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The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original


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DingoGirl Enthusiast
Only 3 days till the wedding....I am off the next two days hoping to get everything done....

OMG! Well, we had just BETTER not see you on here, missy, or we'll send the corn-stalk-wielding Bev your way (she's closer than my neighborhood shuffler)..... :P

Janet, how on earth can you precisely recall when you joined this madness?!...or muster the energy to look it up? Gad, I'm lucky if I can remember when I last ate... :rolleyes:

Remember, Janet is gooder with NUMBERS. ;)


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Darn210 Enthusiast
what kind of candy did you eat tonight.....

Apparently, I had one of every kind that has EVER been made!!! But mostly it was BabyRuths. I NEED A GREEN GUY EMOTICON RIGHT NOW, DAMNIT!!!

:lol::lol:

Janet, how on earth can you precisely recall when you joined this madness?!...or muster the energy to look it up? Gad, I'm lucky if I can remember when I last ate... :rolleyes:

Well, of course I remember that life altering day when I joined this thread . . . :lol::lol: No, at some point I just remembered that when we got to 300 I would have been around for half the time - then went back to find out exactly - that would be the detail orientatednous in me.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
OMG! Well, we had just BETTER not see you on here, missy, or we'll send the corn-stalk-wielding Bev your way (she's closer than my neighborhood shuffler)..... :P

what if I need a sanity break? I need some moral support along the way...

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Apparently, I had one of every kind that has EVER been made!!! But mostly it was BabyRuths. I NEED A GREEN GUY EMOTICON RIGHT NOW, DAMNIT!!!

:unsure: ohhhhhhhhhhh dear....please tell us that all the candy you ate was gluten-free............

what if I need a sanity break? I need some moral support along the way...

come on over any time. :) I am here THE MOST when I have the biggest deadlines or pressure. :ph34r:

but can I say, it's a pretty scary state when you come HERE for sanity.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Darn210 Enthusiast
:unsure: ohhhhhhhhhhh dear....please tell us that all the candy you ate was gluten-free............

It has nothing to do with gluten and everything to do with quantity. Oh, did I tell you all that starting tomorrow, I'm going on a diet? I want to loose 25 pounds before I meet Bev when I visit my friend in Boxford on spring break. OK - don't know for sure on that last part, but we are working on it - I've got a kennel so we're going somewhere!

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

Right now we are trying to figure out a seating chart for the reception...I would rather be anywhere but here. I am at my wits end.

DingoGirl Enthusiast
It has nothing to do with gluten and everything to do with quantity. Oh, did I tell you all that starting tomorrow, I'm going on a diet? I want to loose 25 pounds before I meet Bev when I visit my friend in Boxford on spring break. OK - don't know for sure on that last part, but we are working on it - I've got a kennel so we're going somewhere!

YOU get to see BEV!!!! OMG - just dont' piss her off!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

I hear ya on the 25 pounds. I am jsut trying to lose TEN for pete's sake....nearly impossible. I want to eat EVERYTHING. I could eat FIFTY-FIVE full size Baby Ruth's. Seriously. I have an insatiable appetite that I never had before removing gluten. WTH is with that?????????? Makes me FURIOUS............. :angry:

Right now we are trying to figure out a seating chart for the reception...I would rather be anywhere but here. I am at my wits end.

SEATING CHART?????? OMG......that is the most taxing thing in the world. I say, ABOLISH THE SEATING CHART!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let everyone fend for themselves!!!!!!!!!!

seriously. You've got Chuck there, the Yeti, MJ, the Olsen twins, sadly you did lose RG, but you still have all the Care Bears, all of us :rolleyes: , and our pets, and the oompa loompas, and all the hot actors/ masseurs......plenty of mojitos......

LET THE YETI LEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:lol:

okay, question here...

WHAT is a Cheetah Girl? :huh:

never mind, going to google it right now.

;)


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Darn210 Enthusiast
SEATING CHART?????? OMG......that is the most taxing thing in the world. I say, ABOLISH THE SEATING CHART!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let everyone fend for themselves!!!!!!!!!!

That's what you call Festival Seating . . . and it does sound like a festival . . . however, that did cause problems for The Who!! OK - so Amanda, don't sit me with the Olsen twins or that freaky Cat Women lady or the Hoff - he should get his own table - nobody should have to sit with him.

okay, question here...

WHAT is a Cheetah Girl? :huh:

never mind, going to google it right now.

