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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2004Future Kitty-in-Law
My sister Ann is getting married soon and I recently spent an evening with her, Patrick, the hubby-to-be and his lady tuxedo cat Lucy-Fur (as in devil-cat). Dunno how she got the moniker, as she is a very sweet kitty. Lucy has lived with Patrick for fourteen years, ever since he rescued her from a cat colony near his apartment building. Lucy has her Paw Paw and soon-to-be Meowmie wrapped completely around her little toes! And she has trained them well--at intervals during the evening she would wander out to her food bowl in the kitchen, meow plaintively, gaze longingly down at the bowl and then look up to see if anyone was responding. She would repeat this a couple times and sure enough either Pat or Ann would come running to give her a treat before the fourth meow. She tried this on me when I was alone in the kitchen with her, but I told her she had to ask her Paw-Paw first... Gennie >My sister Ann is getting married soon and I recently spent an evening >with her, Patrick, the hubby-to-be and his lady tuxedo cat Lucy-Fur (as [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >She tried this on me when I was alone in the kitchen with her, but I >told her she had to ask her Paw-Paw first... Awww. She sensed that you would be a sucker for that routine. :) We have a couple of Lucy-Furs on this group. Hazel has one, and KKat too. >>responding. She would repeat this a couple times and sure enough either >>Pat or Ann would come running to give her a treat before the fourth meow. >> >>She tried this on me when I was alone in the kitchen with her, but I >>told her she had to ask her Paw-Paw first... > Awww. She sensed that you would be a sucker for that routine. :) We > have a couple of Lucy-Furs on this group. Hazel has one, and KKat > too. When I have to travel, I get friends to take care of the cats. For one trip, one of their then-teenaged daughters did the job. She adores cats. I didn't think to warn her about Mandy's tendency to plead for food when there's plenty in her dish, and came back to find that she'd given Mandy all the Fancy Feast as well as the dry food. Mandy must have been delighted. She adores FF, but gets it only as a very rare treat, since it (and almost all canned food and a wide assortment of human food) comes up as fast as it goes down. Mandy combines an excellent appetite with a sensitive stomach, so much so that her vet finally described her as a 'chronic vomiter'. Fortunately, the cat-sitter had cleaned up the evidence of this before I came home!  SignatureCheryl > My sister Ann is getting married soon and I recently spent an evening > with her, Patrick, the hubby-to-be and his lady tuxedo cat Lucy-Fur (as [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > But Aunties are there for spoiling the kids and teaching them the things that > Mam and Dad won't like how to sing Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts. That's my argument anyway, but my husband doesn't quite see eye to eye when we visit his sister... Blessed be, Baha >> My sister Ann is getting married soon and I recently spent an evening >> with her, Patrick, the hubby-to-be and his lady tuxedo cat Lucy-Fur (as [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >That's my argument anyway, but my husband doesn't quite see eye to eye when we >visit his sister... I have to just vent here, because I love my SIL dearly, and would never complain about her-- in any of my family's earshot. ;) But she is a great killjoy when it comes to my nephew. She's always saying, "I don't want him to learn that," or "I really don't want him to pick up that habit." I don't get it all all. It's MY nephew, isn't it?!!! :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Kreisleriana <kreisleriana2@yahoo.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Future Kitty-in-Law: >I have to just vent here, because I love my SIL dearly, and would >never complain about her-- in any of my family's earshot. ;) But she >is a great killjoy when it comes to my nephew. She's always saying, >"I don't want him to learn that," or "I really don't want him to pick >up that habit." I don't get it all all. It's MY nephew, isn't it?!!! >:P But he *is* HER child, not yours, sorry to say. I'd think a parent has greater claim here. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL >Kreisleriana <kreisleriana2@yahoo.com> had some very interesting >things to say about Re: Future Kitty-in-Law: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >But he *is* HER child, not yours, sorry to say. I'd think a parent has >greater claim here. Sorry you didn't pick up the intended joke in my posting. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com <snip> >> But Aunties are there for spoiling the kids and teaching them the things that >> Mam and Dad won't like how to sing Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts. > >That's my argument anyway, but my husband doesn't quite see eye to eye when we >visit his sister... I figure that's what Uncles are for to, so when my nieces were younger I gave them all those things their Mom and Dad somehow forgot - like that drum set that Chrismas. For some reason, after that my sister insisted that in the future she approve all their gift requests... I'm not sure why, since I was in Oklahoma and they were in California. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since Grandma was such a lover of music, he could leave the drums with her and play for her on the weekends he went to visit. Holy backfire, Batman! My niece and nephew are five and four respectively, and Louie is now afraid at family gatherings. "Don't try to teach them Gopher Guts for Godsake!" he'd say. "Beatrice will hand you your @$$ for that!" I point out that they're going to learn it anyway; and like sex ed, better at home than on the streets. The underground version of Popeye the Sailor Man and Johnny Had a Steamboat are also Streng Verboten. I don't get it. This is why there are Girl Scouts and Aunties. How else do you learn the really fun stuff? Blessed be, Baha > <snip> > >> But Aunties are there for spoiling the kids and teaching them the things that [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html > Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html On Thu, 23 Sep, Baha wrote: >Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full >drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since >Grandma was such a lover of music, he could leave the drums with her and play for >her on the weekends he went to visit. Holy backfire, Batman! ---------------------<snip>---------------------- When I was just a little kid, my parents thought (briefly) that a drum set might be a good toy for their little darling. When they went to price them, the drums with the metal heads were cheaper than the others. They found out why. A child can't wear out a set of drums with metal heads no matter how loud he plays it. The drum set was eventually broken by my father "accidentally" stepping on it. Regards and Purrs, O J >On Thu, 23 Sep, Baha wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >Regards and Purrs, >O J All of this reminds of the time when one of my kids was a toddler and my sister gave him a duck pull toy that made the most g*d awful quacking sound. I got even after she had kids. I got them a toy that had about a million pieces with a comment about pay backs. -- Nan and the furkids A wise man talks because he has something to say; a fool talks because he has to say something. > All of this reminds of the time when one of my kids was a toddler and > my sister gave him a duck pull toy that made the most g*d awful > quacking sound. I got even after she had kids. I got them a toy that > had about a million pieces with a comment about pay backs. This has nothing to do with homes or families, but it's about god-awful noises. Several years ago, Walgreen's was selling this horrible toy, a bear (or *something*) that did the Macarena. And it sang that obnoxious Macarena song really fast, in a high voice not unlike The Three Chipmunks**. The store had put one of them out, right next to the cash registers, and customers waiting in line could press a button on it to start it up, which they did incessantly just during the short time I was waiting in line. I swear, if I was working behind the counter, I would have shot that thing! :) Joyce ** For the benefit of folks who aren't familiar with The Three Chipmunks, it was an animated cartoon shown on US TV in the 1960s, about a guy who had 3 chipmunks as... I don't know... pets? friends? roommates? children? Anyway, one actor did all the voices. The chipmunk voices were done by recording his voice on slow, and then playing it back on normal. Sometimes the 3 chipmunks would sing together in harmony, their voices speeded up and therefore higher and more warbly than normal. I'm still in therapy! :) > > All of this reminds of the time when one of my kids was a toddler and > > my sister gave him a duck pull toy that made the most g*d awful [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > the 3 chipmunks would sing together in harmony, their voices speeded up > and therefore higher and more warbly than normal. I'm still in therapy! :) They weren't The Three Chipmunks, but just The Chipmunks: Alvin, Simon & Theodore, and their human 'guardian' was Dave. Their TV show was known as The Alvin Show, because Alvin was the 'ringleader' of the three rodents in their escapades. Ross Bagdasarian did the voices of all three chippies & Dave, recording a 'hit' song simply known as The Chipmunk Song. In the 1980's it became Alvin & The Chipmunks, then they made a movie "The Chipmunk Adventure", and went on, in the 90's & 00's, to star in a couple of straight-to-video movies along the lines of "Alvin & The Chipmunks Meet _________________" <insert 50's classic horror movie monster>(these can be occasionally viewed on Cartoon Network or The Disney Channel), but alas Mr. Bagdasarian had long since passed away, so his son, Ross Jr., did some of the voices, but not near as many as daddy did. All of this info is readily available at The Internet Movie DataBase (imdb.com). Yeah, I'm a geek - but a cat-lovin' geek! SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:48:48 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> yodeled: >> > All of this reminds of the time when one of my kids was a toddler and >> > my sister gave him a duck pull toy that made the most g*d awful [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >their escapades. Ross Bagdasarian did the voices of all three chippies & >Dave, recording a 'hit' song simply known as The Chipmunk Song. They also used to sing "My Friend the WitchDoctor" (oo-ee-oo-a-a!) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>> > All of this reminds of the time when one of my kids was a toddler and >>> > my sister gave him a duck pull toy that made the most g*d awful [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > They also used to sing "My Friend the WitchDoctor" (oo-ee-oo-a-a!) ting-tang-walla-walla-bing-bang Muppets did a version of it too, on The Muppet Show (one of my favorites, and also of my Dad's) Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: >>They also used to sing "My Friend the WitchDoctor" (oo-ee-oo-a-a!) > > ting-tang-walla-walla-bing-bang > > Muppets did a version of it too, on The Muppet Show (one of my favorites, > and also of my Dad's) My personal Muppet Favorites include their version of "Lime In The Coconut." I can still do a pretty good impression of Miss Piggy when she discovered that there were snakes, and lizards, and alligators in the swamp that John Denver was going to take them to camp at. Pam S. a muppet geek "Magic Mood Jeep" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote: > They weren't The Three Chipmunks, but just The Chipmunks: Alvin, Simon & > Theodore, and their human 'guardian' was Dave. Their TV show was known as [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 1980's it became Alvin & The Chipmunks, then they made a movie "The Chipmunk > Adventure"... Wow. I most certainly do stand corrected! :) Which one had "I just want a hula hoop" in it? Joyce - who will store junk like this in her personal hard drive for the rest of her life... > "Magic Mood Jeep" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Joyce - who will store junk like this in her personal hard drive for > the rest of her life... Not sure, some sort of Christmas song... I can hear that line in my head, warbly voice & all.... <aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggh!> Just looked it up, and it's just known as "The Christmas Song"... >"Magic Mood Jeep" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Which one had "I just want a hula hoop" in it? That's "The Chipmunk Song." Now please, please make it stop. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com On Thu, 23 Sep, Theresa wrote: ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >That's "The Chipmunk Song." > >Now please, please make it stop. ;) > >Theresa Oh no, Theresa -- It's never going tostop -- here it is: >The Chipmunk Song > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >We can hardly stand the wait >Please Christmas, don't be late. Can't you just hear those little voices singing?? Remember hearing it over and over and over again on the radio?? >"**Aaalllvvviiinnn**" Sorry Theresa, I have an evil side that just has to come out to play on occasion. Regards and Purrs, O J >On Thu, 23 Sep, Theresa wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >Regards and Purrs, >O J <shudder> If the Clockwork Orange society comes about, I am sure they will use that over and over again, not Beethoven's 9th! Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com You now owe a karmic debt, OJ. The little shards of glass called chipmunk voices... the overkill from Buffalo radio as I sit buried under four feet of snow... AAAAUUUUGH!!!!!! Blessed be, Baha > On Thu, 23 Sep, Theresa wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:00:00 -0400, Baha wrote: >You now owe a karmic debt, O J. The little shards of glass called chipmunk >voices... the overkill from Buffalo radio as I sit buried under four feet >of snow... AAAAUUUUGH!!!!!! > >Blessed be, >Baha Baha my dear, my karmic debt is so heavy that I can afford to indulge myself from time to time without increasing it much in proportion. You have snow already in Buffalo?? We're having a cold snap here in LA too. We actually had to close the front door overnight to keep the place from getting too chilly. We needed the air conditioner last week though. Regards and Blessed Be, O J > On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:00:00 -0400, Baha wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > myself from time to time without increasing it much in proportion. > You have snow already in Buffalo?? I'm being a bit facetious. Just thinking of the Chipmunk Song; it gets major overkill on several of our more highly-rated radio stations around the end of November, by which time we are well frosted. It has been unusually chilly though, a little backwash from Ivan et al. We'll have really nice temps for about 2 hours, then it'll get all chilly. We have a saying locally: if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes; it'll change. > We're having a cold snap here in > LA too. We actually had to close the front door overnight to keep the > place from getting too chilly. We needed the air conditioner last > week though. Sounds like us. We've had to keep the air on, mostly for the comfort of the furchildren, but then Louie has to run home and shut it down because when the chill comes, it comes quickly. Luckily he works around the block. Blessed be, Baha On Sat, 25 Sep, Baha wrote: >We have a saying locally: if you >don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes; it'll change. My dear, everyone has that expression locally. You'll hear people say it in LA where the weather changes slowly. Regards and Purrs, O J > It has been unusually chilly though, a little backwash from Ivan > et al. We'll have really nice temps for about 2 hours, then it'll > get all chilly. We have a saying locally: if you don't like the > weather, wait 5 minutes; it'll change. Whereas here in the San Francisco area, it's more like: if you don't like the weather, cross the street. :) (There's no such expression as far as I know, I just like to say that.) It's very hilly here and we have lots of "microclimates". So it might be sunny in one neighborhood, and in another one less than a mile away, it might be raining and gusting wind. The temperature varies sharply