Conference back40::soapbox

    
    My girlfriend and I will be shopping for an engagement 
    ring this evening after work.
    

    <--- congrats!  
    
    I stopped by with the latest Cranberries and Hootie and the Blow Fish
    on tape for the drive in and started the car so it would be warm. 
    Gotta figure out what I will do for the real thing......
    
    Brian

 I'll be feeding her Fancy Feast salmon for dinner, after which I'll toss
 her mouse on the floor a couple times and maybe let her sleep on my lap
 while I read..



 Jim

    
    Jim, Fancy feast huh!! Nothing to good for your honey I see, I'm sure
    she'll also love the mouse, how romantic. Oh, you were talking about
    your cat. :-)
    
    Mark

    
    John, Congratulations on the engagement!!!!

    
      Well, I already told you she gave me Al Gore's book this AM.  I am
     trying to think up an appropriate response.
    
      Suggestions welcome !  bb

    
    Give her one of Rush's...
    

    
    Brian, I take it you are a Republican? If so counter with Rush
    Limbaughs book, or Ronald Reagans.
    
    Mark

    <--- That would be Bob but yes, I tend to lean towards the Repub camp
    more than the Dems :-)

    already done it to both my sweethearts!

    Give my wife $100.00 towards a lawyer....

    Took the extra time to fire up the stove this morning so the house will
    be warm when he gets up.
    
    Set up steaks to thaw, and picked up the bottle of brandy, and a bottle
    of champagne so we can have steak dianne tonight.  
    
    PS anyone have hints on flaming the brandy?
    
    meg

>    Set up steaks to thaw, and picked up the bottle of brandy, and a bottle
>    of champagne so we can have steak dianne tonight.  

Di, you'd better watch out!

>     PS anyone have hints on flaming the brandy?

Put the brandy bottle on the table in front of you, pretend it's Covert,
and set it straight on the abortion issue.

	SCREAM!!!!!!!!!   Jack, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!!!
GREAT one!!!

    >PS anyone have hints on flaming the brandy?
    
     Heat it first. Do you have a gas range or electric? If gas, just
    throw it in the frying pan over the steak, let it heat up for a few
    seconds, then tilt the pan over the burner and it'll catch. If you have
    an electric range, you have to use a match.

    Thanks doc,
    
    do you think the Korbel champagne on the market is a worthwhile choice,
    or should I head back to my local store and look for something  else in
    that price range?
    
    meg

    
    My night promises to be much like Jim's, but I have three furry 
    sweethearts to love me 8^).

    I heard a little kerosene would do the same trick.

    Totts blanc de noirs is supposed to be the best you can get at that
    price range. One to look for is Chateau St Jean blanc de blanc- it's
    around $9, but you will probably have to go to a wine store as opposed
    to a grocery store. Other labels to look for Maison Deutz and Cordoniu
    which are around $10.

    
    Brian...Mark...Thanks!!  After 5 years, it seemed like the right
    thing to do.   :^)
    

| <<< Note 297.17 by CSC32::M_EVANS "proud counter-culture McGovernik" >>>


| do you think the Korbel champagne on the market is a worthwhile choice,

	meg, if you're gonna serve it in your shoe, DEFINITELY get Korbel!


Glen

	I'd take just about anything over Korbel.  The Maison Deutz is
	a good suggestion.

| <<< Note 297.21 by TROOA::COLLINS "Distributed being..." >>>


| Brian...Mark...Thanks!!  After 5 years, it seemed like the right thing to do.

	She doesn't mind marrying a Joan?

	>She doesn't mind marrying a Joan?
    
    GELN!!!  STOP THAT IT'S SILLY!!!!
    
    She doesn't call me John or Joan...she calls me `pooh-bear'.  :^)
    

    A RAT HOLE in just 1:15.  I'm Impressed.  ;>

    kerosene isn't good for the liver, though!

	Pooh-bear? Is that because you shi..... never mind....

And alcohol is?

    
    
    i'll let you know once i know...
    
    

    
    
    
    		bah humbug
    

HUMANE::DIGITAL note 3668.30.

    This is my V-day wish to all the lovely 'box ladies... (including
    those who have not been officially designated "babes".) May your
    day be filled with romance, tender moments, and a good solid rogering;
    or at least filled with rejoicing that you're not married to the
    likes of me!!! :-) :-)
    
    -b

    re: .6
    
    How about Dan Quayle's book?

    I got breakfast in bed and a card.
    He got balloons in his office and a card (the advantage of
    working in the same building... :-)
    We'll have a nice dinner out at our favorite restaurant
    tonight.
    
    Mary-Michael

    
    By, the way, who wuz this Valentine guy, anywhaze ?  Covert ?
    
      bb

    
    he played outfield for the Montreal Expos. hope this helps.
    
    Mark

>    By, the way, who wuz this Valentine guy, anywhaze ?  Covert ?

No.

 He used to manage the Texas Rangers also...now going to manage in Japan,
 I believe..




 Jim

		Leetle Poems for Valentine's Day	
------------------
<forwards removed>
    
    From Victoria Reggie Kennedy to her husband Sen. Edward Kennedy:
    
    I'll sail with you to oceans blue
    I'll fly to islands far
    I'll cycle over hill and bridge
    But let's not take the car.
    
    
    From Lorena Bobbitt to John Wayne Bobbitt:
    
    You've made my life a living hell
    You've always been a jerk
    But I don't think you'll get much meaner
    Now that I've sliced off your wiener
    
    
    From Tonya Harding to Jeff Gillooly:
    
    Because you had no faith in me
      to skate and win the gold
    You took a whack at Nancy's knee,
      the move it was quite bold
    But now it seems they're on to us,
      and you'll be in the slammer
    While I'll be eating Nancy's dust
      to boos in Lillehammer.
    
    
    From Amy Fischer to Joey Buttafucco:
    
    I loved you once and shared your bed
    I shot your wife right in the head
    And when one day I leave this jail
    You and John Wayne Bobbitt will have a lot to talk about.

re .40:

Valentine's Day *1995*, Di.  That stuff's a leetle dated, no?

	yeah, but somebody just sent 'em to me, so i figured, what
	the heck...  sorry. 

 Children were asked about love. Here is what some of them said:


CONCERNING WHY LOVE HAPPENS BETWEEN TWO PARTICULAR PEOPLE

 "One of the people has freckles and so he finds somebody else who has
 freckles too."
     Andrew, age 6

 "No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with
 how you smell ... That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular."
     Mae, age 9

 "I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but
 the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful."
     Manuel, age 8


ON WHAT FALLING IN LOVE IS LIKE

 "Like an avalanche where you have to run for your life."
     John, age 9

 "If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't
 want to do it.  It takes too long."
     Glenn, age 7


ON THE ROLE OF BEAUTY AND HANDSOMENESS IN LOVE

 "If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your family,
 it doesn't hurt to be beautiful."
     Anita C., age 8

 "It isn't always just how you look.  Look at me.  I'm handsome like
 anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet."
     Brian, age 7

 "Beauty is skin deep.But how rich you are can last a long time."
     Christine, age 9


REFLECTIONS ON THE NATURE OF LOVE

 "Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty
 good too."
     Greg, age 8


HOW DO PEOPLE IN LOVE TYPICALLY BEHAVE?

