Soooo....

[Matterhorn Fan]

You're probably right. It has before.

Who put those two next to one another? One should be upstairs from the lobby so that cannot is less likely to happen.

[Gemini Cricket]

Both GD and CP have changed their avatars. I'm thrown. I'm completely discombobulated.
:D

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Both GD and CP have changed their avatars. I'm thrown. I'm completely discombobulated.
:D

I know. I hate when people do that.

;)

[Gemini Cricket]

I know. I hate when people do that.

;)
E tu, Brute...?

Only I'm allowed to change avatars so frivilously.
:D

[Gemini Cricket]

I like the painting artsy-ness of MBC's avatar. I'm going to put my Joni painting back up.

[scaeagles]

I make it easy. I have no avatar.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I thought it was time to have an accurate representation of myself.

[Gemini Cricket]

I make it easy. I have no avatar.
I'm sure someone could make you an American Dad avatar... That's the voice I hear while I read your posts... :D
I thought it was time to have an accurate representation of myself.
Wait, is that Kid Rock?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wait, is that Kid Rock?You know, it'd be less pathetic if it were. No, it's one of the random "every day people" type photos that Yahoo displays on their webmail login page. He cracks me up every time.

[Gemini Cricket]

You know, it'd be less pathetic if it were. No, it's one of the random "every day people" type photos that Yahoo displays on their webmail login page. He cracks me up every time.
Cool! I like it.

[Matterhorn Fan]

I also have no avatar. People aren't getting me mixed up with scaeagles, are they?

[Gemini Cricket]

Some dinglecheese pulled the fire alarm in our building... again. This is like the 4th or 5th time we had to evacuate the building since I started this job in December. Lame-o!

[scaeagles]

I also have no avatar. People aren't getting me mixed up with scaeagles, are they?

Well, your title is "double agent". If you change it to something sphincter related, there may be a problem.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I also have no avatar. People aren't getting me mixed up with scaeagles, are they?Which one of you lives far away again?

GD decided to change his and I finally got motivated to put in my recent Coachella pic. Couldn't resist that swanky trashcan again (speaking of confusing posters...)

Besides, seeing my grinning mug next to rant posts always made me feel ineffectual. ;)

[Moonliner]

"I have not said that our government is anti-nature and anti-God. I have said that it is non-nature and non-God, for very good reasons that could curl your hair."
-Kurt Vonnegut


Speaking of Kurt...

Back in my freshman year at college, we were assigned to read Kurt's "Breakfast of Champions" and write a critical essay on it's contents. My roommate received a failing grade for "content" so he took the graded paper and mailed it to Kurt to ask his opinion. About a month later he received a reply:


Dear John:

Your teacher is a compete asshole.

Sincerely,

Kurt Vonnegut

[Moonliner]

Which one of you lives far away again?

GD decided to change his..

Speaking of which, if I was truly swank rather than just doing what I can to act the part, would I know who that avatar is?

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I also have no avatar. People aren't getting me mixed up with scaeagles, are they?

No. You are the poster that had the guts to meet us in real life.

:D:evil:

[Ghoulish Delight]

Speaking of which, if I was truly swank rather than just doing what I can to act the part, would I know who that avatar is?
Well, if you'd actually read the posts next to all those pretty pictures you might.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Speaking of Kurt...

Back in my freshman year at college, we were assigned to read Kurt's "Breakfast of Champions" and write a critical essay on it's contents. My roommate received a failing grade for "content" so he took the graded paper and mailed it to Kurt to ask his opinion. About a month later he received a reply:

Great story! :)

[blueerica]

I'm tortured with traffic school....

:(

[Matterhorn Fan]

No. You are the poster that had the guts to meet us in real life.

:D:evil:Hmmm. I don't think I've ever met you.

[BarTopDancer]

I'm hungry.

[scaeagles]

No. You are the poster that had the guts to meet us in real life.

OK....I admit it. I might catch gay disease. I'm frightened.:)

[Gemini Cricket]

OK....I admit it. I might catch gay disease. I'm frightened.:)
You're not gay. We don't need any more Log Cabin Republicans...
:D

[Gemini Cricket]

I love craigslist.com. I just scored a 55 gallon glass aquarium with a stand, hood and light for $30.
I'm one happy... fish tank hobby... person.
:)

[Matterhorn Fan]

Oooh, cool!

I love fishtanks. Lots of work, though.

Salt water or fresh?

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Hmmm. I don't think I've ever met you.

That's besides the point. :) scaeagles doesn't know that.

[Gemini Cricket]

Oooh, cool!

I love fishtanks. Lots of work, though.

Salt water or fresh?
I'm not smart enough to take care of a salt water tank. It's too hard for me. :D

Freshwater, baby! :)

And it is a lot of work. But it's so purty once it's all set up and the fishies are happy. It's also a little environment that I can control and reign over. Bwahahahaha! And, yes, I usually do theme it in some way...

[Ghoulish Delight]

So yesterday my coworker returned from the restroom and reported that he saw someone stepping out of a stall with an obvious "Out of Service" sign taped to it.

Today, the "Out of Service" sign is taped across the edge of the door, and the door is jammed shut with toilet paper in the latch. Some maintanance guy was not pleased with what he found last night.

That really ticks me off. I mean, it was one thing to witness the disturbing bathroom habits of guys in the dorms. They were dorms. But we're talking grown adults here! And it's not like he had to use that stall. In my 2 years here I have never seen more guys than stalls in a bathroom, and even if there were, there's a bathroom here every 10 freaking feet.

Bunch of savages in this town.

[Gemini Cricket]

My love for you is ticking clock BERSERKER!

[Ghoulish Delight]

My love for you is ticking clock BERSERKER!
I know what you're going to ask, and for the last time the answer is no!

;)

[Gemini Cricket]

I know what you're going to ask, and for the last time the answer is no!

;)
Quiet, you! I don't want to get a karate kick to the face from CP!
Keeeyah!
:D

[Gemini Cricket]

Man, Boo Boo the chicken died? How come nobody said anything...? :D
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - The exotic chicken that was saved from drowning by mouth-to-beak resuscitation more than three months ago has died, her owner said.
Source (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060524/ap_on_re_us/resuscitated_chicken_3)

Arkadelphia? Is that anywhere near Massaneticut?

[wendybeth]

I'm not smart enough to take care of a salt water tank. It's too hard for me. :D

Freshwater, baby! :)


So then, I suppose this means no friggen sharks with friggen laser beams, eh?

[Not Afraid]

I used to have a saltwater tank. It wasn't that difficult. Plus, I had the cutest little puffer fish who lived for a very long time.

[Gemini Cricket]

I don't have the magic touch when it comes to pets like you, NA. :D Besides, freshwater seems to be less expensive too.

wenchybeth ~ There are some freshwater sharks. But they're not really sharks, they resemble sharks. But I do have my hot glue gun ready to attach the laser guns to their frickin' heads... :D

[BarTopDancer]

Did someone say SHARKY?

http://img1.imageshack.us/img1/2875/yipes20great20white20shark20so.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Gemini Cricket]

I'd be so broke if I had a fish that size.

"Ralphie, did you buy that side of beef for Sharky?"
"I forgot."
"Get the handtruck, we'll go to the butcher's together..."

