KOEB 1/6/06: War on Orthodox Christmas Edition

[Berry Cool]

Well...has anyone wished YOU a Merry Christmas in the past two weeks????

C'mere. I will.



Photo would've been here sooner, but I was, er, detained.

[RevCheesehead]

1. I'll catch y'all at the rerun...

I'm watching "The Book of Daniel". It's a must-see. O8)

[SharonRB]

4. I thought it comes on at 9 ET

I better got check. I thought it was on at 9 and 10 tonight.

On edit: I was right -- it doesn't come on until 9 ET. So I can stay.

[RevCheesehead]

28. I was wrong.

:blush:

You know what really irks me? The local NBC affilliate is showing an hour-long Pat Robertson show called "Miracles." I thought that was some kind of faux introduction to the show! :grr:

I just re-set the VCR, and I'm here. :)

[Patsy Stone]

32. That sounds like the opposite thing

from miraculous, if you ask me.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

39. It was horrifying.

I kept wondering, "where's the witty part where the priest turns off the TV and calls him an asshole?"

It took me 5 minutes to realize that it was real. :scared:
Someone hold me, please. :cry:

[bunny planet]

65. Oh that's awful. It was a real show.

That is so scary.

[SharonRB]

34. Good -- I couldn't figure out why they would show it so much earlier there

It looks like it's going to be good.

[RevCheesehead]

44. I'm going to tape every show, just in case.

I wish I did that with "Nothing Sacred."

And even here, "The Vicar of Dibley" didn't last very long on the local PBS affilliate. :(

[Olney Blue]

43. Hi Rev- yes stay away from Pat Robertson.

He might get jesus juice on you.

:scared:

[RevCheesehead]

47. more like Hellfire and Brimstone, I think...

or is that "Grey Flannel?"

[ralps]

48. Hi RevCheesehead, I'm on my dial up computer again :cry:

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

49. So sorry to hear that, Ralps.

Hope it gets back soon. :hug:

[Patsy Stone]

And he's talking about it right now!

:loveya:

[bunny planet]

2. Is this the official thread for tonight's show. If so, yo, yo, yo, ladies

and gents. What the dillio is up with you (I hope to use as many overused phrases and jargons as possible).

[SharonRB]

7. Hi, Bunny!

:hi:

[bunny planet]

13. Hey Sha-sha. I'm feeling nicknamey tonight, hope you don't mind.

:hi:

[SharonRB]

18. Not at all

It's just nice to see you live and in person.

[Patsy Stone]

20. Fo' shizzle, mama!

How you doin', yo?

[bunny planet]

36. I just bought my son a shirt with a picture of the state of Joisey and

those exact words 'How you doin?' for Channukah. He loves it.


Hi Patsela!

[Patsy Stone]

46. Hi, doll.

I'm doing well. I seem to have worked harder than I planned today. I hate when that happens. :)

[bunny planet]

61. It totally sucks when that happens. Glad to have you here for the Friday

night festivities.

I'm well too, yesterday had a wicked dust from the demolition headache. It seems my poor old house needed a lot more emergency work than expected, but now it is being built back up again. We now have a floor and a ceiling back in the kitchen. That's a relief. For awhile it looked like a very shabby nightclub (soaring ceiling), we almost hung one of those disco balls.




Oh he's so cute, he was going to do something different and it didn't arrive. That look and comments to the guys off camera was adorable.

He's so unpompous and un-overly impressed with his on air personality.
Ain't enough floaties for you Keef.
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

131. My favorite Keith moment tonight was when he was doing the bumper tease

about the dolphins...and he said "The Porpoise-Driven Life" and you could see his lips twitching, like "I know I'm being a smartaleck, and I LOVE IT, and what's more, YOU LOVE ME FOR IT."

Indeed, we do.

[Olney Blue]

85. What a fun gift!

Hi bunny!

[WolverineDG]

60. hi bunny!

:hi:

dg

[bunny planet]

63. Hi sweetie.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

3. It's also Three Kings Day

http://www.calendar-updates.com/Holidays/US/threekings.htm

Hey, Berry!

[SharonRB]

8. Hey, Pats

Shabbat Shalom!

[Patsy Stone]

14. And back atcha!

Tonight's show sounds a little like stuff he should have covered earlier in the week. Maybe Howie wasn't available?

