taught 7th grade science at a Maryland middle school in 1976-1977, you were one of the best. You were tough and I don't think you ever smiled, but boy, you were a great teacher.
| 733 |
LGoPs Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:23:38pm |
re: #725 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Wasn't the "finger" thing on Ed Sullivan?
Somebody up thread said so...
| 734 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:23:55pm |
re: #721 doppelganglander
Holy crap, I have family there. Have you got a link?
Information still sketchy. Roanoke.com is where I am getting my news on it.
| 735 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:23:58pm |
re: #722 scottishbuzzsaw
Didn't Gacy work as a clown? *shudder*
Worse: As a clown, at childrens' parties.
Gah, and double Gah.
| 736 |
zombie Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:14pm |
re: #714 HoosierHoops
I'm sad for you..You do so much good reporting and posting..You stand on the wall against extremists and show true bravery in it's onslaught.
Yet...You must go to such deep cover that it would be dangerous for you to even reveal if you are a man or a women.
I always want to up ding you just for your bravery and dedication and work.
Aw shucks...now you're making me blush! (Through my translucent/pale/cinnamon/dusky skin.) And it's embarrassing for a wo/man to blush. Isn't it!
| 737 |
JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:14pm |
re: #728 victor_yugo
We elected him. QED.
VY ... I proudly say ... I am not part of the "We" who elected Obama ... what does QED mean? ...
| 738 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:17pm |
re: #672 doppelganglander
Indeed. Oh, and I forgot Mitt Romney! As you might guess from that list, her career plans include reforming the GOP and making it a winning party again.
That seals the deal.
Good for her. It's my dream to do what she is doing.
| 739 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:19pm |
re: #726 calcajun
Talk about underestimating the creepiness.
Sorry, it was in reference to something upthread.
| 740 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:26pm |
re: #735 Occasional Reader
Worse: As a clown, at childrens' parties.
Gah, and double Gah.
taste like chicken
| 741 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:30pm |
re: #731 goddessoftheclassroom
Over the years I've realized what a great education I've had. I admit I was an eager learner, but I had some really great teachers.
Miss Hanley, if you're a Lizard, and you taught 7th grade science at a Maryland middle school in 1976-1977, you were one of the best. You were tough and I don't think you ever smiled, but boy, you were a great teacher.
She would probably be very gratified to see that you've become a dedicated teacher yourself.
| 742 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:39pm |
re: #730 albusteve
Ed didn't dig the Stones either...what a fussy old fart
Some people here don't either. fussy old farts.
| 743 |
Afrocity Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:45pm |
re: #717 doppelganglander
Yikes. Did Gacy offer him a job?
Yes, actually some locksmith odd jobs. Not anything tha required him to get on his knees.
| 744 |
calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:50pm |
re: #723 buzzdroid
another embarrassing obama moment, in turkey
"we don't consider ourselves a christian nation"
[Video]i mean - WTF?
I all candor, he is right; we are NOT a Christian nation and we were never meant to be. Neither are we a secular nation. We are a nation with no state-sponsored/official religion. There is a big difference.
| 745 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:24:51pm |
re: #696 albusteve
didn't Veeck hire a midget because he was unhappy with the strike zone?
Yes he did when he owned the St. Louis Browns (Maybe Cleveland)
The guys name was Eddie Gadel. He of course drew a walk.
The ump let it stand, but said no more.
| 747 |
Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:25:12pm |
Video: Beloved ex-president gets rousing ovation at baseball game
His approval rating’s somehow gotten worse since he left office, but no matter: In Texas he can do no wrong. Dubya’s used to that, though. Did you know that his job approval at the start of his first term was the most polarized by party in modern history? Oh, wait — I mean second-most polarized.
[Link: rpc.blogrolling.com...]
| 748 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:25:18pm |
re: #742 ConservatismNow!
Some people here don't either. fussy old farts.
yes I know well...THEY know who they are!
| 749 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:25:21pm |
re: #735 Occasional Reader
Worse: As a clown, at childrens' parties.
Gah, and double Gah.
Which means, there's probably a Lizard who was one of the kids at a party where he put on his show...
| 750 |
Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:25:42pm |
re: #723 buzzdroid
WTF?
Secular society, separation of church and state, etc. It's the foundation and the key to the success of the Western world.
| 751 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:26:03pm |
re: #735 Occasional Reader
Worse: As a clown, at childrens' parties.
Gah, and double Gah.
What other kind of clown is there? Nobody say a Congressman.
| 752 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:26:11pm |
| 753 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:26:27pm |
re: #743 Afrocity
Yes, actually some locksmith odd jobs. Not anything tha required him to get on his knees.
Extra yikes. Nearly all the boys and young men Gacy killed worked for him, usually some sort of odd job. He was finally caught because the last young man he killed had told his mother he was going to do a job for Gacy, establishing that Gacy was the last person to see him alive.
| 754 |
calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:26:46pm |
re: #739 scottishbuzzsaw
No problem. I know--I was referring to the newer E-Trade commercials where the baby makes a mint in on-line trading and hires a clown with his "extra coin" My quote is the ad's tag line.
| 755 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:26:50pm |
Just showed a stat...Yankees are barely over .500 on opening day...
| 756 |
swamprat Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:27:01pm |
This just in;
Megahed has been rearrrested by immigration officials. His dad seems to be smiling as he declares that he is disappointed in America. Voiceover says that poor dad stated his son was "abducted".
WTF?
Why the smile?
| 757 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:27:12pm |
re: #745 opnion
Yes he did when he owned the St. Louis Browns (Maybe Cleveland)
The guys name was Eddie Gadel. He of course drew a walk.
The ump let it stand, but said no more.
he was good for the game...a lunatic innovator and genuine character...pro sports need the occasional guy like him
| 758 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:27:20pm |
re: #744 calcajun
I all candor, he is right; we are NOT a Christian nation and we were never meant to be. Neither are we a secular nation. We are a nation with no state-sponsored/official religion. There is a big difference.
indeed you are. but you are a nation founded on Judaeo-Christian values.
and values do mean something.
| 759 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:27:20pm |
re: #752 goddessoftheclassroom
You're very kind.
How are things going?
Pretty well, thanks. My sister and my friend are both doing about the same for now. I appreciate you keeping them on the prayer list.
| 760 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:27:44pm |
re: #730 albusteve
Ed didn't dig the Stones either...what a fussy old fart
I didn't know that. He was however very cool with Elvis.
| 761 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:27:45pm |
re: #754 calcajun
No problem. I know--I was referring to the newer E-Trade commercials where the baby makes a mint in on-line trading and hires a clown with his "extra coin" My quote is the ad's tag line.
Oh! I love those...linky?
| 762 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:27:51pm |
re: #727 Occasional Reader
You should have said, "dude, 'fess up, you TOTALLY ripped that off from The Da Vinci Code, didn't you?"
Would have made for a great story.
This was before the Da Vinci Code.
| 763 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:27:55pm |
re: #748 albusteve
yes I know well...THEY know who they are!