[BarTopDancer]

Aww Sharky would be well fed and you could keep him in the bathtub!

When I graduate college I want to go cage diving. And I'll probably be down there going here Sharky Sharky Sharky.

[Gemini Cricket]

I totally want to do a cage dive. With white sharks. Totally. I'm trying to hook myself up now with Ralphie's friends in science...

[BarTopDancer]

I totally want to do a cage dive. With white sharks. Totally. I'm trying to hook myself up now with Ralphie's friends in science...

Oooo OOOO! I'm so jealous. If you get the hook up see if there is room for one more. I'd much prefer to cage dive with scientists then as a tourist thing. :p

Of course I need to get SCUBA certified.

[scaeagles]

I prefer air to water. I have no desire to be where I can't breathe with creatures that can eat me and that can come at me from any and every angle where I have limited at best visibility.

I'll jump out of a plane anyday, but no shark diving for me. Uh-uh.

[Not Afraid]

Setting up and installing stuff on a new computer is boring and take too long.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Daft Punk CD arrived today. Television rules the nation!

[Gemini Cricket]

Holy moley. Ralphie and I did some Scotch tasting tonight. Wow, I think I'm knackered! Oban, Glenfidditch, Michael Couvreur... Yikes. Me sleep well tonight.
:D

[€uroMeinke]

I did some cocktail tasting here (http://www.nacional27.net/)tonight and gorged myslef on many Latin treats.

[Mousey Girl]

Iwas just taken down by one of Nick's toys. He has a Pokemon toy that shoots little plastic darts from its mouth. One of the darts has gotten stuck. He brought it to me with a set of needle nose pliers. The pliers slipped and my thumb (the fleshy pad part) ended up caught where the handle comes together. For a minute I thought it broke the skin, but nope, it is just a massive blood blister in the making and it hurts like crazy.

Poor kid took the toy away and said, "It's ok, it will just have to be stuck." He then brought me a large cup of ice water to soak my throbbing thumb. He feels very guilty right now, so I had him kiss it to hlep it feel better.

[BarTopDancer]

Iwas just taken down by one of Nick's toys. He has a Pokemon toy that shoots little plastic darts from its mouth. One of the darts has gotten stuck. He brought it to me with a set of needle nose pliers. The pliers slipped and my thumb (the fleshy pad part) ended up caught where the handle comes together. For a minute I thought it broke the skin, but nope, it is just a massive blood blister in the making and it hurts like crazy.

Poor kid took the toy away and said, "It's ok, it will just have to be stuck." He then brought me a large cup of ice water to soak my throbbing thumb. He feels very guilty right now, so I had him kiss it to hlep it feel better.

Good lord woman! Subjecting him to USH with us wasn't bad enough? :evil:

Sorry to hear about your thumb! Pliers are cruel.

[Mousey Girl]

LOL Nah, compared to the people he is usually around you all are tame. Actually he is still talking about what a good time he had.

I do see where Nickolas got his stubborn streak. I was NOT gonna let some stupid toy kick my ass. I went after it again, this time I got it. I did end up with another, smaller owey on the base of my index finger, but it didn't hurt like my thimb. Every time I said owey he took the tools away until I promised him I would be more careful.

[Not Afraid]

He's such a greaat kid! Every time you tell a story about him it makes me smile.

[wendybeth]

Did someone say SHARKY?

http://img1.imageshack.us/img1/2875/yipes20great20white20shark20so.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



Sooo, I was at a sports store tonight buying camping stuff for my sis, who apparently didin't learn much when we were growing up. Her b-day is looming, and she wanted new stuff, so there I was. Anyway, standing in line I noticed a very small cylandrical object- no more than three inches long- with a full pack of teeny little batteries. A Laser! Totally doable! Interestingly enough, there was also some duct tape nearby......

Call me when you're ready, GC.:D

[Gemini Cricket]

Call me when you're ready, GC.:D
Excellent. My shark minion army is close to being ready.
:D

[Mousey Girl]

I would love to get my little fish tank running again. I used to have a few tetras and a dwarf frog. I just don't have anywhere to put it. If Princess Peach (who only anwers to Pretty Pretty Princess Peach) would share her huge cage with the others then I would have room, but nooooo...Instead I have 2 cages on the base of my fireplace and no room for fishies.

Ok, am I sick? I keep having a visual of one of the "floor" rats climbing on top of the fish tank and falling in. Just the thought of it is making me giggle.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Daft Punk CD arrived today. Television rules the nation!I have to remember to check whether a CD is "enhanced" before purchasing. I can't rip the tracks for my iPod = I can't listen to this in the car. :mad:

I may have to buy this stuff again on iTunes.

[Ponine]

Iwas just taken down by one of Nick's toys. He has a Pokemon toy that shoots little plastic darts from its mouth. One of the darts has gotten stuck. He brought it to me with a set of needle nose pliers. The pliers slipped and my thumb (the fleshy pad part) ended up caught where the handle comes together. For a minute I thought it broke the skin, but nope, it is just a massive blood blister in the making and it hurts like crazy.

Poor kid took the toy away and said, "It's ok, it will just have to be stuck." He then brought me a large cup of ice water to soak my throbbing thumb. He feels very guilty right now, so I had him kiss it to hlep it feel better.
By any chance was it the green dragon thing??? We had that problem the other day... that was a pain to get out.

Sorry about the blood blister... I hope it all worked out.
Any pokemon stuckness is better than the Spider one with the discs that get stuck. ;)

[Not Afraid]

Soooo, Chris is at O'Hare trying to get on a plane. He may end up on stand by on a direct light to LA OR he will end up on one that stops in LV, which he has a ticket for, and leaves 5 minutes before the direct flight from a different terminal.

I am picturing Chris as OJ Simpson dashing through the airport. Can I call him Juice when he gets home?

[scaeagles]

I wouldn't refer to anyone who loves me as OJ. Would make me fearful for my life.

[scaeagles]

So......my 6 year old first grade son is the pickiest eater on the planet. He literally survives on peanut butter sandwiches, fruit, and milk. No other protein. No veggies. I'm not going to force feed the kid (I was as a child...shudder....), so if he doesn't want variety, I can live with it, as what he's eating isn't really bad for him.

The school he goes to has about 700 K-6 grade students.

However, with the physical fitness tests they do, only 13 out of the 700 students reached the highest level of achievement for their age level, being at the 90th percentile or higher in each of 8 physical tests.

I think I'm going to start a new nutrition plan.

[Gemini Cricket]

Peanut butter has protein...

[Ponine]

So......my 6 year old first grade son is the pickiest eater on the planet. He literally survives on peanut butter sandwiches, fruit, and milk. No other protein. No veggies. I'm not going to force feed the kid (I was as a child...shudder....), so if he doesn't want variety, I can live with it, as what he's eating isn't really bad for him.

The school he goes to has about 700 K-6 grade students.

However, with the physical fitness tests they do, only 13 out of the 700 students reached the highest level of achievement for their age level, being at the 90th percentile or higher in each of 8 physical tests.

I think I'm going to start a new nutrition plan.
Pair him up with my seven year old... maybe if one of them will eat something, the other will.

[scaeagles]

Peanut butter has protein...

That's why I said "no other protein".

