The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[Darn210]

Jess . . . Zen Stuff . . . . . . I love that word . . . Bupkis

Emily . . . Absinthe . . . guess I'm gonna hafta try that sometime but is the right time whilst being in charge of 10 kids?

Suezee . . . miniKissey . . . . . . good luck, don't try too hard and my totally unsolicitated advice (based on when I met my hubby's 12 years younger brother) is to let him realize (in actions and not words) that you're not trying to steal his dad away from him (i.e. keep him from doing all the fun stuff that they do together).

Bev . . . thank Gawd you guys didn't kill off Sandra Bullock!!!

[tom]

Tequila? This is a green outing, Janet! Tree-planting...It's absinthe er nothin'!

Phaeriephied phorest phormation!!!

. . ..and nerve-wracking! .. . .

Aha!!! I've been racking/wracking my brain about the W, and now decided that w/ nerve-Wracking looking so correct, I shall henceforth go w/ "cranial wracking" as well.

<crap. . .it doesn't look right ... ..maybe I should just stay away from that>

I was in error--he's here Thursday night. C'mon up!

Good deal!!

<checking OttawaAir for a flight>

Edit P.S. Zen Judaism :lol:

[Darn210]

(based on when I met my hubby's 12 years younger brother) is to let him realize (in actions and not words) that you're not trying to steal his dad away from him (i.e. keep him from doing all the fun stuff that they do together).

Ok - now I feel obligated to explain this a bit . . . I met his little brother when he was about 12. He was fairly rude but I didn't take the bait. I also didn't try to get them to NOT play golf (because I don't play golf) or some of the other stuff they would do together and after awhile, he decided I was alright after all. His mom (my MIL) still gets on him about how rude he was to me when we met and that was almost 20 years ago.

[elye]

Let your mind be as a floating cloud.

Let your stillness be as a wooded glen.

And sit up straight.

You'll never meet the Buddha with such rounded shoulders.

Hafta tell me kids this.....

I'll get two of these:

It's not about having fun. It's about bringing home all seven boys with two little sisters and a little brother with all of their fingers and toes and no gashes in the forehead and if you would have seen the way they were flinging shovels and hoes around, you know injury-free tree planting was the true goal.

Gad...Hope YOU got a couple o' badges fer all that....

Aha!!! I've been racking/wracking my brain about the W, and now decided that w/ nerve-Wracking looking so correct, I shall henceforth go w/ "cranial wracking" as well.

<crap. . .it doesn't look right ... ..maybe I should just stay away from that>

Fairly certain the W is there...Wrack as a noun means destruction or chaos...a logical semantic leap to the verb "I wracked my brain trying to come up with the answer....suction cups or metal cleats?"

So, tomorrow is......get ready, as it's big........

My parents' FIFTY-NINTH wedding anniversary!!

Can anyone believe that?

It's also Earth Day.

Fitting, as my mom and dad have been together since the earth began.....

[Darn210]

Fitting, as my mom and dad have been together since the earth began.....

Well, that would make them Adam and Eve then, wouldn't it? I thought you said your dad's name was Les. . . Oh, perhaps that's his stage name.

[elye]

Well, that would make them Adam and Eve then, wouldn't it? I thought you said your dad's name was Les. . . Oh, perhaps that's his stage name.

Gaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........!!!!

Pardon me.......just had. .. ..a vivid mental image.... . . ..

My parents in the Garden of Earthly Delights.. . .. .

.... . ....Nothing but fig leaves.. ... .

[Jestgar]

It's not about having fun. It's about bringing home all seven boys with two little sisters and a little brother with all of their fingers and toes and no gashes in the forehead and if you would have seen the way they were flinging shovels and hoes around, you know injury-free tree planting was the true goal.

If you didn't get hurt, how do you know you had a good time?? (Anyone wanna vacation with me??? )

[happygirl]

Patti, I know you'll make the right decision regarding the job. Just take it all one day at a time.....and breathe They would be SO lucky to have you and I guarantee their patients would think they hit the jackpot having someone as caring like you working there.

I love Bradford Pear Trees!!!! You'll have to post pictures!