Here's a funny thing about me. I was born 20 years too late. All my musical tastes stopped being popular when Clinton became President.
| 764 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:28:01pm |
Hamas wants to smuggle long-range rockets in one piece
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
Yup, that truce was a grand idea?
| 765 |
Dustyvet Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:28:12pm |
| 766 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:28:24pm |
re: #737 JacksonTn
VY ... I proudly say ... I am not part of the "We" who elected Obama ... what does QED mean? ...
Neither am I, but our votes don't count when ACORN is doing the counting.
QED = "QVOD ERAT DEMOSTRATVM". It basically means, "we've already proven that." It's the final step in a mathematical proof by reduction, when you end up at the starting point of another completed proof.
| 767 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:28:34pm |
re: #763 ConservatismNow!
Porn music made a huge comeback!
| 768 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:28:46pm |
Speaking of people I'd like to meet.
Via Hot Air
Video: Beloved ex-president gets rousing ovation at baseball game
And it was a strike.
| 769 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:28:49pm |
re: #738 loppyd
That seals the deal.
Good for her. It's my dream to do what she is doing.
I'll bet you'd be awesome. I hope you get involved; the party (and the country) need you!
| 770 |
Emerald Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:28:58pm |
re: #471 scottishbuzzsaw
Enjoy! (Will we hear singing?)
I see no reason to punish anyone here by doing that. I love music, would have loved to have been a musician, have absolutely zero musical talent. Sort of typical for me. I was the tallest kid in my class by a mile - until I joined the basketball team in sixth grade. Never grew another inch taller after that. No one believes I started out as center.
re: #545 calcajun
Sigh. Another denizen of the Bates Motel meets their fate.
For a scary villain, he's not very effective. That soundtrack of his always gives him away.
| 772 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:29:21pm |
re: #635 quickjustice
Correction: Majors was NOT loitering in the hallways when I was there.
| 773 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:29:36pm |
re: #768 loppyd
Speaking of people I'd like to meet.
Via Hot Air
Video: Beloved ex-president gets rousing ovation at baseball game
And it was a strike.
Ditto, along with Laura. I'd love to be seated near either at a dinner party.
Whatever his flaws, he is a decent human being and gentleman.
| 774 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:29:42pm |
re: #765 Dustyvet
[Link: hiroshimatelegrafen.files.wordpress.com...]
Roslyn Carter
[Link: www.debbieschlussel.com...]
Gah! Why is she shaking his hand?!
| 775 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:29:49pm |
re: #750 Killgore Trout
Secular society, separation of church and state, etc. It's the foundation and the key to the success of the Western world.
ah - but you arent secular.
theres a big difference between strict secularism as practised in France, versus what you have in America.
anyway.. dont have the argument with me - obama seems to be claiming that America is some sort of European secular state , when it clearly isnt.
| 776 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:29:58pm |
| 777 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:30:06pm |
| 778 |
calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:30:25pm |
re: #758 buzzdroid
Agreed. But the values on which we are founded owe more to the principles from the Enlightenment and the Reformation, tempered by two English revolutions of the 17th century and the tensions caused by the effect of the theology of the ruling classes during that time.
| 779 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:30:43pm |
re: #760 opnion
I didn't know that. He was however very cool with Elvis.
"lets spend the nigh together" freaked out old Ed...he was so discusted he said he'd NEVER have those heathens on his show again...he really through a fit so the altered the lyric...good old Ed, six months later they were on his show again...ratings
| 780 |
ConservatismNow! Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:30:45pm |
re: #773 goddessoftheclassroom
Ditto, along with Laura. I'd love to be seated near either at a dinner party.
Whatever his flaws, he is a decent human being and gentleman.
I'd have a hard time not ragging on him for being a South Oklahoman. :D
| 782 |
Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:31:06pm |
re: #726 calcajun
Talk about underestimating the creepiness.
That's where all the popular clown-creepiness ideas and jokes got started, if I'm not mistaken.
| 783 |
nyc redneck Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:31:32pm |
hey, did anyone hear mark steyn subbing for rush today?
he is really getting better.
| 785 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:32:17pm |
re: #779 albusteve
"lets spend the nigh together" freaked out old Ed...he was so discusted he said he'd NEVER have those heathens on his show again...he really through a fit so the altered the lyric...good old Ed, six months later they were on his show again...ratings
some bad spell fu there
| 786 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:32:23pm |
re: #781 zombie
That's was you? I wanted to compliment you on the nice decorative elements of the initial "W," even though it hurt get them applied.
Thanks. We were both pretty wacked out on laughing gas at the time, I'm surprised my hand was that steady.
| 787 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:32:54pm |
re: #769 doppelganglander
I'll bet you'd be awesome. I hope you get involved; the party (and the country) need you!
Thank you.
I have campaigned, but would love to get more involved in the party and not just make calls and knock on doors.
One of these days we'll trade emails and maybe your daughter can point me in the right direction.
If I do end up going to law school, I'd like to put it to use in the political arena.
| 789 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:33:18pm |
re: #783 nyc redneck
hey, did anyone hear mark steyn subbing for rush today?
he is really getting better.
Love. Him.
| 790 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:33:21pm |
re: #776 Occasional Reader
Then it would have been an even BETTER story.
I always think Eco must have hated writing Foucault's Pendulum, as all it really did was to set a whole bunch of diabolicals in motion, looking for proof that he somehow knew the REAL SECRET. I imagine their desperation was what made him issue that disclaimer.
| 791 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:33:27pm |
| 793 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:33:52pm |
re: #632 Iron Fist
You're right about two things about Gore, and wrong about one. First, he's not the brightest guy in the world. He was a C student at Harvard, and flunked out of Vanderbilt Divinity School (couldn't handle Latin, Greek, and Hebrew). He dropped out of law school to run for Congress in his father's old district up in Carthage. He was elected, and never went back to school. As a U.S. Senator he was relatively conservative. He veered left when he became Vice President.
| 794 |
Guanxi88 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:34:06pm |
re: #782 Soona'
That's where all the popular clown-creepiness ideas and jokes got started, if I'm not mistaken.
My mother kicked a Ringling Brothers clown right in his freakish face, circa 1950; good people have always hated clowns.
| 795 |
Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:34:11pm |
re: #779 albusteve
"lets spend the nigh together" freaked out old Ed...he was so discusted he said he'd NEVER have those heathens on his show again...he really through a fit so the altered the lyric...good old Ed, six months later they were on his show again...ratings
That comment was agonizing to read.
| 796 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:34:13pm |
re: #787 loppyd
Thank you.
I have campaigned, but would love to get more involved in the party and not just make calls and knock on doors.
One of these days we'll trade emails and maybe your daughter can point me in the right direction.
If I do end up going to law school, I'd like to put it to use in the political arena.
Try Community organizing..It's a fast track to the White House
| 798 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:34:53pm |
re: #781 zombie
Ah hah! I knew you were Megan Fox in disguise! ;-)
| 799 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:35:06pm |
| 800 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:35:09pm |
re: #773 goddessoftheclassroom
Ditto, along with Laura. I'd love to be seated near either at a dinner party.
Whatever his flaws, he is a decent human being and gentleman.
