The LBC – Loose Bloggers Consortium, the group that writes all the good stuff on Fridays, you know – only has the above two rules. We are uncertain what we will do if Gail joins – for obvious reasons. Also because of the kangaroo rule.
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No, I’m not releasing my kangaroo.
I want to say something to you awful people who make comments on these awful blogs.
Someone posted my picture at my heaviest before my diet of celery and lettuce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also I only fell over once—ONLY ONCE waiting in line for the loo, in my high heels at the opera in Sidney. Too bad it caused a domino effect.
Some people say I should put a bag over my head. How cruel is that???
Don’t worry, Gail: If you choose the right colour, and position at an off centre angle, the paper bag will not only make you stand out from the crowd – you’ll still be able to breathe. Come to think of it people use paper bags to ease panic attacks.
Forget about lettuce and throw around your full weight. Imagine the impact.
Conrad, I wouldn’t dismiss the kangaroo. They make charming carriers of one’s purchases. Kindly you once more give me a welcome opening to pose questions I had not dared to ask before: What are the consortiums rules? AND how much time do you give each other to write on the chosen topic?
U
Gail – A diet of celery and lettuce will not make you look thin…….. it will leave you full of hot air!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gail, since you are eating the green stuff, cerey and lettuce, what are you feeding your “roos’, — jam and peanut butter?
Conrad, that roo scares me!
Gail you better control that sucker.
Hi Gail, nice to see you back in action. Have you tried Indian food? It will knock off those pounds faster than you can ever do with any other kind.
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Rummy, your food will burn your insides out, but I love it.
I gave up on the bag because I had trouble finding some big enough to fit.
Ursula, the rules are simple, actually.
1. Topics are produced in a round-robin fashion.
2. Each topic is presented as soon as possible AFTER the previous topic has been posted by all.
3. The postings are to be done simultaneously each Friday, each accounting for his/her time zone. The current time used, judged best for all, is 7:00 AM PST each Friday.
Gail, you aren’t the first beauty deciding to have a romp like this!! You don’t fool us. We know that you are gorgeous and simply don’t want to intimidate us with that beauty.
Maynard, there is indeed a reason that we have the no roo roo-l in the consortium. The things those critters write is scandalous!
Wait a second, Ramana … I thought you described yourself as a man of significant corporeal substance! Does that mean you have been secretly eating American food???
Gail, I think the bag is quite fashionable! Are you having difficulty getting enough oxygen, though?
Gail, I like the way you are standing up for your “rights”!
YOU GO GIRL!
Thanks, Conrad and Maynard! It’s nice to receive some kind words. Can you believe some people pick on me because I’m so voluptuous? As if that were a bad thing.
Maynard has always been a gentleman, Gail.
One more thing to know about me. I’m much more of a LADY than bikehikebabe claims to be.
Gail,
You raise an interesting question: What does it mean to be a lady? Just before I went to college I thought, “They’ll never civilize me!” I was surprised at the thought, but it turns out to have been a good prediction. Does that mean I don’t fit the criteria of being a lady? Another way of phrasing the question: “Can an eccentric be a lady too?”
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Ah, Jean, you are a fine lady indeed! Of course, you have just been reading about my past a little earlier – so I may not be the best judge of ladyhood!!
(snort!*#@!)
A lady is of high social standing or economics. It comes from the English. The proper title of any woman whose husband is higher in rank than baronet or knight, or who is the daughter of a nobleman not lower than an earl although the title is given by courtesy also to the wives of baronets and knights.
So Jean, you are NOT a lady, even though a lady might possibly be eccentric (though I doubt that). Now Ursula could be a lady being from England. I don’t know about Rhonda, but a lady would not say “snort”.
To say the woman who cleans your house is your “Cleaning Lady” is gross and vulgar and a misnomer.
Gail -
OK – so what should I call my “cleaning lady”? Maid is even more demeaning – don’t you think? Biweekly sanitation woman?
Oh, btw, Gaiil, Conrad really needs to lay off of your “roos”! How about we send him for some sensitivity training about this?
