We shall overcome !!!!!
-- hamster (hamster@mycage.com), December 15, 1999.
Join the FRL - Sign up today!greenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread |
Welcome to the first annual FRL membership drive.During the last year have you ever lurked on the FRL threads? C'mon now, admit it. You have, haven't you! Maybe once or twice? Maybe more often? Like every month? Or every week? What??? Every chance you get?!?! :)
Ever get a grin from the FRL when you needed it most? Maybe more than a grin--- a "mighty grin", or a smile, or maybe a laugh, or maybe a belly laugh, or perhaps something just struck you so funny you started rolling on the floor with tears in your eyes? If you've enjoyed our antics, how about letting us know, and giving us some grins back. All of us need a break now and then. (Mostly now, right?)
Why nut join us in our activities? All have been welcomed in the past. (I know this may be hard to believe so check the previous FRL threads and see for yourself). Here you may find different posters you recognize posting on the same thread and not slamming each other, even though they may not be known on the forum as 'best friends'. We come here to be silly and try and have some much needed relief from Y2K and all other seriousness.
How do you join? Easy! All you have to do to be an FRLian is post to this FRL thread. We hope to hear from many of you stealth FRLians and lurkers. Join us now during the membership drive, even if you don't drive, especially if you need a brake. The requirement that you write creditable poetry is temporarily waved, so don't let that stop you. Come join the fun. We would really like hearing from all youz guyz. Its FREE too! Best of all, spelling does NOT count!
FRLian vets: Please consider putting in your own two cents to encourage our swells to rank, uh, I mean ranks to be swell, or whatever.
-- Rob Michaels (sonofdust@join.us), December 15, 1999
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Fruitcake Index...
#0-A: Perfect y2k food? (not for the serious)
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000FvD#0-B: Supermarkets, Duct Tape, and Phone Gnomes (Humor)
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000W78#0-C: Grandmama's missing check
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000GXB#0-D: Who else got one of 10 Anti-terrorist "Units"?
(pre-beginnings of the Canadianainainan steath geeses thread)
http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000DfT
#1: Know Your Fruitcake! (not for the serious)
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000Imj#2: Know your Fruitcake, the second.
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000hxd#3: OT - Fruitcake III
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000sez#4: Know Your Fruitcake IV (not for the serious)
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 0011dm#5: Fruitcake V : The Return of Sue?
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001Bli#6: OT- FRLians Unite, members only - OT
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001Izu#7: OT - FRL 7
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001Oap#8: OT - FRL 8
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001P4r#9: OT-FRL #9
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001TU6#10: OT - FRL #10 (washing Murhpy)
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001ZPa# 11: FRL # 11 - Lessons from the Geese
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001gIB# 12: FRL #12 - Natural Highs
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001lYX# 13: FRLian Thanksgiving
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001qlz# 14: OT - FRL #14 - Limerick Festival
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001tTn# 15: Happy Anniversary FRLians!
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001ypb# 16: Join the FRL - Sign up today!
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 0021D5And... for Lon...
Beans and Air Quality (HUMOR)
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000h17
And another addition...
Brotherhood of Yourdon (Sir Richard of the Dale)
http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000Ia4
-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 15, 1999.
We shall overcome !!!!!
-- hamster (hamster@mycage.com), December 15, 1999.
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Wanna be among the first to get our bonus fruitcake and T shirt!
Happy Holidays ((((((((( FRLians )))))))))************************************************** **************************************************
@}->-- 3~0 3~0 3~0 3~0 3~0 3~0 3~0 @}->-- 3~0 3~0 3~0
-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), December 15, 1999.
ok... I've got 2" to pitch in. Is that a swell in your rank or are you just happy to see me?ba doom boom CRASH!!!
Mike #:-)
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-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), December 15, 1999.
Oh My God...I FINALLY know what FRL stands for! I've been a closet member this whole time, without even knowing it! I admit it! I regift my fruitcakes! I'm a FRL regifter!
-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), December 15, 1999.
Greetings to the FRL from your cousins in the SFRL - The Store-bought Fruitcake Resistance League!Favorite thing to do with a store-bought fruitcake - run through a meat grinder and feed to the squirrels ... easiest way to catch one for the dinner table as the density of store-bought fruitcake will weigh it down to immobility.
