C.I.-Great joke. I actually guffawed.
I'm on vacation....da na na na na.....
Pats in the Superbowl.....again....
Kitties looking for chin scratches.....
Lotsa' smiles this week, just no time to post 'em all.
Here's tomorrow's:
Abu...I mean a2k gathering at the BPL.
Some serious people-watching today at the mall. (It's 5 degrees outside, it's about the only place to people-watch.) A few things that I thought, "I gotta write that in 'What Made You Smile...'", hope I remember them.
One was a family of about 6 siblings, 5 of them close in age (maybe 9-16) and then one little stinker (about 2.) Reminded me of Onyxelle's comments about her little brother. The younger sisters (~9, ~11) were trying to keep track of him, but he was making things difficult.
We first noticed him when he sat near us while the older of the two sisters were putting his shoes on. Sozlet thought he was cute, was tickling him. He liked it, was giggling. The sister got his shoes on (though hadn't tied the laces), and all of the sudden he was off like a shot. The sister sat there and looked long-suffering, while sozlet, alarmed, ran after him full-tilt to try to bring him back. He'd dashed into a shoe store, I couldn't see sozlet anymore, so I got up to see what was going on and saw sozlet catch him and try to bring him back. He got away and ran full-tilt the other way, towards the sister, who seemed to be expecting it. She made a very practiced grab.
But he kept doing it! The siblings would take turns running after him, (RUNNING), catching him, and then giving him to someone else, and it kept happening. Their mom was there but kind of above it all, obviously this was an ongoing situation. The sisters were literally out of breath, I sent the older one a sympathetic look, she shook her head and grinned. Cute.
Another one... there were four guys who were sitting in front of a coffee shop (this mall does a pretty good job of approximating some sort of social/ pedestrian center), probably college buddies. They were so at ease, one would say something obviously funny, but he'd keep a straight face, drag it out, the others would laugh when they couldn't help it and then compose themselves and say something else, but it was this really cool relaxed vibe, not competitive, really, just enjoying each other's company.
Then one of the guys made some sort of stressful phone call, to a girl he liked, maybe, or a current girlfriend he was having problems with, and the guys were all right there offering support, one was listening in (head right there), and telegraphing what was going on with facial expressions (grimacing, starting to smile, freezing, grimacing), and the guy who was talking was trying to concentrate, his jaw muscle working. It didn't end very well, the guys were sympathetic, had started getting the vibe going again, and then one of the other guys' girlfriends showed up. It was really interesting to see how she just totally broke everything up... she was talking and talking and I wanted to tell her to be quiet, already, and she was saying boring things, and she saw that the guys were bored, and she was getting kind of huffy, and starting to lay some sort of subtle guilt trip on her bf, and she wouldn't shut up and the guys were just sitting there, looking down at the table, waiting for her to go.
Anyway, that was depressing, but the four guys and their friendship made me smile.
Little baby M, E's sister, giggled at me today for the first time. She's 4 months old. I thought I must be mistaken, but her mother says she's been giggled at too. So adorable.
Realizing eBeth is thinking of joining us at our Florida Gathering:)
Single in the city smile:
A date with an intimidatingly sophisticated and worldly woman. A third date. Jazz. Serious jazz
We went to Iridium, on 51st street. Oh my God I have never seen anything like that. A drummer, a bass player, and Jean Michel Pilc on piano until four in the morning . . . it was so amazing I almost forgot I was on a date.
I love this city.
First thing this morning I got up, sat on the couch and farted on the dog.
BPB, You killed your dog!
Well, BPB's post just gave me a hearty guffaw!
Smile for today.
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Chester and Earl are going hunting. Chester says to Earl, "I'll send my dog out to see if there are any ducks out in the pond. If there's no ducks out there, I ain't going hunting." So he sends the dog out to the pond. The dog comes back and barks twice.
Chester says, "Well, I ain't goin' out. He only saw two ducks out there."
Earl says, "You're going to take the dog's barks for the truth?" Earl doesn't believe it, so he goes to look for himself. When he gets back he says, "I don't believe it. Where did you get that dog? There really are only two ducks out there!"
Chester says, "I got him from the breeder up the road. If you want, you can get one from him, too." So Earl goes to the breeder and says he wants a dog like the one his friend Chester has. Earl brings the dog home and tells it to go out and look for ducks. Minutes later the dog returns with a stick in its mouth and starts humping Earl's leg.
Outraged, Earl takes the dog back to the breeder and says, "This dog is a fraud. I want my money back!" The breeder asks Earl what the dog did. So Earl tells him that when he sent the dog out to look for ducks, it came back with a stick in its mouth and started humping his leg.
The breeder says, "Earl, all he was trying to tell you was that there are more f...... ducks out there than you can shake a stick at".
I just read the Planning Thread for the Florida gathering 2004. I have a huge smile on my face now! And I can't wait for April!
Cleetus the village idiot decides to get a hunting dog. His buddies, messing with him, tell him "Be sure to get one with a tight rectum or he'll take on water and drown when he goes after the ducks".
Cleetus goes to look for the dog and the breeder sees him picking up every dog's tail and then walking away. "What are you doing son?", asks the breeder.
Cleetus tells him he's checking for a tight ass so the dog won't take on water and drown when he goes after the duck.
The breeder walks up to a particularly nice looking hound, reaches between it's legs and squeezes his nuts so hard that the dog howls and his ass puckers up tight.
"There you go son, I had him adjusted for Quail before".
au1929, that is just too funny! I'm about to pass it on .... thanks!
I just finished reading the Planning Thread for the Florida gathering and I smiled big time, seeing all the people who may attend and a possible concert with a NYC band and BPB, I'm so excited now!
I got a bit of a chuckle out of it.....but I really like George Bush, so it isn't something I'll pass along.
c.i., loved the hunting story--big smile.
Same for BPB--it's good to laugh at something silly.
Today I smiled at Dys napping while Fred, his parrot, tried to get his attention by screeching. Dys opened one eye and said, "Shut up, Fred!" I just give Fred something to eat to keep his little beak shut.
Today's smile generator.
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A JOKE
An elderly Irish woman goes to the doctor and asks his help to revive
her husband's sex drive ...
"What about trying Viagra?" asks the doctor.
"Not a chance," says Mrs. Murphy. "He won't even take an aspirin for a
headache."
"No problem." replies the doctor. "Drop it into his coffee, he won't even
taste it. Try it and then call me in a week to let me know how it
worked out."
A week later, Mrs. Murphy calls the doctor and he inquired as to how
things went.
"Oh, faith and bejaysus and begorrah, it was terrible, just terrible,doctor."
"What happened?" asks the doctor
Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee.. The effect was
immediate. He jumped straight up, with a gleam in his eye and with his
pants bulging fiercely!!! He swept the cutlery off the table, at the same
time ripping my clothes off and then proceeded to make wild, mad,
passionate love to me on the tabletop! It was terrible!"
"What was terrible?" said the doctor. "Was the sex not good?"
"Oh no, doctor, the sex was the best I've had in 25 years, but I'll never
be able to show me face in Starbucks again."