Rhonda -
Loved the snort!!!!
Biweekly sanitation woman is good. Though you must be very clean. Once monthly sanitation woman is what most women have.
Don’t faint, Gail, but I do agree with you: To refer to one’s “daily” as a cleaning lady is a misnomer if ever there was one – but then the ‘lady of the house’ will do anything, other than getting her hands dirty, to make herself feel better. That’s the English for you. And do not kid yourself: In this country, ladies don’t just amble about at Ascot or Henley; they serve tea under humble roofs and being referred to by their husbands as “My good Lady wife”. Make of that what you like.
To put the record straight: Whilst I reside in this country I am not from England or any of its associated islands. I am of solid mainland European stock. And don’t ask me exact geographical detail since I am not in the business of nurturing people’s prejudices and tendendy to pigeonhole. It’s hard work to obliterate both. That’s why I sometimes feel sorry for Americans all lumped together in the deep fat fryer.
U
PS Gail, do you remember that schmaltzy song “Three times a lady”?
PPS Why do you stoop as low as sanitation? And Rhonda is doing just fine: Snorting is to be employed by a lady at all times – if only to relieve tension
It’s possible that Rhonda was snorting to show she thinks Maynard is a Pig. (Conrad had said “Maynard has always been a gentleman.” HaHa)
Bikehikebabe says she was raised a lady, so she thinks she IS a lady. Prove that Bhb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well no, I can’t prove that I’m your kind of lady, since I’m mostly German. But that doesn’t make me a Nazi.
Well, Gail, of all people you are the last I expected to raise the nature/nurture debate. Still, people are full of surprises. First law: Ladies do not need to prove anything. They just are. I am now going to bite on one of my three pieces of driftwood which have served me many a time to stifle screams of utter frustration.
Bike Hike Babe, be happy to have German blood pulsating through your veins. It hasn’t stopped HRH and Prince Philip to have the best places in the theatre and/or the top table: Good old Beth so amicably matched with her man who, admirably and like my not so good self, will put his foot into anything.
U
U, if you ain’t english and come from them utter places where they talk them funny talk—-how come you writ so good english??????????????
I was making fun of Gail. Gail don’t hate me.
Ursula, you do realize the contradiction in this, do you not?
“I am not in the business of nurturing people’s prejudices and tendendy to pigeonhole. It’s hard work to obliterate both. That’s why I sometimes feel sorry for Americans all lumped together in the deep fat fryer.”
But, contradiction can be an endearing human trait.
Conrad, I don’t ‘realise any contradiction’ because there isn’t one. I didn’t say that I, personally, lump together Americans: I said that I was (occasionally) sorry for all of them to be rolled in identical batter and deep fat fried in the same old oil.
U
I was merely responding to your statement. My American experience isn’t how you describe it. Don’t mistake American media for American experience.
Gail you were a nice person once, what happened to you?
Maynard,
Gail is a multifaceted personality. That’s why she’s so fascinating.
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Ursula -
Your “contradiction” is a bit like a sniper hiding in the bushes, isn’t it?
Deb and Conrad, can’t you read? I said that I feel SORRY for Americans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! being the butt of many a cruel joke. Not all Americans are Clint Eastwood, not to mention Arnold Schwarzenegger.
It’s comical and proves my point: As soon as the slightest allusion is made to someone’s nationality hackles rise. What do you want me to do, Conrad, to calm the sea? Just like BHB, in her straight forward style (which in itself is proof that she indeed does have German blood in her), proclaims herself not to be a Nazi, a Frenchman is not a frog – only eats their legs, not all Swedish people frolic around in the snow – naked, not all Italian men have big fat Mamas they worship, not all Greeks are totally disorganized, not all Russian men drink themselves into a daily stupor on vodka, just as not all Americans are brash Pollyannas who can’t look beyond the periphery of their large continent.
It’s human nature to caricature one another. And it’s tiring to lecture on the obvious.
U
Ursula, my hackles aren’t up on this. You become dramatic so easily.