Warning 1 - Prolonged retention of store-bought fruitcake will render the squirrel as inedible as the fruitcake. Grab squirrel as soon as it becomes immobilized, and put the poor thing out of its' misery! Be sure to clean and dress within minutes.
Warning 2 - The contents of a squirrel acquired in this manner should be considered and treated as Hazardous Waste, and disposed of accordingly!
Warning 3 - Meat grinder used to prepare fruitcake for squirrel catching should now also be disposed of, as the grinding wheels are now worthlessly stripped smooth.
Sorry Squirrel King - your revolution's days are numbered ... or is that numbed - from the effects of store-bought fruitcake, of course?
Now you know WHY I am ....
-- hiding in plain (sight@edge. of no-where), December 15, 1999.
amazing surpriseslone rose blooms
in gentle, silent snowfall
-- Wilferd (WilferdW@aol.com), December 15, 1999.
Well now. Considering this just started this is some turn on, uh, I mean turn in, er, turn out. Just a note to all youz new FRLians - If you start posting here regular like you may be tilted - I mean titled, and addressed with your Title. So keep on postin! (Besides, everyone likes to be regular, right?)Here's a couple examples of what I was juz sayin bout them titles:
Diane, O Great Seeress and Shatterer of Records - Thank you for being wigilant and posting the hysterical links.
Field Marshalls Ashton and Leska: Please provide a report on the latest Stealth contrails, er, I mean Geese, at your earliest inconvenience.
You new FRLians are great. All of you. LOL. Thanks! Now we have squirrels and hamsters to add to the FRLian geese, beavers, groundhogs, etc. And Wilfred, you have been lurking haven't you - that was some Haiku!
Long Live the FRL!!!!!!!!
Gang: My puter is acting up since Monday night and I am having trouble posting the way I usually do - and I can't access my e-mail either since then. So if you sent me something just be patient.
-- Rob Michaels (sonofdust@join.us), December 15, 1999.
Wow, does this mean all us ir-regulars have to line up, sign up and make like we know what we've been doing all these months?.
Beautiful sunset
Sky glows gold through falling snow
White Christmas coming.
-- Tricia the Canuck (with help) (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 15, 1999.
Woe be to You, those Who would Mock the Great One!!!The Squirrel King and my Mighty Army laugh at your pathetic attempts to lull us wuth Store Bought Fruitcakes!!!Everybody knows we Squirrels prefer Nutcake over vile Store-Bought Fruitcake!!!There Shall be a great Reckoning amoung the pink and brown Furless Apes!!!I, the Great and Mighty, Magnificent Squirrel King have even subborned the fair Lady Leska!!! (howzit goin' Leska? Feeling ok I hope...)*Ahem*You pathetic groveling furless apes will soon be doing Our Bidding!!!Long Love the Rodent Revolution!!!All Hail The Squirrel King!!!
-- The Squirrel King (StillNuts@upina.Tree), December 15, 1999.
Dear Great and Honored Squirrel King,
Your HighDryness has been too busy with plots 'n logistics to answer eMail from your two-timing objects. Hhrrmmppphhhff. We woulda warned ya that the wriggling killer Jelly Fish were prepositioning themselves to steal your glory! A leader that removes itself from subjective eMail is bound to miss incomings.Dear Swill Chief of the Bored,
Cough, splutter, sneeze, splatter, spit, croak, scream! Those damn not OT *#)%(#*@ are not nearly stealth enough and have downed us. Never would have believed it. Moral: Don't be a Polly about what you see with your own eyeballs. As a consequence we are limited to the Down on the fevered pillow instead of investigating the down on the decoy duck geese backs. Pouring, absolutely pouring and flooding here, and mild0. This ain't called a wetlands swamp for nuttin!Sky pours, nostrils too
Incessant weeping pooling
Cosmic kleenex need!hi cchhhhooooooo
-- chooo chooo (allaha@earthlink.net), December 15, 1999.
