¿ question of the day ?

[Marcus Bales]

A self-retracting garden hose reel.

You Australians do live.

[Stephi_B]

New q:

(While so many things in life are uncertain...)
¿ What is it you are certain of ?



Me: That I'm going to party through for like some weeks after this thesis shite is over! :D

[Frieda]

i am certain of the fact that i'm going to eat the other half of the box of chocolates i bought yesterday :eek: :) :)

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

I am certain that I will annoy at least one complete stranger before the day is out.
(past performances prove for future reference)

[zero]

^:mad:

[lukkucairi]

I'm certain that I need to be certain about certain uncertain things.












pssttt...zero...you're not a complete stranger (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showpost.php?p=370883&postcount=38) any more...

[Marcus Bales]

I'm sure glad you're there and I'm here.

[Veruki]

I'm certain that I will go for long bike ride, have a quiet picnic with a loved one, then come home at which time unavoidable frustration will resume.

[trisherina]

That the man of Rat knows who I am and still loves me.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Tomorrow I'll certainly visit my sister and her family and I'm not happy about it.

[madasacutsnake]

That the team will visit before 13th March.

[auntie aubrey]

i am certain that i love special k chocolate delight cereal. any time of day.

[lukkucairi]

I'm certain that eating wheat-based cereal products will make me horribly ill :(

however, I'm no longer certain that I'm allergic to mangoes :)

[Jack Flanders]

I have to show up for Grand Jury Duty soon. Shit sorry i mean:) not

[topcat]

i am certain it is time for a new question

[Jack Flanders]

so do it!!! :)

[Marcus Bales]

New Question of the Day for Sunday: what's your favorite Sunday Newspaper Comic -- and why?

[Frieda]

there's no newspaper on sunday!

except for de telegraaf. but that's mostly populist exaggerated crap about how the dog of mrs bakker was bitten by a bigger dog and that therefore all bigger dogs than mrs bakker's dog should immediately become illegal.

ergo, no sunday newspaper comic!

[Veruki]

when I used to read them:
http://www.mtm.ufsc.br/~krukoski/imagens/Calvin_and_Hobbes_Original.png

[xfox]

The Simpsons: only electronic. I can't take the newsprint on my fingers!

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Calvin and Hobbes by e-mail. I don't like newspaper cluttering up my place. I like it because its humour is similar to Charlie Brown's, but a lot less gloomy. Well, sometimes. And I'm in love with Hobbes, I have a dancing Hobbes on my desktop at work to cheer me up.

[topcat]

i dont know how to read.

[zero]

http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Oor%20Wullie/Wullie_In_Colour_Mar92.jpg

[madasacutsnake]

Zero's a kilty cauld bum!

[zero]

Zero's a kilty cauld bum!

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2007/08/29/images/WULL.jpeg

[lukkucairi]

Zero's a kilty cauld bum!

my dad had to wear a kilt to church every sunday in aberfeldy when he was a kid... he and his brothers were the only boys in the village who had to wear them.

and yes, they were called "kilty kilty cauld bum" :p

this one was my fave though:

http://www.crackunit.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/broons.jpg

[auntie aubrey]

what's your favorite Sunday Newspaper Comic -- and why?

it's been so long since i've held a newspaper that i'm not even sure what's currently running.


i was always fond of the far side, though.

http://www.lechatnoirboutique.com/prodimages/Coffee%20Mug%20-%20Far%20Side%20Just%20Not%20Reaching%20That%20Guy .jpg

[PinkLincoln]

Farside and Calvin and Hobbes...good choices


I always looked forward to Bloom County as well
http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/Images/spock_jock.gif

[brightpearl]

http://lemonodor.com/images/this-modern-world-nitpicking-squad-s.jpg

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

Mary Worth

[Tunesmith]

http://lemonodor.com/images/this-modern-world-nitpicking-squad-s.jpg

This gave me great happies. :D

I only read Zits because most mornings I'm greeted by it being shoved in my face and my parents shrieking "Oh my goodness it's YOU!! It's YOU!! Ah, that guy's a genius..."

http://www.arcamax.com/newspics/4/428/42800.gif

[Tunesmith]

¿Question for Monday?

Is there a moment you look forward to each day?

[Frieda]

um? :confused: no i dont think so.. i look forward to some days but not every day..

[madasacutsnake]

First coffee of the day. Meditation and reading at night-time.

