The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[DingoGirl]

oh my gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd

I had all my quotes stacked up, and was planning on a two-parter......did a copy/paste thing - - highlighted all the quotes n' stuff.........THOUGHT I hit "copy" before I deleted all of it - - BUT NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and I am just SOOOOOOOo tired presently that I canNOT reconstruct it all!!!!!!!!!!!

bah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG - I can't remember it all. I am MORE dingobrained than ever. Ask Kissey. OMG - I have some more funnies to tell you about my scatter-brained-ness.

um............let's see........

Tom - hope you're better and yes, it WOULD be great to quit smoking. Just so hard, I know. OMG - I actually smoke MORE now. Kissey and I - the clove cigarettes. I used to smoke about - not kidding - one pack A YEAR - they were kept in teh freezer. Now - it's one pack every two months or so, OR MORE. I told David - we are NOT smokers!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 'tis evil.

Em - glad your dad's doing better.........he is sooooooo fabulous! He and Janie have to go to our Silly REunion at that gluten-free chateau. They can cook for us.

Carla - as Tom said - the effexor is for depression. Every time I try to go off, I fall into a pit - big or small. Makes me sad.

Um.....happy belated Easter, everyone. Sounds like most of you had some good family time.

Blast it all, I can't think of what else I was fixin' to say.

more later...........

[tom]

  ~alex~ said:

Glad it didn't go too badly. Here's hopping that he has a record breaking summer growth spurt!

Lil Easter hangover typo!!

  ~alex~ said:

I like your new picture! Did Annie take it?

Yes! Another dandy shot! Now I'm wondering if it's in some well-known-to-everyone-but-me spot in Big Sur. Hmmmmmmm

  elye said:

Oh! Oh! Quitting smoking.....What kind of timing is this.... . .. ..

. .. . she was eliminating all kinds of things from her diet (gluten included), had severe chemical sensitivities diagnosed, continued being chronically depressed, suicidal even. She managed to continue smoking through all of this, and one day two years ago she just thought, "I must stop this". And she did.

Well, little by little, the tenacious blackness finished lifting. She now has NO BAD DAYS. She is normal and functioning, all of the time. (She was in tears telling me this,like she still cannot believe it). She and her GP both believe that the crap in the cigarettes were affecting her as badly, or worse, than all of the other enviornmental/chemical things that made her so ill.

The whole time I sat and listened to her, I thought of you, Ptaum. I had to pass it along.......

Oh my!

Thank you Em, for writing this.

I *am* believing it more & more and I also believe quitting needs to be my next step towards better health. (Besides the little Humaworm thing)

The #1 factor in quitting success is simply desire. I will copy this over to something & read it several more times, I am certain.

I should see what my Santa Cruz acupuncturist can do to help, but I expect being hip-moe-tized to be the larger factor. (Hey .. It "worked" before, making me feel like a non-smoker for 1.5 yrs. <gah! that was almost 20yrs ago!>

  elye said:

My head weighs six solid Easter bunnies, or three and a half hollow ones.

Ack!! Somehow this reminded me of something I put up w/ for .. ...probably years pre-Gluten-free Casein-free etc-free.

SOOOOO very often, and for a long stretch every day all day, my neck seemed too weak to hold my head up w/out add'l pain. BAH!! :hatingglutenface:

[DingoGirl]

my sillies - a confession. Not a secret, as anyone around me knows.

I have been eating SOOOOOOO many nuggets and kisses. I mean, maybe.....two bags a week? And quite consistently. Like, since I started dating Kissey.

Well, I USED to get a terrible gluten-type reaction from too many nuggets, as many of you will remember from the annals of the OMG thread.

Well now, I do NOT get any kind of runny poop, almost EVER. But, I DID notice some white-ish spots in my poop recently, and more than once - - which reminded me of before celiac dx, when the white stripes (sorry, TMI) were undigested fat from malabsorption.

So......I am wondering if my mental state - this anxiety and worry - is coming from my EVIL TREATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So - let's say - - I go back on Effexor, and back away from the nuggets. And I feel better - well hell, then I won't KNOW what in hell is causing this agitation.

