ASTB 6/23/05 (waaah again...)

[Berry Cool]

"Hi. This is Keith. Look, I can see you guys are pretty depressed that I took yet ANOTHER night off. Well, let me just tell you--I have a VERY good excuse this time, despite what you may think. I have an extremely important meeting tonight with some guys in pinstriped suits. You know how that is.

*crack of bat* *cheers*

"Damn, when will these guys stop BLOWING MY COVER WITH THE SOUND EFFECTS????

"Anyway, I just want to say...please. Don't get any more torqued out about this than you already are, if you can possibly help it. Go take a tranquilizer or something. Read my new blog. RE-read my new blog. And by all means, EAT SOMETHING!!!!

"Now, for the really bad news...I might as well get it over with up front...I'm not going to be in tomorrow night either. (pause) What?!? You expect that after ALL I DID FOR YOU, coming in for 20 minutes from LA and then doing a WHOLE SHOW from out there just for you guys, I don't deserve a few more days off?? Whatta bunch of ingrates *I* have for fans!! Look, I'm sorry but I'm not even going to try to lie about it this time. YOU try to keep me away from a Mets vs. Yankees game. Just try...and see how far you get!

"And don't kid yourselves. I've got security guards posted on the subway line already to make sure I get there safely. So forget it. Just forget it.

"Ha ha! Batter up!! I can't wait!!!!"



--K.O.

[Patsy Stone]

1. Hey, Berry.

Great post and photo. Last night also.

Alison's covering some heavy stories tonight. McCaffrey was great and now David Gergen saying that KKKRove should revise his remarks.

:puke: KKK

[CC]

2. Hi Berry & Patsy and anyone else

that comes in.
They need to correct the Durbin calling troops nazi's though because he didn't.
Isn't it fun to watch the repukes melt down.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Are those all your pets?

They're adorable. I spent half the afternoon at the vet's with my dogs. *sigh* No emergencies, knock on wood, but it's always something with my guys. I adopt older animals, from rescue, so I should expect it by now. But I certainly don't regret it.
:loveya:

[CC]

6. Hi Rhiannon and

yes they are though two of the ferrets are no longer with us. Know the feeling on vets too well but good to hear there were no emergencies. No KOEB pets are allowed to get sick for a long long while.

[RevCheesehead]

8. Let me give a resounding "AMEN" to that!

Hi, CC, and everyone else! :hi:

What are we, the reluctant ASTB posters? :(

[CC]

10. Hi Rev and guess we are

it. Can't blame anyone though. 1.) I haven't been around much...it is summer and 2.) it is still light out because it is summer. No Keith so has to be hard to stop what ever and come in before dark.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. WOW! And I think I have had it rough! I see that you have a cocker.

Four of the dogs in my life have been cockers. I still miss my beloved Barney, terribly, since he was the dog of my heart. I lost him 2 1/2 years ago, and he was at least 18, but you know how it is. He was 10 or 11 when I adopted him and I had him for eight years. When my vet was treating him with acupuncture, for calcification of his spine, I told him that, if I ever lost Barney, I'd have to climb up on the table so he could give me a shot! And the last time that I was there, I made sure that he understood that my little Brussels Griffon is immortal. Since I lost my other cocker, who he worshiped, last year, he's practically become a part of my anatomy. I have since found him another sister, and he looks to her for leadership, but it's not the same, for him.:-(

You deserve a lot of credit for caring for so many. The most I've had is two dogs and two cats, and they run me ragged, not to mention my vet bills!:-(

And thanks for the edict. I second this! I've never had a ferret, but my friend did, Merlin. He had to be very careful, since she'd crawl up in the sleeve of a shirt that he'd left on the bed and fall asleep. She was also leash-trained.:D

And I agree with the current story. I've been there, and I've done whatever I've had to do.;(

[CC]

47. The Cocker, Holly

was sent to me from St. Louis because a friend's sons decided here was the only place she could live if they couldn't keep her. How do you say no to a 5 yr old and a 9 yr old. sigh And come to find out she was pregnant...though no one knew it until later. where Lacey came from.

[Rhiannon12866]

75. They are both so adorable! I grew up with a cocker, so love them.

Both of my current dogs were supposed to be cockers, but I take whoever finds me, so I guess we're kindred spirits, in this. As for kids, I also understand.:-)

Here's my Barney, so you can see why I was reminded. He was on the local news, on a segment called "Pet Connection." The chief meteorologist, a real animal lover who's since become my friend, has this bi-weekly segment where he has pets looking for homes. My mother called me when she saw Barney, since he looked so much like the dog that I had as a kid. He was the stud dog at a commercial kennel (read "puppy mill") and when he became too old, they were just going to euthanize him. Fortunately, he was rescued by a great lady in rescue, who's also become my friend (and later placed a second cocker with me). He was 10 or 11, had never lived with people, and wasn't housebroken. And his story broke my heart, so I called before the show was even over, since I knew that this was the dog for me. There weren't a lot of calls, though he was such a beautiful dog, because of his age and the housebreaking issue. I adopted him the very next day and he was perfect from day one.
:loveya:

[CC]

81. He was a beauty

and calling out to you too. Most of the animals here were rescued one way or another. Except ferrets and the hub would swear he rescued them. And the German Shepherd we bought because I missed my two and wanted a dog that would scare strangers even if he is a big baby.

