Conference back40::soapbox

    I confess.....I did it!
    
    I also enjoy banana's too much...
    
    
    Sin-te-da

    Forgive me SOAPBOX for I have sinned.

    I verbalized a personal disparagement to another individual apparently
    operating a motor vehicle without the assistance of cerebellum.

         I yam the author of 500.0@08:00 -- I am a snarfaholic.  
         

    
    I'm in love with Martha Stewart, the "good things" lady from Lifetime.
    There, I've said it.
    
    At first, I turned on the show just to laugh.  How can you not 
    laugh at someone pretentious enough to talk about preparing the
    chicken she was grilling in a "marinaaahhd," instead of "marinade?"
    I kept wanting to ask her is she also wanted a drink of lemonaaahhd.
    
    Our love has blossomed over time.  I think it's her voice that does it.
    Martha is a kind of Mr. Rogers for yuppies and those fortunate souls
    who have no more disagreeable problems than the rigors of trying to
    plant a medieval herb garden on the sweeping and well-manicured grounds
    of their estate, or trying to find a cute enough antique shop to
    frequent.  She's selling the fantasy of a world where everything stays
    nice and calm and polite and beautiful as she drones on and on about
    topics that only the affluent really have the time to pursue.
    
    Martha, can't you see what I'm trying to tell you?  I love you.
    
    
    Dear God, help me.
    
    
    
    
    Rob
    

    I can see why priests like this. This is good stuff.

    I, personally, am riveted.
    

    Are you sure you're riveted? You seem like such a nut.

    Screw you!
    
    (imho, ymmv, nnttm, rotfl)
    

    			
    I think I better bolt!

    who's driving?

    I thought you were, Rosie...  At a minimum, I would hope that .10, the
    nut behind the steering wheel, isn't,
    

        Dzus save us - this thread is torquing me off.
        
        coming unglued
        
        &y
        

    And who would "Dzus" be?  Would I know if I were as familiar with your
                              nutcase as you doubtless are?

	One can open a conversation with God directly to ask for His
forgiveness.... why the need to go to a special place ONLY?


Glen

    
    SOAPBOX is a special place where god is hiding.

    
    i used to think phil collins was cool.
    
    -b

    While it's probably easier for folks to appeal directly to God, it's a
    lot more funner to watch people grovel in a confessional.

    .16> SOAPBOX is a special place where god is hiding.
    
    ... did the Thumper Index just take a substantial uptick?!??
                                                              

    The is a confessional after all. Not very Protestant, but thumperish in
    a Catholicism sort of way.

    
       oh it 'tis it 'tis.

    I did it before and I'm sure I'll do it again.
    
    I JUST CAN"T HELP MYSELF!!!   Agh
    
    
    ...Tom

    I confess, I have never actually bought a box of wine or given one as a
    gift.....yet. 
    
    

    
    
    
    by thumperish, do you mean you are confessing to the worm god in Dune?
    
    Chris
    :)

    Brian, don't you feel better now? Clean? Pure?

    No, I feel naughty for having impure thoughts and actually delighting
    in the "pleasure" my imagined behavior would bring.   

	Brian, go to confession, do not go past GO, do not collect $200! (which
you would have to give for penance anyway....)

What's worse?  Impure thoughts, words, or deeds?
On the Go-To-Hell Scale, do they all weigh the same?

I once put nails under my fifth grade teacher's tire.

    >I once put nails under my fifth grade teacher's tire.
    
    Going to hell for sure!!  :)
    
    ...Tom

    No Tom, she was a freedom fighter so her cause was just and righteous
    as she tried to unfetter herself and fellow students from the
    tyrannical shop teacher, Sister Mary Black&Decker.
    
    

    Is that the same Sister Mary Black&Decker at the Our Lady Of Extreme
    Discomfort Religious School?

    .14
    
    Why, DrDan, we're shocked!  EVERYONE knows who Dzus is.  Well, maybe
    only everybody who's ever opened an access panel on an aircraft
    fuselage...

    Lets me out right there... save of course for the time I was trying any
    way I knew to extricate myself & my unsullied morals from the fell
    clutches of a nubile Stewardess who insisted on our flying United.  The
    access panel fell open under the pressure of my questing hands, I fell
    free, she held on to the fuselage looking sad & bereft in a windblown
    sorta way,...
    
    ... and then I woke up.
    
    But I digress.
    
    |-{:-)
    

>    <<< Note 501.14 by LJSRV2::KALIKOW "Hi-ho! Yow! I'm surfing Arpanet!" >>>

>    And who would "Dzus" be?  Would I know if I were as familiar with your
>                              nutcase as you doubtless are?
        
        Dzus is the  gawd  of  the religion of Twist & Shout.  (the Shout
        occurs  when  you  catch    a  piece  of  yerself  when  twisting
        carelessly)
        
        As to the nutcase -  we  call  our elderly manservant "Scrotum" -
        he's an old wrinkled retainer, y'see...

        &y
        
        PS. Dick B. knows Dzus! :*)
        

        Re TOPAZ
        
        Rearrange the following well-known phrase or saying:    
        
                OFF F2K
        
        ever your devoted disciple,
        
        &y
        

    nobody expects the Spammish Inquisition...

    
    ...and the "Fluffy Pillows"!!!

>Dzus is the  gawd  of  the religion of Twist & Shout...

Anybody see that documentary on people with Turret's (sp) Syndrome?
It was called "Twitch and Shout".

Tourette's.  NNTTM.

	turret's syndrome is one form of acrophobia, i think.

Tourette's atop a turret would be a turrible tragedy.

    No, turret's syndrome manifests itself by making one act like a small 
    politician with only one eyebrow wearing and tanker's helmet.   

    <--- I confess that I don't know what you're talking about.

I voted for him.

    figures........
    
    
    
    :*)
    

Had enough wasps thanks.
Point of light: Willie Horton?
Bush politician.

    Yes, yes.....I confess ( at least I think or is it, I think at least,
    whatever )
    
    But...Yes, yes...I do confess
    
    Sorry but this appears to be some kind of compulsion. maybe ?
    
    I do love EXTRA CRUNCH SKIPPY ( even if it fills the spaces between my
    teeth with these neat little chewy bits and wares a sore spot on my
    tung from flippen the things and such )....but I toooooo digress
    
    Another confession, another time, 
    
    But I will never confess about that time, at the Circus, under the BIG
    TOP, with Hilda and her flying double D's...no I can't, I shan't.......
    
    Or was it, I PANT....I dunno......

    
    
     I like SPAM...
    
    Fried.. on a bulkie roll...
    

    bluuuuuuurgh!

    
    <----
    
    If you ate some of the same types of food I did when growing up,
    you'd understand...

    
    My mother made me eat okra when I was growing up.  Spam would be luxury
    compared to that mess 8^).
    
    

    
    
    
    We used to eat spam when I was growing up.  Since all of this
    discussion around the product has been going on, I've thought 
    about trying it again although to be quite honest, I'm a bit afraid....

Deb, apparently fried breaded okra is good -- it isn't slimy.

    
    Hmmmm. "bhindee baji" - curried okra is good.
    
    My Mum mentioned on the 'phone that spam fritters had been
    a popular item at the block parties for the 50th anniversary
    of VE day.  I guess if that's all you had to eat you could
    develop fond memories of it.
    
    Then again, this was Britain and they know sod all about food.
    
     

There's apparently a Usenet group called alt.spam.sex-fetish.

Akshully, I haven't found a server with said group, but I just read this in
CHILE-HEADS Digest:

O.K. I have held my temper through all the ramblings of this group, but
now I am pissed off.  How dare you put down the meat of the gods.  Spam
is the miracle food.  It saves millions of lives every year.  I gotta
have my spam.  Oh, wait . . . Uh,  . . . Sorry, I didn't mean to get bent
out of shape!

Just joking,
Jonathan "I subscribe to both alt.spam, and alt.spam.lid, but my server
doesn't have alt.spam.sex-fetish" Moravek


Spam taste great with Habaneros.