[Stephi_B]

Mo-Fri: Coming home from work; in summer: Sitting out on the balcony, enjoying the evening.
Sa&Sun: No particular moment, but more like Frieda's
i look forward to some days but not every day..,
enjoying weekend in general, sometimes more.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

The walk from home to work.

It's usually quite early, not too many people, empty, sleepy Main Street, a few people at the market unloading fruit and vegetables, familiar faces of dog-walkers and regular passer-bys who share the same route. By the time I get to work, it becomes busier, more traffic, screeching trams, more people.

Also, it's nice to look at the trees, when leafless, when buds appear, the first beautiful green of grass (it later turns to greyish-green). The most beautiful thing is yest to come: when the row of Japanese cherry-trees starts to blossom. And after that, the soft pink snow of petals.

It takes about 40 minutes: a time to see, a time to think, a time to plan. After that it's work time.

[lukkucairi]

making my first cup of tea

[topcat]

waking up.

[Marcus Bales]

sitting on the couch with my feet on the ottoman and the cats' favorite quilt over my legs when the third and last cat jumps up and maneuvers itself between the other two, and we all fall back to sleep.

[Earthling]

Hitting 'any key', to turn off my screensaver...
Oh God, HELP ME!!:eek:

[Avalon]

5:30-6:00 pm M-F
that's when I plop on the couch, pop in my headphones, stare straight ahead, and unwind.

[Veruki]

walking my dogs with my morning tea. The earlier it is the better.

[Earthling]

My new one.
Everyday, between 5:31 pm and 5:59pm, siphoning gas out of Avalon's car...
*burp*

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

Loggin in at http://web.syr.edu/~shdhammi/duckie.gif (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/index.php)

[Avalon]

My new one.
Everyday, between 5:31 pm and 5:59pm, siphoning gas out of Avalon's car...
*burp*

LOL

Samson will be happy to meet you. :) Mind the sign...

http://www.arcatapet.com/fullsize/11175.jpg

[Veruki]

(almost) every night I have an affair with this gentleman:

http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/Orion_l.jpg

[Veruki]

LOL

http://www.arcatapet.com/fullsize/11175.jpg

:D I love these signs, my neighbor has one that says 3 sec, but it has a doberman on it. I wonder if it varies by dog.

[Avalon]

I think the time varies due to manufacturer..
I love my sign..it gives people a laugh, but it is ohhh, sooo, true. He can jump the cyclone gate when he's in the mood.
I think the time varies due to manufacturer..

[auntie aubrey]

The walk from home to work.

YES! THIS! except in my case it's the walk from the train station to work. i exit the station and go just a little out of my way to cut through the plaza of the large art center complex. i like being the only human moving amongst the sculptures so early in the morning. and the exterior walls are the cleanest, purest white i've ever seen exposed to the elements. somehow they resist stains, even when it's windy and wet and for all practical purposes they should show at least some smudges of dirt.

http://z.about.com/d/atlanta/1/7/x/5/highmusuempiazza.jpg

then i cross the street and amble through the promenade of this lovely bit of corporate architecture:

http://glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/GA/ATL/PromenadeII-002.jpg

the detailing is repeated throughout every corner and every square inch of its construction, and on breezy days the wind whips through the covered walkway so fast that your breath is snatched right from your throat.

it's the best part of the day.

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

(almost) every night I have an affair with this gentleman:

http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/Orion_m.jpg

Be careful, Orion is a total player...just ask Artemis.

[Marcus Bales]

(almost) every night I have an affair with this gentleman:

Yeah, they say that's his sword, but to me it looks like Hoyt's pipe.

[Veruki]

I don't get it, do you want me to see or not? Last time I went sneak a peek, you practically forbad me, but you keep throwing it in my face. :mad: that's it, Hoyt dear where are you??

[PinkLincoln]

Showertime...I just don't feel right until I take my shower

[Marcus Bales]

I don't get it, do you want me to see or not? Last time I went sneak a peek, you practically forbad me, but you keep throwing it in my face. :mad: that's it, Hoyt dear where are you??

I could forbid you nothing.

[Veruki]

::cough::

No! Don't talk to him! Don't let him explain!

[Marcus Bales]

And it didn't work, did it. I knew it wouldn't work. I was only putting forward my position. You're an independent agent, and will do as you will.

[T.I.P.]

these days, there are no daily patterns in my life.

There are weekly events that I look forward to however, and i am thankful for them.