And he always had our best interests at heart.
Laura strikes me as warm and engaging and a little playful. I would also love to meet her.
| 801 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:35:46pm |
re: #757 albusteve
he was good for the game...a lunatic innovator and genuine character...pro sports need the occasional guy like him
Yes he was good for the game, the exploding scoreboard at Comiskey etc.
Maybe his greatest episode came during a White Sox day game on the fourth of July in 1976. He & his manageer Paul Richards & his General Manager put on Colonial garb & paraded around the field as the Spirit of 76, one guy with a flag, one with a fife & one with a drum & of course Veck had the wooden leg.
| 803 |
scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:36:29pm |
| 804 |
JacksonTn Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:36:42pm |
going to eat dinner ya'll ... thanks for the laughs ... one last question before I go ...
who is LEGION ... and why does he have a hard on for everybody in the Lounge Closing thread ... I cannot believe the people coming out of the woodwork today downdinging in old threads ... okay LEGION go ahead and ding this post down ...
later Lizards ...
| 805 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:36:48pm |
I WOULD BE TERRIFIED TO EAT WITH LAURA BUSH!
Talk about decorum "FAIL!"
| 806 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:37:06pm |
re: #801 opnion
Yes he was good for the game, the exploding scoreboard at Comiskey etc.
Maybe his greatest episode came during a White Sox day game on the fourth of July in 1976. He & his manageer Paul Richards & his General Manager put on Colonial garb & paraded around the field as the Spirit of 76, one guy with a flag, one with a fife & one with a drum & of course Veck had the wooden leg.
I saw that scoreboard go off quite a few time when I was a kid...it was a very big deal back then
| 807 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:37:11pm |
re: #797 Sharmuta
Just found out that the husband of my hubby's banker is the head of the local GOP where I live in Ohio. Have asked to be introduced and see if I can be of assistance to them.
| 809 |
Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:37:33pm |
re: #796 HoosierHoops
Try Community organizing..It's a fast track to the White House
Or just about anything else that requires executive experience.
| 810 |
ArchangelMichael Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:37:41pm |
re: #783 nyc redneck
hey, did anyone hear mark steyn subbing for rush today?
he is really getting better.
Are they finally letting him use the SuperSekrit bathroom again since he stole the keys last time?
| 811 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:37:44pm |
re: #778 calcajun
Agreed. But the values on which we are founded owe more to the principles from the Enlightenment and the Reformation, tempered by two English revolutions of the 17th century and the tensions caused by the effect of the theology of the ruling classes during that time.
Indeed that is the case - but the modern left, as exemplified by Obama, seeks to rewrite history by imposing their leftist secularism onto that history of America and claiming it as their own. Unlike say secularist France, the political and religious spaces have always been intermingled in America - thats what you get with a free society. Obama seems to have some vision of America as being some sort of European secular state - when it isnt (except in his own head..)
| 812 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:39:14pm |
re: #787 loppyd
Thank you.
I have campaigned, but would love to get more involved in the party and not just make calls and knock on doors.
One of these days we'll trade emails and maybe your daughter can point me in the right direction.
If I do end up going to law school, I'd like to put it to use in the political arena.
My nic is blue, email me anytime. Beware the mighty spam filter; I'll rescue you ASAP.
| 813 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:39:16pm |
re: #807 rightymouse
Just found out that the husband of my hubby's banker is the head of the local GOP where I live in Ohio. Have asked to be introduced and see if I can be of assistance to them.
All it takes is one night a month to get more involved. It really starts at the BPOU level. (BPOU = Basic Political Organized Unit)
| 814 |
Nevergiveup Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:39:44pm |
Navy to keep carrier fleet, other programs
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Apr 6, 2009 17:08:54 EDT
The Navy will maintain its current fleet of 11 aircraft carriers until 2040, when it will drop to a fleet of 10, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.
[Link: www.navytimes.com...]
Looks like the Navy came out ok so far.
| 815 |
calcajun Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:39:51pm |
re: #811 buzzdroid
I've said it before--the Creationists are fighting the wrong battle, but the right war. It's not Science--it's History that is being re-written and where our future is imperiled.
| 816 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:40:01pm |
re: #779 albusteve
"lets spend the nigh together" freaked out old Ed...he was so discusted he said he'd NEVER have those heathens on his show again...he really through a fit so the altered the lyric...good old Ed, six months later they were on his show again...ratings
Didn't he make the Doors change the lyrics about "...Get much higher"
in Light my fire?
| 817 |
itellu3times Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:40:08pm |
re: #13 Occasional Reader
Of course, you could (in principle) be hallucinating, or dreaming.
Exactamundo, that's what Descartes said.
| 818 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:41:03pm |
re: #813 Sharmuta
All it takes is one night a month to get more involved. It really starts at the BPOU level. (BPOU = Basic Political Organized Unit)
Not sure if he's at the county level or local/local level. Will find out.
| 819 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:41:10pm |
re: #816 opnion
Didn't he make the Doors change the lyrics about "...Get much higher"
in Light my fire?
IIRC, he tried, but they sang that anyway.
| 820 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:41:12pm |
re: #813 Sharmuta
All it takes is one night a month to get more involved. It really starts at the BPOU level. (BPOU = Basic Political Organized Unit)
I got on the email list for my county GOP. They have a breakfast every month with a speaker, such as a local congressman or state senator. So far I've been too shy to go.
| 821 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:41:37pm |
re: #818 rightymouse
Whether it's local, or a little higher up the scale- go for it!
| 822 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:41:57pm |
| 823 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:41:58pm |
re: #806 albusteve
I saw that scoreboard go off quite a few time when I was a kid...it was a very big deal back then
Yeah it was. He was an innovator & put a quality ballclub on the field on a budget.
| 824 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:42:26pm |
hey, did anyone hear mark steyn subbing for rush today?
he is really getting better.
Obama has been the gift that keeps on giving to Steyn... the gaffes, the dumbness, the love of the UN, the big government solutions, the screw ups in diplomacy ... endless . and we're not yet at the 100 day stage...
| 825 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:42:56pm |
re: #805 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I WOULD BE TERRIFIED TO EAT WITH LAURA BUSH!
Talk about decorum "FAIL!"
Now that is one thing about which I have confidence in myself!
| 826 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:43:22pm |
re: #820 doppelganglander
I got on the email list for my county GOP. They have a breakfast every month with a speaker, such as a local congressman or state senator. So far I've been too shy to go.
Don't be! Go- and find out where the local meetings are. The ones that are broken down to the smallest political organization, such as state house districts, or however your state breaks down the area to the most localized level.
| 827 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:43:29pm |
re: #825 goddessoftheclassroom
Heck, Goddess, I'd be afraid to eat with you also.
| 828 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:43:37pm |
re: #816 opnion
Didn't he make the Doors change the lyrics about "...Get much higher"
in Light my fire?
don't know...but he was very protective of his show and ironically it was most popular in the very years when social norms where blown away and all kinds of values came under siege from the press of the pop culture...Ed was living on borrowed time back then
| 829 |
loppyd Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:44:22pm |
re: #812 doppelganglander
My nic is blue, email me anytime. Beware the mighty spam filter; I'll rescue you ASAP.