Call

1800 LUV SPAM   and get your free catalog of merchandise.

    
    i checked... alt.spam.sex-fetish is not available at my
    server (outside dec). good thing too; lord knows what a
    drain on my time such a newsgroup would pose... :-) :-)
    
    -b

    My family ate Spam a lot because there wasn't much money to go around
    in those days.  Mom used to "doctor" it up like she would a ham, so
    I never found it all that objectionable.  Now peas....that's another
    story :-)
    
    

    Any more SPAM confessions and I shall begin to weep uncontrollably.

    I used to cry over spilt spam.

    Bluuuuuuurgh!

    
    I love peas.
    
    

    
    I love pees.
    

    
    
    I confess....I wore to work today the same outfit that I wore to the
    pub crawl this past saturday.  I even stayed up till midnight last
    night to wash, dry, and iron it.  :*)
    
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    
    Confessional snarf
    
    
    :*)
    

    
    On a subject completely unrelated to spam, <near as I can tell>....

    It appears that I was wrong in my assessment in another note about a
    particular article being anti-Semitic.  I can now see that the article
    could have an anti-Semitic flavor to it.  Not being sensitive to this
    subject, I never noticed the reference to the person in question
    belonging to pro-jewish organizations.

    There, it's done.....

    Dan
    P.S. - would have posted this in the other note, but I haven't been
    able to find it... :-(
    OBTW - SPAM is not in my DECSPELL dictionary ? ! ?

    
    Dan,
    
    I believe the note you were looking for is at 362.612.
    

    Span and beans was a staple in my house whilst growing up. I refuse to
    eat it as an adult.
    
    ...Tom

    
    John, you are correct, but too much has happened since then, I'll leave
    it here.

    Is Span a Purina product?

    re: .72
    
    Spam made a weekly appearance in our house too, with the
    aforementioned beans.  I distrust any product which comes out
    of a can molded in jello.  

    
    
    	My mom made us eat Spam.  She doctored it up too by putting
    	a mustard/brown sugar glaze on it.  Never really liked it.
    
    	I found out a couple years ago that all the while she was
    	making my brother and I eat that stuff, *she* never liked 
    	it either!  We ate it because my father liked it!  And he
    	still does........
    

Spic 'n' Span was a staple in my house.

    
    re: .75
    
    Mary-Michael...
    
     The correct term is "spam-snot" and not "jello"...
    

    re: .77
    
    In our house staples were these little metal things you used to
    hold papers together....

    >> Span and beans was a staple in my house whilst growing up.
    
    I'd cross a bridge for Span & Beans.  :-)
    
    On rare occasions, probably when I need a serious salt fix, I get
    in a mood for Spam.  But it has to be fried and fried and fried,
    to the point where if you strike the resulting product on a hard
    surface, either the Spam or the surface must shatter.  Brittle,
    toasty, crusty Spam that cracks cleanly along its fault lines.
    
    If it has the slightest degree of flexibility or chewiness, it's
    repulsive.
    
    I don't want to know what it is.  Well, okay, maybe, but only out
    of morbid curiosity.
    
    Chris

    spam spam spam spam!
    
    SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM!
    
    LOVELY SPAM! WONDERFUL SPAM!

    Spam, diced and mixed with onions, shrooms, and green (or whatever
    color) peppers, sauteed a little butter with a generous portion of
    fresh ground black pepper, a dash of Looooosianna hot pepper sauce, and
    whisked into scrambled eggs makes a mighty fine breakfast.  Top with
    cheddar cheese and you never know that the meat substance is Spam. 
    Yummy.

    >Span(sic) and beans was a staple in my house whilst growing up.
    
     That explains a lot.

    .82
    
    > you never know...
    
    From which one could deduce that you'd do as well to omit the Spam and
    crank up the shroom quotient with a good dose of Criminis.
    
    Or, if you insist on including some mammalian skeletal muscle, use
    chorizo or, better yet, andouille.

    bluuuuurgh!

	bless me, father, for i have sinned.  i have laughed in the
	face of Spam, but have never tried it.

    i have, thanqfully, never eaten spam (at least not to my knowledge). 
    and i don't thinq i'll start now....
    
                
    

	>> i have laughed in the face of Spam, but have never tried it.
    
    
    Yarf!!  You mean it's a... a... FACE?!
    
    Chris

    .82
    >you never know that the meat substance is Spam.
    
    Or, you never know that Spam is a meat substance.

                      <<< Note 501.88 by CAPNET::ROSCH >>>

    RE: Monty Python "Spam" routine

    Thanks for posting that.

    I often like a bit of cheese with my Spam.
    What sort of cheese do you have?  
    Wait, don't tell me.  I'm keen to guess.

	. . .

    
    > Well, stout yeoman, four ounces of Caerphilly, 
    
    My home town.  Wave of Nostalgia.  Lump in Throat.
    
    

    I confess that I find the transmogrification of this note to be most
    enchanting.

    
    and the way it's rat-holed too!!!!
    

    I wouldn't call it that.

    
    Beverly?
    

    <--- I confess that I envy that reply.

    						
    								----->

    snarf
    

Point: Woodford
Assist: Richardson

I confess that I'm simply fascinated with snarf culture.

    
    >snarf culture.
    
    Sounds like it should be in the "Gak" topic...
    
    

 .101  it's a many-splendored thing, isn't it?  
       staggering number of nuances to absorb.

Snarfs are like snowflakes...each one unique, and
yet, they are all woven from the same material...

    
    
    Actually, it was a stolen point. :*)
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

Crime savages snarf culture.

    
    <---- film at 11:00

    I confess...
    
    I believe Tedk & co. are a bunch of communist bastards.

    I was the one who turned the light switch causing the light cover to
    close sqashing his hand. :-( Thankfully there was no serious injury
    and he knows that I am very sorry.

<----no I don't.... :-)

    <---- your worse than Catholic guilt....:-) Let me know what I need to
    do for penance. :-)

    You'll only have to come back here and confess again.

	hee hee hee....too funny Glenn!

    your both sick men! :-)

You're.

NNTTM.

    that's twice in a row too.

    I will write you're 100 times and turn in my paper. Sorry! :-(
    What a tough crowd. :-)

	Well you ARE in the Coffesional topic.... what did ya expect?

    
    Confessional

    NNTTM
    Dan

    
    I confess that I have used a bidet.
    
    I just wanted to come clean.

	I confess to eating Spam as a young child.  They served in
	our school cafeterias.  I like it.

	I also confess to not getting the "Beverly?" joke.

	Karen

    
    <------
    
    See the Shirley topic...
    
    NNTTM
    

    And now, apparently, the Svengali topic.

I confess to having impure thoughts about a recent
new hire who is so stunningly gorgeous that I seriously
doubt he is a mere mortal.

    
    <------
    
    Does that mean you also think he's good looking??
    

"good looking" does not even come close.

    
    
    	So where is this god located?  I might have to make 
    	a road trip.  =)
    

    
| So where is this god located? I might have to make a road trip.  =)
    
	He's EVERYWHERE!!!!

    
    And he's omnimpotent too, so you may not want to bother.

>So where is this god located?

PK03 and that's all I'm at liberty to divulge...;-)

    
    
    	Hmmm....that's one heck of a drive from ZKO.
    

    
    <------
    
    And would probably be for nothing, as Bonnie would be averse to
    allowing any else up to the starting line!!
    
    :)
    

Oh, he's much much too young for me...
robbing the cradle and all that...

    Dang, I was hoping this new hire was at ZKO...
    

    <---- Did you miss a smiley of that last note ? 
    

    No, I was really hoping she saw a hunk of a new hire in ZKO! 
    
    (think about it...shouldn't take too long)

    
    <------
    
    Don't sprain your arm or anything....
    

    It's about time for a SPAM confession don't you think?
    
    
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    	re: .134
    
    	Ok, now I have to know...... how young is he?
    

>how young is he?

A tender bud, I would guess mid-twenties.

    
    .141
    
    Old enough to be out on his own.
    
    Go git 'im, Bonnie!
    

re .137

This is the confessional, isn't it.

    
    
    	Good age....... do send him this way, won't you?  =)
    

    .138
    arm? I's lost....

