The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[tom]

Part Deux

You silly Tom.......I as axing for advice on absinthe as - wondering if we should go to St. George distillery, or just Bev Mo? It's just do darned expensive, also. Which one's the cheapest? Is the cheap one good, but not green? I forgot.........

so VERY ROFL here as I really DID wonder wth you really wanted to know. So I just started writing then most of the way through wondered more and considered asking for clarification but figured "wth ... ..I've already written it, put it up".

:lol:

Oops . .almost skipped answering.

1) Well just a cotton-pickin minute .. . .I swear I read the word briefly describing the SJ part of the journey but I was 'sposed'ta infer you'd be willing to go to Alameda Island????

(If you DO go to St George's, pick me up a bottle too!!!!!!!! )

2) $55 for the Swiss blanche, & $10-11 extra for La Fee Verte.

3) They're BOTH good, and have BOTH led to co-habitant Absinthian Destruction!! :lol:

but OMG - love your descriptions - maybe you can be a Liquor Writer (like a food writer, only drunker)

now THERE's an idea!!!!

GAH!!! 90min until my 'interview'!!

Ok, not ph34r really .. . ..brain ~80% and that's good enough to impress.

[Darn210]

GAH!!! 90min until my 'interview'!!

Ok, not ph34r really .. . ..brain ~80% and that's good enough to impress.

Good Luck Tom!!!! and if you need any references, you tell them to come talk to us . . . we'll give them an earful . . . hmmmmm, on second thought . . .

[elye]

Bit of news here - I have a sort of Job Interview-ish meeting today!!

Maybe more of an exploratory career-change t

[Darn210]

Cannot find any absinthe! Will go to one more outlet, a big one near my place. My mom thinks it is an excellent idea, taking a vial to our chalet. However, her first response when I mentioned it was, "Hell!! Isn't that what killed Van Gogh and Hemingway??"....Well...yeah, probably.....

I think you meant to say that she said . . . Absinthe!??!!? Why that sounds fanf%*kingtastic!!!

Peter Pants!!!

[blueeyedmanda]

Big day at work for me...more details later :)

[jerseyangel]

Hi everyone

Can't begin to catch up, this flu has taken the wind out of my sails

Susie, I will keep you and David in my prayers. I can only imagine how frustrating all this is, but I just know that everything's going to work out fine. You have each other now, and together you will overcome this as you will continue to face things together (Always better that way! )

Tom, hope your meeting went well, and Bev--heinous about the ER--hope you are feeling better!

[elye]

Big day at work for me...more details later

Oh!! Amanda, it must be big, happy things, hence the smileys. Hope it's great things....

Did Tom heed my instructions and come in as a green vision, looking for a job just like yours?

Patti! Heinous flu.... Take care of yourself.

Tom! I see you on here....how'd it go?

[Mtndog]

My gosh golly- I finally start to come back more often and no one is evah around when I am....aare you guys Beving Bev? Well that's just fan-fu%$*king-tastic. Emily- Send me your mum's # so we can chat.

Bev - Get Better Now Young Lady . . . Don't make me come over there!!! . . . Oh Wait, I am coming over there . . . Well, Get Better Now Anyway!!!

Now I AM scared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Cherubic, huh?? Just not a word that I would have associated with Emily.

Ain't dat da truth????????????????????????

Pseuzee, I just could not be happier for you.

:wub:

Tom....you do realize that you are not permitted a full-time job, don't you? Any integral and necessary member of Sillyville must be available to visit reagularly and post here. Now, Amanda manages to do this. Okay, so you have to do the same thing, in the same hospital, as Amanda. Then we'll put you on probation and see how you manage....

Oh, prayers are with ya, Susie! I have not one, but two girlfriends who are dealing with this exact situation. Your love will prevail!!

No full-time jobs for any of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Probation...Susie is in charge of typing up the reports and also in charge of LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patti- Hope you feel better!!!!!!!!!

Nikki- Head still in the clouds? So excited for you!

[tom]

. . . .. I have to sit around and take my BP today and see if it stays up. if it does I have to take a break from the antibiotics.

If my sodium doesn't rebound (had blood drawn again today) then the words "treated in a hospital" were used . GRR!!!!!!!! BOO!!!!!!!!!!!! HISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GRR!!!!!!!! BOO!!!!!!!!!!!! HISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is RIGHT!!!!

So how IS it lookin' today Bevvy-wevvy??

