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Cobra Commander · 2004-10-11 08:22:14

I log in this morning and find that Josh is still in a funk and Clark found the happy-gas. This is gonna be a long day...

clark · 2004-10-11 08:25:41

gas?! Zat was not as zu requezted mon Capi-tan! I vill make ze appropriate changes to Operation Snoopy, but ze Hamzters shall be disapointed all the same.

As you are oft quoted in your manuscript, ze vision for a fresh tommorrow: "Purple sheets for everyone!" Viva la Telemundo!

clark · 2004-10-11 10:57:18

Monkey poo. It just sounds funny. Of course, it's not as funny when it's being thrown at you, but then, it is funny watching someone else get hit by it. Strange, monkey poo, so versatile.

BWhite · 2004-10-11 11:05:02

Viva la Telemundo!

On Jon Stewart's show, IIRC, he had a bit about Telemundo's assessment of the 2004 election:

(1) Senor Tight Ass

versus

(2) Le Grande Moron.

clark · 2004-10-11 11:10:45

I think they should wear colorful masks in a no-holds barred steel cage death match on pay per view.

If flag burning becomes a constutional ammendment which bans the act, would that also include beating pinanta's in the shape and color of the flag too?

Beat it till the candy comes out kids!

Cobra Commander · 2004-10-11 11:14:17

Do I even want to ask why Clark seems to be in such a goofy good mood?...

Oh damn, did I type that instead of think it? And if so what was I supposed to be typing? :hm:

clark · 2004-10-11 11:20:10

Mon Capi-tan, Ze Hamzters have been netruilized! Ze have been gaszed as youve intomated, as per ze usual procedueres!

Operation Snoopy may now commence, we but wait for ze orders to commence dying of ze sheets to the holy color purple!

Ve have taken ze liberty of stringing the littles bodies of ze now dead hamzters into necklaces. Ve shall sell them at ze profit to unwitting tourists who think them quaint!

Josh Cryer · 2004-10-11 11:56:45

He's probably had some happy sex. That does it to people every time.

clark · 2004-10-11 12:19:06

Hark it is the angel Jousha, whose firery sword brings forth vengence of justice and the locked threads of message boards. Lo be unto the wicked trolls and unbelievers who scoff at his might, for his reach is far and wide in the electrical universe of ones and zeros. Look not upon his countenance lest you be judged and smote in your wickedness. He comes with the golden trumpet of anarchy to impose the enlightened one mans law of, "cause I say so."

Let us feast upon the eldiberries and make song as we bask in the ephermal glow of his radiant holiness. We are but humble servants to the unseen one who floats mysteriously in and out of our percetion, with but his words as prosiac mantra's to be repeated till the end of days!

"Happy sex! Happy sex! Happy sex!"

Go forth to the heathen lands and spread the new gospel! Go forth and bear the truth of his words! For I have seen the unseen and it is a sight to be seen, but it should remain unseen for to see it would make it seen, and then we would have to find something else to be unseen, which when you think about it, is silly, so keep this one unseen and save us all a heap of trouble.

So it is said, so shall it be.

Josh Cryer · 2004-10-11 12:22:46

See? I knew it.

clark · 2004-10-11 12:29:18

And the angel Jousha did remark, and lo did the people believe, for his words were without scorn and jealousy, free of depression and ennui. Upon the mirror he cast his own gaze and upon his own reflection he saw the unseen seen by me, and now by himself, of the desires of flesh that cause hearts to swoon and men to fail, for such is the making of bad epic hero's! And lo, the angel did prance and cavort, frolick and dance, limbo and mambo, and lo, the people held their sticks of slightly overcooked meat animal with spices and blackened vegtebales aloft in union, declaring the wisdom of twirling being. And all feasted upon the eldiberries and made song of the wisdom, and all jested in shouts and whispers at his claims, for mockery was upon them in the age of enlightenment glowing in the wings of their invisible shepard.

Mad Grad Student · 2004-10-11 15:39:18

you guys are nuts.