[Rhiannon12866]

154. Thank you. That's what I always say, they find me.

German shepherds are great dogs, but I couldn't lift one, if I had to. That's my prerequisite, since I always end up having to carry them.:-(

Here is my little guy with his beloved "sister," who we also lost. He belonged to an older lady, who died, and he was separated from his biological sister after nine years together. I sometimes feel like people, especially at the adoption clinics at PetsMart, where my vet is, think of me as having a fancy little dog, but he was nearly euthanized, twice, despite his pedigree. After I lost Barney, I thought that Sheena missed him, so I called about another blond male cocker, but he'd already been placed. But this really compassionate person, in rescue, who has also become my friend, told me that she knew of another little dog who was really in trouble. The guy who had him said he was only keeping him until Tuesday, and this was Wednesday. So, of course, he also found me. And he bonded immediately with my cocker. She was the sister who he'd lost.:-)

Meneken and Sheena

[CC]

165. Except for the

sadness of them being turned out, the best way to get them is when they find and need you. On the shepherd, not sure I could lift him but would find a way. That is a good thing to think about when getting a dog though. Zaiden best be healthy and stay that way. Or least let Terry be home if he needs carried. I'm just finally convincing him he is not a lap dog.

[Rhiannon12866]

183. Yes, the sadness is the toughest part.

My guys break my heart on a daily basis. But I just enjoy them so much, and their successes. And good luck with convincing Zaiden that he's not a lap dog, LOL! I have yet to do this with my Sara, though she's only 26 lbs, a pound up from her last visit. And Meneken, who I was really worried about, since he was only 6.6 lbs, last month, is up to 9.2 lbs. LOL! I never know, with my guys. I have more meds that I have to deal with, but my little dogs are doing well.:-)

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Keith may not be there, and I'm sorry, too,

But Alison is my favorite of the subs and I thought the first two stories were good and Keith's style. I just wish that he was there, in person, to comment, though I'll have to take a look at his blog. My only objection was David Gergen getting away with comparing Rove's heinous remarks with Dick Durbin's. She shouldn't have let him get away with this after what was said, on yesterday's "Countdown," on the same subject. IMO, Durbin had no reason to apologize and that seemed to also be the opinion of "Countdown," with all the repug nazi comparisons that they showed footage of.:grr:

[Berry Cool]

9. Rhiannon, you really need to read Keith's blog.

In which he says, in essence, "It doesn't matter who said it or who said it first...if that's all we care about, the terrorists won't have to get us because we'll tear each other apart for them..."

Of course, Keith doesn't want ANYONE to apologize. He just wants them all to resign, is all.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. I'll get on it, right now!

That's main the reason that I'm sorry that he's not there. He wouldn't let anybody get away with anything! Thanks!:D

[Rhiannon12866]

40. Well, I read it and, I'm sorry to say, I disagree on a couple of things...

I don't think that Robert Byrd should ever retire. We need his intelligent, brave voice. And, as I said before, I don't think that Dick Durbin should have apologized. As for Santorum and Rove, please get them out of my sight!:grr:

But I do agree that we're tearing ourselves apart and should just knock it off.:-(

[noamnety]

5. Hi y'all

I'm hanging on for the New London story.

[CC]

7. That one has me cussing

and wondering how long until Gov. Whiner is gone so my state can do something about it here, like a law saying noway for private business.

[noamnety]

13. New London's done this multiple times to some of the victims

Some of them had their homes taken away under similar circumstances already once, so they bought homes in a different area of the city after being shoved out.

The city is paying less than market value (according to my sister, who lives there, though not in the area that's being taken).

New London seems hell bent on getting rid of "undesirables" - see my other thread on that: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3929976

[sparky_in_ma]

21. That was not the intent of eminent domain

to take homes so private business could take the land.x(

[CC]

37. I went to your thread

and added an answer there for you.

[Berry Cool]

15. CC, you talking about the Supremes taking houses away?

It's interesting. Not long ago I saw a bunch of people evicted from their houses because highway construction was going through the land on which they stood. There was one house that remained standing long after all the rest had been bulldozed. I read about it in the paper. The owners were to be paid fair market value (or so the state said) for their home, but they said they couldn't find a new house for that amount of money. And they didn't have enough in savings or other assets to raise the money to buy another. So the state ended up letting them stay in the place for longer, hoping allowing them more time would help them in being able to find and buy another house.

I felt sorry for them. I would've hated to have my house yanked out from under me just because the state decided to run a highway through the land, even if there was nothing illegal about it.

The funny thing is, look at the conservative Supremes who dissented. Interesting.

[CC]

29. My dad went through that

in Orlando, the East West Expressway...but he fought and fought well for more money. He took them to court and ended up with 5 times what they were offering. He never tried to not sale just held out for what he thought his property was worth.

[crispini]

12. Hi ladies!

I can't BELIEVE this Supreme Court ruling! It bites BIGTIME. Horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible! What on earth are they thinking? How can they do this? It SUCKS!

[Patsy Stone]

14. It's frightening.

Sandra Day O'Connor was absolutely right. It's BAD!!! :mad:

[Berry Cool]

17. Yep. it's pretty bad.

and :hi: everyone!

