HULK SMASHED
Hot. Hot. Hot here.
bbbb
My MoDo moment.
Damn you mer!
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
watertiger, I'm not sure how you find your photo gems, but they certainly can make me laugh when I mostly feel like crying.
wt -- why does he wear a helmet? He's protecting the part of his body he uses least, and it's just gonna make him sweat.
Does Fredo wear all that protective gear when he's not biking with Lance Armstrong?
And didn't John Kerry take no end of shit for wearing that sort of protective gear?
How did the bike ride go? Or are we still waiting?
mer: Hot. Hot. Hot here.
Aye -- here, as well.
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But Kerry is French! Or French looking. He didn't eat Freedom Fries. He is an evil do'er.
Sorry, I was alluding to watertiger's MoDo moment post when I asked about Fredo's little cycling costume upthread.
From Below:
OT: I read for a part today
in a bunch of training videos, for mental health/substance abouse providers...both as the doc and the patient...dunno if i'll get the gig; but i nailed the readings...foookin nailed 'em...
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The quote in the caption that accompanies that photo reads:
"Armstrong, the seven-time winner of the Tour de France, has been generous in his praise of Bush's biking skills _ to a point. He says there's no way the president will be able to take him."
I hope Lance kicks his ass.
WGG -- very cool.
Come and see the scenic ceiling fans and card door handles of sunny La Jolla!
Oh, okay. I have pelicans too. Hrmf.
Erm, car door handles, that is - what kind of weirdo would want to take pictures of *card* door handles? Sheesh.
Well. I just don't see how I can procrastinate any longer. I've gotta start getting organized for my departure Wednesday or Thursday.
waaah.
Later, folkses.
98 degrees here. Ach. I am staying in the house. All day.
With kittens and penguins.
Eli: Oh, okay. I have pelicans too. Hrmf.
I always heard if one can, toucan... but pelican?
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mer: Hot. Hot. Hot here.
Aye -- here, as well.
jeffraham
Here in the High ChiHuaHuan Desert (alt: 5200'/1550m), the temp is an amazing 85, partly cloudy...we actually had about 24 hours of solid overcast recently (little or no rain, though)...
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Somebody just came into the store asking for Christian books. Again.
Is the name "Aliens & Alibis" that vauge, or what?
Gnashvegas is @ 95F, 47% humdidity and feels like 101F, according to the weather channel.
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Afternoon, freethinkers
Somebody just came into the store asking for Christian books. Again.
It is creepy how popular the Left Behind series is at the library where I work...
WGG,
Congrats! That's always such an amazing feeling when you know you've made that nice solid thwak sound when your bat connects with the ball.
watertiger,
Bush looks like the idiot he is. Shame on Lance Armstrong for consorting with that asshole. For helping him to "get on with his life." Lance, you're either with us or you're against us. Just sayin'
Good afternoon all. Hot here too, but I'm not complaining - we'll be gray and wet soon enough.
Woody - you got mail.
Though Chris Walken's publicist got a chuckle from the Walken '08 website, he would be an interesting candidate.
No, no! You're tone... it's all wrong, see.
"Armstrong, the seven-time winner of the Tour de France, has been generous in his praise of Bush's biking skills _ to a point. He says there's no way the president will be able to take him."
i find it distressing in the extreme that the little, pampered, simpering, scampering, smirking simian would think it possible that he COULD "take" Armstorng...
does he think tossing out that pitch at the lil league game put him in the same class as Pedro Martinez?
this narcissism/solipsism is evidence of a very, very, very thoroughly fucked up person...
jeezis!
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98 with a heat index of 107 currently. God bless air conditioning.
Hi Jeffraham Prestonian!
It's gotta be 95 here at least. And I had to take a 40 mile round trip trip a little while ago. No air conditioning. I feel like Atrios. Still sweaty.
FYI, I'm working on a podcast right now about my project to turn used kitty litter into biofuels by the time Bill Clinton's next birthday rolls around.
