Totally random thoughts and comments

[Terri B]

I LOVE Lady GAGA!

There, I said it!

[Colleens_Husband]

Eeek!!!

There! I said it!

[Colleens_Husband]

I listen to music my children like. Maire likes Lady Gaga and Lily Allen. Lily Allen makes me laugh, she is wickedly funny.

[Bill]

The squirrels here in Connecticut look weird. I don't like them.

[chrisy]

Oh Bill, you're such a nut!

[Colleens_Husband]

I don't like squirrels either. They are just rats with bushy tails and good P.R.

[Terri B]

and they wreak havoc on the bird feeders

[chrisy]

Ok squirrels are a little squirrely...but I really like cats and thing they are very cool.

[Believe51]

.......and you have not even met my boy Mookie, either Chrisy! I swear this cat is a human and he much cooler than many people I know.>>Believe51

[Terri B]

I just saw a picture of Wesley Snipes at Michael Jacksons memorial service on TMZ. He is sooo skinny and he is not looking healthy!!

[StephN]

We have squirrels, too. But I don't like to encounter them like I did today. Had the Tree cutter/bush whacker crew here this morning and was emptying a garbage can that had some leaves and the cutters dropped some branches in. In the very bottom was a DEAD squirrel - just stiff as a board and not too long dead. I alerted one of the guys picking up that there was an dead animal on top of that pile and they took it all anyway! ICKY!

[SoCalGal]

I have never killed anyone.

[Terri B]

(snicker)

Flori, your secret is safe with us. What happens on Her2 board remains on the Her2 board.

[Terri B]

I'm taking a road trip next week to San Antonio to see my son graduate from Air Force Basic Training! I'm gonna blubber like a big fat baby!

[StephN]

That's OK, Terri - you are allowed to blubber during Life's special moments. Just swell up with a mother's pride!

[hutchibk]

The squirrels in Connecticut think that guy trying to hide behind a leaf of chard looks wierd. They kinda like him.

[Colleens_Husband]

Squirrels make bad pets because they smell terrible. That and you can't trust them.

[Terri B]

I don't trust red cars. I read somewhere where they are more likely to be involved in accidents. ;)

I will never own one.

[Bill]

The day my son Daniel was born, he was laying on his mom, chest to chest in the hospital, and he lifted his head, and looked around.

[hutchibk]

He was wondering why you had chard on your head.

[sassy]

I hear there is going to be a new skit on Saturday Night Live:

Chard Heads--Its about a family of alien farmers who plan to take over the earth, but have to come up with various ways to disguise their chard heads lest earthlings figure out who they are.

[Believe51]

Maybe we can get Bill the leading role.>>Believe51

[Colleens_Husband]

Bill? The leading role? No way! We need to get him royalty and residual rights. That way he can afford the best shrinks in the world so he can get a higher class of invisible friend than me. I'm just saying.........

[juanita]

bill should get brad pitt to play him.

[hutchibk]

I say Bill could play Brad Pitt. If Brad Pitt wore chard on his head.

[juanita]

that's even better!

[Bill]

Y'all are too funny! You just wait and see what happens when my acorn squash comes in.

[StephN]

So Bill -
maybe you will shoot sparks out of your squash - like Lady Gaga that started this mess in the first place?!?!
PM me if you don't know what I am talking about ...

[hutchibk]

Acorn squash? ouch.

[sassy]

Can we talk about shooting sparks out of our squash on this site?!

[Believe51]

My favorite candles are fruit scented.>>Believe51

[vickie h]

Bill IS the real Brad Pitt (with flaming green chard hair)

[Terri B]

Stephn, that creates such a picture in my mind! LOL!!

[Terri B]

Crumbs in my bed drive me INSANE.

[juanita]

people who think their time on the road is more important than yours really annoy me.

[hutchibk]

Cats control humans.

[Believe51]

....and boy can they train us well.>>Believe51

[Colleens_Husband]

If your parents didn't have any children, then there is a high probability that you won't either.

[Colleens_Husband]

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, will the rest of them drown too?

[juanita]

all teenagers should get a high school education even if they already know everything.