Hi!

[CBHagman]

30. Hey, we're observing Epiphany Sunday

Being RC, I take the 12 Days of Christmas seriously, and I was pleased that this year we have, as it were, two extra days, because we don't observe Epiphany until this coming Sunday. I'm still playing Christmas music.

Though I found out I was good at dreydl last Sunday. ;-) You should have seen that stack of gelt.

:hi: Hi, Patsy!

[Patsy Stone]

40. Was it the chocolate kind?

Or the spending kind of gelt?

Hey, CB. Down here, the Cuban and Latin communities celebrate Three Kings Day seriously. I'll have to check, but there may have been a parade or too. Lots of people leave their lights up until Jan. 6th. It's still Christmas here too.

[bleever]

55. Let's see, you got yer Balthazar, yer Melchizadore, and...

Shoot, I can never remember more than two.

Anyone know the third, without googling?

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

58. Caspar.

:eyes: Amateur.

and, I believe it's Melchior. :hi:

[WolverineDG]

62. yeah, but can you name the shepherds?

eh? eh? ;)

dg

[RevCheesehead]

68. Amahl was one of them.

We did Amahl and the Night Visitors at church one year. My brother was Amahl. "Mother, mother! Mother, come and see.... There are not two kings outside. The kings are three - and - one of them is black!"

[bleever]

93. One of my favorites was "Jean".

"Fra-gilay? Must be Italian."

[WolverineDG]

148. ha ha bleever

:)

careful, you might shoot your eyes out with that....

dg

[bleever]

71. Caspar! How come I always miss the easiest one.

And yeah, Melchior.

I guess I confused that with "Me Cheese Adore". My bad.

:)

[RevCheesehead]

94. Caspar, the friendly Magi.

I'm impressed you remembered Balthazaar. Or are you a viewer of "Charmed?"

[bleever]

104. Balthazaar is the easiest for me.

I'm not sure why. But I know someone who's married to a guy named Balthazaar.

"A bomb? Who'd give a baby a bomb?"

[Berry Cool]

128. Of course, the whole Three Kings bit is the stuff of legend.

The Bible mentions wise men coming from the East, but not their number, never says they were kings, and never mentions any names or origins.

Nor does it say they showed up in Bethehem at the manger. More like, possibly, at Jesus's house when he was about 2.

(I love busting popular Christmas myths, sorry. It's the smartypants Olbermann in me.)

[CBHagman]

136. Buzz! Nuns beat you to it.

One of the nuns at my parochial school told us the magi didn't show up until Jesus was out of infancy. Maybe it was Sister Mary Keith. :-)

[Berry Cool]

152. LOL. I am now imagining Keith in a nun's habit.

KO: "Me, in a nun's habit? Why, I'd never try to get into a nun's habit. I'd totally respect her vows."

[WolverineDG]

151. ok, bust this one

joseph, mary, & jesus take off from bethelehem on a donkey, herod hot on their trail, make it to egypt, then turn around & show up in jerusalem in time for jesus to be circumsized 8 days later.

with questions like that, any wonder i got un-invited to sunday school? O8)

dg

[Berry Cool]

164. LOL. OK, so here's what I learned about myrrh.

It's sold in pharmacies as a treatment for flatulence.

Kind of gives you a new perspective on why the wise men gave it as a gift.

[gkhouston]

178. I'll have to re-read Matthew and Luke, but it's not clear to me that

Herod's men started searching for Jesus on day 1. I thought the pursuit began after the wise men visited Herod. Wasn't the slaughter of the innocents supposedly directed towards all male infants under the age of 2? And none of this was in the winter, anyway. Shepherds wouldn't have been out in the fields at this time of year unless the climate in the Middle East has radically changed in two thousand years.

[Berry Cool]

184. I believe you have it right, gk.

Which is why it seems entirely possible that the wise men didn't get to Jesus until he was about 2. They were looking for him, and Herod thought they were going to help find him so he could be killed. That was not part of their plan, however.

It still gives me a laugh sometimes to think that when I was a kid, they actually used to sell cheap plastic Nativities with silver glitter snow on the roof. Did they really think that we would believe that even if it WAS winter, we'd be thinking it snowed in the Middle East?