Ashton and Leska, so sorry to hear you're still sneezing. The one good thing having the flu did for me was to make me realize that I had to get more kleenex! Sure hope you're feeling healthy again soon.BTW, do you need to have special beans for sprouting, or can you sprout any dry bean? You can e your response, if you like. I'm (belatedly) thinking about sprouting some, and I know you've said before that you do that lots. Thanks in advance!
-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 15, 1999.
Tricia, we're not diligent enough with eMail. Sprouts are wonderful! Here's a helpful sprouting Link:
PICK YOUR FAVORITE SPROUTS TO EAT
-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), December 15, 1999.
I wonder, do goats like fruitcake? I have certainly pondered this many times over the past year. And I certainly do appreciate the invitation to inquire. Goats do not, as most people think, eat just any little old piece of this and that they come across, oh no. They have very refined tastes, it is so.Now they will eat shrubery, I have found, and they certainly prefer purchased shrubery. But shrubery can be expensive, and besides I don't care much for digging holes.
It just seems to me that positioning assorted fruitcakes through out the landscape might be easier, and still give them the thrill of the hunt?
-- Lilly (homesteader145@yahoo.com), December 15, 1999.
Hello, FRLians. I was out with some friends cutting firewood last weekend and made up this silly song. As a sometimes FRL lurker, this seems like the right place to put this firewood rhyme. Sing this to the tune of "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind"Did you ever want to cut down a pine?
I'm not talking of oak. They're too hard(so I find),
But pines are so easy no matter what kind.
Did you ever want to cut down a pine?Did you ever want to feel your saw slide
Straight through the bark,deep into the inside
And watch the sap ooze as it runs down the side?
Did you ever want to feel your saw slide?Sometimes you see a pine and you feel you must top it.
It's growing too tall and you know you must stop it.
You pick up your saw and you swing it around,
And your spirits soar as that pine hits the ground!Did you ever want to cut down a pine?
A Loblolly or Slash,it doesn't matter what kind.
A lodgepole or Pinyon will do just as fine
When you really want to cut down a pine.Sometimes you see a pine as cute as a willow
With branches so soft and shaped like a pillow
And just when you think it's the one you must fell
Your feet get entangled by some lousy YellowbellAnd then you find you cannot cut down that pine
And it makes your blood boil to have to leave it behind!
So you slash up a maple to help you feel fine
But you really want to cut down a pine.
-- (RUOK@yesiam.com), December 15, 1999.
This post is for Squirrel King only. Please do not read it unless you are Squirrel King. Pssst. Squirrel King. Over here. Shhhhhhh. I gotta tell ya that I admire your Spirit, O Great Furfull One. And you evidently have good leadership qualities too. In fact, I have been Leader of this here FRL since its reception - for a full turn, or term, and I think I have finally found someone who is nutty, uh, I mean, qualified enough to become the New FRL Leader. You! Yes, you, O Mighty and Magnificent One. May your fur grow ever thicker! Why, you can probably see more of whats goin on up in that there tree than any of us, right? So what do ya say? Wanna be Leader of the FRL and New Chairman of the BORED? Just say yes, ok? Please?Lilly: Are goats related to beavers? You see, some of the beavers around our lake ate the very expensive sapling I bought for Dear Mrs. Michaels and she still hasn't forgotten it. She didn't feel better until I bought her these two lip plants (they never did grow no lips but she still liked em - go figure). Wonder if there is a connection. Hmmm.
-- (sonofdust@join.us), December 15, 1999.
We have formed a neighborhood FRL block watch. Our plan is to collect fruitcakes delivered for the holidays, storebought or homebaked, utilize our hand grinders post-Y2K, and use ground fruitcakes to make superior compost when mixed with our "droppings". We also will utilize gound fruitcake as shot for out shotgun bullets. Fruitcakes also make excellent doorstoppers when utilized whole. For folks near a frozen lake, they can be well utilized as hockey pucks.As a dedicated FRLian, I think it important to develop post-Y2k uses for holiday fruitcakes. It is a vital part of our Y2K preps. Other prep uses might include utilization as a "sponge" for water collection (squeeze gently and reuse as needed). When allowed to dry, they make good hand sanders as an addition to hand tools.
