Oreo Cookies And More... :) Shangy! >Here are the details on our Yahoo ShangyFunList: To Subscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UnSubscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShangyFunList Through no fault of my own we suddenly became an adult club in the love and romance directory so you will have to confirm that you are an adult when you go here. I still have no idea how to change this back as it sends me around in a circle when I try! or Web Site: http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/ShangyFunList.html Group email address: ShangyFunList@yahoogroups.com or email me here: bcrsystems@earthlink.net ================ >-->In The 'Shangy' News :) _____ _/__|_,\__ aaaah _O |,-.___,-. ) _____ _o' @ __ (` ( O ) ( O ) _/__|_,\__ /` __( `> ____|_,\_ |> ,`-'/_~`-'/) |,-.___,-._) /> )-.)/\-. |,-.___,-.| ,|. `===---===-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' We've noticed that when the web site gets heavy traffic, an error 999 page comes up or most or all the photos don't display. This usually corrects after a few minutes but you may have to reload or refresh your browser to get the photos to display. Sometimes people say that they can't get them to display properly for an hour or more. I've contacted the site provider and Yahoo says it is our individual internet server provider causing the problem, but I don't agree that mine and many others would all be having the same problem at the same time with just my web site. The site is really way too big to be moving especially not knowing if I'd have the same problem once I did move it. So for now, I am sorry for any inconvenience you may experience. I can only hope that Yahoo will eventually correct this problem. I'm at a loss to do anything about it. -<>- >-->2 HOT Off The 'Shangy' Press :) This first super hottie is from our friend PatDeE. I was checking the web site page hits and was surprised to see that the page Pat had originally sent us, 'Akiane Child Prodigy', had received over 2 million page hits. I decided that another page should be done to bless those interested in her progress and to continue to be a good witness for the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord. Check it out here... ______ | O | | ,|._ | | `A _|__ |__|\_\ \ O \ ._|.) \___A _|_ |\ SSt Akiane Thru The Years http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/prodigy2.html --- ...She just totally leaves me awestruck! Thank You Again PatDeE! Our second hot tottie is from our friend RichardF. This one so surprised me, I thought it was fake so I had to look it up. God's awesome creation continues to amaze me! Check this out here... _-_ /~~ ~~\ /~~ ~~\ { } \ _- -_ / ~ \\ // ~ _- - | | _- _ _ - | | -_ // \\ unknown Rainbow Eucalyptus Tree http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/rainbowtree.html --- ...Now I know where they get colorful art paper! Thanks RichardF! -<>- >Comment from our friend Johanna on my comment: 'Sounds good to me! We just got Paul's mom out of one that was charging $5,000 a month for a bed in a non-private small room, no tv, and no private bathroom. That's like $497 a day! What are they thinking? What a scam!' I think it should be $166.66 a day! --- _____________________ | _________________ | | | JO 3.141592654 | | | |_________________| | | __ __ __ __ __ __ | | |__|__|__|__|__|__| | | |__|__|__|__|__|__| | | |__|__|__|__|__|__| | | |__|__|__|__|__|__| | | |__|__|__|__|__|__| | | |__|__|__|__|__|__| | | ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | 7 | 8 | 9 | | + | | | |___|___|___| |___| | | | 4 | 5 | 6 | | - | | | |___|___|___| |___| | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | x | | | |___|___|___| |___| | | | . | 0 | = | | / | | | |___|___|___| |___| | |_____________________| ...Wow, I can't divide worth anything! Never was a math wiz! HaHa! Please - don't ask how I got that figure! I know I used a calculator too! LOL! Oh well, Thanks Johanna! ======================================================= >-->From TheFunnyBone: How Do YOU Eat An Oreo Cookie? _.:::::._ .:::'_|_':::. /::' --|-- '::\ Psychologists have discovered that the manner |:" .---"---. ':| in which people eat Oreo cookies provides great |: ( O R E O ) :| insight into their personalities. Choose which |:: `-------' ::| method best describes your favorite method of \:::.......:::/ eating Oreo's: jgs':::::::::::' `'"""'` 1. The whole thing all at once. 2. One bite at a time 3. Slow and methodical nibbles examining the results of each bite afterwards. 4. In little feverish nibbles. 5. Dunked in some liquid (milk, coffee...). 6. Twisted apart, the inside, then the cookie. 7. Twisted apart, the inside, and toss the cookie. 8. Just the cookie, not the inside. 9. I just like to lick them, not eat them. 10. I don't have a favorite way because I don't like Oreo. Your Personality: 1. The whole thing... This means you consume life with abandon, you are fun to be with, exciting, carefree with some hint of recklessness. You are totally irresponsible. No one should trust you with their children. 2. One bite at a time... You are lucky to be one of the 5.4 billion other people who eat their Oreo's this very same way. Just like them, you lack imagination, but that's ok, not to worry, you're normal. 