Excellent. Will do!
| 830 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:44:25pm |
re: #827 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Heck, Goddess, I'd be afraid to eat with you also.
I would hope not! I'd love to meet up with you at the Briar Patch for some fried okra!
| 832 |
opnion Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:45:12pm |
re: #828 albusteve
don't know...but he was very protective of his show and ironically it was most popular in the very years when social norms where blown away and all kinds of values came under siege from the press of the pop culture...Ed was living on borrowed time back then
I could never figure out why he hosted a Variety show, but it was Ameicana.
| 833 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:45:24pm |
re: #826 Sharmuta
Don't be! Go- and find out where the local meetings are. The ones that are broken down to the smallest political organization, such as state house districts, or however your state breaks down the area to the most localized level.
Good Call..All politics are local
| 834 |
itellu3times Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:45:39pm |
The Onion explains AIG's bonus system, sort of.
CHICAGO—Sources in the Chicago metropolitan area confirmed Monday the existence of an extraordinary "business-man" imbued with the earning power and fiscal strength of 10 ordinary men. ... The only challenge to the business-man's dominance is reportedly his arch-nemesis, "the business-woman," whom he has kept trapped beneath a protective glass ceiling since 1973.
| 835 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:45:42pm |
re: #815 calcajun
I've said it before--the Creationists are fighting the wrong battle, but the right war. It's not Science--it's History that is being re-written and where our future is imperiled.
damn right. rewrite history or dumb it down - and you control the future and you can reshape a nation. The left in Britain have done that in the British education system.. ( so dumbed down that most kids dont know who Churchill is..)
| 836 |
jjmckay1216 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:45:51pm |
I once went dancing with Tia Carerre. That work?
| 837 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:46:08pm |
re: #826 Sharmuta
Don't be! Go- and find out where the local meetings are. The ones that are broken down to the smallest political organization, such as state house districts, or however your state breaks down the area to the most localized level.
This is probably the most basic level around here. I met some of the people during the McCain campaign and they're nice as can be, but I am really weird about new social situations. They meet on the first Saturday of the month. I promise I will try to get up my nerve for the May breakfast.
| 838 |
nyc redneck Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:46:11pm |
re: #810 ArchangelMichael
Are they finally letting him use the SuperSekrit bathroom again since he stole the keys last time?
i hope so. i missed the show where he lost the keys.
once when he was subbing he didn't have the sound working right.
he was great today.
i remember this statement, because of the behavior o is exhibiting to the world,
we are going to be seen as 'toothless as an enemy and treacherous as a friend."
to other nations.
| 839 |
Kenneth Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:46:37pm |
How Obama plans to avoid the legal traps that snared Bush over Gitmo...
Decoding Obama Law
by Marc Ambinder
So while detainee issues remain flashy, I don't think the Obama administration will be challenged by too many new cases outside of the current Gitmo/Bagram population. Obama doesn't want to capture the bad guys who are out there; he wants to kill them, and he has the means and authority to do that. Whatever Obama's detainee policy will be once it's fully fleshed out, I doubt it will be strained by lots of new high profile captures.
| 840 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:47:35pm |
re: #833 HoosierHoops
Good Call..All politics are local
One usually moves up the scale from a lower level. Most don't start working at a state level unless there's some nepotism going on.
| 841 |
Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:48:28pm |
re: #684 Nevergiveup
I Really Have To Move To Texas
—DrewM.George Bush gets cheered throwing out the first pitch for the Texas Rangers.
[Link: ace.mu.nu...]
Good arm.
I love how he stopped to sign the ball for "Hamilton." Dead nuts center on that pitch. Also love how many people were standing and cheering. I'll bet there are even a few former Obamabots in the stands who are thinkg GWB not so bad.
| 843 |
victor_yugo Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:48:31pm |
Okay all, I have some business to take care of before the day is too far gone. Maybe back later.
| 844 |
gmsc Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:50:01pm |
40 per cent of Australian women wear a bra with a cup size DD or bigger
THE bra market is expanding, literally. Up to 40 per cent of Australian women now buy bras with a cup size of DD or higher, new figures from lingerie suppliers show.
In the 1950s, the most common bra-cup size was a B - three sizes less than a DD.
Modern breasts are getting so large that some bra companies have introduced cup sizes as high as K, The Sunday Telegraph reports.
Experts blame the cleavage boost on obesity, contraceptive pills and artificial hormones.
Myer lingerie buyer Kerryn Sawyer said sales of DD-plus bras have grown from about 20 per cent of sales to 28 per cent in just five years.
Many lingerie labels such as Berlei and Triumph are now offering G cups while Fayreform, Freya and Le Mystere are producing select styles up to a size J.
Berlei brand manager Jane Edser said the company's range of bra styles, available in DD-plus, had, increased since 2005 from 75 per cent to 83 per cent, to cater for the growing market.
Bra company Eveden Australia launched a K cup into the market last year. The company's fitting specialist, Victoria Jubb, said obesity contributed significantly to the expanding chest sizes but the number of small-figured women with large breasts was on the increase.
"We're noticing a lot more girls with small backs and bigger bust sizes being fitted," she said.
Eveden's top-selling size is a 10G.
As women's chests have grown, the number of breast reductions have doubled in the past decade, said cosmetic surgeon Mark Goyen.
| 845 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:51:26pm |
Obama - the gift that keeps on giving ( i seriously do hope somebody is keeping track of these...)
Yet more dumbness from the Obamessiah
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
"We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country"
Two questions?
1. How has Islam shaped the world "for the better"?
2. More importantly - how has Islam shaped the United States of America "for the better"?
Can anyone answer either two? A single example? Just one?
Hello?
Bueller... bueller?
| 846 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:51:39pm |
For example- I could work on the Congressional District level, but mostly because the chair and deputy chair are gentleman I've worked with for years at the BPOU level. So- you have to pay some dues, but for some who did work for McCain, that will count towards that.
But it all starts with involvement.
Want to be a delegate in 2012? Start working now. Those that work within the party are those that are selected to represent.
| 847 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:53:03pm |
re: #837 doppelganglander
This is probably the most basic level around here. I met some of the people during the McCain campaign and they're nice as can be, but I am really weird about new social situations. They meet on the first Saturday of the month. I promise I will try to get up my nerve for the May breakfast.
If you really feel self-conscience, eat before you go (everything I needed to learn about being a social success I learned from Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind). Just put a few dabs of food on your plate and rearrange them--don't actually eat. Get a cup of coffee and sip. You'll be fine! :)
| 848 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:53:40pm |
re: #845 buzzdroid
The invented Algebra, therefore lowering my GPA. Does that count for anything?
| 850 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:54:21pm |
re: #845 buzzdroid
he's cutting his own throat with this continuous blather...he is a fool and is slowly exposing himself with type of shit...imo
| 853 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:55:00pm |
re: #847 goddessoftheclassroom
If you really feel self-conscience, eat before you go (everything I needed to learn about being a social success I learned from Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind). Just put a few dabs of food on your plate and rearrange them--don't actually eat. Get a cup of coffee and sip. You'll be fine! :)
And Dopps? Don't think of it a a social situation so much as a work situation. You're there to do political work. Making friends is a perk.
| 854 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:55:02pm |
re: #839 Kenneth
How Obama plans to avoid the legal traps that snared Bush over Gitmo...