    
    As in patting yourself on the back...
    

    gotcha.
    Of course, there's no need to, since said nunk ain't in zko.

    
    Hick et Nunk.
    

    
    I don't own a PC
    
    I barely know how to use one
    
    I have no idea what a web page is...
    
    I don't care if anyone is astonished or not...
    

    yes, nunk.
    
    nunk (n) 1. A particularly good-lookin' male nun.
             2. a typo

    
    <look of astonishment>
    

    I have to confess.  I read the string about the cake with *BOOBS*  to
    find some people found it offensive.
    
    WELL! I attended a party just recently of which approximately 50% of
    the people attending were from DEC.  They all learned of the party via
    a notes conference.. At said party there was a *CAKE*. On that *CAKE*
    there was this women.  BUCK NAKED!!!
    
    I confess.!!! I WAS THE ONE WHO ORDERED THE CAKE, ALSO DELIVERED THE
    CAKE TO THE PARTY!!  It tasted pretty good too.!!! :-) Everyone had
    a piece and enjoyed it.
    
    PHEW!!!  What a load off. ;-)
    
    Don

<---- that load may cost you a lawsuit! ;-)

    
    I don't think I'd want to see Buck naked. I mean, he's a nice
    guy and one hell of a guitar player, but I prefer him with
    his clothes on! :-)
    
    -b

    
    pppssssstttt....Don....
    
    Invite me to your next party will ya...
    
    ;-)
    

    Glen.... I had thought about hiring OJ's attorneys for my defense, but
    I may re-think that after 1:00 pm pst. :-) Old OJ may be headed up the
    river.
    
    Dan your on the next party list! :-)
    
    Don

<---Don, looks like they will be looking for work, so ya better hire them. :-)

    <--- Yup! OJ walked, they did well! I've got to get their number. :-)
    
    

    I've got more to confess.
    
    Both of my kids were b   b   b   boob fed babies and I peeked!!! I
    probably should get them to counciling. 
    
    I've also had to scold my 13 year old son.  He watches Bay Watch cuz
    he likes to watch Pamela Sue Anderson run on the beach. Kids today!!
    
    Glen I know a bakery that will sell you a boob cake.

    So, if we assist your family with this boob stress, what are you gonna
    gives us?

	Glenn... it's all tit for tat.....

    
      Well, we have some boobs in here who take the cake...
    
      bb

    
    	I breast fed my babies, too.  I just didn't bring cakes
        representatative of the process into work the next day.
    
    	Karen
    

 Well, obviously Karen, you have a problem.







 Jim

    
    	o o
    	 u
    

| <<< Note 501.164 by CNTROL::JENNISON "Revive us, Oh Lord" >>>


| I just didn't bring cakes representatative of the process into work the next 
| day.

	Karen, neither did this other woman. 


Glen

    Aren't the boob cakes at HLO to die for?

    Glenn... give you? It is us who are in need.  God knows, how much it
    will cost and the length of time it will take to straighten the little
    cherubs out. After all they have been exposed to boobs!!! AGAS! :-)

| <<< Note 501.168 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "Pettin' & Sofa Settin'" >>>

| Aren't the boob cakes at HLO to die for?

	Only when they offend

    My former group did a "torso" cake for our boss; anatomically
    correct.....it was absolutely amazing what they did with the
    chipped chocolate :-0  He had a great sense of humor, but said
    "I'll get you for this Reese".  Since my birthday is Jan 1, my
    party was an extension of a New Year's Eve party.......my former
    boss managed to get me the male version of same cake, outstanding!!
    
    

    >my former boss managed to get me the male version of same cake, 
    >outstanding!!
    
     So to speak. ;-)

    Levesque,
    
    I have excellent recall though :-)
    
    Besides, this incident took place 15 years ago, I was seeing quite
    a bit of ONE of those then ;-)
    
    

    I am sexually esurient.

    
    Are you horny too?
    

	yeah, glenn...answer brian's question, please!

    You can both read, can't you?

Or do you just delight in sending dozens of people scurrying for their
thesaurus?

                                 ;^)

I cannot tell a lie.

I started topic 600 this evening strictly in order to prevent some
other idiot from committing a shameful snarf.

    Jack!
    
    30 lashes with an overcooked piece of macaroni and gravy!
    
    
    meg

    Oh,
    
    And you have to eat your salad as the first course for a month!
    
    ;-)

That's indeed a TTMMGT, Meg.

   i have an appreciable amount of admiration for Hillary Clinton.

    
    RE: .183

    I, on the other hand, would be quite happy if she spontaneously
    combusted.

    -b

   .184  that hardly makes you unique, i'm sure.  ;>

    re: .184
    
    Why? Are you cold?

>   i have an appreciable amount of admiration for Hillary Clinton.

 While one can admire all that she has accomplished in her life,
 one can't ignore her assumption of power as first lady where she
 wasn't elected into such authority nor is she accoutable for her
 use of that authority, nor her taste in men :-)

 Doug. 

    She did not rank in the top ten in her class.  Lie!  They didn't have a
    rating system at Yale!
    
    

    
    > i have an appreciable amount of admiration for Hillary Clinton.

    wishing for your speedy recovery...

    
    .189
    
    Wishing for your speedy departure...
    

    >I, on the other hand, would be quite happy if she spontaneously
    >combusted.
    
     I'd find it far preferable if the truth came out about her involvement
    (or lack of involvement) in the various tangled webs in which she
    appears to have a part.

    
    
    I'll second what the doc has said.
    
    
    Mike
    
    

    
    > i have an appreciable amount of admiration for Hillary Clinton.
    
    Why? I'd really be curious.
    

   .187  I'm not surprised that you felt the need to mitigate what I
	 said.  That's, of course, your prerogative.  Apparently,
	 I need to point out that saying I have an appreciable amount
	 of admiration for Hillary doesn't mean that I think she's
	 some sort of perfect being.  I admire her for her intellect,
	 her strength, her poise, and her dedication.

    
    re:.190
    
    > Wishing for your speedy departure...
    
    Wish granted...
    

    I think this is called the Confessional because after you say something
    here you wish you hadn't. Di?

    .196
    
    yes, hank should have learned his lesson by now.

>>    I think this is called the Confessional because after you say something
>>    here you wish you hadn't. Di?

	I don't wish I hadn't.  I don't know about you.

This is a real confession: based on the criteria used in .194
(intellect, strength, poise, and dedication), I actually admire Howard
Stern more than I do HC, and I think Howard's pretty crude.

Pete

    .199
    
    good for you.  there's no accounting for taste.

    ditto

Pete admires Howard Stern more than he admires Howard Cosell?  I'd have a 
hard time choosing between the two 8*)

I confess. I voted for Richard M. Nixon in 1972.

    
    I did not, for several reasons.
    

    Joan, did you vote for McGovern because he wanted to legalize pot?

Um, Jack, Canadians can't vote in U.S. elections.  HTH.

    Uhhhh....sorry

>   Um, Jack, Canadians can't vote in U.S. elections.  HTH.

    Not to mention the age qualification for voters.

    -- Dave

>I confess. I voted for Richard M. Nixon in 1972.

    me too.  let's go kill ourselves.  dinner first though?

You're on.

    
    So did I (vote for Nixon) but it was in the 7th grade mock election and
    didn't really count, I guess.
    

I supported Nixon/Lodge in 1960, when I was 7.  By 1972, I was smart enough
to vote against Nixon.

    I didn't vote for McGovern, but then I didn't vote for Nixon,
    either, being a couple of years under the voting age at the time...
    
    But in retrospect, wow, what a choice that must have been, to have to
    choose between Mc"1000-Percent"Govern and Dick "What Secret Plan?"
    Nixon.  Since I was a liberal back then, I'm sure I'd have knee-jerked
    the McGovern lever.  But if I had to make that choice now, knowing
    what I know now, that's a real tough choice.
    
    Chris

 .212  gee, you're soooo much older and wiser than i am.  but you
       knew that.

    Hmmm... when was the voting age lowered to 18?  I thought it was
    after the '72 elections, sometime during Nixon's second term...
    
