KOEB 8/12

[crispini]

It's Friday! Yippee!!!!

Ok, I'm early, but hey.:P

edited to add:

[RevCheesehead]

1. Looks like another new suit...

And I JUST GOT HIGH-SPEED INTERNET!!! :bounce:

[crispini]

5. That's what I thought too.

Better than the old gray, but still not my fave. The tie is nice though. :loveya:

Yay for your high speed! :thumbsup:

[Berry Cool]

106. Oh, I LOVE this color combination.

:loveya: for gray pinstriped and lilac Keith.

[Patsy Stone]

11. Congrats!

Now there will be no stopping you. :evilgrin:

This isn't new, it's new-ish. It's the new grey suit, a tad gangsta, but so much better than the other. Sorry, DG. :)

[SharonRB]

16. Definitely better than the other, but grey is just not his color

[Berry Cool]

107. Disagree that gray is not his color

although I love him especially in black...

[RevCheesehead]

22. So true, Pats... so true.

As if I needed any encouragement.

The cable guy re-did the connections in the basement, too - and now I've got a stronger signal on my office TV. The color is much better.

Keith looks good in gangsta. :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

109. Do you think his gangsta look is what inspired him

to do that Goodfellas accent when describing the aquarium that served sushi?

"You fishes, you sleep with da...oh, uh, OK."

[Patsy Stone]

If he's reading us, maybe?

Hi, Berry!

[Berry Cool]

150. Hi, Patsy!

:hi: a jolly Friday wave to you!

[WolverineDG]

31. A GRAY SUIT

i haven't had the best week, so it's nice to have it end on this note: a gray suit!! yay!! :party:

dg

[Clark2008]

37. Cool!! I got it last weekend!

:bounce:

[RevCheesehead]

38. Now I can see people's photos!

Ain't life grand? I can keep up with the KOEB!

[Clark2008]

42. I could always see photos, but it would take a long time to download.

My processor is really fast, even if my connection wasn't.

What I like is being able to download clips and it doesn't take two hours!

[Berry Cool]

152. I can see photos too, but sometimes it takes a while

as dialup can be a tad SLLOOOOW...

[bleever]

61. Yay!! More Cheese for everyone!!

Welcome to the future, Cheese.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

64. Thank you.

It's good to be here in real time. I almost feel like I'm ahead of the posts. :)

[bleever]

69. How many fingers am I holding up?

:)

[RevCheesehead]

71. Just the one.

But it's a thumb, so technically, some people say it's not a finger. :thumbsup:

[bleever]

111. Wow, that IS a good connection. Can you post a brat for me?

And maybe a can of Stroh's?

[RevCheesehead]

119. Stroh's is so NOT Wisconsin.

I didn't say I found all the buttons and bells on this thing. But now I can post and read faster. The rest of me muddles along at the regular speed.

[bleever]

125. Okay, okay...Old Milwaukee then. The beer with the biggest bubbles.

And just keep playing around with it and you'll soon be posting video and hosting on-line baptisms.

[Patsy Stone]

144. Playing around with what?

What should she keep playing around with?

I'm so confused. :)

[bleever]

153. Playing around with her new internet connection. At least, that's

what I was talking about. But if anyone thought I meant something better than that, hey, run with it.

:)

[Patsy Stone]

202. I'm not a betting kinda girl...

but I'd put money down that this place doesn't lack for active imaginations.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

155. Do you really need to ask

what the Rev should keep playing around with? :evilgrin:

Of course, I know you're only pretending confusion. :-)

[Berry Cool]

154. Yeah, Old Mill-Water. Stroh's is Dee-troit beer.

To this day, I still associate it with watching Indians games on TV as a kid. By then already, the local beer situation had pretty much dried up and everyone in Northern Ohio was stuck with Stroh's and Genny.

This was, of course, in the days before the microbrewery and craft beer revival.

[bleever]

161. Back then, micro-brew meant making wine in a closet out of grape juice.

When the air went out of the rubber glove, it was done!

[Berry Cool]

174. I just realized what my beer post sounded like!

It sounded as if I was saying I remember drinking those beers while watching the games as a kid...uh, no. I remember all the COMMERCIALS for those beers on the games when I was a kid...

There, that's better. :blush:

[Clark2008]

124. Which Brat?

OR

[bleever]

158. Ouch! Appetite killer. Now I must drink more.

Curse you, Clark!