[Ridgewalker]

I'm trying to catch up a little, but my mind is here and there... I am feeling better than last week though, that's for sure.

I wanted to mention before I forget though, Patti--

I agree with Laura, Bradford Pears are beautiful-- but they are a pain in the butt. I have 6, and one of them (the female?) sends out volunteers 9 months out of the year. If you plant them in the yard, the mower will get them and it's no biggie, but of course, this one is in a mulched area of my yard, and looks like weeds.

Also, the branches aren't strong enough for the shape they've been bred into. Once they get big, they're the first trees to lose limbs or whole sections in a storm.

All trees have their pros and cons, just thought I'd share info.

[elye]

We're considering two honey locusts.....hardy, fast-growing, big canopies....that's about all I know, but it all sounds good (too good to be true?).....

[tom]

Yer so welcome. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to have you guys, real friends taking interest in my life stuff...

I've told Michelle that she should write a book.

You tell everyone they should write a book

One could think your Bucket List includes being thanked in a preface.

Nice av Susie - but aw dang. ..I wanted to make a salacious comment on who ripped David's shorts, but now, despite the mini-screen, I realize Squeezee's leg had me fooled.

So, tomorrow is......get ready, as it's big........

My parents' FIFTY-NINTH wedding anniversary!!

Can anyone believe that?

Not me!! That's too big a number.

Tell them congrats and I'll celebrate by going to SJ's Earth Day festivities, since they're just a few blocks away. (I think I'm going)

OK .. . .new Quitting Plan [Operation needs-a-name]

Thought I'd requit this week but the timing wasn't gonna work for a 4th day booster session w/ me (probably) going to Nevada this weekend.

So, Monday is the last day I smoke.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[psawyer]

Zen Judaism! :lol:

To the phone story. Problems continued today. I went in for 9 am and stayed all 10 hours until closing at 7. This was my "day off" you understand. And I'll have to go in again tomorrow morning, at least for a short while, also on my "day off." When you own the business, there is no such thing as a real "day off."

The technician from Bell arrived this afternoon. It was not a pretty young woman, but at least he had a good sense of humoUr. I saw him arrive in the company truck, and greeted him at the door:

"I somehow hope you're not just here to buy dog food."

"No, I'm delivering from Pizza Pizza. What did you order?"

"Pepperoni and mushrooms."

We spent a lot of time tracing the troublesome circuit inside the building and determining that the problem was outside. Emily, he went up the pole out in front! When he came back down and talked to me, the news was mixed.

The circuit in question was defective. He was able to move the connection at our end (at the top of the pole) to another pair, but the central office work crew would not be able to move their end until sometime tomorrow.

So, the usual overnight polling of data (which includes our orders for Wednesday) will not happen. I will need to go to the store in the morning to wire up a temporary connection so this can happen. This makes seven days straight that I have been in for at least part of the day. My next scheduled day off is Sunday, but we're going to flip Thursday so I can get some rest, while Jacquie works on her normal day off."

It has been a long day, and I'm off to bed. I'll catch up again sometime tomorrow.

[DingoGirl]

Emily . . . Absinthe . . . guess I'm gonna hafta try that sometime but is the right time whilst being in charge of 10 kids?

I don't see why not....

Phaeriephied phorest phormation!!!

oh dear..........looks like Tom's got his phunny back now that he's smoking again.......

Ok - now I feel obligated to explain this a bit . . . I met his little brother when he was about 12. He was fairly rude but I didn't take the bait. I also didn't try to get them to NOT play golf (because I don't play golf) or some of the other stuff they would do together and after awhile, he decided I was alright after all. His mom (my MIL) still gets on him about how rude he was to me when we met and that was almost 20 years ago.

Well, they have tons of time together, and I will never interfere with that.....until that point in time when Mini decides that DAd is not cool? I'm not too worried about it any more, though until a couple of weeks ago I was a little freaked out.

The perils of modern dating..... *sigh* ex spouses, kids, complications............

If you didn't get hurt, how do you know you had a good time?? (Anyone wanna vacation with me??? )

she is exactly right! a good weekend, for kids (and me during all the bad-ass years) means bruises, blood, and injuries. true story.