Since your perch is always placed above others, I thought you would appreciate knowing when it was a bit precarious.
U— Deb is from Texas, she may pack heat. She is a wild and crazy “Cowgirl!”
Ursula -
I read really well – one of my best skills! What you are not getting is that most Americans initially came here from Europe! You know – “your tired, your hungry etc”. Gee, I hope that didn’t sound condescending.
Watch out Deb, the Europeans are no longer going to the USA. It is the Indians and their ilk that are. Just imagine, fifty years down the line, you will have more Tandoori and Curry joints there than KFC and the Macs. Am I caricaturing?
BHB, you are the perfect German Lady. I have my eyes on you as you well know.
Maynard, what is with Gail not being nice. In my eyes, she continues to be. Stop being nasty with her.
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Ramana, Those travelling Europeans are all going home to Poland and Romania!
Rummy, I love curry, bring the Indian restaurants on!
All I want Rummy is for Gail to get a life!
U– she still packs heat while she reads.
Maynard, as far as I am concerned Deb might come from the heights of Montana and be a bull.
I am flagging the red towel here (for all not too well educated NON-Europeans that is Spain or Hemingway’s ‘Death in the Afternoon’). And no, Deb, you don’t read well at all. Like most people you read what you want to see, not what is actually on the printed page. Pilgrim Fathers, Boston Tea Party … do give me a break, Deb. Or would you prefer me to go right back to Columbus and potatoes consequently being planted in Europe?
Grannymar, you are being offensive: Poland and Romania? Is that how far your imagination stretches beyond the confines of Ireland?
Conrad: SO WHAT if I am a drama queen? Putting a little fire underneath people’s behinds only serves the good cause of extinguishing ennui.
And, Conrad, thank you for being concerned about my welfare: I sit on as high a perch as I choose and the more precarious the better. If, and when, I fall off it it’ll be MY neck which breaks – no one else’s.
U
So be it, Ursula. So be it.
Ursula, I have a friend who has read some of your comments. His take is this:
She is a lysosome: a lysosome is an specialized cell in the body that breaks down and releases toxic enzimes into the system as it does.
His concern and mine is that you cannot fall from that perch and only break your own neck as you so grandly proclaim. As nearly as I can tell, ennui is not what you are seeking to end. You are on a search and destroy mission. You leave me with four essential options:
1. Let others here eat you alive.
2. Peel you apart and push you off the perch with the hope that only your neck is broken in the process.
3. Simply ban you from the blog.
4. Tell my mother. Trust me. She will kick your ass.
I agree with you, Ursula, you do liven things up.
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Jean, that’s great!
COME ON NOW- Ursula says I’m her soul mate. I LOVE HER. Don’t you get tired of reading, “That was a lovely post”. She “puts fire beneath people’s behinds”. And what she says is basically true, albeit (did I spell that right?) in her own way. None of this primrose path Shit. (Oh, I forgot I’m a lady. But not a real LADY.)
Ursula, I am not being offensive. Over the years I have befriended many folk from both Poland and Romania, Most have returned to their native soil. The two countries above are about the only ones in Mainland Europe that I have not experienced first hand. I am privileged to have made some wonderful friends.
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Wow. A high degree of nuanced , and at times passive-aggressive, banter going on here. I wonder what happens when a discussion of a truly meaningful topic is undertaken?
Thank you, Cheerful Monk. “To liven up things” sometimes backfires. Not that I comprehend why it should be so.
And Bike Hike Babe, I love you too. You are something else. I am so happy to have found you, a kindred spirit.
Conrad, your four options:
I have never been peeled and I don’t want to start now.
I know your mother does not like me.
You don’t need to ban me from your blog since I tend to leave parties before they reach their pinnacle.
Let others eat me alive. Would save me funeral costs. Will it happen? I doubt it.
I appreciate honesty, and for yours I thank you, Conrad. You have said how you see me. Do tell your friend who so kindly assessed me that lymosones serve as a cell’s GARBAGE removal. Useful, don’t you think?