But this leads me to this conclusion: if in fact certain foods can cause agitation, and I am more than certain they do - - maybe the Effexor can combat that occasional vagary in eating - I mean - I will lay off the Hershey's - - but also go back on the antidepressant because........

well because I'm pyscho, I reckon.

:lol:

Did I mention I"m getting my period within the next two days?

(sorry to Tom and Peter and I WOULD apologize to Richard but he's NEVER here any more - is he? )

<almost like mentioning tassel-twirling, mehopes?>

and now, my sillies, I am watching the news and am going to find out why my beloved orchards are being ripped out LIKE CRAZY.

[DingoGirl]

  tom said:

Yes! Another dandy shot! Now I'm wondering if it's in some well-known-to-everyone-but-me spot in Big Sur. Hmmmmmmm

No, not everyone knows about this place, I suspect. But when you go, stop at Big Sur Bakery - it's called Loma Linda and there is the kookiest store there, a kooky but fabulous outdoor garden/gallery/performance area, and many local nuts. I stop in there every time. They told us to climb in this newly-built tree-house thingy, and we did.

Annie - she's not that good at photography. But you should SEE how adorable she is on the beach, practicing her herding. We are not sure why, but she selects certain dogs, adn just decides to herd them up - - round and round in circles, sand and fur flying as she is practically down on her side from the centrifugal force of her fierce chasing (like a motorcycle racing on a track), her head even w/ the other dog's back flank. :lol: David and I just sat there, watching from the rocks and cracking up at her antics, and how shockingly fast she can run with her tubby little WEASEL body.

My little Lemon Squeezee. :lol:

[tom]

  DingoGirl said:

OMG - I actually smoke MORE now. Kissey and I - the clove cigarettes. I used to smoke about - not kidding - one pack A YEAR - they were kept in teh freezer. Now - it's one pack every two months or so, OR MORE. I told David - we are NOT smokers!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 'tis evil.

You've gotta be effin KIDDING ME!!!!

I meant to ask, after smelling a clove a while back, both hoping and TRULY ex-freaking-pecting you to say that you haven't had a one since Kisseyboy came 'round!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BUT YOU'RE BOTH SMOKING THOSE VILE THINGS????????

Screw that SUSAN JANE!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not quittin' 'til you pledge to also!!!!!!!

[DingoGirl]

  tom said:

Screw that SUSAN!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not quittin' 'til you pledge to also!!!!!!!

:lol:

He called me SUSAN. OMG, I must be REALLY in trouble. Next thing, it'll be Susan Jane, just like getting in trouble in childhood. (they call me Susie, when I got in trouble - Susan - really in trouble - Susan Jane.) :lol:

um......but......cloves are..........benign, right? not harmful?

[Darn210]

Susie . . . my totally unsolicited advice . . . give up the nutmeg cinnamon clove cigarettes and keep the chocolate.

[Darn210]

  DingoGirl said:

He called me SUSAN. OMG, I must be REALLY in trouble. Next thing, it'll be Susan Jane, just like getting in trouble in childhood. (they call me Susie, when I got in trouble - Susan - really in trouble - Susan Jane.) :lol:

Did I know your middle name was Jane? . . . I'm sure I told you my middle name was Susan . . . but I can't find the conversation. It was back when I was calling you Sue and you can't do a three-letter search . . . BAH!!!!

[Darn210]

  DingoGirl said:

I have been eating SOOOOOOO many nuggets and kisses. I mean, maybe.....two bags a week? And quite consistently. Like, since I started dating Kissey.

Well, I USED to get a terrible gluten-type reaction from too many nuggets, as many of you will remember from the annals of the OMG thread.

Well now, I do NOT get any kind of runny poop, almost EVER. But, I DID notice some white-ish spots in my poop recently, and more than once - - which reminded me of before celiac dx, when the white stripes (sorry, TMI) were undigested fat from malabsorption.