Decoding Obama Law
by Marc Ambinder
wow. thats really friggin clever - kill the foot soldiers and get ZERO INTEL on their paymasters.
oh wait - the war on terror is over according to the Obamessiah...
| 856 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:55:24pm |
re: #847 goddessoftheclassroom
If you really feel self-conscience, eat before you go (everything I needed to learn about being a social success I learned from Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind). Just put a few dabs of food on your plate and rearrange them--don't actually eat. Get a cup of coffee and sip. You'll be fine! :)
You are so sweet, but I heard Ashley Wilkes say he likes a girl with a healthy appetite! Seriously, once I get going you'd never believe I'm shy, but making that first move is really hard for me.
| 858 |
Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:55:43pm |
re: #839 Kenneth
How Obama plans to avoid the legal traps that snared Bush over Gitmo...
Decoding Obama Law
by Marc Ambinder
If that turns out to be true, in a way I'm for it. But it does eliminate the aquisition of valuble intelligence.
| 859 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:55:43pm |
re: #851 gmsc
2,843 messages to go before we hit message #7 million!
be this week...gonna get some confetti
| 860 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:55:45pm |
re: #853 Sharmuta
And Dopps? Don't think of it a a social situation so much as a work situation. You're there to do political work. Making friends is a perk.
VERY important point! They'll be thrilled that you joined them.
| 861 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:55:59pm |
re: #853 Sharmuta
And Dopps? Don't think of it a a social situation so much as a work situation. You're there to do political work. Making friends is a perk.
That's very good advice. Thank you.
| 862 |
HDrepub Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:56:37pm |
re: #772 quickjustice
Correction: Majors was NOT loitering in the hallways when I was there.
He was with someone and they had a box full of things. He may have been researching something in the Archives. He was telling the people at the front desk a story about how he came to be called "Drum" Majors in high school and later at UT as a player when I walked up to check in. I called him Coach and shook his hand. This was sometime around 2003 IIRC. I was there to research one of my Confederate ancestors.
| 864 |
itellu3times Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:57:01pm |
re: #845 buzzdroid
Obama - the gift that keeps on giving ( i seriously do hope somebody is keeping track of these...)
Yet more dumbness from the Obamessiah
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
"We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country"
Two questions?
1. How has Islam shaped the world "for the better"?
2. More importantly - how has Islam shaped the United States of America "for the better"?
Can anyone answer either two? A single example? Just one?
Hello?
Bueller... bueller?
1. Kept all that nasty science out of the madrasas.
2. Brought footbaths to the Minneapolis airport.
Next question.
| 865 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:57:27pm |
| 866 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:57:43pm |
re: #856 doppelganglander
You are so sweet, but I heard Ashley Wilkes say he likes a girl with a healthy appetite! Seriously, once I get going you'd never believe I'm shy, but making that first move is really hard for me.
{doppelganglander}
"I don't see Mr. Ashley asking for to marry you..."
I understand completely. I can speak in front of any size group, and I love acting, but I am truly an introvert. I just know how much good you can do THEM.
| 867 |
itellu3times Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:57:47pm |
re: #858 Soona'
If that turns out to be true, in a way I'm for it. But it does eliminate the aquisition of valuble intelligence.
The Obamanation is not about intelligence.
///
| 868 |
gmsc Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:58:02pm |
re: #859 albusteve
be this week...gonna get some confetti
Hmmm . . . if I can just post 810 of the next 2,000 or so messages, I might be able to simultaneous be the 7 millionth message and get my 10,000th LGF post!
| 869 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:58:29pm |
| 870 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:58:36pm |
re: #868 gmsc
Hmmm . . . if I can just post 810 of the next 2,000 or so messages, I might be able to simultaneous be the 7 millionth message and get my 10,000th LGF post!
If that happens, rush out to buy a lottery ticket!
| 872 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:58:38pm |
re: #853 Sharmuta
And Dopps? Don't think of it a a social situation so much as a work situation. You're there to do political work. Making friends is a perk.
Excellent point. Sit back, watch and listen.
| 874 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:59:10pm |
re: #871 Sharmuta
Fiddle dee dee!
I'll worry about that tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is another day.
| 875 |
itellu3times Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:59:39pm |
re: #872 rightymouse
Excellent point. Sit back, watch and listen.
And then, at the right moment, strike like a lizard!
| 876 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 3:59:59pm |
re: #855 Sharmuta
Wow! We should all talk more!
with Obama-the-gaff-machine-that-keeps-on-giving i think we'll have no shortage of material to talk about. we're not even at 100 days yet.
| 877 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:00:09pm |
re: #873 Sharmuta
That's likely. If we all talk more, we could hit it tonight.
dunno..I ran out of stuff to say last year...but I like reading what you say!
| 878 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:00:26pm |
re: #875 itellu3times
And then, at the right moment, strike like a lizard!
Who told you the secret plan?!
| 879 |
Russkilitlover Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:00:55pm |
re: #856 doppelganglander
You are so sweet, but I heard Ashley Wilkes say he likes a girl with a healthy appetite! blockquote>
I'm not gonna have you go there an gobble like a hawg!
LOVE that scene - both in the book and in the film.
| 880 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:01:17pm |
re: #872 rightymouse
Excellent point. Sit back, watch and listen.
Don't be afraid to ask questions though. The CD deputy chair loves me because my first meeting I asked a pointed question that hit home. He was slack jawed while the others were scribbling furious notes. I just thought it was obvious, but you never know what sort of breath of fresh air a political unit might need.
| 881 |
gmsc Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:02:45pm |
Well, now thanks to the NK missile, Iran's nuclear development, and 0bama's lack of a spine, this song deserves to make a comeback:
| 882 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:02:47pm |
Funny thing is - i thought it would have been BIDEN that would have been the gaffe-machine.
I wonder how many weeks will go by before John Stewart even acknowledges the Obama-gaffe-machine-that-keeps-on-giving?
"Austrian" language John? Didnt register with you did it?
| 883 |
Kenneth Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:02:51pm |
re: #845 buzzdroid
1. How has Islam shaped the world "for the better"?
2. More importantly - how has Islam shaped the United States of America "for the better"?
Can anyone answer either two? A single example? Just one?
The only significant example that I can think of is 9-11, which, at least in the minds of millions of Muslims around the world, was a "positive" contribution.
But perhaps that's not what President Obama was referring to.
| 884 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:03:14pm |
No pressure though!
If you're more comfortable going to a few meetings and watching first- do that. But it all starts with just going to that first meeting.
| 885 |
Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:03:32pm |
re: #873 Sharmuta
That's likely. If we all talk more, we could hit it tonight.