Arrivederci,
Ursula
NO NO arrivederci Ursula! Don’t leave us with “That was a lovely post.” You are not a lymosones. Conrad’s mother loves you. You make his blog exciting.
Goodness me! That person certainly seemed to have issues with this group, or perhaps some aspects of it. From what I have been able to glean, Ms. Ursula, you seem to be quite good at pontification, and condescension. Both rather common attributes, in my humble opinion.
I prefer light, rather than heat. Fare thee well in your travels.
Grannymar, on a parting shot: Whether we are offensive or not appears to be judged by the other party. A lesson I have not least learnt by commenting on the blogs of the members of the consortium.
That the Polish and Rumanians recently have left England (and other European countries) in their droves has many, political and complicated, reasons.
Ursula
BHB, that is not fair. Conrad’s blog was fun and exciting long before any of us heard of ‘Lady Ursula’!
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wallsoftroy, you seem to offer an interesting perspective. Ursula, you should stick around. You seem to have drawn in some interesting playmates!
Courage, girl. Perhaps you won’t melt with a little light and warmth rather than heat.
Ursula -
You are such a pit bull – let it go! To disagree graciously is one thing but to constantly harp & be mean becomes very tiresome!
Conrad, in all my social networking journeys, there always seems to be at least ONE. Never fails. Theirs is a hunger which must be fed, at others expense if need be. Sad.
Conrad,
I liked your #4 suggestion best. Please do tell your mother. We’ve missed her comments.
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Yes, WE WANT CORKY!
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wallsoftroy,
Could you tell us more about yourself?
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Deb, wallsoftroy, I agree with you both. And, Grannymar, thanks for the comment about the blog having value before this battle.
However, and I think this is key, this type of conflict CAN bring out the best in people as they seek to deal with it. But, Ursula, you do NOT need to be insulting. If you are brilliant in your observations, that should be enough of a goad for thoughtful people. You should stay and have the courage to try that.
May all of this serve to raise our discourse to a whole new level, gang!!
Jean, you knew the humor in #4 – don’t make me call out the Queen! And, I agree, we need to get her over here. I can’t see her as others do, but others seem to delight in her presence almost as much as I.
wallsoftroy You must be a softy Roy from your name. I’ve never seen a comment from you. So all of a sudden you come here with your JUDGEMENT. I doubt that you really know Ursula.
As you can see CheerfulMonk (see above) is sweet & kind. Ursula is… herself. We need both.
bikehikebabe,
Though today was my first comment, it was far from my first view. And what began as an observation only became a “judgment” , if you will, after ample opportunity to consider.
In terms of the reaction to my comments, which I expected to be somewhat mixed, there comes a time when one just has to jump in the pool. And my last comment was a truth to me.
One need not tear down others in order to build oneself up. I see great harm it that sort of behavior. And, as I offered, it IS quite a common occurrence in these types of forums. Quite toxic to those who might feel intimidated, or simply turned off by it. I experience it a lot.
I am here because I’m looking for a higher level of discourse on meaningful topics. Held with respect and thoughtfulness. Either this will be a good fit for me, or it wont.
Heck, bhb, if I had known that you enjoyed nastiness so much, I could have been insulting you this whole time!!
Cheereful Monk,
As to your inquiry, what fun would that be? Why not let my questions, comments, and sharing reveal who I am, over time. Yes?
Bike HIke Babe, you are considerate – and I am tired.
Ursula
Wallsoftroy -
I like your gentle and thoughtful touch. Please know that I would welcome you as a delightful addition to our discussions.
Ursula, please return refreshed. I would encourage you to keep calling us on our folly but to recognize that you share your own folly and recognize it when we call it back. That is the joy of being human. It is more fun to play and work WITH people than to condescend from above. Your keen intellect seems well suited to bring so much.
wallsoftroy, your message of a desire for substance and meaning is well-received. Good input furthers that cause enormously.
Looking forward to the experience. And, for giggles, Conrad, I hope you resurrect the Whine Bar.