So......I am wondering if my mental state - this anxiety and worry - is coming from my EVIL TREATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

. . . and Susie, have you been reading the Hershey's threads? They are no longer saying that gluten is called out in their label. If it says "natural flavors", it is not necessarily gluten free because they have farmed out some of their manufacturing.

[~alex~]

  elye said:

We assumed that his exhaustion and startling weakness were residuals from the pneumonia, and the stress of being in hospital. But last night they took him off the ATIVAN they'd been feeding him.....and now my dad's back.

Hmmm, I wonder why they would give him Ativan. I bet they didn't tell him he what they were giving him either. It bugs me when hospitals don't involve patients in their care as much as possible. Obviously it's not always possible but with your dad being as sharp as he is, I don't think they needed to be so autocratic in their care. I'm usually not so anti-hospital/doctors but this just bugs me. I was given a sedative and antipsychotic when I was delirious in the hospital with pneumonia (probably called for since I was ripping my IV out) but they kept me on the meds even after I was doing much better was clearly very lucid. This kind of thing just makes me rather annoyed .

  Darn210 said:

Susie . . . my totally unsolicited advice . . . give up the nutmeg cinnamon clove cigarettes and keep the chocolate.

I second that .

[elye]

  DingoGirl said:

I have been eating SOOOOOOO many nuggets and kisses. I mean, maybe.....two bags a week? And quite consistently.

Gad, Susie..........a helluva diabetic you'd make....!

This is interesting...I only have three emoticons showing in my emotibox. Where'd they all go? Why do they all change order, arbitrarily, with no warning, no consultation? Is it some cryptic code, some message system, that Scott is using to communicate with......someone? Morse code, only with little heads......

What can he be saying? And to whom? This is appearing in my "show all" box:

Hmmmmmmmmm.......

I think he wants to know how much my head weighs.

  DingoGirl said:

Did I mention I"m getting my period within the next two days?

(sorry to Tom and Peter and I WOULD apologize to Richard but he's NEVER here any more - is he? )

<almost like mentioning tassel-twirling, mehopes?>

Whoa......Don't think I know too many guys who'd start turning up at the mention of menstruation. Think we should stick with tassel-twirling....

[Darn210]

  elye said:

This is interesting...I only have three emoticons showing in my emotibox. Where'd they all go? Why do they all change order, arbitrarily, with no warning, no consultation? Is it some cryptic code, some message system, that Scott is using to communicate with......someone? Morse code, only with little heads......

What can he be saying? And to whom? This is appearing in my "show all" box:

Well, since you live in Canada . . . the rest have the day off as a holiday . . . those of us in the states have them all

[blueeyedmanda]

  DingoGirl said:

Amanda - my head is spinning at your productivity! Sounds like a good weekend - except for the liquid poop!

Susie I love the new avatar! Such a cute couple you guys make

  elye said:

Excellent, Bev... Haven't we all got a novel deep down there, somewhere?

I am going to write and illustrate a childrens book one of these days, it has always been my dream.

[DingoGirl]

  Quote

Susie . . . my totally unsolicited advice . . . give up the nutmeg cinnamon clove cigarettes and keep the chocolate.

might have to give up both.....

  Quote

Did I know your middle name was Jane? . . . I\'m sure I told you my middle name was Susan . . . but I can\'t find the conversation. It was back when I was calling you Sue and you can\'t do a three-letter search . . . BAH!!!!

Dammit Janet, I don\'t remember!! Bah!!!

  Quote

. . . and Susie, have you been reading the Hershey\'s threads? They are no longer saying that gluten is called out in their label. If it says \"natural flavors\", it is not necessarily gluten free because they have farmed out some of their manufacturing.

I did read a bit. But, figured, since my poops were solid, I am unaffected. Now, not so sure.

  Quote

This is interesting...I only have three emoticons showing in my emotibox. Where\'d they all go? Why do they all change order, arbitrarily, with no warning, no consultation? Is it some cryptic code, some message system, that Scott is using to communicate with......someone? Morse code, only with little heads......

What can he be saying? And to whom? This is appearing in my \"show all\" box:

Hmmmmmmmmm.......