3. Slow and Methodical... You follow the rules. You're very tidy and orderly. You're very meticulous in every detail with every thing you do to the point of being anal retentive and irritating to others. Stay out of the fast lane if you're only going to go the speed limit. 4. Feverish Nibbles... Your boss likes you because you get your work done quickly. You always have a million things to do and never enough time to do them. Mental break downs and suicides run in your family. Valium and Ritalin would do you good. 5. Dunked... Every one likes you because you are always up beat. You like to sugar coat unpleasant experiences and rationalize bad situations into good ones. You are in total denial about the shambles you call a life. You have a propensity towards narcotic addiction. 6. Twisted apart, eat the inside, and then the cookie... You have a highly curious nature. You take pleasure in breaking things apart to find out how they work, though not always able to put them back together, so you destroy all the evidence of your activities. You deny your involvement when things go wrong. You are a compulsive liar and exhibit deviant, if not criminal, behavior. 7. Twisted apart, eat the inside, and then toss the cookie... You are good at business and take risk that pay off. You take what you want and throw the rest away. You are greedy, selfish, mean, and lack feelings for others. You should be ashamed of yourself. But that's ok, you don't care, you got yours. 8. Just the cookie, not the inside... You enjoy pain. 9. I just like to lick them, not eat them... Stay away from small furry animals and seek professional medical help immediately. 10. I don't have a favorite way, I don't like Oreo cookies... You probably come from a rich family, and like to wear nice things, and go to upscale restaurants. You are particular and fussy about the things you buy, own, and wear. Things have to be just right. You like to be pampered. You are a prima donna. There's just no pleasing you. ======================================================= +------------ BIZARRE SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS ------------+ September 17 is National Apple Dumpling Day September 18 is National Play-doh Day September 19 is National Butterscotch Pudding Day September 20 is National Punch Day September 21 is World Gratitude Day and International Banana Festival September 22 is Hobbit Day and Dear Diary Day September 23 is Checkers Day and Dogs In Politics Day =========================================================== >-->Tips From Our Friend Jo Ann :) /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/| / /######/ / | / /______/ / | ========================= /|| |_______________________|/ || | \****/ \__,,__/ || |===\**/ __,,__ || Joe Jacques |______________\====/%____|| | ___ /~~~~\ % / | _| |===|=== / \%_/ | | | |###| |########| | / |____\###/______\######/__|/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Better than paper towels - COFFEE FILTERS Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for $1.00, even the large ones. 1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers. 2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome... Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling. 3. Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish. 4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter. 5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust. 6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter. 7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter. 8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale. 9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods. 10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes. 11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter. 12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters.. 13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them.. It soaks out all the grease. 14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers.." 15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliqueing soft fabrics. 16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors. 17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews. 18 Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car. 19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills. 20. Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies. Saves on having extra bowls to wash. 21. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage. 22. Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls. 23. Use them to sprout seeds. Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a zip-lock plastic bag until they sprout. 24. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers. Place the flowers between two coffee filters and put the coffee filters in phone book. 25. Use as a disposable "snack bowl" for popcorn, chips, etc. 26. Great in the tool room when separating nails and screws then use in to bottom of containers to remove moisture and prevent rust. /*/OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS TOO/* --- ...Super ideas! Thanks Jo Ann! =========================================================== >-->From Our Friend KarenF :) ,-`"-=') =/////// ,== _,_(((((-`6\ ==.| /,,...\\\C _| .--. ((((\\\\\` _, /;_| )9 )))))./ `. / } _\,_ ,-'))) \ / /=-. ,-./ \/ '))) . /\_/ / \ (,-.%\ / /-' ') \/\ / ( \ (/ \ ' /( ' `-/ \( \ ,- / ( `-' \ . / / \ \ &_) /\ \ | ( /--.- \ \----,------=;% | _/ _); `. ` `-. .