[Stephi_B]

Q for Tuesday:

¿ Which punctuation(s) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation) describe(s) you best ?




Me: ( ) and \

[trisherina]

The tilde (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde).

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

ellipsis...

[Hyakujo's Fox]

↯ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_contradiction)

[lukkucairi]

* and sometimes ;








(both pauses before a continuation)

[zero]

having perused them all i think this interrobang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang) will be suitable (for today only mind)


"interrobang" - dearie me what daftie thought that one up‽

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

ellipsis...


I was going to say that...

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I was going to say that...

Ok, you can have it. (I'll take the brackets, then.)

[Frieda]

? :confused: ???

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

Ok, you can have it. (I'll take the brackets, then.)

No, no, you take it.
I found a better one.
؟ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_mark)

[Tunesmith]

? and ...

for a couple of reasons

[brightpearl]

No, no, you take it.
I found a better one.
؟ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_mark)


I was going to say that!!

Awright, I'll take

&

[12"razormix]

.

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

.

Understated and brilliant as usual, Razormix.

[zero]

is that you at the flattering again‽

[auntie aubrey]

every good punctuation mark has been claimed, ∴ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therefore_sign) i will not answer the question.

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

ooops. I forgot the "؟"

[zero]

":D"

[T.I.P.]

definite ;

[PinkLincoln]

inspired by a Most Haunted marathon on television...Question for Wednesday

¿ Have you ever had a 'paranormal' experience ? Or perhaps know someone who has?


I personally have never seen anything I would consider paranormal. I do know a couple who swears their apartment was haunted. They claim that they would find their pictures face down often. They also claim that once they placed a basket of unfolded clothes on their bed unattended and came back to find them all folded neatly at end of the bed. They say they left that night.

[Stephi_B]

My grandparents and mother had several ones with recently died relatives: knocks on the wall while they had dinner, which stopped when they said "Shut up grandma!" (my grandpa's mother), a locked door nobody could explain (that initially raised quite a fuss) and a helpful warning of danger (it was a hot night, my mother had all windows open in her groundfloor flat, until she heard a male voice from outside she for a moment thought to be her father's commanding her to shut everything, but my grandpa wasn't anywhere near and they saw no other man around for that matter, our house stood quite solely in a rather open space. Later they learned that in just that night burglars robbed several neighbours. My mother says the voice and they way it said the command sounded like my grandma's father who had died just some time before that.) - quite crazy things, I would never believe them (I was not yet born / very small when they happened) if my grandpa (who normally believes in no hocuspocus whatsoever) would not have confirmed all that.
I personally had never any paranormal experiences (yeah, that ain't good for a witch ;)), well OK there was the electric kettle and the video recorder (at my grandparents previous flat) which turned themselves repeatedly on without anybody touching it - I still think it was some freak phenomenon, for the electric wiring was really ancient at that place (p.ex. it was enough to turn on the vacuum cleaner while the dish washer was on to blow a fuse) - but my granny says these things only happened when I was a) home in semester vacation and b) downstairs, that is close to the affected devices...

[zero]

well there was that terrible business with the poultry goose a while back

http://www.sketchzilla.com/madlibs/pill.gif (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showthread.php?t=11243&highlight=poultrygoose)

malevolent wee bastard of a thing kept changing all our words

all very frightening while it lasted but it eventually went away when called in tangina the tiny texan poultry goose exerciser and we all lived happily ever after :)

[Veruki]

I saw my great grandmother once. About 8 years ago, about a year after she died. Most people think I was having a dream, but I have dreams with her all the time and I can tell the difference. She was just standing there by the front door. The next night I had a dream she phoned me and asked for me to bring her a dozen eggs.

[auntie aubrey]

if you mean paranormal as in the clinical definition of an unexplainable phenomenon, then yes. if you mean "ghosts" then i can't say for sure.

i was visiting my aunt in south dakota during a time when she was going through a new age spiritualist phase. we were doing some kind of seance thing where she and her friends were trying to contact a spirit guide. they were standing around a large oak dining table, with their hands on a small plastic bridge table that rested on top. as they asked questions, the small plastic table would rise on one edge or the other.

they asked me if i wanted to participate. i did, and as i asked questions silently in my mind, the table rose and fell according to the answers. oddly enough, it rose on the edge opposite from me, so physically i would have had to be the one pulling in order to move the table. only my hands were resting flat on top, barely skimming the surface, applying no pressure. finally i asked a tough question and the table rose along one edge, then rose again along another so that it was perched precariously on one itty bitty corner of one of the legs. before my eyes the table leg then began to flex and bow as though it were experiencing great pressure. i watched the leg twist, flex, and then as suddenly as it began the table came back to rest on all four legs and did not rise again.