Hope the opening message wasn't too depressing for you all. Sorry, but I was just checking out the baseball schedules and saw tomorrow was a Mets vs. Yankees game, and I thought, "NOOOOOOOO....."

In other words: Sure, Keith might show up on Countdown tomorrow night. But if he does, someone better get me some medical attention, because I suspect the sensation of all those live monkeys flying out of my butt will be pretty painful.

Oh, and if he's honest, any blogs he posts tomorrow night should be datelined "The Bronx." :rofl:

[crispini]

23. The opening message was hysterical, Berry.

And, no Keith means more yard and/or housework time! :)

[RevCheesehead]

63. If that happens,

Preparation H can be your best friend.

If not, try Liquid Sparky - to be taken with alcohol. :7

[sparky_in_ma]

66. LOL

You are very bad.:D

[gkhouston]

67. she's very, very bad

do your duty.

[RevCheesehead]

70. I beg to disagree.

I was being very, very good. I was willing to share you with others. O8)

[sparky_in_ma]

73. Good point

Although I was looking forward to spanking you.:D

[RevCheesehead]

83. I would hate to disappoint you.

Go ahead, make my (and your) day. :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

86. Thank you.

:spank: That gives me an excuse to kiss it and make it all better. (Damn, I'm a bad sparky tonite.):evilfrown:

[RevCheesehead]

92. Oh, no - not at all.

You are a very GOOD Sparky. :loveya:

(I love the way your mind works!)

[gkhouston]

95. I always suspected you were the sort of person

who's attracted to ass-kissers. :9

[sparky_in_ma]

97. LOL

:rofl: I HAVE missed you.

[gkhouston]

100. you can go right on missing me

Ruth's ass is over THERE.

[RevCheesehead]

103. Really.

It's not like you could miss it or anything. :rofl:

[gkhouston]

107. Oh, and I'm a size 6. NOT. n/t

[RevCheesehead]

113. I prefer to think of it

as bringing along my own padding. (I love sitting on the floor, and people wonder why I'm so comfortable there.)

[gkhouston]

116. given the amount of time I spend on the floor with Amy

I need some padding. Given the amount of time you spend in the woodshed with Sparky, you need some, too. ;-)

[RevCheesehead]

119. And a tarp, too.

Damned splinters. Uff-da!

[sparky_in_ma]

120. I bring a roll out pad

I would never want you to be uncomfortable.:D

[RevCheesehead]

126. There you go again -

always thinking of others. (be sure to thank your mom for me.)

[Berry Cool]

172. Man! I leave, and this thread REALLY comes to life!

All the naughty naughty stuff came along AFTER I left!!!!

If Keith only knew what goes on when he's away...he'd line ya up and spank ya ALL!!!!

*running* "Wait, Keith, wait...let me get in line...yes, that's right, I put words in your mouth telling everyone you weren't going to be on tonight when you will. I deserve to be spanked."

"No, Berry. I don't need to spank you. You just need to RESIGN, that's all."

"RESIGN? :cry:"

[gkhouston]

184. okay, Berry, I did *not* need to add that mental image

to the list of things he does with those oversize hands... can the music guy cue a clip of "Hurts So Good"?

[Berry Cool]

191. Oh, those lovely oversize hands

with the wrist fur on them...

Someone please get the smelling salts, I'm feeling faint again. *swoon*

[RevCheesehead]

16. Because (to badly paraphrase Star Trek):

"The good of the wealthy outweighs the good of the commoner."

We ought to stop calling ourselves a Republic, and start calling it what it is: a Corporation.

[Berry Cool]

26. I gotta go.

Time to order Chinese, eat and cry because I miss Keith. :cry:

[Botany]

44. Now if that does not get our side an other 25 million people?

..... sorry grandma your cottage on the lake has to go .....
we have a golf course and upscale housing development
going in ......

fucking bastards ...... these are just greedy rich pigs .....
when is enough, enough?
go and die for oil ..we will take the farm to build 10,000 sq. ft
houses for the important people while your are in PNAC war
and don't mid us as we steal an other election for Jesus and
the flag .......

crooked shits ......

[crispini]

51. The problem is, it was the LIBERAL justices who were in favor of this.

I don't understand HOW they could ever make a case for this. Would someone like to explain it to me?

[gkhouston]

55. it's completely incomprehensible to me

what WERE they thinking? Did they not anticipate how this decision will be misused?

[Botany]

89. Gee do you think developer money was behind this case ....

....... America is going by bye but fast .....

[RevCheesehead]

102. I think you meant to spell that "buy-buy"

It's a friggin' free-for-all to pillage the country. Medieval Times, indeed.