`\ ) +++/ \ ,," %&-. ; \\| `-` `-=.;_,.__.__\_,/ )_/___+_/_________\,"(_//_(__)______:-._) gpyy >Classic excuses from parents! Their spelling....not mine! "Dear School: Please excuse John from being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33." "Please excuse Dianne from being absent yeaterday. She was in bed with gramps." "Please excuse Johnnie for being. It was his father's fault." "Chris will not be in school because he has an acre in his side." "John has been absent because he had two teeth taken off his face." "Excuse Gloria. She has been under the doctor." "Lillie was absent from school yesterday because she had a going over." "My son is under the doctor's care and should not take fizical ed. Please execute him." "Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hit in the growing part." "My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent this weekend with the Marines." "Please excuse Joyce from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday she fell off a tree and misplaced her hip." "Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels." "Maryann was absent Dec. 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache, and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother had a low-grade fever. There must be the flu going around, her father even got hot last night." "Please excuse Blanche from jim today. She is administrating." "George was absent yesterday because he had a stomach." "Ralph was absent yesterday because he had a sore trout." "Please excuse Sara for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot." "Please excuse Lupe. She is having problems with her ovals." "Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had Diah (*crossed out*), diahoah (*crossed out*), dyah (*crossed out*), the s'bleep's." --- ...LOL! Oh my! Thanks KarenF! -<>- _.-, _ .-' / .._ .-:'/ - - \:::::-. .::: ' e e ' '-::::. ::::'( ^ )_.:::::: ::::.' '. o '.::::'.'/_ . :::.' - .::::'_ _.: .-''---' .'| .::::' ''':::: '. ..-:::' | .::::' :::: '.' :::: \ .::::' :::: :::: .::::' :::: ::::.::::'._ :::: ::::::' / '- .:::: '::::-/__ __.-::::' '-::::::::::::::-' jrei '''::::''' >Irish Ghost Story This story happened a while ago in Dublin, and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's true. John Bradford, a Dublin University student, was hitchhiking on a dark night in the midst of a big storm. The night was rolling on and no car went by. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car slowly coming towards him and stopped. John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got into the car and closed the door ... only to realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't on. The car started moving slowly. John looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life. Then, just before the car hit the curve, a hand appeared out of nowhere through the window and turned the wheel. John, paralyzed with terror, watched as the hand came through the window, but never touched or harmed him. Shortly thereafter, John saw the lights of a pub appear down the road, so, gathering strength; he jumped out of the car and ran to it. Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and started telling everybody about the horrible experience he had just had. A silence enveloped the pub when everybody realized he was crying ... and wasn't drunk. Suddenly, the door opened, and two men walked in from the dark and stormy night. Like John, they were also soaked and out of breath. Looking around and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said to the other ... “Look Paddy ... there's that frocking idiot that got in the car while we were pushing it!” --- ...TeeHee! Thanks KarenF! ========================================================== >-->In The Worldly News: [Politics] >From Our Friend JoeL :) President Supports Islam but has Repeatedly Trashed Christianity http://tinyurl.com/9bw4jpl The real cause of the Chicago strike http://tinyurl.com/9u9r6nt Government Gone Wild http://tinyurl.com/3kvkmen --- ...Interesting! Thanks JoeL! -<>- >From Conservative Videos Romney Slams Obama Over Embassy Attacks http://tinyurl.com/8n2mmcc -<>- >From PatriotUpdate: Anti-Islam Filmmaker Donated Million Dollars to Obama Campaign http://tinyurl.com/9dlpxfz -<>- >From ConservativeByte: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood President Leads, Obama Follows http://tinyurl.com/9elbvlq -<>- >From PoliticalOutcast: To Whom does the First Amendment Apply? http://tinyurl.com/9cm383c -<>- >From BizarreNews: Your ex-husband and his new girlfriend move right next door to you. You teach your cockatoo to swear at them. That's the Rhode Island way. A Rhode Island woman has been accused by her neighbors of violating an animal-noise ordinance by training her cockatoo to cuss. Lynne Taylor is accused of training the bird, Willy, to say expletives. The bird allegedly aimed the invectives at the neighbors, who happen to be Taylor's ex-husband and his girlfriend. A municipal judge on Thursday denied Taylor's request to dismiss the case. The neighbors, Kathleen Melker and Craig Fontaine, say they have been subjected to repeated curses from the bird, at one point for 15 minutes at a time. The animal noise ordinance imposes a small fine on any pet owner whose animal creates habitual noise. A judge has issued restraining orders telling both women to have no