later in the evening my aunt and her friends were standing around the table trying to get a different spirit named "alicia" to communicate. i was informed that this spirit had never successfully moved the table before. they kept encouraging "her," goading her into making an effort. suddenly the big oak dining table slid 6 inches to the right, making a heavy scratching sound against the hardwood floors. my aunt had to jump back to avoid collision. i was stunned. my aunt and her friends, however, just laughed and said, "not THAT table, alicia!"

[madasacutsnake]

The sunroom ghost. Brrrrrrr.

[lukkucairi]

no

ghosts apparently don't live in my iteration of reality

(nor have I encountered any table-rapping spirits at any seance)

my friend Perrec, however, lived in a houseful of spirits for five years. he used to have conversations with them in the library.

the most I've experienced is a continuous unexplained feeling of unease in a particular room. no ectoplasmic ghosties, no unexplained cold spots, no poltergeist activity - all quite boring.

anyone got a ghost they could introduce me to?

[12"razormix]

¿ Have you ever had a 'paranormal' experience ? yes
Or perhaps know someone who has? no

[lukkucairi]

¿ Have you ever had a 'paranormal' experience ? yes
Or perhaps know someone who has? no

γνωθι σεαυτόν!

[T.I.P.]

i shared a dream with a friend once.

I woke up one morning from a particularly vivid dream and recounted it to my girlfriend.

We then went down to have breakfast and one of my friends, who was in the dream, recounted exactly the same dream but told from his perspective.

It was one of those "drop your jaw" moments.

[Odbe]

^ I did that too :eek:

[trisherina]

Refer back to astrology question.

[hypnoplasm]

I think I got slapped by a ghost once. I was about to fall asleep alone in my room when I felt it. I shot up in bed and no one was there. It may have been a super-vivid dream, but I could still hear the echo of skin on skin and the sting of my cheek afterwards.

[Frieda]

^ hypnagogia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia)

[Marcus Bales]

Question for Stephi's Birthday: what would you have gotten her if you could?

[topcat]

a nice scarf

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

What are you afraid of?

[lukkucairi]

earthquakes (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/uu03071121.html)

that one was a mile and a half from our house this morning at 4:21 :)

[brightpearl]

The inherent impermanence of my son's life.

[brightpearl]

Oh and sharks.
I'm afraid of sharks.

[topcat]

the internet

[zero]

.







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[auntie aubrey]

mummies.


wait a second, haven't we answered this question already?

[Frieda]

^that was about phobias i think

i'm afraid of losing all my money

[Marcus Bales]

I'm afraid of you.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I'm afraid of you.

Are you referring to me? That's scary...

[Marcus Bales]

Now I'm really afraid of you.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Why? Come closer, I promise I won't hurt you...

[Marcus Bales]

Um, I gotta go to the grocery store now ...

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Oh, OK then, go. I won't intimidate you any further... :p

[Anna]

all of you

[craig johnston]

there's nothing to fear but fear itself.

[Marcus Bales]

I'm back from the grocery store, munching now on Oreos, dipping them in cold milk. I'm not afraid any more.

[Veruki]

those oreos are going straight to your arse

[Marcus Bales]

What do you care? Now that you've given me the Horse's Ass Award, I'm drowning my sorrows in Keebler's Chocolate Lover's Chocolate Chip Cookies, too!

[Veruki]

I gave you that award to show my total respect and support for all the nonsense you contribute to this bored. I feel hurt by your lack of appreciation. Well I'm just going to take it back now and give it to someone who wants it. :( and... and.... I'm going to go watch porn with CJ....ha!

[auntie aubrey]

there's nothing to fear but fear itself.

Yeah well I hope you remember that when the mummies come.

[Marcus Bales]

I'm afraid Veruki and Craig's Johnson are double entendring.

[craig johnston]

no fear of that! we are upright citizens!

:eek:

[Marcus Bales]

I know Craig's Johnson is upright, but what about Veruki the Indian-giver?

[Veruki]

It's not my fault you didn't want the award, and don't blame me for my great posture...

[Marcus Bales]

I'm afraid that I don't like being given awards, however well-deserved.

[craig johnston]

the sw ohio dog-eared doggerel award goes to....