 "Mooshy ... like puppy dogs ... except puppy dogs don't wag their tails
 nearly as much."
     Arnold, age 10

 "All of a sudden, the people get movie fever so they can sit together
 in the dark."
     Sherm, age 8


CONCERNING WHY LOVERS OFTEN HOLD HANDS

 "They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because they paid
 good money for them."
     Gavin, age 8

 "They are just practicing for when they might have to walk down the
 aisle someday and do the holy matchimony thing."
     John, age 9


CONFIDENTIAL OPINIONS ABOUT LOVE

 "I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'Dinosaurs' is
 on television."
     Jill, age 6

 "Love is foolish ... but I still might try it sometime."
     Floyd, age 9

 "Yesterday I kissed a girl in a private place ... We were behind a
 tree."
     Carey, age 7


 "Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it.
 I been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls
 keep finding me."
     Dave, age 8

 "I'm not rushing into being in love.I'm finding fourth grade hard
 enough."
     Regina, age 10


THE PERSONAL QUALITIES YOU NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BE A GOOD LOVER

 "Sensitivity don't hurt."
     Robbie, age 8

 "One of you should know how to write a check.Because, even if you
 have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of bills."
     Ava, age 8


SOME SUREFIRE WAYS TO MAKE A PERSON FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU

 "Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores."
     Del, age 6

 "Yell out that you love them at the top of your lungs ... and don't
 worry if their parents are right there."
     Manuel, age 8

 "Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers.You might get
 attention but attention ain't the same thing as love."
     Alonzo, age 9

 "One way is to take the girl out to eat.  Make sure it's something she
 likes to eat.  French fries usually works for me."
     Bart, age 9


HOW CAN YOU TELL IF TWO ADULTS EATING DINNER AT A RESTAURANT ARE IN 
LOVE?

 "Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can tell if
 he's in love."
     Bobby, age 9

 "Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will get cold
 ...Other people care more about the food."
     Bart, age 9

 "Romantic adults usually are all dressed up, so if they are just
 wearing jeans it might mean they used to go out or they just broke up."
     Sarah, age 9

 "See if the man has lipstick on his face."
     Sandra, age 7

 "It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on fire.
 They like to order those because it's just like how their
 hearts are -- on fire."
     Christine, age 9


TITLES OF THE LOVE BALLADS YOU CAN SING TO YOUR BELOVED

 "'How Do I Love Thee When You're Always Picking Your Nose?'"
     Arnold, age 10

 "'You Are My Darling Even Though You Also Know My Sister.'"
     Larry, age 8

 "'I Love Hamburgers, I Like You!'"
     Eddie, age 6

 "'I Am in Love with You Most of the Time, but Don't Bother Me When I'm
 with My Friends.'"
     Bob, age 9

 "'Hey, Baby, I Don't like Girls but I'm Willing to Forget You Are One!'"
     Will, age 7

WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING WHEN THEY SAY "I LOVE YOU"

 "The person is thinking: Yeah, I really do love him. But I hope he
 showers at least once a day."
     Michelle, age 9


 "Some lovers might be real nervous, so they are glad that they finally
 got it out and said it and now they can go eat."
     Dick, age 7


HOW WAS KISSING INVENTED?

 "I know one reason that kissing was created. It makes you feel warm all
 over, and they didn't always have electric heat or fireplaces or even 
 stoves in their houses."
     Gina, age 8


HOW A PERSON LEARNS TO KISS

 "You can have a big rehearsal with your Barbie and Ken dolls."
     Julia, age 7

 "You learn it right on the spot when the gooshy feelings get the best
 of you."
     Brian, age 7

 "It might help to watch soap operas all day."
     Carin, age 9


WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?

 "When they're rich."
     Pam, age 7

 "It's never okay to kiss a boy.They always slobber all over you ...
 That's why I stopped doing it."
     Tammy, age 10

 "If it's your mother, you can kiss her anytime.But if it's a new
 person you have to ask permission."
     Roger, age 6


HOW TO MAKE LOVE ENDURE

 "Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work."
     Dick, age 7

 "Don't forget your wife's name ... That will mess up the love."
     Erin, age 8

 "Be a good kisser.  It might make your wife forget that you never take
 out the trash."
     Dave, age 8

 "Don't say you love somebody and then change your mind ... Love isn't
 like picking what movie you want to watch."
     Natalie, age 9

    Last years or note, I thought they were pretty funny :-)

    
    All right, who sent the roses 8^/?
    
    The envelope has my name on it, but no card.

| <<< Note 297.45 by POWDML::LAUER "LC of Inexpressible Rapture" >>>


| All right, who sent the roses 8^/?

| The envelope has my name on it, but no card.


	Let's start a pole on who sent Deb the roses. I say it was Glenn
Richardson & Co.

    
     The trouble with starting a pole is, as we found out with George,
    it becomes hard to stop them.
    
     bb

	bb.... that wuz bad...... real bad....... 

    8-o

    
    Can't be Glenn, cuz then there would have had to been 19 cards in the
    envelope, and the florist couldn't have missed all 19.
    
    One I can understand.

	Maybe Glenn has it all together today???? Ok, you're right, it ain't
Glenn...

    Er, um, I must confess, it wasn't any of us.
    
    Glenn/Deirdre/Pamela/Franny/Ned/Dierdre/Anton/Sean/Alice/Jimi/Pauline/Rex/
    Nathan/Melanie/Ursula/Hildegard/Nigel/Boutros Boutros/Leslie
    

   My cat was quite pleased with her valentine celebration.  I even surprised
   her with some turkey (given to me by a friend) with which she was quite 
   delighted..she displayed her appreciation by sitting on my lap as I read
   the newspaper and scratching every inch of skin off my arm as she appeared
   to think I was ignoring her.



   Jim

    
    I attempted to finish my leftover prime rib from Saturday night's
    dinner with three fuzzfaces watching every move I made.  It was kind of
    like watching the audience at a tennis match 8^).
    
    Finally I gave up and cut it into little bits for them.
    
    Nothing's too good for the lads & 'mina.

    At dinner last night, I was surprised with a 4 layer chocolate cake
    with mousse (sp?), cherries and whipped cream between each layer.
    
    Jack:  Everytime I have whipped cream, I think of the HA and the TB
    album cover!

    got home last nite to find a loverlee arrangement of pink and white
    carnations in a vase on my table (i knew giving him a key would
    come in handy... :> ) and when he came over, i received a pair of kinda
    plain but still very nice 14k gold hoop earrings (he must still have my
    christmas list hanging around), which i am wearing today.  then he took 
    me out to dinner (i am ever appreciative that he gave up his dart nite).  
    the wait was a bit long, but expected, so it wasn't that bad...
           

    	Nothing special done for the Judge... just sat at home watching the
    Bruins get beat.
    
    	Although, one person here was getting some surprise gifts and
    thought it was me.  
    
    ME

    
    
    Well, the wife worked til midnight, so I gave my other Valentines
    (Genn, Lauren abd Randy) their choice of what to have for dinner.  The
    winner was pizza (I knew it would be), so we got a pizza and chowed
    down.  Played, did homework and put them to bed.  Then I proceeded to
    do some reading and watched the tube for a bit then off to bed.

| <<< Note 297.53 by CSLALL::HENDERSON "Friend will you be ready?" >>>




| I even surprised her with some turkey 


	I thought The Richardsons went back to the Yukon???? 

    
      I responded to Gore's book with cd's of romantic oldies, with
     gratifying results. :-)
    
      I looked up Valentine, which dates from third century Roman martyrs.
     Apparently, there were more than one, but they are combined to form
     the patron saint of lovers.  The 2/14 date supplanted some Roman
     "love festival" called the Lupercalia.  Apparently, the Romans
     believed Italian birds chose their mates at this time.
    
      bb

| <<< Note 297.57 by REFINE::KOMAR "My congressman is a crook" >>>

| Nothing special done for the Judge... just sat at home watching the Bruins get
| beat.

	Gee.... no one went out to meat the Judge???

| Although, one person here was getting some surprise gifts and thought it was 
| me.

	It wasn't? Well who.....

Ron, I know what you mean.

    The steak was a hit with everyone

    
    Just a normal Tuesday night for me, did watch some good comedy
    sitcoms for the first time. Frasier, Wilder etc... though I didn't
    watch the Sports Illustrated show. Maybe, next year will be better.
    
    Mark

    valentine's day.  right.
    
    i made chicken faux pie for dinner, then i was abandoned in favor of a
    book.  so i played 2.5 levels of marathon.

You caught the faux in the chicken coop?

