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The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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OK, apparently the rest of yas all have lives, but it's pouring rain here, and I have a bunch of work today, so I'm employing my favorite procrastination method - you guys. I'll just chatter on by myself for a while...

Yesterday on the ferry I sat with a woman I only talk to occasionally and she invited me to join her commute group (we all travel in packs) at the Mexican restaurant on the island. Since I had met the others at least once, I figured, why not? So I'm talking to this woman and her hubby and it turns out that they're trained actors/performers, and he actually runs one of the professional theaters in the city. (the interesting part is coming up, I promise. Although I'm not promising that it'll be that interesting.)

Anyway, it turns out that, as part of his job, he gets tickets to 2 or 3 performances a week in the city. He tries to go, but sometimes it's just too much, especially for his wife, since she has a full time job and wants to spend her evenings with her son. (seriously, something worth reading has got to be coming up)

Anyway, before I knew all that I was telling them that a person from our theater group was in Hello, Dolly and I would love to see it but I just couldn't afford the tickets. (almost there. The paragraphs are getting shorter (although it seems that the commentary is getting longer) so it's got to be close)

So he turns to his wife and says "do you want to see Dolly?" She makes the frowny face and shakes her head, so he looks at me and says "do you want to see Dolly with me?" :o:o:D

(that was the exciting part. you might want to re-read it for the full effect, now that you know the punch line)

So Thursday evening (unless his wife changes her mind) I've got a date with another woman's husband to go to the theatah.

WooHoo!!

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Judyin Philly Enthusiast
Judyin Philly
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Well....all of a sudden, the plans have changed. Yesterday I stopped in my tracks outside one of our local art shops.....there I saw these big series of metal works, meant to be hung against a wall. I bought them immediately, not even knowing if they will lie flat against the siding, if they will completely rust within a month. . . ...

this sounds so neat. can't wait to see a photo

So Thursday evening (unless his wife changes her mind) I've got a date with another woman's husband to go to the theatah.

WooHoo!!

It was worth the wait Jess. What fun you'll have.

It's just beautiful here today maybe in the 70's or high 60's for sure.

went and did a garden tour and crocus's, winter acolyte and snow drops are up.

spring is in the air today and it's wonderful

Judy

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
So Thursday evening (unless his wife changes her mind) I've got a date with another woman's husband to go to the theatah.

WooHoo!!

Well now....I just came in from a rather mundane morning of grocery shopping, bank-going and other mind-numbing tasks and lo and behold Jess has some real news!! :lol:

This sounds like a phab idea fer all of youse :D

Spring has (phinally) sprung!!! B) I only wore a cotton pullover sweater out today--no coat or anything. OK, jeans and sneakers, too :P Gawd, it's so nice not to have to bundle up to get in and out of the car! :rolleyes:

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
Posted

Jess's WHOLE post :lol:

I will coat them with marine varnish, and see how things go.......will put up a pic.

Now this I've got to see!!! :D

It's just beautiful here today maybe in the 70's or high 60's for sure.

went and did a garden tour and crocus's, winter acolyte and snow drops are up.

spring is in the air today and it's wonderful

They are coming up here too!!...(I get easily excited at the prospect of a [warmer season :rolleyes: )

Well now....I just came in from a rather mundane morning of grocery shopping, bank-going and other mind-numbing tasks and lo and behold Jess has some real news!! :lol:

GADS Patteigh, I KNOW!!!!!!!!............ shopping

Gawd, it's so nice not to have to bundle up to get in and out of the car! :rolleyes:

...IT IS!!....but do you suppose it only ever gets 'light jacket' worthy in Texas??? :unsure:

Missing our Soozelle and Juiles!!!!

Must get on,.... a lady @ the gym lent me a book to read last week.....she's expecting it back tomorrow :o

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

You'd better get a-readin', Nik :D

Em--I can't wait to see yer outdoor sculpture either!! :rolleyes:

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted
OK, apparently the rest of yas all have lives, but it's pouring rain here, and I have a bunch of work today, so I'm employing my favorite procrastination method - you guys. I'll just chatter on by myself for a while...