:7

[Clark2008]

166. You're cursing me for "forcing" you to drink more?

Well, now, THAT'S a first! :7

[bleever]

169. Well..."cursing" you for "forcing" me is more like it.

And really, isn't any fine barbecued entree superior to (and smarter than) the blivet?

[Berry Cool]

104. HURRAY!!

And I love crispini's choice of photo!

Would've started the thread tonight but had to work late.

:hi and happy Friday from Berry After the Show!

[crispini]

2. Oh, and before I forget: Gregory's tie?

Looked like he was wearing a bunch of little Target logos. :P

[RevCheesehead]

3. Well, don't you have your eye on him?

Did you see his interview w/David Crosby? Coooooooool. B-)

[crispini]

7. That was most excellent.

I really do like Gregory, and not just 'cause he's cute. He appears to have a brain. :P

[RevCheesehead]

13. Brains are very sexy.

Wayyyyy more than appearance, IMO. :)

[SharonRB]

9. That was a great interview.

[SharonRB]

4. Hi, Crispi and Rev

I don't like the grey on him.

Congrats, Rev, on getting high speed. Now that sig lines are being strictly limited!

[RevCheesehead]

8. I just watched the Cindy video

of her saying "hi" to DU. I could never do that on dial-up.

How are you doing tonight, Sharon? :hi:

[SharonRB]

10. Just fine, Rev

That video was cool. I watched it last night.

[crispini]

17. Hi Sharon!

happy friday! :hi:

[SharonRB]

25. Same to you, Crispi!

[Patsy Stone]

6. I think he's being dressed for us.

Maybe it's me, but I can't believe all the purple is a coincidence!

:)

Hi, everybody! TTTTB! :toast:

[SharonRB]

12. Hi, Pats

:hi:

[crispini]

14. Hi Patsy!

Well, if MSNBC wardrobe ever wants commentary, they certainly could find plenty of it here.

More of this tabloid news. Yick. :mad:

[Berry Cool]

112. Well, at least he rolled it all into one big ball

and got it out of the way.

Sounds suspiciously like a "my producers are making me cover this, so I'm going to make it as painless as possible" act.

[RevCheesehead]

18. I think that's to entice bunny back.

Or is it Clark? I know one of them loves purple.

[crispini]

19. Bunny's a big fan of the purple.

She hasn't been around much lately, 'tis true.

[SharonRB]

30. Anyone know where she's been?

Didn't I read last week that she got poison ivy? I think it was from Gogi.

[crispini]

32. Yeah, she couldn't meet up with us because

she'd been out of town and gotten poison ivy.... but that was like a week ago....

[Berry Cool]

114. "She comes on like a daisy..."

"...but look out man she's crazy..."

[Clark2008]

35. Isn't it more of a lavendar?

:hi: ladies!!

:loveya: Keefie!!

[SharonRB]

36. Hi, Clark

I'd say yes, the shirt is more lavendar, but the tie is a bit more purple.

[Clark2008]

41. I'm a fan of the orange.

I burned out on purple back in the 80s. LOL!

[seito]

15. I have to say, I like the purple

Hi guys :hi:

[SharonRB]

20. I like the purple, too. It's the grey I don't like.

What's up with all of these teachers sleeping with their students? I think they think they're still in high school themselves.

[seito]

100. Hi Sharon

:hi:

[crispini]

21. Hi WP!

:hi:

[seito]

96. Hi Crispini

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

24. hi, Seito

Back for more snark, eh? :hi:

[seito]

97. Hi Rev

:hi:

[crispini]

23. Three anecdotes do NOT a trend make, KO.

YES, it's typical cable news hyperbole.

Statistics! Nobody knows shit about statistics! It's annoying!:mad:

[Berry Cool]

115. Sometimes, you know, Keith asks a question

to which he knows the answer already.

I don't think he REALLY sees this as a "trend."

[Patsy Stone]

26. "Drenched in your own hormones"

What a fabulous phrase from Pepper Anderson. Oh, sorry, I mean Pepper Schwartz.

:)

[RevCheesehead]

27. Keith, isn't it time to leave Jennifer Wilbanks alone?

enough, already. Let her be.

[SharonRB]

28. Amen, Rev

There are much more important things to talk about.

[crispini]

29. Thank you. I have had it with The Bug Eyed Bride.

Enough already!

[RevCheesehead]

Maybe I should e-mail Keith about that.

He seems to reply to complaints, doesn't he?