Pere Ubu, I don't think it's the name that's vague, I think it's the folks askin' the questions.
Shame on Lance Armstrong for helping Bush to "get on with his life."
You're= your.
The Preview button holds no charms for me.
And didn't John Kerry take no end of shit for wearing that sort of protective gear?
res ipsa loquitur | 08.20.05 - 2:52 pm | #
Wind surfin' is effete. Bicyclin' ain't.
You people are all so useless, discussing weather and such when you should be freeping some poll or something!
/hesiod
rorschach-Speaking of military penguins (or Mon Ami the pigeon, etc.):
A small white mongrel dog named Bobbie was owned by a sergeant but was the pet of the entire regiment, had served throughout the Afghan War and even had been with the 66th at the disaster of Maiwand where ten officers and 275 men of the regiment were killed and two officers, thirty-one men and Bobbie were wounded
Poor Bobbie! Only eighteen months after being presented with his medal by Queen Victoria, Bobbie was run over and killed by a hansom cab in England. The regiment had him stuffed, and you can still find him in the Regimental Museum in Reading - in a glass case, with a red and green ribbon around his neck to hold his Afghan medal.
I only post this to suggest an appropriate way to honor Rumsfeld when he kicks the bucket.
FYI, I'm working on a podcast right now about my project to turn used kitty litter into biofuels by the time Bill Clinton's next birthday rolls around.
"I always said that NTodd was an ambitious boy!"
/NTodds Aunt
I'm only sorry Cindy Sheehan is not in Crawford at the moment - makes Bush seem even MORE callous than he is.
Eli, I really like your colorful photos.
Since it is an open thread and Hesiod isn't around, I'm just putting the finishing touches on this queen sized quilt. Such an easy pattern. I only started it about a month ago.
muah you lovely libs!
gtg, just skirting by... well not literally in a skirt... *blush*
The latest Pickler
Bush Begins 5-Day Push to Defend Iraq War
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - With anti-war protesters continuing their vigil outside President Bush's ranch, the commander in chief began a five-day push Saturday to tell Americans why he thinks U.S. troops must continue the fight in Iraq.
In his weekly radio address, Bush argued that the war in Iraq will keep Americans safe for generations to come. He'll try to drive the point home with speeches in upcoming days in Utah and Idaho.
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Bush is making a sell to a skeptical public. According to recent polls, a majority of Americans do not approve of his handling of the war.
Why on earth would we be skeptical when he spouts rhetoric like this:
``We're spreading the hope of freedom across the broader Middle East,'' Bush said. ``By advancing the cause of liberty in a troubled region, we are bringing security to our own citizens and laying the foundations of peace for our children and grandchildren.''
Fool.
FYI, I'm working on a podcast right now about my project to turn used kitty litter into biofuels by the time Bill Clinton's next birthday rolls around.
clumping or non?
Eli, what do you think of this camera?
I can get this one for much less then the flagship Canon, Fuji, or Nikon cameras.
http://tinyurl.com/a55rd
I'm not joking.
Family visits Aziz in Iraq prison
Relatives of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz have visited him in jail for the first time since he was detained in 2003.
It is believed to be the first time that any of Saddam Hussein's former aides have been allowed a family visit.
His daughter Zeinab, who travelled from neighbouring Jordan for the meeting, told the BBC he had lost weight and looked old.
But she said he had not complained about how he was being treated.
mer: It's gotta be 95 here at least. And I had to take a 40 mile round trip trip a little while ago. No air conditioning. I feel like Atrios. Still sweaty.
No a/c at the West Gnashvegas Outdoor WiFi Cafe, either... but, y'know, it'd be a waste of a good shower if I didn't just hand tough until it cools down enough to do the landlord's lawn this evening...
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spinoza--I have vague memories of that little pup. A valiant canine, to be sure!
pie,
I simply see these "tours" as more fodder for attaturk, holden and me. that's the only purpose they serve, as far as I'm concerned.