Holy crap I go away for an hour and “holy hell” breaks loose on this blog. Being such a calm person, I will come back when things settle down, besides I have to go to a meeting at the church to “pray” for you guys.
wallsoftroy,
Regard my comment as a request for you to keep commenting.
Conrad,
Yes, I did see the humor in #4. And I do miss Corky.
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I think we just opened the Whine Bar outside for awhile, LOL.
Maynard, you will be praying for a LOOOONG time, then.
For everyone’s benefit, I think after tomorrow morning’s LBC entry, we will reopen the Whine Bar this weekend or on Monday!
Jean, I called her and told her that people are clamoring for her presence! She said she’ll check it out.
Maynard, where is “holy hell” and do they have hoily crap there?
If I don’t stop playing and get on with my post for tomorrow you will all be whining at me>
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Grannymar, Holy hell is the parking lot of the church and the holy crap is the crap the Mennonite hores, that draw their Buggys, crap.
Now get back to your Friday’s post.
I don’t thnk this is the kind of crap wallsoftroy wants to see on this post. I was just answering your question.
So, let’s see. Eighty comments on a cartoon about a kangaroo??
Maynard, you never know what wot will want, because he was interested in the Whine Bar … and you know how that goes!
GM, I haven’t even started mine for tomorrow!!!
Maynard,
That Mennonite buggy horse holy crap might have some marketing possibilities in the gardening supplies and nursery industry. Hmmmm. Might give “Miracle Grow” a run for its money.
Gail -
Are you going to just let this go? Surely you are going to give us your invaluable wisdom?
Have you been out “horsing around” with your roos?
wallsoftroy, I like you already, being that iI’m in the flower growing business. My flowers love “good shit”!
Do you mine if I call you”wally”? wallsoftroy is to difficult to type.
Conrad – the roos hopped off in discust!
Wallsoftroy – Now we know why Maynard has such good roses!
Maynard – I am sure you can call Wallsoftroy ‘Wally’, so long as you don’t call him A wally!!
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I happen to know that Maynard lives in Pennsylvania and his next door neighbor has Mennonite horse buggies with the huge metal wheels sitting around. I saw a picture taken from his backyard.
A mixture of Mennonites and Crazy Maynard seems an unlikely mix. Too bad he left the s out of horses which made it hores in his comment above. (Maynard is good at misspelling.)
Gail -
I got a good chuckle out of the Mennonite hores also!!!
wallsoftroy, I somehow think you are going to fit in here just fine!!! LOL
Deb and Gail, I saw that too! At first, I thought he just misspelled whores! That is the joy of creative misspelling!!
Grannymar, roos do NOT have the patience for this type of stuff – even the ones who play piano.
wally works for me, Maynard. Just dont misspell it as walleye. That’s an ugly, and ill tempered fish, or a pejorative for the unfortunates amongst us who suffer from some ocular issues.
thanks
Grannymar -
What is “a wally”? I’m letting my ignorance just hang out here!
At least I didn’t put a ‘w’ in front. Somebody ought to thank me for that! Deb?
Deb, I thought that question would come.
A wally is vulnerable to having the wool pulled over his/her eyes. They enjoy getting lost in malls, they’re often late, their time management is patchy, at best.
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References to “W” cant be good. Not after this decade.
Conrad, why would anyone sweat for a week writing a post when two sentences bring in almost 100 comments.
Maynard -
Yes, you are to be commended for not adding the “w”! Also – we all got a huge giggle out of it – that’s worth a lot! However, I am concerned as to whether Gail will still think you a gentleman!
Grannymar -
Is that a common euphanism in Ireland? I confess that I goggled it and after having read the definition, had still never heard it used!
Thanks for sharing!
Who would have thought that Englebert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey) had such interesting origins?? Speaking of googleing.
Maynard -
Wow – I win on misspellings – there were at least 2 in my last post! Hey – enjoy! We giggled at you – so tit for tat!
Conrad -
Is this the first thread on your blog to go over 100 posts?
Wally – I agree.