[Berry Cool]

116. Keith only replies to complaints

if you call him a Nazi.

Then, he mentions you on the air!

Go for it, Rev!

[Botany]

34. Drive by blog .....

But what about the handcuffed groom?

It is a non story ...... although I did read her her future hubby
was repub ...... born again (Sorry Rev) idiot who after years of
wild life saw sex as iccccky ........ Run Away!

Off to the pool ...... way too much estrogen in here for me tonight.

:rofl:

[crispini]

39. Hi and bye, Botany!

:hi:

[Clark2008]

54. If he thinks sex is iccccckkkkyyy - he must not be doing it right.

No wonder she ran away!

:7

[RevCheesehead]

56. who?

The fiancee or Botany? :rofl:

[Clark2008]

63. The fiancee.

Somehow, I assume someone who has the balls enough to call himself Botany isn't afraid to try, well, um.... something interesting. :7

[Botany]

108. Most things are O.K. but ......

..... no way in a mini Cooper .......

:rofl:

BTW What is wrong w/ Botany? :grr:


Also do you want to get in on the how long before they
can Rita sweepstakes?

"Police transcended on the hotel." She went to law school?
Where D.S.U. Dumbass State University?

[Berry Cool]

118. I cannot believe that next week

Rita Skeeter is jumping on the Natalee Holloway bandwagon.

No. Wait. I can.

*SIGH*

[Botany]

127. I find it mind boggeling that somebody gets paid money to .....

..... recruit her to MSNBC and build a show around her.

Without being too sexist she seems like the type a guy would take
out because he knows he would get lucky ..... but to sit through
an evening of her babble :scared:

[Clark2008]

131. Nothing's wrong with Botany.

It's just that most people think, wrongly, that all horticulture types are female.

Just one of those stereotypes that has outlived its usefullness. ;)

[Berry Cool]

160. Horticulture types???

This reminds me of my favorite story about Dorothy Parker. Seems everyone at the Algonquin Round Table was playing one of their usual fun intellectual witty games. On this night they had challenged each other to find a way to use the word "horticulture" in a sentence.

Dorothy's contribution: "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."

[Clark2008]

168. I love Dorothy Parker

But, given my background, well, I would.

[Berry Cool]

175. The best writing teacher I ever had

was a scholar of her work.

Used to tell us, "People think she was being funny when she wrote 'Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.'" But really, it was a cry from the feminine soul."

How true. :shrug:

[Clark2008]

183. Dorothy didn't know me.

I wore glasses all through college and never went dateless.

But, I'm kinda "bubbly."

Oh - yeah - and I have a great rack. :P

[Berry Cool]

198. So, wasn't I

"bubbly" enough?

(Otherwise, I qualified)

[Botany]

103. Thanks Rev.

Last time I send you pics that are superior

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

33. Will posted his pics from Crawford

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4333050&mesg_id=4333050

[RevCheesehead]

40. "where wearing your swimmies will get you tossed."

That one's for you, Berry. *swoon*

[Berry Cool]

120. Ohhh, didn't you just looooooove

the impish grin on his face when he said that?

I need a real fainting smilie for moments like this...and, oh yeah, last night's "And now, back to the sex."

[RevCheesehead]

128. I thought Ferrettessa found one of those for you.

Damn - shoulda bookmarked it. :)

[Berry Cool]

162. She did, but it sorta keeled over backwards

and the effect was not as great.

I want one that goes over sideways, like a tree going TIM-BERRRRR...

:loveya: to Keith for impish grins, of which there have been many this week.

*sigh* ahhhh...a whole WEEK of Keith...refreshing, eh??

[Patsy Stone]

43. ROFL! The Novak footage again!

I love it too, KO. :loveya:

[Clark2008]

45. Has anyone seen Novakula out during the day, of late?

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

50. Noooo

He has to lay in that special soil during the daylight hours. :rofl:

[Clark2008]

59. Meant to tell you that the b/f, in an attempt to show he's serious,

has told me he'd like to buy me a Mini Cooper after he pays off his truck.

What's funny is that I'd never even told him how cute I thought Mini's where. I mean, it had never come up. He just thought *I'd* look cute in a Mini since I'm so, well, Mini. :)

[Patsy Stone]

67. :)

That's so cool. Mazel Tov! I'm really glad you found a nice guy.
:hug:

[Berry Cool]

123. Sounds like you're Minnie the Moocher! :-)

"She was a lowdown hoochie-coocher..."