I would appreciate other post-Y2K uses from the many valuable FRLians. We need to come to the forum for FRL support and ideas. Comments welcomed.
-- Leslie (***@***.net), December 15, 1999.
I would personally welcome with a great big FRLian hug ((((()))))) anyone new posting a haiku or limerick...fruitcake and beans notwithstanding, it's important to keep the traditions of a healthy tribe of uh...assorted and poetic nuts!--She in the sheet in her clown car upon the hilltop,...
-- Donna (moment@pacbell.net), December 15, 1999.
A limerick has five lines. The first, second and last rhyme together. The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other.A Haiku has three lines. The first and third have 5 syllables, and the middle line has seven. Usually the lines do not rhyme. See Tricia's really nice one up above. (Hi Tricia!) Speaking of Tricia, she is a perspiration to us all - started out just like most of us - kinda tentative with the poetry - and now she has fully sprouted into one of the best!
A&L: Feel better soon, and thanks for the report.
Michael: LOL. You do stand up?
hiding in plain sight: SFRL huh? Sounds good to me. If our furry friend takes the job you may want to tone down the warnings a bit though :)
Kritter: You fit right in, now that your out.
RUOK: Another poet. Good! We are all pining for more good poetry posts. Thank you.
Leslie: I like your altitude of trying to help find more uses for Fruitcake. We take this very seriously here at the FRL :) and hope to hear more suggestions from you. Great work! (If you want to see some of our previous uses for fruitcake you can take a look at the original "Know Your Fruitcake" thread. There are only about 600 or so posts to go through on that thread and you should get some ideas.
Donna: Did you find my clown car? I still have keys to it ya know. Would ya lend it to me so I can go for a drive and get something to , uh, eat?
-- (sonofdust@join.us), December 15, 1999.
Become the Leader???I was Born as Leader!!!Destined to Rule!!!The Squirrel King accepts your Challenge, O'Leader of the Bored, er...Board!!!I, the Magnificent Squirrel King Hereby proclaim that the FRL shall Rule by My side Indefinately!!!When My mighty Army of Fur bearing Brethren assert Our Proper Place in the World, The FRL will stand Tall and far Above the rest of the Pitiful pink and brown Furless Apes!!!Lady Leska and her cohort:For you, humble Apologies as the Home PC had a catostrophic Failure!!!My Head of Science was flogged and Now resides as a Hat in a New York Haberdashery!!!Soon will I respond!!!Never Fear!!!Til Then I remain yours In FRL'Dom!!!Long Live the Rodent Revolution!!!
The Squirrel King
-- The Squirrel King (StillNuts@upina.Tree), December 15, 1999.
Great news Squirrel King!Now, there are just a couple of very small tasks that as Leader of the FRL you are responsible to perform - little things - like settling minor disputes that sometimes happen, and rallying the FRL to go to war (or stop one), and holding covert operations to further the FRLian cause, and giving speeches and awards, and starting the next FRL thread at the right time --- those kinda things. There are lots of different personalities here and you will need to be as fair as you can in dealing with whatever comes up. Above all you are responsible for leading by example, as best you can, and protecting both the honor of the FRL and also our FRLian freedoms. Since the FRL always votes on things of importance, you may also need to issue alerts, and make motions, and initiate formal proceedings that you will also have to chair. If you don't have a chair you can preside from the tree. And try to remember to respond personally to as many FRLians as you reasonably can. This will help you when you have a need to conduct urgent negotiations, perhaps behind the thread. Like anything else we have our ups and downs, and you will be Leader during both good times and, uh, interesting times. Remember that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Trying to maintain a sense of balance should be no problem since you are used to heights. Oh, and you will need to organize a census soon. The next thread should be a call for 'lost' FRLians to report back in to FRL headquarters, and should be started just before the rollover (unless there is an emergency that takes priority). Speaking of priority, you should do everything first. There are other responsibilities too but I won't bore you with them.
Good luck. I no that you'll do just fine!
BFN, Rob.
-- (sonofdust@former.leader), December 16, 1999.
