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Melki wrote: "My youngest votes for the first time today.This morning I asked him if he knows who he's voting for. He said, "The people with the funniest names.""
Probably as reasonable as some of the other ways people decide which way to vote. I've occasionally resorted to voting for the one who annoys me the least.
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I'm sure you're not the only one who has done that.
Joan Rivers once likened voting to choosing your favorite Menendez brother.
Rodney wrote: "I think I'll vote for Kodos, but Kang brings up some pretty good points."I'm surprised and somewhat disappointed that no one got this joke.
Ref: Simpsons episode where two aliens are running for president.
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Since that episode featured Clinton and Dole naked, I've done my darndest to erase it from my mind.
Rodney wrote: "Rodney wrote: "I think I'll vote for Kodos, but Kang brings up some pretty good points."I'm surprised and somewhat disappointed that no one got this joke.
Ref: Simpsons episode where two aliens..."
I have never seen a Simpsons episode, sorry Rodney!
I avoid the show, too - don't want my kids to pick up any bad ideas about how to talk to adults. At least not before I get them out of the house :-)
Rodney wrote: "Rodney wrote: "I think I'll vote for Kodos, but Kang brings up some pretty good points."I'm surprised and somewhat disappointed that no one got this joke.
Ref: Simpsons episode where two aliens..."
Missed that one, and many other episodes as well, sorry.
Now, Sponge Bob however, I'll bet everybody finds hilarious! Seriously, I've found myself laughing at many of The Simpsons gags, but I don't watch religiously. I like South Park, which can be very funny, but I'm also of the same persuasion with any animation, I also don't watch any sitcoms either, come to think of it, and I'm sure I've missed some of the funniest shows and gags, but, such is life.
Honestly I don't watch it either. I have a weird memory. If there is no way to benefit from it financially I can remember it in great detail. Hence, leaving the TV on a channel that the Simpsons came up on has embedded it permanently in my mind. I wish this would happen for engineering knowledge, but alas I can only remember "didn't do it".
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Rodney, I remember the episode in question. ...it was a documentary, right?
Nothing to do with simpsons just a favorite cartoon;
RangDabbitt! Manage-de-fangool-ugatz!!
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So sad. If they'd only had date books . . .
This reminds me of a Charles Addams toon that made me want to cry when I was a kid:
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Those damned dinosaurs and their PLAIN GREEN skin. It's a war on Christmas, I tell ya! They deserved to die!
Rebecca wrote: "LOL, Rodney, I'm much the same way. Remember all sorts of useless trivia from 30 years ago, and can't remember the name of the person who signs my paycheck. Or the name of the street 3 over from ou..."I lived in the same city for four years while I was in university - went back 20 years later and didn't recognize a THING. Even the university itself only looked vaguely familiar. Clearly, I daydream too much - I don't pay any attention to my surroundings!
Melki wrote: "Those damned dinosaurs and their PLAIN GREEN skin. It's a war on Christmas, I tell ya! They deserved to die!"Awesome comment, but it makes me crave coffee. LOL
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Awesome comment, but it makes me crave coffee. LOL"
Just be sure to think of Jesus while you're drinking it, and you won't go to Hell.
I just go into Starbucks with my sparkly white paint-pen and I MAKE all those cups cheery. JESUS WOULD WANT IT THIS WAY!
Or "sane, didn't even notice." I would never know this were a thing if I hadn't seen it at the top of the NYTimes page yesterday...and promptly skipped the substantive articles to read about all the folks up in arms over the "just-plain-red" holiday cups this year.
People need hobbies and interests.
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Speaking purely from an artistic point of view, I find the cups unbelievably bland. Why don't the Christians just pretend that the Starbucks' bimbo is a heavenly angel? Voila! Now that's Christmassy!
They are super boring. I'd go for snowflakes. To me, those just say "it's winter, so you want whatever's in this coz it's hot and you're freezing."
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Speaking purely from an artistic point of view, I find the cups unbelievably bland. Why don't the Christians just pretend that the Starbuck's bimbo is a heavenly angel? Voila! Now that's Christma..."
It's out of concern said bimbo might be naked, in a Lady Godiva sort of way. Apparently, "real" Christians don't do naked. Of course, I have to take that on faith. ;)
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In a search for a way to capture the seafaring history of coffee and Seattle’s strong seaport roots, there was a lot of poring over old marine books going on. Suddenly, there she was: a 16th century Norse woodcut of a twin-tailed mermaid, or Siren. There was something about her – a seductive mystery mixed with a nautical theme that was exactly what the founders were looking for. A logo was designed around her, and our long relationship with the Siren began.