[WolverineDG]

186. you're applying logic

to the situation, just like i did. bad girl. :spank: another mark off for actually reading the bible. :sarcasm:

edited to add: btw, you know more about the nativity story than my sunday school teacher ever did.

dg

[gkhouston]

187. I got some weird looks a while back

for arguing with the choir that we could so sing a particular anthem after Christmas Day because the text contained a line about the wise men having already departed. Hello, and Epiphany is supposed to be when and represent what? :eyes:

[Patsy Stone]

59. I do, but it's in the article I posted, so I disqualify myself.

If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.

:hi:

[bleever]

67. LOL.

And if served, I will not taste very good.

:hi:

[CBHagman]

134. Oh, it was the chocolate kind.

Of course I left it for my friends' kids, who richly deserved it. Besides, I already have a cache of fair-trade chocolate and German chocolate-covered marzipan (Christmas presents) to see me through until Mardi Gras.

You've got to love community festivals of the spiritual/ethnic variety. I still regret never going on a paranda, which, if I recall correctly, combines Christmas caroling with a mobile party and generally disturbing the peace.

[Berry Cool]

154. GERMAN CHOCOLATE-COVERED MARZIPAN??? Did you HAVE to mention that?

*sigh*...there's just nothing I love better in the world at Christmastime.

I got a bar for Christmas (well, technically, Danish, not German) but left it at a sister's house. Still need to get it back!

The only possible drawback I can see to eating marzipan is not being able to kiss Keith afterward. He informed us on the radio that he's allergic to almonds.

[WolverineDG]

173. sounds like a posada

those things can really get rocking if you can get someone to donate a horse for "mary" to ride on & a full band to accompany the carolers instead of just a guitar. :)

dg

[WolverineDG]

57. I completely forgot

& had breakfast this morning. so i go to work & of course someone has brought in a rosca (king cake), another person brought in pan dulce (which i can never say no to :( ), and before we went out to lunch, someone else brought in a rice pudding (which i did say no to).

:hi: pats
dg

[Berry Cool]

155. Wolfie, you're a stronger one than I.

I could NEVER say no to rice pudding...not even after king cake and pan dulce!

[WolverineDG]

159. well, loading up on the pan dulce

kinda solved that problem for me. :) the only kind she forgot to get were the pumpkin empanadas :( (don't fall for that "oh they make them out of pineapple & other fruit too" jazz. bleah. ptooie. yankee food. insist on pumpkin ones.)

dg

[Olney Blue]

5. Hi Berry!

:hi:

[crispini]

6. Yo peeps.

Hey hey, let's get rid of Tom DeLay!

[Patsy Stone]

9. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Bugman!

Hey, crispi! Happy Friday!

[SharonRB]

12. So what time was Clark's wedding?

Is she Mrs. yet?

[Patsy Stone]

17. I'll bet she is!

And off in that jacuzzi tub. :evilgrin:

[SharonRB]

19. They're not going to the Smokys until April, I think

[Patsy Stone]

23. I thought that was the mini-honeymoon room?

Maybe I misread that. I should go back and check.

[SharonRB]

33. I just re-read it and I was the one who read it wrong

You got it right.

[Clark2008]

156. Y'all are all wrong!

:rofl:

I'll be a Mrs. tomorrow at about 1:30.

We're going to the Smokies that night and then taking a week-long honeymoon in Porta Vallarta in April.

LOL! I was so busy I forgot to watch the show, so I came in here to see what was on it. :)

:hi: everyone!

[Patsy Stone]

167. Hey!

Well then, congratulations in advance, darling.! All the best to you and Gavin. May you have many years of happiness together.

[bleever]

170. Now see, I thought they were too soon by a day.

Honeymoon advice: no boxing the night before.

:)

[Berry Cool]

174. And now that it's an hour before you're married, I thought I'd remind you,

in the same vein...

If you ever feel a marital spat coming on, please, do NOT play the saxophone at any time beforehand.

No sax before a fight!

[SharonRB]

182. Hey, Clark

It's 1:35 on Saturday now -- I guess a Mazel Tov is in order right about now. Is Gavin breaking a glass?

[Berry Cool]

185. LOL, Sharon, you'll notice she did not answer.

Hmm...wonder why...must've had BETTER things to do than hang out here...can't imagine what!!!