There once was a lass named Knorr Other's poetry she would ignore Till her sister named Trish Wrote haiku like a wish And Knorr, she laughed more on the floor (ROTFLTIP!)
-- Lois Knorr (knorr@attcanada.net), December 16, 1999.
Squirrel King -I salute you on your uppediness ... uhhh, i mean promotion ... (yeah that's it!).
In honor - I retract the vile store-bought fruitcake grinds and replace it with a fresh home-made nutcake ... made from only the finest nuts ...
-- hiding in plain (sight@edge. of no-where), December 16, 1999.
Squirrel leadership?!Grab that fruitcake and hurl it!!
Rodents shant rule me!!!
-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), December 16, 1999.
Steve - shhhh !!! secret counter-revolution brewing at the fruitcake factory ..... wait for the secret signal! ;-)
-- hiding in plain (sight@edge. of no-where), December 16, 1999.
Perhaps I was a bit hasty and harsh. I offer the new FRL King a crumb of fruitcake as a gesture of genuflection.Rodent power!
See, I'm flexible.
-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), December 16, 1999.
Now, now. There goes our Chief tryin ta get outta his oaffish duties so he can have more time to meet up with Lon and giggle the jiggle. No way! The Sheef is cemented into his Rolled and he hasta stay in possum apposition. But he can take the Squirrel King as a LooTenant!
-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), December 16, 1999.
I'm on to you, O fearless Rodentia Suciuridae Sciurus leader. Watch your furry tail.
-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), December 16, 1999.
FRL leadership is an awesome responsibility. Given the facts as we now know them (you really didn't think you could hide your real intentions, did you, SQRL/FRL KNG?), shouldn't we peons at least have an election? If not, I suspect evil plottings afoot, and a revolution is in order!!Don't look in the eyes of the squirrel! Cast away from the cute fuzzy tail!
See what others have to say about Comma ndo Squirrels! Our FRL freedoms, not to mention our power lines, are at stake!!
I demand my crumb back, O evil rodent!!
-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), December 16, 1999.
Ack! Coup! Cooped! Coot! Kook!
-- where is Rob? (not@knapted.plot?), December 16, 1999.
Hmmmm ... Now from worst ... er wherst, did these furry rodents come?Let us examine a few theories of Skwerl (Squirrel to our Northern Brothers and Sisters) Origins, shall we?
-- hiding in plain (sight@edge. of no-where), December 16, 1999.
The red squirrel eyes--Evil hypnotic powers!!
Avert your gaze now!!!
-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), December 16, 1999.
Nervousness sets in,
Laughter is like medicine.
I need a BIG dose.
Thanks, Rob!
-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), December 16, 1999.
Rob has not been kidnapted. He has always hatched silly plots and tried to trick someone else into becoming the FRL's leader. We old timers expect this. Don't fall for it! As Ashton and Leska posted, he is cemented into his role. His latest attempt rivals the one from the thread "Fruitcake 5 The Return of Sue". Check out that thread.
-- (old@frlian.lurker), December 16, 1999.
"Clown car"??? HowduI get onnna those!I WANNA CLOWN CAR!!! (I've gotta move my preps SOMEHOW, and Dr. Who's Tartus is off limits...)
Snowflakes skitter, steam on the windows
Waves of heat in the kitchen, bread rising...
-- Deb M. (vmcclell@columbus.rr.com), December 16, 1999.
If you're not stocked, to those who smoke:
Y2k will be no joke.
So clear yer lungs, avoid a stroke
Get accupuncture, and get poked, you bloke :-)
-- Tim (pixmo@pixelquest.com), December 16, 1999.
Dear Rob:After a thorough review of the FRL constitution, while taking a constitutional, I find NO provision for either abdication, resignation, or peacable replacement of YOU as our rightful leader. Though I may have tried to usurp your duties (somewhere around or asquare FRL 3 or 4) I NOW recognize that there is simply no way that you can recuse, err excuse, errr umm get yo ass outta the throne.
It's a FOR LIFE thing. Oh well there IS one way, but, somehow, I REALLY don't think you'd like it....
Chuck
-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), December 16, 1999.
