The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[celiac-mommy]

Goodness! I slept zero hours last night. It's cool and all to see our hotel is a very tall round tower, but you add some wind and rain whipping around that building and yous gets a LOT of noise. I'm now on the boat, about to have to turn my lifeline off and we pick the ONLY seats behind a family of 2 SCREAMING children and their obnoxious baby talking parents and grandparents. The kids are not babies.... I just took 2 motion sickness pills and have no idea what they will do to me, we were too late for me to get my coffee t

[jerseyangel]

Hee!! Rash-elle's phone is doing phunny things

[celiac-mommy]

Hee!! Rash-elle's phone is doing phunny things

Hmmm, wonder what happened there.... I think my phone was trying to hold onto me for dear life and maybe posted twice...? I discovered Jesse's blackberry works just great- thank God! I'm just cheating my way thru the NY times crossword . Haven't seen the screaming kids for a while. Maybe dad took them up and threw em overboard....

1.more.hour

Latah peeps

[Darn210]

Just got back from a PT appt. Does anyone else spend all their doctor's appointments laughing hysterically?

Used to . . . at the OBGYN of all places . . . but she left to become a lawyer. Now most doc appts end with me swearing.

Goodness! I slept zero hours last night. It's cool and all to see our hotel is a very tall round tower, but you add some wind and rain whipping around that building and yous gets a LOT of noise. I'm now on the boat, about to have to turn my lifeline off and we pick the ONLY seats behind a family of 2 SCREAMING children and their obnoxious baby talking parents and grandparents. The kids are not babies.... I just took 2 motion sickness pills and have no idea what they will do to me, we were too late for me to get my coffee this morning..... We haven't even left the pier yet! I think I shall try to nap--that or laugh watching the woman across from me scowling in disdain regarding these 2 kids. Wonder if I can get away with taking a pic of her.....

Uh oh, iPhone has to go ni-night right now. Love you all, pray we make it alive on this "big boat, yes it is, isn't this a big, big boat" <gag>

Goodness! I slept zero hours last night. It's cool and all to see our hotel is a very tall round tower, but you add some wind and rain whipping around that building and yous gets a LOT of noise. I'm now on the boat, about to have to turn my lifeline off and we pick the ONLY seats behind a family of 2 SCREAMING children and their obnoxious baby talking parents and grandparents. The kids are not babies.... I just took 2 motion sickness pills and have no idea what they will do to me, we were too late for me to get my coffee t

Hee!! Rash-elle's phone is doing phunny things

Did Ruhshell's butt call us??? Love that commercial . . . I shall have to find it.

[psawyer]

It is quiet here. I'm just about done for the day at work, and then when I get home we resume the battle of wits with Riley. We think we're going to have to tether her, which we have not done since 2005. But she seems determined to get around, over, or under the gate.

I have six harnesses of various sizes and shapes in the car. We'll see.

[Darn210]

Did Ruhshell's butt call us??? Love that commercial . . . I shall have to find it.

We'll see.

Good luck with that.

[jerseyangel]

We think we're going to have to tether her, which we have not done since 2005. But she seems determined to get around, over, or under the gate.

Better that than she get hit by a car. Stupid gate guy.....

[jerseyangel]

Hee! "My butt just hung up on you....sorry"

[kareng]

Did Ruhshell's butt call us??? Love that commercial . . . I shall have to find it.

J had a phone last school year that would call me during social studies class. I could listen in to the class. It never calls me so I can listen in on a party or a date.

It is quiet here. I'm just about done for the day at work, and then when I get home we resume the battle of wits with Riley. We think we're going to have to tether her, which we have not done since 2005. But she seems determined to get around, over, or under the gate.

I have six harnesses of various sizes and shapes in the car. We'll see.

You must do what you need to for her protection. Good that she hasn't gotten the other kitties to follow her.

[elye]

Gads, I wish my butt would hang up on me.. . ......or not hang at ALL -- that and me boobs.. . . . ..

Rah-shyellle's ferry adventures!

Quite the developments o'er here...... . . .with all that's been happening with me mom and life generally, I haven't mentioned here the adventure we've been having with our visiting mouse. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed mouse poop in the small cupboard where we keep the dog food and treats. My husband jumped at this challenge, and rigged up two old-fashioned mouse traps with Cheese Whiz, and we spent the first two nights waiting to hear the "SNAP!" of a direct hit. Nothing. Our little friend (and I just KNEW it was one mouse, somehow -- I even named him... . ....Gerald) was quite an admirable opponent.. . . .....each morning we were discovering the blob of cheese having been nibbled just around the edges, like he knew to avoid the middle part that would trigger the trap. I remain veritably impressed.

Then DH tried peanut butter, figuring that it was stickier and Gerald would have trouble pulling away if the metal trap was set off. During the next few nights, we heard the trap "SNAP" twice, and those nights I lay there thinking, "dear gawd........ . . ..I hope it got him right across the neck so that he has died instantly -- no flipping around for hours with the trap snapped across his nose"......

And both mornings, I found both traps snapped, most of the peanut butter gone, and NO MOUSE. This is one kick-ass, you-don't-know-who-you're-dealing-with little bloke. DH is getting more and more p!ssed off.

Over the last couple of days I have been imagining what has been happening to Gerald.... . . .... . indeed, if it is only him reaping these culinary delights, he's likely getting a bit chunky.

Last night, DH, exasperated and vowing that he will not let any silly little rodent get the best of him, slathered BOTH Cheese Whiz and PB on both traps, carefully set them, and placed them carefully on the cupboard floor, trembling with anticipation and the thrill of potential victory.

Well.... . . . we heard the "SNAP" just after midnight. "Ahhhhh..... . . I GOT him...... . I just KNOW it!!!".......DH whispered as we lay there.

This morning I opened the cupboard door, and honest to gawd, I saw THE most horrifically obese mouse one could ever imagine... . . . he looked like a big, furry tennis ball with a long tail. Good thing the trap got him across the back of the head, as his body had gotten so huge it would not have fit in the trap.

RIP, Gerald. Due to your enormity, I now know that it was you alone, the solitary renegade, carefully and cleverly avoiding the lethal trap for so long, and reaping all those spoils.. . . . . . ....

I guess there's a lesson there, somewhere. ........ . . . .... . . .poor, fat Gerald. . ....!

[jerseyangel]

Poor phat Gerald.....at least he had some really yummy last meals

[kareng]

Poor Gerald - he died fat and happy! At least you know there are not more.

At M's summer nature day camp he attended for 6 years as a camper & 1 as a helper: They set big cage traps at night with lots of PB and pretzels or apples. They catch usually a racoon sometimes a possum. The kids all look at it & then M takes it into the woods & lets it go. They started getting the same raccoon (had a nick in his tail) every night no matter where they put the trap. He didn't hiss, just sat quietly until released. He seemed to enjoy the cuisine.

[jerseyangel]

They started getting the same raccoon (had a nick in his tail) every night no matter where they put the trap. He didn't hiss, just sat quietly until released. He seemed to enjoy the cuisine.

Sounds like he looked at it as a slight inconvenience for a midnight snack....

[Darn210]

RIP, Gerald. Due to your enormity, I now know that it was you alone, the solitary renegade, carefully and cleverly avoiding the lethal trap for so long, and reaping all those spoils.. . . . . . ....

I guess there's a lesson there, somewhere. ........ . . . .... . . .poor, fat Gerald. . ....!

Methinks you actually caught Geraldine . . . a pregnant Geraldine . . . lucky you did before you had lots of little Geralds and Geraldines running about.

We had a mouse once when the kids were quite small and I was reluctant to put out a snap trap in fear of snapping toddler fingers or toes. I set out a humane trap (keeps them alive) before bed, announced to the kitchen as a whole "You have 24 hours to give yourself up or I WILL BUY a snap trap". He surrendered by the time I got up in the morning. Smackl (probably 2 1/2 at the time) and hubby escorted him out into the woods and released him.

[conniebky]

I kept staring at the name of this section of the forum and couldn't figure out what silly yaks meant.

DOH!!!

Today a girl at work gave me a recipe for black bean brownies and no, i'm not making that up. She eats gluten but has a friend that doesn't and said they are delicious.

[elye]

They set big cage traps at night with lots of PB and pretzels or apples. They catch usually a racoon sometimes a possum. The kids all look at it & then M takes it into the woods & lets it go. They started getting the same raccoon (had a nick in his tail) every night no matter where they put the trap. He didn't hiss, just sat quietly until released. He seemed to enjoy the cuisine.

Hmm.... .I need one 'o those set in my kitchen every night before bed, right by the fridge door.. . . perhaps then I wouldn't venture in there @ midnight. . . . ....my kids could let me out of the cage each morning.... . . .

Today a girl at work gave me a recipe for black bean brownies and no, i'm not making that up. She eats gluten but has a friend that doesn't and said they are delicious.

Hi, Kaw-knee! I have made these regularly - - they are delicious, and really moist!

[jerseyangel]

I kept staring at the name of this section of the forum and couldn't figure out what silly yaks meant.

Cohn-knee!! Title tis the work of our phounder, Richard. Very phunny guy--I miss him around here.

Today a girl at work gave me a recipe for black bean brownies and no, i'm not making that up. She eats gluten but has a friend that doesn't and said they are delicious.

Would actually love to try something like that--much more healthy--but I'm pseriously intolerant to legumes. They really hate me.....

[mushroom]

Would actually love to try something like that--much more healthy--but I'm pseriously intolerant to legumes. They really hate me.....

Me too! It's like the legumes sit around planning a chance to get inside my body and create havoc, and once they make it in, all HAIL breaks loose!!!

[jerseyangel]

Me too! It's like the legumes sit around planning a chance to get inside my body and create havoc, and once they make it in, all HAIL breaks loose!!!

I know....I'm actually afraid of them. They make me feel as if I've been poisoned.

[mushroom]

I know....I'm actually afraid of them. They make me feel as if I've been poisoned.

They make me feel like I am going to die I want to die

[kareng]

OK.. youse guys are scaring me. Was going to have a veggie mix with black beans in it. Now I look at the picture and see evil faces on the beans. Wait, is that slices of onions or little white machine guns?

Something else I was going to say but can't see the posts & didn't not do speedy reply.

[jerseyangel]

They make me feel like I am going to die I want to dieB)

I wonder what it is about them? A few other things will give me digestive problems, but legumes are different. Different even from gluten.

[kareng]

oh yeah. the brownies made with black beans were on Good Morning America a month or 2 ago. But not sure I want to try them now

[jerseyangel]

OK.. youse guys are scaring me. Was going to have a veggie mix with black beans in it. Now I look at the picture and see evil faces on the beans. Wait, is that slices of onions or little white machine guns?

Don't be skeert Khareign.

You're not intolerant to them, right?

[Darn210]

There's a Weight Watchers recipe that uses black beans instead of (most of) the oil, er sumptin' like that. I'm sorry, but that just does NOT sound appealling. Black beans do NOT belong in desserts.