MACRUS BLAES!

*half-hearted applause*

[Marcus Bales]

The Official Little Condom Award goes to: Craig's Johnson!

[craig johnston]

whew! one 't' away!

:)

[Marcus Bales]

I'm afraid the "t" comment is waaaaaay too late!

[Veruki]

what does this have to do with the question of the day?

[craig johnston]

is that the new qotd? or is this?

:confused:

[Veruki]

I feel a great disturbance in the force...

[craig johnston]

wait 'til zore gets here, there will be a mighty wind....

[Marcus Bales]

... out of htat disparaged arse, I fear.

[trisherina]

clarity

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Which is the odd one out and why?
volleyball player, mountain climber, prisoner, waiter, member of armed forces

[T.I.P.]

mountain climber, because he aspires to be above everyone else

[trisherina]

was that a new ¿ question of the day ? then

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Umm... sort of. I couldn't find the inverted question mark. *blush*

[Frieda]

the mountain climber because he doesnt serve of course

[Hyakujo's Fox]

the prisoner

the volleyball player spikes a ball
the mountain climber has spikes on his boots
the waiter spikes your drink
and members of armed forces have spikes on their pickelhaubes

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Hyjakuyo, that's an excellent answer, I'm greatly impressed! *bows*

Frieda, that's what I was told the correct answer was. Although I don't believe in correct answers.

[Stephi_B]

None, because they('d) fare best if they('d) cooperate with their team mates, fellow climbers, co-prisoners, colleagues, company.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

None, because they('d) fare best if they('d) cooperate with their team mates, fellow climbers, co-prisoners, colleagues, company.

Good one! (Although, as for prisoners, the reality is probably further from the image of cooperation, shown in films. The one time I went to a prison, the ward told us they were exceptionally eager to report on each other...)

[Stephi_B]

(Yeah, a kind of mobbing - and they can't go home in the evening...)

[Brynn]

Okay, I know it's not time for a new question of the day, but I'll bite - YsaPur, would you care to tell us more about your prison experience?

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Oh, I'm too plain to realise I've been bitten.
The most surprising thing was probably the realisation that there are so many different shades of stench. Every place I visited had a different foul smell.

[Stephi_B]

New Q:

¿ Like which drink are you ?
(not necessarily alcoholic)



Me:
Gin Tonic; maybe you gotta get used to it, but then... ;)

[zero]

cuppasoup :D

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

water

[Brynn]

today, I'm most like the last slimy dregs of of my dogs' drinking water

tomorrow i'll be unsweetened cranberry juice.

day after tomorrow I will be cold clean water from a well

[12"razormix]

necessarily alcoholic

[zero]

you were supposed to ask "zero why a cuppasoup? why?"

[12"razormix]

http://bulletin.zefrank.com/images/icons/icon14.gif http://bulletin.zefrank.com/images/icons/icon14.gif http://bulletin.zefrank.com/images/icons/icon14.gif ^^ ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :eek:

[zero]

c'mere zomrix for i am instant hot ness for when your wee bones are cold

[12"razormix]

chicken killaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[zero]

don't mock my cuppasoup!

you'd be less harsh with me if you new the ordeal i'd been through during today's typhoon - and so soon after last week's earthquake too.


poor me

[12"razormix]

Job has nothing on you!

[zero]

how dare you mock my typhoon - a boat was in the carpark, mrs sneddon's wheeliebin blew over on its side, swans were swimming up the high street and a grown man was seen wandering around crying (not me).

[Frieda]

good thing your chimneypotts already fell off the last time!

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

And you are a grown man?? I must say I'm surprised, because I had quite the opposite impression. But it surely must be my lack of proper English knowledge...

[zero]

if you say so!

good thing your chimneypotts already fell off the last time!

look the newslady just said we'd britain had been battered by savage storms

[auntie aubrey]

¿ Like which drink are you ?
(not necessarily alcoholic)

like, you know, i am like totally like drinkable and stuff. whatev.

http://susansmusings.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/valley-girls2.jpg

[brightpearl]

^brightpearl hearts auntie

as fer me...
jasmine pearl tea, of course
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a306/digitalmuse/Food/jasmine-pearl-green-tea.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1379/1364901445_bd07c4dc7c_o.jpg

[brightpearl]

you were supposed to ask "zero why a cuppasoup? why?"

limp noodles?

[T.I.P.]

