The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[Mtndog]

Hi All- I've missed so much (and I've missed you all!). From anal glands to Em's MIL coming in to poor Jen. I love the holidays, but they can be hard. I'm doing Christmas Eve and my MIL called today to see what the menu was Not, "What can I bring?' I felt like sayong Menu? It's BYOFBAAEYW- Bring your own food, booze and anything else you want (oh...someone is a wee bit grumpy).

OK, I'm grumpy. May have to go off med #2 because of side effects. I was in tears this weekend because it felt like someone whacked me across the back with a 2x4. I'm sure we'll figure out something but ugh......Haven't been on much because between pain, fatigue and Christms shopping I've been wiped (oh, and grumpy) but.........on the bright side

HaPpPy BiRtHdAy JuDy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We luvs ya!!!!!!!

Don't know how much I'll get on until after Christmas but peace to all, comfort to those who need it, hugs and Christmas smooches to all of you. May your holidays be filled with love, light, health and laughter!!!!!!!! :wub: :wub:

[flourgirl]

Geez, Bev, you sound like you're describing me! Pain, fatigue, wiped out.....oh, neeeeverrr miiiinnnnd, I guess that's pretty much all of us ! Hope you can work thru your grumpies.

Kween Manda.....you must not let bossy cow get to you! You must come to your senses and realize that a bully needs pity, needs psycho-logical help. Her behavior makes her smaller than the smallest Twa, lower than dirt and certainly not worthy of your gracious tears. Save your powerful emotions for worthwhile people. Offer her (in fantasy, at least) glares that are capable of stopping her heart, darts from your eyes that are lethal, a smile that can freeze an Eskimos innards.....etc . Picture her with the frozen mamaries fracturing in the squeezemachine! Picutre her with holy, old underwear. Use anything that will diffuse her bullyness' effect on you! So there!

Nice to hear from you, Tawwwm. Hope you are faring better.

As you can see, I've survived the squeeze-machine. No shattered biddies here! Now I can breathe a sigh of relief for another year. Maybe I should practice using the auto garage door opener! (Oof, bad mental-picture, there).

Nikki.....yes....Dickensian, that's us! We are all Tiny Tim, Scrooge and Cratchet all rolled up in one! Bah Humbug, God Bless Us Every One BUT we DO still drink tea

[nikki-uk]

Theresa!!!!!!

Loved yer WHOLE post .......so, you're wise AND kind eh?

MIL's flight was cancelled from Whitehorse to Vancouver due to the blizzard-like conditions out west. BUT.... . .. . that strong, fierce English tenacity came rippling forth, and she got herself on another flight on Air North. So, she's now sitting at the Vancouver airport, waiting for a connecting flight. . . .

GADS EM!!!! You can't keep down the Dunkirk spirit in any of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BEAVERLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you!!!

[jerseyangel]

Don't know how much I'll get on until after Christmas but peace to all, comfort to those who need it, hugs and Christmas smooches to all of you. May your holidays be filled with love, light, health and laughter!!!!!!!! :wub: :wub:

Smoochies to you Bevvie Lots of warm hugs and wishes of a much better 2009 for you

[Jestgar]

Smoochies to you Bevvie Lots of warm hugs and wishes of a much better 2009 for you

Yeah, seriously Bev. Get better so the rest of us can feel miserably happy when whining about our minor aches and pains.

And for you to be so cheerful and loving in the face of it--sheesh.

Next your gonna tell us that you have an electric kettle.

[jerseyangel]

Next your gonna tell us that you have an electric kettle.

Well now, that would really clinch it!

[Darn210]

Hi All- I've missed so much (and I've missed you all!). From anal glands to Em's MIL coming in to poor Jen. I love the holidays, but they can be hard. I'm doing Christmas Eve and my MIL called today to see what the menu was Not, "What can I bring?' I felt like sayong Menu? It's BYOFBAAEYW- Bring your own food, booze and anything else you want (oh...someone is a wee bit grumpy).

My first stab at yer acronym had a MUCH different word for the "F" . . . if you know what I mean.

Hope yer feelin' better for the hollydaze, bev!!!

Nikki.....yes....Dickensian, that's us! We are all Tiny Tim, Scrooge and Cratchet all rolled up in one! Bah Humbug, God Bless Us Every One BUT we DO still drink tea

Ohhhhhh . . . so this is where the crutch tip came from!!!!! Why was Tiny Tim in yer Ho' Tub, Em??

We're off tomorrow fer me mum & dad's . . . I'll be off and on after that. They have a computer but I'll have to share wif about a bazillion people.

[DingoGirl]

OH DEAR GAAAAAAWWWWDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Electric FRYING PANS????????

Boiling yer water IN THE MICROWAVE?!?!?!?!?!

WHAT in hell is going ON over there?????????

*SNACKLE SNORT* x 43

this gave me a good chuckle but - you CANNOT be serious, how in HELL can the water taste different in a Dickensian kettle (which I am about to purchase, BTW)???

