The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[Jestgar]

I think we should all ADD five years to our age ... that way people's reactions will be, "WOW! You look so much younger!" rather than subtracting 5 years and having them say, "WOW! I thought you were older than that!"

I've decided I can't be older than my partner so if I'm feeling a little decrepit, I just ditch the current old fogie and find a younger model.

[tom]

However, I am not fully irate . . . . . . .

Susie's Moderate Ire = good name for a band where the guy guitarist & drummer wear eyeshadow.

Susie, I write left-handed, everything else is generally right-handed ...

And neither mentions the tres importante datapoint for guys - throw righty?

EVERYone's played softball at some point, right? Bats left, throws right?

I've heard of "second banana", but "second rooster"? Have I been away that long?

GAH!!. . . . . after hitting I realized "additional" would've been more accurate.

<curse that 'writing in verbal voice'!>

But "embarrassingly dark" will go fantabulously with the orange skin that you so desire.

And it keeps the premature halloweenification (halloweeniness?) from flatlining!!

(one local groc store already cobwebbed up the registers last wkend! Boooooooooooooo)

. .. . I think he comes in my closet and in my drawers . . .

OMG yipes! . . . now that Richard presented an alternate reading . .. . . . .uhhhhhhhh yeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh you might want to set up a teddybearcam and contact a network tv 'news magazine' show. They love this stuff.

"over 40" is a state of mind. changes depending on the day

Being as close to 50 as 40 is nothing short of shocking.

I figure at worst I'm allowed to pick up where I left off pre-celiac. So, consider me 36 now, thank you.

And you're living proof of that!

Susie's planting wild strawberries today!! Yum!

And, of course, LMAO!! @ the "No Bell Piece Prize but they also awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well" segment of today's show.

Richard, best of luck trying to catch up on months' worth, I can't believe the time it just took me after missing a few HOURS!

Didn't someone ask if we were wearing our bells? "Pbbbbt!" I say! "Not any MORE!"

[Darn210]

Planting wild strawberries . . . isn't that an oxymoron?

[DingoGirl]

confused by tom's last post.....Pulletsurprise etc.

bats right, throws right, tennis racket - right, and would definitely slug someone, if required, with right.

the wild strawberries - ornamental only, methinks.

Dingy, signing out. Drank two Redbridges whilst gardening, am now sleepy and hungry, must forage.

[Darn210]

You could be like my grandmother ... she's been 39 since before I was born.

I have a friend whose husband sent her "Happy 40th" and "Over the Hill" balloons at work on her 39th birthday. So no one would believe her when she tried to tell them she was only 39. And to clarify, since we ARE talking about a guy, he did actually know it was her 39th birthday.

I'm 43 . . . I don't have a problem telling people, it's just sometimes I have to stop and do the math to figure out how old I am because I can't remember.

[CarlaB]

And neither mentions the tres importante datapoint for guys - throw righty?

EVERYone's played softball at some point, right? Bats left, throws right?

Right, bat and throw.

The other day I was at the gym lifting weights. A new, fancy club opened in our town, so the community center wasn't very crowded, just this guy and I were in there, so we started chatting about it being so deserted.

Anyway, I mentioned how odd it was that there was not a bench for bench pressing, and he said that at his age he got credit just for being there ... ends up, he is 4 years younger than I!! I guess I got extra credit for being older and SICK and being there!

[tom]

confused by tom's last post.....Pulletsurprise etc.

Oh u did NOT miss the 'coq au ding' story miss dingy!! in-con-THEEV-able!

(meant to quote but it somehow didn't make it through my manual stacking-quote method)

. . . and would definitely slug someone, if required, with right.

You make it sound hypothetical !!

Surely at LEAST a good slap or 2 is in your past!! lmao

Dingy, signing out. Drank two Redbridges whilst gardening, . . .

Mmmmmmmmmmm I'm actually still thrilled at the very thought of a good beer being available for the "during"s (aka whilsts ) and "after"s.

. . . So no one would believe her when she tried to tell them she was only 39.

I guess I got extra credit for being older and SICK and being there!

Aint dat da troof!!

[elye]

Oh...I can't keep up with you guys....! I need a Coles Notes for the Tickle Me thread.

So...

I have an answering machine in my car. It says, "I'm home now, but leave a message and I'll call back when I'm out".

[nikki-uk]

"I'm home now, but leave a message and I'll call back when I'm out".

Indeed!

I think everyone got terribly excited by a fleeting visit by our founder member !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elye]

Indeed!