Arthur: Please, *please*, good people, I am in haste! WHO lives in that castle?
Woman: No one lives there.
Arthur: Then who is your lord?
Woman: We don't have a lord!
Arthur: (surprised) What??
Man: I *told* you! We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune! We're taking turns to act as a sort of executive-officer-for-the-week--
Arthur: (uninterested) Yes...
Man: But all the decisions *of* that officer 'ave to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting--
Arthur: (perturbed) Yes I see!
Man: By a simple majority, in the case of purely internal affairs--
Arthur: (mad) Be quiet!
Man: But by a two-thirds majority, in the case of more major--
Arthur: (very angry) BE QUIET! I *order* you to be quiet!
Woman: "Order", eh, 'oo does 'e think 'e is?
Arthur: I am your king!
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you!
Arthur: You don't vote for kings!
Woman: Well 'ow'd you become king then?
(holy music up)
Arthur: The Lady of the Lake-- her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king!
Man: (laughingly) Listen: Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some... farcical aquatic ceremony!
Arthur: (yelling) BE QUIET!
Man: You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!!
Arthur: (coming forward and grabbing the man) Shut *UP*!
Man: I mean, if I went 'round, saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bink had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
Arthur: (throwing the man around) Shut up, will you, SHUT UP!
Man: Aha! Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
Arthur: SHUT UP!
Man: (yelling to all the other workers) Come and see the violence inherent in the system! HELP, HELP, I'M BEING REPRESSED!
Arthur: (letting go and walking away) Bloody PEASANT!
Man: Oh, what a giveaway! Did'j'hear that, did'j'hear that, eh? That's what I'm all about! Did you see 'im repressing me? You saw it, didn't you?!

[gkhouston]

109. complete with plague.

unless I'm much mistaken, we're going to have a bad run-in with avian flu within the next year. Nice knowing you.

[Botany]

88. this flies in the face of over one thousand years of common law ....

.... A man's home is his castle ......

Magna "fucking" Carte (sp ?????)

[RevCheesehead]

19. OK, for some reason,

this cancer story is making me very sad. :cry:

I'm happy for the owners, and glad they can do something, but still...

I guess I'm still missing Roo more than I realized. :(

[crispini]

20. Our critters....

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

25. Thanks, Crispi

I keep catching myself thinking he'll pop in the room, or greet me at the door, then I remember he's gone. Reality has set in.

Thanks for the hug. :hug:

[CC]

54. I know the feeling

Rev. Big hugs. Takes a long while to get used to them being gone.

[RevCheesehead]

68. I know you do, CC.

Hugs to you, too. :hug:

No matter how many others are there, you still miss the one who's gone. I miss having him come running whenever I opened the refrigerator door, or drinking milk from my glass, etc.

I'm hoping Roo and Gizmo are becoming good friends. O8)

[CC]

76. I decided to

believe they are along with Blue and a few others. And each one has its own personality so of course they are missed when gone. I did pick up his ashes yesterday and left his extra chemo pill for Claudia, who really called to thank me. One of her ferrets had her leg amputated because of cancer and it spread anyway. So they use the Lomustine on her ferret. Also gave her the pain pills which are going to come in handy. She was at the vets last night and said the timing on the pills couldn't of been better. So in his way Gizmo is still giving.
I designed a box for his ashes...just waiting for it to get here. It is here http://www.cafepress.com/willowmooncc.24304516

[gkhouston]

80. oh, how sweet

and very good that Giz is helping someone else. I'm sure he approves.

[CC]

84. Thanks and I think

he would too. And better than throwing them in the trash. I also knew she would go through the vet first.

[RevCheesehead]

91. That's a beautiful tribute.

What a wonderful thing to do for the Gizmeister. I'm sure he's thanking you for your love, too. Also, what a wonderful way to think of Gizmo still giving to others (chemo pill). I like that.

Which one of your ferrets is the alpha ferret? (Roo was definately "top dog/fenine" around here, and the girls are trying to establish a pecking order - with little success so far. Mostly, it's a truce of "leave me alone.")

[gkhouston]

96. be glad you have girls

with boys cats, incomplete dominance usually means pissing wars and I'm not talking about who can aim highest. :-(

[CC]

106. Depends on the day

:rofl: Gizmo was the Alpha male and hated Mojo. Pixel and Peachy think they are but get along with each other. Mysti is beginning to think she is and might end up the main alpha because she screams loudest. The rest just try to avoid hissy fits and stay out of the way. Poor little Jinx is so laid back Lilbear and Snickers take turns dragging her under furniture trying to stash her away like a toy. But she just won't stay stashed. I eventually rescue her to the lap. :rofl:

Off to throw in laundry, will be on and off here for a bit.

[CC]

112. Have to add, my cats

seem to not have an alpha, they just all hang together. And Ayja loves kittens. He would of been a great mom if he weren't a he.

[RevCheesehead]

117. The cats have deferred to the ferrets, I think.

Honestly, in a cat vs. ferret, I'm pretty sure I'd know who would win.

[CC]

141. The cats do like

their toes on their feet. And know the claws have to stay in if they swat at the ferrets. Truthfully I think all the animals know that when it comes down to it I am the Alpha and they better not get the person that feeds and pets them upset.

[RevCheesehead]

146. You are God(dess).

Besides, "if Mama ain't happy, ain't NOBODY happy." :evilgrin:

[CC]

152. Not sure if I would call

it being a Goddess...but maybe she from whom all food, love and clean litter boxes comes from. :rofl: And petting, scratching and brushing.

I do make Terry take the dogs to the vet and do the shots at the vets for all so they won't like him instead of me.

[RevCheesehead]

156. It sounds to me like you are Sophia,

the Goddess of Wisdom. (insert bowing smileys here)

[CC]

161. Nah, if I were that wise

Terry would be doing the litter. :rofl: But you know how specially cats have an attitude like you did something to them that was terrible when they get their shots. The ferrets don't seem to care so I take them. They see it as a great adventure.

