The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[elye]

We had a wonderful lunch.

The only thing that was not stupendous about our lunch was that it was not longer!!! Not nearly enough time to chat..... .. ...and the layout of our conversation setting was less than ideal - -superb restaurant, but we were at a long, rectangular table, so I could hardly see Jacquie half the time....I could see Will perfectly, as he was across the table, but hell, I see him all the bloody time.

POeter should be met by everyone. Talk about an Oracle- - he even looks like one. Wisdom lies, easily visible, within his eyes. I just wish we'd had more time! I hardly got to talk with Jacquie....such a great lady. So, we shall meet again, you two - -I'm simply not finished with you yet.

Please come to Ottawa!

[DingoGirl]

Click here to see a picture. In the picture are Will, Sophie, Jack, Emily and Peter. Jacquie took this one, which is why she isn't in it. We'll have to wait for Will's shots to see Jacquie.

OMG - almost brings a tear to my eye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sniff*

THIS IS SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

♥♥♥♥♥

POeter should be met by everyone. Talk about an Oracle- - he even looks like one. Wisdom lies, easily visible, within his eyes. I just wish we'd had more time! I hardly got to talk with Jacquie....such a great lady. So, we shall meet again, you two - -I'm simply not finished with you yet.

Please come to Ottawa!

just so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look how cute everyone is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and Will carries a purse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just so jealous.................. :slightlymadbutdistinctlyjealousandwistfulface:

[elye]

Mygawd.......it does indeed look like Will's carrying a lovely li'l purse.

In fact, he looks generally quite - - old and...... . . .rather sappy there.

Sooozie, POeter and I wanna head down to California for a Psilly Psummit wif you and Ptaoughmghmnuss. MUST WORK ON THIS. . . . ... . .

[DingoGirl]

Never before have I been a legitimizing factor. I feel so warm and fuzzy!

I know, me either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sooozie, POeter and I wanna head down to California for a Psilly Psummit wif you and Ptaoughmghmnuss. MUST WORK ON THIS. . . . ... . .

WHEN??????????????

we really NEED a Caliphornia Psilly Psummit.........Jules and I were just talking about it, Bev and Nik and I talk about it all the time.................

Big Sur !

phree lodging for.............oh, a handful (very tiny cabin)

if we do it in the summer or fall months, some can sleep out on the porch

the rest have to stay in Monterey or Carmel, 20 minutes north

the REALLY posh can stay in certain places in Big Sur - we'll crash yer lodgings

[DingoGirl]

uh-ohhhhhhhhh

I made the screen stretch

will edit now

[nikki-uk]

Click here to see a picture. In the picture are Will, Sophie, Jack, Emily and Peter. Jacquie took this one, which is why she isn't in it. We'll have to wait for Will's shots to see Jacquie.

We had a wonderful lunch.

AWwwwwww

This is just phab!!!!....but like Suzle I am but a tad wistful.....I'm sooooo far away, I'll never get to meet any of you

NIKERLER"S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes, we need ANY and all kilt reports and any other items of interest in yer travels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My ancestors moved from the Highlands of Scotland to the lowlands (not sure why) and.........I simply MUST go there, I fear i will ne'er return.................... will fall in love wif the terrain, the phood, and the men, will find my true love and stay fore'er

hope he's not my cousin

Nay problem ....... least not in the Highlands

I also had ancestors from the lowlands (the Gordon clan in Aberdeen)

Indeed, I ABSOLUTELY know dear Suzee that I could nae drag yer away from one of THE most beautiful places on Earth.

Mygawd!!!....unfortunately no sightings of any men in kilts harumph!!!.....which is a shame but mebee for the best (be still my beating heart!)......the accent alone is enough to tranfix you.