Yesterday on the ferry I sat with a woman I only talk to occasionally and she invited me to join her commute group (we all travel in packs) at the Mexican restaurant on the island. Since I had met the others at least once, I figured, why not? So I'm talking to this woman and her hubby and it turns out that they're trained actors/performers, and he actually runs one of the professional theaters in the city. (the interesting part is coming up, I promise. Although I'm not promising that it'll be that interesting.)

Anyway, it turns out that, as part of his job, he gets tickets to 2 or 3 performances a week in the city. He tries to go, but sometimes it's just too much, especially for his wife, since she has a full time job and wants to spend her evenings with her son. (seriously, something worth reading has got to be coming up)

Anyway, before I knew all that I was telling them that a person from our theater group was in Hello, Dolly and I would love to see it but I just couldn't afford the tickets. (almost there. The paragraphs are getting shorter (although it seems that the commentary is getting longer) so it's got to be close)

So he turns to his wife and says "do you want to see Dolly?" She makes the frowny face and shakes her head, so he looks at me and says "do you want to see Dolly with me?" :o:o:D

(that was the exciting part. you might want to re-read it for the full effect, now that you know the punch line)

So Thursday evening (unless his wife changes her mind) I've got a date with another woman's husband to go to the theatah.

WooHoo!!

Holy Crap, Jess......you must be bored. . .. .. .that is perhaps the longest thang I've ever seen you post.. . . ......just hadda quote the whole narrative, as it will be such a big, pretty quote box within my post. .... :lol:

WOW! Hello Dolly with a married bloke! Poifect. . . .. ..ya lucked in!

Well now....I just came in from a rather mundane morning of grocery shopping, bank-going and other mind-numbing tasks

Pahdee! Hope you did not have goose bowels this morning. . . . . . ..

:huh:

:lol:

Gorgeous here! Around 60, with sun. . .. . .. :):)

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
Pahdee! Hope you did not have goose bowels this morning. . . . . . ..

....I'm never gonna live that down.... B)

I'm happy to report no stopping to use the facilities all morning!! :D

And I'm sure ya'll are really glad to hear it :lol::lol::lol:

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Goose bowels! :lol: :lol:

I'm happy to report no stopping to use the facilities all morning!! :D

And I'm sure ya'll are really glad to hear it :lol::lol::lol:

Yes we are.

I was on a road trip with a guy who had goose bowels. It was the looooongest car ride I've ever been on. We had to stop every 1/2 hour or so, with very short notice. I tried to keep reminding myself that however annoying it was to me, it was far more unpleasant for him.

Although it was entirely his fault. (I've had two full pots of coffee, by the way.)

He had disrupted his normal functioning by consuming a 5 pound block of cheese in 3 days, and then tried to remedy the situation by chowing down on most of a bottle of vitamin C (which is a laxative).

He's now an MD in Florida.

I wonder what his position on vitamins is?

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted
He's now an MD in Florida.

I wonder what his position on vitamins is?

....Or what it is on gluten. . . .........

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
....Or what it is on gluten. . . .........

....or cheese.......

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted
I wonder what his position on vitamins is?

....Or what it is on gluten. . . .........

....or cheese.......

....Or Hello Dolly. . . . ....maybe he'd see it with you a second time. . . . ..

:huh:

:lol:

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted
....Or Hello Dolly. . . . ....maybe he'd see it with you a second time. . . . ..

:huh:

:lol:

:lol: :lol:

He was my study partner in grad school. We both brewed beer at home and on the rare weekend when we didn't have homework or tests we'd consume, oh, quite a bit of beer. He had been a hard core alcoholic in his youth and was still functional around three in the morning after we'd been drinking since 4 that afternoon. Eventually I'd pass out in the cat's water dish, he'd throw a blanket over me and his wife would wake me up in the morning with a cup of coffee.

Great times :unsure:

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted
Great times :unsure:

:o:lol:

Well, this eyebrow-raising amount of beer consumption, coupled with his hyper-goose bowel action, does seem to support the celiac suspicion, duddin' it?

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

um...

it's March

in Seattle

and it's snowing

W.I.H???

