The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[Mtndog]

ALL hail Queen Amanda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations. As former queen, I pass my scepter on to you! May I be a lady-in-waiting? Or a princess? PLEASEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

Happy Birthday Emily!!!!!!!!!!! :wub:

So, Amanda, when shall we coronate you (wow- that sounds weird!) and where? In the HIM-a-LAY- yas???????????????????????

[Darn210]

Emily . . . Happy Birthday . . . Hope you have some great plans for today.

Where were you last nigt? I thought I would see you swoop in for the last second post. Now you will have to wait another 100 pages . . .

Amanda, sure hope Lucky gets along with your new yeti. I know you slept in your tiara last night and you have a death grip on your new sceptor. Keep in mind if you damage them in any way during your reign, you will have to use your own money (probably from people giving you money at your wedding hoping you will buy a nice juicer) to have it repaired. And don't let the yeti get ahold of it. He will use the sceptor as a chew toy. Yeti teeth marks on the sceptor are not acceptable.

Tom . . . GE Aircraft Engines (don't worry, I worked mostly military projects so the safety of the general public is still intact, well . . . as much as it ever was I guess) and Ford and Rolls Royce (not cars, jet engines again)

[elye]

You guys inspire and incite me...

A Thousand Thank Yous for noting my birthday. I'm so glad I have young kids, otherwise I would just grumble my way through the rest of them, trying to ignore the relentless passage of time. Cannot do that with children--they put HUGE circles around it on every calendar, force DH to arrange a big dinner, and on and on. I wish I had a deep, resonating quote about the passage of time, and how somehow poignant and beautiful that is. But nope, got nothin'. Will be seeing my dad today, and if he is still in Dalai persona, he will have something for me.

I cannot believe you crazies were online till the wee, WEE (read: not Nikki's wee) hours last night! The Fair Queen Amanda--you have a great deal on your plate now, but as your royal subjects, we're here to do your bidding. Your name means "much loved", so a perfect coronation. As I was reading through the posts, and got closer and closer to page 300, the tension and suspense were electric.

Off to do birthday things....

"I could while away the hours,

And smell the pretty flowers....

[blueeyedmanda]

Happy Birthday Emily!!!!!

Good Morning All! Boy the wind was strong here last night.

I believe Lucky will be ok with the Yeti as long as the Yeti pays attention to him. Lucky is a people cat, I actually think he needs people interaction or he gets loony.

You can be one of my princesses and back-up queen in case I cannot serve. I will need someone to watch the kingdom the next two weekends. I must get married the next and the one after I will be honeymooning.

[tom]

OMG wth am I doing waking up @ FIVE!!

And why does Ed Begley Jr have a solar-powered pumpkin??!

(Hmmmmm until harvest they're ALL solar-powered!? "pumpkin" sounds funnier than "jack-o-lantern" tho)

i am my pod.

my pod is me.

[Darn210]

  tom said:

I musta missed replying to this while off looking for those old pointy bell-enhanced slippers!

Take special care of your pointy belled slippers . . . Moves can be rough on your most precious items. Maybe they shouldn't be packed away. Maybe they should go in the car with your other special items like the photo of all of us together except for BEV who left me out of that last party, and then tried to cover it up by implying I didn't remember being there . . . not like I'm trying to get even or anything. . . .

[nikki-uk]

A new Queen was crowned whilst I slept!!! (sneaky)

All hail Queen Amanda!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY !!!!!

...must catch up on posts...but isn't it weird that the board lets you write wanker (love that word!! ) but not sh#t ??? ...the 'W' word is a much stronger profanity here in Blighty.

Carry on ......

[tom]

  Ridgewalker said:

Now I happily have on jammies and soft socks, and I'm watching John Carpenter's The Fog.

Sarah Sarah Sarah <shakes head> . . . .this may sound harsh but it's for your own good. (Adrian Monk would say "You'll thank me later")

Upstairs we go .. . ... .it's time to let go of the nostalgia and properly dispose of all your hard socks.

[tom]

  Darn210 said:

And don't let the yeti get ahold of it. He will use the sceptor as a chew toy. Yeti teeth marks on the sceptor are not acceptable.

Yeti chew toy!!!!! rofl

This one's killin' me!!

Every time I say it in my head I LOL agin!

  Darn210 said:

Tom . . . GE Aircraft Engines (don't worry, I worked mostly military projects so the safety of the general public is still intact, well . . . as much as it ever was I guess) and Ford and Rolls Royce (not cars, jet engines again)

Oooooooooo! LOUD and Powerful has some sort of instinctual appeal for the male human, and probably male Yetis too.

Ever see one blow up in testing?

Reminds me of my couple yrs at UL, where we'd have to see what it took to make a product become unsafe.

I had crowds gather while making portable bathtub-type jacuzzi units burst into flame. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! (Not 'wee')

Sure they're rated for 120V, but the fun really starts at over 250V, when you make the motor seize. (Is it cease? Gah it's early!)

[Darn210]

  tom said:

I had crowds gather while making portable bathtub-type jacuzzi units burst into flame. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! (Not 'wee')

To wee in the jacuzzi is definitely a no-no. Especially when you have crowds gathered.

  tom said:

Sure they're rated for 120V, but the fun really starts at over 250V, when you make the motor seize. (Is it cease? Gah it's early!)

One leads to the other, doesn't it?