[Clark2008]

138. Um... no.

????

[Berry Cool]

170. I was teasing ya, Clark!

You know...



"She had a dream about the King of Sweden
He gave her things that she was needin'
He gave her a home built of gold and steel
A diamond car with the platinum wheels

Hi dee hi dee hi dee ho..."

[Clark2008]

181. OH! LMAO!

I was really sitting here like :wtf:

Geecsh! Forgive my Party Foul, willya! :hi:

[Berry Cool]

199. No prob!

and..."Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min!!!!"

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

51. dupe n/t

[Berry Cool]

122. I love how he plays that clip at every possible opportunity

even when it makes no damn sense to, and even says as much!

He's enjoying it the most he's enjoyed anything since O'Lielly's loofah!

[crispini]

44. The mice, with bonus Novakula!

:rofl:

[ewagner]

46. Drive-by Post

oh-oh....Rev has high speed hookup?

be afraid, be very afraid :scared:

[RevCheesehead]

53. Yeah, it didn't take me long to see and respond to you.

:spank:

[Berry Cool]

126. The bodice snaps will be flying at twice the speed now.

The KOEB recommends that all participants don safety glasses before entering the clubhouse from now on.

"Protect Your Eyes?...Ask the Man Who Has ONE!"

[RevCheesehead]

133. Ah, only when Sparky's in da house.

I am, after all, loyal. O8)

[bleever]

165. And I have a new safety goggle.

:)

[ewagner]

195. Run away! Run away!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

47. Barbra Joan Streisand

With those legs in the shiny stockings... Like butta!

:thumbsup: for the music dept.!

[Clark2008]

49. I'm verklempt!

:silly:

[SharonRB]

52. Your Yiddish is getting good, Clark

[Clark2008]

55. LOL! The b/f and I were wondering around the store and

he was being indecisive as hell about what he wanted for dinner.

So, he reams off a ton of Yiddish and says his indecisiveness comes from his Jewish mother. LOL!

What's even funnier is that I understood half of what he said, thanks to you all! :hi:

[SharonRB]

85. I'm glad we're helping you, Clark

And that's great about the Mini Cooper.

I have a friend with a relatively new boyfriend. Well, she just had a birthday and he said he was going to buy her a car, but instead he bought her 2-carat diamond studs -- $30,000! I'd say he's serious, huh?

[Berry Cool]

130. Frankly, I'd be a bit scared of expensive gifts TOO soon.

I'd wonder, what is he trying to get out of me in return?

...And no, I don't mean THAT!

[Clark2008]

134. LOL! His truck won't be paid for in two years.

He said this because my car was needing repairs and we know it's not going to last forever and I don't make enough money to afford even a meager car payment.

So... the new car won't be for TWO years. :)

[bleever]

167. Hey, that means a 2008 Mini Cooper! Verrrry romantic.

:)

[Berry Cool]

171. I'm not talking about your man

I'm talking about Diamond Stud Boy.

He would frighten me a bit.

YOUR man sounds like gold!

[Clark2008]

184. Oh! My bad (again)

Jeez... I'm really NOT being ultra-sensitive tonight.

I'm seriously cleaning in between blogging and I'm reading awkwardly, apparently. LOL!

:7

But, hey... I'd take some diamond studs!

Well, no... maybe I wouldn't, given my history with earrings. :hi:

[Berry Cool]

200. Then again, some of us

would take ANY kind of stud! :rofl:

Just kiddin'.

[SharonRB]

159. Well, she's 56 and he's a few years older

I can't imagine what he could want from her that he'd spend $30,000 for that he couldn't get without buying her expensive gifts. They're very much in love.

[Berry Cool]

176. Well if so...

...good for them!

[Berry Cool]

129. Hey, better for HER to be like butta

than Tiger Woods...

[RevCheesehead]

48. Lesbian swans?

What's the feminine version of Romeo? Ramona?

[bleever]

68. Maybe David Crosby could help them out...

Just sayin'.


:)

[RevCheesehead]

75. Or Beavis and Butthead's teacher...

who wrote that immortal classic, "Lesbian Seagull." :7

[crispini]

57. This sports guy's tie is noxious.

Bile green. :puke:

[bleever]

58. Good evening, Keef lovers and Novacula haters!

Glass of milky-white sake next to laptop, reporting for snark patrol duty.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

60. buh-leever!