I think he wants to know how much my head weighs.

:lol:

I am SURE Scott wants to know how much yer cabbage weighs.

  Quote

Well, since you live in Canada . . . the rest have the day off as a holiday . . . those of us in the states have them all

Yup, all smileys, present and accounted FOR.

OMG - can I please share another Dingo Moment?

Last Thursday, while at Long\'s, I locked my keys in the car. Again. Happens a lot - at least once a month - but I leave the windows open three to four inches so - no big deal, just stick my arm in there and unlock. the danged car\'s always out there when I get back.

So......did it again, at Long\'s. Walked back into the store three times, looking for different implements to open the door, as I had not left windows cracked enough to stick my arm in.

Finally, I get it unlocked.......but, had left my FABULOUS book on the roof of the car, thinking, I\'m not slipping that through the window in case I have to wait for AAA to come unlock the door - will need my book. (The Glass Castle - can hardly put it down.)

So.........I was able to open it, and happily drove off. Looking for my book later, I realized I\'d left it on top of the car in my excitement at unlocking the doors.

So, Kissey boy was driving over that night....I told him what I did (he loves these stories but I have decided not to tell him ALL of the stupid, cabbaged-headed things I do. Just some. ).

Well, he is determined to find it......finds out my precise location in parking lot...goes looking in the lot, walks into the store to axe about Lost and Found......and creeps slowly along the streets to my home, looking for a paperback book to just be lying in the road.

Not there, big surprise.

So, the next morning before we left, he went to Target and bought me the same book.

Arriving at the cabin that night........as I unpack my things.......there is the so-called \"lost\" book - - I had been so efficient, that I had already packed it to go...................

Gads. I am such an eejit.

So.......the moral of the story is - - I shall quit trying to be efficient, because what\'s the point, it always backfires.

But.......I hafta say - - David did have QUITE a big guffaw when I discovered that the book was there and now I had......two of the same book.

[DingoGirl]

OMG - suddenly - I edited my above post - - and all these SLASHES are appearing after (or before?) the apostrophes......

what in hell?

does this have to do w/ Emily's lost emoticons?

What can this mean???????????????????????

wackl

[Darn210]

  DingoGirl said:

OMG - suddenly - I edited my above post - - and all these SLASHES are appearing after (or before?) the apostrophes......

what in hell?

does this have to do w/ Emily's lost emoticons?

What can this mean???????????????????????

wackl

Yes, tis related . . . they're on holiday from Canada . . . gotta go somewhere . . . might as well go visit California Susie.

Send me your extra Castle copy, toot sweet. I'm heading out on spring break in about two weeks and will need something to read on the long ride to Bev's Boston.

[psawyer]

  DingoGirl said:

Did I mention I"m getting my period within the next two days?

(sorry to Tom and Peter and I WOULD apologize to Richard but he's NEVER here any more - is he? )

<almost like mentioning tassel-twirling, mehopes?>

I can't speak for Tom, or the long lost Richard, but having been married for over 26 years, I have been the close-quarters observer for well over 300 periods. I understand a visit from Aunt Flo.

And PMS, well, I'm just not going there.

[tom]

  elye said:

So, I must fill ya all in on my dad's great recovery. . . .

. .. .. But last night they took him off the ATIVAN they'd been feeding him.....and now my dad's back.

Yay!!!!!!!!

But Egads! I know nothing of Ativan but now harbor resentment for it.

  DingoGirl said:

oh my gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd

I had all my quotes stacked up, and was planning on a two-parter......did a copy/paste thing - - highlighted all the quotes n' stuff.........THOUGHT I hit "copy" before I deleted all of it - - BUT NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well . .. . .throw a sharp elbow at Kisseyboy for me, as I do believe he agreed it was HIS job to prevent these occurrances.

A macro could be assigned to a button in browser's toolbar to do it ALL, but until then, if I were you, I'd at least go a step beyond what appears to have been done above.

Hmmm where's it pasted? Now I'm all confuzzled. ( thx for the word Amanda)

I'd prob use Notepad.