[Mousey Girl]

By any chance was it the green dragon thing??? We had that problem the other day... that was a pain to get out.

Sorry about the blood blister... I hope it all worked out.
Any pokemon stuckness is better than the Spider one with the discs that get stuck. ;)

No, someone stuck Blazeken's projectile in the whale-like thing. It is funny, but now that Cartoon Network went from Yugioh GX to Pokemon at 5:00 all of the boys around here are back to playing with pokemon cards and action figures. They had stopped for about a year.

[Ponine]

Ah... no , my son is too orginizied for that.
If it came with x, you use it with x, period.

ha! Mines not home early enough to see that, but he has the dvd's.
And we still go to Pokemon League on Sundays....

[Not Afraid]

Ah well. Chris had to fly to Vegas, where he now resides. But, very soon, he will get on another plane and end up at LAX. YAY! This has been a long 10 days.

[Mousey Girl]

Ah... no , my son is too orginizied for that.
If it came with x, you use it with x, period.

ha! Mines not home early enough to see that, but he has the dvd's.
And we still go to Pokemon League on Sundays....

He didn't do it. He had a friend over and they were playing with the action figures. It was after Trent left that Nickolas found it that way. Nick still begs me to take him to a local bookstore for their Friday night Yugioh tournament, but it creeps me out. There are more adult men there than young boys.



On an icky note, the warm weather has brought out black widows in droves. We are finding them everywhere at work and now I just killed a huge one in the patio/car port (it is technically a patio, but since it is full of David's toys in various stages of restoration, I have resigned myself to it being a carport).

[€uroMeinke]

So...The moment they told me I could switch to a direct flight because I had already checked my baggage and "You must now fly with your bags" I knew they would loose them. Sure enough, I arrived in LA but my bags went to Vegas. I feel so safe now that homeland security ensures that I'm too inconvenienced to be a terrorist.

[Gemini Cricket]

Don't you just love airports? Bleh.
:D

[Gemini Cricket]

Friends of ours from Hawai'i came to visit us for the weekend. They came bringing gifts of Hawaiian food. How happy was I last night? Very. I haven't had poi in like a year. It was wonderful. I was totally in heaven last night.
:)

[scaeagles]

My wife was born in Hawaii. Lived there till she was 10. She is going there with her dad for a week in early June.

Poi is nasty. Majorly, majorly nasty.

[Gemini Cricket]

Poi is nasty. Majorly, majorly nasty.
You're such a haole. :D
Poi is awesome! I grew up eating the stuff. Love it love it. I equate it to people who love grits. It's an acquired taste.

[scaeagles]

Thank you for not writing "howlie".

[Gemini Cricket]

Thank you for not writing "howlie".
No prob. However you get during a full moon is your business.
:D

[Promo-Man]

So what do you think of my new look?

[scaeagles]

Promo-man new look = MBC old look.

[BarTopDancer]

I bought this (http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P133911&categoryId=B70) and this (http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P61033&categoryId=RP&shouldPaginate=). I just have to figure out how to use it. Erica talked me out of buying this (http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P147406&categoryId=B70) since I'd only be using two of the colors. Though I really want the blending and foiling brush. I may have to buy it stand alone.

I also bought this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EP65LY/002-6376778-0209635?v=glance&n=3760901) after using it during MA. I normally use Coppertone Sport and have been hesitant to try a spray, but after MA I gave it a shot. I highly recommend it.

[Not Afraid]

I highly recommend CoverFX over B. E.. I found it a much better product all around.

[blueerica]

Sooo....

I have a lot of music.

Soon to have more.

I'm addicted.

It's amazing that I'm up to 73 days of straight music, and it's only about 1/8 of what I used to have.

YIKES!

[Prudence]

Wheee! So far, spring semester turned out much better than fall. Conlaw grade went up from a B to an A- and I scored an A in Computer Crime and Privacy - I *knew* I nailed that essay exam!

Now I just have to wait on copyright and legal writing.

[Not Afraid]

Sooo....

I have a lot of music.

Soon to have more.

I'm addicted.

It's amazing that I'm up to 73 days of straight music, and it's only about 1/8 of what I used to have.

YIKES!

Come over! ;)

[blueerica]

I am almost to the point where I need to either invest in a hard drive or good speakers for my computer.

[BarTopDancer]

I have an external hard drive with all my music. What I need to do is find time to listen to it. Maybe tonight on my drive.

I need to leave but my pants aren't dry yet. Such a quandry.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Promo-man new look = MBC old look.

I'm not sure how to respond to this. :)

[Not Afraid]

I am almost to the point where I need to either invest in a hard drive or good speakers for my computer.


We just bought a 300GB external drive for our plethora that keeps growing. I spend an afternoon moving all of our files over there from the laptop. Now I need to network my iPod to it and choose a measly 4 GBs to load.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I need to leave but my pants aren't dry yet. Such a quandry.Next time use the toilet :eek:

[Prudence]

I need to leave but my pants aren't dry yet. Such a quandry.

It's a laundry quandry!

[CoasterMatt]

The next upgrade for my beloved Cheeseburger 9000?

2 of these (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148108) in a RAID 0 array. (I've only got 160 gigs at the moment - 2 80gig drives in RAID 0)

(If I can convince the lovely MonkeyRose that I really NEED a terabyte of storage)

[€uroMeinke]

So copy protection is a pain in the ass - got the new Dresden Dolls album and all I want to do is copy it to my ipod so I can actually listen to it - my 5 minute commute from the station is no longer prime CD listening time.

Anyway, the CD has a nasty new copy protection that creates a folder that is inaccessible and cannot be deleted. I've spent the past hour or so relearning DOS to copy the files and delete the annoying folder.

Since trying to use legitmately purchased media is such a pain I think I may start pirating MP3s again to avoid this headache. Thanks Music Industry

[BarTopDancer]

I see a niche market for print yourself CD inserts. Buy the album on iTunes, and you can print the insert at home. No more CD, no more dealing with the copy protection, no more having 1000s of plastic cases sitting around the house.

[Capt Jack]

Ah... no , my son is too orginizied for that.
If it came with x, you use it with x, period.


like mother, like son.

:D

[scaeagles]

So....we go out to California Pizza Kitchen last night for dinner, as we usually go out on Friday or Saturday.

While at the table, my 6 year old son says "Mom, what's the opposite of Saturn?" Not that planets have an opposite, but anyway, he says "Pattern! Get it?"

So, not knowing that my son knows the order of the planets, I say to no one in particular "What's the opposite of the second planet?" My 12 year old daughter immediately turns red and my wife shoots me this look. After 10 seconds of thought, my son yells out "Penis!!!". Everyone withint 10 tables of us looks over.....I was in the doghouse with the wife last night.....

[Matterhorn Fan]

Peanut butter has protein...So does milk. It's probably enough.

[Drince88]

Does Jiko always do that, or was that a special something?

Hey wait--Jiko is open for lunch?

Food & tea pairings might just get me into Jiko. I'd like to know more, please.
Sorry for the delay...
It was a Disney Dining Experience 'thing' - they normally do Food and Wine dinners, and decided to try something different - so the whole place was closed except for this - and they'd rearranged the tables in the wine room (I think that's the wine room, the small room next to the bar) to be 4 long tables. I hope the timing works out that they're doing something cool next time I'm there, at this point, during the F&W fest, so I'm not sure if they do much that would compete with that.

