A little bathroom humor from 2008, for a Friday morning. This is why I like 100% cotton tees.
Throwing in the Towel
By Jimmy Johnson
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182 responses to “Throwing in the Towel”
True. I did use email under Debbe’s personal address, not mine. I signed her in on my phone.
Happy 84th Birthday, Willie (on April 29th).
You don’t look a day over 94.
http://cdn.newsbake.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1nelson.jpg
Trapper Jean:
That was quite a shock.
I’m astonished that you have not yet been burned at the stake.
Rick: Had to search, but assume this: ‘Ever since Coca Cola did the whole “new Coke” thing and changed the formulas I haven’t liked Coke. Heresy from an Atlanta girl, I know, but there it is.’ was the basis for your concern above.
Mom, as mentioned before, was a Coca Cola fan, 6 oz. bottles. Never could fathom cola drinks myself, which my qualify for an FBI file if I don’t already have one. Also do not favor corn as a veggie [makes fine flakes, grits, corn bread, and horses], nor hot dogs [= baloney].
The ‘stake’ reminds me of a ’50s/’60s or so play on Broadway, ‘The lady’s not for burning.’ Had a short run despite, I think, for good reviews. Once read that there was some other reason for closing it, but don’t remember details. Must do a search.
Peace,
may qualify. Proofed, but not carefully enough. I could get fired.
Rick, my heresy in saying that the glass bottled Coke tasted awful is that I used to date the young man whose family invented bottling Coke and has continued to do so all these years.
The way we met was sort of magical. I was at Lake swimming and he saw me in that white suit that looked like the one Marilyn wore, the one that looked like see through.
My friend said he had the perfect boy for me since I had a 12 pack habit already per day.
It lasted until he remarried his first wife seven years later. LOL1
Ran for 4 mo., ’50-’51. Seems short for a prize-winning play. Revived in ’80s, which I didn’t know. Peace,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady%27s_Not_for_Burning
Mindy From Indy has lost her cat Black Light who has died. She posted it on Facebook. I am going back to her Facebook page to tell her how sorry I am. I hope others will as well.
M8ndy, I am so sorry for your pain. I know how much you loved her.
The Celtics won their game. Symply will be so happy. He must have worn the silly green leprechaun derby hat to pull off the win.
(But Symply you looked so good in the cowboy hat)
emb:
Your comment about the 6 oz. bottles brought back a memory. I read years ago that some inveterate Coke drinkers said that the taste was never the same after the company started using larger bottles and most especially the two-liter plastic containers. Their theory was that the small bottles allowed for less air at the top. I’m not sure about their theory, but they might be right about a taste difference.
Jackie:
Ah, ha.
Thanks.
TIP BlogSpot: Wonder where Greeks got the notion that a shorter big toe was better? At least it didn’t result in deformity; e.g., foot-binding. Knew a student, BSC ’61, smart girl & of tall, elegant build, who had longer second than first toes. Good friend of Elaine’s and mine, now retired nr DC.
Why is Minerva the whitest? Why, if we have a duo, is the male often darker?
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
Peace,
Just saw a fine demo of why it is unwise to stand anywhere close to right below an eagle nest. Kind of like projectile vomiting, w/ which many parents are familiar, only other end. And in birds, of course, it’s a combination, since they have only one exit.
Nests down in tree holes can get pretty foul. Some birds, and maybe mammals, carry poop away. Guano hardens quickly. Flying squirrels don’t. They often nest in stubs that likely won’t be there next yr.
These two large eaglets are still trying to avoid the rain by huddling under a parent. Keeps their heads dry, I guess.
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
Peace,
Ghost Sweetie, my mom hated storms, and I never knew why. I love them, however, because she would get me and my nursery rhyme book and we would get in her bed and she would read to me during the storm. Later it was childhood poetry, and I would read to her.
Rick, I never voiced the opinion out loud, and drank a lot of sweet tea.
Just read an interesting scientific (?) Article on the value of eating chocolate cake for breakfast before 9 a.m.
Seems Israel university and some other one did study proving it improved memory, function, you worked better and lost more weight than those on a 300 calorie diet eaten after 9 a.man.
It was on the Internet so it must be true. Eaten daily.
Pass me a fork, please.
We didn’ t know that we were just minutes behind a small tornado in Alabama last week until we suddenly came upon damage. Thanks to authorities from small town who were fast on their response to large trees across the road. Mindy, I’m really sorry to read about your cat. I’m sure that you are like me and don’t even refer to a pet as a cat (who are you calling a cat?) and they are one of your children. Last night I went to bed after being up for 2 days and I was concerned about approaching weather. I had placed furniture cushions in the bathroom and a flashlight on the bedside table just in case. I woke up about 8:30 to find that I slept through some windy but not severe weather.
Mindy, I’m so sorry about sweet Black Light’s passing. My prayers are with you.
Dickens and I have to get up in 9 minutes or we turn into pumpkins and a mouse at noon.
I just wore myself out working yesterday. It wasn’t a day of rest for me.
Time to go turn the washer and dryer back on but I am down to mattress pads and pillows I hope. Still folding but just three small baskets to go.
Lady Mindy, I am very sorry for you loss.
Grief is grief, no matter what the source. And I personally hope there is a special corner of a very hot, dry place reserved for those who would think or say, “It was just an animal.”
Ghost, you are right. They are not just “animals”. They are our friends, companions, therapists, bed warmers (or are we theirs?), entertainers. The list can go on and on. And they certainly leave a gap when they are gone!
Llee is such a valiant and positive soul whom I dearly love. She sent me photos of the flooding in her home and she had a real flood. She is cleaning up but it was real water in her house, not just a little.
I have many friends in Missouri and Arkansas, Eastern Oklahoma and I have hoped to hear from them. There is serious flooding along with the storms and many have lost their lives and all their homes and businesses.
Here’s one LLee put on FB: https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18268129_1638769239497380_7596100606383116204_n.jpg?oh=e0238bc65dcb030ef97efe56012baae2&oe=597D38B1
I’ve seen pictures of this area dry. There is a drainage ditch about 6 feet deep under all that water, and a couple of streets. Wow!
Jimmy today’s strip is still hitting close to home for me. Looking in my windows?
Get ready for some frisky strips then folks! I really am a lot like Janis.
Mindy
I am so sorry you lost your cat. They really leave a hole in our lives with their departure.
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