Bush made appearances on ESPN twice in two days
They are making him ther kinder gentler goebbels on ABC's parent corporations.
He has time for lil' league world series and no time at all for Gold STar families or war discussions that interfere with bike rides and baseball.
CNN had Larry Johnson and Powell's former ass't who was Colonel on.
Burn the house of Bush/Saud down!
Its a fairly cool 20°C (68°F) in Devizes.
Its a fairly cool 20°C (68°F) in Devizes.
clumping or non?
After a great deal of analysis over the past couple of days I have come to the conclusion that it absolutely must be clumping. Because that's what I've got in my basement.
I'm not joking.
nobody assumed you were, that's the scary part.
No a/c at the West Gnashvegas Outdoor WiFi Cafe, either...
Where is West Gnashvegas?
Eli- did someone lock you in a room for a bit in La Jolla? (just kidding, I really like your photos)
I'm not joking.
NTodd the Irrelevant
Good, because joking is forbidden until you send me an e-mail.
Have you seen this latest li'l Ricky McCarthy debacle (via Buzzflash)? Seems Man-on-Dog was going to do a booksigning at a B&N in Wilmington DE and a bright young 18-year-old progressive thought she'd take the opportunity to ask her senator a question. Local Gladys Kravitz overheard her joking to her friends that it would be funny to get him to sign a copy of Dan Savage's book and promptly enlisted the aid of an offduty (and outrageously overzealous) DE state trooper to throw them all out and threaten arrest if they ever came back to the mall again, ever. It got ridiculously worse when they went back with her mom.
B&N is ducking responsibility for the entire incident, and the DE state police see nothing wrong at all. Apparently even when you're off-duty playing mall-cap, you still have a duty to prevent difficult questions from reaching the ears of brave neocons.
Greetings from Agawam, MA, moonbatses!
watertiger: clumping or non?
I, personally, prefer the non-clumping podcasts.
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Heh, I have a new way to waste time: making snarky comments about Hesiod's bitching about how we waste time. Now I'll NEVER get any relevant stuff done!
I think Bush has given up caring anymore. The handlers will bring him out, but his heart isn't in it. If they would let him, he would stay on vacation for the 3 years.
71% humidity and 27C in Asheville-without-the-N.
It's like a fucking sauna.
So, I understand Bush is going to spout platitudes for the next five days, in an attempt to defuse Cindy Sheehan. Good luck with that.
Not only do I have a wireless hotspot, but it's FREE!!!
rorschach has mail.
Aiiight. Tix to see "Red Eye" tonight. I'm in the mood for a scary movie.
Cuz I'm tired of this scary reality.
Not only do I have a wireless hotspot, but it's FREE!!!
Sallyh
It's the spot that gets me hot, but you ain't been to it.
F.Zappa
Ntodd announces use of clumping pants as biofuel. At the local rollout, little old ladies fainted and children were sufficiently traumatized to require hospitalization.
it absolutely must be clumping. Because that's what I've got in my basement.
Clumping in your basement?
I recommend Pepto.
Not only do I have a wireless hotspot, but it's FREE!!!
Lucky girl!!!
Max Planck: Where is West Gnashvegas?
As the crow flies, about five miles west of the State Capitol building. Just drive down Charlotte Ave.; I'll wave ya in.
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So, I understand Bush is going to spout platitudes for the next five days, in an attempt to defuse Cindy Sheehan.
Well, if as predicted, an Iraqi Tet Offensive kicks off, platitudes aren't going to suffice. At least, one would hope so, but who knows from the DC press pack, encamped in Waco?
"Fool."
--pie
Idiot too.
We're spreading the hope of freedom across the broader Middle East,'' Bush said.
Well, it seems to be a particularly Islamic version of freedom, given what's going on in Iraq... probably not quite the idea they had going into this!
Why in watertiger's bicycling photos is W wearing an aerodynamic helmet with all the grooves and stuff? Is that going to give him the edge he needs to beat Armstrong?