OK, I have a 6 year old daughter so I know what a Cheetah Girl is? What I want to know is why you want to know what a Cheetah Girl is?

Poopy Cow!! Look at the time . . . I gotta go to bed! Night Sillies! :P-_-

DingoGirl Enthusiast
That's what you call Festival Seating . . . and it does sound like a festival . . . however, that did cause problems for The Who!! OK - so Amanda, don't sit me with the Olsen twins or that freaky Cat Women lady or the Hoff - he should get his own table - nobody should have to sit with him.

OMG The Who :o Yes, best not to have a stampede at Amanda's wedding!

AMANDA - - I want to sit with teh Cat Woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really need to get teh name of her surgeon - - just a little nip here, tuck there, and I"m going for a NATURAL look!!!!!! :lol:

She said POOPY COW. :lol: :lol: :lol:

and, ahem, for your information, I want to know about cheetah girls becuase I saw on my silly celebrity gossip show that a Cheetah Girl got voted off Dancing with the Stars.

(oh, 'tis a glamorous life I lead!!)

Ridgewalker Contributor
... all the hot actors/ masseurs......plenty of mojitos......

Hot actors??? Where? :D

Ridgewalker Contributor

We also needed the green guy emoticon tonight!!! One of my children barfed about a half liter of chocolate vomit-- and that was before we went trick-or-treating. I am a BAD mother. :ph34r: But then he felt much better. Fun was had by all today!

elye Community Regular

Good morning, all my chocolate-filled friends!

Ugh. Man, I'm off to the gym. (GREEN GUY HERE!...TWICE! NO, THRICE!)

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

Happy November Everyone

I am getting ready to start a load of laundry and start cleaning. Anyone want to help?

Darn210 Enthusiast

Oh, Oh, Oh, Where's Nikkie? It's the 1st. It's time for slappin' and kickin' and stuff!! Where's my little brother when I need him?

Susie, you MUST change your avatar!!! The newbies are going to think that's what you look like and be frightened away!!!

Amanda!!!! If I wanted to clean and do laundry, I have plenty of that to do here!!! You might have better luck with Patti, at least with the laundry part.

Candy hangover here . . . must go have a "hair of the dog" baby ruth.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
Oh, Oh, Oh, Where's Nikkie? It's the 1st. It's time for slappin' and kickin' and stuff!! Where's my little brother when I need him?

Susie, you MUST change your avatar!!! The newbies are going to think that's what you look like and be frightened away!!!

Amanda!!!! If I wanted to clean and do laundry, I have plenty of that to do here!!! You might have better luck with Patti, at least with the laundry part.

Candy hangover here . . . must go have a "hair of the dog" baby ruth.

I'll make gluten free stuffed shells for lunch....are you sure?

TriticusToxicum Explorer
Happy November Everyone

I am getting ready to start a load of laundry and start cleaning. Anyone want to help?

Happy November Fool's Day!

I'd say Patti is your best bet for help w/ laundry - and only 2 hrs away! Why, she could come to your house and do it for you! When she's done there she can stop over at my house (her unpacking can wait ;) ) I'll make peanut blossoms, and I'll even share my stash of Mike 'n Ikes with her...(That's candy, NOT people chained up in my basement).

I've got nuthin' today. I'm sort of depressed since RG passed...a little lonely perhaps...as much of a pest that he could be I sort of enjoyed the Kato -v- Clouseau thing we had going on...

Darn210 Enthusiast
I've got nuthin' today. I'm sort of depressed since RG passed...a little lonely perhaps...as much of a pest that he could be I sort of enjoyed the Kato -v- Clouseau thing we had going on...

I thought you might be taking it kind of hard. I knew he was a special friend. Give yourself some time, enjoy your memories, but leave yourself open to finding and establishing new friends . . . I read in an article that Wayne Newton was a good friend of RG's. Maybe you two could spend some time together, I'm sure he's in mourning also and could use a hug.

Gotta go . . . I actually have a paying gig this morning.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
Happy November Fool's Day!

I'd say Patti is your best bet for help w/ laundry - and only 2 hrs away! Why, she could come to your house and do it for you! When she's done there she can stop over at my house (her unpacking can wait ;) ) I'll make peanut blossoms, and I'll even share my stash of Mike 'n Ikes with her...(That's candy, NOT people chained up in my basement).

I've got nuthin' today. I'm sort of depressed since RG passed...a little lonely perhaps...as much of a pest that he could be I sort of enjoyed the Kato -v- Clouseau thing we had going on...