So in addition to 20% off food and alcohol at most sit-down restaurants (and a few counter service), you get the opportunity to go to special events (for a price, of course)!

[Mousey Girl]

I was baa-aad last night. We went out to dinner, and then to a movie. I had had a couple of drinks with dinner, not totally drunk, but a mild, pleasant buzz was going on. I walked into a jewerly store at the outdoor mall where the theater is... It is usually closed, but now I know why I should not have gone in there. I saw a gorgeous pink tourmaline (sp?) ring with opals set into the band!! It was done in a unique setting, and I WANT THIS RING!! It is also much cheaper than the stuff that caught my eye in the DL jewerly store. **drool**

[BarTopDancer]

... Friday night I was at a party. I was talking with this guy and we were talking about where we grew up... HB. Then where he went to high school... same school as me. Elementary school... same school as my friend... yup, he remembers her. He was a year ahead of me, don't think he remembers me, I didn't remember him.

All together now....

[Scrooge McSam]

Sooooo... Let's say I decide to ditch this place and start over somewhere else. The sky's the limit. Hmmmm

Anywhere, huh?

OK... :cheers: HERE! (http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/sale/site/html/cms_de-sale_detail_en-538/Isla%20de%20Coco.html) :cheers:

Some sorry #&%*@$ already bought it out from under me, though:D

[Ponine]

like mother, like son.

:D
:eek:
Watch it Capt.
(I cant even swear that I do that)

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Sooooo... Let's say I decide to ditch this place and start over somewhere else. The sky's the limit. Hmmmm

Anywhere, huh?

OK... :cheers: HERE! (http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/sale/site/html/cms_de-sale_detail_en-538/Isla%20de%20Coco.html) :cheers:

Some sorry #&%*@$ already bought it out from under me, though:D

Until I clicked the link, I thought you had found a new message board. :D Luckily, the link explained your post and I didn't have to resort to throwing things at you and calling you a traitor.

[Gemini Cricket]

...I was in the doghouse with the wife last night.....
Okay, that was seriously funny. :D
Ha ha, Leo. Busted!
lol!

[Mousey Girl]

Sooo... Nick left out the cookies he was eating yesterday...we now have 5 rats, all on a sugar high, scrambling all over him for more cookies.

All I am hearing is rats going crazy, the sound of any food package gets a Pavlovian response from them, and a boy saying (over and over), "You already had [I]your[I] cookie, leave Squiggle's cookie alone."

EEEK!!! Now they are attacking me!! I keep telling them I am not the one with the food, but they aren't listening!!

[Gemini Cricket]

Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you my friend will see
You've got a friend in me

[CoasterMatt]

Is it generally a bad sign to wake up screaming "ELEPHANTS!!!!"?

[Gemini Cricket]

Is it generally a bad sign to wake up screaming "ELEPHANTS!!!!"?
Only if you wake up under a stampede of them, CM. :D

[MickeyLumbo]

I equate it to people who love grits. It's an acquired taste.

i first read this as "girls".:D

[Gemini Cricket]

i first read this as "girls".:D
lol! :D Yeah, never acquired a taste for them...


On a completely different subject, why do people tape their envelopes shut? Scotch tape all over the flap part of the envelope... Don't they know that it makes it impossible to open it with a manual letter opener? Did Oprah tell people to do that on her show or something?
:D

[Gn2Dlnd]

On a completely different subject, why do people tape their envelopes shut?

Have you ever gotten a paper cut on your tongue? :p

[Matterhorn Fan]

When I remember, I tape shut my bills (some of those envelopes have glue that's not very sticky). But I don't tape the entire flap down. One piece in the center will do.

All the checks clear, so I presume they're not having any trouble getting to my money.

[Ponine]

Have you ever gotten a paper cut on your tongue? :p
And dont forget about the cockroach eggs. ;)

[Gemini Cricket]

Have you ever gotten a paper cut on your tongue? :p
Yes. Yes, I have. My tongue is amazing. It heals as fast as Wolverine's.
When I remember, I tape shut my bills (some of those envelopes have glue that's not very sticky). But I don't tape the entire flap down. One piece in the center will do.
One in the center is fine. One, two, three long pieces across the entire flap is annoying. There's no place to stick your letter opener in.

I guess there are worse things that could happen.
:D

[Gemini Cricket]

It says I can win a free ringtone on my Diet Pepsi bottle. Woopee freakin do. Ringtones! Pshaw. What's wrong with what I got: 'Hello Moto?!' I want to win tens of iTunes downloads again...
:D

[CoasterMatt]

Do you know the muffin man?

[Gemini Cricket]

Do you know the muffin man?
The muffin man?

[Not Afraid]

The muffin man?

[Scrooge McSam]

That lives on Drury Lane?

[scaeagles]

I beat up the muffin man in front of my kids because I hate him.

[Gemini Cricket]

I beat up the muffin man in front of my kids because I hate him.
You ruined a perfectly good bit with violence...
:D

[Scrooge McSam]

Compassionate conservatism

[scaeagles]

He was trying to cut in on my mobile ice cream business with his muffins. He's not union, so we had to send a message.

[Gemini Cricket]

Leo snuffed the muffin man.

[wendybeth]

The Muffin Man?


Bastard. Let's get him!

[Gemini Cricket]

I hear the Scone Girl, the Donut Woman and the Eclair Boy are now in protective custardy.

[scaeagles]

I hear the Scone Girl, the Donut Woman and the Eclair Boy are now in protective custardy.

They're not the ones we want. It's those pesky little girl scouts and their cookies.

[Scrooge McSam]

Custardy - LOL

[scaeagles]

The Muffin Man?


Bastard. Let's get him!

Are you saying the muffin man is a bastard and therefore you want a piece of him too, or that I am a bastard for beating up (no "snuffing" involved here - it was just a message, after all) the muffin man?

[wendybeth]

You're not suggesting that you were merely the messenger in this crime?

I know- Clinton did it, right?;):D

[wendybeth]

http://www.mediamac.dk/gfx/picture/shrek2.jpg

He's looking for ya, Scaeagles......

[CoasterMatt]

Got milk?

[scaeagles]

http://www.mediamac.dk/gfx/picture/shrek2.jpg

He's looking for ya, Scaeagles......

I'll watch out for him, but I'm not afraid of him getting me at home. My wife regularly burns cookies, and I'm sure he knows it.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Man, I go into the office for a few hours and come home to almost 100 new posts. Not only that, but I completely miss participating in the utterly ridiculous muffin discussion, of which I'm sure I would have contributed in.

Am I the only one working today? :D

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I hear the Scone Girl, the Donut Woman and the Eclair Boy are now in protective custardy.

Perfect. :)

[BarTopDancer]

All this talk of muffins and cookies has made me hungry.

[Not Afraid]

I'm eating red vines.

[Freaky Tiki]

I'm eating red vines.

Mr. Pibb and red vines equals crazy delicious.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I'm eating red vines.

I'm eating a cup of Trader Joe's greek style yogurt as a result of you mentioning it in an earlier post. They didn't have fig, so I settled for strawberry. It's quite good. Very creamy. :)

Thanks for the tip.

