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The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original


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jerseyangel Proficient

Perhaps a 2 pence piece ..but it's copper coloUred! blink.giflaugh.gif

:lol::lol::lol: and a <snort>

DK is phunny :P


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kareng Grand Master

Stupid shiny Nickels!!!!!

what do we have I wonder??...10pence pieces are too big unsure.gif ...5 pence piece too small. Perhaps a 2 pence piece ..but it's copper coloUred! blink.giflaugh.gif

Conversations like these are why we don't have more men in the psilly thread! :huh:

jerseyangel Proficient

Conversations like these are why we don't have more men in the psilly thread! :huh:

PeOter, brave soul that he is, is the only one who has stick wif us :lol:

psawyer Proficient

PeOter, brave soul that he is, is the only one who has stick wif us :lol:

Moi? :ph34r:

jerseyangel Proficient

Moi? :ph34r:

It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it! :lol:

nikki-uk Enthusiast

It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it! :lol:

..plus PeOter is nae intimidated by copper nipples huh.gif

jerseyangel Proficient

..plus PeOter is nae intimidated by copper nipples huh.gif

Precisely the intestinal fortitude needed.....


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jerseyangel Proficient

Precisely the intestinal fortitude needed.....

M-m-m-m....wondering to selph if there is an antibody test fer this intestinal fortitude? Gene test, per'aps? :P

Cracking myself up here all by my lonesome.....wih is everyone? :unsure:

mushroom Proficient

M-m-m-m....wondering to selph if there is an antibody test fer this intestinal fortitude? Gene test, per'aps? :P

Methinks some of us have too darned much intestinal fortitude - if we had a little less we'd complain more, and you know what happens to the squeaky wheel... m-m-m-m, give me some greasy french fries please :lol:

kareng Grand Master

Precisely the intestinal fortitude needed.....

Was thinking that Peter's strong intestines are probably due to 10 years gluten-free! :)

Did you see that Theresa's auction got postponed? She & Joe got a judge to postpone it for a few weeks. I really think that giant gilded mirror leaning against her bedroom wall would look great in your new home! Also, saw that the auction co. expects all the contents of the house including kitchen appliances to go for around $55,000.

jerseyangel Proficient

Methinks some of us have too darned much intestinal fortitude - if we had a little less we'd complain more, and you know what happens to the squeaky wheel... m-m-m-m, give me some greasy french fries please :lol:

I think you're right about that, Shroomie! We need to do more squeaking--much like Nik at the airport the other day :lol:

Did you see that Theresa's auction got postponed? She & Joe got a judge to postpone it for a few weeks. I really think that giant gilded mirror leaning against her bedroom wall would look great in your new home! Also, saw that the auction co. expects all the contents of the house including kitchen appliances to go for around $55,000.

I did see that--also read that the aution, when it happens, will be full of "shills" that have already been paid by Teresa and Joe to buy their stuff back. I don't really get how that all works, but can't say I'd put it past 'em.

Oye--that mirror! :blink: I do not need to see that much of myselph! :lol:

mushroom Proficient

Okay, I'll bite - who the AICH EEE double hockey sticks are Theresa and Joe? Seems like I'm outta the society loop here :rolleyes:

jerseyangel Proficient

Okay, I'll bite - who the AICH EEE double hockey sticks are Theresa and Joe? Seems like I'm outta the society loop here :rolleyes:

Teresa is one of the housewives on the show "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" and Joe is her husband. Tis a guilty pleasure that I'm hooked on :ph34r:

In a weird co-inkydink, the show is set in the area that I'm moving to in a couple weeks--our apartment is actually right next to the town where most of them live. I'm hoping to run into one at the grocery store sometime :lol:

mushroom Proficient

Teresa is one of the housewives on the show "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" and Joe is her husband. Tis a guilty pleasure that I'm hooked on :ph34r:

That's why I miss so many of the questions on Jeopardy - not wif the kultur :lol: When does the show air? Must watch it sometime!

In a weird co-inkydink, the show is set in the area that I'm moving to in a couple weeks--our apartment is actually right next to the town where most of them live. I'm hoping to run into one at the grocery store sometime :lol:

Hey, you're phinally getting a home of your own again. Never heard, but I hope the escrow closed in Tex@ss.

jerseyangel Proficient

Shroom--the show airs at 10PM eastern time on Bravo but tonight is the season finale. Bravo runs all the episodes from the season often, so if you wanted to catch it you could. I'm pretty sure they are running the last couple of episodes tonight before the finale.

If all goes according to plan, the Tex-Ass house will close on the 31st. I'm still at me son's (in South Jersey) with Mark spending the work week up in North Jersey and coming down here on the weekends.