Doz EVERYone in the UK use an electric kettle? is it so POSH to have one? so pedestrian to not?

speaking of posh - - one of my former bosses and dear friends (from the winery) is coming tonight in 2 hours, 15 minutes annnnnnnd, what am I doing? goofing off, procrastinating, chattin' wif me Sills. That's right. She is LOADS of fun and nearly 20 years older than I - but very elegant and a really good motivation fer shampooin' yer carpets and stuff

Don't know how much I'll get on until after Christmas but peace to all, comfort to those who need it, hugs and Christmas smooches to all of you. May your holidays be filled with love, light, health and laughter!!!!!!!!

Bevel prayers for you to feel better and.......small that MIL's boobies in the garage door, why dontcha?????????????? HARRUMPHFFFF!!!!!

Theresaaugh! yer whole post!!!!!!!! x 23

GADS EM!!!! You can't keep down the Dunkirk spirit in any of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

evidently not, Geordie (sp?) is on her way......

Next your gonna tell us that you have an electric kettle.

Well now, that would really clinch it!

gahhhhh :lol:

bye sillies - - must scrub the toilets now

left the doors/windows shut tight today, of course, as it's cold here (well, Central CA cold, in the 40's) and......smells really very dank and moldy and rotten in here SUPER!

oh and GIAKNKT!!!!!!!!!! bon voyage, stay safe, STAY ALIVE, WE WILL FIND YOU!!!!!!!!!

[Green12]

Frozen boobies falling off, a Sam Man Head Hill MIL welcome, and tea kettles

(and Nikki called judy a "hoe" .....good catch there Tom-O)

Ohhhhhh . . . so this is where the crutch tip came from!!!!! Why was Tiny Tim in yer Ho' Tub, Em??

Bah!!! Janet

HUGS to you Bev!!! So sorry things have been rough lately. I'll be thinking of you and hope you get through the week ok :wub:

And Amanda, so sorry about your awful day at work. That's terrble your boss yelled at you. I hope you can just let it go through one ear and out the other and shake it off. That's her stuff and not yours. Hugs honey

Sillies I found a yummy recipe for Christmas morning breakfast:

Open Original Shared Link

I'm going to serve these with my hashbrown casserole (so good with hashbrowns, caramelized onion, roasted red pepper, eggs, and swiss cheese) and chicken sausage and bacon.

We nned a :soyummyiamlickingmylipsface:

[Mtndog]

Julie- I will pay you 1 MILLION pennies a year to be me personal chef (oh- sorry, it's all I can afford!)

Yeah, seriously Bev. Get better so the rest of us can feel miserably happy when whining about our minor aches and pains.

And for you to be so cheerful and loving in the face of it--sheesh.

Next your gonna tell us that you have an electric kettle.

Jess :lol: I've been meaning to confess me ownership of an electric kettle (OK- so I boil me water on the stove )

OMG- me MIL's frozen bitties in a garage door would explode the city- they are some biig arse boobies <CACKLEEVILLY>

[DingoGirl]

Sillies I found a yummy recipe for Christmas morning breakfast:

I'm going to serve these with my hashbrown casserole (so good with hashbrowns, caramelized onion, roasted red pepper, eggs, and swiss cheese) and chicken sausage and bacon.

where in HELL is this recipe?????????? yer killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Julie- I will pay you 1 MILLION pennies a year to be me personal chef (oh- sorry, it's all I can afford!)

how much does that amount to, in dollars??? [i will NOT do mathS] because NO, *I* will pay her to be my personal chef, um, half that amount????????

[jerseyangel]

Sillies I found a yummy recipe for Christmas morning breakfast:

Open Original Shared Link

I'm going to serve these with my hashbrown casserole (so good with hashbrowns, caramelized onion, roasted red pepper, eggs, and swiss cheese) and chicken sausage and bacon.

We nned a :soyummyiamlickingmylipsface:

.....and a great big <droolphace>

I wanna go to Julie's fer breakfast

[tom]

Theresa!!!!!!

Loved yer WHOLE post .......so, you're wise AND kind eh?

yeahhhhhhhh . .... I was thinkin' something like that too!!

I'm at work for some rare afternoon hrs. The company is in a 2 week <mostly> shutdown, so the equipment isn't in use. woohoo i need more HRS !!!

But gotta take off soon for my CHICAGO BEARS on MNF - still a shot at the PLAYOFFS !!!!! :D

[Jestgar]

Sillies I found a yummy recipe for Christmas morning breakfast:

Open Original Shared Link

I'm going to serve these with my hashbrown casserole (so good with hashbrowns, caramelized onion, roasted red pepper, eggs, and swiss cheese) and chicken sausage and bacon.

We nned a :soyummyiamlickingmylipsface:

yummmm. Both the apples AND what you're making us all for brekky.

I am impatiently awaiting my crockpot sweet taters, yams, and onions covered with bacon.

No idea how it'll taste, but pretty much anything made wif bacon has gotta be good.

[tom]

OMG I've finally started to see some self-ElfYourself-ering !!!! :lol: :lol:

(takes awhile for parts to go from -45C to 90C )

[Darn210]

No idea how it'll taste, but pretty much anything made wif bacon has gotta be good.

As our wise Pattay says . . . True Dat!!!

Julie - we need yer hashbrowns casserole recipe. I'm looking for summat like that to make the night before and pop in the oven Christmas morn'.

[Green12]

Bevel said CACKLEEVILLY

MMMMMM Jess, bacon

Julie- I will pay you 1 MILLION pennies a year to be me personal chef (oh- sorry, it's all I can afford!)

how much does that amount to, in dollars??? [i will NOT do mathS] because NO, *I* will pay her to be my personal chef, um, half that amount????????

You wackls I would cook for me girls for phree

But gotta take off soon for my CHICAGO BEARS on MNF - still a shot at the PLAYOFFS !!!!! :D

DA BEARS!!!!

Julie - we need yer hashbrowns casserole recipe. I'm looking for summat like that to make the night before and pop in the oven Christmas morn'.

All right, I heard you calling, and Swoozie too

Here it is:

Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole

1/4 cup butter

1 small sweet onion, chopped (I caramelize my onion ahead of time, but you don't have to, raw and chopped is fine)

1 red pepper, chopped (I also roast my red pepper ahead of time, but again raw is fine)

1 (24 ounce) bag frozen hash brown potatoes

12 eggs, beaten

1/2 lb cubed ham or thin sliced ham or cooked crumbled bacon or sausage

3 cups swiss cheese, shredded (any variety of shredded cheese is fine but I like to use swiss)

Melt butter and place in the bottom of 9" by 13" baking pan (swoosh it around to cover bottom and sides of pan)

In a large bowl toss potatoes (still frozen is okay) with the vegetables and meat, season with salt and pepper to taste

Spred potatoes evenly in pan

**Note: At this point you may continue or casserole may be refrigerated overnight.

Pour beaten eggs over potatoes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes

Remove from oven and sprinkle cheese evenly over top.

Bake another 5-10 minutes or until cheese is hot and bubbly.

Remove from oven and let set for about 5 minutes.

Serve.

It's a very versatile recipe, you could use whatever veggies and meat you have hand (i.e. green pepper, sun dried tomatoes, fresh or dried herbs, browned ground beef or turkey etc.) And change up the cheese for a different flavor (i.e pepper jack, herbed havarti) The sky's the limit.

[jerseyangel]

I am impatiently awaiting my crockpot sweet taters, yams, and onions covered with bacon.

Did you cook the bacon phirst? That sounds really good.

[elye]

OMG.....had a big, long post at the ready, and it just.....POOF........disappeared.. . ... .

Okay, just got back from the Officer's Mess, a big, flouncy soiree....very dressy, and I just don't ever fit in. . ..I am sure that my dress was tucked up into my nylons as I left the bathroom. . .. .

Too much to comment on!

MIL is due in at any time....I will be in bed - - what a shame. The big greeting will be in the morning.. . . .....

Stay tuned. . . .

[Jestgar]

Did you cook the bacon phirst? That sounds really good.

Did not, but should have. I ended up taking out the bacon and microwaving it (bonus! got rid of lots of grease) then putting it back in.

It was good. Needed salt, but I imagine you could solve that problem by using more bacon than I did (I only used 5 slices for 6 potatoes).

Yep, pretty much anything can be successfully crocked.

The news just said that the last time we had this much snow was 1861

WooHoo!!

[Jestgar]

MIL is due in at any time....I will be in bed - - what a shame. The big greeting will be in the morning.. . . .....

Stay tuned. . . .

I can't believe you don't stay up for mummy-in-law

[jerseyangel]

MIL is due in at any time....I will be in bed - - what a shame. The big greeting will be in the morning.. . . .....

Stay tuned. . . .

Get a good night's sleep, Em.....

Did not, but should have. I ended up taking out the bacon and microwaving it (bonus! got rid of lots of grease) then putting it back in.

Yeah--that makes sense. I'm thinking I'll try it and add some sliced apples.

[Jestgar]

Get a good night's sleep, Em.....

Yeah--that makes sense. I'm thinking I'll try it and add some sliced apples.

I missed the apple flavor too. Maybe a bit of orange as well.

[Darn210]

Yep, pretty much anything can be successfully crocked.

Ahhhhh . . . a new phrase that I shall try to work in more often . . .

How did you prepare that? Well, I crocked it!!

When's supper? I'm crocking something as we speak!!

Cr@p!! Look at the time!! I better get crockin'!!!!

Jewleigh, thanks for the recipe. Do you ever mix yer cheese in wif yer eggs?? Does that mess it up?

[elye]

Ahhhhh . . . a new phrase that I shall try to work in more often . . .

How did you prepare that? Well, I crocked it!!

When's supper? I'm crocking something as we speak!!

Cr@p!! Look at the time!! I better get crockin'!!!!

Ahhhhh......yesssss.......How about this:

MIL: What, my dear, are you planning on making for our supper, Emily?

ME: Crock off!!!!