[RevCheesehead]

164. Don't be fooled.

They're probably plotting their escape.

As for the cats, I think it's the smell they hate the most. They go running whenever I open a bottle of rubbing alcohol.

[CC]

166. Mine hate the ride

in the car. Butterball hates the shots too though and usually gets at least on set of claws into the vet...they go to Dr. Carl though. He is great with cats and dogs and honest enough to admit he is not an expert at ferrets...but can give them shots. He is also a lot closer and been our vet for over 20 years.

[gkhouston]

118. if there's only one boy, the alpha thing doesn't seem to be

problematic. If you have more than one boy kitty and they don't agree on who the alpha is, you got trouble. Sometimes you can have multiple boys and they innately sense who the leader is and there's no friction. It varies.

[CC]

145. All the cats here

are male for some reason...not on purpose but then when you find them in your yard it is hard to choose. But see the alpha comment to Rev below...

[sparky_in_ma]

22. Hey rev

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

27. Thanks, Sparky.

:hug:

[sparky_in_ma]

33. This weekend

I'll try to get some pictures ready to post of my dad with the type of ship he was on in ww2. We saw it yesterday in Gloucester. Not a dry eye in the place.

[RevCheesehead]

50. That sounds wonderful!

What an experience that must have been.

Tom Brokaw was right - these people ARE the greatest generation.

For your dad, mine, and all other WWII vets: :patriot:

[gkhouston]

74. and so many of them

don't ever talk about what they did, as if didn't matter. I never knew until we were going through my dad's belongings after his death that he'd earned a bronze star and a silver star. He almost never spoke of the war. One or two funny stories about boot camp and how he got his revenge and one or two not-so-funny stories about the poverty in Shanghai after the war, but the war itself he just clammed up about.

[sparky_in_ma]

85. My dad was the same way.

He just started to talk about it when we learned the ship was coming to Mass. There's only one like it left. He met a lot of other sailors, some who were on different ships but travelled in the same convoy at different times.

For all those who served.:patriot:

[gkhouston]

93. That must have brought back a lot of memories for him.

Hopefully, mostly good ones. If nothing else, it must have done him good to be with people who'd had similar experiences. I think a lot of the WWII vets feel their service has been forgotten or is poorly understood. It's must be difficult for younger Americans to imagine what was like back then when so many young men were away from home for years at a time and the whole country was galvanized into contributing toward the war effort in one way or another; utterly different from today's hemorrhagic mess.

[sparky_in_ma]

98. It was a good day

He enjoyed being around his peers. My brother and I had a hard time, the wind kept blowing stuff in our eyes.

[gkhouston]

104. mmhmm

couldn't have been anything else causing you to tear up, I'm sure.

My dad really should have been a Navy man, but neither he nor Uncle Sam knew an interesting bit of trivia until the first time he crossed the North Atlantic in a troop ship in mid-winter: Dad was one of those people who doesn't get seasick. Ever. It was his way of wreaking revenge on the guys who'd given him shit in basic training for being a hillbilly: sidle up to them while they were puking over the rail, stretch and say, "I think I'll go get some eggs for breakfast," or some other mention of food and watch them really double up.

[sparky_in_ma]

110. LOL

My dad was the same way, never got seasick. He told us how when they had Marines on board he'd do the same thing to them.

[gkhouston]

121. I'm the same way. I love rollercoasters.

It was the only thing I missed when I was pregnant. Giving up alcohol was nothing but damn, I missed rollercoasters. The little one seems to have gotten Mama's daredevil tendencies. Another six inches and we're going to make a pilgrimage to Cedar Point and ride everything.

[RevCheesehead]

130. Now you don't want to know where my mind went with THAT,

do you? :evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

133. I'm referring to my daughter's HEIGHT

six inches usually doesn't get me that aglow with anticipation. Sparky? Punishment on aisle six, please?

[RevCheesehead]

136. no, you said ANOTHER six inches,

and you would ride everything. :evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

140. mm, so I would

in every way possible. As many times as possible. And believe me, I have an extended riding capacity.

[RevCheesehead]

150. I never knew

that rollercoasters had a G-spot. (oh, damn, I said that out loud, didn't I? :evilgrin:)

[gkhouston]

153. oh, were we talking about rollercoasters now?

:blush:

[sparky_in_ma]

137. See post 133

:spank:


:D

[RevCheesehead]

143. please note:

I'm the one who's smiling here. --->:spank:

[gkhouston]

147. yes, I've often thought we need to find a spanking smiley

where the spankee looks a little less pleased by the proceedings...

[Berry Cool]

173. You guys are just TOO BAD!!!!

I will NEVER assume again that I am the only one who comes up with wicked double entendres on these threads. I can leave you guys to your own ends and things turn out just as bad!

[gkhouston]

185. Berry, I think we were pretty clearly

leaving our ends to others... and loving every minute of it, no? O8)

[RevCheesehead]

189. Things turn out "just as bad?"

"Better," I'd say! :evilgrin:

[CC]

31. I missed that one

because Claudia called (the ferret rescue lady) to give her sympathies about Gizmo. Then she says I have two year old males that need a home..........thinking until she calls later.