Is the glass half empty, or half full? :hi:

[bleever]

74. Three quarters empty, but the situation is fluid.

Happy broadband, Cheese!

Now sparky will be too scared to show up.

[crispini]

62. Hey bleev!

:hi: that's right, it's Friday! time for a drink! :beer:

[bleever]

76. Yeah...."a" drink...

:rofl:


Happy Friday, ms. crispi!

:party:

[Berry Cool]

132. Yes, but keep in mind that the clubhouse has gone smoke-free

in honor of Keith.

That's right, if you must, from now on you gotta take it outside.

Sorry folks!

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

[RevCheesehead]

136. Or find other ways to keep your mouth occupied.

:evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

148. I think many of us would be happy to volunteer

to help Keith out in that particular area. :evilgrin:

[bleever]

149. Berry, I hope you have a medical degree to back up that advice

because most of us are following it no.

:)

[Berry Cool]

177. I don't have a medical degree

but I do have another credential I'll put up against anyone else's any day.

Not discussing it in public, though. You'll all just have to trust me on this one.

on edit: Realized you mean I better have a medical degree to back up my advice to drink heavily because everyone is doing it now! :rofl: Well, that I can't say I have...I got the advice from John Belushi. Which is probably not a good thing. But the clip still makes me laugh.

[Clark2008]

65. Bleever!

:hug:

Missed you, bud!

[bleever]

81. Heya Clark! I'm back, and I'm bad...

And so glad to hear that the b/f is such a mensch.

:)

Soon you and Pats will be driving matching cars. Just watch out, I hear they're mattress magnets.

;)

[Patsy Stone]

66. It's baseball again.

:hi:

[SharonRB]

79. Of course that sushi story is in Florida, Pats

[Patsy Stone]

82. Where else? :)

:hi: Sharon!

[bleever]

88. Hey Pats. Didn't Keef zoom in on Miami last night when talking

about Google Earth?

And how is ya?

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

90. Did he?

Oh! But RICK SANCHEZ! He is sooo Miami!

I'm alright, a little bored.

[Berry Cool]

135. Speaking of baseball,

the other night, did anyone notice Keith saying that nowadays he can only get out to the ballpark once or twice a WEEK??

:rofl: Yeah, working's a bitch, isn't it Keith? :rofl: You're so deprived!

[Patsy Stone]

141. Yes. I caught that.

Poor man... :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

70. Hey, Crispi

Keith wants to hear your "I quit" stories. Did you post your story yet? (the first week is the hardest, or so I'm told)

[crispini]

72. Not yet -- maybe I'll send it in Monday

when it's been a week.

All of this footage of smoking is making me want another one.:P

[WolverineDG]

113. NO YOU DON'T WANT ANOTHER ONE

STOP IT RIGHT NOW!!! I'm working on something about my dad & how he died & after I'm done, you'll NEVER want another damn ciggie.

dg

[Clark2008]

186. I doubt that.

I craved them the whole time I was pregnant.

I am an intelligent woman. I know the risks.

However, I still just don't have the urge to quit just yet. I suppose it has to come from within and, in all honesty, I'd rather smoke than get overweight right now, which I know will happen if I quit. Sadly.

[WolverineDG]

191. there's a cure for being overweight

and believe me, if i can lose 50 lbs, so can you. but you are right, it does have to come from within. everyone needs that "i'm not putting up with this shit anymore" moment before doing anything.

but think about this: think about what your son is going to think & feel when he sees you weak in a hospital bed, hooked up to a bajillion machines and notices that your hands, the hands that have guided him, taught him, loved him, those strong hands he came to rely on for so much, are so weak they can barely squeeze his hand. i can't even begin to describe the loneliness & abandonment i felt at that point & i was an adult when he died.

because that's what happened to me when i saw my dad for the last time. and he noticed that i noticed & from that point on, it was a downhill ride for him because he felt that he let me down.

dg

[Clark2008]

192. But all children should be adults when their parents die

Um... you're not convincing me.

See. I think we all have to die of something.

I don't want to live to 100.

[WolverineDG]

196. Yes we all have to die of something

but we shouldn't have to die of something we could have prevented by not smoking. What happened to my dad at the end of his life was pure torture. Thank God he had a DNR because my idiot sister-in-law was blathering on about keeping him going at all costs. For the last year of his life, my dad spent at least 2 to 3 weeks EACH MONTH in the hospital because of all his problems. You know, most people only get that one phone call in the middle of the night....My brothers & I got 13. After the 5th, I started pleading with God to show mercy on him & take him now.