Lois: Very nice (and compliant) limerick. Have you been practicing? I think someone owes you a cyber hug :)Steve: A good Haiku already? LOL.
hiding: ROTFL. How did you ever find those squirrel story pictures? Really funny. Thanks!
Deb: The clown car is made of rubber and we used it in the Circus. (The FRL was responsible for all security tasks at the circus and needed specialized transportation). You can have a drink (or two) and drive it and just bounce off stuff. It is way cool, and I miss it.
Tim: Free form poetry is fine too. Thanks. Got matches? :)
Chuck: Throwing the constitution at me huh? I'm in for Life huh? Sheesh! After all this time I finally convinced someone to take on the leadership and thought I was gonna get a bit of rest. Oh well. Looks like I'll have to continue being the FRLian reprehensible. Youz guyz win, for now. Sorry, Squirrel King - at least you are still King of all Rodents, and I salute you, O Mighty and Magnificent Furfull One!
Gayla: Your Welcome! Let's hope for more doses soon. In fact, maybe I'll work on something silly myself, even though you know I am almost always very serious and not silly at all :)
-- (sonofdust@leader.again), December 16, 1999.
I popped in for a moment and ROTFL for half an hour!((((Lois)))) - just in case Donna forgets ;-)
.
Squirrel king repeats
He threatens to rule us all
Help! Save us, please, Rob!
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Lon is missing now
Did the squirrels get to him?
Pray for his safety!
.
Welcome all de-lurking newbies, come again soon :-)
-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 16, 1999.
Thanks Trish.I'm still around. It's just that I went into the city today to do some (shudder) Christmas shopping. And it seems that I musta left my brain someplace. (I can only hope it was in the Victoria's Secret store!) I guess I'll hafta call the mall tomorrow, and ask if anybody found it laying around somewhere. I can't imagine any one keeping it, although it is in almost mint condition, with VERY few miles on it.
But, then again, maybe I'll just let them keep it. I seem to fit in around here better without it, anyway. If it just wasn't for the dadgum howling noise the wind makes when it blows sideways across my head.
-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 16, 1999.
Here's your brain, Lon.Do be more careful next time.
The woman behind the counter at Victoria's Secret says "Hi", and wishes you a holly jolly.
-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), December 16, 1999.
Steve: Don't pay no mind to Lon not havin a brain. He's got a fine one and can write awesome stuff. He also was the one that threw a net around the clown car while I was joy ridin, er, I mean on security detail. He saved my life - (but don't hold that agin him). Why, he is also our FRLian expert on jiggle juice, one of the most important jobs in all FRLdom, doncha think? Thanks though for tryin to help out. You showed True FRLian Spirit!Speaking of presents, does anyone know where to buy sawdust? Lumber yard maybe?
-- (sonofdust@needs.sawdust), December 16, 1999.
Oh great leader resurrected from (where-ever in the heck you went) by the grand and noble efforts of the Anti-skwerl Counter-Revolutionary Forces of the FRL ( the ACRF-FRL )You got a wood-working shop in town? Where they make custom cabinets, furniture, mouldings, trim, etc? I have picked up several pick-up truck loads full, for free. The load was covered with a tarp of course, or I woulda had an empty truck when I got home otherwise ... :-)
-- hiding in plain (sight@edge. of no-where), December 16, 1999.
Steve, ma boy. Thanks for finding the old bean. But are you sure it's mine? I mean, this one's got a lot of those knowledge wrinkles in it, and anyone can tell you that mine is a smooth as a baby's butt. (I started to say Gayla's butt, but then with all the scandal around here nowadays, I thought better of it)And let's keep it down about the lady at the VS store. I knew they would remember me there, because I spent ten minutes trying to get the phone number from a manikin! (Brother, if'n I had one of those when I was a kid, I never woulda got married.) The security guy was real understandin' about it all, though.
Anyway, I guess I'll use it until you find my real brain. Lawsy, I jes hope it doesn't belong to my evil twin, Lon Frankenstein. You all know what that would mean.
-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 16, 1999.
hiding: Thanks for the info. We don't have much of anything here in town, although we got our own traffic light last year :) There is a shop a few towns away that does wood working though so I'll go there.Lon: Please try and control yourself! If you feel like you are gonna start slippin round the bend then go behind the tree and have a swig and rest up till you're better. Ok?