[scaeagles]

My wife got a box of godiva chocolates as a year end present from a student. They are perched happily on my desk, defeating my repeated attempts to stop eating chocolate. Don't think this is a battle I'll be winning.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Mr. Pibb and red vines equals crazy delicious.

And nutritious too! ;)

[scaeagles]

Am I the only one working today? :D

I'll 'fess up.....this is my job. I'm NSA and my job is to monitor the activity of leftist scum such as yourselves.

[Freaky Tiki]

And nutritious too! ;)

Really? Screw vegtables, i'm going out and buying some red vines.

[BarTopDancer]

I'm working from home and watching the A-Team.

[scaeagles]

You're not suggesting that you were merely the messenger in this crime?

No - not at all. This was just a mob style "message". No snuffing, but some pain involved. I admitted already that I delivered the message.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I'll 'fess up.....this is my job. I'm NSA and my job is to monitor the activity of leftist scum such as yourselves.

Monitor this.



;)

[mousepod]

Pulled jury duty today. Since I don't have to report until 8:30 am, I go to the jail first and do my morning stuff, then jump in the car and whiz on over to the Civic Center Courthouse in the nick of time. Except there was a bomb scare which closed down the courthouse and City Hall, so I stood out on the street for a couple of hours and watched the firetrucks and helicopters. Finally, after some hours of tedium, I was selected to be part of a jury pool. The bad news: it's probably a 5-week case. The good news: I am so biased that I think that once they read my 10-page(!) questionnaire, they'll let me go. But I have to come back on Thursday.

Yay civic duty.

[Freaky Tiki]

Soooo, we borrowed the slushy machine from the Gas Station down the street to use for my Graduation open house on saturday...so I'm excited, I get unlimited slushies for awhile.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Am I the only one who sees TDR and thinks Tokyo Disneyrand?

[BarTopDancer]

You know what's the best thing ever? Having a boss who has a massive attitude problem, who treats his employees lower than scum and having no one above him do anything about it.

And they wonder why there is a mass exodus from the company.

[AllyOops!]

You know what's the best thing ever? Having a boss who has a massive attitude problem, who treats his employees lower than scum and having no one above him do anything about it.

And they wonder why there is a mass exodus from the company.

Oh, that IS the best! But, you know what's even BETTER?? Having your heart broken by somebody you love and trust. It's like the promises he broke were little butterlies that kissed my heart & caressed my very soul. Sigh..it's so wonderful! It can only get better if he shoots me. On my Birthday. In front of my family. :) :snap:

Okay, my way too dramatic dorky heartache & all kidding aside, that is just the worst!! :( Hang in there, girly (especially when the "slurping" starts up :p) and remember- nothing heals like massive amounts of Ally hugs! Theyr'e like Allyesque band-aids. ;)

-------> {{{HUGS}}}} :)

[Moonliner]

Pulled jury duty today. Since I don't have to report until 8:30 am, I go to the jail first and do my morning stuff, then jump in the car and whiz on over to the Civic Center Courthouse in the nick of time. Except there was a bomb scare which closed down the courthouse and City Hall, so I stood out on the street for a couple of hours and watched the firetrucks and helicopters. Finally, after some hours of tedium, I was selected to be part of a jury pool. The bad news: it's probably a 5-week case. The good news: I am so biased that I think that once they read my 10-page(!) questionnaire, they'll let me go. But I have to come back on Thursday.

Yay civic duty.

Let me guess, you covered all ten pages with "All work and no play makes Mousepod a dull boy"...

[mousepod]

Let me guess, you covered all ten pages with "All work and no play makes Mousepod a dull boy"...

That would have been great. I had so many fantasies about what I'd write, but I kept remembering the oath I just took, so I stuck to the dirty truth...

[€uroMeinke]

I was supposed to do jury duty today but when I called in, I found out I was supposed to call in earlier to register on their hideous voice activated registration system. So come June 19th, I'll be in court where most likely I will be thanked and excused. I have yet to sit on a jury, though I've been through many a panel.

[Kevy Baby]

I was at Lake Compounce amusement park, when a mentally challenged guy on the skyride started jerkin' off like crazy. It was surreal - but the view of Boulder Dash from up there IS kind of inspirational.

http://rcdb.com/ig602.htm?picture=9I was worried about clicking the link. I wasn't sure if I was gonna see a roller coaster, or some guy rubbing one out.

[Prudence]

So, my classmates voted overwhelmingly to not have a break during class. Not to skip the break and get out early, but to sit through the entire 100 minute class sans break.

What a bunch of brown-nosing suck-ups.

[BarTopDancer]

You know what's the best thing ever? Having a boss who has a massive attitude problem, who treats his employees lower than scum and having no one above him do anything about it.

And they wonder why there is a mass exodus from the company.

Oo OOO! I discovered something better than that ^^.

A teacher who goes around the room, asks if you have any questions, and then when you do have a question he just says "oh, ok, thank you" and moves on. When you go hey, wait a minute he says no one else had a question. Um, ok. We're in the middle of the room. No one before us had a question but our questions may have answered the questions that they didn't know they had. He continues going around the room and when no one else has a question he uses that to prove his point. Uh, no. You just shut us down. Why would anyone else risk being humilliated in class. :rolleyes: 3 more weeks.

[Ponine]

I was worried about clicking the link. I wasn't sure if I was gonna see a roller coaster, or some guy rubbing one out.
Where have you BEEN??? You've not been present for some of the best openings left for you, and some of us were worried. :P

[€uroMeinke]

Speaking of best openings....

[Prudence]

Oo OOO! I discovered something better than that ^^.

A teacher who goes around the room, asks if you have any questions, and then when you do have a question he just says "oh, ok, thank you" and moves on. When you go hey, wait a minute he says no one else had a question. Um, ok. We're in the middle of the room. No one before us had a question but our questions may have answered the questions that they didn't know they had. He continues going around the room and when no one else has a question he uses that to prove his point. Uh, no. You just shut us down. Why would anyone else risk being humilliated in class. :rolleyes: 3 more weeks.

You know what's even better? A professor with Parkinson's whose medication makes him mumble. $900/credit for mumbling. No one can understand him. He tries to ask every single person a question during class. Which he can do because he makes us all put up name cards on our desks. We don't know what he asked. When we "answer," we don't know if we were right or wrong.

Fortunately, he appears to be merely mumbling along with his outline. Which we all had to buy. And can read on our own time.

But attendance is mandatory and he takes roll!

Also, and this is petty, but if we're going to be formal, then be formal. If you are Professor Morgan, then I am Ms. Zobrist.

[scaeagles]

I once had a professor the looked and breathed like a Schleestack from Land of the Lost.

[Gemini Cricket]

Is it wrong to fall in love with my avatar?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/angel.gif

:blush:

[scaeagles]

Good lord knows I am in love with mine.

[Mousey Girl]

There are rats in the drawer at my computer desk, where we keep the paper.

[Gemini Cricket]

There are rats in the drawer at my computer desk, where we keep the paper.
Are these pet rats or visiting unwanted guests...?

[CoasterMatt]

Or upper management type rats?