    
    
       Well valentine's day was not much better than the wife's birthday
    on saturday. being a member of the fire dept there are times when plans
    change when the tones go off. saturday we had a house fire at 8am,
    that took about 5 hours out of the day. 
       Last night I walk in the door at 6:20 pm, hang up my coat, fight
    over my supper plate with the dogs, finally get the plate full,
    and.....beep beep beep, sodus point respond with tanker and manpower 
    mutual aid with Alton to a working structure fire. 
       When I returned home my plate was still setting where I left it
    hours before. I guess she wasnt happy, and to make things worse I
    agreed to teah an EMT training class tonight without even realising its
    my stinking birthday! she probably doesnt even care. 
                                                           Lee
    
        she didnt even tell me if she liked the 2 foot by 3 foot valentines 
        card that I got for her.
     

    I was suprised with a lovely penne-vodka-sauce based meal, french
    bread, candles, a loving welcome-home after sh****-day at work, and a
    nice bottle of wine.  Following that she handed me four wrapped
    chocolate covered cherry candie things (Cherry Blossoms by Lowney),
    each with a little IOU in them.  The best I think (that I can share
    with you) is for ironing 10 of my shirts.  Obviously suprising her by
    coming home early on our first anniversary Friday had a spill-over
    effect.  Better not loose those slips of paper....

    
    <-- don't lose them, either.

    I got a thank-you for the presents I sent... and well, that's about
    it. Not even a single card (even from my kids). My parents gave
    me a box of chocolates (Hebert's Genevas... a personal passion)
    when they picked me up at the airport Sunday. Otherwise, Valentine's
    day... what's that????
    
    -b

    my wife and i went to Maine last weekend to celebrate. i did get a card
    (very, very nice - thank you) and a package. in the box were some new
    socks. but when i picked them up they were full of something...
    
    i had mentioned last week how, as a kid, my two favorite cany bars
    were zero bars (easy - i have a LTC) and paydays... guess what was
    in the socks? about 34k calories worth. i test drove one of each last
    night :-)
    
    oh, i did get her an arrangement of carnations with 3 roses in them to 
    represent our 3rd (married) V.'s D.
    
    i think i'll keep her a while :-)
    
    Chip

re: .67, Lee

Being a volunteer fireman has to be about one of the toughest jobs I know
of. Being one in Upstate NY in the winter is THE toughest.

I don't know how you do it. My hat's off to you.

    <--- You'll catch a cold doing that.

    I had a severe case of Friday the 13th on Tuesday the 14th....
    
    *	My pet project got stopped at the US level yesterday.
    *	Two customers insisted on instant-service (sigh!)
    *	My son got in a little trouble at school yesterday
    *	I ran out of gas three blocks from home after picking the kid 
    	up from school -- it was *pouring* rain at the time!
    *	Discovered that my brand-new credit card's magnetic strip is 
    	de-magnetized
    *	The mouse on my home PC died, and the new mouse I ran out and
    	bought made the stupid thing *explode* Windows, causing much 
    	headache, frustration, and time-consuming reinstalling, etc.
    	(happens *every* time I install a new "device" on that &*%$&%
    	thing)
    *	Husband worked over 1 hour late, didn't call to say so
    *	Son dawdled incredibly over his homework, his dinner, etc. turning me 
    	into Wicked Witch of West.
    *	Lost one of the brand-new pair of sterling silver earrings my son 
    	gave me on Sunday for birthday. (waaaaaaaah!)
    
    The worst Valentine's Day in my history.  Bleeaah!!  
    
    Only nice thing that happened all day was the really cute
    little Valentine teddy bear the little munchkin gave me with the card
    yesterday.  Thankfully, today has been much, much better!
    
    M.

    .67
    I, too, can relate to fire calls at odd times.

    I got hitched..
    
    And spent all or most of the week in Estes PArk Co., Watching the
    snow come down.  
    
    Great Week!
    
    Sin-te-da

    congrats.  and condolences.

    
    those condolences should be for his new bride!!!!
    
    
    :>:>:>
    
    
    (congrats honey...so much for waiting for me... ;< :< )
    
    
    

    I took the day off as a personal holidy ( my birthday ) and had a
    wonderful time with my daughter.  At night my MIL took care of Heather
    while Brenda and I went out for dinner and drinks.  Quite a relaxing
    and enjoyable day.
    
                 DJ

    in bed with
    
    'flu
    
    ric

    
    well it's almost that time again... what are your plans for this
    year??
    
    Mark

    
    I have no plans to recelebrate Valentine's Day, 1995.
    

    You are such a linear thinker John.

    
    do you think I should start a Valentine's Day 1996 topic???

    
    No, this topic should be renamed simply as "Valentine's Day".
    

    Nah, rename it to "Cupid Stunts".

    
    	I think I obcognize that rescenity.
    

    
    Is anyone planning on proposing to their SO this Valentine's Day??

    Been there, done that.

>>>    Is anyone planning on proposing to their SO this Valentine's Day??


	Mark, Mark, Mark,   anything you want to tell us???

    He's got a ring picked out for his pool cue.

    
    	Odds are that he ends up getting the shaft.
    

    
    
    Hopefully she won't rack him.......

    ...or scratch him

    She'd better make sure he has two balls in the bottom pockets.

    yank shot.

    Give the guy a break will ya?

    chalk another one up!

    Sure. He may drop the brown.

    
    Splattis, that's your cue....

    Now you have a clean slate.

    And don't be a screwball.  Rent the ring.

    Ya, that might cushion the blow if you get rejected.

    Should we put a more positive spin on this?

    Mark is banking on things going his way, it seems.

    I hope he goes out in a baize of glory.

    wonder what kinda english he's doing...

    he'll have to cross that bridge when he gets to it...

    
    Excuse me for getting back to the subject 8^).
    
    Mark, if you plan on proposing to your SO this Valentine's Day, here's
    a nice little poem guaranteed to melt any female heart of any quality
    8^).                                     
    
    
    Come live with me and be my love,
    And we will all the pleasures prove
    That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,                        
    Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

    And we will sit upon the rocks,                       
    Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,
    By shallow rivers to whose falls
    Melodious birds sing madrigals.

    And I will make thee beds of roses                         
    And a thousand fragrant posies,                          
    A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
    Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;

    A gown made of the finest wool                       
    Which from our pretty lambs we pull;                          
    Fair lined slippers for the cold,
    With buckles of the purest gold;

    A belt of straw and ivy buds,                        
    With coral clasps and amber studs:                       
    And if these pleasures may thee move,                       
    Come live with me, and be my love.
                     
    The shepherd swains shall dance and sing                        
    For thy delight each May morning:                       
    If these delights thy mind may move,                         
    Then live with me and be my love.
    
    
    "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe.
    

    .... and don't get snookered!

    
    
    He'll probably wear brown that day too....
    

    I felt that one coming.

 If you propose on Valentine's Day, is it better to buy, or rent a ring? :-)

    
    	I'd probably have fallen over laughing if my husband had
    	proposed with that poem ;-)  
    
    	Last year for Valentine's day, I got socks and a new toothbrush.
    	Romance at it's finest ;-)
    

    |I got socks and a new toothbrush.
    
    i'm verklempt.

    
    	I'm Shawn.  Good to meet you.
    

    SOAPBOX in neither soap or a box. Discuss amongst yourselves.

    no big whoop.

    nor.
    
    hth.  8)

    
    re: .118
    
    >SOAPBOX in neither soap or a box. Discuss amongst yourselves.
    
    Your suspenders drawn a little too tight today, bunkie???
    
    :)
    

    
    	Could be the bra straps digging into his sides.
    

    I prefer the poetry of William Yeats.... why don't you try
    
    
    
    BROWN PENNY
    
    by William Butler Yeats
    
    
    I WHISPERED, "I am too young," 
    And then, "I am old enough"; 
    Wherefore I threw a penny 
    To find out if I might love. 
    
    "Go and love, go and love, young man, 
    If the lady be young and fair." 
    Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, 
    I am looped in the loops of her hair. 
    
    O love is the crooked thing, 
    There is nobody wise enough 
    To find out all that is in it, 
    For he would be thinking of love 
    
    Till the stars had run away 
    And the shadows eaten the moon. 
    Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, 
    One cannot begin it too soon. 
    
    

    brassieres...cross your heart?  or sports?  discuss amongst yourselves.

    
      Over the shoulder boulder holder.