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted

It is March

In Toronto and

It is pispouring rain.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Soozle!!!!!!! :D:D I see you!!

Hope yer postin'!

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
um...

it's March

in Seattle

and it's snowing

W.I.H???

It is March

In Toronto and

It is pispouring rain.

It's March

In Pennsylvania

And the sun went behind the clouds, but it's still warm and the air smells like spring so I don't care :lol:

flourgirl Apprentice
flourgirl
Posted

Hey all! Just stopped in to brag that it's 70+ partly sunny and I'm playing in the dirt! :D:D:D T-shirt weather for sure! Am draining the pond so I can replace the liner! Really want to do it on the cheap......but that's why it needs replacing this year. Figgered it'd last 3 or 4 years....and probably would have if the deer weren't so thirsty! Been transplanting plants away from the pond....man! Strawberry plants are already greening up. Moved them where I can keep an eye on them better (rabbits seem to like them).

Jess...pretty exciting about the date! Free is GOOD!

Em....can't wait to see your outdoor art! I love to go to art and craft fairs!! It' probably a very good thing that I work most weekends, or I'd be spending a fortune. OR I look at things and say...I can do that! Already have too many projects waiting for me to have time and ambition. Sooo many things I want to do. I need Readers Digest to hurry up and give me my millions!! :lol::lol::lol:

Here's to spring (clink)! Wish this weather would stay until summer :(

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted
It's March

In Pennsylvania

And the sun went behind the clouds, but it's still warm and the air smells like spring so I don't care :lol:

Bah! :angry:

DOGPILE ON PATTI!!!

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flourgirl Apprentice
flourgirl
Posted

Pah-tay...I'm glad you shopped and no "goose bowels"! I seem to have developed a psychological thing with shopping and having to run to the bathroom. I can't seem to go into a Walmart without needing to find "the room" within 10-15 minutes! Maybe I need some hypnosis! :lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
Bah! :angry:

So-o-o-o..... I'm thinkin' this would probably not be the time to say that the last of the piled snaugh has phinally melted off me driveway? :P

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@@@~~~~~~ ,,,,,,,,,,runnin' from Jess,,,,,,, :o:lol::o

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DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
Posted

Morning Sills :weaksmile:

am pages and pages behind and have read snippets here and there......because, you see, I have got ABSOLUTELY NOWT SILLY and NO SILLY either. :(

Lost me silly, me mojo, me stamina and....even the air in my lungs, it feels :blink:

everything is weird and.....I'm not feeling so great :unsure:

I did see, however, that Jess is breaking up a marriage by going to Hellow Dollye w/ sumone else's hubby :lol:

and - the abstract art - dear gawd - is that he KNEE???????????

and PadT has goose bowels!!!!!!!! :lol:

don't know nuthin else <_<

praying the silly returns soon, my lovelies

:wub:

see you later - - must get weezee out on this glorious, pure sunshine spring day (and !*&@^%#@^ BOLLOCKS, WHY can't it be raining today???????????)

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
Pah-tay...I'm glad you shopped and no "goose bowels"! I seem to have developed a psychological thing with shopping and having to run to the bathroom. I can't seem to go into a Walmart without needing to find "the room" within 10-15 minutes! Maybe I need some hypnosis! :lol:

Which reminds me--and I don't know why this is phunny-- but I saw my doctor in WalMart today! :lol: Where in the SH was she last week when I needed her????? :lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
Lost me silly, me mojo, me stamina and....even the air in my lungs, it feels :blink:

Aw Suz :(

We shall make it our mission to help get yer mojo back and that sillie cookin' wif gas!! :D

Have a nice walk in the sunshine ;)

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

Hi, Sooooozie!! :) We was wonderin' aboot ya. . ......

!*&@^%#@^ BOLLOCKS, WHY can't it be raining today???????????)

You need to be in Toronto, wif POeter!

Which reminds me--and I don't know why this is phunny-- but I saw my doctor in WalMart today! :lol: Where in the SH was she last week when I needed her????? :lol:

OMG.......... .. . .was she in the baggage/purse department? Perhaps she was looking for her teeth .. . . ...

:huh:

:lol:

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