[MickeyLumbo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IDp76kjPw&feature=Favorites&page=1&t=t&f=b

[Gn2Dlnd]

Good lord knows I am in love with mine.

As am I with mine.

:toot!:

[Mousey Girl]

Are these pet rats or visiting unwanted guests...?

Well...they aren't visiting, and they aren't unwanted guests. I am just getting tired of finding yesterday's cookie crumbs om my computer paper. At least now I know where things got stashed.

[Not Afraid]

Soooo, now Buster is in the hospital. He what seems to be a partial blockagein his urinary tract and is getting himself flushed out. It it somthing that could be easy to take care of or it could turn out to be very serious. We caught it early it seems, but it could've been fatal if let go fo 48 hours or longer. I'm glad I'm home enough to know the routines of the cats. Poor beautiful Buster. I hope he comes home to us on Friday.

[wendybeth]

I'm glad you caught it in time! For years I wouldn't have boy kitties because a vet told me they tend to develop FUS, which my beloved Mork died from back in the early Eighties.

Big hugs to your Buster, and I hope he's home and well soon!

[mousepod]

NA - you are such a good mommy to your kids. I'm glad you caught it in time (and not a bit surprised).

On another note, when you hear a crunch that sounds like it's a rib cracking, there's a very good chance that you cracked a rib.

[wendybeth]

Do you need some duct tape, MP?

[BarTopDancer]

So I've been trying to track down a few people I've gone to high school with. It's really hard to find old friends when they have gotten married and changed their names. I've been looking on MySpace and no one looks the same, guys or girls. And no one has their full names or something identifying on their pages.

Oh well.

[Not Afraid]

On another note, when you hear a crunch that sounds like it's a rib cracking, there's a very good chance that you cracked a rib.

Well, what I really want to know is what the HELL you were doing to crack your rib? Did H beat you up again? ;)

[wendybeth]

Someone probably got cranky about the Mousepod being late.......Disney fans can be brutal, you know.

[mousepod]

If you must know the boring truth, here goes:
Early last Monday morning, I put on insufficient footwear and proceeded to drag the three bins from the side of our house to the curb for pickup. I successfully negotiated the 30-foot trip with the garbage and recylables, and had just gone back to get the compost from the house, when I lost my footing on the landing between the basement and the kitchen. I pitched forward, about to do a header down the stairs (a bad thing), so I grabbed onto a metal rail and twisted myself away from the staircase. Unfortunately, the force of the fall was so great that as I came around, I slammed my back into said metal rail. One sickening crunch later, and I was on the floor.
Fast forward nine days to yesterday. No bruising, no weird symptoms - except major radiating pain. A trip to the good doctor reveals the cracked (or maybe just bruised) rib.
Ow.

The moral of the story: housework can be hazardous to your health.

[Gemini Cricket]

mousepod ~ Ouch! :eek: I hope the pain goes away soon. So much for my theory of a rival Disney podcaster attempting a hit on you... :D

[Scrooge McSam]

No bruising, no weird symptoms - except major radiating pain. A trip to the good doctor reveals the cracked (or maybe just bruised) rib.
Ow.

Sucks, doesn't it. And there's nothing you can do. I cracked a rib on the Texas Giant in Dallas years ago. Ow ow ow ow ow!

[Gemini Cricket]

Sucks, doesn't it. And there's nothing you can do. I cracked a rib on the Texas Giant in Dallas years ago. Ow ow ow ow ow!
Who's the Texas Giant?
;)

[Scrooge McSam]

I don't ride and tell ;)

Texas Giant is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flag Over Texas in Arlington

[Gemini Cricket]

Texas Giant is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flag Over Texas in Arlington
Bo-ring! I was picturing a tall guy in a cowboy hat. :D

[Scrooge McSam]

... and a duration of more than 3 and a half minutes, I'm sure

[Prudence]

Sooo... I'm gonna brag. Again. Because fall semester sucked so very much and spring was apparently much MUCH better. Got my comments back on my appellate brief this morning.

This is really quite an impressive appellate brief. You’ve done an extremely good job on this brief. Your treatment of the three issues is clear and persuasive. The writing is excellent. Your sentences are very well constructed; they are concise and easy to read. That is particularly impressive in light of the loosely structured tests for some of the issues. You also make excellent use of topic sentences; your rules are consistently formulated in a light favorable to your client; and you make excellent and persuasive use of favorable case language. Moreover, the brief is well-structured. The organization is clear and logical, and you’ve done a very nice job with making the assertion-headings clear and persuasive. In addition, the research and analysis are outstanding. You’ve done an outstanding job of suppporting your arguments with authority and selecting cases and language that best support your client’s theory of the case. I am especially impressed by the sophistication of your harmless error analysis. Finally, the citation is very good, and the brief contains only a few scattered surface errors. In short, as an appellate judge I would find this brief exceptionally persuasive and a pleasure to read. Once again you have produced a truly outstanding piece of work. Grade: A+

I'm going to spend the rest of the day vigorously patting myself on the back.

[Not Afraid]

Good job Pru!!!!!

And, MP. you should've learned from my recent fall while taking out the trash that trash can be a dangerous job. Heal away!

[Gemini Cricket]

A+ !! Nice. Congrats.

[scaeagles]

I am glad my 12 year old does not read the LoT when we are talking about household chores being hazardous and/or injurious.

[BarTopDancer]

I am glad my 12 year old does not read the LoT when we are talking about household chores being hazardous and/or injurious.

Isn't that why we are supposed to have children? Free labor to do hazardous work?

[blueerica]

Yes, that is exactly why I want children, anyway... ;)

Point aside, how come I'm the only one without housekeeping injuries!

I better go fall down the stairs while bringing down my trash...

[scaeagles]

Isn't that why we are supposed to have children? Free labor to do hazardous work?

Well, yeah, but my point is that I don't want her to know or even think chores are hazardous. Then the calls to child protective services start and it's nothing but trouble afterwards.

If she doesn't know she's a slave is she really a slave?

And Blueerica, there's about a ten year investment with the kids prior to them being worth anything in terms of work, and 12 before they really become an asset. And then when they turn 13 (or so I've heard) they realize they don't like the slave thing, and then it's a hassle.

[Gemini Cricket]

I think kids should start a chores union.
:D

[Not Afraid]

Whew! We seem to have got Buster to the vet in time. His kidney levels are a bit elevated but that should lower without a problem. The main thing is that I have to change his food, which means changing ALL of the cats' food. This should be a noisy couple of days.....MEOW WHERE'S MY OCEAN FISH????MEOW!

Maybe that's what Charlie is saying in WB's avatar?

[mousepod]

As an addendum to my story, I should point out that a few years ago a dropped a ceramic dish while doing the dishes. My lightning-fast reflexes enabled me to grab it before it hit the bottom of the basin but unfortunately not before it hit the divider between the two basins. A nice deep gash gave me the unique ability to examine the muscles and tendons in my hand. A quick trip to the ER got me off dishwashing detail for months.

I'm slowly but surely proving that I am unable to do household chores.

[scaeagles]

I can think of other solutions to the problem, NA.:evil:

[Gemini Cricket]

I cut my leg to the bone when I was 10. I saw how my knee works up-close. All this thanks to a Lowenbrau bottle that I broke open with my knee when I fell into a river. My knee looked like it was a mouth puking ketchup and cottage cheese all over the place.