    Chris

    i worked for mcgovern.  first and only candidate i ever
    worked for.

>    Hmmm... when was the voting age lowered to 18?

It was either 70 or 71, as my ex- was 20 in 72 and was able to vote
in that presidential race.

The 26th amendment was passed on March 23, 1971 and ratified on July 5, 1971.

    Uhhhhhh-huh... okay, thanks... then I must've voted in 1972,
    and it must have been for McGovern.
    
    Now that's embarrassing, not even remembering having voted.  :-)
    I guess my mind was too full of silly science equations during
    those college days, and I've long since purged it all.
    
    Chris

    
    Since becoming eligible to vote in 1976, I never have, and never
    will, check any boxes, punch any holes, or pull any levers with
    the dreaded "D" letter next to them. And I am truly proud to say
    it...

    -b

Question: how many of the current presidential contenders have "D" in their
names?

    
    My comment has nothing to do with their names, but you knew
    that... as for how many? There's (D)ole, and (D)orn (is he still
    "in") and Alexan(d)er and Richar(d) Luger... off the top of
    my head...
    
    -b

    Brian missed a Karen Valentine snarf.

	Why doesn't she do tv anymore? Oh yeah, the Love Boat was canceled.

    I am going to kill the idjit with system privs who has just forked up
    my directory structure!!!!!!!! I swear to God!

Hell, I voted for Nixon in '92, and I will again in '96. I would vote
for Barry Goldwater but I have lost track of what happened to Bill
Miller, integral as he is to the team.

Pete

    |Hell, I voted for Nixon in '92
    
    i can believe that.

    
    re:.225

    aaahhh Mark, isn't that illegal?  DEC rules and stuff, yah know...

    
    re: .216
    
    >i worked for mcgovern.  first and only candidate i ever  worked for.
    
    
    We forgive you Bonnie....
    

    I confess that I voted for Brian Mulroney twice.

    In the same election?

    Glenn - did you live in Brian Mulroney's riding?  I wish we could vote
    directly on who we want as PM, instead of voting by party.

re .226:

He's dead, Jim.

(I always wondered whether he was eligible to be Prez. again, considering
he served less than half of his last term.  Not that I'd vote for him) 

    
    i must admit that today, i was one of those putz' that didn't clean off
    the roof of her car completely this morning, causing small chuncks of
    snow to go flying off while cruising down route 2.  
    
    

	raq.... that was vewy vewy bad of you! I'm angry. 

	On the way in there were several people who did these things to
varrying �. One person had cleaned off their car completely, so you could see
no snow! Except for the roof. But most just cleaned off what their windshield
wipers would wipe away. 

	Again.... I think if someone doesn't clean their car off, they should
receive a $100 fine. For the 2nd offense, loss of licence for 30 days. A third
offense is loss of license for that winter. The 4th offense jail time. The 5th
offense, loss of license for life! I figure it will only take � a winter before
� the people can't drive anymore. So I guess it would solve the traffic
problems as well. :-)


Glen

    
    	When I'm done cleaning my cars off, you can hardly tell it had
    	snowed.  They are 99 44/100% free of snow.
    

    
    
    Not even a measly 1mm of snow?????
    

    since literally dozens of people have inquired i shall tell
    you the origins of the moniker "oph".  seems there was once
    a young girl named ophelia oliver who woke up one day to find
    the o's absent from her name.  from that moment on, she had 
    to very, very careful when any randy lad approached.  i don't
    know if she was ever able to reclaim her o's.  mr. t swore it 
    was a Seuss story; i, nevertheless, have my doubts.

    
    	Fascinating story ... really.
    
    	I truly hope you have many more just like it.
    

    shawn, don't be so sincere...

    
    	I love that little face you use ... the tongue turns me on.
    

    yes, the face...it just happened one day when i 
    missed the o key...

    > i must admit that today, i was one of those putz' that didn't clean off
    > the roof of her car completely this morning, causing small chuncks of
    > snow to go flying off while cruising down route 2.  
    
    Well hopefully you won't end up like the putz in Westboro with
    the yellow/tan Mercedes, who will get a call from their insurance
    company today notifying them that they are being sued for damage
    to the windshield and roof of my car, caused by the ice that flew
    off their car. Lazy.
    
    -b

    well, there really wasn't a lot of snow on top, since i had cleaned off
    the car before going in the house for the nite (whatever snow happened
    after 8:30 was all that was on there), which is why i didn't even think
    twice about cleaning it off...until i was on the highway and i could
    see in my rear-view mirrow a slight snow shower following me.  then the
    guilt kicked in.  i usually clean off my entire car (maybe not to the
    extent shawn has, but it is clean) because i hate being behind a
    numbnut who has that peep hole in the front windshield or the mountain
    of snow on the roof...
    
    i will repent...i promise...
    

	raq.... if you want your car as clean as shawns, use your hair dryer! 

    
    
    	-raq
    
    	I had to laugh at one of the people who barely cleaned their
    	van off at all.  He stopped at a red light and everything that
    	was on his roof came forward and completely covered his 
    	windshield.
    
    	

    
    serves him right!!!  :> :>
    
    and glen, my cord doesn't reach that far...and besides, i am not
    usually that bored... :>
    
    

	raq, you don't have the cigarette lighter kind-o-hair-dryer?

    
    no, i am one of "those" that dries her hair at home, in the bathroom.
    
    sorry...confessions again...
    
    

    
    
    	I neglected to rebuild my carburator this weekend, opting instead
    to hose it down judiciously with Gumout to loosen a sticky float. It
    worked and only took me a � hr instead of a whole day. I do feel kinda
    guilty, but I'll get over it...
    
    
    jim

    Tune up in a can.  $1.95 well spent IMO

    
    	yep, and the smoke stop in the oil worked well too...I'm not
    leaving a toxic blue cloud when I start up in the morning. :)
    
    
    jim

    I confess that I like having stuff.

| <<< Note 501.255 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "Glennbert" >>>

| I confess that I like having stuff.

	Good stuff, or evil stuff? 

    Yes.

So, I seem to recall, did Puff the Magic Dragon :^)


\Chele

    Oh GREAT GAZOOOO! Where ARE YOUUUUUU?!?!

    FOOL!  It's...
    
    Gazoo....where are you???  Not Oh Great Gazoo.

    You are wrong pal, it's The Great Gazooo.

    I think anybody who knows the Flintstones should arbitrate.  You're
    WRONG!

    
    It's "The Great Gazoo".  I have spoken.
    
    

    I KNOW he is The Great Gazoo...but when Fred and dumb dumb call for his
    help, they don't say..."Great Gazoo, where are you?"  They say..."Gazoo
    where are you?

    They also said "Oh Great Gazoo, where are you!"

    YOU LIE...Why do you lie!?

    Well okay, maybe once or twice but usually they didn't!

    So Jack, guess I'm no fool after all.

    Your just all conspiring against me.  

    You're...

| <<< Note 501.270 by MKOTS3::JMARTIN "Madison...5'2'' 95 lbs." >>>

| Your just all conspiring against me.

	Jack, you open yourself up enough that no one needs to conspire for
anything. :-)

    
    	Jack, if you brought us all up on charges of harassment, YOU'D be
    	facing conspiracy charges against yourself for aiding and abetting.
    
    	8^)
    

<----too funny!

    I confess that I want a warm moist date with Quark's latest dabo girl.

    Having impure thoughts of her, I see.  I must confess, she is rather
    attractive.

    
    	I watched "Beverly Hills 90210" Saturday afternoon/night [re-run
    	on a UHF channel], and I have to say that it wasn't too bad.  I
    	think I'd go crazy watching it every week, or every day, but it
    	was tolerable for an hour.
    

 I've never watched it.




 Jim

    I watch MTV`s "The Real World".
    
    In descending order,"The Real World" kids in London are the worst. 
    Followed by "The Real World" in New York,followed by "The Real World" 
    in San Francisco.
    
    I think the worst character in all 3 has to be Puck from the San
    Francisco "Real World". 
    
    All the massive over analysis on who fancies who and "just who is
    the real Puck? The soft gentle Puck,underneath this hard shell??"
    drives me nuts. And makes me larf.
    