[gkhouston]

35. oh, my

they'd turn the place upside down. How would your older crew react to young ones? I know how older cats are about feisty kittens... do ferrets have a "top cat" sort of thing going?

[CC]

43. They have a

pecking order and make lots of noise when it changes, and it does change. I ask her if they were tough...will see. Not sure I am ready for 2 to replace one. But then she has 40 ferrets running around in addition to the cats, dogs, sheep and goats. She is at least on a farm.

[gkhouston]

45. how much real estate do you have?

and how much space inside? Would adding two be totally insane? What would your husband think? I know he's away a lot, but he is home some of the time.

[CC]

58. Well he brought most of the

ferrets home, and the cats too. hmm so not much he could say. I am in an old farmhouse. Its about 3000 sq. feet so plenty of room. Have just over an acre and a half though the ferrets do not go outside with out a leash and human and rarely. More of a chance of me saying no than him. Besides he doesn't clean the litter or wash their beds. Truthfully they would have to be really special guys, like a lap ferret would be nice. And they would have to get along with the others.

And the house was a major fixer upper so was cheap back in 86. It is still under construction...one of those types that if it should take an hour to do it will take 5 at the least.

[gkhouston]

61. hmm. Sounds like the deal-killer will be whether or not they

mesh with your existing crew and you won't know that until they've had a "sleepover" :-).

[CC]

62. Or at least a meet & greet.

But it wouldn't be fair to any of them if they didn't get along. Specially if they have already lost one home.

[gkhouston]

65. quite true. If it's a total hissing fit (or whatever ferrets do)

you'll know it's not going to fly and there's no point pushing it.

[CC]

69. They do hiss, but sounds like an

intake of air hiss instead of out like a cat...and they SCREAM. If the screaming happens would definitely be a no go. except for Mysti that is deaf and screams when she is playing. Their tails also get fluffed out (called bottle brush tail) when they are mad.

[RevCheesehead]

60. Sounds like it's raining ferrets in your neighborhood.

That's a good thing. :)

I've decided to wait a while before getting another cat. We certainly could use the testosterone here - but I want to make sure that Oreo and Binky are properly bonded to each other first. (Roo was Oreo's brother, and he and Binky were pretty close.)

Whatever your decision, I'm glad that she thought of you. You are an amazing woman, Ferretessa. :hug:

[gkhouston]

64. your new furbaby will come along when needed

the pets always seem to find you. Two of Mary's cats are quite elderly and frankly probably in their last year of life and she's thought about getting a kitten for the youngest cat but one hasn't happened along yet so she's going to wait. Seems like one always turns up at the right time.

[crispini]

72. That's quite true--

I don't really NEED to get cats -- they just show up. :P

[Berry Cool]

174. I don't NEED to get cats, either

but I always seem to go out and get them, anyway. *sigh*

[RevCheesehead]

79. Well, that's exactly what happened when I got these three.

They came all at once, when I agreed to board them for the summer at "Camp Asheboro" (where I was living at the time, my parsonage in NC). The summer came and went, and Meghan wasn't ready to take them back to school with her, so they stayed - and stayed. Finally, one day she asked if I would like them to stay permenantly, and I said yes.

That was 9 years ago, and my life is definately better for it. :loveya:

[CC]

94. Course Rev I have to warn you

that next cat may just show up on his own one day. We had just lost two, Noname & Rikki to old age when this little furball kitten showed up in my front yard. I swore I wasn't bringing him in...then it got cold and he went to the vets for a check up, shots etc so he could come in. That one is Butterball. One he disserved it because he survived in the front yard with out getting hit and well it got cold and couldn't let him freeze.
Good idea on letting Oreo and Binky bond first though.

[CC]

90. Well she gave me something to think

about. She has seen me at the vets enough, she is the one they would not let come out front when I took Giz there the last time because they did not need us both bawling in the waiting room. She was crying in the back already. Dr. Keith had me crying with his I'm sorry I really thought he was doing better, I wish I could of done more. Great vet I found for them at least.

[RevCheesehead]

Your vet's name is Dr. Keith?

Ooh, the images THAT brings to mind!

I agree - the one good thing that came from Roo's illness was finding the Green Bay Cat Clinic. From now on, the girls are travelling 30 miles to the vet (no matter how much they complain).

[CC]

148. yes he really is

Dr. Keith. Keith Gold of Chadwell Animal Hospital. But I just call him Dr. Keith and now I relize why. :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

155. You'll never see him the same way again.

"Which of these ferrets will you be talking about tomorrow??" :rofl:

[CC]

159. It did at least answer

why I preferred to call him Dr. Keith instead of Dr. Gold. That and they have birthday cake and lunch for the whole staff on Fridays when ever someone has a b day....including the pets. That pretty much means he springs for lunch and a cake every Friday.

[Berry Cool]

175. TOO MUCH!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

You know it's bad when instead of just presenting you with the vet bill, he rolls it up into a paper wad and chucks it at you (and it "breaks" his receptionist's window)!

"Good pet, and good luck!"

[gkhouston]

24. LOL, Berry, you are so bad!

the poor man's gonna be so paranoid he'll take a private car now. :spank:

[sparky_in_ma]

28. Hi gk

I haven't seen you in awhile. Yes, you did say the *oner thing out loud.:P

[gkhouston]

30. pthppht

I thought everyone had slipped away. Leave it to you to catch me being bad...