All I know is, when I think about it, I :cry:

LOL, just kiddin'. Hope you're enjoying that hot tub, Clarko.

[crispini]

35. Hey Patsela!

Happy Friday! :toast: I like this outfit. :loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

52. It's a good one

:loveya:

He's very news intensive after a not so intensive week. Maybe it's all the stuff that was pushed from the mining disaster. :shrug:

[Berry Cool]

133. Well, he deserved to be allowed to be news-intensive after all that

celebrity garbage forced on him last night!

[SharonRB]

10. And send him on his way.

[crispini]

37. Rightyho!

:hi: Hi Sharon!

[SharonRB]

41. Hi, Crispi

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

16. Hi all!

:hi: Berry will be back after the show.

"Here the roots are all connected--and they all go back to George Bush!"

Go Howard! :yourock:

[bunny planet]

11. Oh yeah, let's talk about the Preznit-wit's bogus 'rider' to the torture

ammendment. What a collosal douche-bag he is, just when you think he isn't loathsome enough, he pulls another loathsome thing out of his little trick bag.

Oh great, another look at Howie's hairpiece. Just how much Grecian Formula is it healthy to use Howard?

[Patsy Stone]

26. And Duke's wire!

Hey, bun-bun. Yes, they all have to look up to see the bottom.

[SharonRB]

15. The more Republican names, the better

:woohoo:

[Patsy Stone]

29. Did you hear Randi cite Will Pitt today?

That no Dem took money?

[SharonRB]

38. I think I heard her talking about no dems taking money,

but I didn't realize she was quoting Will. One of our own! I'm kvelling.

[Patsy Stone]

54. She said she's known him for 9 (?) years

I think she even said "my friend". Cool.

[Olney Blue]

21. Anchors, Delay!!!!!

They are throwing you overboard, bugboy.

[bunny planet]

22. You got that right Howard, most if not ALL the name are going to be

Republican names. Please don't let Tom Delay ever, ever, get his job back. I think his downfall, and a permanent downfall is key to bringing the whole damn corrupt house of cards down.

Please no Contract with America 2, can't we find a way to keep Newtboy from a comeback. Please.

[Patsy Stone]

24. The Wives Club

Finally, a story on them. Better late than never.

Also, I still can't get over the name "Capital Athletic Foundation". Wow.

[crispini]

42. And, hello, wasn't Tweety a speaker or a contributor?

Tweety is waaaaaaaaaaay too close with the Washington in-crowd. I don't trust him worth a darn.

[Patsy Stone]

64. MC'd two events

What he has going for him is that he's stupid. I don't think he knows exactly what he knows. :)

[gkhouston]

179. he's not as stupid as he looks

he's stupid and vain, but he knows he's hanging with Bad People. He's just too fucking vain and shallow to care.

[ralps]

25. Hi BerryBush, Hi Everyone. My good computer is in the shop again

so I'm using my dial up modem on my old computer :cry: I won't be able to check in often until I get my newer computer back. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Olney Blue]

56. Sorry about your computer problems, ralps.

:web:
Hope you're up and surfing again in no time!

[bunny planet]

27. They really are all like the Sopranos no? Complete with mob wives.

Geesh, what a bunch of crooks.

Gotta love that antique French commode.

[crispini]

45. Oh yeah.

I love it. :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

158. Ah, but maybe when they said "antique French commode"

they meant THIS:



and not THIS:



Frankly, I'm surprised that possibility did not occur to Keith. It's like he wanted to believe they meant a toilet so badly that alternatives just did not present themselves in his mind.

Unfortunately, this may prove yet another excuse for his enemies to ridicule him. "Sheesh, Keith, haven't you ever heard of an ANTIQUE COMMODE?"

[gkhouston]

180. he knew *exactly* what it meant

that was him bein' a bad boy.

[Patsy Stone]

70. I love the thought of paying the wives to "work"

(did they really think theye were working?) while he flies the husbands around the world on golfing tours of the world's brothels. It really is classic. I say stick with what works.

[bleever]

78. How perfect that the wife whose paid for nothing is "Doolittle".

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

80. A better allegory

I could not write. :)

[bleever]

84. Still trying to come up with the perfect first name to go with that.

Anita?

