Pillsbury Doughboy has gone to that great oven in the sky

[Mabus]

:cry:

With the saddest heart that I must pass on the following news. Please join me in remembering a great Icon of the entertainment community.

The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs.Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours. Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered to be a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes.

Despite being a little flaky at times he was still a crusty old man and was considered a roll model for millions. Doughboy is survived by his wife, Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes. If this made you smile for even a brief second, pass it on to someone who kneads it.

[Jeanette in FL]

1. Thanks for something light and airy

Much needed and it did make me smile.

[Mabus]

4. My brother's girlfriend sent it to me

I thought it was cute enough to pass along.

[evlbstrd]

2. Did you write that?

I get sick for a few days, and just look what happens to the Kansas Forum.

[Mabus]

5. Me too

I think the stress of the past few weeks finally got to me. I couldn't eat without getting sick.

[evlbstrd]

7. We're getting too old for this shit.

Goddamn kids better wake up soon.

[Mabus]

8. No kidding

I've got better things to do with my time. We're still catching up on work. LOL, I just sent off the last of the correspondence I promised to get down before I went to bed (the Admiral went to bed some time ago out of sheer exhaustion) and I just realized it is past 2:30 a.m.

Oh man. Oh well. Looking forward to the bonfire this weekend.

[evlbstrd]

10. Me, too.

I'll need to beg proud for a ride. My brakes conveniently locked up while evl jr. was driving yesterday. It's funny, this stuff never happens when I'm driving it.

[Mabus]

12. I can relate

I know the Admiral comes home and tells what gone wrong with the cars this time. The only thing that is ever wrong with the cars when I drive them is that they are always (ALWAYS!) nearly out of gas. Concidence? I think not. :eyes:

[BuelahWitch]

13. That's right he didn't stop on our way home

He kept mumbling about some gas station by McDonald's but I think he meant I-70. We took the 10...

[Mabus]

15. And he still hasn't put any gas in the car!

It's hovering just below empty. I think he's trying to wait me out.

[BuelahWitch]

17. Maybe he's allergic to gas pumps

:shrug:

[Mabus]

19. Nope

He's just lazy and he doesn't like to do it.

[Jeanette in FL]

9. Damn, right

There are so many days when I feel I just want to pack it in and get the hell out of dodge. I think because we grew up in the era of the Vietnam war and the draft, where we saw our friends go and "never" totally came back. They just don't see the immediacy of it all.

[evlbstrd]

11. Too true.

I was with a gaggle of evlspwn's college-age friends last night after the performance of one-act plays. They don't have a care in the world.

[Mabus]

14. I wish you could run away and live here

but then I'm selfish like that.

In a weird way I do find some comfort in what you say though now I know it isn't just this area of the country. I remember growing up in a politically intense time. In my lifetime, and I'm sure yours as well, we had our president assasinated; our country ravaged by war in Viet Name; there was the constant threat of a nuclear war (duck & cover, although we also did the same thing for tornado drills); a push for more freedom viz a viz the Civil Rights Movement, the Women's Lib and do you remember when Carter was moving toward decriminalizing pot when one of his cabinet members got caught with coke :eyes:?

There were a lot of sweeping changes that happened during our formative years (which for me are still happening) but my stepkids and their friends seem to isloate themselves with their ipods and cell phones. They are in constant contact with each other but it just doesn't seem the same because they talk about where they are or where they are going next. They don't talk about the war or the oppression of people/freedoms. I talked to one of my stepdaughters last year about gay rights. She didn't see the need to do anything. Her attitude was that there are gay people and it doesn't matter to her. While that's cool she also said that the hang-up was with the older generation and once they (we) died there wouldn't be a problem. She totally doesn't get there are people, just slightly older than her, that killed Matthew Shephard. It isn't a generational thing, it is a cultural thing. I just feel like we did more and continue to do more to change things. They seem content to let things happen and chat on their cell phones or log-on line or download music.

[Jeanette in FL]

18. That's what the difference is

Growing up in the 60's and 70's was totally different than kids growing up in 80's and 90's. By the time I was 8 years old, I knew that the world was not a safe place. Fuck, my own home wasn't a safe place. I think I read a post of yours along time ago which said something to the effect of "I had a childhood and survived it"... Was that you? I remember relating to that sentiment. We grew up fast and knew how to protect ourselves at a very young age. I remember swearing that my kid would never grow up like that.

One day, I was 14 or 15 and my girlfriend from next door and I were sitting on my front lawn, I was playing my guitar, probably writing my first anti-war song. A military car pulled up to the house a few doors down, two guys dressed to the military hilt went to the door. I will never forget the screams that came out of that house. My girlfriends mother made us come in the house and go into her room. Everyone knew why the car was there.

When I was in 9th grade, a girl in some of classes brother died in the Vietnam War. Six weeks later she found her mother hung in the basement when she came home from school because her mother could not handle the grief. A year later her father died from alcohol poisoning. She was an orphan at 15. To this day, I wonder what ever happened to her.

We were exposed to so much, in such a short time, in such violent ways, at such a young ages that it is no wonder why we fight so hard today. If you survived it, you have no choice but to fight. And those kinds of lessons cannot be taught to our kids, it just doesn't translate well.

I envy them at times, like evl talking about the kids he hung with last night without a care in the world. Or like the kids in your life worried about their ipods and cellphones.

[Mabus]

20. I may have been

I had a strange fucking childhood. There were a lot of good times, a lot of bad times and just some fucking strange times. Yet, because I was biracial in a time when it wasn't as accepted as it is today, I felt more like an observer than a participant.

I only had one cousin who was of draft age during the 60's and he enlisted and ended up in Germany. My brothers were the oldest of our generation and the oldest of them didn't turn 18 until 1972. We lived in a neighborhood of young families and most of my classmates were the oldest. We were keenly aware of it though because of television. We watched the numbers of dead, wounded and missing climb every night at dinner. It seems like war casualties were bigger news back then. My parents protested the war and both of them are/were vets. They encouraged us to do the same.

I wonder how much influence the "me" generation of the 80's we are re-experiencing. It's like they embody the narcissism of that era. Talk about reaping what you sow.

[BuelahWitch]

3. Are you sure Skala didn't eat him?

:shrug:

[Mabus]

6. If she had gotten him, we would know

Everytime she gets a new toy, stick or critter she has to parade it in front of us and play keep away. The other day when she was out in the woods she found/caught a rat or something. She couldn't help herself. She ran to show it to us and then proceeded to play keep away. Thankfully she responds well to "drop it!" Since it was out in the woods it was gone when we went back out for her afternoon run.

If it was any of them it was Spike. I've found him hiding behind some furniture with a mouse more than once. He gets food and scurries away to one of his hiding places to munch on it.

[BuelahWitch]

16. Spike has caught mice???

:rofl: :rofl:Oh my little darling Spike murdered the Pillsbury Doughboy (I almost typed that "Pissbury Dogboy" my allergy meds aren't working today!) What is the world coming to when my Power Animal murders a much loved culture icon???

PS. Is he responsible for Anna Nicole too? And what can I do to bribe him to do in Britney and Rachel Ray?

[Mabus]

21. I don't think he did Anna Nicole but....

He does have a scrapbook with signed photos of Charlie Manson, Jeffery Dahmer and OJ. He also has an old tag with the name "The Jackal" on it. Do those mean anything to you? :shrug:

[BuelahWitch]

22. No, I've never seen Spike's scrapbooks

but I'm suspicious that Kramer has taken over the keyboard and is spreading these vicious rumors about my little darling. :spank: Spike is too young and innocent to have dealt with the likes of Dahmer and Manson...

[Mabus]

23. Reincarnation

He claims that he has evolved.

[evlbstrd]

24. Nope.

Not in Kansas. That wasn't allowed until recently.

[Mabus]

25. Aha!

Spike was born in Oklahoma, Kansas laws don't apply.

[evlbstrd]

26. OK.

There's always a loophole.

[Mabus]

27. You have to get up pretty early in the morning to outwit Spike

Okay, you can sleep in until about 9:00 most days. Spike isn't an early riser. He's been known to sigh loudly or bark in exasperation if you make too much noise before he's ready to wake up.

Come to think of it, I think he's been staying up late to watch spy & private eye movies on the classic movie channels. Hey, wait a minute. I think I'm on to something here. That's it. I'm hiding the remotes from the dogs.

[evlbstrd]

28. Always hide the remotes from the dogs.

Also the whiskey, cards and litter box.

[Mabus]

29. No can do

We've got a German Shepherd. You can't pull anything on those dogs. She watches and she knows. I've found her on the bed with the remote next to her with slobber on it. We put it, she finds it. I'm just hoping she doesn't figure out how to order movies.

Our dogs like Bailey's Irish Creme. The Shepherd likes beer. Remember when she tried drinking proud's? Or was it yours? Or mine?

They aren't interested in cards. So, we're safe there. And the litter box? That's the bathroom rug.

[evlbstrd]

30. At least it's easy to tell when the litter box is full.

Gup has taken to getting her treats from Boogerhead's box and bringing them to the couch.

[Mabus]

31. And the mystery of why we don't have cats is solved!

They find enough "toys" to play with around the house without giving them extra options. It's bad enough they want to eat the neighbor's cat instead of its droppings. Kramer is a semi-skilled cat hunter. She stalked one that kept getting in her house and got part of its ear. Kramer and Spike trapped a cat and were working as a team. Spike ran to the back and got a hold of her tail while she and Kramer were going at each other like Fraiser and Ali. They double-teamed her. The cat got away when Spike let go of her tail to get a better grip, up the tail. Now they've added Skala to their line-up and they act like cat-hating thugs when they go outside.

Actually they're pretty good. None of them get into the trash and - except for an occasional sock or two - they leave our stuff alone.

[evlbstrd]

32. You also don't have kids

whining "We want the cute kitty!" incessantly until mommy gives in.
And who is it that gets to take care of them? Hmmmmm?

[Mabus]

33. LOL

:rofl: His ex has the cats.

[evlbstrd]

34. Woof.

That must have been one hell of a custody battle.

[Mabus]

35. Have you noticed a trend?

We make fun of a couple of people and the next thing you know the press is talking like it's time to ignore them. On the other hand we talk up people like Gore and they get positive press. Do you think, that working together, we make stuff happen? :hide:

[evlbstrd]

36. You know, I have noticed that.

We should look into that. We may not need the exo-armored ones as much as we thought.

[Mabus]

37. The big question is: "Who's next?"

Who should we go after next? Who will be the next one to drop from the public limelight?

[evlbstrd]

38. Can we make a clot move?

[Mabus]

39. It wouldn't do any good

they already removed it. :cry:

[evlbstrd]

40. Let's move it back.

[Mabus]

41. He probably grows them by the dozen

I'm sure another is already on its way.

[evlbstrd]

42. Let's marshal the troops.

Send 'em marching.

[Mabus]

43. Aye, aye mon capitan!

:patriot:

[evlbstrd]

44. You spoke French!

[Mabus]

45. Well I am part French

but I'm also part German. It just depended on who was in control of the region at the time.

[evlbstrd]

46. That gives me an idea.

Let's us Irish team up with you Indians and take over.

[Mabus]

47. Well, we do make a good team

We've already taken over the Kansas forum and we've made some successful forays into GD. Our power is slowly increasing and no one is noticing it, thanks in part to our mastery of Jedi mind tricks.

[evlbstrd]

48. When I close my eyes

I'm invisible!