[sparky_in_ma]

36. : )

but I love you that way.:hug:

[gkhouston]

39. good thing, 'cause that's the only way I come

DON'T say it.

[sparky_in_ma]

46. I am, above all,

a gentleman.:dilemma: )ok, maybe I just play one on DU:woohoo:

[gkhouston]

49. hmm, so what's questionable here...

your veracity, your dictionary, or your acting skills?

[sparky_in_ma]

52. LOL

Probably my acting skills.:D

[Berry Cool]

32. Thanks to all...

OK, so I had to stay to say that.

And I sympathize, Rev. Believe me. *sigh*

As for Keith, he deserves whatever he gets. Gosh darn it, I don't HAVE a yard. I have nothing to do at night but sit in here and watch him. Yes, that's right, I have no life and he's under obligation to GIVE ME ONE! :rofl:

Wait...I didn't tape...did Alison really say Keith would be back tomorrow? Or did she say "I'll be back tomorrow"? AGGH!

[gkhouston]

38. Keith has to GIVE YOU ONE?!?

:rofl: where I just went...

[crispini]

41. LOL, Berry.

So get a yard! You'll never, ever lack for anything to do! :P

[RevCheesehead]

56. It sounds to me that

she'd be better off getting a room, rather than a yard.
(Yes, my mind went where GK's did, too. :evilgrin:)

[gkhouston]

59. glad of the company!

pull up a gutter, and make room for Crispi. I expect she'll be joining us shortly. :7

[crispini]

82. Did someone say "gutter?" Oooch over....

(giggle, ponytail toss, boob flash). :rofl:

[sparky_in_ma]

87. Welcome

:evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

108. Well, lookee here and see who showed up in the gutter.

Are you slumming, or just hoping for some action? :evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

111. he saw three girls in the gutter

and must have gotten excited by the girl on girl on girl possibilities.

:woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

123. Gina, you are in exceptionally fine snark-mode tonight.

Congrats - I'm jealous. You are tonight's snarkmeister. :thumbsup:

[gkhouston]

127. perhaps I'm inspired by Keith-deprivation?

no, that just makes me depressed. :cry:

I'm just feeling like bein' a snarky-bad girl. Don't know why.

[sparky_in_ma]

128. She is always good with snark

if she wasn't in Texas, I'd be :scared:

[gkhouston]

131. oh, love, how do you know I'm really in Texas?

I could be anyone... anywhere... drawing closer by the minute...

[sparky_in_ma]

135. Now you've done it.

The kitty will have company under the bed.:scared:

[gkhouston]

144. Jamie likes company

and I would not invade your bedroom without express invitation. I'll just wait for you to come out in the morning.

[RevCheesehead]

157. Yeah, you know what they say -

Vampires have to be invited in to a room, in order to enter. :rofl:

[gkhouston]

158. really? I didn't know that one.

I've never really been into the vampire stuff. Never understood why some girls thought that shit was romantic. It was like they wanted to have sex but not be responsible for their own sexuality or something so they thought the vampire mythos was cool? :shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

162. I dunno.

I picked it up watching "Angel". David Boreanz :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

178. No, no. SPIKE. SPIKE...

...he's the real hottie. :evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

177. *singing* "Three girls in the gutter..."

"...which one will the gutter bless?"...

[sparky_in_ma]

114. Me?

O8) I'm trying to save these poor souls from the gutter.

[gkhouston]

122. so you can take us somewhere us

and have your way with us? :evilgrin:

[sparky_in_ma]

125. Moi?

I would never take advantage...wait a minute. It seems I am male so the answer would be, of course.:evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

129. no, no, no

You don't TAKE advantage. You do, however, gratefully RECEIVE advantage if it happens to be offered in your vicinity... :+

[sparky_in_ma]

132. Could I hire you

to write all my excuses for bad behavior?:D

[gkhouston]

138. I don't know

that would be pretty hazardous for me, because then I'd have to know about all your bad behavior.

Would I want that guilty knowledge?

What if I felt compelled to punish you for your behavior? Or report it to the authorities?

Granted, the contract I'm on is going to evaporate soon but I wasn't thinking of moving on to something quite this risky to my eternal soul. :rofl:

[sparky_in_ma]

142. It's ok

the Rev can grant you absolution, or something else she could make up.:D

[gkhouston]

149. Duck. Fast. n/t

[RevCheesehead]

134. What do you mean, it "seems"??

Is there something you're, um, hiding from us?

[sparky_in_ma]

139. Well... I looked,

and there's more than enough for the roller coaster.:D

[gkhouston]

151. me first. Got my ticket.

Whee!

[RevCheesehead]

160. ROFLMAO!

:spray: OMFG - Carly Simon was singing about YOU! :rofl:

I'd ask if you kept a ruler by the bed, but you'd probably tell me you needed a yardstick. :evilgrin:

(And yes, I want some wood.)

[gkhouston]

163. don't get too excited

the ruler's for you... oh, wait... you'd probably like that... never mind...

[Berry Cool]

179. But you can't save souls

that don't want to be saved. :-(

[gkhouston]

99. wait a minute!

only one boob to flash? Quick, Crispi, one of your Lee Press-on Breasts fell off. Find it and put it back on quick before people figure out it's a fake. (There's the shorter sport length, and the longer length for evening wear -- don't get your lengths mixed up, that's really embarrassing.)