[Patsy Stone]

87. Ida

That's my vote. :)

[SharonRB]

88. How about Ivana?

[Patsy Stone]

90. Excellent!

So much better than mine. :thumbsup:

[SharonRB]

96. Thanks!

Ida wasn't bad, though.

[bleever]

97. I think we have a winner!

Your prize:

[SharonRB]

98. Yum!

Thanks, Bleev. Very refreshing.

[Olney Blue]

31. DU has been humming about DUke all day!

[Botany]

50. Can we please have a moment of silence for all the repugs going

down the toilet?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Wow! They are all going down!
Fineman from Newsweek ...... all the roots go back to Rove and President Bush.

:popcorn:

[SharonRB]

53. After sneaking in all those recess appointments,

I'm just so afraid he's going to pardon everyone. Can he pardon himself, though?

[Olney Blue]

69. Silently ROTFL (shhhhh)

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

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

[Patsy Stone]

77. It's those damn Aspens again, right?

Hi, Bot!

"Mr Bush? Your floor, sir."

[Botany]

Populus tremuloides

Damn clones.

[Botany]

112. Populus tremuloides

Damn clones.

2nd post is a clone of the first

[bunny planet]

51. Keith has been great in his coverage of this mining disaster, as he always

is. I sure do hope that young man recovers.

[SharonRB]

66. I may get to meet Conyers again tomorrow

I'm going to one of those anti-war town halls and he's supposed to be speaking.

[Olney Blue]

130. Sharon, that sounds very interesting...

hope the meeting goes well. Conyers is wonderful.

[bunny planet]

72. When does someone, anyone, get to tell Pat Robertson to SHUT THE FUCK UP

Why does anyone listen to that crazy man.

Ha, 'It's Pat' on the board behind KO. I'd rather listen to Pat from SNL than anything PR has to say.

[Patsy Stone]

83. So, I'm watching him last night...

And it was for two minutes. I caught this tidbit before I changed the channel. "It doesn't matter who you've slept with, or who you've aborted..."

OMG.

[bunny planet]

86. He said that.

[Patsy Stone]

89. Totally

I looked over to make sure I heard it correctly, and I was faced with "the hand" from the other side of the couch. I guess I heard right. Oy.

[bunny planet]

107. That's reminds me of

the time right after 9/11 when Ashcroft was on Larry King and Mr. Bunny and I were watching for some reason. Ashcroft was making a point about how patriotic and unified all Americans were in reaction to the tragedy (this was of course well before his boss screwed all that up) and he mentioned all the American flags he saw as a sign of how together we all were. He said he was in NYC and saw American flags everywhere, on office buildings and in cabs, he even talked about the man he saw living in a cardboard box who was waving a flag and how patriotic it all was. That was all he noticed about that, how patriotic the man was. HOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WAS LIVING IN A CARDBOARD BOX , did anything seem wrong with that to you Mr. Ashcroft.

Larry didn't miss a beat of course or point out the absurdity of it. Mr. Bunny and I just looked at each other, did you hear what I just heard??


Oh, I loved Lou Rawls, what a great voice he had. I loved 'You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine' and 'Tobacco Road.'

[Patsy Stone]

Compassionate conservatives at work.

:puke: See, if that man would only pull himself up by his boot straps.

[Olney Blue]

120. But you have to admit- having a flag in your cardboard box

is fairly upper scale, as box living goes.

[Patsy Stone]

129. And damn patriotic!

I salute that man! :patriot:

[Berry Cool]

137. Ah, but the important thing is to be patriotic

whether or not you live in a box, right?

The other sad news, in case you haven't heard, from the musical world is that Barry Cowsill of the Cowsills was finally found dead, after having been missing ever since Katrina. Anyone else remember the Cowsills?



The Cowsills had hit records ("Hair," "The Rain, the Park and Other Things") and inspired the creation of the Partridge Family for TV. As you can see from the above, they also did milk ads. I vaguely remember those.

He had just moved to the NO area, too. Sad.

[bunny planet]

144. Of course I remember the Cowsills. I loved 'Hair', glowing, flowing , long

as I can grow it, my hair.' Sad story to add to all the other sad stories from the lost city of New Orleans. There aren't enough words to describe how much I loath this administration. Did you get that Mr. Wiretapper?, I said loath.