I would call up my one of my friends and have a mentally-stimulating call with them, but one's working at Boston Market, another's running some church program, and the others are acting like good students and not procrastinating. Meanwhile I have about 150 pages to read in a book within the next 20 hours if I want to live. Well, I guess that means I'm stuck with you guys for the time being.

I think there's a blues song for this...

clark · 2004-10-11 16:08:45

you ain't nothin but a hound dog, cryin all the time
you ain't nothin but a hound dog, cryin all the time
you ain't nothin but a hound dog, and you ain't no friend of mine.

oooowwwooo

clark · 2004-10-11 18:31:03

No, you're not crazy! I am! No, wait, strike that. You're less crazy than I am. Damn, still not right. Okay, you're crazy, but I'm insane! hahahaha

Ze hamzter necklaces, ze arez ztarting to zmell! Two for an american pig dollar!

Mad Grad Student · 2004-10-11 18:33:33

you ain't nothin but a hound dog, cryin all the time
you ain't nothin but a hound dog, cryin all the time
you ain't nothin but a hound dog, and you ain't no friend of mine.
oooowwwooo

Well, that's not exactly what I had in mind, but whatev.

"I don't know who you magic pixies are, but I sure like your magic pixie drink!"
-Barney Gumble, The Simpsons

My previous depressing analogy isn't perfect, I realize in hindsight. We're not gods trapped in the world of matter, we're something closer to ghosts. What was it Arthur C. Clarke said over and over and over again in the 2001 series? Something like that the Firstborn (the guys who made the monolith and bred our ancestral astrolopithican bretheren into lean mean sentient machines) had "freed themselves from the tyrany of matter." Sometimes the universe of matter is great to live in other times it really sucks.

Reeses' Peanut Butter Cups are good. Very, very good. And yet, there's nothing at all stimulating about them. They're just little brownish discs that sit there not doing anything, untill you eat one. Something like that is just pure sensory candy, but there's something to be said for that. Maybe the epicurians and the dolphins are on to something.

A few minutes ago I had a weird case of mental whiplash. I was sitting there, reading my assigned AP novel when suddenly the imaginary world I was picturing flickered out and I realized that I was just staring at a piece of paper with a bunch of odd black scribblediegook. There's nothing appealing to the senses at all about reading a good book, but if you really get into one it's as though the whole world just fades out and the la-la land imaginary one takes over. I like it there, I wish I could visit more often.

Yup, we humans are pretty weird, but what else is new? I'd better get back to work, I'm still only halfway through my book and $188,400 short of a Virgin Galactic ticket. :;):

clark · 2004-10-11 18:39:35

Well, a mind, that's not exactly what I had, but whatev.

I'm matter in search of a god. Aren't we all? A sciencefiction author made me believe it. L Ron Hubbard in fact. Battefield Earth is my bible, what's yours?

Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker, and I don't like no trickesters or sob sisters. It's the pow-pow-power of positive drinking!

As the great dolphin Ekk said, "ekk!"

In the case of whiplash, sue. Those authors should be ashamed. Causing all kinds of accidents.

$188,400 is not all you're short of I'ld wager. :laugh:

Monkey poo!

Mad Grad Student · 2004-10-11 19:11:39

Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker, and I don't like no trickesters or sob sisters. It's the pow-pow-power of positive drinking!

Probably not a good idea for me, considering I'm a minor. Anyway, isn't pow-pow-Power Wheels!?

What else am I short of? The guts? The determination? The g-force tolerance? The sanity? All of the above? A couple thousand more sit-ups and I'll be able to take 5 g's no sweat, and I'm obviously gutsy enough to do it. The problem is, though, lifeguard pay just isn't enough to fund a trip into space.

Oh, well, there's always the Zero-g Corporation.

I'm I the only one that thinks Anousheh Ansari is totally hot!? :laugh:

First Rodney Dangerfield and now Christopher Reeve. It's a sad week in which we loose two such amazing individuals and huge proponents of cloning research. I heard once that Dangerfield wanted a clone of himself, does that make him a stem cell research advocate? Oh, well, it's still sad.

Best. game. ever.http://www.ebaumsworld.com/squares.html]Squares

Be warned: you may become addicted. :;):

clark · 2004-10-12 06:02:58

Power of positive drinking! It's a song. Not a commercial.