If we tried to give only one word comments and reponses, we could do it in a couple of hours.
| 887 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:03:54pm |
re: #885 Soona'
If we tried to give only one word comments and reponses, we could do it in a couple of hours.
yup
| 889 |
Kenneth Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:04:19pm |
re: #858 Soona'
If that turns out to be true, in a way I'm for it. But it does eliminate the aquisition of valuble intelligence.
That is precisely the reason the Bush admin decided to capture & interrogate terrorists. Obama's decision is based upon protecting his political flank, not about protecting America.
| 890 |
brookly red Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:04:34pm |
re: #885 Soona'
If we tried to give only one word comments and reponses, we could do it in a couple of hours.
snark
| 891 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:04:57pm |
re: #889 Kenneth
That is precisely the reason the Bush admin decided to capture & interrogate terrorists. Obama's decision is based upon protecting his political flank, not about protecting America.
Excessive.
| 892 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:05:02pm |
I really don't care if I get the seven millionth comment (I really do!).
| 894 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:05:05pm |
re: #881 gmsc
Or perhaps its fast dawning on folks that the title of this tune has certain ring of truth to it now...
| 896 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:05:28pm |
re: #892 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I really don't care if I get the seven millionth comment (I really do!).
Why?
| 897 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:05:55pm |
re: #875 itellu3times
And then, at the right moment, strike like a lizard!
Is there any other way? lol!
| 900 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:06:54pm |
re: #896 Sharmuta
Haven't you hit one of the milestones before?
| 902 |
Captain Amercia Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:07:08pm |
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware (CNN) — His name was Phillip A. Myers. A staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, he was killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan on Saturday. The body of Phillip Myers, 30, arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Sunday. The body of Phillip Myers, 30, arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Sunday.
BY: CAPTAINAMERICA
I find this profoundly pathetic. We all know the left champions the so called “Fairness Doctrine” better named the “Fascist Doctrine” and it’s Orwellian provisions for the censorship of free speech. At the same time they revel in eviscerating President Bush for his administrations policy of keeping the media away from covering the return of GI’s killed in the Global War on Terror. It’s insane to think the two occupy any space in the same universe.
While President Bush implemented this policy to protect the dignity of our fallen service members and their grieving families, the left wants the Fascist Doctrine to silence opposition, period. Remember we live in an era where lunatics from organizations like the Westboro Baptist Church and Code Pink are free to make spectacles of the funerals of deceased service members. The only reason these reporters want to cover this relatively mundane part of the transfer of soldiers remains is for political purposes. There is no empathy among these vulture journalists for the service member or their families. If there was it would have manifested itself years ago in their coverage of the war and the sacrifice these service members have made. It’s telling how the left caterwauls at the Bush policy while wishing censorship on the rest of us. Typical liberal hypocrisy.
| 903 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:08:08pm |
re: #880 Sharmuta
Don't be afraid to ask questions though. The CD deputy chair loves me because my first meeting I asked a pointed question that hit home. He was slack jawed while the others were scribbling furious notes. I just thought it was obvious, but you never know what sort of breath of fresh air a political unit might need.
Oh, I wouldn't worry about that. The biggest problem I have is to keep my mouth zipped up.
| 904 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:08:29pm |
re: #903 rightymouse
Oh, I wouldn't worry about that. The biggest problem I have is to keep my mouth zipped up.
Ditto.
| 905 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:08:30pm |
re: #901 Sharmuta
Someone got a couple of them... Who was that? Do you remember who?
| 906 |
nyc redneck Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:08:45pm |
re: #882 buzzdroid
Funny thing is - i thought it would have been BIDEN that would have been the gaffe-machine.
I wonder how many weeks will go by before John Stewart even acknowledges the Obama-gaffe-machine-that-keeps-on-giving?
"Austrian" language John? Didnt register with you did it?
that gaf really shows he is not very worldly at all.
or educated.
tho he pretends to be.
something basic is missing in him.
so much abt. him is pretend.
| 907 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:09:05pm |
re: #905 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Someone got a couple of them... Who was that? Do you remember who?
why?
| 908 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:09:25pm |
| 909 |
BatGuano Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:09:42pm |
Please excuse my tardiosity, but what seven millionth comment? On LGF?
| 910 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:09:46pm |
| 912 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:09:55pm |
Charles hasn't yet announced the Grand Prize for Number 7,000,000. I say we hold out until he does! At 6,999,999, we all come to a screeching halt! ;-)
| 914 |
gmsc Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:10:21pm |
Ooops - my earlier estimate was off.
We still have more than 5,000 comments before we hit 7 million!
Hey, that makes it easier to get those 810 posts in!
| 915 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:10:29pm |
re: #909 BatGuano
Please excuse my tardiosity, but what seven millionth comment? On LGF?
correctomundo
| 917 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:10:55pm |
re: #914 gmsc
Ooops - my earlier estimate was off.
We still have more than 5,000 comments before we hit 7 million!
Hey, that makes it easier to get those 810 posts in!
faster!
| 918 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:10:55pm |
(Singing): "Seven million bottles of beer on the wall, seven million bottles of beer . . ."
| 921 |
VioletTiger Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:11:17pm |
re: #914 gmsc
Ooops - my earlier estimate was off.
We still have more than 5,000 comments before we hit 7 million!
Hey, that makes it easier to get those 810 posts in!
That's about 6 threads worth.
| 923 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:11:32pm |
| 924 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:11:41pm |
re: #918 quickjustice
(Singing): "Seven million bottles of beer on the wall, seven million bottles of beer . . ."
That made me giggle!
| 925 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:11:46pm |
re: #914 gmsc
The math geek flubbed the math? I feel so disillusioned.
| 928 |
Walter L. Newton Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:12:43pm |
re: #926 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
turn me on dead man...
I dream of a better world where chickens can cross roads without having their motives questioned...
| 929 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:12:54pm |
| 930 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:13:02pm |
re: #928 Walter L. Newton
I dream of a better world where chickens can cross roads without having their motives questioned...
LOL
| 932 |
Walter L. Newton Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:14:00pm |
re: #930 Sharmuta
LOL
Credit where due. I found that as the signature on someone's employment ad on a community forum.
| 933 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:14:38pm |
re: #931 rightymouse
I can relate. :)
I sat through most of the meeting just watching/listening. I was actually asked for my opinion, so I gave it in the form of a pointed question.
| 934 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:14:59pm |
re: #924 goddessoftheclassroom
(Singing): "Six Million Nine Hundred Ninety-nine thousand, Nine hundred ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall, Six Million Nine Hundred Ninety-nine thousand, Nine hundred ninety-nine bottles of beer . . ."
I think I've found my life's vocation! ;)
| 935 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:15:03pm |
re: #932 Walter L. Newton
Credit where due. I found that as the signature on someone's employment ad on a community forum.
It's funny.
| 936 |
gmsc Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:15:06pm |
re: #925 Sharmuta
The math geek flubbed the math? I feel so disillusioned.
I was looking at the numbers linking to the posts, such as yours above, which is numbered 6,997,247 – suggesting less than 2,800 posts.
When I looked up at the statistics on the posts, which at this writing is 6,994,192, that shows the actual number of comments.