I think everyone got terribly excited by a fleeting visit by our founder member !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, our Great Founding Member! We didn't even have time to pull out the red carpet, arrange the bugle players or nuthin'! Like a great emporer arriving amoungst his subjects. King Richard...after all, "Richard" means strong ruler.

[Daughter-of-TheLight]

Whoo-hoo. I am HYPER today and need to get this out

*does some strange latin line dance*

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

"Ashleys Furniture home store! *singing* Your gonna love this place..."

Me: *points marshmellow shooter*

Friend: AHHH!!!! ITS A SNIPER!!!

Me: *laughs evilly and chases*

Friend: *takes shiny coin and throws it* Fetch!

Me: Ohh... Shiny... MUST HAVE SHINY!!!!!! *chases shiny*

Friend: *wipes brow*

Me: UGG!! did you know that the people who did the Eragon movie TOTALLY messed it up! THE RA'ZAC WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE!!!!!! ARRGGHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Mr. Paolini sued them. Good christopher... *pats head*

Ok. I've gotten most of that out now... Now I shall decend and work on my solemn debate. Thank God For Google.

[nikki-uk]

Yes, our Great Founding Member! We didn't even have time to pull out the red carpet, arrange the bugle players or nuthin'! Like a great emporer arriving amoungst his subjects. King Richard...after all, "Richard" means strong ruler.

Heck ! Emily!! Do you think Richard (strong ruler) should have the Grand Poobah Crown???

Ok. I've gotten most of that out now... Now I shall decend and work on my solemn debate. Thank God For Google.

I'm glad that made you feel better !!

[elye]

Man, if there is a true Grand Poobah anywhere, it is Richard. Get him onto that American Poobah hat site, for this man needs a crown!

Daughter of the Light...a new subject of Richard the Strong....or have I simply missed your interesting posts in this thread? Can't imagine that would be possible!

[tom]

ROFL Janet!

. . . hmmm interesting.

Hey Tom, you're right. That works great.

!!

Jin, thank you for welcoming me to Rachelville. However, I am here only briefly. My post was merely an overflow from the Silly's thread. I needed to post a ". . . . hmmmmm interesting" after one of Tom's post. . . .

I was hoping to slip in and out without being noticed . . . .

But Jin's keen eye (aye!) is too attentive for that!

Oh...I can't keep up with you guys....! I need a Coles Notes for the Tickle Me thread.

So...

I have an answering machine in my car. It says, "I'm home now, but leave a message and I'll call back when I'm out".

I'll guess that Coles Notes are some Canuckian equivalent to Cliff Notes.

Whoo-hoo. I am HYPER today and need to get this out . . . .

LOL Daughter_of_TheLight!

And THAT's what this thread's here for! Stop by anytime!

This part of your sig,

"I live behind an eternal mask

Glued there, to my face,

All it shows is happiness,

All it shows is fake.

-Light "

sooooooooo completely reminds me of one of my fav all-time albums. (Yeah, old fogies like me think music comes in 'albums')

Supertramp's "Crime of the Century".

[Darn210]

. . . hmmm interesting.

Hey Tom, you're right. That works great.

Hehehehe . . . Were you surprised to see me? To fill everyone in, I used Tom's "how to increase your post count" suggestion against him on the OMG thread. Hehehe.

darn tootin' ya did!

So did you know that from the beginning or did you just figure it out?

I have an answering machine in my car. It says, "I'm home now, but leave a message and I'll call back when I'm out".

Emily, I'm now picturing your car with an answering machine, coffee pot, ficus plant, and a minifridge.

Time to get back to work. We have guests coming in 2 1/2 hours and I've got probably 2 hours of food prep and 3 hours of cleaning . . . hmmm, doing the math . . . I don't think that's gonna work.

I believe the term I'm suppose to use now is

Harumpffff!!!!

[DingoGirl]

Just reading along and chortling at our nonsense here.

Richard the Strong. *snigger*

and Daughter of the Light - - yes, whatever it means, it sounds.....interesting....? come back any time.

Um, Tom, only hit a man once (other than little brother - poor sod ) when I was about 30, it was my boyfriend at the time, and he THREW A DEAD DRAGONFLY ON ME , it was huge, and I am equally terrified of the dead insects, so I slugged him in the arm. A hard right.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh my back...............it's couch day with heating pad for Dingy. but the garden looks lovely.

HALLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SILLIES!!!!!!!!!

oh, am REALLY cracking up at Janet's brief fore (how do you spell FORAY) into OMG to leave her mark. :lol:

[DingoGirl]

I believe the term I'm suppose to use now is

Harumpffff!!!!