He had bruises all up & down his arms (side effects of some drug he was taking), his skin was paper-thin & fragile, his hand-writing damn near unrecognizable. He couldn't talk because he had a tube shoved down his throat & the nurses ignored his notes to check on how his stocks were doing until I told them he had been brought up dirt-poor & was worried about leaving my step-mother with nothing.

To see my dad go from someone who had a vibrant, active life to a shell in a bed being kept alive by this drug & that drug & a machine for this & a machine for that was really hard to take, even if I was an adult when it happened. Trust me, if you love your son, you won't want him to go through this. Stop being selfish & making the ciggies your #1 priority & just quit.

dg

[DemReadingDU]

197. Do you want to look like a prune?

see post 190

[Berry Cool]

201. Wolfie is right. Sad, but right.

I cannot tell you how many times I have heard people rationalize their smoking with "Well, we all gotta die of something." But do you, necessarily, have to die of something slow and torturous while those who love you look on helplessly, wishing there was something they could do and knowing there is nothing? And do you have to do it at a relatively young age, like when you are 40, 50 or 60, vs. 80 or 90?

Sure, people can end up dying slow and torturous deaths for other reasons. But then at least they and their loved ones know nothing could have been done to prevent it.

It comes down to one big question, and you probably don't like hearing it phrased this way, but it's true: you have to ask yourself which you love more--your son, or the sticks. Face it, you don't love the sticks. They are just an addiction. And addiction is slavery. And none of us would come out in favor of slavery. And it's not even slavery to a person--it's slavery to a THING.

What you need is to stick a picture of your son on that cigarette pack so you see his face every time you reach for one. Might make you think.

No one says addictions are easy to break. So get help. It will be worth it.

[Berry Cool]

137. Hang tough, crispi!

You're doing so well! Think of how proud Keefers would be for you!

[Clark2008]

73. I know all this: so, how come I don't want to quit?

Seriously, is it a mental block?

I remember when I quit when I was preggers and I could smell better, had fewer sinus attacks and I SMELLED better (LOL), but I'm just not ready.

:grr: at myself.

[RevCheesehead]

77. maybe you can get pregnant again?

Go ahead and spank me - Sparky's not here. :P

[Clark2008]

105. LMAO!!

:spank:

I wouldn't mind it, mind you. Just not NOW.

[RevCheesehead]

110. For some reason, I see another little one in your future.

Is the BF around tonight? Is he laughing? :)

[Clark2008]

142. No. B/F is with friends and has to work in the morn.

I am cleaning. Friday night is cleaning night, so I don't have to do it all weekend.

Sometimes we hang on Fridays, but mostly, that's the night away from one another. He was here all last night, though.

[RevCheesehead]

145. Hey Clark - even GOD needed a day of rest!

I am so thrilled this relationship is blossoming for you.

[Berry Cool]

173. Seriously, it's pretty cool.

Maybe the BF can help you quit. Or at the very least give you something else to do with your mouth. :-)

[Clark2008]

185. B/F smokes, too.

ALTHOUGH...

He did make me switch to lights.

I was smoking regulars.

And, he fussed at me Saturday because I bought mediums to go out drinking with him and my buds (gotta have something stronger when I drink, which, ironically, is how I got started.)

[Berry Cool]

203. Hm, this makes it tougher.

It would be a lot easier if he didn't smoke and really wanted you to quit.

I don't think there is all that much difference between lights, mediums and regulars. They are just marketing ploys to convince yourself you are not doing yourself as much damage. Who wants to be a sucker for the tobacco companies?

I think one of your problems is, as Keith said, you associate certain actions in your day or life with smoking. Like, when you drink, you have to smoke. You have to break that association and think that every time you have a drink, you must smoke. You don't.

[bleever]

172. The operative work in the last sentence being "all".

:7

[Clark2008]

182. Yes, "all."

And, we curled up and slept and that's "all" we did.

(I won't say that's the norm, but, last night, we were wiped out!)

[gkhouston]

207. spank me, too

'cause I think you're going to marry him, Clark, and you just might want another baby. You planning on quitting cold turkey five minutes before you get knocked up? If you don't feel ready to say you're completely quitting now, try shifting your nicotine dependence to the gum. At least your lungs will catch a break and you won't be getting the tars and other shit that's in tobacco. Since you chew every now and then for a nicotine "hit" and leave the gum parked a lot of the time, you might find yourself gradually chewing less and less often... perhaps eventually substituting regular gum for the nicotine stuff some of the time. If you don't feel ready for the big huge step, try a little one... and then another... and another. Perhaps doing it by increments is the solution for you. And if Gavin's really serious about you cutting back, then he can get his butt out of the river Nile and join you.