Lurkers and FRLians: The membership drive continues. Join in the fun!
-- (sonofdust@join.us), December 17, 1999.
Whew, just got in from the big BB - sure does blow cold out there!Rob, I was looking for your serious thread, what did you call it or what's it's url? Don't want to miss another brain stretching exercise :-)
Lon, I haven't seen any extra brains lying 'round out on the forum, are you sure you didn't drop yours in the bayou? While you're out looking, keep an eye out for mine, too - my family's sure I lost my mind years ago, so if you get extra, pass one this way ;-) BTW, your evil twin is far too nasty to let go of anything for even a second, so that brain you got can't be his. Prolly belongs to some poor blonde that hasn't even missed it yet (or ever)! Maybe it'll work better for you, we can always hope.
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Plume of steam shines bright
Silver on slate horizon
Sun transformed beauty.
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Black kitten is bored
Tail twitching calls for attack
Old cat howls in pain.
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Mid-December now
How did this year disappear?
Gone too fast for me!
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There once was a woman preparing
Whose writing shone with her caring
Her post on this board
Cause spirits to soar
And many were pleased with her sharing!
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(Thanks, Kellie :-)
-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 18, 1999.
LOL, Lon! :-)(Psst, Gayla! You gotta quit runnin around in nothin but sheets with Donna! Something about charges of "indecent exposure" or somthin... Anyway, you sure don't want them frostbit, do ya?) :-D
-- Deb M. (vmcclell@columbus.rr.com), December 18, 1999.
Well, I TRIED to warn you guys. But would you listen? Nooooo!Well, I just heard my evil twin is out runnin' amok in the real threads. He was sighted in the "Temperaments" one yesterday.
I'm sorry, but it's not my fault this time.
-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 18, 1999.
Yeah, Trish.I found your brain alright! Since it was so LIGHT we been usin' it as a sponge down at the jigle juice factory.
And Deb M, my old cuz, Willy "Wolf Man" Wilebeaux, runs a club down near Mamou called "Indecent Exposure". You wouldn't need a job would ya?
-- Lon Frankenstein (evil@twinsR.us), December 18, 1999.
BTW,Gayla and Donna already work over at the club. They're "bouncers" (know what I mean?)
nyuk nyuk nyuk
-- Lon Frankenstein (evil@twinsR.us), December 18, 1999.
Hmmm...just finally "got" FRL. I must say that I have to dissent. Fruitcakes have their uses. They make excellent building materials and are able to withstand a 200 mega-ton blast right off of the shelf. Also, due to their density and heft, they make excellent projectiles. When your ammo runs out...hurl fruitcakes!I am now forming a resistance movement: The Save The Fruitcake League (SFL). We shall overcome!
John Ludi: Friend of Fruitcakes!
-- Ludi (ludi@rollin.com), December 18, 1999.
Lon,You recognized that certain comments could be in bad taste at this time. You were right, give it a break will ya. :-)
-- BB (peace2u@bellatlantic.net), December 18, 1999.
LOL, Franky! I'll have to dig out my sheet somewhere... :-)Gayla, Donna - Are lessons available? ;-)
-- Deb M. (vmcclell@columbus.rr.com), December 18, 1999.
Tricia: Per your request, here are the last two 'serious' threads I started (not including the one I just started tonight). Both are in the MISC. section of the archives, as are almost all of my threads except humor.Anticipation and Life-changing Events
Perception management after the rollover
-- (sonofdust@serious.threads), December 18, 1999.
BB,Since the majority of my postings are in bad taste, I can only assume you were put off by my "scandalous" remark.
I'm sorry, but people break up. We are all free to choose, to love as well as to lie. And we are unfortunately capable of causing hurt most to those who love us most. Some see this as the great human tragedy, some, as an essential part of the human spirit. I don't really know how to fundamentally change people; I doubt that I would if I could.
Sorry that you were offended, but that's life. The best I can do is laugh at it sometimes (and at myself).
-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 18, 1999.