:lol:

you catch on quickly, silly!

[Darn210]

oh, am REALLY cracking up at Janet's brief fore (how do you spell FORAY) into OMG to leave her mark. :lol:

OMG . . . that makes it sound like I'm peeing on everything.

[tom]

Hehehehe . . . Were you surprised to see me? To fill everyone in, I used Tom's "how to increase your post count" suggestion against him on the OMG thread. Hehehe.

Omg Janet this *SO* cracks me up.

But I am a little chagrined that I didn't immed take it for what it was.

Ya got me good , so kudos & touchee etc.

<tom can't stop laughing at being "run thru w/ me own cutlass">

So did you know that from the beginning or did you just figure it out?

NoSoyBoy here caught on early. Maybe a month ago(?), I started seeing your name SO often on the same thread as me, I even joked to someone "I think I'm being followed"!

Harumpffff!!!!

"Let the Harumpffff-ing Begin!!!"

[Darn210]

NoSoyBoy here caught on early. Maybe a month ago(?), I started seeing your name SO often on the same thread as me, I even joked to someone "I think I'm being followed"!

"Let the Harumpffff-ing Begin!!!"

Once again . . . that sounds like I'm a stalker. I did notice that whenever I came to read this thread, you seemed to be here at the same time. I didn't notice on the other threads . . . but I read up in a lot of them to procrastinate and avoid doing the mundane housework and errands - like right now when I have guests coming in . . . . Aaaaagggg . . . an hour!!!

OH!!! ROFL!!

P.P.P.P.S. Did I hear we have a reader not neighborly enough to say hello? Awww, the door's always open!

I read this and I thought, Oh sh@#!, I've been caught evesdropping (all one word?). Then somebody responded (Donna, I think) and I laughed at myself and thought nobody noticed me lurking in the shadows . . . I was off the hook.

Back to work . . . the clock is ticking . . . insert panic emoticon here.

[tom]

Oh Ding-GoGo-Girl (vegas theme, right?), I hope I can Danke Shen in advance for an av change!! What's next? Liberace?

. . . and I am equally terrified of the dead insects, . . . .

This is just so WRONG for Miss Outdoorsy Cliff-Climber. Reminds me of a claustrophobic elevator operator from days of yore.

OMG . . . that makes it sound like I'm peeing on everything.

LOL yes, ye shall henceforth be known as "Squats w/ Avatar-Caption Envy".

[CarlaB]

sooooooooo completely reminds me of one of my fav all-time albums. (Yeah, old fogies like me think music comes in 'albums')

Adam has all these old 45's so he bought a record player ... one day I asked the kids what they were doing because they had been playing quietly in the basement for so long ... they said they were playing with those black disc things, what are they called?!

That's how old you are, Tom, kids don't even know what a "record" or an "album" is anymore!!!

[elye]

I'll guess that Coles Notes are some Canuckian equivalent to Cliff Notes.

sooooooooo completely reminds me of one of my fav all-time albums. (Yeah, old fogies like me think music comes in 'albums')

Supertramp's "Crime of the Century".

Ya haven't got Coles Notes Down There? Got me through high school. Cheating-type synopsis books when cramming for exams....

...Right....You're bloody well right!.....

[Daughter-of-TheLight]

Me: *shoots evil carebear w/ machine gun* HA!

Carebear: AHH!!! THE SWEET SUGARY GOODNESS!! IT BURNS!!! IT INFRINGES ON MY EVILNESS!!

Me: O.o... Infringes?

Carebear: Just because I am an evil brainwashing carebear that sings happy songs of doom doesn't mean that I have no vocabulary.

Me: O.O

Carebear: Whaaat

Me ATTACK MY BANNAS IN PAJAMAS!!!!

Carebears: *pull machine guns* Attack, Boo-Bahs!

Me-and-the-Bannas-in-PJs: *scream peircingly and pull out evil marshmellows of doom*

Carebears: NOT THE EVIL MARSHMELLOWS OF DOOM!

Quote,

"Are you two going to weep salty tears of admiration over a helmet or do we have some buisness to discuss..." Artemis, Artemis fowl: The lost colony

"Besides my fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica..." Fang, Maximum Ride: Saving the world and other extreme sports.

"The pixie is Crazy! Give me your gun Holly, I'm going to shoot him." Mulch, Artemis fow, The Lost Colony.

*evil laughter...*

[blueeyedmanda]

lost?