    IBTC

    buy your sweetie a nice one for V-day...
    invented by a man named Otto Titlinger.

    
    front hook
    

    underwire

    those underwire things are killas.

    
    Nothing I like better than sitting in a Parisian brassiere
    with a glass of rouge, watching the world go by.

    I wear underwire.

    
        Do you also wear underoos?

    what is the point of underwire, anyway?

    
    	How about a Grecian cafe, watching the world go bi?
    

    points are the point.

    
    I find that after too many washings the point of underwire jabs me in 
    the soft tissue.
             

    kleenex?

    Are you serious?  
    
    bumpy roads, jogging trails, etc.

    when jogging, get one that squashes 'em right up next to ya.
    that's the best.  nix on the underwire.  i got lightheaded 
    wearing one of those once.  those once?

    
    	If you have to ask, bonnie, you obviously don't need one.
    
    	

    >	If you have to ask, bonnie, you obviously don't need one.
    
     ;>
    
     I agree with the noter who said front hooks!

    
    
    
    
    Aahhh yes, the old front end loaders as me and some friends used to
    know them by......

    I'm hoping you really mean front end unloaders, and if you don't, I
    don't wanna know! ;-)

    
    
    IT's gotta be loaded afore you can unload it, doc........ :')
    

    If you're the one doing the loading... I don't wanna know.

    
    I've done the loading before, I was not the wearer of the garb
    however...

    No.

    
    r: .125
    
    >Over the shoulder boulder holder.
    
    Is that the same as the German version called:
    
    
    schtoppemfromploppin  ???
    

    
    "I'll be ready to go in a minute, dear; I'm just loading my brassi�re".
                            
    

    >Nothing I like better than sitting in a Parisian brassiere
    >with a glass of rouge, watching the world go by.
    
     brasserie. /hth

    Whoosh

    
    
    RE: .150
    
    
    And might I add that you have one of the finest double barrels I've
    ever seen......
    
    :')

    It's a joke, son. Ever hear of a straight line?

    Del whoosh, insert whoops, don familial sheepish look.

    Oh can it!

    The other name for it is an Upper Topper Flopper Stopper!

    
    well, see what happens when you don't check a topic for a day.
    thanks guys for all the barbs, they were hilarious.....
    
    .110
    
    deb, that was beautiful, just beautiful!!!! :-) :-)
    
    .118
    
    Glenn, good Streisand imitation.
    
    
    and no, I am not proposing this Valentine's Day, maybe next year
    though.

    It's Minnesota Batts!

     It was a Linda Richman impression.

The appropriately acronymed VD will pass by unnoticed by me this year, like 
last year, and the year before etc.

Chris.

    You can stick Valentine`s Day in your pipe and smoke it.
    

| <<< Note 297.162 by CHEFS::COOKS "Half Man,Half Biscuit" >>>

| You can stick Valentine`s Day in your pipe and smoke it.

	Can we inhale?

    
    I just found out my best friend is getting married on Valentine's Day,
    he said it was long overdue. I bit my lip, the marriage or Valentine's
    Day? :-)

    
    	Mark, SOAPBOX is definitely getting the best of you.
    

    
    	And notice I didn't add "it must be, because we definitely aren't".
    
    	See?  I can be a really nice guy sometimes.
    

    
    It's getting closer you know.

    What, your pool cue?

    
    fur lined at that. might explain why I shot so lousy the other night.
    yes, that's the reason.

    
    I might be getting a belated Valentine's Day present from Georgia.
    my good friend is thinking about coming up to chicago for a long
    weekend the weekend of the 16th. I hope so, i haven't seen her for
    a year and a half. To say that I miss her, would be an understatement.

    Georgia Brown?

    She's hot to trot!

    
    Lucky you, Mark 8^/.
    
    Memorized that poem yet?
    

    
    er, no deb, but I'm working on it. :-)

    
    	Hmmm ... I have no deb, either, so if you're successful then
    	maybe you can share your secret.
    

    poor Shawn. he has no deb.

	Shawn would be very lucky if he had deb. 

    
    <<< Shawn would be very lucky if he had deb.
    
    yeabut, deb would have to explain to shawn just how lucky he was.

| <<< Note 297.179 by ACISS1::BATTIS "pool shooting son of a gun" >>>

| yeabut, deb would have to explain to shawn just how lucky he was.

	Deb would have to explain a lot more than that to Shawn, possibly...

    
    	Hey, now!!
    
    	I've read books and seen movies ... give me some credit.
    

    I just got this wierd flashback of Uncle Fester talking about lurking
    outside Gomez and Morticia's door, late at night.  

    
    It's nice to be wanted 8^/.
    
    

    Jesse James had a different view on that.

    
    <------ bwhaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaa

    
    	I realized I made an error about the gift I received for
    	Valentine's Day last year.  The socks and toothbrush were
    	Mother's Day gifts.  For Valentine's Day, I received a 
    	denim shirt, which, through the miracles of modern postal
    	service, did not arrive on time.  So, I also got flowers ;-)
    
    	(How I could forget such a rare event is far beyond my
    	comprehension!)
    

    
    I got a rock.
    
    

    i'm still verklempt.

    
    	I gotta roll.
    
    	See ya!!
    

| <<< Note 297.181 by BUSY::SLABOUNTY "Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448" >>>


| I've read books and seen movies ... give me some credit.

	The banks will be the ones to decide if you get credit. But watching
porn movies, or reading pornographic books is not going to show one how one
should treat a lady of deb's stature!



Glen

Really?  How tall is she?

    
    Very.  VERY tall.
    
    

    
    well Gerald, she is bigger than a breadbasket.

    
    	And at least twice as attractive.
    

    Actually Glen, the banks don't always decide.  The Private Mortgage
    Insurance company will decide the fate of your loan.  If they don't
    back the loan, the bank will be unable or unwilling to make the loan.
    
    Since Shawn is considered high risk, I see no hope for him getting
    credit.  He's an ire head!

| <<< Note 297.194 by BUSY::SLABOUNTY "Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448" >>>


| And at least twice as attractive.


	HEY! We're talking about the WHOLE person..... :-)

| <<< Note 297.195 by MKOTS3::JMARTIN "Madison...5'2'' 95 lbs." >>>

| He's an ire head!

	Are you the pot, or the kettle? ;-)

    my wife has been hinting at diamond earrings for sometime so i thought
    i'd nuke a few savings bonds and surprise her for Valentine's Day.
    
    before anyone else hammers me, she deserves the Hope Diamond for
    putting up with me.

    We surmised that, Chip. :-)

    -1 yup. i know. just a little cma :-)

    
    
    	Hey, Chip!  I know just where you can get a nice pair too......  =)
    
    	Send me mail if you're interested (and haven't bought them yet)
    
    	JJ
    

    
    JJ has a nice pair for Chip?
    
    

    
    	Damn, scooped again!!
    

    >my wife has been hinting at diamond earrings for sometime so i thought
    >i'd nuke a few savings bonds and surprise her for Valentine's Day.
    
This disturbs me. Let her eat candy!   :)
 

| <<< Note 297.198 by WMOIS::GIROUARD_C >>>

| before anyone else hammers me, she deserves the Hope Diamond for putting up 
| with me.

	I don't think anyone will disagree..... now please give each of us the
hope diamond.....

    
    	There's only 1 Hope Diamond, so if that goes to his wife will
    	you settle for a string of pearls?
    

  or how about a sunrise serenade?

    The Hope is cursed.  Do not give it to her under any circumstances. 
    All private owners have met with untimely and grisly demises.  You have
    been warned!  Muuuaaaahaahahahahahah!!!!!

    you guys are really something else :-)
    
    i can't afford the Hope anyway. maybe something from Tut's tomb would
    be nice?

    <-  Wouldn't that be more appropriate for mummy's day?

    
    <---- he's so clever, yes he is.

    
    well I sent my friend her Valentine's Day card this morning, complete
    with debra's poem. I hope she enjoys both, I will see later this week.

    
      I usually get my wife a romantic CD.  Previous choices are such
     things as The Drifters' Greatest Hits, Mamas & Papas, Elvis' Love
     Songs etc.
    