depending on how close you are to the actual coast. "Inland" means a mere 3 or 4 miles inland. It might be 100 degrees (38C) "inland" and 65 (18C) and foggy on the beach, just a few miles away. Joyce > the overkill from Buffalo radio as I sit buried under four feet > of snow... AAAAUUUUGH!!!!!! SNOW??? In *September*?? EEK! Joyce > > All of this reminds of the time when one of my kids was a toddler and > > my sister gave him a duck pull toy that made the most g*d awful [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Joyce Ever seen the silly movie "Hot Shots, Part Deux"? There's a profound lesson for humanity in one scene (cough, cough). Our Hero and an Evil Terrorist are blasting away at one another, when there's a flicker in both of their peripheral visions. The enemies, sworn to the death, make eye contact...nod their heads...and both whirl to the side and empty their magazines away the Everready Bunny. > ** For the benefit of folks who aren't familiar with The Three Chipmunks, > it was an animated cartoon shown on US TV in the 1960s, about a guy who [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > and therefore higher and more warbly than normal. I'm still in therapy! > :) >> > All of this reminds of the time when one of my kids was a toddler and >> > my sister gave him a duck pull toy that made the most g*d awful [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >heads...and both whirl to the side and empty their magazines away the >Everready Bunny. My favorite scene: In "Heart of Darkness" or "Apocalypse Now" mode, Charlie is chugging relentlessly up a dark nasty jungle river in a rickety boat. As he goes, we see Martin Sheen approaching in the other direction-- also relentlessly steaming *down* the river in a rickety boat. As father and son spot each other, they both stand up in their boats, and simultaneously yell: "LOVED YOU IN WALL STREET!!!" ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>> > All of this reminds of the time when one of my kids was a toddler and >>> > my sister gave him a duck pull toy that made the most g*d awful [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > simultaneously yell: > "LOVED YOU IN WALL STREET!!!" ;) My favorite, not sure if its from the first one or Part Deux (I always pronounced it duh), is when Lloyd bridges is scuba diving in a river (supposedly in the Mekong Delta), and lets loose with a flow of bubbles, not from his mask, but they seep from the other end of the wetsuit (as in a major hellacious fart), and he just happens to be passing under an enemy patrol boat... all the soldiers on that boat pass out & fall off the boat ;) Another one is of a pumped up Charlie, a-la-Rambo, firing a 50 cal machine gun, for about 2 minutes or so, and ends up standing in a pile of shell casings up to his armpits. Oh, and keep a lookout for Ryan Stiles (Lewis Kiniski from The Drew Carey Show) in BOTH movies - he plays different characters in each one. On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:12:44 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> yodeled: >>>> > All of this reminds of the time when one of my kids was a toddler and >>>> > my sister gave him a duck pull toy that made the most g*d awful [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >major hellacious fart), and he just happens to be passing under an enemy >patrol boat... all the soldiers on that boat pass out & fall off the boat ;) I love these highbrow discussions. ;) Lloyd Bridges-- scuba diving. Who woulda thunk it. He probably *wanted* to do that when he was in "Sea Hunt." :p Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > ** For the benefit of folks who aren't familiar with The Three Chipmunks, > it was an animated cartoon shown on US TV in the 1960s, about a guy who [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the 3 chipmunks would sing together in harmony, their voices speeded up > and therefore higher and more warbly than normal. I'm still in therapy! :) Oh, we have them in Finnish, too. :o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> ** For the benefit of folks who aren't familiar with The Three Chipmunks, >> it was an animated cartoon shown on US TV in the 1960s, about a guy who [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Oh, we have them in Finnish, too. :o) OMG, and you're still sane? :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>Oh, we have them in Finnish, too. :o) > > OMG, and you're still sane? :P Sez who? ;o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >>>Oh, we have them in Finnish, too. :o) >> >> OMG, and you're still sane? :P > >Sez who? ;o) Ooops, I'm sorry! I want Hip Hop Chipmunks. I want to hear Alvin saying (squeaking?) "Wave your hands in the air like you just don't care!" Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > I want Hip Hop Chipmunks. I want to hear Alvin saying (squeaking?) > "Wave your hands in the air like you just don't care!" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! <<<<CLANK!!!!>>>> <--- the sound of the key being thrown away after they put me in the padded room Joyce > > I want Hip Hop Chipmunks. I want to hear Alvin saying (squeaking?) > > "Wave your hands in the air like you just don't care!" [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Joyce Hmmm, now that I think of it, I think that would be called Chip Hop. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Hmmm, now that I think of it, I think that would be called Chip Hop. > ;) > > Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com GGGRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNN! Oh no, not punning, *please* not punning!!