Have a nice lunch, y'all.
:D

[scaeagles]

I have cut off four finger tips (three successfully reattached, the other wasn't found) and broken my nose seven times.

[Gemini Cricket]

...broken my nose seven times.
Did those happen while visiting blue states?
:D

So, you have one finger that's missing a piece? Cool! I had a film teacher who was missing a couple of fingers. (Bottle rocket accident.) It was kind of funky when you shook his hand. But I always thought it looked neat.

Ralphie's uncle just cut off four of his fingers. They reattached them. They're all kinda facing funky directions though. (Table saw.)

[Not Afraid]

Where did the other finger get to?


You sound more and more like a member of my farming family. I have many cousins that have had odd, dismembering injuries caused by farm equipment, guns and other thing I don't come in contact with very often. My Great Grandfaterh had both legs cut off after slipping on gravel and sliding under train wheels. He bled to death.

[Gemini Cricket]

Ooh, did they let you keep the finger piece, Leo?
That would be cool.

I also forgot to mention that Ralphie's dad had his finger cut off while camping when he was a kid. (Firewood chopping accident.) They were in the middle of nowhere so his father sewed his finger back on with fishing line. How intense is that? Yikes.

[scaeagles]

Did those happen while visiting blue states?
:D

So, you have one finger that's missing a piece? Cool!

Ralphie's uncle just cut off four of his fingers. They reattached them. They're all kinda facing funky directions though. (Table saw.)

My nose....once on the back of a girls head (no, I will not provide details), twice by my currently 12 year old daughter when she inadvertantly head butted me, twice as a basketball player, and twice in practice as a basketball coach.

I'm not missing that much of my finger. Not really noticable. It's the middle finger on my right hand. Most of the pad is gone and it required a skin graft (happened when I was 15), so in dry weather it can crack and bleed and be a pain in the butt.

Table saw? Ick.. I still remember in shop class in 7th grade the song "Shake Hands with Danger" on the safety video on he first day.

"Shake hands with danger
Buckle up and say hello
He shook hands with danger
That's why they call him three-finger Joe."

[scaeagles]

Where did the other finger get to?

Truth? It'll gross you out. I did it while working in a meat market of a grocery store while in HS. Who knows who ended up ingesting it in a bite of hamburger.

[Gemini Cricket]

"Shake hands with danger
Buckle up and say hello
He shook hands with danger
That's why they call him three-finger Joe."
I know this is bad, but my office is wondering why I am laughing so hard...
:D

[Prudence]

I'm planning on painting closets this weekend, maybe starting on a bathroom or two. Not so much potential for limb severage, but perhaps I'll manage to fall off the ladder and break something.

[mousepod]

"Shake hands with danger
Buckle up and say hello
He shook hands with danger
That's why they call him three-finger Joe."

Love it. Reminds me of my favorite Burma-Shave ad:

He lit a match
to check the tank.
That's why they call him
"Skinless Frank"
Burma Shave

[Gemini Cricket]

Dagburn.
I missed my 3000th post.
Oh well.
:D

[Not Afraid]

Damn! 3000!

[Matterhorn Fan]

If laundry counts as a household chore, add me to the injured club. I sprained both ankles when I slipped on some ice in the parking lot outside the laundrymat a few years ago.

[€uroMeinke]

My injuries have come from gardening - opened my hand up with a utility knife; and vending machines - opened my hand when my percussive maintenance penetrated the plate glass cover.

[Kevy Baby]

Two work related accidents and one "at home":

• Sliced my ring finger open with a razor blade requiring 27 internal and 27 external stitches
• Stuck my hand in a printing press which ripped open a stretch of my left hand (got the cool internal view) and broke a bone on my pinkie
• Fell while running near home and shattered the fifth metacarpal in my left hand

I appear to have something against my left hand

[wendybeth]

Sooo... I'm gonna brag. Again. Because fall semester sucked so very much and spring was apparently much MUCH better. Got my comments back on my appellate brief this morning.



I'm going to spend the rest of the day vigorously patting myself on the back.

Very cool, Prudence!!!!:snap:


And be careful painting- I once threw my butt out painting vaulted ceilings.

[Not Afraid]

And be careful painting- I once threw my butt out painting vaulted ceilings.

Did you get any results from someone passing by?:p

[wendybeth]

Nothing as exciting as that- just pulled a muscle I wasn't aware that I owned, and spent the next week snarling at Eric. (He is the tall one- he should have been painting that area).

[€uroMeinke]

he should have been painting that area

Your butt?

[scaeagles]

Sliced my ring finger open with a razor blade requiring 27 internal and 27 external stitches


That is a serious cut, dude. How long is your finger??????

[wendybeth]

Again, nothing as exciting as that.:rolleyes:


Hey, while we're talking about gross injuries....have I told ya'll about the time I was riding my bike barefoot and got my foot caught in the spokes? Sliced off the back of my foot- toes, heel, etc. I always had the weird injuries as a kid- never anything as mundane as a broken arm or leg. Then there was the rusty nail that went all the way through my foot, and the blood poisoning and the time I got attacked by bees.......

[Not Afraid]

I feel so mundane.

[BarTopDancer]

I fell off my bike and cracked my chin open. Twice.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I pushed a rear view mirror through a windshield with my face once. I believe that was about 40 stitches.

So, that was fun.

[Prudence]

I did break my arm saving my face from the steering wheel.

[Gemini Cricket]

I fell off my bike and cracked my chin open. Twice.
I did that once. My top teeth came through my chin. I was 4.

I stapled my left thumb once and sent a framing corner staple through my right thumb.

The corner of a refrigerator crushed my big toe once.

I was wrestling with a friend and he and I toppled into a hedge. The hedge had big thorns and I cut my arm up. I still have the scar from that.

My cousin bit my shoulder once and broke skin. It left a scar of his teeth there for awhile, but it faded.

[scaeagles]

I was wrestling with a friend and he and I toppled into a hedge.

Is that what they call it now?

My brother in law was in the army. Went to see an army dentist. An instrument slipped and went up through the roof of his mouth and into his sinus cavity.

[Gemini Cricket]

Is that what they call it now?
For guys like me, it can be great foreplay. ;) :D

[wendybeth]

I feel so mundane.


Good try, crazy Cat Lady. You are most decidedly not mundane. And you would probably win in the 'lets see who can get the most serious illnesses in under a year's time' category, although Leo and his sphincter might provide some competition.

[Gemini Cricket]

I saw someone on the subway today wearing ROOS. I didn't know they still made those.

[MickeyLumbo]

sure they do. i gave a pack of under roos to STC for Christmas. I'll bet he's wearing them right now!

[BarTopDancer]

I saw someone on the subway today wearing ROOS. I didn't know they still made those.

They've been back (in CA at least) for a few years now. Sadly, not as cute in adult sizes as kid sizes.

I fell out of my crib and cracked my head open (ya ya, that explains everything :p )

I tore my little toe nail off while on vacation.

[SacTown Chronic]

Crystal thought those were edible, ML. Can you send another 3-pack?