[crispini]

105. LOL.

Longer length... ew!

[gkhouston]

115. not original

Mary's ex (aka the antiChrist) came up with that one years ago). I think he originate the concept of nun graffiti, too. He had his moments.

[Berry Cool]

176. I'd prefer a room to a yard!

...then again, give me an inch and I'll take a yard. :evilgrin:

[crispini]

34. Hey! "Keith'll be back tomorrow."

That's what Alison said!

[gkhouston]

42. yeah, he'll wave at us during a bumper

"hi, I'm loving the game. See you Monday!" Tease.

[Berry Cool]

180. I'm starting to wonder now if Keith saw this thread!

Rather than going to a game, he decided to get on the Internets tonight and see what DU was doing in his absence. And such a den of iniquity did he find on the nightly ASTB thread that he said "Goodness! I've GOT to come back tomorrow night or who knows WHAT will happen! I don't want MY soul condemned to eternal damnation for what these people do when I'm gone!"

[gkhouston]

186. Berry, he already knows we're headed for the Bad Fire

and he's reserved the smoking heap next to us so he can witness the cavorting up close and personal. Heck, he might even join in. :evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

190. One can only hope.

[Berry Cool]

192. And to think that mama always told me that Heaven was where

all my fondest fantasies would come true!

Mama never told me the truth about Hell!

[crispini]

48. GD thread on KO

Why is "Countdown" Keith-less so often?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3932549

See, we're not the only ones who miss him. :P

[gkhouston]

53. hey, the show's just not the same without him.

Alison's not bad but she's still got a long way to go before she'll have Keith's appeal.

[RevCheesehead]

167. You mean like a trip to Denmark?

Or Sweden, or wherever the hell Christine Jorgensen went?

[gkhouston]

170. LOL, I like her a lot better than Chris

but she's just not Keith. It's funny, for a guy whom I suspect is essentially a very private man at the core (and that's what I meant the other night about him being zipped up tight), he projects a lot of appealing personality into his show without it seeming like a total ego-fest and he makes it work. Alison's coming along nicely in that regard but she has to work hard at something Keith seems to do naturally, and the seams show.

[Berry Cool]

181. You mean, when you said "zipped up tight"

you didn't mean...

:rofl: OK, OK, enough jokes. Really, gk, I suspect again that you are right. I agree.

[gkhouston]

187. no, I didn't mean that

although since we were talking about Mary Carey, that could be considered a variant of defensive driving. :7

[gkhouston]

57. so when Keith comes back tomorrow

think he'll ask for the collective resignation of half of Washington?

Or report that Mary Carey wants to sleep with the other half, including the Bush twins?

[Berry Cool]

182. Probably.

He'll also ask for my resignation, and that of the entire KOEB/ASTB. For being so bad when he was away, and telling lies about him not being on.

[gkhouston]

188. You've got to admit, it's pretty funny that he pledges not to

tell ESPN how to run ESPN and almost in the same breath starts demanding people's resignations right and left. So we're still "laying down the law with exquisite insolence to somebody", it's just a much larger venue.

[CBHagman]

71. Karl Rove TALENTED?!!!

A.S. sits there and chirps to David Gergen that Karl Rove is a "talented" political strategist. :puke: :puke: :puke:

No, Ms. S., he's a vindictive, churlish loser who is channeling all his post-childhood resentment into ruining people's lives. Didn't anyone tell her about the racist rumor-mongering against John McCain in the South Carolina primary?

Are we to behold the wench next intoning that Richard Nixon was a great statesman?

And as for David Gergen, he gets the Captain Renault Award (i.e., "I'm shocked, shocked!") for fussily intoning about how the Republicans are attacking Democrats' patriotism. Hey, David, did you miss a little hate-fest called the Republican National Convention? Did you sleep through Newt Gingrich's reign of terror and Jesse Helms's not particularly veiled threats?

Poke Gergen with a fork. He is SO DONE.

[sparky_in_ma]

77. You're holding back.

Let it all out.:D

[CBHagman]

168. You're right. I AM holding back.

I'd like to let loose with a full, Claudia Shear-style rant. As Shear said in her one-woman show, "Blown Sideways Through Life," "A bad attitude? You can't IMAGINE my attitude."




Hey, Karl! I'd like to slap you so hard your whole family cries!

On edit: This message has not been approved by Claudia Shear, nor has she paid for it. :-) I would like to think, however, that she'd appreciate the spirit.

[crispini]

78. Well, you could say he's talented in that

he's certainly good at what he does: smear people, plant bugs in offices, spread nasty rumors, etc. Now, is the job description that goes with that "political strategist" or "scumbag?" :P

[CC]

101. Have stuff to get

done inside now so going to call it a night. Hope everyone has a good night and great day tomorrow.

[gkhouston]

124. 'night CC

good luck with possible new ferrets, whichever way it goes.

[RevCheesehead]

169. Don't forget: Howard Dean is on The Daily Show tonight!

you've got approximately 10 minutes, so finish up whatever (or whomever) you are doing.

[gkhouston]

171. leaving now. Watching JS. "Doing" later.

:rofl: