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The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original


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jerseyangel Proficient
What, Susie had no chocolate?! Susie, my desk is loaded with Hershey's Nuggets! :P

You're toyin' with the girl, Donna! :lol:


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Jestgar Rising Star
We have a big walk-out deck that is a little more than five feet above grade. Our cats are allowed out there with some supervision. I'll share some pictures with you.

Great setup peter. Is Riley on a leash?

tom Contributor
Tom, you'll love this . . . Navie is short for Navier-Stokes.

:yay: :D:lol: but :huh: .. ...don't recognize Navier-Stokes <some nagging thoughts of Stokes solo tho>

so I'm off excited to google a math adventure!!

Ahhhhh as a doubleE, never took Fluid Mechanics.

Suprised there's no electrical analog like springs & inductors.

Her name was Cori . . . short for . . . Coriolis :lol: . . . I used to tell people that she chased her tail counter clockwise above the equator and clockwise below the equator . . .

:lol: :lol:

I was daydreaming of The Real Thing last week!!!!

Haven't had a Coke in 3yrs I bet.

Coke vs. Pepsi anyone?

Jestgar Rising Star

I just realized that if I got these two beasties I'd have Lyle, Max and Lefty. Sounds like the beginning of a Bronx baseball team.

dlp252 Apprentice
Coke vs. Pepsi anyone?

Pepsi, definitely! :P

Jestgar Rising Star

And I can't remember if I posted this already or not.

Darn210 Enthusiast
Coke vs. Pepsi anyone?

Mostly a Pepsi household here, but if I'm going to have soda with sugar, I'll pick Root Beer.


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jerseyangel Proficient
I just realized that if I got these two beasties I'd have Lyle, Max and Lefty. Sounds like the beginning of a Bronx baseball team.

When you call them, you'll have to say "hey youse guys!" :P

Pepsi, definitely! :P

Yep! :D

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Menstrual eating fer sure :lol:

:ph34r:

What, Susie had no chocolate?! Susie, my desk is loaded with Hershey's Nuggets! :P

Donna, WHAT????????? :o Loaded w/ nuggets, you say? OMG............my desk/house stays "loaded w/ nuggets" for about........half a day. :ph34r:

All chocolate was consumed yesterday during daylight hours. There was non left for early morning binge.

You're toyin' with the girl, Donna! :lol:

fer sure :lol:

Suprised there's no electrical analog like springs & inductors.

:blink:

I just realized that if I got these two beasties I'd have Lyle, Max and Lefty. Sounds like the beginning of a Bronx baseball team.

or..........kinda three-Stooge-ish. :lol:

tom Contributor
Tom - a weak hello.............

1) lil wave & medium-weak smile

2) 3 letter name??? oh my :o Susan IS out of sorts.

Hope you're better shortly. :)

3) who's seen A) B) C) ?

Darn210 Enthusiast
And I can't remember if I posted this already or not.

Looooooovvvvvveeeeed It . . . I'll pass that on to all my enginerd engineer friends.

Patti . . . Youse Guys!! . . . :lol::lol:

elye Community Regular

Ohhhhh.....

Elsie is really limping. Having trouble with the stairs at times, and very stiff upon rising from her bed. She goes for her checkup tomorrow, but I just do not feel good about this.....

...symptoms of hip dysplasia.....

:(

Jestgar Rising Star

poor girl! :(

What can you do about it?

Darn210 Enthusiast
Ohhhhh.....

Elsie is really limping. Having trouble with the stairs at times, and very stiff upon rising from her bed. She goes for her checkup tomorrow, but I just do not feel good about this.....

...symptoms of hip dysplasia.....

:(

That's a problem for labs . . . does it happen a lot in poodles?

psawyer Proficient
Poeter DOES have some phine decking and phoelines........Peter, is Riley a Russian Blue? absolutely gorjuss...........

No, we think she is a Korat. She doesn't have the double coat of a Russian Blue. We don't know for sure since she was rescued.

Great setup peter. Is Riley on a leash?

In that picture, she is. For the first while we had her on a tie-out until we were sure she would not go over the top. She was still a kitten (the pictures I shared are three years old).

:lol: :lol:

Hip dysplasia in a one-year-old dog? Not a good thing at all, methinks. :(

DingoGirl Enthusiast
2) 3 letter name??? oh my :o Susan IS out of sorts.

Hope you're better shortly.

:( Pseriously. Horrible day.........a day when you wish you had something like.......LSD? to take yerself away from yerself. :lol: Or......maybe someone would conk you in yer noggin and you could.....pass out er sumfin.

And then - OMG - :o A job as a proofreader has come up. Full time, that is the only heinosity of it.

Now, I have only two inarguable skills. One is for language/reading/spelling/proofing - I have an eagle-eye for mistakes and nothing - I mean NOTHING - gets by me. True story. My only other innate skill is coloUr identification. Taht's right. So - I could work in a paint store (yawn) or, be a proofreader and feel confident of my skills and not PHREAK OUT w/ the usual panic that I don't know what in hell I'm doing (welcome to most of my employed life - heartbreaking <_<:( ).

So, this job comes up - they do not come along often - and I have spoken w/ the gal at the personnel agency. Lovely conversation but I now have knots in my tummy. Oh, wait, I had those before. :huh: So........the job's full time, 8 to 5, and that makes me feel sick........but I could DO the job, and make a decent income, which means a new car and actually not being completely destitute. oh, and having an actual ANSWER when the dreaded "what do you do" question comes up. And less time on my hands to squander (less silly time, of course :angry: ) and.........a great boost to my self-esteem. That is important to me. And feeling like I'm not just here taking up space on the planet.......