Notepad can be dropped onto the Windows Taskbar for easy access.

  DingoGirl said:

So - let's say - - I go back on Effexor, and back away from the nuggets. And I feel better - well hell, then I won't KNOW what in hell is causing this agitation.

Hold on a second!!!

The Nuggetizing's been going on how long?

More than a month, right? And the backing off of Effexor is for just a short while?

  DingoGirl said:

(sorry to Tom and Peter and I WOULD apologize to Richard but he's NEVER here any more - is he? )

Oh plz - like I haven't seen enough of this betw here & OMG.

It's only details & specifics that necessitate speedscrolling.

  DingoGirl said:

um......but......cloves are..........benign, right? not harmful?

You're kidding, right? I'd always heard cloves were far worse for the lungs. Like 1 clove = 10 regulars.

  elye said:

. . ..Is it some cryptic code, some message system, that Scott is using to communicate with......someone? Morse code, only with little heads......

What can he be saying? And to whom? This is appearing in my "show all" box:

:lol:

Maybe you need to hit refresh a few times, until the sequence repeats.

It could very well then resemble ship-to-ship spotlight communication.

  elye said:

Hmmmmmmmmm.......

I think he wants to know how much my head weighs.

:lol:

Oh dang! Where'd the 'confession post' go?

Got one o' me own.

Total impulse yesterday - suddenly NEEDED to try Tjoe's gluten-free Ginger Snaps.

Hadn't been even tempted in the least in all this time. And in case there was a quick reaction, got a TJ 3pack of chocolate bars.

Ate it ALL and somehow have felt great all day!! ( but . . .. now I'm figuring I'll find out there's a 2 or 3 day delay .. . .. .must eat only safest now to minimize variables)

[tom]

  DingoGirl said:

Arriving at the cabin that night........as I unpack my things.......there is the so-called \"lost\" book - - I had been so efficient, that I had already packed it to go...................

lmao

Sooooooooooo .. . . .. ..what WAS put on the roof of the car then?

  Darn210 said:

Yes, tis related . . . they're on holiday from Canada . . . gotta go somewhere . . . might as well go visit California Susie.

"Go West, Young Backslash"

<but but .. . .canada goes as far west as california!>

<not emily's part>

<that's stupid anyway>

< >

[blueeyedmanda]

Good Morning Sillies!!!!

How us everyone this morning! Its back to work again, the nights are never long enough, but after a 3 weeks hiatus I went back to the gym....Hurrah! Now if only I can keep with it....I was trying on my spring and summer clothes and they were a little tight....sad!

[elye]

Good Morning, Everybody!

Janet! You're brilliant....That is absolutely the reason I had only a quarter of my emoticons show up yesterday. Like our government employees, Canadian emoticons (and most European ones, as well, I should think) did not appear due to our official holiday status. Of course, most of them are back this morning...like gov workers, some of them wander in around nine, and suddenly the numbers thin out at around three. These guys have clocked in:

But what if I need the angry guy, or the rolly eyes, or Mr. Befuddled? Are they unionized? I may have something cool to say before nine am, and need the sunglasses guy, dagnabbit....

...I'm not smelling a .......strike,.....am I? Or work to rule?....

Mygawd....what would the scabs look like?

  DingoGirl said:

(The Glass Castle - can hardly put it down.)

Ah!! Bizarre....There is something....odd afoot. I am almost finished The Glass Castle. The joke around here has been that we have two copies in the house, as you now do, Susie. I picked it up at Value Village, started reading, and last week I notice my daughter reading it. I asked her about it, and she told me it was her book, and that they are studying it in English. So we keep confusing each other's copies, losing each other's places, moving the bookmarks.....

Anyone else suddenly have two copies of this book in their homes? :twighlightzoneface:

  DingoGirl said:

OMG - suddenly - I edited my above post - - and all these SLASHES are appearing after (or before?) the apostrophes......

does this have to do w/ Emily's lost emoticons?

What can this mean???????????????????????