    
    

    
    	I've never seen the show, but I always hear bad things about this
    	Puck guy.
    

    
    
    
    	One word
    
    
    				repulsive
    

    
    
    	... I confess......  I watched the last hour of the Brady
    	Bunch Movie this weekend while taking a break from packing.
    
    	And I laughed.
    

    Is that the one where Peter is going through puberty and his voice
    changes?

    
    	Jack, if you are a fan of the old TV series, you'll notice that
    	the new movie touches on no less than 15 of the older episodes,
    	from "Oh, my nose!!" to Davey Jones.
    
    	And it was a riot.
    

    .280 Stu,
    
    Wow, and I like London the best...Probably because of Nick's (is that his
    name, the punk rocker dude?) hair and attitude.  That and the apartment
    over there is the best so far IMO.

    I watched Tombstone for the 12th time last Saturday.

 I loved the Brady Bunch Movie..

    
    
    	marcia!, Marcia!, MARCIA!!
    
    
    	I just about died when the Partridge Family bus drove by
    	the camera for the talent contest scene......
    

 that was funny..



  "Kids...put on your Sunday best..We're going to Sears!"

    
    	In case anybody doesn't know it, what they did was take the Bradys
    	from the 60's and plop them in the middle of 1995 Los Angeles.
    
    	You can imagine the strange looks they got, no matter what they
    	did.  Especially if you remember "The Silver Platters" episode and
    	picture them doing the same routine at a Los Angeles High School
    	talent competition.
    

    
    	RE: Jim
    
    	Another one was:
    
    	Mike:  I couldn't have said it better myself.  But I'll try any-
    	       ways.
    

    Heavy Metal Davey Jones wasn't too bad, actually....
    
    Other than renting the Brady Bunch movie, I must confess that I enjoyed
    watching Willow a week ago.  I really liked the red-headed warrior
    princess.  Yes, I liked her quite a lot. [but I've always had a
    weakness for red-heads, I'll admit  8^) ]

 "Whatever happened to that dog, anyway?"

    steve-
    
    {wave,wave!}

    <--- You liked the warrior princess, too??  8^)

    I'm gonna bite you for that one, Steve!

    I hope you've had all your shots...  
    
    {duck, *run*}

    I'll confess to enjoying Willow as well.  The two tiny barbarians with
    the bad accents were quite funny IMO.  

    steve-
    
    harumph!

    
    'tine...
    
     You can bite me anytime.... and I won't even check your shot record!!
    
     ;)
    

    Really, Andy.  You should practice safe nibbling.

    thank you Andy!  Now, is that before or after I yawn? :-)))

    "Willow" is a great movie.  The little Brownies with the French accents
    are very funny.  And I think the actress that you guys are drooling
    over is Joanne Whalley (Kilmer) (she was married to Val, but I think
    they are in the process of divorcing)

    
    
    	I love the Brownies in Willow! 
    
    "I've got the baby! Laugh you stupid bird, laugh!"
    
    :)
    
    

    The recent notes from node BSS:: have actually caused me to 
    look back upon the SUBURBIANS with a certain nostalgic fondness....

    I'd suggest you seek professional help, but I think I'm suffering the
    same Proustian yearnings.

    Well, then, at least I'm in good company :-)

>    Joanne Whalley (Kilmer)
    
    She's got red hair, you know...

 I've never had a White Castle hamburger, but on a whim bought a box o'
 them last night.  Haven't worked up the never to try one yet, though.




 Jim

  .311 what Jim meant to say, of course, was that he's nerve had a 
       White Castle hamburger.

 uh, right ;-)

Sliders are good for you.

 So I've heard.

    
    re: White Castles...
    
    You really can't enjoy them until you've eaten 5 or 6...
    

    That's about 100 grams of fat in one sitting.  =8o

    What happens if you're standing while you eat them?

    
    re: .317
    
    >That's about 100 grams of fat in one sitting.  =8o
    
    I doubt it.... maybe 40-45 at the most... They are rather small, after
    all..
    

    8P, you!

    -1 was for Glenn.
    
    Andy, I think they're @ 20 grams a piece.

    
    
    Can you verify??
    
     The figures I've seen state that a Big Mac is only about 20-something
    grams...
    

    
    	Is that before cooking, or after?
    

    .322
    
    McDonald's has used 10-to-the-pound patties since the company's
    inception in the '50s.  That makes a Big Mac 1/5 pound, which is 3.2
    ounces (90.7 grams).  Before cooking.  Burger King uses 8-to-the-pound
    patties.  White Castle uses 18-to-the-pound patties, I believe; that's
    0.875 ounce (24.8 grams).

    
    Dick...
    
     I think we're talkin grams of fat per...

    .326
    
    McD's and BK use 80% lean.  That means a 1.6-oz McD's hamburger
    contains 9.1 grams of fat in the meat plus a trivial amount from the
    bread.  A Big Mac adds a Big Fat hit with its mayo-style "special
    sauce."

    You want fat grams?  Eat a Jack-In-The-Box Ultimate Cheeseburger.  A
    whopping 73 grams.  8o
    
    You would be suprised at the fat content in most burgers.

    I like bulging burgers.

    I confess that I ate fast food for lunch today.  A rarity, but I had
    little choice this afternoon.
    
    Of course, since I was going to eat fast food, I did it right.  Hardy's
    Ultimate bacon-cheeseburger, fries, and soft drink.  Enough fat to
    choke a roach, I'm sure.  
    
    
    -steve

    
    re: .329
    
    >I like bulging burgers.
    
    You can get those here in the USA???
    

Was it enough fat to choke a Leech?

    <--- apparently not...I'm still alive and kicking.

    
    	I just "got" ::LEVESQUE's p_n.
    

    :-)

    
    don't know why but i am looking forward to donating blood today...
    
    

| <<< Note 501.336 by GAVEL::JANDROW "i think, therefore i have a headache" >>>


| don't know why but i am looking forward to donating blood today...

	Maybe because today it won't be Digital who takes it?

    
    
    yeah, well, it was a bust, so to speak...
    
    

	They took blood from your boob? 

    
    they probably would have gotten more...
    

	:-)

    a couple of extra cups anyways.

    Please keep us abreast of your next attempt!

    
    please, next time i think out donating blood, someone nip that idea in
    the bud!
    

    What titillating conversation!

    I think this conversation is a bust.

    I think that was an obvious attempt to milk this punfest for all its
    worth.  

    Must you cleave so resolutely to such punning?

	I'm hungry for cake

    
      Your such punny people!
    
      

    Once again, there is much clinging to the bosom of inanity.  

	I'm off to by huge tracks of land!

ooops......made into a fun bag again.... :-)

    
    buy

 See ya!

    
    
    I enjoy a glass of white zinfandel every once in awhile...
    

    
>    I enjoy a glass of white zinfandel every once in awhile...

    don't know if it's true but i've heard it's the most popular
    wine in America.
    

    I believe chardonnay edged it out last year.

    i enjoy a wise infidel every once in awhile.

    
    >i enjoy a wise infidel every once in awhile.
    
    The kind you find in, oh, say, a book???
    

    he reads a lot, yes.

    I certainly hope he's godless. ;-)

    yes.  and he's not that tall either.

>    I believe chardonnay edged it out last year.

	well that's a little bit of an improvement at least. ;>

    >> >    I believe chardonnay edged it out last year.
    
    

    Bumblebee Tuna!

    Chicken of the Sea!

    Poulet de la mer!

    I wonder if there is SOAPBOX - Anon self help group I could join. I
    confess that without reading all the noise in here when I find I have
    some time to myself that I start developing ticks and I break out in a
    rash. Then, I put on a lacy body stocking, a pink tutu, a propeller
    beanie, cowboy boots and a cone bra and I go out on the street and bumb
    for spare change. This helps a lot, but there must be an easier way to
    deal with this.

re <<< Note 501.370 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "I'm here but I'm really gone" >>>

I confess that I read that note a number of times, and I still can't _quite_ 
picture it.  Do you, or do you not, varnish your nails before these 
preparations?