OMG gotta go - more later - - am helping Kissey take a FINAL EXAM online - - I am his transcriptionist/scribe - - very funny

[Darn210]

From me mum:

This morning on the Interstate,

I looked over to my left and there was a

Woman

In a brand new Cadillac

Doing 65 mph

With her

Face up next to her

Rear view mirror

Putting on her eyeliner.

I looked away

For a couple

seconds

And when I looked back she was

Halfway over in my lane,

Still working on that makeup.

As a man,

I don't scare easily.

But she scared me so much;

I dropped My electric shaver,

Which knocked

The donut

Out of my other hand.

In all

The confusion of trying

To straighten out the car

Using my knees against

The steering wheel,

It knocked

My cell phone

Away from my ear

Which fell

Into the coffee

Between my legs,

Splashed,

And burned

Big Jim and the Twins,

Ruined the damn phone,

Soaked my trousers,

And disconnected an Important call.

Damn women drivers

[nikki-uk]

Gaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........!!!!

Pardon me.......just had. .. ..a vivid mental image.... . . ..

My parents in the Garden of Earthly Delights.. . .. .

.... . ....Nothing but fig leaves.. ... .

Congrats to them!!!

Janet!!!....'Big Jim & the twins'

Carry on ...am gardening......back laters

[blueeyedmanda]

Morning Sillies!!!!

It is such a sunny day today...woke up and left the house to a sad sight...turns out we had a bunnies nest where the tree in our courtyard was...and it was in the shrubs. No one knew it was there....not even us. An animal must have gotten the bunnies last night and there were bunnies without heads on our sidewalk and 2 bunnies in the shrubs....we believe those are dead. John thinks some got away since there were only 4 we saw...and he saws litters of bunnies are usually 7-9 bunnies...hopefully. They were soo tiny I thought they were mice.....

[elye]

Good Morning, Guys!

This pristine weather continues. 25 C today and tomorrow. Actually, we could use some rain to wash away all the yucky stuff (read: poop) that has emerged out of the snowdrifts. But none is in the forecast.

Amanda! How did you sleep?

You tell everyone they should write a book

Ah, only those who truly should.

One could think your Bucket List includes being thanked in a preface.

I should think it might....

To my dear _______Emily, with a thank you for planting the seed of narrative in my mind.....

Nice av Susie - but aw dang. ..I wanted to make a salacious comment on who ripped David's shorts, but now, despite the mini-screen, I realize Squeezee's leg had me fooled.

Phunny...I was visually mistaken in exactly the same way. Kept thinking, "Jeez...no one is mentioning the spectacular rip in Kissey's shorts....He can't have known that it was there....Bigger question - - did Susie know?"

Emily, he went up the pole out in front!

Yay, Peter! Hmph...Unfortunately for you, it was not a lovely woman to overtly glance at from the window...

Sounds like your line problem is about fixed - - this is good. But you need to take a day or two away from that store!

Well, they have tons of time together, and I will never interfere with that.....until that point in time when Mini decides that DAd is not cool?

You mean he's not there yet? Mygawd, I have been SO uncool in my kids' eyes since they were able to talk. Constant eye-rolling and red, embarrassed faces when I converse with their friends, or worse, when I am out somewhere with them.

[blueeyedmanda]

Once again slept great! Slept on my own!!!! It has now been officially 1 week!!!!

[elye]

Once again slept great! Slept on my own!!!! It has now been officially 1 week!!!!

Yeeeeesssssss!! A virtual high-five with you, Amanda! That is great news. Life becomes SO much better when you get a good, unaided night's sleep!.....

Off to the celebratory anniversary lunch at the retirement home...

Wonder if Mom will wear her bib?

[blueeyedmanda]

Yeeeeesssssss!! A virtual high-five with you, Amanda! That is great news. Life becomes SO much better when you get a good, unaided night's sleep!.....

Off to the celebratory anniversary lunch at the retirement home...

Wonder if Mom will wear her bib?

Have fun at the lunch! Its so nice out, enjoy the wonderful weather!

[jerseyangel]

My parents' FIFTY-NINTH wedding anniversary!!

Can anyone believe that?