Deb – It is used in Ireland but the term ‘an eejit’ is more common, ‘a right eejit’ is used as an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody’s intelligence.
Now folks, much as I am enjoying the fun, it is already Friday here and I need some beauty sleep. I am off to my scratcher! night night!
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This is the first time I’ve had over 100 comments! The Post ended up being the least relevant thing here!
Sleep like a rock, GM!!
… and I just know she has that Friday morning post written … hmmm … what should I write now? And watch the damn thing get three comments, two of them from relatives!!
Hey, GM, did you call wallsoftroy a Wally after you told him it was a BAD thing??? That will generate another hundred comments in and of itself!! LOL
The comments could use more gravatars (pictures). Grannymar, Deb, Maynard, Wally Ursula, etc. if you’d like to set one up I could help you do it. It’s easy and it makes the comments seem friendlier. (Yes, friendly is boring but I’m stuck with it.)
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Cheerful Monk -
I’m in – I have a pic but don’t know how to post it! I would love your help! However, be forewarned that I am very computer challenged so you may be sorry for your offer to help!
Cheerful Monk, I have some pics of Deb that could be used. Deb loves to change her hair color on a regular basis. She is a beautiful woman with “Maynard Red”!
Mayo -
Old buddy, ole pal! I think Conrad has a pic of you as Cowboy Joe that would look nice as your photo. It would make you look just like a Texan!!! Be careful! Also, I have a scanner and your photo from the reunion will find its way on here!
I am so annoyed at Gail – do you suppose she will ever show us her pretty face?
Deb,
Just send your picture to cheerfulmonk@gmail.com. I can do most of it for you. You would just have to confirm when gravatar.com sends you an e-mail message asking if it’s all right.
Maynard,
How about sending me a G-rated picture of yourself so I can make you your own gravatar? Or Deb or Conrad could send me a picture. You would have to confirm it.
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This is my “pretty face”. You don’t like it???????????
Hey all you folk of this blog………..
It has been my pleasure to have read and written many a word but I learned some new ones in this back and forth go’round, lol The first RED mark I received on a written column was when I described the females involved as ladies…..seems that in the old days of journalism they were only of the night and involved with other ladies that collected the money….now you could probably quote Maynard and just happen to leave off the w and nobody would notice or care if they did. I used to work with the Church of the Brethren Insurance Co. as an underwriter and became acquainted with a lot of The Brethren all over the good old USofA and loved to talk with them about their buildings, weather, etc. When they found out my last name, I found out that a lot of them are German and they are very pleasant to talk to. Having been German all my life I know from experience that they can be pleasant….or not…..just like any other nationality….and they can be strange too. I had a dearly loved aunt that was very proud of her German heritage and she married an Englishman that came to the states when he was a young boy (don’t get me wrong, she let him grow up). lol During WW11 he naturally was worried about his family that was left in England ( I loved the way he talked and mocked him all the time which got me a rap up side the head every now and then) so he would say derogatory things about the Germans (went over like a lead duck with my Grandpa Columbus) so my aunt decided that our family was Dutch until the war was over. Needless to say, she was not treated well at family gatherings and my father (the Irish dude) called my mother “Dutchman” from then on (or Squaw, deciding on his mood). After the war she went back to being German again. I guess what I’m trying to get across is that you can be whatever you are born to be and be happy doing it but don’t fool with any of those roo’s because they take no crap from any nationality if you get them riled up and I knew a lot of those “eegits” (is that right Grannymar?) when I lived in Oklahoma (at least that’s what I thought they were!!
Bed time,
Corky
No offense, Gail … but, in this picture, you look like an old bag!
Alright, all of you. The Queen has spoken!
Thathaasthu! Conrad, you must enter the post for a possible record number of comments!
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Yes, Ramana, I need the number of the Guinness Records people!
Corky – As usual you got it in one! Your use of “eegits” was perfect!
Conrad – I did sleep, and that is a miracle!
Jean – Avatar in the post!
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Welcome back Corky, and you are right –those roos will kick the crap out of a person if angered.