      But I'm running out of ideas.  Johnny Mathis ?
    
      bb
    

    
    how's about "The Carpenter's" or a Tony Bennett CD.

	there's always Nat, Tony, Frank, or Perry.

re .214:

Mel Torme.

    
    
    How about Crack the Sky with the song "Suspicion"?

The Carpenter's Hammer?

    | Mel Torme.
    
    The Velvet Fog?!?

    >  I usually get my wife a romantic CD.  Previous choices are such
    > things as The Drifters' Greatest Hits, Mamas & Papas, Elvis' Love
    > Songs etc.
    
    >  But I'm running out of ideas.  
    
     Eschew the formula gift and engage the other side of your brain. Be
    creative. Do something out of the ordinary. If you don't usually cook,
    make her a meal. If you don't usually go out to dinner, take her out to
    dinner. It's not the expense, it the amount of thought that goes into
    it that makes the difference between an implied "this was another task
    on the list" and "you're special." \hth

    You creative diamond-buying dudes are giving the rest of us a bad
    name.

Scorpions Rock Ballads

    Anything good by Death Penis that you could recommend?

    >You creative diamond-buying dudes
    
     I can't afford diamonds. I can afford to take a few days to come up
    with something. (I guess I'd better get on the stick, eh?) :-)

| <<< Note 297.224 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "I sawer that" >>>

| Anything good by Death Penis that you could recommend?

	The Lorana Bobbit song perhaps?

Doctah -- Think cubic zirconium.  They have some good deals on the Home
Shopping Network.  HTH.

    >Doctah -- Think cubic zirconium.
    
     Yeah, CZ is the gem of choice for clear stones. But I'm not looking
    for a bauble.

	the doctah says:   don't give her a bauble;
			   give her something she can gobble.

    
      Well, I really want to thank noters for suggesting Death Metal
     groups.  I don't mind sleepin in the bathtub, really I don't...
    
      I'm sure you have a life, just not sure what kind ?
    
      As to Doc's adding to the family jewels - there's lots of beautiful
     natural jewelry.  A topax, e.g.
    
      Zircon is crystalline ZrSiO4.  Topaz is [AlSiO4 (F,-OH)2].  Though
     Topaz is usually thought of as a yellow stone, it can be other
     colors.  It fades in strong sunlight, however.
    
      bb

    .221
    
    a show of real sentiment.  in the 'box.  is the end of
    the world just around the corner?

    
    
    	bb,
    
    	How about Kenny G?  No lyrics but he plays some beautiful
    	music....
    

    .230
    
    a box of topax?  i don't think so.

I don't think Mr. Topaz would be willing to give up the family jewels.

    i heard he didn't inherit any...

    
    	I have to say that if my husband gave me diamonds for
    	Valentine's Day, I'd be troubled.
    
    	

    why...?

    oh, you're not married?

    No, he's cheap, er, frugal so if he started buying her diamonds she'd 
    wonder what he was trying to atone for.

    
    	Any day, a 'Bandit of love' Vermont teddy bear will be arriving to
    surprise my better half. Wanted to do something that I hadn't done
    before.
    
    ed

    
    
    	I hear those described on the radio a lot.  They sound
    	so cute!
    

    
    .240
    
    ed, she'll love it.

    
    	Mark's got it, even though I was only kidding.
    
    	I would feel terribly uncomfortable accepting diamonds
    	for Valentine's Day.  
    	
    	I would accept a trip to the tropics, though.
    
    

    
    >I would accept a trip to the tropics, though.
    
    
    
    Seconded!!!!!!!

I couldn't wait for someone to give me a trip, so I'm taking myself..

Thanks to info from sailorman, my list of possible places is now as
follows:  Grenada, Barbados, St. Maartin, Puerto Rico, St.Lucia, Magarita 
Island, Costa Rica and Columbia (either Cartagena or Santa Marta)

    
    	Costa Rica is my parents' new favorite.  They aren't going
    	until March, though.
    
    Karen
    

    
    re: .245
    
    Did you mean "Margarita" Island?
    
     If so, we're planning for there next Christmas and it's got some
    really nice features... especially , warm... warm... WARM!!!
    
    :)
    

Unless you're planning a trip to Morningside Heights, it's Colombia.

Andy - I *did* mean Margarita - anyplace warm sounds good to me right now.   
I'm going to play the waiting game a book something about 4 days before 
going - wherever the best sell of is will probably be it (although I'm sorta 
hoping it will be Costa Rica or Colombia - aka the emerald capital of the 
world which could be a good thing or a bad thing considering I'm already 
planning to put the trip on VISA)

    
    make sure you don't go to costa rica during their rainy season...a
    friend and her mom went a couple of years ago (can't remember what
    month tho) and the travel people neglected to inform them it was rain
    season down there...they were pissed, to say the least.  it rained
    constantly.  managed to get some compensation back from the travel
    agent, but still...
    
    as for valentine's day, just did my shopping last nite.  i am pretty
    sure i got things my hunnie would like.  and bb, as a note as to what
    to get your wife, try a gift certificate to one of those 'body works'
    places (where they have all kinds of shower gels, soaps, lotions and
    whatnot).  i popped in there last nite and spent almost 40bucks on
    stuff just for "me", something to spoil myself with, and realized i
    wished my hunnie had gone shopping for me there...
    

	I'm imaging raq, sitting in a tub.....lots of bubbles everywhere, but
Lawrence Welk ain't to be found....soft music playing in the background, soft
gentle soap bars in the shape of shells are caressing her body. Her eyes are
closed, she is drifting off, and she didn't need calgon to feel this relaxed. 

	Does it work for you, raq???

    
    well deb, she received her card and poem. I am happy to report that
    while she liked both, the poem came out on top. I am not surprised
    at this. thanks again!!
    
    Mark

    Wait until she finds out you plaguer.., plajer..., playger....
    copied it.  :-)

I still hate valentine's day.  I think I'll take the day off so I can sleep 
all day and ignore it.

Chris.

    
    	"City Hall" is being released at a most opportune time.
    
    	Hubby's been wanting to see it for weeks, every since he
    	saw a preview on a video that we rented.  I don't think
    	he's heard that it's being released Friday.  My plans
    	are coming together nicely...
    

    we celebrated Valentine's on Saturday. i gave her the diamond earrings.
    she was thrilled.
    
    now i will be able to keep my life when i bring home my Big Bertha
    woods sometime this month :-)

    RE: BB woods....The real ones or the copies?  Graphite or steel?

    the real ones with the Memphis 10 True Temper shafts. i have already
    amassed the irons :-)

	Anyone see the commercial for at&t? you can send a message and a song
to someone you love.....using the PHONE! All I remember from that commercial
was that one of the songs was, "You light up my life". Blech!

    Yeah, wait until someone sends a Dear John/Jane message and the
    receiver goes to the local McDonald's/Post Office/Factory/School and
    opens fire.  

re: "You light up my life"

I can understand someone going postal if'n you're sent this ditty. And it
won't take a Johnny Cochrane to get a dismisal, neither, too.

TTom

    
    How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways.
    I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
    My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
    For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
    I love thee to the level of everyday's
    Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
    I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
    I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
    I love thee with the passion put to use
    In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
    I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
    With my lost saints,--I love thee with the breath,
    Smiles, tears, of all my life !--and, if God choose,
    I shall but love thee better after death.
    
    

    
    	I liked "You Light Up My Life".
    

    
    nah, shawn you just want to boink Debby Boone

  .265  that should be in 501, Shawn baby.

| <<< Note 297.266 by ACISS1::BATTIS "pool shooting son of a gun" >>>


| nah, shawn you just want to boink Debby Boone


	Won't Pat become very unchristian if shawn were to boink her?

pat boone 69 snarf!

>>| nah, shawn you just want to boink Debby Boone
>>Won't Pat become very unchristian if shawn were to boink her?

		No!  I won't really......oh.....never mind....


Pat

    
    	No, please continue ... this could get interesting soon.  8^)
    

    
    	If I didn't know any better, I'd think that was an insult.
    

    soooo, you gonna take that kinda of talk or what? :-)

I was talking about VD. It only comes once a year and then passes so
quickly. Almost afore you actually gets started on the celebration part.

Firsted, there's the hype,  then the preparation and then the moment
builds and then, slam bam thank you ma'am, it's over and the day limps
into history.

There might be some metaphor here, though...

TTom

>I was talking about VD. It only comes once a year and then passes so
>quickly.

Use a condom.  Then you won't need all those antibiotics to help VD pass
quickly.  HTH.

    
    Happy Valentine's Day to all the box denizens, especially the female
    denizens. Hope you all get flowers or at least something to let you
    know you are thought of.

    
    
    	Yes, a happy VD to all da box babes out there. Hugs and stuff...
    
    

The postman only brought me a gas bill this morning.  Sob.

Chris.

    
    << The postman only brought me a gas bill this morning.
    
    gee, England sure is a funny country, imagine, getting a bill for
    passing gas. who would have thought.

    
    	If they did that over here I'd need a 2nd job.
    

    >>         If they did that over here I'd need a 2nd job.
    
    
    Somebody said that was your PRIMARY job!
    
    	*8)

    
    <----- bwahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    
    Tradition is a wonderful thing... one that I have is giving
    my wife and daughter flowers every Valentine's day... of course,
    I give me wife flowers at other times as well, so that's not
    particularly special. But since my daughter's been old enough
    to, well, basically know better than to eat the flowers, I've
    been sending her a bouquet every Valentine's day. I've always
    sent them in a cup or mug of some kind. But I've always been
    at the mercy of the florist as to what was available for
    a cupo or mug, so this year, I purchased a China tea
    cup and saucer and brought that to the florist to have an
    arrangment made. I think I'll do it that way from now on, as
    I can then see to it that she collects a nice set of cups
    she can take with her when she marries or otherwise leaves
    the nest...
    
    -b

    
    What does your son get, a rock?
    
    

    
    No, but he doesn't get flowers. This year, he got some candy and
    some Legos... (his latest "thing")...
    
    -b

    
    We got rid of the boys this past weekend and celebrated
    V day then. A nice dinner out and other things I cannot speak of.
    
    However, yes, the tongue does get colder.
    
    Today, I'll finish making my own card and verse and will give it to
    her later.
    
    Quite a woman, my Linda is. A homemaker/housewife and proud of it.
    Doesn't do windows though....
    
    							Hank

    |However, yes, the tongue does get colder.
    
    hank, you animal.

    >However, yes, the tongue does get colder.
    
    Sure, Hank... sure...
    
    You musta missed the glass of ice cubes on the nightstand...
    
    :) :) :) :)
    

    
    	Andy, I think it was said that the male's tongue that gets colder.
     	Not the female's.
    

    
    Nope... I do believe mz_deb stated it was the female's tongue...
    
    We'll just have to wait and see if one of mz_deb's "pffft's" comes back
    with icicles on it...
    

Well I hope that all you people who had a nice Valentine's Day end up having a 
really miserable time.

Bah, humbug.

Chris.

    
    
    >Bah, humbug.
    
    Wrong season....
    
    Go back to bed...
    

'tis the season to eat chocolate, tra la la 

    
    
    The wife made me a pumpkin pie....... :')

<---Mike, you're almost as lucky as Jack D. I LUV pumkin pie! 

    
    	Candy!!!  I got CANDY !!!
    
    	(I *never* get candy!)
    
    	Hubby gets a date with me on Saturday night.  Dinner and a movie...
    

    dinner
    a big ol' teddy bear 
    a movie (which doesn't really count as i was there to pick it out
    	when he bought it)
    coffee for two (consult your local hallmark gold crown store)
    and flowers delivered at work
    
    
    
    

    
    I didn't even get a baggie of gravel, much less a rock!
    

    
    OK, OK, I did get a mail message and a phone call from my best friend, 
    the love of my life.  But I got nothing from my sister.  Oh, well, I
    got a mail message from her.  But I got nothing from my mother.  Oh,
    um, I got a phone call from her.  But I got nothing from my friends. 
    Oh, er, I got a card from Raquel and a singing voicemail amd some mail
    messages.
    
    All right, maybe I did get better stuff than a baggie of gravel.
                                                 

                  (pssst. talk to kt#1 - you did get a pressie)

    
    i got a rock. oh, and a mail message from 3 very lovely 'boxers.
    
    I think my valentine's present will be next week or the week after,
    depending on mother Dec.

    YESTERDAY WAS VALENTINES DAY!!!!!!!
    
    I...wwas wondering why I got the condecending looks this morning.

    
    	Uh-oh, I hope your couch is comfortable, Jack.
    

    
   > I LUV pumkin pie! 
    
    In the language of flowers and plants, a pumpkin in February
    means that you suffer from premature jack-o-lantern.

Agagagagagagag!

    .306
    Sick, sick, sick...but I`m rotf.

	Is Jack living in his office now? Heard he has quite the couch in
there. :-)

	Yesterday the doctor offered me my uvula...BLECH!

    |Yesterday the doctor offered me my uvula
    
    what a thoughtful gift for valentine's day!

<---I didn't think so at the time...

    it would make a pretty interesting necklace, doncha think?

    Got Sarah a heart with Hershey kisses in it.  For my loverly bride
    Lori, got that pearl necklace/earrings off layaway just in time!
    
    Ron

	Chip...it might smell after a while.... 

    naw Glen. once the fluids have dried there will be no smell, unless you
    treat it with cologne or something :-)

	Eyyyyuuuu....

    
    only one week away.

    Bah-humbug...

no, not Christmas....

    One week to go until my love affair with DEC dies.

    >only one week away.
    
    Yes, for me too!  :)

    
    gee, steve, what happened? your mail order bride get sent back for
    postage due?

    Nope.  UPS lost her... somewhere in Asia, they think.  I hope she's
    packed well, and there are plenty on air holes in the box.

    too bad, stephe.  now it's back to dreaming about
    giant wads in your pocket.

    
    <--- hey, you!!!

    
    			Valentine's gifts don't have
                        to be just roses and candy
                        anymore
    
                        By Rachel Beck, Associated Press,
                        02/11/97; 01:15 
    
                        NEW YORK (AP) - Tired of buying roses
                        and chocolates for a valentine? How about an
                        African lion or two nights in a swanky hotel for
                        $16,000? 
    
                        While it's easy to cling to Valentine's Day
                        standards, those willing to explore gifts beyond
                        the Godiva counter are sure to find some
                        offbeat offerings to please that special
                        someone. 
    
                        ``She doesn't eat chocolate and I'm not buying
                        her a diamond ring,'' said Peter Klein, a
                        30-something New Yorker. ``Now I'm
                        looking for something fun, and of course, kind
                        of romantic.'' 
    
                        Perhaps the Detroit Zoological Society has the
                        answer. For $25, participants can ``adopt'' a
                        number of animals, including trumpeter swans,
                        African lions and bald eagles. 
    
                        Packages include an adoption certificate, a
                        photograph of the animal, a fact sheet and a
                        newsletter. For $50, chocolates and a plush
                        animal are included. 
    
                        And if your honey happens to be named Bow,
                        Arrow, Cupid, Sweetheart or Honey, submit
                        the name for a free flight on any of the routes
                        Air South flies. 
    
                        ``People now look for things that are out of the
                        ordinary and fun, and this fits both of these,''
                        said Tom Volz, vice president of marketing at
                        Columbia, S.C.-based Air South, which runs
                        similar name promotions for Christmas, Easter,
                        St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving and July 4. 
    
                        The more self-indulgent may enjoy Hyatt
                        Hotel's ``Ultimate Romance'' package at the
                        Park Hyatt Hotel in Washington. For $16,000,
                        the four-star presidential suite is all yours for
                        two nights, complete with fireplace,
                        candle-lighted hot tub and ``unobtrusive
                        butler.'' 
    
                        Club Med also has a Valentine's deal that lets
                        one person go half-price for a seven-night stay
                        at some of its resorts when two people book
                        together. Inns and spas from Oregon to Maine
                        are also offering special Valentine's weekend
                        getaway packages. 
    