\Chele

    I don't.
    
    That help?

Not even a buff?

    
    I too, have no idea what the "Check Out Room" is for...
    

    The check out room was an expirement in living a minimalistic lifestyle. 
    The author of the note put all of his non-essential belongings into a
    room.  He then proceeded to check things out as he needed or desired
    them, including the log book he was using to record the frequency of
    each item's useage.  He was kind enough to reveal this plan to us so
    we, the ever helpful and understanding boxen could share in this life
    enriching exercise.  I believe the goal was to eventually cull his
    belongings to a set of article that were truly deemed essential and
    dispose of the rest.  The end result was that living in the relative
    clutter in which we all most likely have, was the preferred way of
    living.  If nothing else, it providing for the largest collective,
    virtual head scratching session I recall ever seeing in a single note. 
    
    Brian 

    
    Oh.... okay... I guess... {as he goes away scratching his head}
    

    What happened to .0?

    I dunno. Looks like it's still there to me.

    me too. get yer eyes checked.

    I meant .0 of The Check Out Room topic, obviously.

    obviously.

    Is there an echo in here?

    Is there an echo in here?

    copy-cat!!

    copy-cat!!

    Mommy!!

    Dearest!

    Ohhh....the Checkout Room Topic...I remember it now.  

    At this time I would like to confess my undying love and devotion to
    antibiotics!

    LOOK AT ME!

    A few days ago I had but moments to live! I felt the life oozing out of
    my body! I felt like 10 pounds of bat guano in a 5 pound bag! 

    Now I'm back! Back I tell you! With lots of life to ooze out to all
    around me! and I owe it all to antibiotics! Those wonderful blue pills
    that even sound happy when you rattle them in the bottle! I owe my life
    to them! 

    {MOOOOAH!} to you, my little selfless blue friends!

    how are the others of you doing?

    about the same.

that must be one hell of a party you're having inside of you, Glenn!

    I personally am dying. cell by cell, breath by breath... dying.

    
    <--- can I help you speed it along, perhaps?

    I'm ashamed to say that I cannot follow directions.  You know,
    the directions that come with how to put together this item,
    how to install curtain rods, how to quilt...etc.  I read and
    understand the individual words, but something always gets lost
    from the reading to the execution.  Is there any hope for me?

 very little, I'm sorry to say.

    Oh dear, I'd throw myself out the window, but, well, I can't
    understand the directions for opening it! :-)

 ;-)


 
 Actually, I've always had a tough time with directions until I made up
 my mind to follow them step by step. For years I avoided buying anything
 that was labeled "assembly required" because I knew I'd get started on 
 it and get so frustrated that I'd give up.  Until one day, I forced myself
 to follow the directions, step by step and arranging whatever it was I
 was building just the way it is in the picture.  I found it worked quite 
 well and to this day I have the utmost confidence in my ability to put
 together any assembly required item I buy (I just don't buy anymore of
 them).



Jim

   .398  you've made us so proud.

    hey, don't laugh at .398, I discovered the same thing myself about 20
    years ago, still works just fine, although I find myself searching for
    true north to orient the pictures in the instructions with.

 Thanks, di..that's what I'm here for.

 re .400  That's why I bought a compass.




 Jim

    So, Jim, what time are you coming over to put together my linen
    cabinet?
    
    Have I also mentioned that I'm absolutely hopeless with power tools
    and have 4 curtain rods, one spice rack, one mirror and one shelf
    left to hang?  

     > So, Jim, what time are you coming over to put together my linen 
    > cabinet?
    
    > 4 curtain rods, one spice rack, one mirror and one shelf left to
    > hang?
    
    and when you get done with that, head over to my house. I have the Mr.
    Kinky Bedroom Set to assemble, and I'm having real trouble trying to
    figure out where the handcuff hooks fit on the bedpost.

>    So, Jim, what time are you coming over to put together my linen
>    cabinet?
 
     are the directions printed in English?



   
>    Have I also mentioned that I'm absolutely hopeless with power tools
>    and have 4 curtain rods, one spice rack, one mirror and one shelf
>    left to hang?  


     Sorry...when it comes to that sort of thing, I tend to hang things up
     kinda crooked.




 Jim

    Oh, I can hang things straight, I just can't use power tools!
    In other words, I'll tell you when you have it just right {ahem}

 uh, er, umm..stutter, uh..

    
    	Real men don't read directions.
    
    	We remove all the parts from the box, glance over the picture
    	of the "fully assembled item" on the front of the box, and
    	put it together.
    
    	The directions are only used if there are spare parts left
    	over after the item is completely built.
    

    You mean "extra parts", right?  8^)
    
    If you've got it together and it isn't in danger of collapsing, those
    leftover peices are "bonus" items. 

    i have three power tools: a conair blowdryer, a 
    black & decker drill, and a wimpy chainsaw.  

    .409
    
    I thought Wimpy's was a hamburger chain...?

    
    Have you noticed how they throw in a few spare fasteners and washers
    these days?  I think it's a plot to drive us all mad.

    
    
    	My father would agree with you Colin.  =)
    
    
    
    	(he never follows the directions when assembling something.  He's
    	  convinced they're all written by the same idiot)
    

    it's an electric chainsaw, as opposed to a gas chainsaw.
    good for saplings, not mighty oaks.

A wimpy chainsaw is also good for butchering mad cows so they can be made into
hamburgers for which I will gladly pay you Tuesday.

    
			  (__)
                          (OO)
                   /-------\/  <gasp!>
                  / |     ||  
                 *  ||W---||  
                    ~~    ~~  

    

    
    
    	re: 'tine
    
    	darlin', you know if you need something screwed, hammered, or
    otherwise assembled I'm your man. Call be babe....;*)
    
    
    jim

    >  501.416 by SUBPAC::SADIN
    
    > darlin', you know if you need something screwed, hammered, or
    > otherwise assembled I'm your man.
    
    On the other hand, if you need this item to *work* when it's screwed,
    hammered, or otherwise assembled, then you wanna talk to bobbo, who is
    the master of assembly...

    
    
    	piss off bobbo...:)
    
    

    > 501.418 by SUBPAC::SADIN
    
    hey, you're just mad 'cos I have less parts left over when the widgit
    is assembled!

    
    
    	I was assemblin' widgits before widgits wuz cool.

    jim and robbo-

    
    
    	yes luv?
    
    

    >  jim and robbo-
    
    sittin' in a tree...

    
    
    {barf}

    
    Bzzt.  The proper form would be "B-A-R-F-I-N-G".
    
    

    
    	Barking?
    
    

    gee, don't know how i messed that up...
    
    anyway, there's  plenty of rods to go around for everyone, no need
    to fight, boys :-))))

    |anyway, there's  plenty of rods to go around for everyone
    
    8^O
    
    {thud}

    
    {crash}

 <boing>

    
    I watched the VR Troopers this morning instead of the Today show.
                                                                    

<---now that is a confession!!!

 ZZ    I watched the VR Troopers this morning instead of the Today show.
    
    Is that a cartoon like Clutch Cargo...or Speed Racer???

    Worse.  Not that I've watched it, but I have seen adverts for it.
    
    I will confess to watching the Power Rangers, though.  I actually made
    it through an entire episode once.  Had some blonde on the show with
    the cutest English accent... Don't remember much else about it.  8^)

    Heathen!

    
    
    	Jack,
    
    	It's like the Power Rangers....... only not as popular.
    	An old acquaintance of mine is one of the VR Troopers.  
    	Rather bizarre to see him on TV.  =)
    
    	JJ
    

	I can't stand peanuts in candybars, cookies, icecream, or M&Ms.

    
    <-- ME TOO!  ME TOO!
    
    Snickers are icky.

    8o

    
    I feel the same way about raisins.  I can eat them plain, but don't gum
    up my food with them!
    

    
    	you people are strange. Raisins and peanuts in food are awesome...
    
    

    re-1 
    I agree
    

    I knew there was some wierd about both Ms. Deb and Jack,   NOW I KNOW!
    

    I bet Mueslix is a breakfast fave of you two. :-)

	have a snickers and a smile!