I did the math correctly, but was supplying myself with bad initial data.
| 937 |
gringo69 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:15:19pm |
Is secretary of defense Gates just another obamabot. He's on Fox News spewing about defense cuts and spending here and there. Effin spit it out and move on. Does everybody have to talk like obama, talkin not sayin anything. Susan Rice, UN ambassador? Who is this woman? She like Condi Rice's slutty sister or sumpin? Just curious, sorry.
| 938 |
gmsc Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:15:54pm |
re: #928 Walter L. Newton
I dream of a better world where chickens can cross roads without having their motives questioned...
Until then, we can put the chickens on mobius strip roads, so that they'll cross the road to get to the same side.
| 940 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:16:02pm |
re: #936 gmsc
I was looking at the numbers linking to the posts, such as yours above, which is numbered 6,997,247 – suggesting less than 2,800 posts.
When I looked up at the statistics on the posts, which at this writing is 6,994,192, that shows the actual number of comments.
I did the math correctly, but was supplying myself with bad initial data.
do you work for the feds?
| 941 |
brookly red Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:16:04pm |
I still don't see anything in the MSM about the plot in Turkey... that's kinda odd.
| 942 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:16:16pm |
re: #936 gmsc
The official ticker is the one in the upper left sidebar under Statistics.
| 944 |
VioletTiger Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:16:47pm |
re: #936 gmsc
I was looking at the numbers linking to the posts, such as yours above, which is numbered 6,997,247 – suggesting less than 2,800 posts.
When I looked up at the statistics on the posts, which at this writing is 6,994,192, that shows the actual number of comments.
I did the math correctly, but was supplying myself with bad initial data.
Is the difference the deleted posts?
| 945 |
_RememberTonyC Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:16:51pm |
the islamic world has made contributions to society and you people need to wake up, understand the greatness of that culture, and bow down in tribute.
For example ...
1. turned cell phones into lethal weapons.
2. increased world demand for shapeless black garments when many thought it was a style that went out more than 1300 years ago.
3. created homicidal talking mouses and bees.
| 946 |
gmsc Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:16:55pm |
re: #940 albusteve
do you work for the feds?
I corrected myself, which should be proof right there that I don't work for the feds.
;)
| 947 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:16:56pm |
re: #933 Sharmuta
I sat through most of the meeting just watching/listening. I was actually asked for my opinion, so I gave it in the form of a pointed question.
I'd watch and listen too. If hubby was with me and anyone asked for my opinion, he'd say 'uhoh'.
| 948 |
gmsc Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:17:07pm |
re: #942 Sharmuta
The official ticker is the one in the upper left sidebar under Statistics.
I realize that now.
| 949 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:17:10pm |
re: #940 albusteve
Bureau of the Census for sure. I think he can statistically model his way out of the problem, however.
| 950 |
Soona' Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:17:32pm |
re: #936 gmsc
I was looking at the numbers linking to the posts, such as yours above, which is numbered 6,997,247 – suggesting less than 2,800 posts.
When I looked up at the statistics on the posts, which at this writing is 6,994,192, that shows the actual number of comments.
I did the math correctly, but was supplying myself with bad initial data.
Just shut up and start posting.
//:)
| 952 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:17:59pm |
Dang it! If I could hit the 7th million post tonight..I could request of Charles to create a thread just for the National Championship game tonight...
I'd live blog it Lizards! But alas..
I'm really jacked up lizards..I live for tonight in sports..This is the Final game for the best College team in America..
| 953 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:18:08pm |
re: #906 nyc redneck
and theres more. that Saudi "bow" ? Folks are missing the point with that one - it was a BIG insult to Saudi King. Obama-rookie-stumbling-and-doesnt-have-a-clue
"Kissing hands is alien to our values and morals, and is not accepted by free and noble souls," Abdullah told a delegation from Baha, in southwest Saudi Arabia, which came to the royal palace to offer congratulations on his accession. "It also leads to bowing, which is a violation of God's law. The faithful bow to no one but God."
Source:LA Times, Sept 12th 2005
The Obama Gaffe Machine.. hey John Stewart. You didnt cover THAT one either did you? Covered the meeting with the Queen - but you went ALL SILENT On the Saudi Bow...
The Daily Show - just like the rest of the MSM.
| 954 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:18:26pm |
You cat lovers will enjoy this. My gray kitty managed to pull the Dish Network box off the bottom shelf of the TV stand so she could lie on top of it and enjoy the heat. I don't think I've seen quite that degree of planning and forethought from a cat before.
| 955 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:18:30pm |
re: #947 rightymouse
I'd watch and listen too. If hubby was with me and anyone asked for my opinion, he'd say 'uhoh'.
LOL! Boy- I know that situation. [Oh, God! They asked for her opinion!] lol
| 956 |
Walter L. Newton Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:18:49pm |
re: #952 HoosierHoops
Dang it! If I could hit the 7th million post tonight..I could request of Charles to create a thread just for the National Championship game tonight...
I'd live blog it Lizards! But alas..
I'm really jacked up lizards..I live for tonight in sports..This is the Final game for the best College team in America..
Call me later, I want to talk to you.
| 957 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:18:59pm |
re: #952 HoosierHoops
You won't believe this... I had completely forgotten about it.
| 959 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:19:35pm |
re: #952 HoosierHoops
Dang it! If I could hit the 7th million post tonight..I could request of Charles to create a thread just for the National Championship game tonight...
I'd live blog it Lizards! But alas..
I'm really jacked up lizards..I live for tonight in sports..This is the Final game for the best College team in America..
I guess I'd better not ask who's playing. Or what sport.
| 960 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:19:35pm |
I'm bowed out...I think the whole issue is silly
| 961 |
buzzdroid Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:19:45pm |
re: #945 _RememberTonyC
Hey - dont forget that other great Islamic invention - talking rocks and trees.
You know those ones - the ones that scream out "theres a Jew behind me!"
| 962 |
quickjustice Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:20:05pm |
re: #953 buzzdroid
We can be grateful it was only a bow.
| 963 |
gringo69 Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:20:21pm |
re: #945 _RememberTonyC
4. Caused a spike in the blow-up goat and yak market.
| 964 |
debutaunt Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:20:41pm |
re: #868 gmsc
Hmmm . . . if I can just post 810 of the next 2,000 or so messages, I might be able to simultaneous be the 7 millionth message and get my 10,000th LGF post!
Free celebratory pie if that happens.
| 965 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:20:43pm |
re: #954 doppelganglander
You cat lovers will enjoy this. My gray kitty managed to pull the Dish Network box off the bottom shelf of the TV stand so she could lie on top of it and enjoy the heat. I don't think I've seen quite that degree of planning and forethought from a cat before.
| 966 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:20:57pm |
re: #952 HoosierHoops
Dang it! If I could hit the 7th million post tonight..I could request of Charles to create a thread just for the National Championship game tonight...
I'd live blog it Lizards! But alas..
I'm really jacked up lizards..I live for tonight in sports..This is the Final game for the best College team in America..
MSU has it wrapped up...get ready for it
| 967 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:21:24pm |
re: #956 Walter L. Newton
Call me later, I want to talk to you.