My prescription= MORE COWBELL SILLYVILLE!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG - MORE COWBELL indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I got a fevah........and the only prescription...........is MORE COWBELL........"

GAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! :lol:

Oh the memories .. .. .. Last cowbellian uDDerances were probably in my very 1st week in Sillyville, still unused to being Happy <with a capital h & that rhymes w/ .. ...nothin'???? really?> and having a working brain. Not yet quite sure of what to make of this goofball-inhabited cyberhamlet of hilarity.

[From another thread]

Great stuff, Ptaum....particularly for me, as I've been waiting and waiting for the documented connection between celiac and type one diabetes. So there it is--now I can copy this off for my endocrinologist to get him, finally, on board with the "lots of diabetics have celiac...not just a coincidence" school.

....Silly av proudly intact....

LMAO Em!!!!! :lol:

I got called Ptaum out THERE!!!

:lol:

...not enough miles to phly you both to London then???

Oooooooo Susie, I think she's got you there. . . ..we know your Kissey has enough miles!!!!

[elye]

Oh the memories .. .. .. Last cowbellian uDDerances were probably in my very 1st week in Sillyville, still unused to being Happy..

....Um......why references to cowbells? This must have been pre page 120, about when I got my Sillyville citizenship. Actually, I think I was an illegal alien, or landed refugee or somefin'....anyways, I dunno WHAT in hell all this cowbell talk is about...

[From another thread]

LMAO Em!!!!!

I got called Ptaum out THERE!!!

OMG.........sigh.....How this vortex really does overtake...everything in one's life...my liquor shopping, bedtime discussions with Jack, other, serious threads....(!)

Well.......I'm thankful that at least I did not type, "Hey, Ptaum....fan-f*ckin-tastic article...thanks".

...Imagine what others were thinking as they read my post in your thread, Tom. "What kind of a yahoo is this? Doesn't even get this poor guy's name right, and he's been so good about posting that informative article. Elye equals loser, man".

[tom]

The exploratory career-change meeting went very well, thank you.

She was even kind of a hoot.

It probably won't diRECtly lead to a job, but it was very informative and that type of job might be in my future.

Unlike Elec Engrg around here, it could be part-time w/ some done from home.

Tom....you do realize that you are not permitted a full-time job, don't you?

What the heck kind of job do YOU have?? I thought full-time w/ near full-autonomy.

This struck me as so amusing....picturing Tom striding into a boardroom with his green dungarees, lime corduroy shirt and elfin curl-over slippers with bells tinkling....holding out his hand, "Hi! Thanks for seeing me"....

Sadly, one of my elfin slippers lost its bell & the auditory asymmetry would've driven me MAD!!!!!

What could I DO but de-tinkle the other?

His name?

Peter Pants.

(Foir some reason, this just kills me...)

Man, Tom...you got one weird processor, there....automatic and arbitrary shuffling around of letters...

<shhhhhhhhh> it's a secret!!

(I'm tempted to relate my license-plate-letters game but I'm sure it's TRULY not worth the bytes. The fun part was that I re-started the practically involuntary playing of it once NoSoyBoy emerged)

Cannot find any absinthe! Will go to one more outlet, a big one near my place. My mom thinks it is an excellent idea, taking a vialJUG to our chalet.

Find any?

Love your spirit, Bev....crappy things happening, and you're still funny.

I Knowwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

I recently totally forgot she's a Lymie!

All silly here - out at concerts there!!

Did Tom heed my instructions and come in as a green vision, looking for a job just like yours?

"green vision" sounds so .. . ... .Absinthian.

Patti! Heinous flu.... Take care of yourself.

I second that .. . .or maybe I'm too late and have to third or fourth that.

Tom! I see you on here....how'd it go?

GAH!!! This was ~1 min after it ended!!!!!

I had only hit Reload so I could read at stoplights.

[blueeyedmanda]

Alright the big work news!

So my supervisor called myself and my cubie mate into her office today to talk about workloads. We each got 8 new studies and were told we are going to start traveling to meetings. I might be heading to California in a few months....Susie and my other West Coast buddies here I come.

We had a big long discussion and with new people coming into the office the two of us might get to move into a small office to share which would be cool too.

So if I travel to any of my sillies areas we should try to grab lunch

[DingoGirl]

it starts, w/ a long lingering giggly tail.

Otherwise, I'll quote some blogger:

"An awakening of mind and spirit, a very clear awakening and knowing about my consciousness, a very sharp mind and skillful too.