[crispini]

84. you're ready when you're ready

that's pretty much it.... :hi: sounds like things are going well! :thumbsup:

[Clark2008]

78. I love it that Keith loves Monty Python!

AND - he played Squeeze last night. My heart was a-thumpin'!

[crispini]

80. LOL... sushi at the aquarium!

why not? sounds like a match to me! :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

83. I got a little worried at that Python reference...

You know...the guy in the restaurant. Damn - what was his name?

[crispini]

86. m. le creosote?

something like that?

[RevCheesehead]

87. OK - Mr. Creosote. (graphic warning)

[bleever]

94. Damn! He SAID it was "wafer thin"!

:rofl:

[Clark2008]

117. Ewwwww..

But :rofl:

[crispini]

89. Hey, are they not doing the weekly top five anymore?

I feel the need to make a joke about sausages in mouths. :evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

99. Be my guest.

Did you see the post in GD about Rita Cosby's enormous lips? :)

link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4333136

[Berry Cool]

139. Go right ahead.

And no, they're not doing the weekly top five anymore.

Note how few people missed it...:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

91. You know, I kinda like this "Great Moments in TV"

Countdown Classics?

[crispini]

93. The lotto ball thing was adorable!

He was sooooooo cute!

[SharonRB]

98. That was great!

Much better than the Top 5, which he hasn't done in a while. Of course, the last two Fridays he wasn't even on.

[Berry Cool]

140. That was the most hilarious shot of him!

Damn, I wish I'd started watching Countdown sooner!

Like, when Keith's hair was still black! :rofl:

[Muffstser]

92. The ping pong balls! HILARIOUS!

That's a keeper for the video reel. His look is priceless!

[RevCheesehead]

101. Reminds me of Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Moose.

Except without the moose.

[Berry Cool]

143. It's another KOEB Vulcan mind-meld.

I was about to say the same thing.

Now we just need a Bunny Rabbit to steal Keith's carrots.

[RevCheesehead]

147. well, sometimes we have a bunny planet.

[Berry Cool]

178. I only realized after I posted the above comment

that it would have been a lot dirtier if I had referred to abovenamed vegetables in the singular.

[Patsy Stone]

95. Missing White People on Rita. Blecccch. n/t

[WolverineDG]

102. I almost choked

when they showed the Jackie Stallone segment.... :spray:

all that was missing was a fresnel crashing to the ground & the sound of a hubcap rolling through the studio..... :rofl:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

121. You can't help but laugh

when you see her anyway. :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

146. That was a frightening segment!

What the heck was going on THERE????

The windshield washer was hysterical. Poor Chris Jansing, having to try to keep her composure when not only is the scene before her funny, but she can hear everyone else in the studio laughing their a**es off. It's so contagious.

[Clark2008]

151. OMG!!!! I forgot to tell the REALLY BIG NEWS!!!

Ramzey lost his first tooth last night!

AND, he got a gold Sacagawea dollar from the Tooth Fairy.

[RevCheesehead]

156. Congrats to Ramzey.

The most I ever got from the Tooth Fairy was a quarter. :(

[WolverineDG]

163. wow

we must have had the same cheap tooth fairy, rev.

she must have a better union contract now......

dg

[Clark2008]

188. Inflation.

:)

[SharonRB]

157. He's growing up, Clark.

Before you know it, he'll be asking for the car keys.

[Clark2008]

164. Heck, he's already only a half foot shorter than me

and weighs almost exactly half what I do.

Man-oh-man-oh-man-oh-man.

[Clark2008]

189. P.S.

AND, I can wear his sandals. Not his tennis shoes, because my foot is just a smidge wider and a smidge longer, but I can actually get my foot in his sandals without effort...

:eyes:

My son is going to outweigh and be taller than me in two or three years. I just know it.

[Berry Cool]

180. Yeah!

To the Cooper! :-)

[Berry Cool]

179. Isn't that cool?

Congrats to him! Tell him to spend it so some actually get into the system :-)

[Clark2008]

187. LOL! No!

I got the cha-ching because he WON'T spend that. I'm trying to teach him to be thrifty.