I am a red wine, and will continue to get better until one day I turn to vinegar

[Jack Flanders]

^ but a fine, aged Balsamic! yum! Me? Like whateveh the dude is payin' foh! *giggle*

[PinkLincoln]

http://www.geocities.com/pinklincoln@rogers.com/md2020.bmp
cheap and often seen with 18 yr old boys

[Frieda]

new question for tuesday:

what's your favorite outfit?

[Stephi_B]

jeans, t-shirt (both as plain as possible), flat comfy shoes (Chucks, moccasins and such)

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3943/yeahrx6hq2.jpg

[Frieda]

mine's sneakers, blue or brown linen pants, a t-shirt with a weird print and bracelets. lots of em. yes. makes me happy :)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I usually wear long dresses.

[auntie aubrey]

http://www.strangecelebrities.com/images/content/10290.jpg

[zero]

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[lukkucairi]

^ claymore-cam is the best

for me, I prefer something a little more colorful:

http://kissmycloset.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/59junkanoo432.jpg

[brightpearl]

I like to wear this when I wanna pretend to be a grownup
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/485759034_faa9079995.jpg

but otherwise I worship at the temple of Our Lady of Perpetual Jeans
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/229/476687500_3910831880.jpg
(this photo was known as "invisible donut" over on the ORG...)

[Brynn]

http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~kevinn/misc/funny/nuns.jpg

[topcat]

^^^^now thats funny right there. where is smartypants?

[Jack Flanders]

^^ I agree.
^^ But here they are "The Blessed Order of the Shotgun Sisters of Perpetual Popery"

l to r: Sisters' Mary Margaret, Mary Cathleen, Mary Fiona, Mary Patricia and Just Jo.

[zero]

thursday march 13th's ¿ question of the day?


please may you post your favorite outfit from here -->http://www.sketchzilla.com/madlibs/pill.gif (http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/home.htm) and give a short description of how you feel towards it?

[brightpearl]

I would totally wear these.
http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/multi.jpg
But not with sandals.

So my favorite as-is outfit is this one:
http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/argyles.jpg
The stripes on the chairs and the shirt juxtapose the post-industrial ennui of 20th century Western society with the carefree sexual mores depicted in the dots on the carpet. The foreshortened knees of both the man and the nude portrait express the fundamental human desire for inclusion and affordable donuts, while the books lay the hedonism of the intellect firmly in the background. But I am struck most of all by the subject's beret and argyle, flaunting both his French heritage and man's archetypal yearning to be perceived as Scottish.

[auntie aubrey]

http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/orange%20socks.jpg

i feel a certain fundamental irony in this image, as our besocked/besandaled friend poses with "the noid." the characters famous tagline is, of course, "avoid the noid," and our friend seems to be experiencing the onset of the irony as perhaps he realizes that his socks/sandals combo should be equally aversive, and yet somehow he's managed to embrace both.

[Stephi_B]

http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/tone.jpg

My feelings: Pure and simple - Cool Britannia! and...
<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8z2M_hpoPwk&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8z2M_hpoPwk&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
!

;)


PS: I forgot my beloved leather jacket in the last q... was thinking in summer terms yet.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I feel a little bit dizzy after looking at so many socks.

http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/tosox.jpg

This one, because I'm a member of the Equal Rights for Toes movement, which dictates you have to give your toes enough space and possibilities to freely express their individuality.

This one is not bad either, although it belongs to the fans of a different movement. But it's surprising enough to be likeable.

http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/bunz.jpg

And finally, this indecisive decision truly reflects the state of my mind at the moment.

http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/236037928_132a3912f9.jpg

[T.I.P.]

http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/fetish.jpg

I choose this one.

It is impossible to know if this banana toting elder is standing in front of the shop because he is preparing to nourish his foot fetish as soon as he has finished eating his yellow fruit, or if he is simply waiting for his friend Ernie to go play checkers next door and thinking "what on earth is taking him so long I just hate waiting for that idiot he is always so late ".

[lukkucairi]

http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/bob_francis3-1.jpg

because I have always wanted to be a gay man

and this couple is soooo "cage aux folles"

I love the meticulously rolled and folded cuff of the mustachio's jeans

and the teddy bears that accompany them on the daybed

wonder what they won all those ribbons for?

plus the cat in the lampshade collar provides a nice visual punctuation

[auntie aubrey]

^ i will never stop laughing at that picture. the longer i look at it, the harder i laugh. it's killing me.