The whole place has a mystical/magical feel to it, mother nature at her best, the stunning stone architecture, the history etc etc <stop me if I'm boring you>

We stayed in a wee village called Nairn about 20 miles out Inverness ('Inver'=Rivermouth).....about 10 miles from the site of the Open Original Shared Link

The weather is WEVVAH there!!........ as you drive through the mountains the temperature suddenly drops below freezing dramatically and you in the middle of a snow storm....and then it's gone within minutes.

The sun always manages to shine (but yer need yer polar fleece under yer coat!)

Everywhere is water, pure clean springs, rivers, lochs

I somehow imagine the landscape is similar to Canada??

Holy crap!! ....on the way our GPS took us the 'shortest route' (instead of main roads).....OMG....NAE a good idea.....THE most treacherous roads, thin winding (ungritted!) roads with a sheer drop of 500 ft on one side!!!

Kids thought it was a hoot ..... more of a white knuckle ride for me :panicface:

snowed, eh? guess you Brits don't SEE snow too often, do you! You MUST come to California in the winter, oh, and in the spring, we'll take you up to Yosemite and other sights - you will D-I-E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well then, we shall split our time between the two!!

[DingoGirl]

AWwwwwww

This is just phab!!!!....but like Suzle I am but a tad wistful.....I'm sooooo far away, I'll never get to meet any of you

NAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! banish the THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

somehow - we ARE going to get you here - - - you may be completely alone - sans Tel and family (don't TELL them!!!!!!!!!!!!!) but...............how can we do this???????????

we must take up a Nikerler to US Phund................shall I have a gluten-phree bake sale?????????? a car wash? what??????????????????????????????

Nik you've GOT to start putting bits of money away - sell more tatt - for yer California Phund....... we'll get ALL OF YOU HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just know it.........someone among us is going to win the lottery er sumfin..................

OMG NIK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

your talk of Scotland........................dear gawd!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't TAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just KNEW it would be this magical..................

*sigh*

Well, shall we all Save for Scotland then? is THAT where we'll have our International Psilly Psummit??????????????

[jerseyangel]

Click here to see a picture. In the picture are Will, Sophie, Jack, Emily and Peter. Jacquie took this one, which is why she isn't in it. We'll have to wait for Will's shots to see Jacquie.

We had a wonderful lunch.

Got home a phew minutes ago and had to come take a look phirst thing!! You guys look so great--Em and her family look just like I remember them--and PeOter, you look phab! Every bit the Oracle and all around good buddy I look forward to seeing Jacquie, too

Warms me 'art when Sillies are able to get together--I was thinking about you guys whilst out. I kept saying to Mark--"Well, they ought to have met by now" and "well, they must be having lunch".

Welcome back Nik!!!! Missed you girl!! Hours in the car and kitty poop--like I said, welcome home!!

Gotta go make dinner (amazing after last night I ever want to eat again..... )

[elye]

Everywhere is water, pure clean springs, rivers, lochs

I somehow imagine the landscape is similar to Canada??

Yes, in fact this all does sound quite like parts of Canada (we're talking 9,093,507 square kilometres of land, so we do have a lots of everything). . . .

So, I think the big Psummit should, in fact, be up here. Less distance for Nikerler, beautiful landscapes anywhere we choose, and....well, my hot tub .. . . . ..

[DingoGirl]

Warms me 'art when Sillies are able to get together--I was thinking about you guys whilst out. I kept saying to Mark--"Well, they ought to have met by now" and "well, they must be having lunch".

You know, whenever I know that sillies are gathering (ALWAYS seems to be East Coast-ish or Canada )

I have this curious, bittersweet mixture of pure joy with......stabbing jealousy and envy

Yes, Em.......maybe Canada??????????????? but - are you ready for the sillies to converge upon yer house?

and..........how can we have a Silly Summit without the Weezle???????????????? ♥♥♥

How long is the drive to Toronto? and......more importantly..............HOW MUCH WHINING can I take on a long car ride?????????

:lol:

[jerseyangel]

So, I think the big Psummit should, in fact, be up here. Less distance for Nikerler, beautiful landscapes anywhere we choose, and....well, my hot tub .. . . . ..

Sounds good! We should set a goal date--as far off as needed for everyone. Pick a place and go for it.

[DingoGirl]

Sounds good! We should set a goal date--as far off as needed for everyone. Pick a place and go for it.

I am in agreement with this............

I"ll just charge it

Summer 2010? Can we all save enough by then????????????????????????????

[tom]

Canuck confab: most mahvellus :)

Gah!!! This is sure to be emoti-busting .. ..will be forced to split. RePHOOZ to delete precious emoters!!!

Goin' for my walk in the dark. So wadddya think? Will the cemetery be less cold the day after hallowe'en?

Stipulating that the prior cemetary-adjacent temps were causally depressed, mewonders whether it's a linear function or whether perhaps November's decreased ambient correspondingly decreases said "cemetary effect", in the sense of detectable non-instrumentationized human perception, per se.

Now if Jess's (hmmm .. .. too many S's??) new fancyphone has GPS, I must propose equipping thineself w/ a thermal measurement recorder enabling precise locational data.

Yes . . . like battening down the hatches . . . and hiding the valuables . . . and placing all breakable items out of reach . . .

Locking the picture frames . .. .

GORGEOUS, grEy, cloudy, threatening-to-rain day here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOOZLE IS ECSTATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ptaum's decidedly NOT!!!

I want my blue-sky sunny days back!!!!!!

Raining all day&night here, but at least it's not a stormy windy thrashing downpour.

Funny .. ..different coffeemaker now (compared to 2 yrs ago when I lived next-door - the doors are literally mere feet apart) & in this apt the rain sounds just like when this coffeemaker is finishing. I'm pavlovianly expecting fresh coffee at EVERY moment.

[tom]

Nikkerler's BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, need the Kilt Report Update!!!!!!!!!!! Did ya see up any of 'em? (<not sarcastic wink)

Pffffft ... ..bit of a double-standard when the shoemirror's on the other foot eh? :P

[tom]

I'm baaaack!!!!!! from a 14 hour drive!! (gah!!!!)......but psillies!!!,,, I MUST move to Scotland......t'is phlippin glorioUsly beaUTIMOUS ...I am in love with the place

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...but peeps - the Scottish Highlands!!! *sigh* ...bloody breathtaking ......and it SNOWED!!!!!

(Pics on phacebook)

D'oh I should get mese'f on the Book . ....I'll make the goal to be on w/in a wk.

Glad the trip ('cept dat 14hrs) was so wunnerphul

The cats (who were looked after at home by eldest son) did poop inapppropiately in many different places in protest ......still finding the li'l presents :rollingeyes:

Are See's Candies in the UK?

(The chicanery of Judith's youth still cracks me up)

The only thing that was not stupendous about our lunch was that it was not longer!!! Not nearly enough time to chat..... ..

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That describes my meeting w/ Momma Goose, broncobux & mouse to a T!!!!!!!!

LisaB's brother & one gosling showed up to whisk her away to brunch (what was that . .. .3rd or 4th meal by 2pm??? :wackl:)

Chris & gluten-free had to hurry off to the NFL game he was in town for.

Mouse & I *did* get to chat for another hr tho.

But it was, no doubt, ALL TOO &^%$#$%^&* BRIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nikki-uk]

Pffffft ... ..bit of a double-standard when the shoemirror's on the other foot eh? :P

OMG Phtaughmn!!!

A stroke of genius!!!....a shoe mirror around some kilted men with sporrans (roll the 'R'.......I LOVE that word)

[DingoGirl]

Stipulating that the prior cemetary-adjacent temps were causally depressed, mewonders whether it's a linear function or whether perhaps November's decreased ambient correspondingly decreases said "cemetary effect", in the sense of detectable non-instrumentationized human perception, per se.

and

:wackl:

Raining all day&night here, but at least it's not a stormy windy thrashing downpour.

what??????????????????????????????

this is my idea of

PURE HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pthaughm said chicanery

:lol:

[psawyer]

How long is the drive to Toronto? and......more importantly..............HOW MUCH WHINING can I take on a long car ride?????????