contact. *-- Elvis' dirty underwear fails to sell --* STOCKPORT, England - A British auction house said a pair of unwashed underpants worn by Elvis Presley failed to sell at a weekend auction. Omega Auctions in Stockport, England, said the blue briefs -- which feature a slight stain in the crotch area -- were expected to sell for $16,000 at the auction but only attracted a high bid of $8,000, far less than the $11,200 reserve price, The Independent reported Monday. The auction house said the underpants, which were among 100 pieces of Elvis memora- bilia being sold at the auction to mark the 35th anniver- sary of his death, were worn by the performer under one of his iconic white jumpsuits during a 1977 concert. *-- S.D. marathoner only ran half the race --* SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Organizers of the Sioux Falls Marathon in South Dakota said they disqualified a runner as the winner after realizing he only ran half the race. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported that while Olok Nykew, 37, a St. Paul, Minn., resident who is originally from Sudan, crossed the finish line first Sunday morning, officials determined he had run the half-marathon course, not the full 26.2-mile marathon course. The companion events followed separate, but sometimes overlapping, routes through the city before ending at the same spot. The marathoners wore black numbers and the half-marathoners wore red. Nykew who came in 25 minutes faster than the event's record, was wearing a black number but finished among runners wearing red ones. "He registered for the marathon and ended up running the half and came in 25 minutes before the record," assistant race director Jason Richards told the newspaper. "They figured it out and disqualified him." Nykew expressed confusion and said he realized when he reached the finish line so quickly some- thing must have gone wrong. "I thought, what is this? When I got there, I thought it was not long enough. I'm think- ing I'm not cheating. I was just confused. It was an honest mistake," he said. The real winner was Justin Gillette, 29, of Goshen, Ind., who broke the event record he set last year with a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 10 seconds. *-- Teen posed as cop in shoplifting scheme --* PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - A Florida teenager who admitted to posing as a police officer as part of a scheme to shoplift from a Walmart with a friend described himself as "stupid." The 17-year-old, whose name was not released, admitted to WPBF-TV, West Palm Beach, Fla., he wore a pellet gun on his hip and flashed a badge Monday at the Walmart in Port St. Lucie to "arrest" a 14-year-old friend he described to employees as a shoplifting suspect. However, an employee was suspicious and followed the boys to the parking lot, where the older teenager was seen releasing the younger boy. Police said the younger teen had taken several packages of Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards from the store. "I mean, everybody's stupid, just not like this," the 17-year- old told WPBF-TV. He has been charged with shoplifting, impersonating a police officer and resisting arrest with- out violence. The 14-year-old was arrested on charges of shoplifting and resisting arrest without violence. *-- Man got store credit for stolen toilet --* SOMERSET, Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police said they arrest- ed a man caught on camera stealing a toilet from a store and immediately returning the item for store credit. Investigators said Bobby Clifford Smith?III, 32, was caught on camera Aug. 28 taking the toilet from a Lowes home improvement store in Somerset and going directly to the customer service line, where he exchanged the toilet for $667.34 in store credit without presenting a receipt, the Johnstown (Pa.) Tribune-Democrat reported Thursday. Smith was arraigned Tuesday on a retail theft charge and held in lieu of $30,000 bail. ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend Bunni :) ____ ____ '###\ \ / /###' ,\\\\\ | /////, __ \ .--. .--. / __ ___\/ ' | ' \/___ -- _, ! | ! ,_ -- / '! | !' \ /'/ ! | ! \'\ 1# ! \ 0|0 / ! #1 !# \ '--; ;--' / #! ` `\ `-' /` ` \## `--~' '~--` ##/ `-___________-` [Mash] >Funnies... >Scheming NASA was interviewing professionals to be sent to Mars. Only one could go, and he couldn't return to Earth. The first applicant, an engineer, was asked how much he wanted to be paid for going. "A million dollars," he answered, "because I want to donate it to M.I.T." The next applicant, a doctor, was asked the same question. He asked for two million dollars. "I want to give a million to my family," he explained, "and leave the other million for the advancement of medical research." The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he whispered in the interviewer's ear, "Three million dollars." "Why so much more than the others?" the interviewer asked. The lawyer replied, "If you give me $3 million, I'll give you $1 million, I'll keep $1 million, and we'll send the engineer." -<>- >Office Manager The manager of a large office noticed a new man one day and told him to come into his office. "What's your name?" he asked the new guy. "John," the new guy replied. The manager scowled, "Look... I don't know what kind of a namby-pamby place you worked before, but I don't call anyone by their first name. It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my employees by their last name only ... Smith, Jones, and Baker ... That's all. I am to be referred to only as Mr. Robertson. Now that we got that straight, what is your last name?" The new guy sighed, "Darling. My name is John Darling." "Okay John, the next thing I want to tell you is . . .” -<>- __ __ ,;::\::\ ,'/' `/'`/ _\,: '.,-'.