[trisherina]

I relate strongly to this man.

http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/sexobject.jpg

Sorry if that is too short a description, but when you think hard about it, it's really not.

[Jack Flanders]

Ready for the next flood!!!

http://www.kayaker.net/plmo2003/img_0762.jpg

[Earthling]

¿ question of the day ? March 14th...

When is the last time you;
A. Had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
B. Had an enema?
C. Pee'd in the pool?
*details are encouraged...in fact, I'm taking notes*

[Frieda]

A. Had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
never had one
B. Had an enema?
never had one
C. Pee'd in the pool?
15 years ago or something?? :confused:

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Take notes, Earthling, take notes. Here follow the oracles of an alien:

A. Had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
Hay ale, newt udder and butt chips a la NJ.
B. Had an enema?
Heed Naaman...
C. Pee'd in the pool?
Loop in the deep.

[T.I.P.]

A. Had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
a long time ago

i am going to have one when i wake up

B. Had an enema?
never

C. Pee'd in the pool?
often

[Stephi_B]

A. Like 15 years ago - my big stepsis' highschool student exchange partner Holly (from Minnesota) introduced me to this culinary highlight around age 9 (since then I'm also hooked on Coke Light, Coke Zero nowerdays), but somehow I got away from that after a time.

B. Never.

C. ~20 years ago, same is for peeing in a lake or the Mediterranean Sea (we went swimming to public pools rather rarely)

[trisherina]

When is the last time you;
A. Had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
2001? Showed daughter what they're all about. She doesn't like them either.
B. Had an enema?
2005? Prep for testing during last major exacerbation.
C. Pee'd in the pool?
1994? The pool = the Atlantic, and restrooms are scarce 50-60 feet underwater. For your notes: forgo coffee prior to donning "farmer john."

[lukkucairi]

a) high school? used to be staple lunch because I could swipe them from the cafeteria and not get caught, but I've been allergic to peanuts for a decade now

2) maybe when I was 2?

iii) last time I swam in the sea, probably last August

[auntie aubrey]

A. Had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
last july when i babysat my little niecey-poo.

B. Had an enema?
gott in himmel! never!

C. Pee'd in the pool?
probably 20 years ago.

[brightpearl]

PBJ this morning for breakfast/never/yup, prolly when I was a kid and swimming in the ol' Gulf of Mexico...we don't have those nasty little barbed catfish there.

[Large Marge]

Why isn't Priceyfatprude on the member list?

[Frieda]

that's something that happened a couple of years ago when everyone over 4000 posts got admin status in the darkroom subforum. i don't know why we disappeared from the members list. i got back into the list when i got the funkalicious forum to take care of.

[Earthling]

Hmmmm...so according to my notes;
What we have here are a bunch of pool peeing, full of poop, PB&J eaters.
When I contact my home world about the invasion...I have little doubt that ya'll be left alone....:cool:

[brightpearl]

q of the day for Saturday, March 15:

How would you describe your nose using between 3 and 20 words?

[Frieda]

big, pointy and slightly crooked.

[topcat]

broken many times

[zero]

benicio del toro


o no sorry - that's my eyebrows. well marlon brando then. yeh that's, it brando.

[auntie aubrey]

undesirable and inadvisable.

[T.I.P.]

points to the right because of unfortunate encounter

[craig johnston]

q of the day for Saturday, March 15:

How would you describe your nose using between 3 and 20 words?

but my nose doesn't use words
words use my mouth

:confused:

[brightpearl]

words use my mouth

Yes, this is an excellent treatise on what's wrong with the average human attempt at communication.

[lukkucairi]

perfect for smelling things with

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

A cute, triangular part of my face that contains two nostrils and fifty-seven nosehairs.

[l'azizza]

Not my most accurate sensory organ.

[Odbe]

leads to interesting places when followed

[craig johnston]

Yes, this is an excellent treatise on what's wrong with the average human attempt at communication.

you think if we spoke with our noses we'd communicate better?

:confused:

[trisherina]

petite and often shiny

[Coffee]

I've been it's closest follower my whole life.

[craig johnston]

new question for st paddy's day:

why is the grass always greener on the other side?

[Brynn]

is it really?

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Due to the Universal Principle of Reality Distorted by Own Envious Mind.

[Stephi_B]

It isn't (unless YsaPur's Principle applies for you).

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

It isn't (unless YsaPur's Principle applies for you).

It only applies to you if you are of the aforementioned Envious Mind.

[lukkucairi]

because it faces south and it gets more sun (in the spring)

because it faces north and it gets more water (in the summer)

[skip intro]

because it rains more over there

:)

[auntie aubrey]

better PR.

[Coffee]

The combination of atmospheric absorbtion of red light waves, in conjunction with our eyes inability to detect small pieces of dead brown grass in a farther field that is easily discernible beneath one's own feet...ero...grass that is farther away looks greener...unless one's neighbor never waters their lawn.

[Jack Flanders]

It's not. The closer you get to *IT* the less appealing it becomes - you start noticing all the weeds. It's called *Blade Envy*

[Frieda]

to keep us jealous humans busy.

[Brynn]

my own theory involves artificial colorants

[Hyakujo's Fox]

your own restless, opportunistic nature

either that or the fertilising effect of road-crossing chicken poop

[craig johnston]

i reckon cos more irish live over there.

;)

[T.I.P.]

unbeknownst to you, miniscule color elves are constantly operating on the grass, removing the greenness in your immediate vicinity and sloshing on layers of green on the other side

[trisherina]

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

i.e. nature of the beast, handy one, really

[zero]

.
quote=david allen? (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-allen/whats-your-standard-for-_b_89443.html):
at a certain point you will get it together.

when the number of used glasses and cups in your living area reaches a certain point, you will clean them up. for some people one is too many. someone puts one down, they pick it up. some people, however, will only do something about the glasses and cups when there are no more clean ones.
different standards for "stuff."

at a certain point, you will clean up your email. for some people twenty is too many. and for some, it's five thousand. there are different standards for "stuff."


¿ question of the day ? for march 18th then - what's your standard for "stuff"




alternative question if you don't fancy that one : what might an itchy knee be a harbinger of?

[Stephi_B]

My standards for stuff are on the absolute (lower? upper?) limit I'd say:
When really, really none isn't left anymore: cups n' glasses (I have a huge double sink for them babies to wait for that point), space on email account, hope, time....

[Frieda]

i have no standards whatsoever.


itchy knee is a sign of hail.

[lukkucairi]

quarterly cleaning hurricane hits the house and the all the piles of stuff are put away or hidden

6 dirty glasses is too many - I don't notice fewer than four in one spot





an itchy knee san?

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

The tolerated amount varies according to my mood. I'm generally messy, although I have higher standards for invisible clutter than the visible. I probably clean my nmailbox more often than my apartment. :(

An itchy knee foreshadows some scratching action.

[zero]

"kipple (http://www.haamu.com/kipple.html) - when nobody's around, kipple (http://www.haamu.com/kipple.html) reproduces itself. no one can win against kipple (http://www.haamu.com/kipple.html), except temporarily and maybe in one spot

[auntie aubrey]

oh poo you beat me to the kipple.

[12"razormix]

.



be the change you want to see in the world


.

[craig johnston]

speak up dearie!

that standard for stuff thing changes every day depending on mood, whether guests are expected and other complicated factors too numerous to list here.

itchy knee - get new kecks!

[zero]

.



be the change you want to see in the world


.

is that yours answer for the ¿ alternative question of the day ? about an itchy knee?

[12"razormix]

no it's <s>innuendo</s> erotic poetry

[zero]

well scratch it then!

[Frieda]

get a room dammit!

[12"razormix]

evenin, empress! :)

[zero]

what did you say??

[12"razormix]

who?

[zero]

you!! i've told you "empress" is only my name for when we're alone in "the beautiful thread"

[12"razormix]

actually, i was trying to empress frieda..

OMG i'm so witty! :eek:

[zero]

^an extra point to you for being so clever



this ¿ question of the day ?'s going REALLY WELL

[zero]

now look what you've done - everybody's fvckked off



no maybe it's just because it's TEATIME in america . yeh that's what it'll be

[Frieda]

AS IF ITS ALL ABOUT THE AMERICANS

wait-- what thread is this??

[craig johnston]

a new qotd?

was the other one finished? whoops now i've asked another question by mistake.

so, err, which is it now? what was the answer about the itchy knee thing?

help i can't stop asking questions!

:o

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Napoleon had an itchy knee just before Waterloo. Leonardo da Vinci they say, had itchy knees all the time, to much amazement he could scratch his left knee with his right hand, and his right knee with his left hand simultaneously through use of a mirror.

[auntie aubrey]

^ hell, i can do that withOUT a mirror.