    
    	I used to love raisins, but I guess I grew up or something because
    	I can't stand them now.
    

    They're too sweet.

    
    i prefer my raisins plain (i.e., not in choclate or cookies etc), but
    in cereal is fine.
    
    i prefer my nuts plain (oh er) with the exception of snickers...
    
    

    I'm weird about my nuts and raisins.  I like them in chocolate, but not
    in bread/cake/cereal, etc.  I do not eat them plain.  I do not eat them
    on a train.

I prefer dates to raisins.

But I'm not weird about my nuts...

>I do not eat them plain.  I do not eat them on a train.
    
    Not in a house, not with a mouse. Not in a tree, you let me be! I will
    not eat them here or there, I will not eat them anywhere. I do not like
    raisins and nuts, I do not like them you big putz.
    

    
    	If Doc starts in with the "Barney" song, I'm outta here.
    

    Ok, people, how much is it worth to you for me to get rid of Shawn? :-)

    
    <gets out wallet and starts counting readies>
    
    

    I love you
    You love me
    We're a happy family
    With a great big hug
    and a kiss from me to you
    Won't you say you love me too?

    
    	[pout]
    

    
    <puts wallet away, shamefacedly>
    

    hahaha.  8)
    
    I thtill wub u shawn.  
    
    {gak}

    
    I have an overwhelming urge to chant "Shawn and April sitting in a
    tree".
    
    I shall refrain.
    

    
    	I'd like to hear that song, also ... except for the "marriage"
    	and "baby carriage" parts, of course.
    

    
    Shall I just mumble over those words?
    

    
    	Yes ... VERY incoherently.  Thank you.
    

    I'm with Shawn. (!?)
    
    Been there, done that.  

    
    >I'm with Shawn.
    
    Well, of course you are, or else I wouldn't be singing the song.
    
    <puzzled look>
    

    
    
    I'd like to see the videos of them doing it in a tree...
    
    
    
      Kissing that is...
    

    Um, I don't want to play anymore.

    
    I hadn't even got to sing yet 8^/.
    

    How bout you and I singing together.  I'll be Tevia and you be Golda...
    
    Do you love me.......

    
    Do I what?
    

    Do you love me....

    
    Do I love you?
    

    well...?

| <<< Note 501.460 by BUSY::SLABOUNTY "Consume feces and expire." >>>


| I'd like to hear that song, also ... except for the "marriage"
| and "baby carriage" parts, of course.

	I don't think April would get passed the K I S S I N G part!

    GLEN...YOU're INTERRUPTING OUR SONG YOU HUSSY!!!

    My fav Barney song:
    
    Every bodies special in a different way.

    No Meg...its:
    
    "You are special you're the only one you're the only one of you...
     There isn't another in the whole wide world who can do the things you
     do for you are special...special...every one is special..every one in
     his or her own way....for you are special..special...every one is
     special...every one in his or her own way...
    
     You're important oh you really are you're the only one of you...
     there isn't another in the whole wide world who can do the things you
     do..(repeat chorus)"
    
    Of course I can't stand Barney...but I have kids who like him so what
    is one to do???
    

    
    	Get some new, smarter kids, Jack.
    

    
    So... does this mean that Jack Martin has left our mz_deb speechless???
    

    
    The spell was broken!
    

    Well, Townsend hasn't had a good exorcism in a few years.  That might
    do it.  

    
    True Conffesion:  I laughed at a Mentos commercial this weekend.
              

| <<< Note 501.482 by POWDML::HANGGELI "Will Work For Latte" >>>


| True Conffesion:  I laughed at a Mentos commercial this weekend.

	I guess it interfered with your spelling capabilities, eh? :-)

    
    Oops 8^)!
    
    Confession.  Confession.
    
    

 I'm not sure I've ever seen a mentos commercial.




 Jim

 I'm kinda hoping our softball game gets rained out tonight.

    When I was at School, during cross country, which used to go past my
    house. I would slip inside with a couple of friends, watch MTV, and
    pig out on food. 
    We would then join the back, of the group. At the end of the lesson my
    instructors though we were superfit, because our pulses were never
    above 90. Everyone elses was averaging around 120. 
    
    Sorry Mr Critchall.
             
    Steven F.

    
    	You laughed at a Mentos commercial?
    
    	Deb, say it ain't so!!
    

    
    Can you believe it 8^)?  It was the one where the guy wearing a dark
    suit sits on a freshly painted white bench.
    

	A mishap.... and you find this funny???? :-)

    
    His solution was funnier than most of those dumb Mentos commercial
    solutions.
    
    The part that always makes me laugh, though, is how they pop a Mentos,
    solve the problem, then pop another Mentos while someone watches and
    gives them a thumbs-up.
    
    I will never, never buy those things; I don't care how wonderful they
    might be!
    
    I will die before I eat a Mentos.
    

	EVERYONE KEEP THE MENTOS AWAY FROM MZ_DEB! She will live forever if we
do. So GET RID OF THEM! 


Glen

    deb, i am so disappointed in you...a mentos commercial???  you must
    have had way too much sun this weekend.  :>
    
    tc:  i positively love watching "the muppets tonite".  if i am not
    home to see it, i'll tape it for later viewing.  
    
    

  Thanks, raq..I worked real hard on this season's series.
  btw, "The Muppets Treasure Island" will be out on video shortly.



 MM

	that muppett man... he's sooo cool!

    Not to mention the first Muppet Horror flick, "Auberge de Mange Kermit"

    
    I'll bite. What's a mentos?

Non compost mentos.

    agagagagagagagaagag

    
    	RE: .497
    
    	Are you vying for the "Jack DelBalso 'HUH?' duty"?
    

    
    you have now proved beyond a doubt, nary a one, that you eastners
    are haughty. I will even grant you that a mentos is some regional
    do hickey. Never heard of it in the midwest.

    re: .501
    
    A Mentos is a God-awful hidious tasting candy, which
    on the yuck-o-meter falls ever so slightly above a 
    NECCO wafer.  Be glad you've never heard of them.
    

    
    thank you Mary-Michael. shawn would do well to take manners lessons
    from you.

    In addition to Mentos candy having a detestable flavor and texture,
    Mentos ads are bizarre and have apparently inspired a group of people
    who, perhaps jokingly, seem to believe that some sort of cult activity
    is involved, and/or that the ads are frightening or some sort of
    attempted mind control.
    
    I don't see it myself, but there ya go.
    
    As for NECCO wafers (or as we call them, YUKKO wafers), they made
    my kid so sick once that we almost had to cancel our vacation.
    You don't want to know what those things look like when the engines
    have been put into reverse.  The hospital practically had to have
    the stuff analyzed to be sure it was indeed NECCO wafer debris.
    
    Chris

    
    	NECCO wafers are great.
    
    	Next thing I know you morons will be dissing Pez, or maybe
    	Pixie Sticks.
    

    I confess. I only watch the Simpsons, but I do watch the same ones over
    and over again.

    
    Pixie Sticks 8^q!
    

    
    	Is that a happy face or a sad face, Deb?
    

    
    That's a yummy face.
    

    I confess I tried Mentos once.  I further confess that I pronounced
    them Men-toze, but I have since noticed that the ads call them
    Men-toss.  I believe women should toss them too.
    
    Chris, loved your .504 re the engines being reversed to reveal NECCO 
    wafer debris :-) but I 'fess that I find NECCO wafers yummy, and while
    we're talking NECCO, Sky Bars are the greatest!
    
    Leslie 

	NECCO wafers are your friends! 

    Pez rulz

    re: Sky Bars
    
    Yep, Sky Bar is one of the best, if not the best, candy bars that have
    been around for my entire ancient lifetime.  It is almost inconceivable
    that Sky Bar and NECCO wafers come from the same company. :-)
    
    As for Mentos, after you've successfully de-programmed a Mentos Person,
    can you then refer to them as De-Mentos?
    
    Chris

    ...and yourself as Dr. De-Mentos?

    Yes to Sky bars
    
    YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSS To Pixie Sticks and Giant Pixie Sticks. The one's
    that pour out so much of that wonderful processed sugar that you could
    burn your mouth and throat linings if you weren't careful. I loved
    them.
    