It's also Earth Day.

Fitting, as my mom and dad have been together since the earth began.....

Emily,

Fifty-nine years together! I wish all the best to your dear parents today. Have a great lunch!

[Jestgar]

Alright DINGOGIRL.

I had a dream about you snuggling up to a cute blond curly haired boy. When I went to talk to him he was filling out his college application. So I'd like an explanation from you young lady - Just WHAT were you doing with that 18 year old boy!!!????!!??

[jerseyangel]

Isn't it interesting that several of us have had dreams about someone here on the Sillie thread?

[Green12]

Whenever I face the job issue and start looking......I am rendered anxiety- and grief-stricken. So now, I"m stepping away from this wretched job search and.....going to pray a bit.......and.........then work on projects around here.

I have one word Susie, LADYBUGS, lots and lots of ladybugs Often times it's when you step away and put it aside that opportunities tend to come to you, like ladybugs!

Sorry the mini kissey meeting didn't happen, hopefully it will soon

How did Sr. Kissey do on his final exam?

Zen Judaism

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

Forget this and attaining Enlightenment will be the least of your

problems.

Deep inside you are ten thousand flowers.

Each flower blossoms ten thousand times.

Each blossom has ten thousand petals.

You might want to see a specialist.

Jess

I especially liked these!

My parents' FIFTY-NINTH wedding anniversary!!

Can anyone believe that?

It's also Earth Day.

Fitting, as my mom and dad have been together since the earth began.....

Happy Anniversary to your mom and dad Emily!!

I am feeling better than last week though, that's for sure.

Glad you are feeling better Sarah

Carry on ...am gardening......back laters

I'm jealous, I want a garden. And according to Emily this is the day to be gardening, tis Earth Day. I must go out and be one with the earth somehow.....

An animal must have gotten the bunnies last night and there were bunnies

Oh this is so sad.....I had bunnies when I was little, it was my first pet since my dad wasn't too fond of having a dog, so I got a rabbit as a consulation prize Anyhow, my first rabbit met a similar fate, a pack of stray dogs got to him in his cage in the night

Hope you are having a better day Bev

Tom did you edit the Operation new plan thing? I can't find it....I was thining about what to name the Operation

I have my own little Operation going, Operation Target Expanded Bottom, I just purchased a treadmill that was delivered yesterday......it's just sitting there staring at me.....

[Mtndog]

Hallo my Silllies- Happy Earth Day and Happy Anniversary to Emily's mom and dad :wub:

Zen Judaism

Zen is not easy.

It takes effort to attain nothingness.

And then what do you have?

Bupkis.

The Torah says,

Love your neighbor as yourself.

The Buddha says,

There is no self.

So, maybe we're off the hook.

:lol: These two kill me!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not about having fun. It's about bringing home all seven boys with two little sisters and a little brother with all of their fingers and toes and no gashes in the forehead and if you would have seen the way they were flinging shovels and hoes around, you know injury-free tree planting was the true goal.

Oh no- it's flinging hoes!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully none were injured in the planting of the trees (especially Janet!!!)

Phaeriephied phorest phormation!!!

:lol:

Pardon me.......just had. .. ..a vivid mental image.... . . ..

My parents in the Garden of Earthly Delights.. . .. .

.... . ....Nothing but fig leaves.. ... .

Oh GAWD- that is not good but sure is phunny!!!!!!!!

If you didn't get hurt, how do you know you had a good time?? (Anyone wanna vacation with me??? )

Yes Jess- you sound like my kind of vacation buddy!!!!!!!!!!! Swing from platform to platform 300 feet above the ground? Yep! Snorkel with sharks? Yep. Jump out of a perfectly good airplane? Maybe not.

Alright DINGOGIRL.

I had a dream about you snuggling up to a cute blond curly haired boy. When I went to talk to him he was filling out his college application. So I'd like an explanation from you young lady - Just WHAT were you doing with that 18 year old boy!!!????!!??

:lol:

It's so funny that we have dreams about each other!!!!!!!!!!

Amanda- Yeah on the sleep! Boo on the bunnies I had the same thing happen only it was the neighborhood cat!!!!!!!!!!!