-':. -./"' : : :\/, ::. ,:____;__; :- :" ( .`-*'o*',); \.. ` `---'`' / `:._..- _.' ,; . `. /"'| | \ ::. ) : : |" ( \ | :.(_, : ; \'`-'_/ / `... , _,' |,| : | |`| | | |,| | | ,--.;`| | '..--. /;' "' ; '..--. )) \:.___(___ ) ))' SSt`-'-'' This is very interesting and not the ending I had expected. Really makes you think...... A few years after I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around from then on. As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special niche. My parents were complementary instructors: Mom taught me good from evil, and Dad taught me to obey. But the stranger...he was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies. If I wanted to know anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didn't seem to mind. Sometimes, Mom would get up quietly while the rest of us were shushing each other to listen to what he had to say, and she would go to the kitchen for peace and quiet. (I wonder now if she ever prayed for the stranger to leave) Dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions, but the stranger never felt obligated to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our home... Not from us, our friends or any visitors. Our visitor, however, got away with four-letter words that burned my ears and made my dad squirm and my mother blush. My Dad didn't permit the liberal use of alcohol. But the stranger encouraged us to try it on a regular basis. He made cigarettes look cool, cigars manly and pipes distinguished. He talked freely (much too freely!) about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing. I now know that my early concepts about relationships were influenced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked... And NEVER asked to leave. More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended right in and is not nearly as fascinating as he was at first. Still, if you could walk into my parents' den today, you would still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures. His name?.... We just call him 'TV.' (Note: This should be required reading for every household in America!) He has a wife now....We call her 'Computer' --- ...HaHa! Great lesson! Thanks Bunni! Oh Yes, and their child? ....We just him 'Texting'! ========================================================== >-->From Our Friend Johanna :) ., _ / ` ((|))))) ((/ a a ))) >) ((((._e(( ,--/ (-. / \ <\/>/| / /) Lo )| / / ) / | | / ( / | / ;/ ||( | / )|/| \ |/'/\ \_____\ \ | \ \ |\ \ | | ) ) ) )/ / / / / / | / / | / / || / || '-,_ |_\ ( '"'-` gpyy \(\_\ As recently as in 1983, President Ronald Reagan summarized this traditional belief of America's leaders, "The American experiment in democracy rests on this insight. Its discovery was the great triumph of our Founding Fathers, voiced by William Penn when he said: 'If we will not be governed by God, we must be governed by tyrants.' Explaining the inalienable rights of men, Jefferson said, 'The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.' And it was George Washington who said that 'of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.'" Source: American News Commentary, Feb. 29 2012 Blogspot. http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/. --- ...Well said! Thanks Johanna! ============================================================== >-->From Our Friend PatDeE :) .-. _\...._ .-"` `"-. |` ._ _. `| | \ `"""""""` / | \ | | / ; | / \ | ; | | _ _ | | | | / | | \ | | _\/ \0| |0/ \/_ / \ .-----. / \ | /_.-\ /-._\ | \|/ '--;' \|/ | / \ | | `\'.___\ | ; \ | ; \ \'-\ / \ '--' / \ / jgs ____\_ _/____ '._ \ / _.' '-, ^ ,-' / ___ \ / --- \ >My 2013 travel plans My inconclusive travel plans for 2013… I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone. I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family, and work. I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore. I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there… too often. I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm. Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older. One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get! I may have been in Continent, but I don't remember what country I was in. It's an age thing. PLEASE DO YOUR PART! Today is one of the many National Mental Health Days throughout the year. You can do your bit by remembering to send an e-mail to at least one unstable person. My job is done! Life is too short for negative drama and petty things. So laugh insanely, love truly, and forgive quickly! From one unstable person to another... I hope everyone is happy in your head-- we're all doing pretty well in mine! "Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise they won't come to yours." --Yogi Berra Anything war can do, peace can do better. --- ...LOL! Good ones! Thanks PatDeE! ============================================================== >-->From CleanLaffs: o _ =\.= | \ ='\____/__/....,_ | .' _-; |/;-._ -_,' / \ ``"""` ( | | ^ ^ \ /`'` o _ o \ \_, ' ' | ;. /.