Never saw a jet engine blow up in person, but I didn't have too much to do with testing. Only had an occassional test to sit in on and when everything goes as planned, it's usually quite boring. I did get to crawl up the tail pipe of a B1 Bomber though, I can still hear my boss saying "Janet, you're wearing jeans, crawl up there and see if you can see any damage." And me thinking, nobody's in the cockpit are they . . . who has the keys to this thing?

[blueeyedmanda]

Janet you are funny!

[Mtndog]

  Darn210 said:

Take special care of your pointy belled slippers . . . Moves can be rough on your most precious items. Maybe they shouldn't be packed away. Maybe they should go in the car with your other special items like the photo of all of us together except for BEV who left me out of that last party, and then tried to cover it up by implying I didn't remember being there . . . not like I'm trying to get even or anything. . . .

Oh...I knew I forgot someone :( (I was trying to back pedal) so I must humbly ask your forgiveness. I could blame it on Lyme, or being blonde (ah...but I'm not blonde) so I bow before you as former Queen Bev and ask you to forgive me. In fact, you should be the Royal Court Party Planner so it NEVER happens again. I knew I should have just forgot Richard 'cuz he's always painting something

As the former Queen, and now princess (I think, right?) LET'S PLAN A BIG 'OL PARTY!

After Queen Amanda comes back from honeymoon of course- wait, don't we have to go on her honeymoon as her ladies in waiting????????????

[Mtndog]

To Emily- to the tune of "Oh Canada"

O Emily!

Our beloved funny lady!

Under the table we're often finding thee!

With glowing hearts we see thee rhyme,

No dangling participles for ye!

From far and wide,

O Emily, we always GUFFAW with thee.

The Dalai Lama and Chuck Norris

Will keep you glorious and free!

O Emily, Happy Birthday to thee.

O Emily, Happpy Birthday tooooooooooo thee.

WOW- my computer did NOT want to let me do that!

[tom]

  elye said:

I cannot believe you crazies were online till the wee, WEE (read: not Nikki's wee) hours last night!

And THIS little piggy went wee wee wee all the way home, leaving a moist trail too easily followed by even the most inept of predators.

BACON!!! (loudly, as in some doggie-treat comm'l)

BACON!!!

(Dingy? Ever have that BLT?)

  elye said:

"I could while away the hours,

And smell the pretty flowers....

Oh what a quandry - so reluctant to correct an esteemed member on her birthday!

So I'm stuck asking the group to remind me toMORRow to say I believe it's "conferrin' w/ the flowers".

I thank you in advance for your cooperation.

[Darn210]

  Mtndog said:

. . . In fact, you should be the Royal Court Party Planner so it NEVER happens again.

OH NOOOOOOO . . . cuz look what happens, one little slip up and someone's rubbin' your nose in it for days, weeks . . . sometimes MONTHS!!!!

  tom said:

Oh what a quandry - so reluctant to correct an esteemed member on her birthday!

So I'm stuck asking the group to remind me toMORRow to say I believe it's "conferrin' w/ the flowers".

I thank you in advance for your cooperation.

How do you have room in your head for all of that minutiae? (Oh, and yes, I will try and remember to remind you because I am a firm believer of rubbing someone's nose in IT!)

[elye]

  tom said:

Oh what a quandry - so reluctant to correct an esteemed member on her birthday!

So I'm stuck asking the group to remind me toMORRow to say I believe it's "conferrin' w/ the flowers".

I thank you in advance for your cooperation.

RIGHT YOU ARE, TOM! Gawd, how could I have made this error?? Actually, it's worse than that: I made TWO errors....Bert Lahr did NOT sing those lines. Ray Bolger did. It's the age thing! Not as sharp, memories blurring...stupid birthdays!

I'm afraid there's no denyin',

I'm just a dandelion,

A fate I don't deserve,(or desoive),

I'd be brave as a blizzard,

(Tin Man) I'd be gentle as a lizard,

(Scarecrow) I'd be smart as a gizzard,

(Dorothy) If the wizard...is a wizard...who will serve.

Beautiful stuff! Nobody writes 'em like that anymore...This is my happy place.

And a BEAUTIFUL poem, Bev! That is a GREAT birthday present.

[elye]

...Er....Smart as a gizzard?

[blueeyedmanda]

We are heading to Cape May for our honeymoon, all in favor of joining raise your hands.

Our suite comes with a hottub so we will be right at home. I am making sure the Yeti is all primped for the occasion as well.

[elye]

Amanda, I'm there! I'll have my tape measure for that yeti...wait...perhaps he won't need an inseam measurement for a bathing suit...

[elye]

Whooooaaa!!

Open Original Shared Link

So....is that going to be, in fact, the Dalai Lama speaking? Or perhaps, someone else?....International media will be there...Get ready for some worldbreaking news...

[tom]

  Darn210 said:

. . . not like I'm trying to get even or anything. . . .

[tom]

  Darn210 said:

I did get to crawl up the tail pipe of a B1 Bomber though, . ..

What .. . no youtube link?

[Lisa]

Just popped in to wish Emily a very happy birthday. And Amanda, congratulation on your coronation! What a fine Queen you will be.

[Darn210]

  tom said:

What .. . no youtube link?

That was back in the 80's . . . no internet . . . no youtube . . . big hair . . . Mony Mony.

[Darn210]

I see that Emily has posted another picture of her dad . . . I don't remember this character on YCDTOT . . . something he did on the side then?