[Berry Cool]

135. Well, Pat wanted to abort Hugo Chavez

I wonder if he thinks he will have to answer to God for that? :shrug:

[SharonRB]

95. Did anyone see ER last night?

I thought for sure NBC would get some complaints about it. There was a 15-year-old girl who had been raped at a party and got pregnant. Her parents said she had to have the baby -- it didn't matter how she got pregnant, it was wrong to kill the baby. Luca basically showed her how to have a miscarriage. He inserted a lamium (sp?) that would expand and cause the baby to fall out. I said, uh oh, they're going to hear from the fundies for that.

[Olney Blue]

106. Wow, that IS provocative. Did O'Lielly declare a fatwah

on ER?

[SharonRB]

108. Probably

But I didn't hear any fuss today, so maybe it slipped in under the radar.

[Berry Cool]

138. If Pat Robertson saw that episode

he'd have kittens.

[Gogi]

169. Don't worry, ol' Pat is'nt exactly a spring chicken himself.

Pat, you'll get your chance to discuss your ideas with the Big Guy sooner than you think.

[RevCheesehead]

172. I don't think God's in any hurry.

Seriously - would YOU be? :scared:

[Olney Blue]

73. Pat Robertson: "I say, woe unto you..."

Who the hell talks that way?

[crispini]

74. Thus speaks the Unitarian.

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya: Marry me, Keith!

[Berry Cool]

139. You'll have to get in line.

Hmmm...do Unitarians believe in polygamy?

[crispini]

142. Heh, I think that line has been forming since before

November 2004 -- and I have an especially low number. ;)

[Berry Cool]

160. Yeah, but I'm from Ohio

so my number can't be that high! :rofl:

[bunny planet]

75. Do we have the ability to take you out Pat (no not with violence).

Just give him the hook and drag him off the stage.

[gkhouston]

181. why bun-bun, I'm surprised

I thought you were going to suggest commitment to a mental hospital, which is another viable option.

[Olney Blue]

76. OK, I wasn't going to watch this Daniel show, but if the fundies

hate it- I'm in.

[WolverineDG]

99. me too olney

i normally turn the tv off, now i'm going to watch.

you'd think with all the christian ministers & pastors who run off with their secretaries, have booze or drug problems, etc, folks could tolerate a show about a minister who has problems just like normal, everyday people. :shrug:

dg

[SharonRB]

They're showing 2 episodes tonight

It got great reviews. Sounds dark and funny at the same time.

[Berry Cool]

140. I've got the show on now

and I wasn't even going to watch. So there!

[Patsy Stone]

101. Nooo

They're so much better than that.

Hi! Happy Friday, girl.

[WolverineDG]

145. thanks pats!

sorry to see you're still suffering from reeter infestation. maybe you should call the orkin man & get that dealt with? :)

dg

[RevCheesehead]

79. Yea!!! Bob Edgar!

Thank you, Keith!!!! :loveya:

[bunny planet]

81. Good on you Keith. Let's have a War on Hypocrisy instead.

[bleever]

82. Bob Edgar: former Congressman.

Or did Keef say that while I was gulping beer?

[RevCheesehead]

91. Yeah, Keith - what you neglected to say about "Oh, God"

is that at the time of it's release, there was tremendous outrage then, too. The only difference is, the media is reporting on it more.

[WolverineDG]

100. I remember that

someone was trashing the film to my dad, who asked "oh, have you seen it?" "no." "then how do you know?" ::crickets::

dg

[bunny planet]

92. Yes, when George Burns was G_d, we all still had a sense of humor.

Keith said 'banlon shirt.' I love those obscure references.

[SharonRB]

102. I missed that

I remember those.

[Berry Cool]

141. Leave it to Keith to remember the obscure.

One of the things we :loveya: about him.

[Muffstser]

103. Hi, everyone! Home in time to see the dolphins.

Can't these idiots put their needs first???

[Patsy Stone]

105. "You'll never find..."

As long as you live... Someone who cares about you, tender like I do..."

RIP Lou.

Couples Skate, everyone...

[SharonRB]

110. What a great song ... and what a wonderful voice he had

[Patsy Stone]

114. I know.

My Lady Love...