Okay......but it also means.......arising at 6 a.m. and showing up somewhere at 8, tummy problems or no. Off hours involve cooking/food prep/meal planning, wardrobe planning, and cleaning, spending time w/ Weezee, who will go insane with grief, loneliness and misery with all my time away. oh and Kissey? :( Not as much time together and certainly no trips to Last Chance.....I can't risk the poison oak and the exhaustion. But, this is life, right?

So..........I'm sending in my resume and.........we'll see what happens. I am so sad to say that I just don't think I can ever work full-time again........I mean I possibly could, but it might ruin my already paltry life.....which actually isn't so bad, I just don't have any money.

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh BOLLOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( Meltdown upon meltdown, I"m afraid.

Ohhhhh.....

Elsie is really limping. Having trouble with the stairs at times, and very stiff upon rising from her bed. She goes for her checkup tomorrow, but I just do not feel good about this.....

...symptoms of hip dysplasia.....

:(

:( Oh it just can't be, Em..........could she be arthritic? I'm really glad you're going to the vet.....she is so lucky she found your family. :)

Peter - a Korat? that's so stinkin' exotic!!!!!!! :P

Darn210 Enthusiast
So..........I'm sending in my resume and.........we'll see what happens. I am so sad to say that I just don't think I can ever work full-time again........I mean I possibly could, but it might ruin my already paltry life.....which actually isn't so bad, I just don't have any money.

So . . . you know a good way to sabotage this is . . . two half losts of spellin misteaks on yer resumay.

DingoGirl Enthusiast
So . . . you know a good way to sabotage this is . . . two half losts of spellin misteaks on yer resumay.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

dat is a gud ideah jhanet and I wont tel nobodee

elye Community Regular
That's a problem for labs . . . does it happen a lot in poodles?

Labs, goldens, german shepherds, and the giant breeds....not unheard of in standards, but certainly uncommon. Dunno, the symptoms just seem to fit. However, I didn't notice them at all until she'd been here a couple of days. I think that whatever it is (osteoarthritis, dysplasia, etc.) has been brought on or aggravated by exercise. I walk and run faithfully every day, as does DH. Elsie has accompanied us I think daily since we've had her, and has absolutely revelled in it. I've never seen such a happy dog. However, it may have taken its toll, especially since we are now figuring that she NEVER got exercised at her old home. Worse, she probably spent a lot more time than we were originally led to believe inside her crate. :(:angry: So, all this activity, including the long romps in our backyard with Gus, may be a big shock to her system. I'm just not sure......

Susie! Don't fret about this job situation...or lack thereof. Things ALWAYS work out. Sometimes in phunny, phunny ways...but they do. I feel good about what's gonna unfold for you. Really! :):)

Jestgar Rising Star
So, this job comes up - they do not come along often - and I have spoken w/ the gal at the personnel agency.

Maybe they'd like a house dog. Or be happy if you were sorta part time sorta full time, depending on the work load.

You'll never know unless you try.

Darn210 Enthusiast
Labs, goldens, german shepherds, and the giant breeds....not unheard of in standards, but certainly uncommon. Dunno, the symptoms just seem to fit. However, I didn't notice them at all until she'd been here a couple of days. I think that whatever it is (osteoarthritis, dysplasia, etc.) has been brought on or aggravated by exercise. I walk and run faithfully every day, as does DH. Elsie has accompanied us I think daily since we've had her, and has absolutely revelled in it. I've never seen such a happy dog. However, it may have taken its toll, especially since we are now figuring that she NEVER got exercised at her old home. Worse, she probably spent a lot more time than we were originally led to believe inside her crate. :(:angry: So, all this activity, including the long romps in our backyard with Gus, may be a big shock to her system. I'm just not sure......

How are the pads of her feet? Where do you run her? Are you running on roads/sidewalks?

Darn210 Enthusiast
Maybe they'd like a house dog. Or be happy if you were sorta part time sorta full time, depending on the work load.

You'll never know unless you try.

. . . Or sometimes work out of your own home (in your pajamas and slippers).

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Susie! Don't fret about this job situation...or lack thereof. Things ALWAYS work out. Sometimes in phunny, phunny ways...but they do. I feel good about what's gonna unfold for you. Really! :):)

:) Yer mouth to God's ear, Em......

I remember when I first got Weezee.......she'd never been to the beach/mountains/in a house/in a bed, anywhere. She ran with such joyful abandon on the beach......I can just picture how happy Elsie must be wtih this...... :) Hope to God she's okay.

Maybe they'd like a house dog. Or be happy if you were sorta part time sorta full time, depending on the work load.

You'll never know unless you try.

True that! I know.......it would be SO wonderful to work part-time from home....

I just sent my resume to the gal. I may vomit. :huh:

. . . Or sometimes work out of your own home (in your pajamas and slippers).

date I hope? :D

edit - oops meant DARE i hope and I could see how you sillies could run w/ my typo :lol:

elye Community Regular
How are the pads of her feet? Where do you run her? Are you running on roads/sidewalks?

On trails. Dirt and grass..pretty ideal for human and dog feet.....

. . . Or sometimes work out of your own home (in your pajamas and slippers).

Oh, yeah......!! Would I love to teach from my home, via teleconferencing er sumfin'....just my face, so I could be in my jammies. Oh....maybe just my ear, or from the forehead up, so I wouldn't have to put on makeup....

I just sent my resume to the gal. I may vomit. :huh:

:lol::lol: I know, I know, not phunny. Just struck me as such, fer some reason..... :rolleyes:

Darn210 Enthusiast
I just sent my resume to the gal. I may vomit. :huh:

Yes, yes . . . another good way to sabotage this prospect . . . vomit during the interview.

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