His fondness for dress-up games is truly laughable.
watertiger, this is hilarious. I addition to speechifying, Bush is spending two days vacationing in a town in Idaho.
DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) - The announcement that President Bush would spend two days vacationing in Donnelly next week mystified reporters at his ranch in Texas, prompting comments like ``I can't find it.''
Not even White House spokeswoman Dana Perino could say just where it was.
``We can look at a map and try to figure it out,'' Perino said.
His speech is going to be given afterwards in Nampa, west of Boise.
Are they going to be new platitudes, or just the old ones? Say what you want about his environmental record, but virgin fields of platitudes have been spared in the Bush administration's quest to reduce, reuse and recycle.
"probably not quite the idea they had going into this!"
They had an idea?
"Left Mr. President! On your left!"
CNN breaking news: Lance Armstrong, 7 time winner of the Tour De Frog, biking with President Chimp today at Camp Stay The Course, attempted to pass Miserable Failure as they approached his ranch's infamous incline, affectionately called "Quagmire Hill" by his Secret Service bodyguards. Armstrong, who is currently boning Sheryl Crow, and Preznit Lucky, currently boning Secretary of State Condi Rice, inadvertently passed the Chimp-in-Chief on the left, prompting a swift response from his Secret Service agents. Each of the five agents emptied "five in the noggin" in Armstrong, prompting Fox News analyst John Gibson to masturbate on camera a short time ago.
Armstrong, who suffered flesh wounds, said from his hospital bed, "I didn't get the memo that Shrub likes to be in the lead and doesn't want anyone talking to him when he rides his fucking piece of shit Schwinn!" As he passed out from the morphine drip, Ms. Crow, who was at his side in the hospital, was heard to mumble, "I wish the Pentagon had asked ME to perform instead of Clint Black. Didn't they know I went country? Haven't they heard my hit The First Cut Is The Deepest (country version)? It's soo hot. So is Don Rumsfeld."
At that moment, Armstrong sat upright in bed, ripped the IV out of his arms, and announced he's running for Congress.
pie, he's running! He's going to towns nobody's heard of! That's running! Hahahaha!
They had an idea?
Officially, it was an 'ideer'.
can Bush even read a map let alone read it the right way up?
Max P--hey, I heard 'Joe's Garage' on the drive from the airport
(((Jeffraham!!! Curly!!!)))
We're spreading the hope of freedom across the broader Middle East
Okay, I was kidding about the podcast topic. But I do have one uploading right now about Bush's radio address.
Why in watertiger's bicycling photos is W wearing an aerodynamic helmet with all the grooves and stuff? Is that going to give him the edge he needs to beat Armstrong?
Because this one kept falling off.
U.S. concedes ground to Islamists on Iraqi law
BushCo has completely lost it. Taking the stand that being resolute and crispy on the date of the Iraqi constitution is more important than what is in it, they have lost the Freepers.
?Well, if Islamic law gets in, we might as well never have gone into Iraq. PERIOD. The death of our soldiers will have been a waste.
3 posted on 08/20/2005 7:53:40 AM PDT by EagleUSA
An Iraqi Tet offensive is going to add at least five years onto the occupation, because the government will refuse to leave after such a thing. But if Seymour Hersh says there will be one, I believe him.
NTodd has mail.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Sallyh! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
I never did hear about this mysteriously early trip east... meeting with publishers for the cookbook?
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eeeeew.
I just got a catalouge for somehthing called "Encounter Books", which looked innocuous enough until I started reading the details.
They not only have a book called "A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America", but a book by John "Make Shit Up" Fund on how voter fraud is endangering democracy. (Surprise! He reveals it's them damn Dems what been stealin' elections! Whoda thunk?) Oh, and a book about how icky the French are.
pie,
donnelly is northeast of Beer Bottle Crossing.
You can't make this shit up.
NTodd - figure out a way to convert keystrokes to energy. We'll be rich! Actually, I was visiting with friend's three-year-old testerday, we need to find a way to hook theses little guys up - free energy forever.
Hey Sallyh!