So she probably WAS naked - sitting there on a rock, trying to lure innocent Christian sailors to their doom or worse - sex without church-sanctified marriage.
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Of course, Christians do naked. They just throw a towel over the crucifix and the statues of the Virgin Mary. Although, I think the statues still know what's going on since they can hear through the towels and, invariably, someone yells, "Oh Jesus!" :)
There are so many worthwhile crusades that people can take on that might make a difference. I wish people would stop trying to save me from myself, and fretting about a plain red cup is the most ridicules one of all. Leave me alone to sit in my own car and smoke a big stogie, while I consume a supersized bucket of fries and drink a double latte in a red cup. If you don’t want any, then don’t buy any, leave me out of it.
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Who says Christmas curmudgeons aren't respected like they used to be? :)
Jay wrote: "Who says Christmas curmudgeons aren't respected like they used to be? :)"I didn't know you cared. Thanks for noticing, it was so nice. My curmudgeondome (If it's not a word, it should be) extends way beyond the holidays.
I got Bupkis on this topic. Just wanted to chime in.
Hi Kathy, it's nice to know you do more than lurk. LOL
Thanks, Rodney. But let's not confuse things. Lurking is my number one passion.
Lol, Joel. Let's see, I should say SOMETHING about these red cups, steer us back to our topic.
But I can't. I just can't. I still got Bupkis.
Carry on. Think of me as a sneeze.
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Rich fodder for the imagination, there.
Never let the truth/history/reality ruin a good story. Never let ANYTHING ruin a good story.
I wonder if maybe Carson got the story of him trying to hit his mother with a hammer backwards. I wouldn't want him performing brain surgery on me. Some of the things that come out of his mouth suggest he might have gotten hit a few times.
Kathy wrote: "Never let the truth/history/reality ruin a good story. Never let ANYTHING ruin a good story."The caveat being that it has to be a good story.
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by Ebenezer E. Ebenezer
The Season is upon us,
So market bright and gay.
A cup of caffeine also
Must a merry statement say.
The lonely red cup is mute,
On this our holiday.
Plain as a WalMart suit,
So little to display.
"If only they would love me,"
The cup's lament was fair.
But after just one gander,
People need to get some air.
I know that as a poet,
Most think my lousy, barely-rhyming verse sucks.
But nay, do not blame me,
I didn't make the stinking cups!
Jay wrote: "The Lonely Red Christmas Cup
by Ebenezer E. Ebenezer
The Season is upon us,
So market bright and gay.
A cup of caffeine also
Must a merry statement say.
"
Bravo!
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The Lonely Red Christmas Cup
by Ebenezer E. Ebenezer
The Season is upon us,
So market bright and gay.
A cup of caffeine also
Must a merry statement say.
The lonely red cup is mute,
On this o..."
There's nothing as much fun as a poet in his cups.
Joel wrote: "Jay wrote: "The Lonely Red Christmas Cup
by Ebenezer E. Ebenezer
The Season is upon us,
So market bright and gay.
A cup of caffeine also
Must a merry statement say.
The lonely red cup is mute..."
I'm in my cups. I'mana go watch Carson dissemble . . . er . . . debate.
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The Lonely Red Christmas Cup
by Ebenezer E. Ebenezer
The Season is upon us,
So market bright and gay.
A cup of caffeine also
Must a merry statement say.
The lonely red cup is mute,
On this o..."
Wonderful, Jay! Thank you for your Ode on a
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I know a waitress in Kansas City who could change your mind.
Jay wrote: "The Lonely Red Christmas Cup
by Ebenezer E. Ebenezer
The Season is upon us,
So market bright and gay.
A cup of caffeine also
Must a merry statement say.
The lonely red cup is mute,
On this o..."
Love it! You're a hoot :-)
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That's usually pronounced "coot", often preceded by "old", but hoot will do.
Perhaps later on, I'll share a poem from my first humorous novel. It was the official winner of the "Piss-Poor Poetry Contest".
I just want to know who hosts that contest -- it's finally poetry at my level!
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This morning I asked him if he knows who he's voting for. He said, "The people with the funniest names.""
Ouch. My oldest just registered, too late to vote. He said he didn't feel he was sufficiently up on the issues to vote, since he's going to school out of state. He takes his own voter education seriously, but we dropped the ball on this one.