As for being short on all that other stuff, I can't speak with any certainty, but you definitely don't lack the smarts. Maybe you won't have to pay for your trip. Astronauts get free rides.

Derrida passed away. Cancer. Pity that.

Ah well, I'll behave now. Humor is such a personal thing, personaly speaking, to the impersonal bunch.

Tra-la-la-de-da, off to Mars.

clark · 2004-10-17 06:48:49

you think you're so smart, figure it out yourself.

clark · 2004-11-08 12:06:35

I am very happy right now. Extremly happy. So happy I could scream... I think I will.

YEAAAAAAH!

Oh that felt good, and it feels good, so I will see you all much, much later.

<--- me, right now. Ha!

Palomar · 2004-11-08 12:19:37

*Joe is being vampirized by Angelique, who is under the power of Nicholas, because Nicholas wants Joe out of the way so he can have Maggie for himself. Joe and Maggie are engaged, but no...Nicholas has him marked for death.

No wedding day for Joe and Maggie. No slicing the cake together, tossing the bouquet, dinner and dance afterwards.

No tin cans tied to the bumper as they drive away for their honeymoon.

No romantic "Just Married" weekend in Bar Harbor.

No beautiful babies.

And all some folks want to talk about at this message board is politics! :-\

Sheesh.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2004-11-25 09:08:39

*Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow U.S. citizens.

Saw a young couple on ABC News: He's in Fallujah, she's here at home with their beautiful baby girl (no more than 2 months old). Really wishing the troops and their families the best.

Here's our Thanksgiving Dinner menu:

Roast turkey
Whipped potatoes with homemade gravy
Cornbread stuffing with sage
Creamed corn
Baked acorn squash with butter and brown sugar
Deviled eggs
Cranberry relish
Fried apples 'n onions
Cucumber-tomato salad with red onion vinegar dressing

Homemade pumpkin pie with French Vanilla Cool Whip

(Can't say I'm all that hungry, but I've got others to feed. Have already been busy in the kitchen since 6:00 a.m. and yep -- I'm preparing the entire meal myself).

--Cindy

Cobra Commander · 2004-11-25 10:58:44

First up, uncompensated tech support followed by a long drive to dinner and heated debate with liberal relatives.

BWhite · 2004-11-25 11:38:17

First up, uncompensated tech support followed by a long drive to dinner and heated debate with liberal relatives.

Dude, come to my house. I can offer you all of the above, meaning food, the opportunity for you to give some free tech support (my brother the network guy would be pleased) and heated debate with liberals. You know, the all-American package deal.

Gratis!

= = =

My sister's children are at their dad's (divorce) therefore our traditional Thanksgiving is at my mom's tomorrow (Friday). This also saves my other siblings the burden of two dinners - - one at my folks and other at their spouse's folks - - all in one day.

Today we (that means me) will cook for my parents & my wife's parents & my sister who would otherwise be alone without her kids. I am going non-traditional:

Fresh salmon (grilled on the gas Weber);
Roast beef (with horseradish and Worchester);
Mashed potatoes (from scratch, naturally);
Fresh carrots (nuked in butter);
Fresh spinach (pan sauted in olive oil, garlic and lemon);
Salad;
Fresh popovers cooked with a small drop of boiling veggie oil in a pre-heated muffin tin. Those puppies explode in the oven.

My in-laws will bring appetizers and my Mom will bring pies and CoolWhip.

Plenty of beer and wine also. . .

= = =

PS - - A few months ago I bought this steel potato ricer tool. $5 or thereabouts. Makes the very best fresh mashed potatoes. That guy living in the simulated mats Hab in Alaska says potatoes grow really well and offer efficient and plentiful nutrition for the volume of space and plant food consumed.

Potatoes on Mars? My wife would go in a heartbeat,

Josh Cryer · 2004-11-25 13:59:51

A big turkey sandwich, with lettuce cheese and tomatoes and a quart of egg nog for me. My Thanksgiving plans didn't pan out.

It's all good, though. Thanksgivings were always the bloodiest holiday in our household.

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