[juanita]

i read recipes the same way i do science fiction. i get to the end and think, "well that's not gonna happen."

[Believe51]

Hey Juanita, did you ever make your bread this year? I have thought about that every now and again, now I ask??>>Believe51

[Colleens_Husband]

Why is it called a tourist season when we are not allowed to shoot them?

If the aircraft black boxes are made of indestructible materials, why don't they make the whole airplane out of that stuff?

[Believe51]

Leave it to you to have me say......Hmmmm???>>Believe51

PS: Are you sure we cannot shoot tourists?

[Colleens_Husband]

I'm pretty sure you can't shoot tourists but that just may be Oregon State law. I'd check with a lawyer before blasting. Just what in the world are those justifiable homicide rules for anyways?

[Bill]

Haha, Juanita!

[Bill]

I get mixed up between the "random thoughts" thread and "what is scary to know about me" thread. I blame Lee. TerriB, is it ok if I get mixed up? You are the thread-mistress, so it's your call.

[juanita]

i make bread all the time and am always baking something so that was just a joke.


whenever i feel blue i just start breathing again.

[juanita]

why does a slight tax increase cost you $200, but a substantial tax cut gets you 39cents?

[Colleens_Husband]

Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

[juanita]

i'm not 40 something, i'm $39.95 plus shipping and handling

[juanita]

in the 60s people took acid to make the world weird. now the world is weird and people take prozac to make it normal.

[Mary Jo]

I loved that Juanita and how true it is. Hahahaha!http://her2support.org/vbulletin/images/icons/icon7.gif

[vickie h]

You know the speed of light, so what's the speed of dark?

[vickie h]

"An optimist is someone who falls off the Empire State Building, and after 50 floors says, 'So far so good!'"

[Bill]

Actually, the speed of dark is the same as the speed of light, only in the opposite direction

[Bill]

I dreamt of barbecuing ribs again last night

[StephN]

Whose ribs, Bill?

[Colleens_Husband]

I am barbecuing baby back ribs tomorrow.

[Bill]

Oddly enough, Lee, so am I. I thought we had settled this thing. Darnit!

[Believe51]

How were the ribs gentlemen??>>Believe51

[Colleens_Husband]

The ribs were perfect. Baby back ribs slowly smoked for two and a half hour in mesquite chips and glazed with a bourbon whiskey barbecue sauce. They were super tender.

[Bill]

Sounds great, Lee! We had a late lunch Saturday, so the teriyaki chicken/steak kabobs got carried over to Sunday. My ribs have to wait....

[Believe51]

I have been a vegetarian since I was 4. My parents got sick of trying to force me to eat it and met me half way, they said that I could become a vegetarian if I learned about the diet. Of course they never figured that I would learn so young or decide to stick to my guns. I could not read when I went to kindergarten but they helped me to discover the beauty of the diet.

I have tried here and there to eat a piece of meat, just cannot do it......yuck...

Sorry guys, I do appreciate the smell of some tender ribs cooking though or a nice juicy steak grilling.

[juanita]

how is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box full to start a campfire?

[juanita]

doctors can be frustrating. you wait a month and a half for an appointment and he says, "i wish you'd come to me sooner."

[Colleens_Husband]

Marie:

I was a vegetarian for several years. It wasn't because I love animals. It was because I HATE plants!

Spike

[juanita]

i've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. ma

[Terri B]

Bill, please try to keep the threads straight. I hate to think that things i need to know about you were just a random thought! understand?

[chrisy]

Terri,

I think an important thing to know about Bill is that he has a lot of interesting random thoughts!

[sassy]

The New River runs backward---south to north.

[StephN]

All this talk about ribs and such has me thinking about the little BBQ place not far from here. The guy is from Florida and he imports "gater" as one of his menu offerings. Says it is MUCH lower in cholesterol than other meats. The guys from the car dealers down the road from him eat many pounds if it! I tried a sample, but was not too crazy about it. His slow smoked ribs (without sauce) are my fav!

[vickie h]

I love to boogie board!