Ya wanna Talk Oracle Walter? What up?
| 968 |
irongrampa Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:21:24pm |
Actually, the chicken crossed to road to show the possum it COULD be done.
| 970 |
VioletTiger Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:21:43pm |
re: #952 HoosierHoops
Dang it! If I could hit the 7th million post tonight..I could request of Charles to create a thread just for the National Championship game tonight...
I'd live blog it Lizards! But alas..
I'm really jacked up lizards..I live for tonight in sports..This is the Final game for the best College team in America..
Hope you enjoy the game. Any of your picks still alive?
| 971 |
_RememberTonyC Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:21:54pm |
re: #963 gringo69
4. Caused a spike in the blow-up goat and yak market.
dude ... i just shot cranberry juice all over the keyboard
| 972 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:22:00pm |
| 973 |
_RememberTonyC Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:22:53pm |
re: #961 buzzdroid
Hey - dont forget that other great Islamic invention - talking rocks and trees.
You know those ones - the ones that scream out "theres a Jew behind me!"
those wacky mohammedens ...
| 974 |
VioletTiger Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:22:59pm |
re: #954 doppelganglander
You cat lovers will enjoy this. My gray kitty managed to pull the Dish Network box off the bottom shelf of the TV stand so she could lie on top of it and enjoy the heat. I don't think I've seen quite that degree of planning and forethought from a cat before.
That's quite a snarky feline.
| 975 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:23:09pm |
re: #966 albusteve
MSU has it wrapped up...get ready for it
Are you serious? This has got to be the best story in years..
I'm with you Steve..This is a Magic night for MSU.
| 976 |
albusteve Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:24:36pm |
re: #975 HoosierHoops
Are you serious? This has got to be the best story in years..
I'm with you Steve..This is a Magic night for MSU.
Detroit has little to cheer about these days...look for a raucus, rocking crowd that totally takes UNC out of their game...Laimbeer Lives!
| 977 |
Walter L. Newton Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:24:48pm |
re: #967 HoosierHoops
Ya wanna Talk Oracle Walter? What up?
I was kidding. Talking during your game. No way, huh?
| 978 |
doppelganglander Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:25:21pm |
re: #965 goddessoftheclassroom
Aside from bringing me dead animals, since she is an indoor cat, she has done EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THINGS! OMG!11!eleventy!
| 979 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:26:00pm |
re: #955 Sharmuta
LOL! Boy- I know that situation. [Oh, God! They asked for her opinion!] lol
lol!
The funny thing is that my bluntness has served me well with my job and especially my boss. He was so sick of sychophants by the time I was hired that he didn't know quite what to make of me as I am the total opposite of a brown-noser/butt kisser. That said, I do know how to say 'isn't that lovely' when necessary and walk away.
| 981 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:26:45pm |
re: #968 irongrampa
Actually, the chicken crossed to road to show the possum it COULD be done.
Is it ok to laugh? lololol!
| 982 |
BatGuano Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:28:06pm |
re: #965 goddessoftheclassroom
I bookmarked it. My wife is a cat lover and we have three cats. They do all those things except bringing dead animals.
| 983 |
Zimriel Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:28:17pm |
re: #723 buzzdroid
another embarrassing obama moment, in turkey
"we don't consider ourselves a christian nation"
i mean - WTF?
"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Musselmen; and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."
--"Treaty of peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli, of Barbary", article 11, signed in 1796 under George Washington, a President of whom I believe you have heard.
The context is the same: a reassurance given to a foreign Muslim nation.
This ain't a gaffe.
| 984 |
Sharmuta Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:29:24pm |
re: #979 rightymouse
I need to master that trick. Working on it though. :)
| 985 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:29:39pm |
re: #982 BatGuano
I bookmarked it. My wife is a cat lover and we have three cats. They do all those things except bringing dead animals.
My kittehs are indoor, too, but we get mice in the basement occasionally. Ick.
| 986 |
Pigtown Water Dog Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:29:44pm |
re: #856 doppelganglander
Oh, heck, I'm even shy on the innertubes. Don't worry about being an introvert--when you say stuff, people will tend to listen, rather than wishing you'd be quiet! ;D
| 987 |
Zimriel Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:30:55pm |
re: #912 quickjustice
Charles hasn't yet announced the Grand Prize for Number 7,000,000. I say we hold out until he does! At 6,999,999, we all come to a screeching halt! ;-)
#7,000,000 should be a noob saying "first"
| 988 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:31:07pm |
re: #970 VioletTiger
Hope you enjoy the game. Any of your picks still alive?
No..In my whole life I've never picked the Winner..
This year..And I blogged it here..On the Monday after the Brackets were released I struggled with a pick on the deck doing a BBQ..Then out of the blue the most beautiful Cardinal landed by me and started singing to Led Zep Blasting outside..We flew off and i stood there stunned.. I picked the Louisville Cardinals to win tonight..Hell nothing else ever worked..
The sexy pick turned out to be Louisville and they were kicking butt and I was feeling pretty good..and doing just a little trash talking here in fun..
Then they lose
If that bird shows up again during a BBQ and starts doing a bad Karaoke ..I'm taking him down..with extreme prejudice..
/
| 989 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:31:54pm |
re: #984 Sharmuta
I need to master that trick. Working on it though. :)
Works like a charm when the situation ain't worth it. Trust me. :)
| 990 |
HoosierHoops Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:31:55pm |
re: #977 Walter L. Newton
I was kidding. Talking during your game. No way, huh?
Hey..I'll call you Tuesday..What's a good time?
| 992 |
rightymouse Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:35:19pm |
re: #978 doppelganglander
Aside from bringing me dead animals, since she is an indoor cat, she has done EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THINGS! OMG!11!eleventy!
You are missing the joy of finding dead chipmunks in shoes and under the covers on the bed. Then there is the joy of finding dead mice on the office chair, bloodied bathroom floor and favorite couch.
| 993 |
Mirage Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:48:49pm |
| 994 |
HDrepub Mon, Apr 6, 2009 4:51:06pm |
re: #928 Walter L. Newton
I dream of a better world where chickens can cross roads without having their motives questioned...
The chickens are merely showing the armadillos the road can be crossed without becoming road kill.
| 995 |
Mirage Mon, Apr 6, 2009 5:03:15pm |
I had a chicken try to cross a four-lane road in front of my car at 6 am a couple weeks back. I'm not sure what it was thinking, but rather than get chicken goo on my bumper and under my car I slowed and stopped after which the chicken took off to the other side of the road in a flurry of feathers and squawking.
| 997 |
tradewind Mon, Apr 6, 2009 5:09:02pm |
re: #976 albusteve
The wrong MSU. Okay, UM formerly known as MSU.
Still in mourning here for the departed Calipari.
| 998 |
Engnrman Mon, Apr 6, 2009 6:45:33pm |
Re:991
Wow. I think IronFist and I might share some common ground. 5000 degrees or so? Which is why it is a good thing I am an engineer and not a politician. I can only do my job to the best of my ability, to defeat the bastards. Anyway, I killed four threads last week, chances are, this one just got a stake through its heart. I work too late and log on too late.
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