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped I'll have some serious respect for him when the Chipmunks cover the best anti-drug song of all time, "Because I Got High" by Afroman. And it should include the original lyrics too! Blessed be, Baha > >>>Oh, we have them in Finnish, too. :o) > >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >Several years ago, Walgreen's was selling this horrible toy, a bear >(or *something*) that did the Macarena. And it sang that obnoxious [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >short time I was waiting in line. I swear, if I was working behind >the counter, I would have shot that thing! :) This reminds me of a Christmas ornament that I once saw for sale. It was an artificial wreath that would play Christmas carols whenever a motion sensor detected someone walking by. Rather than simply having a small speaker, as most such musical devices do, it had a set of small tubular chimes, with a magnet that would ring each chime as its note was needed. Unfortunately, the designer had decided to economize on the number of chimes, so it didn't have the full range of notes. If you think of a piano keyboard, it had the white keys but not the black keys. As a result, every melody it played contained sour notes. Plus, being on display in a store, close to Christmas time, the motion sensor kept it playing constantly. I commented on it to the cashier as I was checking out. She rolled her eyes, and said, "I'll be so glad when Christmas is over!" SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria <snip> >I commented on it to the cashier as I was checking out. She rolled >her eyes, and said, "I'll be so glad when Christmas is over!" And of course it doesn't help that the stores seem to think Chrstmas comes earlier every year. They're already putting up Christmas stuff in the post exchange out on Fort Sill - started a couple weeks ago. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > And of course it doesn't help that the stores seem to think Chrstmas > comes earlier every year. They're already putting up Christmas stuff > in the post exchange out on Fort Sill - started a couple weeks ago. In September?? At least here, they don't start until the end of October. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> And of course it doesn't help that the stores seem to think Chrstmas >> comes earlier every year. They're already putting up Christmas stuff >> in the post exchange out on Fort Sill - started a couple weeks ago. > >In September?? At least here, they don't start until the end of October. Well, they haven't started putting them up in the main store yet, but the main store has little in the way of toys. But, across the parking lot in the store with the toys (and also the pet section, which is why I go there) they're already putting them up the Xmas stuff. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html I'm afraid we've got y'all beat. I started seeing Christmas stuff in July at one of our big department stores. I was going upstairs to the can when I saw the Kaufmann's ladies shlepping a pallet full of ornaments and this obnoxious-looking blue tree. they told me the tree will come out sometime in October, but they've had the ornaments and other holiday chotchkies up since the end of July. Blessed be, Baha > > And of course it doesn't help that the stores seem to think Chrstmas > > comes earlier every year. They're already putting up Christmas stuff [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ > and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki A few holidays ago, my best buddy and his partner bought a Blue doll, from the "Blue's Clues" show. Press one paw, it played the theme to the show; press the other, it made little woofy noises. They brought the thing home, and after pressing the woofy paw, it didn't stop woofing! All night, this little blue puppy was woofing about, and at random: it would go on 10-minute woof fits, shut up for a half-hour, then spend another half in another woof fit. they returned it, woofing, to Walmart the next day. The customer service girl, who no doubt loathed her job, wrinkled her nose as if one of them had violently cut the cheese, and said "What the hellja DO to it?!" Blessed be, Baha > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better > than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria I think the least popular gift I bought a child was one of those 'printing sets', basically stamps and stamp pads. She liked colouring, and I'd given her the usual crayons and things, and this seemed new and different. She loved it; her parents took a long time to forgive me. I think there was something about the fact there was a house rule about using crayons on anything but a colouring book or the children's own scratch pads and drawing paper, but no rule about rubber stamps. At least, not until after my gift was opened and used. SignatureCheryl > On Thu, 23 Sep, Baha wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J In my case, while living with my grandparents, I was given a chemistry set for my fourth birthday. Let me note that the chemicals in a 1952 chemistry set had considerably more hazard than the ones in modern ones. My reading level was actually adequate to understand the manual, but my wisdom was not such to suggest that I should follow the directions carefully until I understood how and when to go beyond, and that I should not mix random household chemicals sith those in the set. While four people, including myself, needed emergency treatment that day, no one was admitted to the hospital. Some of this probably came from my grandfather's flashback resources to being gassed in WWI -- he caught a whiff, and had the presence of mind to throw a chair through a closed window to get ventilation FAST. ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >While four people, including myself, needed emergency treatment that >day, no one was admitted to the hospital. Some of this probably came >from my grandfather's flashback resources to being gassed in WWI -- he >caught a whiff, and had the presence of mind to throw a chair through a >closed window to get ventilation FAST. Was this the common bleach and ammonia mix, did you do something that liberated a lot of chlorine, or was it worse? Regards and Purrs, O J > ---------------------<snip>---------------------- > >While four people, including myself, needed emergency treatment that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Was this the common bleach and ammonia mix, did you do something that > liberated a lot of chlorine, or was it worse? As best as I can reconstruct, probably a mixture of sulfur trioxide and either sulfur chloride or chlorine. Cooked silver polish with sulfur. > When I was just a little kid, my parents thought (briefly) that a drum > set might be a good toy for their little darling. When they went to > price them, the drums with the metal heads were cheaper than the > others. They found out why. A child can't wear out a set of drums > with metal heads no matter how loud he plays it. Shouldn't that make the metal head drums more expensive? Usually things that last longer cost more. They were probably cheaper because they didn't sound as good! And would anyone want their child to become a metal head? :) Joyce > Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full > drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Verboten. I don't get it. This is why there are Girl Scouts and Aunties. How else do > you learn the really fun stuff? I did the backfire bit to one of my SIL. She wanted to buy Jason a drum set for his second Christmas. I told her that she could keep it at her house and Jason could come over a couple of times a week and practice. Needless to say, we were drumless until this summer when I bought a drum of my own. I didn't need the Girl/Boy scouts or Aunties to teach the kids underground music. I did it myself. They still weird out that I'm willing to sing "Glory to the Burning of the School." Unfortunately, my voice still stinks, but you could say that it fits the underground versions of various songs. Pam S. > > Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full > > drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > underground music. I did it myself. They still weird out that I'm > willing to sing "Glory to the Burning of the School." I forgot about that one! On my wedding day I was a nervous wreck. I was at my friend's place showering, and trying to relax with some impromptu karaoke: God bless my Valium, My only stash! From the druggist, To the bottle, To my mouth then, To my nerves!!! God bless my Valium, My only stash! God bless my Valium, I can't smoke hash!!! The girls were running like a chicken with the Colonel behind him to find a tape recorder, but couldn't and are left with only the subversive memories. Blessed be, Baha, who promises not to teach the kids God Bless My Valium! >> > Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full >> > drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >Blessed be, >Baha, who promises not to teach the kids God Bless My Valium! My brother and SIL really shouldn't worry about *me* when he sings "Anarchy in the UK" and "The KKK Took my Baby Away" to the baby. :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > My brother and SIL really shouldn't worry about *me* when he sings > "Anarchy in the UK" and "The KKK Took my Baby Away" to the baby. :P > > Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Reminds me of a "Friends" episode where Ross was singing "Baby Got Back" to his infant daughter (and then tried to convince Rachel that it was for the baby's own good to teach their daughter to be comfortable with her body even if she grew a big butt!). LOL Hugs, CatNipped > God bless my Valium, > My only stash! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > God bless my Valium, > I can't smoke hash!!! Now you've got that song ear worming through my brain. I may never make it through another Kate Smith CD. Pam S. giggling hard > My sister Ann is getting married soon and I recently spent an evening > with her, Patrick, the hubby-to-be and his lady tuxedo cat Lucy-Fur (as > in devil-cat). Dunno how she got the moniker, as she is a very sweet kitty. Aww. Congrats to your sister for finding such a good catslave. :o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > My sister Ann is getting married soon and I recently spent an evening > with her, Patrick, the hubby-to-be and his lady tuxedo cat Lucy-Fur (as [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Gennie It's good to hear that your cat-in-law to be has properly arranged her household. She should fit right in to the family, yes? ;-) ------ Krista > My sister Ann is getting married soon and I recently spent an evening > with her, Patrick, the hubby-to-be and his lady tuxedo cat Lucy-Fur [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Gennie It sounds like your sister is getting the ideal husband. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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