As we speak, Mark is in Tex-Ass overseeing the movers who are packing and loading everything up. We are moving into our new apartment next week, as soon as our belongings get here. :D

kareng Grand Master

Shroom--the show airs at 10PM eastern time on Bravo but tonight is the season finale. Bravo runs all the episodes from the season often, so if you wanted to catch it you could. I'm pretty sure they are running the last couple of episodes tonight before the finale.

If all goes according to plan, the Tex-Ass house will close on the 31st. I'm still at me son's (in South Jersey) with Mark spending the work week up in North Jersey and coming down here on the weekends.

As we speak, Mark is in Tex-Ass overseeing the movers who are packing and loading everything up. We are moving into our new apartment next week, as soon as our belongings get here. :D

Will everything from the house fit in the apartment? Knew someone that didn't want to put stuff in storage until the got a house. They had 3 couches lined up and stacked with boxes. What a mess!

jerseyangel Proficient

Will everything from the house fit in the apartment? Knew someone that didn't want to put stuff in storage until the got a house. They had 3 couches lined up and stacked with boxes. What a mess!

Much will be going into storage. Can nae live wif clutter B)

kareng Grand Master

Much will be going into storage. Can nae live wif clutter B)

Yes. but these people got lots of good ecercise, climbing over the couches to get from the bedroom & bath to the front door. :P

mushroom Proficient

Yes. but these people got lots of good ecercise, climbing over the couches to get from the bedroom & bath to the front door. :P

My house-sitter, who is living in our old house next door when not 'sitting', phinally gave our old couch to the play centre (with my permission) for use by nursing moms because she got tired of climbing over it to get into her car :lol::P Now, hmmm, what to do about that dining table that Clay has been 'going to' refinish for 8 years??? :blink:

jerseyangel Proficient

Yes. but these people got lots of good ecercise, climbing over the couches to get from the bedroom & bath to the front door. :P

Oye :lol::lol::lol:

jerseyangel Proficient

My house-sitter, who is living in our old house next door when not 'sitting', phinally gave our old couch to the play centre (with my permission) for use by nursing moms because she got tired of climbing over it to get into her car :lol::P Now, hmmm, what to do about that dining table that Clay has been 'going to' refinish for 8 years??? :blink:

Woah! She had to climb over a couch to get to the car?? :o

mushroom Proficient

Woah! She had to climb over a couch to get to the car?? :o

Or take a long detour :rolleyes:

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Teresa is one of the housewives on the show "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" and Joe is her husband. Tis a guilty pleasure that I'm hooked on :ph34r:

OMG.. .. . .:unsure: . . I thought youse guys were talking about our Psillie Theresa (Tuhreeeeesuh). .. ...I was frantically trying to remember if we had heard that T was auctioning off all of her life's belongings, having declared bankruptcy.. . ..I even rushed over to Da Book and checked out her profile page. :unsure::rolleyes: .. . .. . . ....Thank gawd, I was remiss.. . ...!

Yes. but these people got lots of good ecercise, climbing over the couches to get from the bedroom & bath to the front door. :P

Gear gawd, mehopes none of these folks were celiac... . . . ...Hell, I accidentally ingest gluten, I absolutely do NOT want large furniture pieces blocking me way to the bathroom .. . . .. . ..<_<

kareng Grand Master

OMG.. .. . .:unsure: . . I thought youse guys were talking about our Psillie Theresa (Tuhreeeeesuh). .. ...I was frantically trying to remember if we had heard that T was auctioning off all of her life's belongings, having declared bankruptcy.. . ..I even rushed over to Da Book and checked out her profile page. :unsure::rolleyes: .. . .. . . ....Thank gawd, I was remiss.. . ...!

Gear gawd, mehopes none of these folks were celiac... . . . ...Hell, I accidentally ingest gluten, I absolutely do NOT want large furniture pieces blocking me way to the bathroom .. . . .. . ..<_<

Sorry for the scare and confusion.

I agree, nothing should block a bathroom. The people I knew who had to climb over a couch that blocked the hall, were in thier early 50's. I figure they must have good knees. Also, used it as an excuse to eat out alot. Can't get to the kitchen or forgot which box the colander is in. May pack up my kitchen and forget where all the pans are to avoid everyone at Thanksgiving.

jerseyangel Proficient

OMG.. .. . .:unsure: . . I thought youse guys were talking about our Psillie Theresa (Tuhreeeeesuh). ..

Gawd no! We would never openly discuss and joke about this happening normally, but the show is all about these people putting themselves "out there" so to speak. Teresa (in the show) makes a grand display of spending thousands of dollars in a typical shopping trip to buy furniture for her 10,000 sq. ft. home or clothes for her daughters and then it comes out that she and her husband are in the hole for $11 million.

Kind of "reality TV" meets soap opera ;)

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