Lola at the Coffee House

Ok, whoooooooosh.

Etymology notes from all over.

I learned today the origins of a commonly used exclamation. It's an old one, traced back about 2000 years, that we have from a written account A young lady was travelling, on her ass, back to her village. She Notty of Bethlehem. And about half way there, her animal just stopped. Refused to move. And a handsome young boy from another village came upon her. Both were bold and made eye contact and he asked, "Is there something I can do for you to get this critter moving and what should I call you?" And she answered, "Slap my ass and call me Notty".

And that's the origin of this common exclamation.

I'm sorry if I hit a nerve. Didn't meant to. So with all this paranoia, NY must be a difficult place to get a good night sleep.

Nerve? No need to apologize. I really thought you wanted a bed bug shake. And I slept very well in NY. It's when I got home I started having trouble. And since I don't have bed bugs after all..........I'm in a delightful mood. Now, Ice what do you really want?

But the damn migraine headache is back. So it's pills and sleep. But happy sleep. No more headache, no more bed bugs.

Good night dear ole Wassau. See you tomorrow.

THat's amazing, the URL didn't ever "swipe". There must be something seriously peculiar about it. Something uncanny. And all the cardinals busy today, too. Where's me bell, book and candle?

Those Cardinals better get back to SPring Training says me.

What are they doin' in Rome--shouldn't they be in Florida?

I kept hoping they would get to the vote, so the story would move to the back page of the news. I had overlooked that the next story at the top will be about the new Pope. Seems neverending.

Give my friend spendi a cocktail of MD 20-20/Ripple when he gets here. Thanks.

At the moment I really want to to hip up the unhip, hipster scene with my the sway of my hip, hippie hips

Hello McTag! Tip of the hat to yourself and wife.

Top shelf for spendi eh?

I wasn't afraid until the gun nuts kept going on and on so emotionally and insistently about having to have personal protection from other Americans. If visitors are not allowed to carry guns under those circumstances they describe I can't understand why anybody goes to the US.

And besides that there are the bed bugs to consider. The accents. The assertions. Driving on the wrong side of the road. And the right-angles. And the performance with the airlines. And the flags. The flags always make me wonder whether Americans are not quite sure how wonderful they are and they suffice, without further effort, to assure them that they really are. What's the death toll from bloody flag waving?

I'm in favour of legislation to restrict American influence here like the French have. And footballers faking injury to get a back-hander for allowing space for more ads. And I would risk having to run into Bill O'Reilly in the flesh. Laughter can kill if it gets out of hand.

But the sport. Good God!! What do you lot get in that line compared to the rolling production line we have got going. The Cheltenham Festival starts today. There's a Champion's League semi-final on tonight. Another one tomorrow. There are cup ties, 2 leggers, title battles, relegation dogfights, promotion scraps, Test matches from India and New Zealand, bookies, snooker, sex scandals, tantrums, analysis, pubs, English Roses and every one out of her own unique mould. Only a fool would try to come to terms twice with their sort despite the burden of the concessions required to avoid it.

Having no divorce forces men to learn tolerance and any bloke who is slow on the uptake will end up having his doctor prescribing it.

When I returned to England after my tour of duty in foreign parts I kissed the tarmac at the bottom of the plane's steps and vowed never to leave these shores again in case something happened which caused the entry points to be closed while I was away. I know that's a small risk but there's nothing to gain, quite the opposite in fact; just packing a suitcase is as undignified as having your trousers fall down whilst addressing the Ladies' Sewing Circle on the subject of Sexual Innuendo in the Works of Jane Austen (that lecture packs 'em in).

Anyway--I have to get back to the other place. Ayedee doesn't know how to get the coffee machine running smoothly. And I'm expecting a rush..

Hehehe, hohoho--flips backside of fm's Washington Post with two fingers.

Hello! back to you, Bernie.

Herself is off to Holland (that's The Netherlands) tomorrow an a coach with the rest of her choir. That is, if they can get Kent clear for the Shuttle to run through the Tunnel...closed today. What excitement. And France and Belgium are iced up too, we learn.
I'll take a leaf out of Spendy's book and stay at home.

Drinking coffee, of course. And sometimes tea.

No. It was the photo that was funny. It was funny even before osso posted what she did.

Though it pains me to agree with Spendy, and it's completely unrewarding to mix it on the gun-nut threads, there was a Panorama (tv current affairs documentary programme) on American gun laws controversy on here last night.
Apparently the criteria for future mulitiple civilian slayings in the USA are being fully met: a large increase in the numbers of automatic weapons in circulation is being engineered by those in a position to arrange these things, the legislature ineffectual, and less and less funding available to treat mental instability among the young and the population in general.

But hey, my brother and his family are going to go the Vegas and the golden west in July.

(sorry for gloomy bit, I've stopped now.)

Remind her to bring back 20 2oz pouches of rolling tobacco Mac. It's £5.50 there and nearly £14 here. You could sell them in the pub for £8 or £9. £70 profit. Tax free. And save your mates a fiver which they could spend in the shops and boost retail sales.

Actually gun ownership by individuals is on the decline. We are, unfortunately, selling a lot more guns but thise sales are beingmade to fewer and fewer people> SO, all we can derive from the statistics is that some guys like gunga or spurt are hoarding vast arsenals .

I don't know how those cardinals expect to be able to play baseball, they're all wearing red satin dresses with little white lace skirts. It's all topped off with a red satin hat. Where do they keep their bats? How do they run in those get ups?