Mygawd.....this is NOT occurring with me. In fact....I cannot GET a slash to appear. I'm getting a blank space for the slashes. There's something international afoot...I bet it's a free trade issue. Anyone in Mexico on here? We can see what's happening down there...

  psawyer said:

I can't speak for Tom, or the long lost Richard, but having been married for over 26 years, I have been the close-quarters observer for well over 300 periods. I understand a visit from Aunt Flo.

And PMS, well, I'm just not going there.

Peter.....

[nikki-uk]

  DingoGirl said:

So.......the moral of the story is - - I shall quit trying to be efficient, because what\'s the point, it always backfires.

...love those Dingo moments

  psawyer said:

I can't speak for Tom, or the long lost Richard, but having been married for over 26 years, I have been the close-quarters observer for well over 300 periods. I understand a visit from Aunt Flo.

And PMS, well, I'm just not going there.

Peter, goes about his daily business, stoically suffering all kinds of marital heiousities - as I suspected he would.

  blueeyedmanda said:

Good Morning Sillies!!!!

How us everyone this morning! Its back to work again, the nights are never long enough, but after a 3 weeks hiatus I went back to the gym....Hurrah! Now if only I can keep with it....I was trying on my spring and summer clothes and they were a little tight....sad!

...alway's makes me think of Hernia's

Amanda - good gaaaaawd...no need to tell me about summer clothes too tight!!!!!

...BUT, my head did weigh in today at a full half pound lighter ....airhead

OMG!!! My Ebay auction is nearly OVER bar 2 items (when it's gone it's gone folks)..HA!!!...so far made

[jerseyangel]

Mornin' all

The Photo on the Night Stand~

After a long night of making love, he notices a photo of another man on her nightstand by the bed.

He begins to worry... "Is this your husband?" he nervously asks.

"No, silly," she replies, snuggling up to him.

"Your boyfriend, then?" he continues.

"No, not at all," she says, nibbling away at his ear.

"Is it your dad or your brother?" he inquires, hoping to be reassured.

"No, no, no! You are so hot when you're jealous!" she answers.

"Well, who in the hell is he, then?" he demands.

"That's me before the surgery

[nikki-uk]

  jerseyangel said:

"That's me before the surgery

[DingoGirl]

  Darn210 said:

Yes, tis related . . . they're on holiday from Canada . . . gotta go somewhere . . . might as well go visit California Susie.

Send me your extra Castle copy, toot sweet. I'm heading out on spring break in about two weeks and will need something to read on the long ride to Bev's Boston.

hmmmm......well, my mom is demanding her copy back, and someone wants to borrow the other one. Can you send it back to me, tout sweet, after ya read it? that could work. Maybe we'll just send this book all over the world, to all the sillies? Except Emily, of course.......who now also has two copies......... <twilightzone, indeed! put one atop yer car, Em, and see what happens.......>

  psawyer said:

I can't speak for Tom, or the long lost Richard, but having been married for over 26 years, I have been the close-quarters observer for well over 300 periods. I understand a visit from Aunt Flo.

And PMS, well, I'm just not going there.

'Tis hard to decipher these moods, I must say. Is it all the Nuggets? Lack of Effexor? The new melatonin I"m taking? the imminent menstrual cycle? So hard to say what causes these things.

  tom said:

Yay!!!!!!!!

But Egads! I know nothing of Ativan but now harbor resentment for it.

I LOVE Ativan. If they had me on that, in the hospital, and then I came off it, everyone would say.......she was SO much nicer, more docile, in the hospital....let's take her back there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  tom said:

lmao

Sooooooooooo .. . . .. ..what WAS put on the roof of the car then?

There was NOTHING atop the roof of the car. I put the book there, but did retrieve it. I am just a dodo, that's all.

  elye said:

Mygawd.....this is NOT occurring with me. In fact....I cannot GET a slash to appear. I'm getting a blank space for the slashes. There's something international afoot...I bet it's a free trade issue. Anyone in Mexico on here? We can see what's happening down there..

:lol:

  nikki-uk said:

OMG!!! My Ebay auction is nearly OVER bar 2 items (when it's gone it's gone folks)..HA!!!...so far made