__.' / .`._`'._____.'-. /`.| `-,.____.-;\ / | | | \ \ jgs | | '------' | | \ \ | / Future Novelists... These are actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two other sides gently compressed by a thigh master. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free. He spoke with wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it. She grew on him like E. coli and he was room temperature Canadian beef. She had a deep throaty genuine laugh like that sound a dog makes just before he throws up. Her vocabulary was as bad, as, like, whatever. He was a tall as a six foot three inch tree. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a hefty bag filled with vegetable soup. >From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7 pm instead of 7:30. Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze. Long separated by cruel fate, the star crossed lovers raced across a grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph. They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resemble Nancy Kerrigan's teeth. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work. "Oh, Jason, take me!" she panted, her breasts heaving like a college freshman on $1-a-beer night. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a really duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a landmine or something. He was deeply in love when she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up. Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any pH cleanser. She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs. Her voice had that tense grating quality, like a generation thermal paper fax machine that needed a band tightening. -<>- ,-----. W/,-. ,-.\W ()>a a<() (.--(_)--.) ,'/.-'\_/`-.\`. ,' / `-' \ `. / \ / \ / `. ,' \ / / `-._.-' \ \ ,-`-._/| |=|o |\_.-< <,--.) |_____| |o____| )_ \ `-)| |// _ \\| )/ || |' | `| || | | | || ( )|( ) || | | | || | | | || |_.--.|.--._| || /'""| |""`\ [] `===' `===' hj Grandpa was always going on about the good old days, and the lower cost of living, in particular. "When I was a kid, my mom could send me to the store, and I'd get a salami, two pints of milk, 6 oranges, 2 loaves o' bread, a magazine, and some new blue jeans... all for a dollar!!" Then Grandpa said sadly, "You can't DO that anymore....they got those darn video cameras everywhere you look." -<>- Before my son could start going on job interviews, he needed to dress the part. That, he decided, required a $500 suit. "What!?" I answered, gagging at the price tag. "I've bought cars for $500!" "That's why I want the $500 suit," he said. "So I don't have to drive $500 cars." -<>- When my husband pointed out my tendency to retell the same stories over and over, I reminded him that he was just as guilty. "Allow me to clarify," he said in response. "I review. You repeat." -<>- Once upon a time in their marriage, my Dad did something really stupid. My Mom chewed him out for it. He apologized, they made up. However, from time to time, my mom mentions what he had done. "Honey," my Dad finally said one day, "why do you keep bringing that up? I thought your policy was 'forgive and forget.'" "It is," she said. "I just don't want you to forget that I've forgiven and forgotten." -<>- __ .' ) .' y /H / (==(//) / / _ _/ _~/ _ /R / .' ) / `. .' ) / / .' .' ) .' .' /A / / .' .' /.' .' / / / / .'/ / .' /D / (.' .' .' / / .' / /.' .'/ .' .' .'.' /A / .' / / ( .'.' / / .' / / .' .' / / .' / /.' .' / /.' ( / .' / / `.) .' / / .' .' `./ .' .' `..' Kamuiyoo / VK While on a ski trip in Wyoming, I encountered a husband and wife on the slopes who asked me if I would take a picture of them. I said I would be happy to, and I did. Then I asked if they wouldn't mind taking a picture of me. "Oh, sorry," the man answered, "but we only have two pictures left, and we wanted to take some pictures of the lodge." -<>- A woman in my office recently divorced after years of marriage, had signed up for a refresher CPR course. "Is it hard to learn?" someone asked. "Not at all," my co-worker replied. "Basically you're asked to breathe life into a dummy. I don't expect to have any problem. I did that for 12 years." -<>- When my friend spotted a blind man and his guide dog at a crosswalk, she stopped her car and waved them on. "Uh, Cynthia," I said, "he can't see you." "I know that," she said indignantly. "I'm waving the dog on." =========================================================== >-->From JokeCentral: >It's Punny! TOM SWIFTIES: ( ,&&&. ) .,.&& ( ( \=__/ ) ,'-'. ( ( ,, _.__|/ /| ) /\ -((------((_|___/ | ( // | (`' (( `'--| _ -.;_/ \\--._ \\ \-._/. (_;-// | \ \-'.\ <_,\_\`--'| ( `.__ _ ___,') <_,-'__,' jrei `'(_ )_)(_)_)' "I like those cookie things Girl Scouts make at campouts," said Tom wanting s'more. (Harry Farkas) "The number of people not attending class today really bothers me,"said the professor absent-mindedly (Gill Krebs). "I just lit the firecracker," said Pop loudly.(John Fuller) "My boss told me that if I take any more days off because of illness, he won't be paying me for them," Tom said lackadaisically. (Glenn Gardner) "My compliments to the company that makes the Macintosh computer" said Tom applaudingly. (Gill Krebs) "A man's home is his castle," Homer said in a manor of speaking. (Stan Kegel) "I can only wear European clothes," Tom said, importantly. (PANews) "You! You've eaten the forbidden fruit!" Tom insinuated. (Phil Hudson) "You must render the sauce to half the original volume," Tom said with great concentration. (Stan Kegel) "I will not splurge on a circuit-breaker," Tom refused.