:lol:

From where you are, it is about 2,660 miles, and would likely take almost 40 hours driving time. The part heading toward Denver is rather scenic, but once you hit the prairies it is phlat.

[elye]

Sounds good! We should set a goal date--as far off as needed for everyone. Pick a place and go for it.

Summer 2010? Can we all save enough by then????????????????????????????

Now, this is getting exciting....... .. .

Well, East coast Canada would be doable by car for POeter, Patti, perhaps Janet and Leeesa..... . .. .(?) . . .. .

Yes, I think we should set a goal date of summer/fall 2010.......

OMG Phtaughmn!!!

A stroke of genius!!!....a shoe mirror around some kilted men with sporrans (roll the 'R'.......I LOVE that word)

Um. . . . I do believe that I am wearing one of these things to tonight's Hallowe'en dance.......

[Lisa]

But it was, no doubt, ALL TOO &^%$#$%^&* BRIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brief, but oh so memorable. A lot of fun too! Hum, let's see....I have met Tom, Chris, Metta, Laura, Lynne, Karen and Tom (Par18). West Coasties next, (I want to live on Bainbridge Island) or maybe 2012 at Nikki's.

Enjoyed the picture of Emily and her family with Peter.

[Judyin Philly]

So enjoyed all the chatter

Thanks so much for the Photo Peter.............just loved seeing you all.

Good to have you back Nikki.

Plans for W coast summit ...........need to save me pennies.

Judy

[blueeyedmanda]

Hi Sillies

glad to hear the big canadian trip went well.

Some bad news here. Jen's mom had a heart attack today and is unstable. Jen worked last night a 12 hr shift. This happened around 4:30- 5 today. So I ran and got Landen at his Saturday night babysitters. we tried to get Jen a flight out tonight but we had no luck. There were no no flights to Detriot which is the closest airport to where she needs to be. There was a 9pm flight to Cleveland but it was leaving from Philly and we would not have made it. So Jen was just going to make the drive to Michighan. I helped her pack and now she is driving the 11 hr drive. Hopefully to make it there by 5am....she only had like 3 hrs of sleep today. hang on she is calling......

Ok- she is 40 mins away and is very tired and may turn home. I found her a flight on Southwest that would depart at 10 and get her into Detriot at 11:30. I am waiting for her to call back and see what she has decided.

Her mom has never had a heart condition or any problems. They are going to airlift her to a different hospital to perform a surgery....maybe a bypass.

So this weekend has not been a great one.

On the housing note we will be seeing another one tomorrow, but the one we loved came with some issues that we dont think we would like so we will pass that one by.

Please keep Jen's family in your thoughts and prayers for us!!!

[Darn210]

and..........how can we have a Silly Summit without the Weezle???????????????? ♥♥♥

How long is the drive to Toronto? and......more importantly..............HOW MUCH WHINING can I take on a long car ride?????????

:lol:

Ummmm . . . . . . who's whining?? Suezee or Weezle?

Just to remind everyone (and make you all jealous) . . . me family is still planning a trip to Washington State for Spring Break . . . part of the time to be spent in Seattle. Besides Jess, doesn't Colleen (CruelShoes) live out that way, too??

Amanda, so sorry to hear about Jen's mom . . . she's in my prayers.

[jerseyangel]

Amanda--I'll keep Jen's mom in my thoughts. You're such a good friend

[blueeyedmanda]

Thanks Everyone

Jen is home here in Harrisburg tonight and we will be taking her to Baltimore to the airport early tomorrow morning. She called John before and apologized for ruining our night since we were going to Hershey Park. John told her if she didnt stop apologizing he would be mad at her.

So the flight leaves tomorrow @ 10. She is flying Southwest- cheaper and she can take her luggage for free. She will fly into Harrisburg on her way home.