                        For those who prefer simpler gifts, Williams
                        Sonoma has heart-shaped muffin pans for $36
                        or chocolate molds for $12, an easy way to
                        bake a romantic treat. 
    
                        Looking to add a little spice to the holiday?
                        Try Brookstone's mechanical massagers. For
                        $2,595, there's the Panasonic Urban Massage
                        Recliner that soothes the whole body, and for
                        the less wealthy, the No Hands neck massager
                        for $99. 
    
                        But bucking tradition isn't for everyone and
                        retailers are betting that lots of heart-shaped
                        merchandise is bought for Valentine's Day. 
    
                        A survey by the International Mass Retail
                        Association found consumers will spend an
                        average of $30 on Valentine's gifts and 50
                        percent of its 1,000 respondents ranked candy
                        and cards as the top gift items. 
    
                        ``A box of candy, he's doing good,'' said Lisa
                        Schwartz, who eyed some lingerie at Victoria's
                        Secret in New York. ``A dozen roses, he's
                        doing a lot better.'' 
    

    
    I bet Steve will send Suzanne some carnations and a box of candy for
    Valentine's Day. There is so much love in this conference.

    
    ok guys, you have only 2 more shopping days to get your beloved
    a present that will keep you out of the doghouse. What are some of
    your ideas for this year?
    
    oh, and ladies, what gift would you most like to receive this
    Valentine's Day?

    Woof!

    Agent Provocateur undies.

  Oh, forget about the gift for a second.  Women vary, you know what
 yours likes.  Think for a second about selecting a "greeting card".

  If you go into a large pharmacy or gift shop, you will be astonished
 to discover a vast aisle of greeting cards of all sorts.  There are
 the funny ones.  There are the sappy poetry ones.  There are the religious
 ones.  The minimalist, the abstract modern, the "sincere" ones.  I find
 the ritual of selecting one relaxing but curious.  Be prepared for the
 push of crowds at these places - the next few days, cards are big business.

  bb

    Instead of roses, chocolates, sleazy underthings...... or any of the
    other horrendous gifts pushed on people as "necessary" to valentines
    day, how about a backrub, cooking a perfect meal, if your partner is
    the one who usually cooks, (or having it catered in if your idea of
    fine cooking is whatever is in a vending machine and can be nuked) 
    Playing his or her favorite music at their preferred volume, and
    changing the oil if needed on their vehicle?
    
    meg

    "Sleazy" underthings? 
    
    <raised_eyebrow>
    
    

    
    	I suggested the Sole Proprietor to my husband for
    	Valentine's Day (actually, for the day after), and
    	he suggested we save it for a night when I can actually
    	stay awake past 9:00.
    
    	Unfortunately, this baby doesn't yet like chocolate, and
    	I prefer *not* to get flowers on Valentine's Day (I'd rather
    	get them for "no special reason").
    
    	I just hope my husband doesn't get swayed by those stupid
    	"buy your sweetheart a cellular phone for Valentine's Day"
    	ads.  Blurgh!
    

    
    .368
    
    who would eat out of a vending machine?

I guess I'll change the oil on my wife's car while wearing sleazy underthings.

    Put that pic on the Soapbox Web Page!

    
    	Yikes.  If he gets to call changing the oil a Valentine's
    	gift, then I gave him five presents last week - dinner.
    
    

Andy, I hate to disappoint you, but I'll be wearing clothes on top of the
sleazy underthings.  I don't have a heated garage.

    {sigh}
    
    I don't have a Valentine.  
    
    8(

My wife *likes* roses and chocolate.
I'd kind of like some power tools, but she'll get me something romantic.

    
    .376
    
    well, 'pril, i'll be your valentine. Anytime, anywhere.

    How predictable.

    Thanks, Mark.  8)

    About a predictable as Covert following Glen's waxing philosophic about
    anal sex with a "vomit".

    
    predictable perhaps, but not quite as crude, eh?

    I think that as a novelty, I'll be doing my Valentine's Day shopping
    in the pet store this year.  They have so many interesting things
    in there...
    
    
    re: change the oil
    
    Hmph, she's lucky if I check the oil.
    
    Chris

    .376
    
    Me, neither.  Nothing like a national holiday to remind you of that
    fact, eh?

It's not a national holiday.

    .384  I hear ya.  But you know, it's probably better this way.

    It is the second largest "mail event" of the year.
    

    
    tomorrow's the day. 

    BFD

    
    <--- you have a serious attitude young man. eat a cheeseburger.

    >BFD
    
     For some of us, it is. ;->

    >BFD
    
    and for others, strangely, it's a number.

    
    heck, dawn, you already got a Valentine's Day card.

  Me :  "OK, I confess.  I'm a generic clueless male.  I don't know what
       to give you for Valentine's Day.  Hint, please."

  She : "No fair - it's an intelligence test."

  Me :  <scrunches up face, closes eyes, struggles>  "Um...um...I'll take
      you out...Chinese food and a movie...how about...Evita ?"

  She : <laughing>  "Perfect."

  bb

    
    gee, bb, how multicultural of you.

    
    Happy Valentine's Day to all the women of the box!!!! Carnations
    for you all.

    
    Valentine's Day Joke...
    
    A guy goes over to his girlfriend's house on Valentine's Day and gives
    her a bunch of flowers.
    
    "Oh" says the girlfriend, "I suppose I'll have to open my legs now"
    
    "I think they'd look better in a vase" replies the boyfriend!!!!!!
    
    POL  :>>>>

    filthaaa.

    
    I don't get it.

    VD snarf.

| <<< Note 297.396 by ACISS1::BATTIS "Chicago - My Kind of Town" >>>


| Happy Valentine's Day to all the women of the box!!!! Carnations
| for you all.

	Oh... I thought your valentine was you were taking tomorrow off. :-)

	POL.... do the flowers have thorns?

    
    > Note 297.402 by BIGQ::SILVA "http://www.ziplink.net/~glen/decplus/
    
    >POL.... do the flowers have thorns? 
    
    As in 'pricks'?????????????
    
    POL  :>>>

    
    oh dear! (tm)

	My... I didn't even think of that, POL. :-)

    re: .399
    
    I not sure if ANY boxers get any...

    Valentine Daffy Duck Socks! Perfect for my last day here!

    >I not sure if ANY boxers get any...
    
     Speaking strictly for yourself, eh?

                               
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  I seem to recall that one of the later Roman emperors tried to suppress
 marriage, in order to recruit more soldiers.  St. Valentine was a priest
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  bb

| <<< Note 297.410 by CSC32::M_EVANS "be the village" >>>

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    Well, folks, my girlfriend musthave some how read the string about a
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    Steven
    <seen with a didgerydoo poking out the passenger seat of my car>

  uh-oh...do we want to know what a didgerydoo is ?

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    >uh-oh...do we want to know what a didgerydoo is ?
    
    Was that a sarcastic remark, or a genuine comment. Although it sounds
    like a sex aid or something, it is an aboriginal musical instrument.
    It is a long tude of wood that has been hollowed out, and carved. You
    place your lips inside the tube an blow, what I can best describe,
    raspberries. It makes a strange sound.
    
    Steven

 All together now, Tie me kangaroo down sport, tie me kangaroo down..

    Didgerydoo?  That's FREKEY!! 

    
    Rolf Harris!
    

 yep!

    
    			 Quarter-century later,
                         Valentine's Day brings
                         marriage
    
                         Associated Press, 02/14/97; 02:17 
    
                         SALEM, N.H. (AP) - This is a perfect
                         Valentine's Day story - first-love sweethearts
                         separated by other lives get married today on
                         the very spot where they met 25 years ago. 
    
                         Sandra Vogler and Robert Boutin were both
                         14 when they met on Valentine's Day on the
                         sidewalk outside church Sunday school.
                         Today, 25 years later, they are preparing to be
                         married in an evening ceremony. 
    
                         ``We were 14 years old and it was 25 years
                         ago. It was after ... class at Mary Queen of
                         Peace Church,'' Sandra Vogler of Salem, said. 
    
                         ``I was best friends with his cousin and we met
                         outside. He found out who I was, we started
                         dating and we went together for more than two
                         years while we were students at Salem High.' 
    