Richard I was thinking about you last Friday. My mom and I were in Johnson City shopping for a few things.

TriticusToxicum Explorer
Richard I was thinking about you last Friday. My mom and I were in Johnson City shopping for a few things.

...ah, yes...I fear a trip to Vestal is in the near future...Perhaps i can convince the wife to drop me at the hobby shop whilst she tries on every pair of shoes within the city limits :o

There's nothing quie a frustrating for a male as waiting for the alpha female to finish in the dressing room. ESPECIALLY if there is not a comfy chair in the vicinity. UGH!

Ah-HA! THAT's IT! Susie's zombie man - he must have been subjected to the dressing room treatment and tried to commit Hara-kiri on his pocket knife. His attempt obviously failed, and now his wife refuses to take him with her when she shops - in the afternoon. After she leaves the house he wanders the streets in search of male companionship - someone to drink a beer and watch ultimate fighting with...alas the wife has taken all but his hospital scrubs from him, so he is doomed to wander about as a freak with little hope of being befriended...Susan, maybe you could leave a note (in sidewalk chalk) directing him to your bush-barfing neighbors house for a little companionship? :unsure: It's really the only humane thing to do :huh:

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Hi Meredith . . . I'm going to assume that's your name since Susie called you that and you didn't correct her . . . of course you don't want to make Susie angry . . . don't disagree with Susie . . . Oh, no, wait that's Bev. She's the one that will come after you with a cornstalk!! Of course, who knows what that poor man did to Susie and now he walks around the neighborhood with no shirt and an abdominal wound.

Oh no.........SusieQ's Iroquois skull crusher is MUCH more dangerous than my wimpy cornstalk!!!!!!!!!!

Speaking of Susie.......HIDEOUS avatar :ph34r: :ph34r:

Well, ahem, Meredith/Mango goes WAY back, to the crazy days of Rachelville. Um, BTW that is really where all the craziness started.......Richard moved our town to here - where we NEVER get in trouble any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAH-VOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amen on that town move!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mango/Meredith can run with the best of us! MO HOO AHHH HAA HAA!!!!!

Alex- most excellent top five reasons. And YES- I DID have Reese's peanut butter cups for dinner last night (well, I had risotto too) :D

I want to loose 25 pounds before I meet Bev when I visit my friend in Boxford on spring break. OK - don't know for sure on that last part, but we are working on it - I've got a kennel so we're going somewhere!

Wait- WHAT???????????????? Yes, come visit!!!!! BIG PARTY WE SHALL HAVE!!!!!!

Oh Sarah- Chocolate barf????????? POOPY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Candy hangover here . . . must go have a "hair of the dog" baby ruth.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RICHARD?RICHARD? Is that REALLY you in the avatar??????? My God- he shows his face. There will be manic panic as everyone rushes to gaze upon our king!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amanda- I am so EXCITED for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wub: :wub:

TriticusToxicum Explorer
RICHARD?RICHARD? Is that REALLY you in the avatar???????

I'm the one without the glasses :P

There will be manic panic as everyone rushes to gaze upon our king!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I get that alot. :rolleyes:

This is usually followed by a stampede and general chaos, hence my hesitance to post a photo.

nikki-uk Enthusiast

OMG!!!!

I'm back from being plunged into an :unsure: internetLESS abyss.......It was awful and I don't want to talk about it.....

SOOOO (A little tardy)

Pinch, punch, first day of the month!!!!!!

SO much has happened.....RG has passed away :( (he's the one WITH the glasses right Richard?? :unsure::lol: )

Bev + Emily are dirty scorpions :lol: (who's suprised???...not I!!)

Susie's nekkid coeliac/gunshot wound wandering man intrigues moi. Perhaps he shot himself in the gut...not realising the 'cure' is diet :huh::lol:

Got meself some NEW friends :D (you know who you are!)

AND!! (surely not)

2 DAYS UNTIL THE WEDDING?!?!?! :o:o:o:o

Pull your finger out people !!! ...there's much to be done .......back to braiding the Yeti........

elye Community Regular

Oh....so...that isn't Susie in her avatar?

Speaking of avatars--I'm always so amused at how completely inaccurate my mental picture is of a person when I've never seen them. Richard, you are NOTHING like I pictured you. I've been seeing a big guy (like, linebacker-type), fair hair, regular features, perhaps a beard now that I think of it...I'm always way off. I pictured our World Vision sponsored child (from Bolivia, eight year-old boy) as little, skinny, olive skin, black longish hair. We finally got a pic of him. Heavy, light hair and skin...looks fairly affluent, actually. :huh: Hmmmmmm...