Lady love, your love is peaceful
Like the summer's breeze
My lady love, with love that's tender
As a baby's touch
You give me all of the things
That I need so much
You're my world, lady love

[Berry Cool]

143. "A Natural Man"

You know, there was a time when, if someone told you to
do somethin', you did it. Bam! Right on! No questions asked.
It was "Yes, sir" and "Yes, ma'am." You never said no. You know? Huh.
But, you know, things are changing nowadays. It's a new day,
babies. Folks want to take their own lives into their hands and
make their own choices. No longer do they wanna go along with
the program 'cause everybody say it's right. You know what I mean?
Let me tell ya what I'm talkin' about, ya see, 'cause...

I don't want no gold watch for workin' fifty years from nine till five
A-while the boss is guzzling champagne and I'm beltin' beer in some dive

'Cause I want to be happy and free
Livin' and loving for me
I want to be happy and free
Livin' and lovin' for me
Like a natural man (like a natural man)
A natural man (like a natural man)

Well now, I refuse to listen to people's thinkin' that I live too high
I'm gonna taste it now before my one life streaks on by

'Cause I want to be happy and free
Livin' and lovin' for me
I want to be happy and free
Livin' and lovin' for me
Just like a natural man (like a natural man)
I said a natural man (just like a natural man)

Well now, I tried to do what others say that I should do
They say that I should fit in, fool 'em, fake it, well
Those kinda dues just make me crazy and blue
Man, I just can't take it

So when ya see me walkin', won't ya notice that proud look in my eyes
My feet are on the ground and my soul is searchin' for the sky

'Cause I want to be happy and free
Livin' and lovin' for me
I want to be happy and free
Livin' and lovin' for me
Just like a natural man (just like a natural man)
A natural man (just like a natural man)
Just like a natural man (just like a natural man)
My feet are on the ground (just like a natural man)
My soul is searchin' for the sky (just like a natural man)
Like a natural man (just like a natural man)
No more "Yes, sir" (just like a natural man)
No more "Yes, mam" (just like a natural man)
Huh, 'cause I'm a natural man (just like a natural man)
I'm a natural man (just like a natural man)

R.I.P. Lou.

[bunny planet]

109. I missed a night of Countdown this week. Did KO cover Shrill O'Leilly's

ass getting handed to him by Letterman the other day? I so want to see the smile on KO's face when he retells that story. I hope I didn't miss it.

[SharonRB]

111. He was supposed to cover it, but I'm not sure if he did

I think the mine accident may have pre-empted it.

[bunny planet]

116. That's what I figured.

Here comes Kabala lady. She got a head o' hair.

[Patsy Stone]

119. A Jewess' head of hair

And almost a Gilda Radner character.

[bunny planet]

Definitely reminds me of Gilda.

[SharonRB]

121. Great minds think alike, Pats

That's exactly what I thought at my first glance at her. Totally Gilda!

[gkhouston]

176. not Gilda. Ruth Gordon. Didn't Ruth Gordon even play

some nutty character that looked just like this? When this woman came on, I said, "How do they find these people?" and my husband replied, "Why do they look for them?" We were :rofl: and I was sure she was going to lose those false eyelashes before the end of the interview. I don't know how Keith kept a straight face.

[bleever]

122. I think that hair needs a de-haunting.

I feel cold all of a sudden.

[Gogi]

171. Her false eyelashes almost locked up at the end!

:rofl:



Note to Countdown staff: Warrenton is in Warren not St. Charles County.

[gkhouston]

177. I missed that reference

Warrenton as in "The clerks of Parch's Grove"? :-)

[Berry Cool]

146. Keith never got around to mentioning Dave and Bill.

Too bad. Maybe he'd correct all this nonsense Bill is spreading around, with the help of his evildoers, about how terribly Dave treated him.

LOL. Jesus just told Daniel he's tailgating.

[crispini]

113. I don't think he did. nt

[crispini]

115. You know, if you're going to exorcise your house,

it's easy enough to get some sage and just smudge the house. Why pay someone? You should do that when ever you move into a new home, anyway, to clear the energy. :D

[Botany]

124. But what about the souls that are trapped by

[crispini]

127. LOL!

Smudge sticks



:D

[Botany]

165. I use sweet grass

or

[bleever]

183. That does look sweet.

Think my house needs another cleansing.