                         Robert Boutin and the then Sandy Sands broke
                         up, married other people, had four children
                         each and got divorced. 
    
                         They got back together in June and got
                         engaged Dec. 15. 
    
                         ``It's like we're 16 again,'' Vogler said. ``I
    drive
                         to his house and I have a knot in my stomach.''
                         Vogler is a waitress, Boutin a service
                         technician. 
    
                         The ceremony will is small with just two
                         witnesses and a justice of the peace. 
    
                         Vogler said because she had been married 17
                         years and divorced, she had vowed never to
                         remarry. Then Boutin came back into her life. 
    
                         She said that although she and Boutin had lived
                         in the area for 22 years, they had only run into
                         each other once, in a local store, about six
                         years ago. 
    
                         ``We were both married at the time and we
                         both had four children,'' she said. ``We said
                         `Hi, how are you?' and that was it.'' 
    
                         Vogler said that in June, the same cousin who
                         introduced them 25 years ago came into the
                         restaurant where she works and this time the
                         two women had time to talk. 
    
                         Vogler learned that Boutin also was single again
                         and living in neighboring Derry. 
    
                         ``I came home that night, it was June 28, built
                         up my courage and called Bob,'' Vogler said.
                         ``We talked for three hours.'' 
    
                         She said their first date was dinner and a
                         concert at Field of Dreams park in Salem. ``I
                         always considered Bob my first love but I
                         never knew whether he felt like that,'' Vogler
                         said. ``Now I know it's mutual.'' 
    

 I was unsure as to what to get my ex for Valentine's Day.  When we were married
 Valentine's day was the last of a gift triple play..Christmas, her birthday
 near the end of January, then Valentine's day.  As one who is not very original
 when it comes to gift giving, by the time Feb 14 rolled around I was in a panic
 as to what to get, certain that whatever gift I got would disappoint.

 And, now that we are dating again, I wasn't sure what to get...we're not
 the point of being head over heels in love with each other yet, though
 we are enjoying the "getting to know each other again" phase that we are
 going through.  I wanted to get a card that was somewhere in between
 the mushy I love you stuff and the "Happy Valentine's Day to my special
 friend" variety.

 I wound up getting her a nice floral arrangement which I delivered to her
 house yesterday while she was at work and which my son set out for her
 this morning.  She was pleased.


 Jim 

	Cool, Jim!

                                                                 
    Welcome to the Anti-Valentine's Day Page! 
    
                     Remember, Cupid rhymes with Stupid !
    
    
    Valentine's Day is overrated. Right after Christmas is over, every stupid 
    department store, drugstore, and convenience place is chock-stocked filled 
    with lame heart-shaped boxes of candy, mushy cards, and fluffy stuffed 
    aminals (yes, aminals!) Who wants any of that crap?
    
    the candy just goes to our hips (maybe we should just glue it on instead? 
    although it's the lesser of the two evils, since at least it tastes good) 
    and the stuffed animals just sit around and rot on a shelf. when you 
    finally stop dating that person who gave them to you, they serve as a 
    horrible reminder of the relationship and the person you are no longer 
    with. I generally feel too guilty to throw them away, so i end up giving 
    them to the Goodwill or Salvation Army and hope some poor kid gets some 
    use out of them.
    
    And if you don't have someone special in your life, all that crap serves 
    as a reminder that you are ALL ALONE, and no one even cares enough to send
    you a card or nuffin'. ('cept maybe mom n dad.) definitely a great holiday 
    for self-esteem. I wonder how many people commit suicide that week.
    

>         <<< Note 297.426 by POWDML::HANGGELI "Let's Play Chocolate" >>>

>    and the stuffed animals just sit around and rot on a shelf. when you 
>    finally stop dating that person who gave them to you, they serve as a 
>    horrible reminder of the relationship and the person you are no longer 
>    with. 

	yes, i have a very smallish stuffed bear with arms and legs that
	move, and sometimes i want to twist its arms and legs into very
	uncomfortable-looking positions.  but i don't.

	I have this little version of the wooly mamoth elephant. You squeeze
its sides and it makes the elephant noise. :-)

    
    	I saw my husband at the card store at lunch, where I'd just
    	finished selecting his valentine.  He was very embarrassed
    	and uncomfortable.  He didn't seem to mind that *I* was there
    	at the last minute, only that I'd caught him there at the
    	last minute.
    
    	Karen
    

    Of course you explained how distressed you were that the card you sent
    in the mail a week ago seems to have gotten lost.

    
    	I told him I was shopping for the kids, which is in fact
    	what I was doing at the precise moment that I saw him ;-)
    
    

    
    .426
    
    was that little piece written by raq?

    
    
    	Hey Mark, give it a rest already.
    

	JJ... you don't really think he will, do ya? 

    
    	Glen, this is Battis we're talking about ... not you.
    

    
    ok, no more references to whats-her-name.

    
    	what's
    
    	unttm, bkmpooym
    

    
    <-- I am DYING.
                  

    
    Grrrrrrrrrrrr. (TM)

    I'm afraid I didn't understand those acronyms,

    
    	RE: .438
    
    	You DID figure that out!!
    
    	Somehow I knew you would.  8^)
    

    
    i had a simply wonderful valentine's day with my sweetie (unlike a
    certain someone who is sweetie-less).  and he got me a beautiful card 
    that brought tears to my eyes.
         

    let's hone in on this sweetie-less person.
    first initial?

Painful paper cut?

re .442

Welcome back, kiddo.

    
    	Despite seeing my husband at the card store Friday, a
    	valentine card from him to me has yet to be seen.  He
    	claims he left it at work on Friday.  Um, ok.  It's Wednesday.
    
    	And that doesn't explain what happened to the gift.
    
    	hmmm.
    
    

    i guess it is the thought that counts.

    You mean you didn't get shinola?  And you saw him buying a card and a
    gift?
    
    Hmmm, indeed.

    
    	No.  I saw him looking at cards.  I didn't see him make
    	a purchase, but he claims he did.  He does not, however,
    	claim to have purchased a gift, and I'm too classy to 
    	ask him about it ;-)
    
    

    
    	RE: .446
    
    	Maybe K-Mart had a run on blender buyers this year, and he's wait-
    	ing for the new stock to arrive so that gift and card can be given
    	at the same time.
    

Did he say the card was for _you_?

  Adjust the attitude on your husband.

  bb

    I got a dozen Dante's truffles. They were marvelous. :-)

Infernal.

    
    	I wonder about this Dante fellow.  If anyone touched
    	my truffles, they wouldn't live to tell the tale.
    
    

    Excuse me for butting in, but isn't Valentines day just an excuse for
    men/women who don't appear to care less about their partner the rest of
    the year to think they've done something 'romantic' so they don't have
    to bother again for the rest of the year. I love my girlfriend all
    year, and I tell her so, no need for token gestures designed to line
    the pockets of card and chocolate makers. Valentines day is OK for
    people too shy to express their affections, but for long term couples?
    What's the point?
    
    Richard.

    You tell your bird you love her? Are you mad??
    
    Personally,I received a bright orange shirt and a box of Belgium
    chocoates. Cool.
    

    
    	re .456
    
    	Another "no-gifter" signs in.
    
    

    I wonder if UKFURNITURE was part of the Ottoman empire in a past life.

 He did smoke chesterfields at one time

    
    doc, what did you get Betsy in return?

    He's just another armchair critic.

    
    .442
    
    that was mean. it's not debra's fault, she's trying.

    
    Some would say VERY trying.
    

    >doc, what did you get Betsy in return?
    
     Flowers, candy hearts (which she loves) and a card.

    
    yeahbut, dbra, you have great tastes in fish.

    I sent a 5lbs box of chocolate to my EX on VD so she'd have a svelt
    year for her new husband...
    
    Next year I'll send ten pounds;-)
    
    

    
    svelte
    
    rnnttm

>>Valentines day is OK for
>>    people too shy to express their affections, but for long term couples?
>>    What's the point?
    
>>    Richard.

Bingo! Couldn't have said this better!

    Which explains why VD whooshes you.