Thanks for the references, Rob - I went but have to admit that with my brain soaked in jiggle juice, I really can't add anything constructive to the conversations. Not here either, I have to admit.Thanks for finding my brain, Lon the Evil Twin. When it dries out, I'm sure I'll be back to my usual BRILLIANT self. For now, I'm seeing things through an odd pink fog....
-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 18, 1999.
A friend sent this to me just now. (I am finally able to access my email again :) Hope you get a Big dose of smiles from it.While we believe we will be fully Y2K compliant by January 1, 2000, and most of our subsidiary units and contractors claim they will also be fully compliant, we obviously need to make some preparations in case unexpected challenges impair our ability to meet the needs of our customers. Enclosed with this memo is a "Y2K Backup System" device designed to meet short time emergency needs in case of a computer operations failure, or operational delay. This device is the company's Primary Emergency Network Computer Interface Liaison device (P.E.N.C.I.L.).
This device has been field tested extensively, including certification testing, as well as volume and stress testing. Properly maintained, the device meets all the requirements for coding and data input. Prior to use, the (P.E.N.C.I.L.) will require preparation and testing. Tools and supplies required will be: A sharpened knife or grinding device; and a supply of computer paper (with or without holes). Gripping the device firmly in your hand, proceed to scrape or grind the wooded end until it has a cone-like appearance. The dark core area must be exposed to properly function. Place a single sheet of computer paper on a smooth, hard surface. Take the backup device, place the sharpened point against the paper, and pull it across the paper. If properly done, this will output a single line.
CAUTION: Excessive force may damage components of the device or damage the data reception device. If either the P.E.N.C.I.L. or the paper are damaged, go back to the preparation instructions above. Proper use of the device will require data simulation input by the operator. Placing the device against the computer page forming symbols as closely resembling the computer lettering system you normally use. At the completion of each of the simulated letters, lift the device off the page, move it slightly to the right, replace it against the page, and form the next symbol. This may appear tedious, and somewhat redundant, but, with practice, you should be able to increase your speed and accuracy. The P.E.N.C.I.L. is equipped with a manual deletion device. The device is located on the reverse end of the P.E.N.C.I.L. Error deletions operate similarly to the "backspace" key on your computer. Simply place the device against the erroneous data, and pull it backwards over the letters. This should remove the error, and enable you to resume data entries.
CAUTION: Excessive force may damage the data reception device. Insufficient force, however, may result in less than acceptable deletion, and may require re-initialization of action as above. This device is designed with user maintenance in mind.
-- (sonofdust@pen.cil), December 18, 1999.
LOL, Rob! These contingency plans are sooo important, every detail needs to be explained in triplicate..
Christmas lights glowing
Hearts with joy overflowing
Bursting forth with song.
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This week's a crazy one. I'll look in when I can, but it may well not be 'til Friday. Enjoy the season!
-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 19, 1999.
John Ludi, I didn't mean to ignore your posting - just got carried away. You need to re-read the #1 FRL thread - the BORED are the bad fiat fruitcake upholders, we hear at the FRL are the good real fruitcakes :-) So join us in opposing the evil en ene enemy, we need more real fruitcakes ;-)
-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 19, 1999.
Rob,...I took the clown car to Disneyland and forgot where I parked it. HOWEVER, I got a line on another one and might let you drive it if you take the pledge, (ahem...stay off the jiggle juice, dude!)I do also teach "Dressing For Success - Fashions for atop the hill". Interested students can email for schedule of classes and tuition rates. :-)
Oh wise file minders!!! Could you, might you find the MCYY2K Circus threads..I think there were two or three...? Please, please, pretty please??? I haven't been able to locate them for months in the archived threads. :-( Most of the circus clan were FRLians, and I wouldn't want it left out of our history. How else could we explain to the new members Rob's clown car references, and his, uh,..little habit of wandering off when under the influence?
ROFLMAO!!
-- Donna (moment@pacbell.net), December 20, 1999.
Donna, if I find them, I'll post the url's at the new FRL I just started in response to someone who said they couldn't access this one.http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0023NG
Will someone please link that for me? Thanks
-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 20, 1999.