(Gill Krebs) "Stand between the two girls for the photograph," Tom interposed (Stan Kegel) "And this is a toilet seat," Tom went on. (Gill Krebs) _ |_| | |_/ _ _ (_) _ | | | (` \) . | \ (` (` |) (_ (_) ,-.(_) | o o o / | `-' _ (_) * .|, * O -x- '|` \ \ |// | * ( %%%)%%%/%%% % -+- O _ %\%%%%%%%%(%%%%%/ | %%%%%%%%%%)%%%)%(%%\ _ %%/ __^_ _^__ \%%% (_) _|_ ) |"\=(((@))=((@)))=/"|% | ( %\_( ,`--'(_)`--'. )_/ % \ ) /%%( /______I______\ )% ) ) , _/%%%%\\\_|_|_|_|_|_///%%% ,----.-._ ( / %% %%\ `|_|_|_|_|' /%\%%\ / __ `.``. \( -%% %%%%`---.___,---'%%%% ) / / _`.__))))____` ( %% % %% \ ( @)__,._ :%## % % \ .' )`-----.%## / `' ,' Stef BLOOPERS: "Marijuana Issue Sent To Joint Committee" (Toronto Star) Ad: "Kinney Shoe Stores. We sell only the right shoe." (Richard Lederer) Newscaster: "Accident on freeway involves 4 cars, hospitalizes one. (Kermit Schafer) Ad; "Use our medicine and you can kiss your hemorrhoids goodbye." (Richard Lederer) "Chicago Checking On Elderly In Heat" (Boston Globe) On a Calif. TV station: "Winners in the local art show will be hung in the art museum for a month following the show." (MeMail) Ad: Admission Free All Day. Half Price After 6:30 PM (Orange County Register) "Wives Kill Most Spouses In Chicago" (Florida Times Union) "It is important for pollution inspectors to personally pass drinking water" (David Frost) Want Ad: Piano Would suit beginner with chipped legs. (Marina) POETRY As after the fall The sly snake consoled Adam "You can't venom all!" (John S. Crosby) There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played; He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when one day he passed away His insurance was denied, For since he never really lived They claimed he never died! (Faye) Women who say sighs Matters not, still will leave a Known prawn untended (Gary Hallock) DAILIES: An astronaut gets to take a turn as a whirled traveler. (Pun of the Day encore) Training the mongrel turned out to be his pet project. (Jumble) When he offered her the ring, she reacted with an engaging smile. (Jumble) How can you compare the United States' transportation system to a trained daffodil? America is clearly a car nation. (The Big Pun) He was facinated by his new welding job. It was riveting. (Pun of the Day) The police can do a search if it's warranted. (Pun of the Day encore) A police officer accidentally arrested a judge who had dressed as a convict for a costume party. That cop learned never to book a judge by his cover! (Pun of the Day encore) What do you call a monk who has had a sex change operation? A transsister. (Very Punny) He got measles in jail when he broke out one night. (Pun of the Day) Britain is a wet place since the queen has had a long reign (Pun of the Day encore) The artist enjoyed the poker game because he drew well. (Jumble) Those who sell topsoil have definitely hit pay dirt. (Pun of the Day) Every so often railroad conductors have to go for re-training (Pun of the Day encore) Before the big exam, the medical students boned up. (Jumble) One horse said to another, “Your pace is familiar but I don't remember the mane.” (Pun of the Day) After a while, their daily stroll along the ocean became a board walk. (Jumble) After hearing the case of the woman who folded her clothes wrong, the jury had no choice but to hanger. (The Big Pun) -<>- Three male dogs encounter a beautiful female poodle and immediately fall in love. Well aware of her own charms and her effect on males, she announces, "I want a mate with brains, therefore I will only date the dog who creates an imaginative, intelligent sentence using the words, 'cheese' and 'liver.'" The black Labrador retriever quickly responds, "I love cheese and liver." "How childish," huffs the poodle. "That shows no imagination or intelligence whatsoever." She turns to the cocker spaniel who responds tentatively, "Uh, I hate cheese and liver?" The poodle shows her disgust. "That's no better than the other sentence! What about you, Mr. Chihuahua?" The tiny dog grins, turns to the other two males and says, "Liver alone! Cheese mine!" -<>- .======================================. | ___ ___ ___ _ _ _ | | \_/ \_/ \_/ C|||C|||C||| |-| |-| |-| | | _|_ _|_ _|_ ||| ||| ||| |_| |_| |_| | '===================================== ,sSSSs DUFFY'S WATERING HOLE SSSS "( .:. SSS@ =/ \~/ C|||' SSSS_(_ _Y_ ___|||______________________________SS/ _)_) /.- [____________________________________] \ /\// | ____ ____ ____ ____ | \|==(\_/ | (____) (____) (____) (____) | (/ ; | | | | | | | | | | |____| | | | | | | | | | | \ |\ | | | | | | | | | | ) ) ) | |____| |____| |____| |____| | ( |/ | I====I I====I I====I I====I | /\ | jgs | | | | | | | | | /.(=\ Y\_\ A very shy guy goes into a nightclub and sees a beautiful woman sitting at the bar. After an hour of gathering up his courage, he finally goes over to her and asks, tentatively, "Um, would you mind if I chatted with you for a while?" She responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, "No, I won't sleep with you tonight!" Everyone in the bar is now staring at them. Naturally, the guy is completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table. After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologizes. She smiles at him and says, "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I'm a graduate student in psychology and I'm studying how people respond to embarrassing situations." To which he responds, at the top of his lungs, "Two-hundred dollars??? What do you mean $200?!!" -<>- /:""| .@@@@@, |: 66|_ @@@@@@@@, C _) aa`@@@@@@ \ ._| (_ ?@@@@ ) / =' @@@@" /`\\ \(``` || |Y| //`\ ."~~~~~". || |#| / | || | .:. | || |#| \ | || A | /6 6\ | || |#| / | || |~|_|_\ e /_|_ .@@@@, :| |=: / | |\ |_|)___`"`___(8 aa`@@@, ||_|,| | |_| \ |~~~~~~~~~| = `@@@ \)))|| | ((( | \_________/ )_/`@' |~~~`-`~~~| `~\~~~~~~| |/ /_\ \| / || @ | | `\ / ()/___\() | || @ |_________| ( || ||~~~~~|| /~|| "` |_________| | || || || /__W_\ | || | || || || ||| |_||__ __|_|| ||_____|| _||| jgs (____)) (:;:;)) ||-----|| ((___) >FATAL THINGS TO SAY IF YOUR WIFE IS PREGNANT "I finished the Oreos." "Not to imply anything, but I don't think the kid weighs forty pounds." "Y'know, looking at her, you'd never guess that Pamela Lee had a baby." "I sure hope your thighs aren't gonna stay like that!" "Well, couldn't they induce labor? The 25th is the Super Bowl." "Are your ankles supposed to look like that?" "Get your own ice cream." "Got milk?" Can you think of any fatalities? -<>- >Things You Don't Want To Hear At A Tattoo Parlor "Eagle? I thought you said BEAGLE." "We're all out of red, so I used pink." "There are 2 O's in Bob, right?" "Gosh, I hate it when I get the hiccups." "The flag's all done and, you know, the folds of fat make a nice waving effect." "Ooooooops!" -<>- _,---. (/_/)))) \c e_e) . \ = ) _| ,-` -(_ |o| / `-'\\ |#{) /__| ._ _)y / < \ (\_/ `.\ ____\ ,>>> | .==T=T==.__| | | / | |\ |_______| \ / /\ \ / ,' `. \ / / \ \ <\_\_ \ \ `---` (_`-\_ `---' hjw >A Dictionary for Women Argument (ar*gyou*ment) n. -- A discussion that occurs when you're right, but he just hasn't realized it yet. Airhead (er*hed) n. -- What a woman intentionally becomes when pulled over by a policeman. Bar-be-que (bar*bi*q) n. -- You bought the groceries,washed the lettuce, chopped the tomatoes, diced the onions, marinated the meat, and cleaned everything up, but he "made the dinner". Childbirth (child*brth) n. -- You get to go through 36 hours of contractions; he gets to hold your hand and say "focus...breathe....push...." Clothes dryer (kloze dri*yer) n. -- An appliance designed to eat socks. Diet Soda (dy*it so*da) n. -- A drink you buy at a convenience store to go with a half pound bag of peanut M&M's. Eternity (e*ter*ni*tee) n. -- The last two minutes of a football game. Exercise (ex*er*siz) v. -- To walk up and down a mall, occasionally resting to make a purchase. Grocery list (grow*ser*ee list) n. -- What you spend half an hour writing, then forget to take with you to the store. Hair Dresser (hare dres*er) n. -- Someone who is able to create a style you will never be able to duplicate again. See "Magician". Hardware Store (hard*war stor) n. -- Similar to a black hole in space: if he goes in, he isn't coming out anytime soon. Park (park) v./n. -- Before children, a verb meaning "to go somewhere and neck." After children, a noun meaning a place with a swing set and slide. Valentine's Day (val*en*tinez dae) n. -- A day when you have dreams of a candlelight dinner, diamonds, and romance, but consider yourself lucky to get a card. Waterproof Mascara (wah*tr*pruf mas*kar*ah) n. -- Comes off if you cry, shower, or swim, but will not come off if you try to remove it. -<>- ___ / \ | | | | /~~~\ _____\___/_____ | | | | | | | | | | __\___/__ | | | | ,' `, | | | | | | | | | | | | | ,' `, | | | | | ,' | | `, |__| | |__| | | | | | | | `\,' `,/' | | | | | | | | `-----------' | | | | | | | | | Normand | | | | | | Veilleux | | | | | | | | | |___|___| |__|__| >SIGNS OF THE TIMES Over the years, my husband and I have usually managed to decode the cute but confusing gender signs sometimes put on restaurants' restroom doors. (Buoys and Gulls, Laddies and Lassies, etc.) but every so often we get stumped. Recently my husband, Dave wandered off in search of the men's room and found himself confronted by two marked doors. One labelled "Bronco", and the other was designated "Cactus." Completely baffled he stopped a restaurant employee passing by, "Excuse me: I need to use the restroom" Dave said. Gesturing towards the doors, he asked "Which one should I use? "Actually, we would prefer you to go down there," the employee said pointing to a door down the hall marked "Men" "Bronco and Cactus are private dining rooms." -<>- _ _ ,d$$$b d$$$b$$[ o $$< q \ .' ) _, | / ,`-_/ ` \'|\ /' / pb / `; `\ | ( `--,---,-', / `._ /_;,_|--' )=,,_ .-' "-'(^^|/' / ``=ssssss( `' `---,_ / `$, < |_______`$b / /| |$`$ | || ``-, | / / | `\ |_ _--' /`--_ ) ,""---| _/ / | | ,--| __/|_ `-----' ( | | ,`' (___,, | |_ \, (____,, \____,, >The Bully There was this little guy sitting in a bar, drinking, minding his own business when all of a sudden this great big dude comes in and --WHACK!! -- He knocks him off the bar stool and says, "That was a karate chop from Korea." The little guy thinks "GEEZ" but he gets back up on the stool and starts drinking again when all of a sudden --WHACK-- the big dude knocks him down AGAIN and says, "That was a judo chop from Japan." 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