:)

[WolverineDG]

153. don't forget the cedar smudge! n/t

[Muffstser]

117. Pat Robertson. Rush Limbaugh. Exorcism.

Gotta love the combo tonight! :)

[Berry Cool]

161. Now, if only we could exorcise Pat and Bill from our TVs, and Rush from

our radios, all would be well.

I will have to tape the Chinese ice thing part of Oddball over again tonight. I was trying to turn up the sound and accidentally changed the channel instead. Imagine my horror to see Keith's voice cut off and replaced by Bill O'Reilly! It was like an evil Martian transmission horning in on my Keith. I couldn't hit the remote fast enough.

[Botany]

118. Rush & Listeners Smacked Down

[Berry Cool]

149. I have to admit, Keith's explanation of the Rush story was so convoluted

I'm not sure he really did himself any favors. I mean, I get the general gist of it, Keith, but try to boil it down to 10 words or less next time, eh? LOL.

[RevCheesehead]

123. It most certainly is NOT common for clergy to do a "house cleansing."

Or a house blessing. Bullshit.


Time for Daniel! :woohoo:

Bye, everyone! :hi:

[Berry Cool]

150. I think to some extent some Catholics do it.

You know, sprinkle the house with holy water and have a priest bless it and all that.

But a cleansing? I don't think so. Except with a mop and broom.

What I would have asked had I been Keith was, when the door is propped open to let bad spirits out and good spirits in...well, how do you know which is which? How do you know bad ones are leaving and good ones are coming in? Is there a bouncer at the door who examines them and denies admission to the bad ones and scoots the ones in there out and pushes the good ones in? Do any of the bad ones manage to get in with fake IDs?

I would think there would have to be some kind of control here.

(Keith was in the impish kind of mood on the radio today where he would have asked exactly that kind of question. Tonight, not so much. At least not of her.)

[WolverineDG]

157. it's done here a lot

but i live in a primarily catholic area. when we had 2 attorneys die within a short time of each other (one of them was a good friend of mine), almost every law office had someone contact their local priest to come bless their office. i just ponyed up my share of the donation & kept my mouth shut. no harm, no foul.

dg

[crispini]

168. Yeah, when I had to move into an office

of somebody who got laid off -- I smudged my office. And I'm still employed. :P

[Berry Cool]

175. Man, I can think of two offices I should have smudged then!

Too bad I didn't know about it when I had the chance!

[bunny planet]

125. Gawd my ears, I didn' t hit the off button fast enough and I heard Rita's

voice. Is there an antidote, I'm hurting here.

[Botany]

126. Rita!

If she does not stop this crap I might take her
on a one way sea cruise.

What about the 15+ Americans that died with in the last 48 hrs in an unneeded war?

[Patsy Stone]

132. I told you she needed a vacation in the sun

Oy. I want her to go away.

[Olney Blue]

147. They will be quietly shipped back as freight...

the broken hearts and shattered lives of their families will never heal....

Meanwhile, LIVE and DIRECT: Its Rita!!!!!!! and more RITA!!!!! and after the break, more RITA!!!!!!!!!

[Botany]

162. In ancient Rome as the empire crumbled the population ....

.... in and around the city were kept happy by the government who kept them
supplied w/ "Bread & Circuses." Historians now believe that was food, beer, sports,
and theater.

Rita is nothing more then "Bread & Circuses" for the powers that keep the 24/7
cable "news" channels spewing non-news as bush & company push this nation
towards fascism.

[Berry Cool]

166. Now, I do like food, beer, sports and theater

but I don't consider Rita to qualify as any of the four.

Food? Only if it's spoiled.

Beer? Only if it's gone flat.

Sports? Well, some men might think of her as a sport to be played.

Theater? Only bathos.

[Berry Cool]

163. Ain't it funny? Barry Cowsill goes missing for five months and she's still

looking for Natalee Holloway and Cruise Ship Guy...maybe she should've looked for Barry instead.

But nooo. Rita Skeeter stayed in NO just long enough to wring all the pathos out of it she could. Then she was back to what really mattered...missing young pretty white girls and guys on their honeymoons.