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Wed, Dec 9, 1998 (20:57) |
Wolf (wolf)
ok, in layman's terms, it's a couch. sit back and relax. kick your feet up whilst those poetic thoughts come together in your mind. oh, and the crayons are for doodling. yes, you can write on the furniture. go ahead.
257 responses total.
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Response 1 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Dec 9, 1998 (21:01) * 1 lines
i'm the first one on the couch!! hahahahahaha....
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Response 2 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Dec 9, 1998 (21:04) * 2 lines
be that as it may,
I'm the first one on it naked!!!
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Response 3 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Dec 9, 1998 (21:07) * 1 lines
oh wer! you shoulda waited for me to put the plastic on it!
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Response 4 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Dec 9, 1998 (21:13) * 2 lines
especially since I hope that it is
a crayon that I feel beneath me...
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Response 5 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Dec 9, 1998 (21:23) * 1 lines
it has to be, i'm no where's near you. me or any of my doglike appendages (i.e. tail)
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Response 6 of 257: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Wed, Dec 9, 1998 (21:52) * 1 lines
Ugh! Slipcovers??
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Response 7 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Thu, Dec 10, 1998 (02:34) * 1 lines
Instead what would you rather have?
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Response 8 of 257: Leplep le Plep (jgross) * Thu, Dec 10, 1998 (07:30) * 13 lines
just slips
or what're they called?
oh yeah.....negligees
or body veils
or ya know how it is when a movie is being
projected on your body veil and the scenes of
the movie go through the veil and make contact
with yer skin?
ya know, huh, ya know?
well, the whole story of the movie enters into you
and but don't depend on it, don't use it, don't count on it
okay? huh? okay?
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Response 9 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Dec 10, 1998 (08:59) * 1 lines
alright, no slip covers, just a heavy application of stain preventer (the name of the stuff slips my mind-hehe)
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Response 10 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Dec 10, 1998 (10:24) * 1 lines
Scotchguard, perhaps?
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Response 11 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Dec 10, 1998 (10:29) * 1 lines
yes! thank you much.
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Response 12 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Thu, Dec 10, 1998 (13:41) * 1 lines
Sometimes stains tell stories. They sort of chronicle the history of a piece.
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Response 13 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Dec 10, 1998 (18:01) * 1 lines
i don't know that i want to be associated with any stains in this place. anyway, we need to keep from spreading communicable diseases anyway!
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Response 14 of 257: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Dec 10, 1998 (19:11) * 2 lines
I like the idea of negligees all around
or maybe a teddy (correct spelling for the intended meaning?)
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Response 15 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Dec 11, 1998 (00:14) * 1 lines
lacy+body hair=not good
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Response 16 of 257: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Dec 11, 1998 (10:31) * 1 lines
is it leather that goes better with body hair?
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Response 17 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Dec 11, 1998 (10:34) * 1 lines
yessum...
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Response 18 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Dec 11, 1998 (10:37) * 2 lines
then again, silk does as well,
but silk goes with everything!
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Response 19 of 257: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Dec 11, 1998 (10:51) * 1 lines
raw or that extra shiny stuf?
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Response 20 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Dec 11, 1998 (10:53) * 1 lines
raw is good...
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Response 21 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Dec 11, 1998 (11:36) * 1 lines
yeah, raw is good (imagine that coming from a wolf *grin*)
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Response 22 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Fri, Dec 11, 1998 (12:36) * 1 lines
Very appropriate.
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Response 23 of 257: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sat, Dec 12, 1998 (20:59) * 1 lines
OK, so we're on the raw silk. Now what?
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Response 24 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Sun, Dec 13, 1998 (01:01) * 1 lines
Now, we get comfortable.
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Response 25 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Sun, Dec 13, 1998 (01:02) * 1 lines
And read some poetry.
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Response 26 of 257: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Sun, Dec 13, 1998 (13:33) * 45 lines
(hope y'all don't mind ee christening y'all's couch)
(and this is legitimately a couch-time poem)
may i feel said he
(i'll squeal said she
just once said he)
it's fun said she
(may i touch said he
how much said she
a lot said he)
why not said she
(let's go said he
not too far said she
what's too far said he
where you are said she)
may i stay said he
(which way said she
like this said he
if you kiss said she
may i move said he
is it love said she)
if you're willing said he
(but you're killing said she
but it's life said he
but your wife said she
now said he)
ow said she
(tiptop said he
don't stop said she
oh no said he)
go slow said she
(cccome?said he
ummm said she)
you're divine!said he
(you are Mine said she)
- e. e. cummings
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Response 27 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Dec 13, 1998 (14:39) * 1 lines
whoa baby!
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Response 28 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Dec 14, 1998 (01:05) * 1 lines
definately apropriate for our couches...
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Response 29 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Mon, Dec 14, 1998 (12:34) * 1 lines
Good choice!!
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Response 30 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (00:39) * 1 lines
um, Madame Host, when can the debauchery begin?
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Response 31 of 257: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (06:19) * 4 lines
maybe you should consider an extra
coat of scotchguard
(or two)
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Response 32 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (09:47) * 1 lines
consider it done!
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Response 33 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (13:02) * 1 lines
The way things were going, I was thinking something more like a plastic sheet.
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Response 34 of 257: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (18:49) * 1 lines
but that wouldn't be as comfy
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Response 35 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (19:23) * 1 lines
besides, we can all chip in for the drycleaning!
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Response 36 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (19:42) * 1 lines
that's what I'm talkin'bout!
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Response 37 of 257: Leplep le Plep (jgross) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (21:45) * 9 lines
a teensie little toe be runnin' up my thigh
if it goes any higher, I might cry...
...cry out that it has now begun
and you can look where you might
for your part of any of the fun
it'll touch you where you least expected it
though nobody's really perfected it
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Response 38 of 257: Leplep le Plep (jgross) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (21:52) * 4 lines
I think I got a gander from the holy ghost
I never felt so much in a single post
worries are fleeing and the laugh is sweet
you're off your rocker and I'm off my feet
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Response 39 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (23:17) * 20 lines
from up above
and atop this cloud
of those on this couch
I am the most proud
my friends, my foes,
my lifelong desires,
pass 'round the marshmallows
and light the fires
tell a good joke,
scribble some verse
of all the bad things
our silence is worse
respond as you like,
as you will, as you might
for while I go wander
to you all a grand night!
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Response 40 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Wed, Dec 16, 1998 (16:19) * 1 lines
That is the best "good night", I've ever heard.
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Response 41 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Dec 16, 1998 (19:25) * 1 lines
so, what's for breakfast, Big Boy?
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Response 42 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Thu, Dec 17, 1998 (14:03) * 2 lines
I've always been partial to a 20oz T-Bone steak, a half dozen eggs over easy,
and three large pancakes.
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Response 43 of 257: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Dec 17, 1998 (15:23) * 1 lines
sounds like it's time for an oil change... the viscosity is bound to kill ya!
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Response 44 of 257: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Thu, Dec 17, 1998 (20:48) * 2 lines
It probably would, if I still ate like that. I'm partial to eating like that,
but I'm also partial to staying alive, so I seldom do anymore.
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Response 45 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 1, 1999 (16:47) * 1 lines
anyone mind if I stretch out and take a nap?
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Response 46 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Apr 1, 1999 (18:53) * 1 lines
i certainly don't! take as long as you need, since it's been so quiet!
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Response 47 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 1, 1999 (21:34) * 1 lines
nudge me if I start snoring too loud
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Response 48 of 257: TerryG. i t (SusanA) * Fri, Apr 2, 1999 (17:39) * 1 lines
Hi, I think I'm in the wrong place. Sorry
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Response 49 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Apr 2, 1999 (19:29) * 1 lines
no, stay!
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Response 50 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Apr 3, 1999 (01:55) * 2 lines
oh, puh-lease come back!
we can behave...really, we can!
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Response 51 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (08:12) * 5 lines
A Boston Poet named Kort
Lounged upon the Davenport
Upon a Thyme
He transmitted a Rhyme
Which arrived in Austin with a wicked Snort
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Response 52 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (08:55) * 1 lines
hey, i think he's got it!!
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Response 53 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (14:41) * 1 lines
it's possible...
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Response 54 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (17:35) * 1 lines
Can I use here to get proper formating?
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Response 55 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (17:36) * 3 lines
Ooh. It works.
There. I closed it. :)
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Response 56 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (17:40) * 3 lines
It's interesting to note that unbalanced HTML formatting tags stay in effect across posts. I used the <PRE> tag in 54 and closed it in 55. I imagine that would also apply to font and color changes, too.
Dunno if that's a bug or a feature. :)
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Response 57 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (18:37) * 1 lines
depends on your intent...
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Response 58 of 257: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (19:22) * 2 lines
It's both, I guess. We do have the ability to allow or disallow
particular tags.
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Response 59 of 257: Dawnis (dawnis) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (19:27) * 1 lines
Tags? Did someone find my tags? Bless you now maybe I can rememer who I am.
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Response 60 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (23:00) * 1 lines
I have just discovered the man of many talents is also a poet. I should have known all along!
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Response 61 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (23:02) * 1 lines
But, I did not know that he snores till just now...
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Response 62 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (00:40) * 1 lines
depends on how tired I am...
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Response 63 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (00:43) * 1 lines
*ooch* *ooch* is there room on this thing for me, too?
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Response 64 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (03:50) * 1 lines
sure!
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Response 65 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Mon, Jul 19, 1999 (03:42) * 1 lines
squasy moto....make room fer me too!
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Response 66 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Mon, Jul 19, 1999 (11:15) * 1 lines
Moulton scootches over to make room.
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Response 67 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Jul 19, 1999 (19:29) * 1 lines
don't mind my tail....
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Response 68 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 19, 1999 (21:29) * 1 lines
...'tis a good thing I am skinny...I think I am next onto the floor...wer? catch me if one more gets on, please!
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Response 69 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (03:41) * 5 lines
Dawnis gives Moulton a big hug!
Let's all dance!
You put your left foot in
come on join in!
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Response 70 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (14:06) * 1 lines
you put your left foot out....
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Response 71 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (14:45) * 1 lines
It's Hokey Pokey time....!
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Response 72 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (17:03) * 1 lines
it's about time we finished breaking in your lounge, Wolf!!!
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Response 73 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (17:04) * 1 lines
(I wonder if any of them will make it to the screwed bidet...)
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Response 74 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (17:08) * 1 lines
Bailing out right now!!!
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Response 75 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (17:32) * 2 lines
Come join me, come join me,
Come join me, in my dance!
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Response 76 of 257: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (17:54) * 6 lines
well Barry... now that you've let your hair down...
and my my my what LONG hair it is!
no, stop it everyone.
\Shirts stay ONE in the poetry corner (right Wolfie?)
If you wanna take the clothes off go over to screwed... follow Marcia!
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Response 77 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (18:22) * 1 lines
Marcia is going out rock hounding with hiking boots plus all sorts of unglamourous clothing on, but it will be interesting and you will learn something and with a little luck find something interesting to bring back. Too much indoor inactivity is getting to me. Anyone care to join? Hawaii has opals! Peridot-sand beaches...!
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Response 78 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (18:26) * 3 lines
but if you have to dance in screwed (naked or not),
try and do so on Laughing Sky's Cloud, as it helps
keep the dust off between her visits...
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Response 79 of 257: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (18:30) * 2 lines
I wanna go with Marcia!
(understand about the activity bit... I had to sneek in a lunch time hike today!)
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Response 80 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (18:35) * 1 lines
Oh good!!! I'll bring the fruit to snack on while we hike and some other tasty things too. Fun hike today!!!
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Response 81 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (21:09) * 1 lines
wait for me, i gotta get out!
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Response 82 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 20, 1999 (21:20) * 1 lines
Circling back for Wolfie! Any other takers? If not today - I do this a lot, so name your day and hike: volcano caldera? Jungle waterfalls? Remote beaches? Ancient Hawaiian sites? Snow skiing?
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Response 83 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (01:29) * 1 lines
I just got a full body massage...think I'll curl up here. (Contented grin on her face)
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Response 84 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (08:53) * 1 lines
I'll have a Medium Massage, Over Easy. Hold the Eggplant.
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Response 85 of 257: N Williams (moonbeam) * Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (13:35) * 1 lines
* sitting quietly on a chair, munching an eggplant sandwich *
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Response 86 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (20:59) * 4 lines
Harrumpty Dumpty sat on a chair
Harrumpty Dumpty munched on a pear
All the Springs's courses and all the Spring's ken
Couldn't feed Harrumpty Dumpty an Eggplant again
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Response 87 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (21:39) * 1 lines
who brought the chairs in?
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Response 88 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (22:33) * 1 lines
The Chairman of the Bored?
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Response 89 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (22:37) * 1 lines
Do we have to bring our own sandwiches or is this room catered? (Good one, Barry!)
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Response 90 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (22:48) * 1 lines
I hear there is a surfeit of eggplant sandwiches.
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Response 91 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (23:14) * 1 lines
I was hoping to avoid them - though I have never even seen one on offer...Are they good? (Then why is there a surfeit?!) *lol*
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Response 92 of 257: N Williams (moonbeam) * Thu, Jul 22, 1999 (01:43) * 1 lines
* taking her chair and leaving quietly *
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Response 93 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Jul 22, 1999 (04:30) * 1 lines
Uh oh.
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Response 94 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Thu, Jul 22, 1999 (12:09) * 37 lines
(((((((Moonbeam))))))))))) Dang it, I went out and bought a couple of chairs, color coordinated with yours, so people could sit off in the corner and chat quietly. The mason's are on their way to add a fireplace......Plllllleeeeeeasse come back?
Yeh once an egg plant plants its little pear shaped body in your life, there is always a surfeit...they are like rabbits they just keep multiplying. (giggle)
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Response 95 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Jul 22, 1999 (21:47) * 3 lines
well, thanks for planting some chairs and eggplants in here...
nan, come back!!
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Response 96 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jul 22, 1999 (22:02) * 1 lines
Please come back!!! We Neeeeeeeeeeeeed you!
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Response 97 of 257: Nan (moonbeam) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (00:06) * 3 lines
OK, but only if I can sit on one end of the couch and have an extra pillow. ;)
I'm sorry to be such a big baby this week. It's the shits here in Real Life. Good thing I like eggplant sandwiches...
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Response 98 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (00:42) * 1 lines
Other that flouring and saute'ing them, what do you add to your eggplant sandwiches? Most curious! (here...allow me to fluff your extra pillows)
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Response 99 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (00:51) * 1 lines
Here is a footstool too. (Dawnis grins) I guess you didn't read my silly eggplant poem Marcia. We just kinda took off with it....I guess you could put anything you wanted to on it. (chuckle) Here, I have some bubble gum wanna try that?
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Response 100 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (01:32) * 1 lines
Ok - but lets have some fresh mango first...just located some early ripened ones. Then the bubble gum...(hunting back through files for eggplant poem for inspiration..)
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Response 101 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (02:00) * 1 lines
Mmmm Mango too! Yum!
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Response 102 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (02:03) * 1 lines
Opps! I Guess the egplant poem is in the poetry section. (Blush)
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Response 103 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (02:34) * 1 lines
No wonder I did not find it...tomorrow I shall get out net and camera and do some Snark Hunting...
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Response 104 of 257: N Williams (moonbeam) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (12:38) * 3 lines
Yum, lunch!!
* fresh tomato-and-parmesan sauce drips from the eggplant sandwiches *
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Response 105 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (18:00) * 1 lines
You mind if I lay at your feet?
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Response 106 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (18:17) * 1 lines
(...sounds delicious, but I think they'd like to be alone...*sneaking out in search of an eggplant parmesan and tomato sandwich*)
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Response 107 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (19:12) * 40 lines
Today this stranger is my friend.
Had I not taken the time to say hello,
or return a smile,
or shake a hand,
or listen,
I would not have known this person.
Yesterday would have turned into today
and our chance meeting would be gone.
Yesterday I hugged someone very dear to me.
Today they are gone...
and tomorrow will not bring them back.
Wouldn't it be nice
if we all knew tomorrow would be here?
But this is not to be, so take the time TODAY
to give a hug,
a smile,
an "I love you."
JUST FOR TODAY,
...smile at a stranger
...listen to someone's heart
...drop a coin where a child can find it
...learn something new, then teach it to someone
...tell someone you're thinking of them
...hug a loved one
...don't hold a grudge
...don't be afraid to say "I'm sorry"
...look a child in the eye and tell
them how great they are
...look beyond the face of a person
into their heart
...make a promise, and keep it
...call someone, for no other reason
than to just say "hi"
...show kindness to an animal
...stand up for what you believe in
...smell the rain, feel the breeze,
listen to the wind
...use all your senses to their fullest
...cherish all your TODAY'S
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Response 108 of 257: Nan (moonbeam) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (19:21) * 5 lines
thanks, debra, for that lovely reminder of how to find ABUNDANCE.
(((((dawnis)))))
today is ALL we've got. and it's more than enough. ;)
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Response 109 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (19:29) * 1 lines
so true!
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Response 110 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (20:03) * 1 lines
The funeral was today Moonbeam. The only beauty in the whole thing was hearing everyone talk about how Arron had touched their lives with his generosity and big heart. Now he is gone...but the gift of himself, which he gave to everyone he met, will last forever. I had known him for years and was deeply moved to see the huge turnout and to see that he had done so much for so many.
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Response 111 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (22:08) * 23 lines
OK! Time to lighten up again!
information has come to light about the tragic sinking of the Titanic.
Not many people know that Hellman's Mayonaise was manufactured in England
at the time of the Titanic's sailing.
The mayonaise (considered at new exotic condiment at the time) was being
shipped to Vera Cruz Mexico, which was to be the next port of Call for
the Titanic after docking in New York.
Well, when the Mexican people found out that the Titanic had gone
down....and her exotic condiment cargo with her, there was great
mourning. So much sorrow in fact...that they still remember that fateful
day in Mexico. .....
(wait for it......)
............
..................
.........................
Sinko de Mayo.
___________________________________
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Response 112 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 23, 1999 (22:25) * 2 lines
*GROAN.....*
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Response 113 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Sat, Jul 24, 1999 (02:37) * 72 lines
Marcia
The eggplant poem
On Awakening By Debra Tenney
Hot Java
early morning crisis
caught between sunny side up,
and scrambled egg imperatives.
Yesterday's burnt toast dressed
in lumpy oatmeal
has found its way into
a trash can, over-full with
coupon madness,
milk cartons,
unpaid bills
and Tuesday's moldy
eggplant on a suicide mission.
The tube chants
Regis and Cathy Lee mantras,
garbage disposal humor
grinding its way
through the early morning chill.
Pop Tart commercials and Barry Manalow
render their greatest hits,
assaulting the mind like
a Waring Blender set on puree.
As from the trash
Tuesday's egg plant,
finds new meaning to life,
slithering to the floor
as if to change its ways.
In the laundry room,
the washing machine
kick boxes it1s way past
boxes of classic Tee shirts,
posters espousing 19701s rhetoric,
and Tuesday's egg plant
spills out its soul
on the kitchen floor
with soap opera abandon.
In flip flops and oversized
sweatshirt
cracking eggs
onto a cast iron skillet...
I flip the eggplant
back into the trash,
flip the last egg,
and flip off the tube...
shooting a raspberry
at the harmonic duo
as they pixelate
back to Never-Never Land
delivering morning's manna
to a bleary eyed brood.
With eggplant resolve,
pour myself
another cup of hot Java
midmorning mania
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Response 114 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Sat, Jul 24, 1999 (09:38) * 1 lines
Now if we can just get Terry to do a round of "I am the Eggplant, I am the Walrus, cu-cu-ca-chooo..."
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Response 115 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Sat, Jul 24, 1999 (13:32) * 1 lines
Waiting with bated breath.....Terry?
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Response 116 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Jul 24, 1999 (13:40) * 1 lines
You go back that far, do you? I thought, in interest of Terry's elevated status in the Cyberworld, he would rather forget it all ever happened. However, I am sure there are those around who would be delighted to remind him. (I have selective amnesia and have removed myself from the project.)
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Response 117 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Sat, Jul 24, 1999 (14:20) * 1 lines
Selective amnesia is a useful tool, unless you forget you intended to forget something. (giggle)
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Response 118 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Sun, Jul 25, 1999 (08:08) * 6 lines
There is cultural amnesia, too. The Official Name for it is Agosimnesia. It means the culture has forgotten some long lost cultural knowledge.
The opposite of Agnosimnesia, of course, is Gnosimnesia -- recovering or rediscovering long lost cultural knowledge. The method I use to get to a state of Gnosimnesia is called The Method of Mimnetic Mirroring. It's basically a meditative and research technique to reach back into the cultural mists to decode old stories, songs and myths, and to decipher their long lost meanings. It's another application of Semiotics, using Wild Mind Associations, also known as Nostalgic Free Association or (in literary
circles) Poetry.
The Crone Clones are rilly rilly good at the Method of Mimnetic Mirroring. Some good Gnosimnesia there!
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Response 119 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Sun, Jul 25, 1999 (16:59) * 23 lines
This was just too rich not to share it here...get your giggle boxes out.....
Computer Joke:
A language instructor was explaining to her class that French nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as
masculine or feminine. Things like 'chalk' or 'pencil,' she described, would have a gender association although in English these words were
neutral.
Puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a computer?" The teacher wasn't certain which it was, and so divided the
class into two groups and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. One group was comprised of the women in the class, and the other, of men. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation.
The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to in the masculine gender because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they ARE the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.
The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to in the feminine gender because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrival.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
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Response 120 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Jul 25, 1999 (18:32) * 1 lines
LOL!!!!!
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Response 121 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Jul 25, 1999 (19:23) * 1 lines
That computer story is great...it would fit right in on the Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus topic! *lol* Thanks for sharing.
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Response 122 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Sun, Jul 25, 1999 (21:41) * 1 lines
Computers are critters with Silicon Beast Implants.
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Response 123 of 257: N Williams (moonbeam) * Sun, Jul 25, 1999 (23:57) * 1 lines
* GROAN!! *
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Response 124 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Mon, Jul 26, 1999 (08:46) * 1 lines
Ah. I feel better already. :)
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Response 125 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Mon, Jul 26, 1999 (14:27) * 57 lines
OK guys please grin and bear with us ladies with this next joke. (Dawnis grins wickedly)
*** Why Women Are Superior****
We got off the Titanic first.
We can scare male bosses with mysterious gynecological disorder excuses.
When we buy a vibrator it is glamorous. When men buy a blow up doll it's pathetic.
Men's clothes make women look elfin and gorgeous. Men look like complete idiots in women's clothes.
We can be groupies. Male 'groupies' are stalkers.
We've never lusted after a cartoon character or the central figure in a computer game.
Taxis stop for us.
Men die earlier, so we get to cash in on the life insurance.
We don't look like a frog in a blender when dancing.
We know the Truth about whether or not size matters.
If we're not making enough money we can blame it on the glass ceiling.
It's possible to live our whole lives without ever taking a group shower.
No fashion faux pas we make could ever rival the male's Speedo.
We don't have to fart to amuse ourselves.
We never have to wonder if his orgasm was real.
If we forget to shave, no one has to know.
We can congratulate our teammate without ever grabbing her ass.
If we have a zit, we know how to conceal it.
We never have to reach down every so often to make sure our privates are still there.
We don't have to memorize Caddyshack or Fletch to fit in.
We have the ability to dress ourselves.
Our friends won't think we're weird if we ask whether there's spinach in our teeth.
We know that there are times when chocolate really can solve all of your problems.
Gay waiters don't make us uncomfortable.
We'll never regret piercing our ears.
We can fully assess a person just by looking at their shoes.
We can talk to people of the opposite sex without having to picture them naked.
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Response 126 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Jul 26, 1999 (21:35) * 1 lines
sing it sister! *grin*
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Response 127 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (05:12) * 1 lines
I don't regret piercing my ears...
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Response 128 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (12:28) * 1 lines
OK gender clarification (giggle) Who and what is the KitchenManager? The bio area is missing from this format.
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Response 129 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (15:48) * 3 lines
predominately male...ask around for more
specifics on the who and what...you'll
probably get better answers...
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Response 130 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (15:58) * 1 lines
yes, I'd agree you are predominately male...*smile*
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Response 131 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (17:59) * 1 lines
Nope that was enough information. A male kitchenmanager eh? Does that apply to real life too? I could use one of those (chuckle)
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Response 132 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (18:13) * 1 lines
that has been my occupation for the several years now, yes...
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Response 133 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (21:21) * 3 lines
you'll also see a pic of him in the spring gallery, if you can stomach it *grin*
wer: *hugs*
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Response 134 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (21:40) * 1 lines
so that is how it is, huh?
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Response 135 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 28, 1999 (00:36) * 1 lines
Somehow I found something of great value in there.
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Response 136 of 257: Nan Williams (moonbeam) * Wed, Jul 28, 1999 (02:21) * 1 lines
All kinds of treasures fall down into a chaise ... but I couldn't find the photo album no matter how much I poked around. A clue, please? ;)
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Response 137 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Wed, Jul 28, 1999 (10:12) * 3 lines
Welcome to The Paper Chaise.
Did you know the original (and technically correct) name is Chaise Longue? Yep. Long Chair. No one knows who decided to Americanize it into Chaise Lounge. Prolly cuz it wasn't a "decision" but a misreading. Or maybe some manufacturer of lawn furniture did make a conscious decision. Mebbe it was Paddy O'Furniture.
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Response 138 of 257: N Williams (moonbeam) * Wed, Jul 28, 1999 (14:27) * 1 lines
Heh. I was just thinking of the origins of chaise LONGUE last night -- aye, verily! We must be cohabiting the same brain again.
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Response 139 of 257: Debra (dawnis) * Thu, Jul 29, 1999 (03:36) * 1 lines
i made it back my computer did it's thing AGAIN!!!!! Grrr.
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Response 140 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Jul 29, 1999 (11:14) * 3 lines
One of the things I learned from computers was that their temperamental idiosyncracies were subject to the laws of nature, the laws of logic, some of which I evidently didn't fully understand. Their behavior was clearly a function of the complement of software I had installed on them, for better or for worse, but their malfunctions were not undertaken to spite me. Rather they had the effect of educating me. Slowly. Very slowly.
Discovering patterns and making sense of them is slow and arduous. Just ask Copernicus.
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Response 141 of 257: Nanalita (moonbeam) * Thu, Jul 29, 1999 (12:22) * 6 lines
I don't wanna think about Copernicus...
it's too damn hot.
I just wanna lie on the chaise here
and snooze...
Got iced tea?
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Response 142 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Jul 29, 1999 (13:37) * 57 lines
Moonbeam: Here is a pitcher with lemon and mint...and a sweet little cloud to mist you and blow a gentle breeze..........Feeling better?
Moulton: Yes I am learning s....l......o......w......l.......y about my computer.
Sometimes I think as soon as I get the moeny I will replace it and then I realize... that I will have to s.......l......o.....w.....l.....y learn all about it and it's special needs, but that I will have to start a square one again.
I still get frustrated when I have to try and figure out why it won't stay up with the new OS. I really thought it would make my life easier once it was in...and the bells it has does do that...only it won't stay up. I have left only the basics of my old OS on, like Apple told me to do...and I am missing something somewhere.
New Joke: This one reminds me of how my computer makes me feel. (grin)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR GIVING YOUR CAT A PILL
1) Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if
holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.
2) Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.
3) Retrieve cat from bedroom and throw away soggy pill.
4) Take new pill from foil wrap. Cradle cat in left arm, holding rear =
paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of 10.
5) Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call
spouse from garden.
6) Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees,hold front and
rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly
with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.
7) Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap.
Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered Doulton figures from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.
8) Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just
visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force
mouth open with pencil, and blow down drinking straw.
9) Check label to make sure pill is not harmful to humans, drink glass
of water to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove
blood from carpet with cold water and soap.
10) Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Place cat in
cupboard and close door onto neck, leaving its head showing. Force
mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with plastic band.
11) Fetch screwdriver from garage and put door back on hinges. Apply
cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus jab. Throw T-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.
12) Ring fire brigade to retrieve cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil-wrap.
13) Tie cat's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind
tightly to leg of dining table. Find heavy-duty pruning gloves from shed, and force cat's mouth open with small spanner. Push pill into mouth, followed by large piece of fillet steak. Hold head vertically and pour pint of water down throat to wash pill down.
14) Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room. Sit quietly while
doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.
15) Arrange for SPCA to collect cat, and ring local pet shop to see if
it has any hamsters.
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Response 143 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Jul 29, 1999 (15:03) * 1 lines
I dunno about cats, but for dogs, hiding the pill inside a dollop of peanut butter and letting the dog lick the peanut butter off your fingers works beautifully.
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Response 144 of 257: Nan (moonbeam) * Thu, Jul 29, 1999 (16:53) * 7 lines
*LOL* about pilling a cat!!
Note to Barry: Cats are not the same as dogs. Dogs come when you call them. Cats take a message and may or may not get back to you...
* sipping Debra's tea, gratefully *
Oh yes, and now that this oppressive heat is fading from my senses, I'm reminded that I've long meant to say thanks to Wolf (I'm guessing) for providing this beautiful cool mint green background for Poetry and chasing loungers. Blessings!
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Response 145 of 257: somepun silly... (moonbeam) * Thu, Jul 29, 1999 (17:16) * 10 lines
The Taco Bell Chihuahua, a Doberman and a Bulldog are in a doggie-bar
having a drink when a Collie bitch comes in and says, "Whoever can
use liver and cheese in a sentence can have me."
The Doberman says, "I love liver and cheese." The Collie says, "Not
good enough."
The Bulldog says, "I hate liver and cheese." She says, "Not creative."
The Chihuahua says, "Liver alone......cheese mine."
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Response 146 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Fri, Jul 30, 1999 (08:54) * 1 lines
Ah. Chaise Lounge. Sweet Land of Liver Tea. What a friend we have in Cheeses.
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Response 147 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Fri, Jul 30, 1999 (12:06) * 2 lines
Cheese you would think he liked Chiasing liverating concepts..
de-liver me from mine crazy friends.
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Response 148 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Fri, Jul 30, 1999 (12:38) * 1 lines
Recipe for Chopped Liver. Sorry, no deliveries.
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Response 149 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Fri, Jul 30, 1999 (14:11) * 2 lines
Grandma says liver hand crank grinder alone. Opps! I put the egg shells in with the meat. Now what?
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Response 150 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Fri, Jul 30, 1999 (22:12) * 1 lines
The calcium is good for you. Just label it "Fortified."
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Response 151 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Feb 7, 2036 (02:30) * 18 lines
For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep and
too much pressure from my job, but now I found out the real
reason: I'm tired because I'm overworked.
The population of this country is 237 million. 104 million are retired.
That leaves 133 million to do the work. There are 85 million in school,
which leaves 48 million to do the work. Of this there are 29 million
employed by the federal government, leaving 19 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 16.2 million to do the
work.
Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and City
Governments and that leaves 1.4 million to do the work. At any given
time there are 188,000 people in hospitals, leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.
Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons. That leaves just two people to do the work. You and me.
And you're sitting at your computer reading jokes!
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Response 152 of 257: N Williams (moonbeam) * Thu, Feb 7, 2036 (04:58) * 3 lines
Not anymore! ;)
* off to play at an arts festival *
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Response 153 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Sat, Jul 31, 1999 (21:00) * 1 lines
To hell with work. I'm gonna invent plork.
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Response 154 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Aug 1, 1999 (00:04) * 2 lines
but please don't do it on the furniture...it might stain!
(even with the pre-treatment...)
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Response 155 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Sun, Aug 1, 1999 (00:54) * 1 lines
If you figure out how to invent plork...let me know...I wanna write and take walks in the mountains and play with my daughter and grow things and read and play my guitar and sing...and play at the radio station and paint pictures and talk with friends and have lots of mirth and.....well you get the picture.
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Response 156 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Sun, Aug 1, 1999 (11:59) * 1 lines
Just do it. Damn everything but the circus. Let's plork.
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Response 157 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Sun, Aug 1, 1999 (13:27) * 5 lines
Only in America...do we use the word "politics" to describe the process so
well: "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking
creatures"...
Sorry, I just had to share this.
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Response 158 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Sun, Aug 1, 1999 (15:43) * 1 lines
The biggest single cause of criminal behavior is legislation.
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Response 159 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Sun, Aug 1, 1999 (16:46) * 1 lines
No doubt.
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Response 160 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Aug 2, 1999 (01:53) * 2 lines
the biggest single definer of behavior called criminal is legislation,
true...
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Response 161 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Aug 2, 1999 (02:00) * 1 lines
Even truer!
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Response 162 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Mon, Aug 2, 1999 (05:51) * 1 lines
There are now enough laws on the books that almost anyone can be put away for some infraction. Whoever wields power will be scrutinized. Linda Tripp is indicted for taping her phone calls, and Master Li is wanted on charges of spreading superstitious beliefs.
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Response 163 of 257: songs in my head... (moonbeam) * Mon, Aug 2, 1999 (20:06) * 42 lines
I Shall Be Released
They say everything can be replaced
But, every distance is not near
So, I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shinin'
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
They say every man must need protection
They say that every man must fall
Yet, I swear I see my reflection
Someplace so high above this wall
I see my light come shinin'
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
Down here next to me in this lonely crowd
Stands a man who swears he's not to blame
All day long I hear him cry so loud
Calling out that he's been framed
I see my light come shinin'
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released...
Copyright 1971, Bob Dylan
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Response 164 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Mon, Aug 9, 1999 (12:28) * 62 lines
Words of Wisdom
Schizophrenia beats being alone.
If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.
You have the capacity to learn from your mistakes.
You will learn a lot today.
A thing not worth doing isn't worth doing well.
HECK IS WHERE PEOPLE GO WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN GOSH
Hard work never killed anyone, but why chance it?
All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.
I don't have a solution; but I do admire the problem.
I think sex is better than logic, but I can't prove it.
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS but it uses up a
thousand times the memory.
The Meek shall inherit the earth.. ...after we're through with it.
If a thing is worth doing, it would have been done already.
Two can live as cheaply as one... for half as long.
Lord, If I can't be skinny, please let all my friends be fat.
Good Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
THE BUCK DOESN'T EVEN SLOW DOWN HERE So keep on going.
Confession is good for the soul, but bad for your career.
How much can I get away with and still go to heaven?
Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough.
It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
I was only looking at your name tag, honest!
When blondes have more fun do they know it?
Money isn't everything, but it sure keeps the kids in touch.
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "Smart"?
MY WILD OATS HAVE TURNED TO SHREDDED WHEAT!
Is reading in the bathroom considered Multi-Tasking?
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Response 165 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (14:25) * 1 lines
we've thought about that first item, Debra, and all of I would have to agree...
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Response 166 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (21:54) * 2 lines
Are you talking to her or me?
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Response 167 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Aug 10, 1999 (23:58) * 1 lines
Everyboth of us...
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Response 168 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (00:06) * 1 lines
Life is so confusing when one is full of a surfeit of Eggplant concoctions. Time to spread the Spam around.
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Response 169 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (00:36) * 3 lines
Eggplant, eggplant where hast thou gone?
My heart has been stolen by
Spamplant parmesan. Yuk!
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Response 170 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (00:40) * 1 lines
*lol* dear! You said it all. And, what a fun way to end a very long day at Spring. Thank you!
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Response 171 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (05:20) * 1 lines
It was a one-yolk, one-plant giant purple eater, people.
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Response 172 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (10:11) * 3 lines
(((((((Barry)))))) Are you feeling better?
I Relish you company. Lettuce break bread together.
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Response 173 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (17:45) * 1 lines
I'm still clenching my teeth. But I got a chance to yell at a Trustee today.
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Response 174 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (18:24) * 1 lines
Bravo, Barry. Nothing like righteous indignation to stir the blood. Now, if we can just pry your jaws apart before you powder those molars...
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Response 175 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (05:08) * 1 lines
I continued yelling at the walls for a while afterwards, too.
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Response 176 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (10:29) * 1 lines
Yahoo!!!!! Barry is finding his power! Walls are great things to yell at because they can't yell back. I have to move by the end of the month. They sold the house. I am holding firm on not letting the landlord screw me. Firm but not angry...anger is distructive, if you allow it to take over. You have to keep a cool head and firmly repeat your message until it is heard.
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Response 177 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (11:24) * 1 lines
then shoot those unwilling to listen...
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Response 178 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (11:29) * 1 lines
Right, shoot their ears off. That'll teach 'em to listen.
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Response 179 of 257: wer (wer) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (11:36) * 1 lines
Now you're preaching!
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Response 180 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (12:22) * 1 lines
And if that doesn't work, we'll shoot their brains out. That'll teach 'em to think.
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Response 181 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (12:28) * 1 lines
Go Barry! And if that doesn't work we will shoot off their legs...that will teach them to get out of the way.
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Response 182 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (12:30) * 1 lines
Hey after we have finally crippled them...why should we care if the cost of caring for them the rest of their lives raise our taxes...we have made our point.
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Response 183 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (12:38) * 1 lines
exactly...that's why we should allow the crippled to die at birth...
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Response 184 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (12:39) * 1 lines
or shortly thereafter...
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Response 185 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (12:42) * 1 lines
I thought we had permanent employment for the mentally handicapped in government bureacracies.
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Response 186 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (12:46) * 1 lines
The Romans used to expose unwanted infants on the hillsides and let the wolves eat them. Waste not, want not!
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Response 187 of 257: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (12:49) * 5 lines
Do I think this funny? Gonna think about it...
Aw, too bad - I'm not into thinking, remember, so I gotta shoot from the hip and say:
NO!
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Response 188 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (13:54) * 1 lines
Dawnis takes a bow...point well taken. Set Point?
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Response 189 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (13:55) * 1 lines
Take a Bow Moulton....and post the model again. (Grin) Poinsetta?
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Response 190 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (13:56) * 1 lines
Dawnis takes a bow...point well taken. Set Point?
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Response 191 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (14:00) * 32 lines
My latest poem...not quite eggplant...or political....just a reflection of New Mexico weather lately.
Summer's Promise.
A portrait of contrasts,
stiff courtesy and wild abandon,
the valence
framing filigree curtains
reduces sunlight to
Byzantine mercy,
as afternoon1s heat
beats its way through
the eastern adobe wall.
The desert listens
breathless.
A quarter moon,
broken saucer
spilling it1s cream
into the middle
of an artist1s palette forming
kaleidoscopic thunderclouds,
sorting rain and lightening,
as the wind
swells the earth's sigh,
seeking twilight's song.
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Response 192 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (15:59) * 1 lines
I posted the model on CNN's discussion board. It seems to have stopped the show.
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Response 193 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (19:26) * 1 lines
should have posted one of the Victoria's Secret's models...
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Response 194 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (19:53) * 1 lines
Hmmmm....So are you saying it created Post Tramatic Stress disorder? Take KM's advice next time post it with a half naked model. (giggle) Just spoke to Moonbeam...she wanted to meet in Santa Fe Tommorow....just couldn't make it up there...with the move and all. Got to count those pennies at this point.
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Response 195 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (20:32) * 1 lines
I should be so lucky to have a half-naked model.
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Response 196 of 257: N Williams (moonbeam) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (03:15) * 1 lines
* pondering what a half-naked model of Girard's theory might LOOK like *
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Response 197 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (10:28) * 5 lines
hmmm...... Oh never mind....my hormones are out to pasture....my mind can barely function at the written level...but graphics...and titilating graphics? Welcome back Moonbeam. I am going to forward an e-mail I just sent to Barry to you. I'm ready to start a revolution.
"You say you want a revolution weeeell you know
we all wanna change the world...."
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Response 198 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (11:18) * 5 lines
* pondering what a half-naked model of Girard's theory might LOOK like *
I suppose it depends on which half you look at.
Models are supposed to be revelatory, don'tcha know.
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Response 199 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (11:22) * 1 lines
Well if the Model was half baked it would have just the *bare* essentials in it....like skipping every third word with fill in the blanks...(grin)
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Response 200 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (11:59) * 3 lines
Oh Barry! Things are worse than I thought if you have to ponder which half
to visualize on a half-naked model...(assuming it is gender preference
positive.) Velvet glove rub-down time!!!
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Response 201 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (14:16) * 1 lines
Um... Is the rubdown for the model or for me?
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Response 202 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (14:25) * 1 lines
For you, of course...the model can fend for herself!
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Response 203 of 257: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (14:43) * 1 lines
Apparently, I've got nothing else to do...where did she go?
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Response 204 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (14:53) * 1 lines
She is over here with me getting lessons on how to massage Barry with the velvet glove. I don't want to embarrass him when she does it, so wait up for me.
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Response 205 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (17:29) * 1 lines
She wore bluuue velvet oh oh....
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Response 206 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (18:58) * 25 lines
From a long-time friend of mine, an extraordinary individual I am privileged to have known for many years:
I Don't Remember
I don't remember Shakespeare
I don't remember Milton
I don't remember Coolidge
Or even Conrad Hilton.
I don't remember FDR
The New Deal's just old news
I had to learn that Memphis
Was the birthplace of the blues.
I don't remember Henry Ford
Unless you mean the third.
My lexicon lists "dodo"
As a ninny, not a bird.
To me, old Jimmy Stewart
Was an actor, not a king.
From history's perspective
I don't know a goddamn thing.
--by John Burnett
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Response 207 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Aug 13, 1999 (19:03) * 1 lines
...and I met him a whole bunch of years ago, too.
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Response 208 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Aug 16, 1999 (22:31) * 1 lines
and that goes for me, as well, john! thanks for posting it marcia!!
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Response 209 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Aug 16, 1999 (22:48) * 1 lines
Wolfie, he sent me the above poem in Email and I fired one back asking for permission to put it here. He agreed and I sent back the URL where he could find it. The rest is history. He is a most welcome addition to our group.
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Response 210 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Aug 16, 1999 (23:00) * 1 lines
indeed!
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Response 211 of 257: John Burnett (mrchips) * Thu, Aug 19, 1999 (02:32) * 1 lines
Thanks for the nice welcome, folks!
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Response 212 of 257: John Burnett (mrchips) * Tue, Aug 31, 1999 (21:45) * 16 lines
Here's a rather clever piece of cowboy doggerel sent to me by my uncle Lee (which I've edited for content and meter)
The sky was dark, the moon was high
and all alone was she and I.
Her lines so soft, her eyes so brown
her hair as smooth as eider down,
her skin just right, her legs so fine
I ran my fingers down her spine.
I didn't know how but tried my best,
I placed my hands upon her breast.
I felt my fear, my beating heart,
but slowly she spread her legs apart
I had just overcome my shame
when all at once the white stuff came.
And that's the end, it's over now,
the first time that I've milked a cow.
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Response 213 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Aug 31, 1999 (21:48) * 1 lines
Ahhhh...only the finest kine for the Poetry conference...*grin*
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Response 214 of 257: John Burnett (mrchips) * Tue, Aug 31, 1999 (21:52) * 1 lines
*LOL*
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Response 215 of 257: John Burnett (mrchips) * Tue, Aug 31, 1999 (21:52) * 1 lines
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Response 216 of 257: Nan Williams (moonbeam) * Tue, Aug 31, 1999 (23:43) * 1 lines
Whooooopee! ;)
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Response 217 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Sep 1, 1999 (21:36) * 1 lines
i loved it!!!!
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Response 218 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Thu, Sep 9, 1999 (09:27) * 1 lines
You guys sure know how to milk this stuff for all it's worth.
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Response 219 of 257: Moon (moonbeam) * Sat, Sep 11, 1999 (14:47) * 1 lines
Have an Oreo, Barry?
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Response 220 of 257: John Burnett (mrchips) * Sat, Sep 11, 1999 (17:55) * 45 lines
In case you missed it elsewhere, my "Whitman Sampler" Poem Parody
A Well-Made Man
By "Weird Walt" with apologies to W.W., (John Burnett, 1999)
O God, I feel the rhythm of the concrete jungle
from the clickety-clack clatter of the jackhammer
and I observe its bone-weary operator
his profusely perspiring person
of gnarl'd, callous'd massive hands
and sensual sinews that bridge the span of his inviting neckline
from the resolute set of his mandibular muscles
to the sloping scoops of his breastbone as he breathes
with shoulders shuddering and the poignant pulsating pounding of his pectorals
prominently puffing through the open window of unbutton'd plaid.
O God, I am drawn as the unsuspecting moth to the proverbial flame
of the candle as I drizzle slowly, deliberately,
the melted waste of wax on the tableau of abdominals.
I visualize the taste of the molten mix of perspiration and paraffin,
the residue of saline lingering on my still-longing lips.
O God, Adonis in button-fly five-oh-fives, I am but human and cannot but admire
the curve of hard, lean buttocks,
stretching and straining and yearning to be set free
from the constraints of cotton,
faded denim accentuating the musculature of well-made manhood.
O God, I hear the mighty massive moan of the whistle
steam streaming as the sound of blessed rest and relief
bestows solace upon the mass'd minions of the construction site:
the truckers of girders and rows of riveters,
pourers of concrete and bearers of blueprints,
the weary of welding and the jack of the hammers
all live for the seventeenth hour.
En masse, they move as if drawn by gravitational pull
to a nearby tavern, where they fondle the serving wenches
and regale the besotted barstool'd denizens
with tales of unioniz'd derring-do financ'd in hourly increments
by double-breasted Brooks Brother'd investment bankers.
And I, O God, surreptitiously sip my Curacao from a custom pewter stein
and await the alley door exodus of a well-made man.
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Response 221 of 257: Moon (moonbeam) * Mon, Sep 13, 1999 (16:37) * 3 lines
*** APPLAUSE! ***
that was lip-smackin' wonderful, john!
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Response 222 of 257: John Burnett (mrchips) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (00:10) * 1 lines
Thank you, Moon. Maybe it should be in "Drool." *SMILE*
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Response 223 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (19:22) * 2 lines
Moon who is in Drool is Moon Dreams. She was the original. Nan, I think is
just mooning you for the occasion *grin*
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Response 224 of 257: Moon (moonbeam) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (23:42) * 1 lines
* blushing *
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Response 225 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (23:49) * 1 lines
...Oooh, she is...and how becoming it is. Enjoy! (The other Moon is stuck in a hurricane bunker tonight riding out the storm with her laptop in tow. What a place to entertain oneself...Spring!
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Response 226 of 257: John Burnett (mrchips) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (23:59) * 1 lines
Spring all year round...
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Response 227 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (14:58) * 7 lines
Nostalgolagnia
I lounge in the old chaise
and pine for the old days
when my pain was a pleasure
as best I could measure.
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Response 228 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (15:02) * 1 lines
He's a poet and he don't know it.....(grin)
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Response 229 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (15:10) * 13 lines
Fame
How do we touch the sky?
With game shows
and fast action news
reported on laugh-in
prize winning television,
late night shows, a gift from
coffee cup gurus driving sleek cars
fueled by royality seeking
five minute famers
rescued from anonynity by cable TV.
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Response 230 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (19:55) * 1 lines
I suggest you search for the off button or unplug the thing...! (being facetious here...)
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Response 231 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (20:02) * 1 lines
was that in relation to my poem? I do not have cable TV. It was just a social commentary. GRIN
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Response 232 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (20:44) * 1 lines
Yes, it was, and I enjoyed your commentary...*smile*
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Response 233 of 257: Debra Tenney (dawnis) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (23:08) * 1 lines
Thanks Marcia!
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Response 234 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (23:21) * 1 lines
You are quite welcome! *smile*
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Response 235 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (23:23) * 1 lines
Sorry about Barry's pain, though...I know the feeling...! Have any suggestions for easing your suffering?
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Response 236 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (23:46) * 1 lines
I hear that in the tiny country of Butan, the government has set a goal of maximizing emotional well-being instead of wealth.
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Response 237 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (23:55) * 1 lines
Let's all run for the border... But, if we do, we shall surely ruin it for the very people it was meant to help. I'd love to know how they will go about accomplishing this task...!
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Response 238 of 257: John Burnett (mrchips) * Sat, Oct 2, 1999 (00:13) * 1 lines
I don't know about Butan, but if Bill Clinton thinks he feels my pain, I'll put on the gloves with him and go three rounds. I guarantee you he'd feel my pain then!
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Response 239 of 257: John Burnett (mrchips) * Sat, Oct 2, 1999 (00:13) * 1 lines
Isn't it spelled Bhutan?
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Response 240 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 2, 1999 (00:20) * 2 lines
Since they write in "squiggles" (as a teacher of mine once said), it is hard to discern just how things are spelled in phonetic English...perhaps they have
recreated the word for the kids now who cannot read and write, in any case?!
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Response 241 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 2, 1999 (00:21) * 1 lines
(BC has never felt anyone else's pain...! I'll hold him while you take your best shot!)
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Response 242 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 2, 1999 (00:37) * 8 lines
This seems as good a place as any to put this note: If you value Spring and the discussions herein (not to mention the venting going on), do you realize this is Terry's web site for which he pays all the bills? Please, it is time to help with any donation you can afford. He has some pretty big bills to pay and he needs your (and my) help to sustain all of the stuff we are posting. Think if he had to cut back and eliminate some of - or all of - the conferences?! Please!
Send contributions to:
Paul Terry Walhus
The Spring
9011 Quail Creek Dr
Austin, TX 78758
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Response 243 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Sat, Oct 2, 1999 (07:55) * 1 lines
I will offer to ease the load at the Spring by hosting some of the conferences on spare equipment at MuseNet. If this will help, I'll be glad to discuss which conferences or subcommunities we can accommodate.
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Response 244 of 257: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Oct 2, 1999 (19:43) * 4 lines
We need more conferences and more participants here, not less. But thanks
anyway, Barry.
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Response 245 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 2, 1999 (20:03) * 2 lines
Oh Dear!!! I hope my message was not interpreted this way everywhere I put it. I wanted to encourage people to help increase the traffic here and the donations for its upkeep. *sigh* I'll try again. We NEED all of these diverse conferences to keep us mentally stimulated. Please help keep us from an early decline of mental faculties by donating to the fund drive at the above address
(see post 242 ) Thanks and Mahalo!
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Response 246 of 257: Barry Kort (moulton) * Mon, Oct 4, 1999 (10:29) * 1 lines
If there is any way I can reduce your expenses by providing zero-cost resources, don't hesitate to ask.
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Response 247 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct 5, 1999 (19:46) * 2 lines
no - not that way...Terry wants increase of traffic, posts and thoughts AND
revenue. There are communities which exact a monthly fee from partakers. The least we can to is to contribute to its upkeep!
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Response 248 of 257: Moon (moonbeam) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (14:36) * 32 lines
* dusting off the ole chaise... where have all the snoozers gone? *
Here's a sort of couchy poem I just wrote -- thought it might make itself comfortable here:
ONE SATURDAY IN OCTOBER
I asked the Salvation Army to haul off that old armchair
its seat lumpy and stained,
tweed upholstery rough where the cat
had been clawing it for five years.
It was an ugly thing, but I was fond of it --
our legs could and did entwine
across its great shabby brown arms,
we two lost in love long ago on a winter afternoon.
If we kept furniture in our lives
like we're supposed to keep people
what do you think would be the outcome?
Would it break all the rules
if we didn't throw out lamps and dented pans,
or cart them off to the thrift shop
to catch the eye of some ex-convict
with 10 bucks in his picket to start a new life?
Life is a mystery, I think,
sitting carefully on my brand new loveseat
covered in perfect pale opal-colored velvet.
The cat dwells outside now
and will have to stay there.
I bought an aquarium instead,
and watch neon tetras flash teal and red
behind the glass, silent and cold and elegant.
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Response 249 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (14:49) * 1 lines
Is there anyone out there this poem does not speak to? Looking around at the "stuff" we have accumulated in so many years, I know how lovely it would be to have the opal velvet love seat and a pristine fishbowl and orderliness...but the passion is missing - which is the point, I guess.
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Response 250 of 257: Moon (moonbeam) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (19:33) * 1 lines
You got out of it what I put into it... (and I see I typo'd "picket" where I meant "pocket") -- glad it spoke to you, Marcia. :)
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Response 251 of 257: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Nov 6, 1999 (22:22) * 1 lines
thanks for that piece! i do believe we can all relate. where does sentimentality and practicality change over?
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Response 252 of 257: Moon (moonbeam) * Sat, Nov 6, 1999 (23:09) * 26 lines
(Marcia, you're right -- the passion was missing earlier. It's here.)
---
PLAY ME
We wake to the drumming of raindrops.
It's easiest to stay in bed
on such dark mornings
seeking each other's light -
your fingers tingling hundreds of tiny hairs on my arm -
catching - trembling -
your mouth open wet on my neck - tasting salt -
exploring unlocking revealing caves I never mapped before -
Moving down - you have no peer, my persian lover -
oh god! - your tongue turns my belly to hot marmalade
lapping langorous honey - lower -
ah - there! - just let me breathe our fragrance forever -
this - yes! oh! -
wily spinning tumbling freefall thumping
heart, tonguing
the easiest tune we play.
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Response 253 of 257: Poetic Person of Power (wolf) * Tue, Jun 6, 2000 (20:14) * 1 lines
dang, it's been awhile. who left the kitchen utensils in here?
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Response 254 of 257: Poetic Person of Power (wolf) * Tue, Jun 6, 2000 (20:14) * 1 lines
don't mind the smell, it's the lysol i'm using.
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Response 255 of 257: Poetic Person of Power (wolf) * Tue, Jun 6, 2000 (20:15) * 1 lines
what is this? it looks like.....old eggplant!
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Response 256 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Jun 10, 2000 (16:14) * 1 lines
why, it's Ms Clean! (Opening the windows)... watch out for that old eggplant. *lol* last time I was in here I recall being ooched off the couch and landing on my knees...*grin*
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Response 257 of 257: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Jun 10, 2000 (16:18) * 1 lines
Oh Nan....just found your poem. Passion?! It is incredible...and it not only spoke to me, it positively knew my name! Thank you for that...*hugs*
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