DingoGirl Enthusiast

good morning and Pinch Punch slaps to you all................... :P

avatar changed. Limping Weasel. harrumph. I hate our vet, BTW, gotta find a new one (the surgery - totally unnecessary and in fact you CAN do a needle asprirate or biopsy on tumoUrs/lumps JUST AS I THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry:

oops - so sorry to start off the first day of the month w/ free-flowing rage. :ph34r:

Janet - a candy hangover. OMG. I ahve an ersatz blue-coloUred ice cream hangover. ugh. It was really hard to hand out the ice cream, so I just ate it. :huh:

RICHARD! We are so sorry for your loss. Sending Wayne Newton STAT - he's coming right after the phuneral.

and THERE you are in your AV! methinks he looks like.....Joey Fatone? someone? I can't QUITE put my finger on it......................

.

Ah-HA! THAT's IT! Susie's zombie man - he must have been subjected to the dressing room treatment and tried to commit Hara-kiri on his pocket knife. His attempt obviously failed, and now his wife refuses to take him with her when she shops - in the afternoon. After she leaves the house he wanders the streets in search of male companionship - someone to drink a beer and watch ultimate fighting with...alas the wife has taken all but his hospital scrubs from him, so he is doomed to wander about as a freak with little hope of being befriended...Susan, maybe you could leave a note (in sidewalk chalk) directing him to your bush-barfing neighbors house for a little companionship? It's really the only humane thing to do

:o RICHARD - you may be ONTO somethign.......

I'll get the sidewalk chalk out tout suite - - direct him to barfing neighboUr - I think they in fact live on same street.....BRILLIANT idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I do think Nikki's theory, the stabbing of his own gut, not quite realizing that treatment for cOeliac is removal of gluten, instead of the stabbing of one's own spleen......is actually the CORRECT answer. :lol: Nevertheless, I'll direct him to my vomitous friend's house anyway. ;)

BEVVY - did you crumble up the Reese's IN the risotto? :lol:

OMG!!!!

I'm back from being plunged into an internetLESS abyss.......It was awful and I don't want to talk about it.....

NICOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome back! don't worry, we will hold you, we know you were scared.............................

OMG look what showed up on my MSN page this morning:

Open Original Shared Link

EEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (insert green emoticon)

So I guess LANCE is now coming to our wedding parade bacchanalia. But then....who will Yeti have for his date? :huh:

Darn210 Enthusiast
OMG look what showed up on my MSN page this morning:

Open Original Shared Link</a>

EEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (insert green emoticon)

So I guess LANCE is now coming to our wedding parade bacchanalia. But then....who will Yeti have for his date? :huh:

So I read the head line and thought Eeewwww . . . and then got three lines in and they actually say in the artical:

(Go on, say it, we'll wait: Ew.)

So I guess it's a universal response.

The yeti can go with Mary Kate . . . she just needs to borrow Ashley's hairy coat.

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      I've been making a lot of black bean brownies lately because it's one of the few gluten free dessert recipes that actually tastes palatable.  I've also seen chocolate cake recipes with black beans.  Someone mentioned a cookie recipe using lentils in place of flour.  Just wondering if anyone's run across any tried and true recipes using beans, lentils or peas for desserts?  I've seen a lot of recipes for garbanzo flour but I'm allergic to garbanzo beans/chickpeas.  Was wondering if adzuki or pinto beans might be useful in replacing some or all of the flour in baking.  Since gluten free flours can be crumbly was hoping the beans might help produce a better, less crumbly consistency.  Any recommendations for recipes?  Thanks.
    • lmemsm
      I've seen a lot of recipes for chia pudding, so I decided to make some with chia, water, cocoa and honey.  Didn't like the taste, so I added ground sunflower and ground pumpkin seed to it.  It tasted okay, but came out more like frosting that pudding.  I used to make pudding with tapioca starch, milk powder, water and sugar.  It came out very good but I haven't figured out what to use to replace the milk powder to make it dairy free.  Most starches will work in place of tapioca starch but quantity varies depending on the type of starch.  If I didn't add enough starch to get a pudding consistency, I'd add gelatin as well to fix it.  Avocado and cocoa makes a good dessert with a pudding like consistency.  Unfortunately, I have a bad reaction to avocados.
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