With absinthe I get an almost mystical acknowledgment that I am created for a purpose and absinthe is a propellant for my brilliancy."

just re-read that.....am slightly concerned about introducing the Phaerie into my life :lol:

Awww ....wish we were going now.....what a sweetie indeed!!...not enough miles to phly you both to London then???

I"ll ask him tonight........oh and ALSO? he has some relative - SIL? Sister? <susie in perpetual state of delirium/exhaustion/confusion> who works for United, maybe? yay!!!!!!!!! he did mention getting free stand-by flights but...in the same sentence told me I had to get dressed up to get on said flights......... Um, what in hell - I asked if I had to wear a suit and pantyhose er sumfin' and said - if that is the case, we are DRIVING..... ('tis not the case, I just can't be a total scrounge)

And to this Em's mom and I say . . . Holy F**king Moly . . . you're fast . . . and you can take that any way you want to.

Yes, it is........but please know this......I am 46 years old, never married, and been dating since I was sixteen.

Remember that book I'm writing? A$$holes I Have Known, and How to Spot Them? Dude.........I have SERIOUSLY dated every kind of man there is.....you do NOT want to know it all - trust me -

I know a good thing when I see it. Never been more sure in my life, in fact......

I will tell you the piano and love analogy another time -- too much to do at present - -

Vial???!! That sounds so smallllllllllll.

So .. . .. .I take it some smuggling was perpetrated???? (Orrrrrrrr .. . . .the phleeting phaerie experience was not of this continent!!!)

<you BETTER not be talking about the always-legal shoddy facsimile>

This was about 5 or 6 years ago.......we had a young, arrogant (but sweet and dorky) guy working for us at the tasting room. His dad was a judge - even MORE arrogant......had absinthe in his collection, imported from France. I begged Andrew.......and he gave me a small vial, maybe four ounces er sumfin. Just a nip of the phaerie, I drank it w/ Gail and we were so sad to not be hallucinating, she looked at me and said - gawd, you're still here and you still look the same.

This struck me as so amusing....picturing Tom striding into a boardroom with his green dungarees, lime corduroy shirt and elfin curl-over slippers with bells tinkling....holding out his hand, "Hi! Thanks for seeing me"....

mad

I think you meant to say that she said . . . Absinthe!??!!? Why that sounds fanf%*kingtastic!!!

madder

When I see the word Absinthian....I think of those cats - Abyssinians....do you think they are drunk on the phaerie?

Susie, I will keep you and David in my prayers. I can only imagine how frustrating all this is, but I just know that everything's going to work out fine. You have each other now, and together you will overcome this as you will continue to face things together (Always better that way! )

:wub thanks, Patti.

Mygawd, how did I miss that our Patti has the PHLUGHUE? I knew we hadn't seen you around much, but did not know of this heinosity!!!!!!!!!!! get better soon........

My gosh golly- I finally start to come back more often and no one is evah around when I am....aare you guys Beving Bev? Well that's just fan-fu%$*king-tastic. Emily- Send me your mum's # so we can chat.

sooooooooo glad you're so funny even when you are NOT feeling great!

Not yet quite sure of what to make of this goofball-inhabited cyberhamlet of hilarity.

tom said cyber-hamlet of hilarity

...Imagine what others were thinking as they read my post in your thread, Tom. "What kind of a yahoo is this? Doesn't even get this poor guy's name right, and he's been so good about posting that informative article. Elye equals loser, man".

*snoooooooooort* oh dear gawwd..............

Emiliy - do yourself a favoUr and go to youtube - - just put in "more cowbell" and look for Christopher Walken on a Saturday Night Live skit............phunniest thing ever w/ Will Farrel and his big belly stickin' out (you know - originally he had a regular-sized sweater and his belly covered - they added that later and - the rest is history )

[DingoGirl]

So if I travel to any of my sillies areas we should try to grab lunch

:rolleyes:

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in!!!!!!!!!!! how exciting for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come see us!

[jerseyangel]

Mygawd, how did I miss that our Patti has the PHLUGHUE?

"Phlughue"

I'm a walkin' mucus factory The worst is finally over I think, but the heinous cough is still hanging on..... I'll live

Hey Amanda--great news about your job and the travel!

[elye]

What the heck kind of job do YOU have?? I thought full-time w/ near full-autonomy.

Bah, I'll never be able to work full-time hours again, now that I've successfully fit multiple daily Silly postings into my life. It just won't fit anymore. I teach 13 hrs. a week...with prep and marking, it's about 20 hrs total. 'Tis a wonderful life.....