:)

[Berry Cool]

204. Ah, so now when he grows up all he needs is to find a job

that pays him in "Sackies"...

[DemReadingDU]

190. Hi all!

Don't get to posting much, but I loved the countdown classics!

Purple is the 'in' color for clothes for 'Red Hat' ladies. Perhaps you've seen a group of women out having fun, all wearing purple clothes and a Red Hat! The women are older than 50, but younger women can be seen wearing lavender clothes and a pink hat!

And this leads me to an observation. For older Red Hat ladies in their 60's and 70's, I have observed that those with the smoothest skin have never smoked. Those who smoked in their younger days all have tons of wrinkles.

If there is one thing that may help a person to stop smoking, ask yourself if when you are older, if you want a face looking like a prune. Even Oprah had a doctor on her show who said smoking caused wrinkles. So whatever it's worth, that's my soapbox, now I'm off.

Goodnight all.

[Berry Cool]

205. I have never smoked

and I am not going to lie and say I look like a Playboy centerfold because I don't, but I do think I look younger than some other people my age because I don't have the smoking wrinkles.

If you want a prime example of what dissipated living does to you, look at Keith Richards...now there's a guy who has done every bad thing to his body that you can possibly do. Sure, he's still alive and kicking, and for all we know, he could just have good genes and live to be 100. But he looks like the living dead. And he has for a long time now.

[CC]

193. A quick hello to all

before melting into sleep. Worked on the deck again today only it was 100 degrees and do not want to know the dew point. Back at it tomorrow with the hub then Sunday on my own working on it because he goes back to work. While we work out in the heat the ferrets are conspiring, trying to raid the treat drawer get into the closet, having secret meetings to figure out ways to escape and thinking about a coup de tate. The cats and dogs are laying about doing as little as possible and staying as close to the AC registers as possible.

Loved the bingo balls and watching Keith try so hard not to laugh until he was rolling.

Hey Clark, best part of the bf offering to buy you a mini after his truck is paid off is that he plans on still being there in two years. :woohoo: On gift shopping for him, just start looking now for BoSox stuff and if you see something you think he would like and you can afford grab it. I got my mom a Jim Palmer autographed rookie card a couple years ago for a whole $15.00, she is and always has been a Palmer fan. Also, when a friend of hers that was as much an Orioles fan as she was moved to CO she bought an Orioles poster, sent it to O's headquarters and ask if they would have the whole team autograph it. She did explain what it was for and sent a paid postage stamp. It took about 2 months but they did it, added a nice letter to the friend and mailed it back to my mom. She said it might of cost her all of $10.00 but was priceless to her friend. Worth a try with the BoSox, would be unique and bf would never expect it. (unless you let him read this.)

Rev, welcome to high speed internet. You'll love it. Time to go get all those videos clips you haven't bothered with in the past.

Seito, nice to see you back neighbor. Wondered where you went AWOL to. Between you Sparky and others there is now the MKO. (Missing KOEB'ers)



My fav Keith part of the night is on...night all sweet dreams.


Edited for typos but any others get to stay cause I need to get to sleep.

[RevCheesehead]

194. Now I see - it's the eyebrows.

Someone is using a browner pencil on the wooly caterpillars, and it just clashes badly when he wears grey. Brows should match hair. Even Ronald Reagan learned that the hard way (in his first presidential debate, he had jet black hair and grey eyebrows. In the second, he had jet black eyebrows to match.)

Keith, if they're telling you the brown will make your eyes pop out, don't listen to them. You'll end up like our favorite runaway bride.

[Berry Cool]

206. Ah, the connoisseur of makeup speaks!

I never thought of it that way before. Oh, to be a browner pencil that I could walk barefoot through those wooly caterpillars! (faint)

If they're going to care that much about his caterpillars, they should also do a bit of plucking of the stray hairs once in a while, if he'll let them. He has a particularly stubborn little patch of them on the side of his left eye toward the nose that occasionally reads on TV as a nasty zit. Of course, it's just a little hair patch that somehow got set adrift from its caterpillar. But on some nights, it looks like a zit, and I wonder if someone's not hitting it separately with the pencil on those nights--either that, or one of his makeup people knows enough to draw fake hairs between the caterpillar and the patch to connect the two, and others do not.

He *could* have the stray patch plucked. But maybe he doesn't want anyone coming near him with a pair of tweezers. Wax?