    Fizzies were fun, but bland.
    
    Necco wafers were and are hideous.
    
    I've never tried Mentos, but the ads are a bit frightening.
    
    I also hated those little candy buttons that came on sheets of paper
    and the paper always stuck to the bottom of the candy.  BBBBLLLEEEHHH
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    Thanks to the Simpsons, Pixie sticks are no culture-specific mystery to
    me.  Bart gives one to Todd Flanders, who is forbidden sugar.  Todd
    becomes a laving rooney and beats up his kid brother.  See?   I told
    you I watch them over and over. <insane laughter>.

    > ...and yourself as Dr. De-Mentos?
    
    Bwah-hah... :-)
    
    
    re: Pixie Sticks
    
    Have they come out with the I-V Pack yet?  Gets those vital sugars
    directly into your bloodstream where they belong.
    
    Chris

    Pixie Stix were great.  So were Pez.  Does anyone remember
    the "necklaces" of sweet and sour type wafers you bit off
    the string?  One necklace could last through an entire
    matinee......
    

    How about Sweet Tartes and Bottle Caps?

    
    Oh, Sweet Tarts!  The big ones.
    

    How about candy cigarettes?

    Oh! Popeye ones were great!

    controversial, but fun.

    They really smoked if you blew in them.

    Candy cigarettes and SweetTarts, I hated. I liked chocolate cigarettes,
    though. Came in a clear red plastic holder. The cigarettes were wrapped
    in a white paper to look like real ones. SweetTarts were just a "Poor
    Man's Pixie Stix" to me.
    
    I remember the candy necklaces and bracelets. I also remember wearing
    them and having them melt and leave a sticky multicolored mess all over
    your shirt and/or chest when you sweated to much.
    
    I liked Rollos a lot. 
    
    I also really, really liked Butterfingers a lot. That is, until I found
    a (Do not form feed unless you have a strong stomach.)
    
    I'm warning you, this is truly disgusting)
    
    Ok here it is.
    
    a maggot crawling out of the half I had in my hand after taking a bite.
    
    Never ate another butterfinger again.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    I've seen Mentos commercials here.  Have yet to laugh at one.
    Rumor has it around these here parts, Necco Wafers work at
    toll booths.  Never tried myself, though.
    
    
    
    Mike
    

    
    Boy, that's modern technology for you.  Here in New England, we only 
    have people who work at toll booths.
    

    They WORK?  (The people that is, not the Neccos)
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    RE: last couple B^).  You put them on the basket instead of
    coinage...
    
    
    Mike
    

   I believe Mentos is very popular in South America, and now they are
 trying to expand the market to North America.  Not really an East Coast thing.

kb

    About the Mentos commercials, they look like cheap foreign jobbies with
    low budget advertisers.

Necco wafers are OK as long as you can find some way to get rid of the
green ones.

They ruined it when they started making the all chocolate rolls. Getting
a chocolate one in a mixed roll used to be a big deal.

sheesh, no one has mentioned the wax lips, tongues, and mustaches
that were around (when i was a kid anyway). at $.01 each they were
a fun bargain. wear 'em, then chew 'em.

my favorite candy bar? the wonderous (but scarce) Zero Bar. i love
those things. my wife got me a whole box at Christmas time. it was
my best present!

please, no jokes about my candy bar.

thank you...

| <<< Note 501.525 by WMOIS::CONNELL "Story does that to us." >>>

| a maggot crawling out of the half I had in my hand after taking a bite.

	PJ, that wasn't a maggot, it was Bart Simpson! 

| <<< Note 501.531 by THEMAX::SMITH_S "jest 'cause" >>>

| About the Mentos commercials, they look like cheap foreign jobbies with
| low budget advertisers.

	and have cute people as their stars. (the young version of Helen Hunt
was one I remember)

| <<< Note 501.533 by WMOIS::GIROUARD_C >>>

| please, no jokes about my candy bar.

	Ok.... we'll just make jokes about you! :-)

    sky bars are my favourite!  haven't thought about one of those in
    YEARS!  thanks a lot, kids!

    re: .533
    
    When shopping for Halloween candy a few years back, I found
    a bag of wax lips and fangs.  Being the nostalgic sort, I bought
    them to hand out, thinking "kids probably hate these nowadays."
    They *LOVED* them.  They went like wildfire.  I brought the 
    remainder in to work the next day, thinking people could bring
    them home for their kids.  Hah!  Wax lips and fangs showed up 
    in meetings for the next month. :-) :-)

    Fangs for the memory.

    Toothy subject that is ripe for decay. Just don't floss over it.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

	PJ... you just took away all the other possible notes for that subject!
Thanks for filling us in

    PJ gets the crown.

    I'm bracing for another silly string of tongue in cheek puns.  

    Present PJ with a plaque?
    
    Avoid mentos dents with mentodent?
    
    I could go on for hours.  <looks of horror from assembled throng>
    

| <<< Note 501.544 by SMURF::WALTERS >>>


| <looks of horror from assembled throng>

	I thought it said....thong.

    "Well, you were rong, weren't you?"  (Marty Feldman)

    he was sa-sarong!

    Well, I've heard a lot of dental puns. In my off hours, I x-c ski,
    canoe, walk, hike, and hang out with a dental hygenist. So that's the
    root of the humor.  Oh yeah, much of our canoeing is done in a ....
    
    dare I say it?
    
    canal (The Nashua Canal)
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    
    	Wow...... flashbacks.  When we were little and penny candy
    	actually was a penny!  And before the local small candy/variety
    	store moved out of the great old building with the wooden floors
    	that creaked....
    
    	Bottle caps!  Haven't seen those in years!  loved 'em.  Along
    	with the candy buttons, chocolate coins, candy cigarettes and
    	most definitely pixie stix!!  My brother liked the juice-filled
    	wax things better than I did.  Could walk out the store with a
    	whole bag full of candy and only spent a quarter!
    
    	JJ
    

    
      Name the fillings in a Skybar.
    
      bb

    cream peanut filling
    vanilla
    fudge
    caramel

        no amalgam?

    Plus one bicuspid and a left incisor.

>                     <<< Note 501.546 by SMURF::WALTERS >>>

>    "Well, you were rong, weren't you?"  (Marty Feldman)
		         ^then

    I confess that I am tremendously enjoying the listen I am giving
    Dishwalla as I slog through some CAD stuff.  

    damn your eyes, digor.

   .556  aagagag.

    i confess that i've only read 70-odd pages of "blood sport".
    
    i never cared for docudrama.  you have to take a lot of what
    the writer says on "faith".  i'd rather read pure fiction or
    good journalism that's backed up by real evidence, not hearsay.
    
    bb, i'll return the book shortly.
    

So did anyone ever get their Necco wafer to make a spark when snapped in half
in a dark room?

(Beats me - back then, it was common knowledge that this would happen, even
though no one I knew had ever seen it!)

I always heard it was wintergreen lifesavers.

    
    next you'll all be talking about Mallow cups and sweet tarts and
    Razz gum. god i'm old.

    
    Chomping down on wintergreen lifesavers while standing in a dark closet
    does produce little sparks in one's mouth.  I determined this at many 
    parties in high school.
    
    

    
    
    mmmmm....razz gum!!!!!!!!!

they were excellent targets for BB guns.

    
    
    	Wasn't it Razzles?  (not Razz)
    
    	Fruit flavored candy type stuff that turned into gum after
    	chewing it for a little while.
    
    	Good stuff!
    
    

    
    deb hung out in closets in high school???  I thought that was jr. high.

    
    I was a late bloomer.
    

    
    	Then your blooming rate was astronomical.
    

    
    well better to bloom late than not at all. oh, and you bloomed just
    fine.

Better to put on your bloomers late than not at all.  Or maybe that should
be "take off."

    
    yeah, jj, it was razzles...but i knew what he meant...
    
    

    i really liked disco.  for maybe, the
    first two years.

    
    	Disco is still great.
    

    Thank you, Slab, for reaffirming my belief in you.