Sadly, one of my elfin slippers lost its bell & the auditory asymmetry would've driven me MAD!!!!!

What could I DO but de-tinkle the other?

Tom de-tinkled himself! And right in the middle of a job interview!

(I'm tempted to relate my license-plate-letters game but I'm sure it's TRULY not worth the bytes. The fun part was that I re-started the practically involuntary playing of it once NoSoyBoy emerged)

Note to self: No long car trips with Ptaum.....

"green vision" sounds so .. . ... .Absinthian.

Okay, so no green vision for me...yet. Haven't found any. Went to three LCBO's (in absolutely treacherous driving conditions--insanity), and no luck. Will try the big one downtown tomorrow. Actually, I may have better luck in Quebec where we're headed...they have very lax liquor laws, and I seem to remember all kinds of neat, exotic-looking cordials and such over there..No wonder they call it La Belle Provence....

[jerseyangel]

Tom de-tinkled himself! And right in the middle of a job interview!

Hee Hee

[tom]

....Um......why references to cowbells? This must have been pre page 120, about when I got my Sillyville citizenship. Actually, I think I was an illegal alien, or landed refugee or somefin'....

I remember when you arrived. Page 120??? I would've guessed 140-150.

(Couldn't resist looking)

Okay, so Nikki has recruited me over here from a technical thread. How do I ease myself into such frenzied madness that is the Tickle Me thread?

My oh my the pages per week was LOW back then!!

My start's easy to remember. P100. (Adrian Monk would love that)

Sillyville only did ~ a decapage every 3 wks back then!!

<how many thought "wth? decoupage?">

Alright the big work news!

. .. ..

So if I travel to any of my sillies areas we should try to grab lunch

Yay!

And Whoa!! An actual OFFICE!!!

And CA trips!!!!!!!

<bay area! bay area! bay area!!!!!>

L.A. may as well be 2 states over.

I will tell you the piano and love analogy another time

Hmmmmmm please do . .. .. .tom's all too curious . .. ...doubting it's the Carson McCullers' bit, but did love some of her work.

[tom]

Bah, I'll never be able to work full-time hours again, now that I've successfully fit multiple daily Silly postings into my life. It just won't fit anymore. I teach 13 hrs. a week...with prep and marking, it's about 20 hrs total. 'Tis a wonderful life.....

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Note to self: No long car trips with Ptaum.....

Em would probably beat me (at my own game)

And your comment brings up the tr

[elye]

I remember when you arrived. Page 120??? I would've guessed 140-150.

(Couldn't resist looking)

Time flies.....Wow, I've been here for 615 pages. Ptaum, you joined in only 17 pages earlier than I? I thought you were established here from the beginning...Ya just seemed to know your way around, an' all....

[tom]

Oh yeah Em .. .. .If not for some damn hockey game I'd be heading to my fav spot, seeing a diff band. Who's playing? I remember! Ottawa vs SJ!!!

The parking is all taken on hockey nights but maybe I should check anyway.

[psawyer]

Hello, sillies, I haven't been ignoring you, I just haven't had the time to post something worthwhile. I still don't, but I'm posting anyway.

We got about 8 inches overnight. It was mostly done by the time we drove into the city. It looks like a couple of days without it, and then another 2-4 inches on Saturday.

This morning, we had the same driver who made the booboo two weeks ago, but the delivery was uneventful. He went down to the street just south of us, and drove straight up the alley to our loading door. No backing up, and no problems.

Susie, you and David are in my thoughts. I do hope this all works out. Check your PMs for another thought that I don't want to expose here.

[blueeyedmanda]

Sillies, on sci-fi right now is a show about a yeti...

[elye]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

'Tis. Definitely worth all those E's...I'm very lucky.

And your comment brings up the tr

[elye]

Oh yeah Em .. .. .If not for some damn hockey game I'd be heading to my fav spot, seeing a diff band. Who's playing? I remember! Ottawa vs SJ!!!

The parking is all taken on hockey nights but maybe I should check anyway.

Cannot speak too much about my Ottawa Senators....just get too sad. They are playing like a different team lately....like rank amateurs. San Jose should have no trouble wif them...Alfie's hurt, and he's essentially the whole team right now. THEY NEED ABSINTHE! Yes....how can I get them some?....

Hello, sillies, I haven't been ignoring you, I just haven't had the time to post something worthwhile. I still don't, but I'm posting anyway.

Imagine...posting when you've nothing to say!! I cannot imagine doing this.....