I believe Gail would too! So Deb be careful how you talk to Gail!
So the question is, “Are Gail and Ursula responsible for stimulating so many of the comments?”
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Jean, I think this became very much like the Whine Bar runs, LOL. After awhile, it was kind of a social chimney effect! People gain momentum and that momentum produces more momentum.
Somehow, by the end, Bob becomes somebody’s Uncle, but I never figured out how that works …
Bob is the humming bird…….didn’t your Mama teach you anything? lol
Thanks Jean! Now everyone can see how I look.
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Conrad,
I agree about the chimney effect, and I think Gail and Ursula got things started.
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Grannymar,
I love your picture. It adds so much to the comments.
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Jean,
The picture makes me feel more at home! No Conrad! Don’t take that the wrong way. I always feel at home here, but with my picture on the wall it is more like I am family!
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Mom, you are right! Bob!
Grannymar, I’ve see this pic over on Twitter – and I’ve always liked it!
Jean, the only thing missing with the Gail and Ursula start was Pabst Blue Ribbon! For those across the sea, I am referring to the old Friday Night Fights we used to have when I was a kid, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and Hamms, the beer refreshing! So, I am basically endorsing your theory.
GM, I was pretty concerned about you feeling at home here, LOL. If anyone ever came in, put her feet up on the ottoman, grabbed a Guinness and started sharing the good cheer over here, it’s you!
Conrad,
My father used to enjoy the fights but they always disturbed me. I thought the interaction between Gail and Ursula was more like two equally matched dogs play fighting and having a great time.
That’s not an insult. As many of you know I have great respect for dogs and some of my fondest memories involve them. If I believed in reincarnation I would be sure that I had been a dog in an earlier life.
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Perhaps they were playing, Jean. I think others were not.
That’s the problem with rough play. If all parties aren’t well matched and equally interested someone can get hurt. McConnell tells of a 230-pound man who loved rough housing with his dog. He had to give it up because the dog kept trying to do the same thing during the day with the 110-pound wife who didn’t like rough housing and especially didn’t like all the bruises and little bites.
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I just received an email from the volunteer who is fostering a puppy from the shelter. She said her own dogs are very gentle with the puppy but she tries to bite their legs to get them to play with her. The volunteer has to watch her carefully so no one gets hurt.
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I think part of it is being well matched. But, I think another part of it is putting out signals that this is play. Maynard and Gail are very good at that and they romp all over the place. If it is made clear that you are playing, you can be pretty ornery.
She’s not a dog. She’s a silly goose!
I love watching dogs at play.
Conrad, to help you swell your comment count on this post to epic proportions – no, I am not coming back to your blog – and since my reputation is in tatters so shambolic as beyond repair I can[t resist to pass on to you and the rest of my fan club (yes, you Grannymar and the Debs of this world) something I found this minute.
It amounts to the best quote of the week (uttered by a female British commedian of Asian descent) and fully underwritten by me: “People who put a smiley face at the end of a sentence, in an attempt to show feeling, show NO feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air, because that’s the one I’d send back.”
Mwah,
U
PS Sorry, Grannymar and Debs of this world: I forgot to include the plague of “Walls of Troy” into my recent hard core fan club.
Maynard, take note, you were led up the wrong Troy. Why not climb on my high horse instead?
Cheerful Monk, YOUR (and BHB’s – does she use them?) smileys are excempt from my scorn. You are too nice a person. Since you try and do right by everyone may I hazard the guess that you are a Libran trying to balance wonky scales. Picture in the post.
U
I don’t know how to get those yellow smiley/laughy faces but I don’t use LOL either. That’s like telling a joke & then asking people to laugh. It kills the joke.
The reason you like Jean of CheerfulMonk is that she is sooo centered. She doesn’t take offense. She’d consider if what said is true (It wouldn’t be because she’s perfect) but it wouldn’t get her upset. You learn a lot from her blogs: StressToPower & CheerfulMonk.
I am in your true fan club. If you don’t come back I will be very disappointed. You write so well.