"It's like a fucking sauna."
--pseudonymous in nc
After an afternoon downpour yesterday, the streets had steam rising at least two feet high. Walking from the car into the grocery store, I said to the cashier, " Glad I haven't paid for a sauna, got one right outside my house."
jeffraham--visiting relatives. Idee de Monsieur.
Hey Mena!
Here's my favorite town name from my home state.
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donnelly is northeast of Beer Bottle Crossing.
He'll be right at home.
More hilarity from the cowardly preznitwit:
Wherever he will spend the night, some locals think they know why Bush is skipping Sun Valley, the tony resort across the Sawtooth Mountains to the southeast where stars and politicians typically head in Idaho. In 2004, 72 percent of Valley County voters chose Bush, while Blaine County, home of Sun Valley, was the only one in Idaho that favored John Kerry, who has a home there.
God forbid he runs into people who didn't vote for him. That's some bubble he's in.
Nota -
I would give so much to be able to get on "Free"Republic and respond to that with "Nyaaah! Told you so!" but Chucky would ban me before I even hit the "return" key. Shame.
Pere Ubu: the only right-wing book publishers worth their salt are The Liberty Fund, a bunch of Hayekians who produce very nice, cheap editions of Adam Smith, David Hume et al. I do enjoy buying from them, knowing that my evil liberal ways are being subsidised by rich uber-capitalists.
Some freepers are in for the long haul, though:
Unfortunately, the Iraqi's were going to fashion their own brand of democracy filtered through Islam. We knew that from the start but thought it worth the gamble. Only time will tell, but we'd better be prepared to protect this fledgling for quite some time. Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help. Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
God forbid he runs into people who didn't vote for him. That's some bubble he's in.
He's a petty little man.
We know this already.
Thanks, ror. And now, I'd like to provide you all with my exegesis of the history of Hesiod-based Biofuels and Their Implications for American Energy Independence and Peace in the Middle East.
First, a little background on energy and entropy...
Get ready for Iraq war III!
Here we go is right. This decision is pivotal. If shari'a's nose is allowed under the tent, we will have to go into Iraq a third time. Fat chance.
Back later, wonderful ones. Must...visit...family.
Best town name ever:
Toadsuck.
And there's one in Arkansas and ANOTHER one in Texas.
Life is totally surreal in Bushworld.
Fucking Haloscan! My post was incredibly relevant and important, and it got wiped out by this shit-for-brains comment system. Atrios, I DEMAND you implement something better ASAP.
First, a little background on energy and entropy...M/i>
I love Jane Austen ! wait...
First, a little background on energy and entropy...
I meant: I love Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder!
It's been observed numerous times before, but I think it's clear that Shrub is tired of being the Preznit.
Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help. Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
Dear me, Freepers are dumb.
Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
everything, indeed, they enjoyed under Saddam, but which the USer invasion/conquest/occupation/rape of their country destroyed...
funny as shit how that happened, aint it?
First, a little background on energy and entropy...
Uh, I have to go walk the vacuum and dog the floor. Or something.
Bye!
NTodd-- you are so serious! Hesiod would recommend that you get down off your high horse.
Jeffra, Rors - *almost* as good as Doosewallops and Humptulips here in the grand old state of WA.
You know, one way to bring a sense of pride to a people is not to bomb the shit out of them.
" Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc."
What is the literacy rate in Iraq? How would this compare with red staters literacy?
Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help. Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
We bombed the shit outta them. Didn't that give them something?
Ntodd, put *something* on, for god's sake. We can see your tallywhacker.
Re: Toadsuck
there's a settlement/chapter house out in the Dineh rez called "Toadlena"--the pronunciation, though, is "toe-odd-lay-nuh"
just sayin'
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Energy and entropy! We have so much in common, NTodd.
NTodd-- you are so serious! Hesiod would recommend that you get down off your high horse.
I'm sorry...what were you saying? I was busy preening and missed it.
Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?
Night of the Living Dead, too.
(Food Channel)
Hesiod-based Biofuels and Their Implications for American Energy Independence and Peace in the Middle East. NTodd
Children round the world put camel shit on the walls. Maybe you could do something with that.
Fucking Haloscan! My post was incredibly relevant and important, and it got wiped out by this shit-for-brains comment system. Atrios, I DEMAND you implement something better ASAP.
NTodd, Pantsless Sparklepony
Damn you haloscan!
pseudonymous in nc | 08.20.05 - 3:23 pm | #
Hilarious.
Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help.
Cant.Stand.the.Racism.
Must.Go.for.a.Walk
Later.Moonbats!
Humptulips
setting of Tom Robbins' first, and in some ways his best, novel: "Another Roadside Atraction" (though i prefer "Jitterbug Perfume")
UNICEF put total adult literacy at 39% in 2003, and youth literacy at 75%. School enrollment was 76% in '03.
Believe it or not, Saddam got an award from UNESCO for literacy programmes in 1982. When you're in a nasty trench war, I suppose it helps to have soldiers who can read...
Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help.
Cause, ya know, being heirs to 4000 years of history and culture in the Fertile Crescent would make anyone feel inferior compared to us Merkans.
Just like a town down the road from us, called Smyrna. A lot of the locals pronounce it "SMUH-urrr-na." Three syllables. Very odd.
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Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?
Night of the Living Dead, too.
And they used KY in "Alien."
Not telling you what channel I got that from!
Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?
Night of the Living Dead, too
thereby proving brown is easy to confuse with red in black-and-white, i guess?
The World Health Organisation has different numbers: 56% adult literacy.
Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?
Yah. Fake blood didn't look bloody enough in b/w. Too washed out.
Was George Costanza the production designer for Psycho?
thereby proving brown is easy to confuse with red in black-and-white, i guess?
Yep. Also cheaper than using the real thing.
That Freeper thread is very interesting. If Iraq fails, many freepers will be very disappointed in the Iraq war.
"Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?"
Sounds like a Quik fix to me.
I've always thought that this administration's penchant for describing a complex process as "standing up", as in "it's imperative for the Iraqis to stand up a constitution", or "we will stand down when the Iraqi police and military have proven that they can stand up", is kind of penisy.
Another town: When I was working on a documentary on Route 66 for NPR, I spoke with a number of folks from Miami, OK.
Pronounced "Mah am ah"
there's a settlement/chapter house out in the Dineh rez called "Toadlena"--the pronunciation, though, is "toe-odd-lay-nuh"
Thanks, WGG. I always wondered how that was pronounced -- or at least since I first read the name in a Tony Hillerman novel.
If Iraq fails, many freepers will be very disappointed in the Iraq war.
To what will they then turn their attention, one wonders.
NTodd:
I just got finished listening to your interview of Filk. Execellent.
Yah. Fake blood didn't look bloody enough in b/w. Too washed out.
pseudonymous in nc
And did you know that in Vampire's Kiss, Nicholas Cage actually ate a roach, because the fake ones looked too fake!
Yep. Also cheaper than using the real thing.
pie
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I don't know, pie. The real thing's getting cheaper every day.
"we will stand down when the Iraqi police and military have proven that they can stand up"
"Our military will not be permitted to go flaccid until the Iraqi military is erect."
That better?
"Nicholas Cage actually ate a roach"
I always knew Cage was weird, but that's an image I could have missed out on.
I'm heat-strokin' out here... gonna go home and make a tall guzzler of Aldi iced tea.
And drink it all.
Then, I'll make another one to bring back for the mowing.
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To what will they then turn their attention, one wonders.
pie - 3:32 pm
us, i'm guessin'
keep your powder dry,
and your weapon oiled...
so to speak
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Then, I'll make another one to bring back for the mowing.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
You got to bring it on home.
Bring it on home, to me.
thereby proving brown is easy to confuse with red in black-and-white, i guess?
Yeah. Red comes through as too gray in black-and-white.
And is that a very strange sounding sentence, or what?