[vickie h]

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

[Bill]

Are squash leaves edible? Because in a perfect world, they would be. Why not just cook 'em up like other greens? Please don't steer me wrong here, because it's not gonna take much encouragement from anyone and by God I'll be cookin' some up tomorrow. They look so rich and healthy. It's almost like you want to clip the yellow squash part off and feed them to the neighbor's dog and just harvest those succulent leaves. You know what I mean. We all have those thoughts now and then, right?

[vickie h]

So Bill, How was the Squash leaf d'jour today?

[sassy]

Yeah, Bill.

Don't "leaf" us waiting! How was it!?

[Bill]

I was hoping someone would just tell me if they're edible or not. I haven't eaten any yet. I was trying to avoid the survival/edible or not test. That takes 3 or 4 days.

[vickie h]

Aw, C'mon Bill, those squash leaves are completely edible and full of vitamins A & C! Saute them with a little olive oil and lemon juice and a touch of sea salt.
Don't you fret, if you end up with some allergic reaction (which you won't) I'll be bringing you flowers to the ER, along with a cheeseburger. I'm just saying.......

[Bill]

Wow, thanks Vickie! I'm gonna try that recipe within a few days. Mmmm....it's almost like I have nothing to lose. If it works, I'm eating a nice tasty, healthy dish, and if it doesn't work, I get a juicy cheeseburger from a sweet gal while I'm laying around in the ER. Awesome!

[freyja]

I would think that if you can eat a fruit or vegie than you can eat its leaves, too. I don't know if that's a trustworthy rule or not. Anyone know of a plant that has edible fruit and poisonous leaves? I do know that squash

[freyja]

oops, didn't mean to press "post". I know squash blossoms are really yummy and nutricious...that's why the deer love to eat them!

[Believe51]

Then I must be a deer (smiling). I think they are yummy.>>Believe51

[vickie h]

Hey Bill,
We tried some squash leaves last night (yellow squash) lightly steamed with lemon and a dash of sea salt. My husband threw some bragg's amino acids on them and they were yummy!
And yes, I've always thought of Marie as a beautiful and graceful deer with a great sense of humor (and a diet of squash leaves.

[Bill]

Hey Vickie! I tried some last night, too. They were good. I skipped parts 1,2,3, and 4 of the tests you should make to determine if a wild plant is edible. I just ripped off a leaf and ate it. Then I simmered some in a skillet with some olive oil, garlic, fresh-ground pepper, and some slivered onions. I also added some swiss chard, mustard greens and spinach (all from the garden) It was really good! Thanks to everyone for the advice on the squash leaves!

[vickie h]

Oh, you daring soul, you! Sounds like our Bill is becoming epicurian, at least in the family of leaves (and ribs).

[Colleens_Husband]

Our neighborhood in Oregon City was the main feature of the Culture Warriors segment of the O'Reilly Factor last night. We have a crazy neighbor who was identified as 'Rae' on the segment who lives across the street and two doors down. And when I say crazy, I mean that she has a debilitating Axis II personality disorder as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Reference Manual, third edition, revised.

Anyways, she refuses to wear clothes anymore because she feels plastics and artificial fibers are oozing into her skin, getting into her blood, where it accumulates in her brain and tells her what to do. I know what you are thinking, who doesn't feel that way on a rare occasion?

So anyways, the point of the segment was that the Oregon Constitution doesn't allow laws to prevent anyone from being naked anywhere, at any time. It sucks to be us.

So if any of you have any ideas how to get 'Rae' to put on her clothes, the residents of Bellevue Avenue would certainly appreciate your ideas.

P.S.

This is actually true. Every single word of it. ...... unlike almost all of my other posts.

P.P.S.

Except for my grandmother using us to smuggle flour across the border. Thats true too.

[Terri B]

tgif!~>@!!

[vickie h]

Teri, That IS the cutest Yankee fan I've ever seen (I'm a huge Yankee fan myself)! What a living doll....could eat her up with a silver spoon. So yummy!

Vickie

[Colleens_Husband]

Freyja asked:

I would think that if you can eat a fruit or vegie than you can eat its leaves, too. I don't know if that's a trustworthy rule or not. Anyone know of a plant that has edible fruit and poisonous leaves?

Tomatoes and potatoes are both nightshades. The leaves are very poisonous. Cashews are perfectly edible but almost every part of a cashew tree has blistering agents. Apples are great but their seeds contain high concentrations of of Potassium cyanide, cupcakes are delicious but Bill will shoot you if you try to eat his cupcake tree. There is no reason to assume a leaf is edible if the fruit is.

[Terri B]

Bill.... Bill.... did you hear what Lee said?? BILL!! SPEAK TO US!!!

Vicky, her is a he. His name is Damon (after Johnny Damon of course) ;)

[vickie h]

Ahhhh, A he....even better! And named after Johnny Damon, well, what more can be said! If I had a son, he's have to be named after Derek Jeter or Johnny Damon. Love those Yankees! And I would love to hold that sweet little Yankee fan and whisper....world series....world series, here we come.

[harrie]

Coconut water with its electolytes is nature's Gatorade according to:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=8332495 (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=8332495)

[Terri B]

Vicki, I'm diggin it!

[Colleens_Husband]

Bill:

If you are still alive...........

The most common side effect of eating things that aren't really edible is that you will be sandblasting the porcelain.

And Bill, if your not still alive,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nevermind.

Evil Lee

[harrie]

Hey....whats going on??? All this talk about leaf eating or experimentation or whatever.

I HOPE YOU DIDN'T KILL BILL!!!

[vickie h]

I think I just saw Bill in the hammock by the campfire, Harrie. He was sporting a new leaf, eating some ribs and very much alive.....I think that was Bill.....

[harrie]

Was he like...."wearing" the new leaf????

[vickie h]

It was a Big leaf....I'll leave it at that. Let's just say he was covered in green (Hope he doesn't decide to stew this leaf).....and then maybe that was Bill, could've been some wood nymph from a distance....

[Terri B]

Vicki.... I will be glued to the set this weekend for another great series in Boston! Check out my ears!!

[vickie h]

Yeah, Terri! Those are beautiful! I'll be immersed in those three games against Boston also. Last year my grandson was a Yankee in Cal Ripken Majors and they played the championship game against the Red Sox. I knew then that we were going to win, which we did 6-4.
LOVE THOSE YANKEES!!!!!!!!

[Alaska Laura]

I wonder if you cross a dog and a cat would it be a cog or a dat? or how about a moose and a horse? would that be a morse or a hoose?

[Colleens_Husband]

Laura:

I'm not sure which it would be, but I am pretty sure you shouldn't be crossing a shi-tsu and a pit bull.

Lee

[Alaska Laura]

LMHO!!

Cow and a rapper? Would that be a crapper?

[vickie h]

Hey Terri! 20-11 Yahoo....just hoping Damon is ok. GO YANKEES!!!!!!!

[Terri B]

Vicki, IT'S ALL GOOD!!!

I was hoping for at least 2 out of 3 series victory!! Woo Hoo!! This year, October is gonna be GREAT!!!

[Colleens_Husband]

Laura:

It reminds me of the story of Cranapple juice which is a mix of cranberry juice and apple juice. They changed the original name because nobody was willing to buy 'crapple' juice. True story. Well except for the true part. Anyways, if it isn't true, it should be.

[vickie h]

Terri, Looks like we got that 2 out of 3 and now we're up 71/2 games over the Socks of Red! Wahoooo!And Damon looked mighty happy last night....(and Jeter and the gang)

[Alaska Laura]

That's funny Colleen's husband! :D

[Alaska Laura]

Thinking deep thoughts about dogs

When I was younger ;) when a purebred dog mated outside of it's gene pool :D it was a mutt, didn't matter if the other dog was a purebred, it was a mutt, and you could get them for free.

Nowadays it is called a "designer" dog and you pay out your nose for one, now how did that happen? Do you think "designer" dogs are here to stay or are they just yesterday's mutt in the making?

(p.s. there is cuties out there for sure, the Pomapoo is a good example of a cutie patootie!)

[gypsy]

Hi There,
We don't have squirrels in Oz, but possums are similar...and they cause us grief...
Our Chihauhau X dog loves getting out there and harrassing them up trees, but our poor trees look worse for wear...not alot of leaves on them and looking like we could lose one of the older trees...but they seem to love our place, the possums have their little hideout down the back of our garden and breed, breed, breed,
Regards
Sue

[Alaska Laura]

Gypsy that is sad for the trees :( I wonder what it would take to make them move? That is natural and not harmful to you or your dog?

[Bill]

I'm really bummed out about "Turkey Bacon". I've been putting off trying it for years. It was supposed to be my "ace in the hole" when I wanted to kick my health level up a notch or two. I mean, it's common knowledge that bacon is the best thing ever made, so it's understandable that I had high hopes for this turkey bacon nonsense. My son Daniel said it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, so a few weeks ago, I figured I would try some. I was left to my own devices one Sunday afternoon and raced to the grocery store. I grabbed a pack of turkey bacon and threw it into my cart next to the V-8 juice, cranberry juice, walnuts, almonds, avocadoes, and bluebrries. I whipped through the checkout line and raced home and pulled out the 2 pounds of ground beef I had stashed in the fridge and worked it into 4 patties and began slicing a block of cheddar, picturing the awesome bacon cheddar cheeseburgers I was about to create. I grilled the burgers to near perfection as the turkey bacon simmered in a pan on a side burner. "mmm, that's funny, there's no fat or grease leaking out of this bacon. It's sticking to the pan" To make a long story short (I know--too late) I threw half a pound of that god-forsaken turkey bacon on the most awesomest fat cheeseburgers you ever saw and was horribly disappointed. That was 3 weeks ago and I'm still bummed out about it.

[juanita]

you crack me up!!!!

[Terri B]

Wow people, now, THAT's a class act! ;)

[Colleens_Husband]

TerriB said:

Kanye West
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 51);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Wow people, now, THAT's a class act! ;)

Well, it could have been worse. He could have shown up to Patrick Swayze's funeral and said "Michael Jackson's death was the best death of the century!"

I'm just saying.....

[hutchibk]

HA! Lee. I think the South Park guys told the true Kanye Waste story... if you haven't seen it, look for it. It's pure gold.

[Bill]

Whatever happened to Jimmy Page?

[harrie]

Hi WB
He played during the Superbowl. Not sure if this yr or last yr. Also I think I saw him perform with John Mayer, not positive, but fairly certain.

[Colleens_Husband]

Jimmy Page is 65 hard years old and has rather fragile health. He spends his time as the chief patron of the Outside the Edge Theater Group which is solely run by addicts and ex-addicts.

[StephN]

My sister saw Page in concert in Orlando a couple of years ago. He made it through and she did not complain that she did not get her money's worth.

[chrisy]

I work with a guy named J eremy Page and although he is no relation to Jimmy, he had a really great halloween costume today

(how random is THAT?!)

[Bill]

Where the heck is John Madden? Did he retire?

[Colleens_Husband]

John Madden did retire. As you may know, he had a serious fear of flying. He had to drive from one end of the country to other as many as 17 times a year and he said the travel was finally too much for him.

Lee

[Bill]

Thanks, Lee! Happy Thanksgiving!

[Colleens_Husband]

Right back at you Bill! I hope you had a peaceful Thanksgiving surrounded by loved ones.

Lee

[juanita]

I love the colts!!!!

[Alaska Laura]

Breathing in, I calm my body.
Breathing out, I smile...


And once I start smiling, you better get out of the way :)

[Rich66]

http://www.youtube.com/printfriends

[Bill]

Too funny, Rich! Just got around to clicking your link. Thanks for the laugh!

[Rich66]

Bill,
Rumor has it they are coming out with a "manscaper" attachment and back trimmer extender pole. For safety, texting will not be allowed when those functions are activated.
Sorry ladies..it's guy thing...usually.

[charlotte]

Hi guys... hope I am putting this thread in the right column???
Hello ya'll.. Normally I have only bad and worse than bad news to report.. I am of course having a big time problem, which I won't go into now... maybe later.. I would like to report to the gang that my ejection fraction rate ( has hovered around 25-30%) since 04, .. is now at a high of 55-60%.(thank you Lord) I say that with sincere meaning. I was in the hospital for 3 days, and they kept a monitor on me nonstop..my cardiologist came by on the 3rd. day, and as he was leaving my room , I asked him, what was my ejection fraction rate was..(fearing the worst). He looked at me and smiled and said it is around 55-60%.. I said,,, that is a Chrismas miracle..!!!! he nodded his head and said something along the lines of ,.... Yes, and are you still taking Coreg?? I said yes, he said , Coreg has been shown to help the ejection fraction rate... I smiled then and said, I prefer to think it is a Christmas Miracle..
so if you have been having some difficulty with your heart as I have been,This is truly a blessing..I will talk to my Onc. and see if other avenues are open to me now!!... I have been smiling since Christmas.. will give the gang an update on my husband in another thread.. He is still hanging on by his fingernails.. awating a lung doner...
Charlotte

[charlotte]

Hi guys... hope I am putting this thread in the right column???
Hello ya'll.. Normally I have only bad and worse than bad news to report.. I am of course having a big time problem, which I won't go into now... maybe later.. I would like to report to the gang that my ejection fraction rate ( has hovered around 25-30%) since 04, .. is now at a high of 55-60%.(thank you Lord) I say that with sincere meaning. I was in the hospital for 3 days, and they kept a monitor on me nonstop..my cardiologist came by on the 3rd. day, and as he was leaving my room , I asked him, what was my ejection fraction rate was..(fearing the worst). He looked at me and smiled and said it is around 55-60%.. I said,,, that is a Chrismas miracle..!!!! he nodded his head and said something along the lines of ,.... Yes, and are you still taking Coreg?? I said yes, he said , Coreg has been shown to help the ejection fraction rate... I smiled then and said, I prefer to think it is a Christmas Miracle..
so if you have been having some difficulty with your heart as I have been,This is truly a blessing..I will talk to my Onc. and see if other avenues are open to me now!!... I have been smiling since Christmas.. will give the gang an update on my husband in another thread.. He is still hanging on by his fingernails.. awating a lung doner...
Charlotte

[Liaidarutrica]

Looks like the old Frederick Bed and Breakfast sold- anyone know what is happening there?

[Roselle]

I have two little red squirrels at my home. My granddaughter calls them chipmunks. She asked me if one was Alvin. I told her I thought it was Simon. She said "Marna,(her name for me) it must be Feodore. Simon wears glasses!!" Tell me what's not to love about these squirrels? Everytime I see them I call them Alvin and Feodore. Obviously it isn't Simon because neither of them wear glasses!!

[mmoons]

My neighbor's kid went off to college last year. He had always been a strict vegan. Well, he was so broke in college and never had money for food so he became a "freegan".

Maureen

(the best medicine I have EVER received was reading this thread)

p.s. Oh how I miss your posts Vicki

p.s.s. I had to Google chard head. would still appreciate an explanation. :)<O:p</O:p

[PinkGirl]

Hey MMMMMM

Do you really need chard head explained???? Cuz I can do that for you.

[Colleens_Husband]

I just read that there is a Federal law that prohibits the commercial mixing of beer and wine. Do we really need a law like that? Wouldn't the human sense of taste prevent the mixing of beer and wine all by itself? Maybe the Congress should look at laws to ban anchovy ice cream if they have so much time on their hands.

[PinkGirl]

It's legal here providing you add 40 millilitres of socialist flour.

[Jackie07]

I was sure Lee had made it up until I located this site:

http://www.totalcriminaldefense.com/news/articles/legislation/dumbest-bans.aspx

[Colleens_Husband]

I add some truth to my posts on a rare occasions just to keep all of you on your toes. So take that and neener, neener, neener.

Pink Girl:

There isn't a whole lot of socialist flour in the United States. The only good source of socialist flour is me and I am not going to sell it to lunkheads who mix beer and wine.

[PinkGirl]

Well, suit yourself Lee etc. The socialist flour makes it a bit
thicker ... sticks to your ribs ... makes it easier to get through a
long, cold winter ... I'm just saying ...

[Colleens_Husband]

Okay, but your missing the whole point. What kind of sick, twisted and demented pervert mixes beer and wine? And if they mix it, is it society's responsibility to rescue these lost souls from themselves?

Look, I'm not saying stupidity should be a capital offense, just remove all of those safety labels and let Darwinian principles sort it all out in a natural selection sort of way.

I once had a jar of peanuts which had a half inch by three-quarter inch safety label that said, "Warning! This product may contain peanuts, a known allergen". May contain peanuts? It's a big old jar of peanuts. I certainly hope it does contain peanuts. And what is the whole point of the safety label? Is it for people who are deathly allergic to peanuts who look at the jar with the label "PEANUTS" in inch and a half lettering, see the peanuts inside the jar and wonder, "Are those REAL peanuts are do they just look like peanuts? Perhaps I should try a handful just to make sure they aren't fake peanuts."

I'm just saying.....

[Jackie07]

Lee,

Are you sure the label says 'peanuts' instead of 'nuts' because you are so allergic to that term? (Sorry, just a 'totally random thought' that came to my very injured brain. :) I got the 'nuts' idea from the link below:

http://www.healthadel.com/are-allergy-warnings-on-food-effective/

[fauxgypsy]

A friend shot her microwave today. Now, at this point, I am not sure why she shot the microwave ( hopefully by accident, but even then, hmmm). I have felt that way about my computer from time to time. Anyway we have been changing songs to fit the situation. Mine was along the lines of "Nancy shot the microwave tonight, said it made a bad meal, made her cry." My friend Betty came up with "I shot the microwave but I did not shoot the coffemaker." Ring any bells?

[Jackie07]

I would think that she had been 'unconsciously' affected by the headline news this past week. Some psychologists (such as Lee :) will probably 'associate' her action with the words like 'shot', 'wave', 'drug' (from 'coffee') and 'newsmaker' (from 'maker')... etc.

[PinkGirl]

Yeah! All around in my home town,
They're tryin' to track me down;
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a microwave,
For the life of a microwave.


Bob Marley probably shot a few microwaves in his
day ... I'm just saying ... and maybe a coffeemaker
or two ...

[fauxgypsy]

I posted this once already and it went away. Pink, that is too cute. It seems her finger slipped. She killed a stack of books as well. I can't say much. I was trying to see why I couldn't get the safety off on a pistol and shot our gunsafe. I remember standing there taking inventory. Did I hurt anywhere, was there blood? Had I shot my husband's clothes?

[fauxgypsy]

Cats REALLY like squirrels. ; )

[harrie]

2 goats and a pig can get along like one happy family. (our does!)

[PinkGirl]

In My Photo Album I have a nice picture of my pet squirrel.

[Mary L]

I'm just curious, how much snow do you think the northeast will receive? This is a totally rendom thought. Mary L

[fauxgypsy]

My ex-husband brought home a baby squirrel for me to raise (several times, actually), it bit my thumb to the bone. Shortly thereafter it died, foaming at the mouth. After the tests it turned out that it had distemper. No shots for me. I was so glad. We raised other squirrels for release. My ex was a tree surgeon. We had raccoons as well. The last one I got at a party the spring before my cancer diagnosis. Someone was feeding him poorly (wrong formula) and he latched on to me and I had him for several months until he was old enough to release. He was something. I called him my technocoon because he wanted everything electronic. He shucked the keys off of my laptop like it was an ear of corn. For months after we released him I had dreams of him visiting. I guess I am a little weird, huh?

[Bill]

Well, Mary, I live in the Northeast, for now, and my answer is, "Too much". We've got snow on top of snow and waiting for more tonight. Or maybe sleet, they can't make up their minds yet. The snow doesn't seem to melt here. It snows, we push it around, then it snows some more and we push it around, and sometimes back and forth, but it's always there. It's the darndest thing.
(No, you're not weird at all, Leslie. I would hate to tell you about some of the dreams Lee has. Now, they're weird)

[fauxgypsy]

The snow we had recently was enough for me. Snow on Christmas day (a couple of inches), Thunder snow. 8 inches of snow, snow in the walmart parking lot in piles for almost three weeks. This is the sunny south. We haven't had weather like this for years. All I have to say is to stay safe and don't send it down here to us. I am not sure that I have ever seen a snow plow and shoveling the 8 inches of snow off our walkway was enough for me. My snow jones is gone. I have pictures of the grandkids sledding. Soon we'll get back to normal with tornadoes and then 110 degree heat.

[Gerri]

Where I live in Southern California, we keep the snow up on the mountains where it belongs. I highly recommend it.

[Colleens_Husband]

Light travels faster than the speed of sound. This is the reason some people appear to be bright until we hear them speak.


I'm just saying......

[Colleens_Husband]

There are more riots in countries with the least amount of bacon. Just a coincidence? I think not!

[PinkGirl]

That's fascinating Lee etc. It explains why we don't have many riots in Canada ... we have our very own bacon ... named after us ... or maybe it's cuz we're just a bunch of happy people stirring socialist flour into our beer ... i'm just saying ...

[Marlys]

If I checked into this thread very often I might have to return to drinking!!!!

[Rich66]

I'm suspicious of the label "mint condition". I mean..depends on the condition of the mint, no? If there's a bad season, does the meaning change?
I have to wonder. No really..I can't stop it.

[Bill]

I slipped and fell on the ice in my driveway yesterday while I was spreading rock salt so that I wouldn't slip and fall on the ice in my driveway.

[Colleens_Husband]

Bill:

I hope you are okay and you didn't hurt yourself.

Good Lee



Bill:

That is so funny! So you slipped and fell on your ice! What a hoot!

Evil Lee

[Colleens_Husband]

True Fact:

The worst time to choke or to have a heart attack is when you are playing charades.

[Jackie07]

My late Mother-in-law was having 'indigestions' while travelling with us to San Antonio for my citizenship ceremony in 1994. Early next morning we received a call from Father-in-law that he had taken her to a local hospital. She was later transferred to the hospital in our town and underwent a successful quardruple by-pass operation.

I wouldn't think that she was having a heart attack because of my becoming a US citizen - she's the one who had urged me to get on with the process. But that's what had happened. 100% truth...

[PinkGirl]

So, Colleen's Husband's reply to poor ole Bill who slipped on the
ice ... is the reason I refer to him as Lee etc. Just in case anyone
was wondering ... he knows why, I'm just saying (sorry StephN)

[Colleens_Husband]

If Larry King cloned himself and then interviewed himself on the Larry King Show, wouldn't that make nuclear war all that much more attractive?

[PinkGirl]

Who would ask the questions? Larry? Or the guy
wearing the funny suspenders?

[Rich66]

http://larry5154.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/smoker.gif?w=300&h=209
(http://larry5154.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/smoker.gif?w=300&h=209)

[StephN]

Hey Rich -
Gross out!

Where DO you come up with such silliness - or is that what you do for a living?

[Rich66]

I have to have an antidote to pubmed..like this.

http://www.gif.tv/

[Bill]

I've never really used onion powder in my cooking before, but I went to organize my spice cabinet a few weeks ago and found 4 different jars of almost-full onion powder. I threw my head back and cried out to the heavens, "Damn you, Rich, and your powers of Influence!!!!"

[NEDenise]

Random thoughts from grill-side...
Why don't they take the skin off of salmon before selling it?

Why does at least one burger always throw itself into the flames when I barbecue? (I mean it! I plan for it now, and make one extra)

Are turkey burgers hamburgers too? (this is an ongoing discussion with my brother...regular "ham"burgers aren't made of ham either!)

[harrie]

Denise, regarding the salmon skin, it could be that the skin contains a lot of omega 3 fats.

[NEDenise]

Hmm.. I never thought of that.
But...people don't usually eat the skin..do they?
We always scrape it off. Am I missing out on something delicious because of how it looks?!

But...the hamburger thing has you stumped too, doesn't it!
Denise

[Rich66]

Coming together to solve the important problems
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUPPeY_ifDA

[NEDenise]

Rich!
That really "cracked"me up!
(grroooaan...I even made myself groan with that lame joke!)
Denise

PS-Have you seen the one for Ballroom Jeans? Hah!

[Rich66]

You mean..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfzKwtnLb9M&feature=related

Apparently stations in my area don't have the...nerve..to play it.

[NEDenise]

Yep!
That would be the one!
They even show it on TV in the Philadelphia area!!
Denise