[BarTopDancer]

So I've decided I don't like lettuce in salads anymore. At least in salads I make at home. Not sure why, I just don't. So I've been making salads without lettuce. Just a ton of colorful fresh veggies. YUMMY.

[scaeagles]

Go with fresh spinach. Much better than lettuce anyday.

[Moonliner]

I fell off my bike and cracked my chin open. Twice.


I've been shot.


but I got better.....

[scaeagles]

Really Moonliner? Would love to hear about it.

[BarTopDancer]

Shot through the heartttttttt and you're to blammmmmmmmeeeeeee you give lovveeeeee a baaaaaad nameeeeeeee

[Moonliner]

Really Moonliner? Would love to hear about it.

Teens with guns...

Back in Junior High I lived in a rural area where hunting was a typical thing to do. I was at a friends farm when he tagged me with his .22 rifle (by accident I assume).

Shock. Not much pain (at first), Cold, blood pumping out with each beat, disassociation, the bullet when though my hand and lodged just below my knee. After I hit him (he was still holding the gun) he helped me back to the house and on to the hospital. Never did hang around with him after that. A couple of my fingers still turn blue if it's too cold outside...

[Freaky Tiki]

I bet you get a lot of chicks with that story

[scaeagles]

Never did hang around with him after that.

Can't imagine why. Perhaps you have issues with forgiveness?:D

[BarTopDancer]

Never did hang around with him after that.

Aww if the guy Cheney shot can let it go.... :p

[katiesue]

After I hit him (he was still holding the gun)

I liked this part of the story, you hit him then he helped you back to the house.

[scaeagles]

It's amazing how pseudo-surreal moments in your life stay with your memory forever. Even the most minute details. I have a few of those and it's just weird how I remember every part of it.

[Scrooge McSam]

Can't imagine why. Perhaps you have issues with forgiveness?:D

Either that or a commitment to self preservation.

[AllyOops!]

Sooo... I'm gonna brag. Again. Because fall semester sucked so very much and spring was apparently much MUCH better. Got my comments back on my appellate brief this morning.



I'm going to spend the rest of the day vigorously patting myself on the back.

:birdy: Congrats, Pru!!! :birdy:

I'm so proud and excited for you!! :snap: :snap: A friend like you deserves lots n' lots of pats on the back for not only that wonderful news, but for the times you've cheered me up! Especially today!! :)

I'm sendin' lots of pats from Los Angeles!

Love,
A

[Prudence]

w00t! I scored flamingoes! :D

[Kevy Baby]

That is a serious cut, dude. How long is your finger??????Believe it or not, it was across my finger, not the length of it. Granted, it was a curved cut.

And to correct myself, it was 17 stitches each, not 27. According to the doctor, I was VERY lucky: I cut the COVER of the tendon, but not the tendon itself. Never knew there was a cover to the tendon.

[Kevy Baby]

And be careful painting- I once threw my butt out painting vaulted ceilings.That's what you get for trying to do the Hokey Pokey while painting

[MickeyLumbo]

Two work related accidents and one "at home":

• Sliced my ring finger open with a razor blade requiring 27 internal and 27 external stitches
• Stuck my hand in a printing press which ripped open a stretch of my left hand (got the cool internal view) and broke a bone on my pinkie
• Fell while running near home and shattered the fifth metacarpal in my left hand

I appear to have something against my left hand

omg, KB! i totally missed this post. damn, dude, sorry to hear about this.

if there is anything i can do to be of help, just let me know.

(hope you don't masturbate left handed);)

[Kevy Baby]

omg, KB! i totally missed this post. damn, dude, sorry to hear about this.

if there is anything i can do to be of help, just let me know.
The razor blade incident was about 25 years ago, the printing press was 22 years ago and the shattered bone was abot 2-1/2 years ago. I'm okay (well, physically) at this point.

(hope you don't masturbate left handed);) Right handed. But holding the magazine was a PITA.

[Gemini Cricket]

I have 'Looking for the Perfect Beat' in my head. I blame a breakdancing earthworm in a Bank of America commercial for that. (And LL Cool J and JLo who feature the clip in their new song...)

On a side note, when I say 'B of A' here in Boston, people have no ideal what I'm talking about...

[CoasterMatt]

On a side note, when I say 'B of A' here in Boston, people have no ideal what I'm talking about...
I wish I could be so lucky...

[scaeagles]

I have 12 surgical scars on my abdomen.

[Ponine]

I have 12 surgical scars on my abdomen.
With everything you've been through, I'm impressed its that low a number.

Injured doing a household chore....

I've had the palm of my hand opened wide by a cat.. still have the scar. Should have had ten stitches, but I waited too long to go in. Vaccuming was the chore.

Carrying my child, missed a step, fell, sprained both ankles. (On the way to MA)

Tried to cut off the end of my thumb with a tomato slicer at work as a teenager.
Cut the same thumb tip almost off with a large paper cutter year later. 8 stitches.

Stuck my hand in a fryer at Bob's Big Boy, going in after a tortilla shell. And fell in the prep kitchen on a spill, ripped my forearm across the plastic wrap cutter.

Hmmm.. used Sea breeze on my face as a teenager to discover it was polish remover.

I think thats all I have done in the HOME, or that counted as a chore. :)

[BarTopDancer]

I have to write a paper and I don't understand what they want. /sigh

[BarTopDancer]

This is a public service announcement.

Going to Trader Joes while hungry may result in a larger than planned bill.

The More You Know.

[Not Afraid]

ICED COCONUT MOCHA ON A HOT DAY = YUM.

[CoasterMatt]

Black Jack Cola and cold pizza for breakfast... YUMZ!!!

[AllyOops!]

w00t! I scored flamingoes! :D

Of course! :D I feel they are the little-used, under-appreciated, salute-to-Miami Vice emoticons. And of course, it's because they're pink. :)

Are we sharing injuries? Hmm..my brother (Smee!) once broke my collar bone, clean in half. We were playing around at my late best friend's apartment, and he was going to try to flip me like my late Grandpa used to do when I was a little girl (key phrase: little girl). I bent over, he pulled my wrists through my legs and flipped me right on top of my head, knocking me unconscious. I was fortunate I didn't snap my neck! Instead, I snapped my clavicle/collarbone, and when I came to, I was totally dizzy and couldn't move. :(

Cut to the ambulance. WHOO-OO-WHOO-OO ( <--dramatic siren sounds for effect).

One half of my collarbone was poking upward, almost piercing through my skin. I spent that lovely summer in a brace.

About 3 to 4 months later, I woke up with a pear-sized lump in my neck. I was already scheduled to have my collarbone X-Rayed, and when I went to see the Doctor, He immediately had me admitted to the hospital. I stayed in the hospital for a week, having numerous tests, completley freaked. As it turned out, while my collarbone was healing, it severed a branch off of my subclavian artery, causing internal bleeding and resulting in that lovely pear-shaped blod clot.

Today, I have a crooked left clavicle, a war wound if you will, and an enjoyable story to share at cocktail parties. Thank you, Smee. :rolleyes: ;)

[Kevy Baby]

Why is it that over the last year or so I have been forgetting to zip up my zipper? It's not like I've got something to show off.

I think old age is setting in at an early age.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Prudence--Congrats on your grade and on the flamingoes! I think you also deserve some gnomes: :gnome: :gnome: