Big Top by Rob Harrell for May 21, 2009

First to post! French toast with your choice of syrup, seafood omelets, coffee, milk, orange & cranberry juice! Come & get it!

Hey JFri, I’ll have a seafood omelet, my good man and of course….coffee.

Poor Dusty. I know how he feels. I too have been a bar rag.

At least he was a good looking bar rag.

He was a bar rag with style…. Hiya keedz, how’s everyone?

JFri: I” have french toast and cranberry juice.

DOCT: 1 ex-wife turned into 3?

I welcomed you back earlier at another post, but here I can be more expansive marg. I was thinking that you might be gone through your birthday. What happened? Did you go broke at the blackjack tables?

Why hello Marg! Glad to have you back. Would love to stay and chat, but I am exhausted, and must be off to bed. Good night all.

Anybody here but cleokaya the bar rag?

marg you’re baaaack!! Did you win lots of money? What do you think of the changes? French toast & cranberry juice comin’ right up! CLEO, here’s your omelet & coffee!

Are you still here JFri? I still am working my way through my list of toons and visit this site after every 10. Have you gone to bed or are you still on the prowl?

Hate the changes. We only went for two days. Truthfully, we’re not big gamblers, but enjoy eating good food, so we went to the buffet at Wynn the first night, and the buffet at Belagio last night. The buffet at Wynn wins hands down, wonderful food. We also window shopped at at all the Forum Shops, and have our Rolexes, and my diamond earrings, all picked out.

The new bridge that they’re building at Hoover dam is amazing.

Thanks JFri, Cleo, and JohnnyDoc for the nice welcome back. :-) I did go to bed much earlier without a computer around. ;-)

Yes, doctortoon has been cutting quite a swath through the female populaton.

Cleo: I guess so.

Guys, I bid you goodnight. I’m tired out from the travel. Sleep well.

Yeah, cleo, still here. Just cruisin’ the comics!

Well JFri, what do you say, shall we head out and seek some knockers, or sit at my place, in front of the fire, with no prospects and no risks.

Hmmmmm, tough choice! Let’s see……KNOCKERS!!!

People if you haven’t been to Frog Applause yet you really need to go look! ROFLMAO!!

AAAAAARRRRRRR, I go on a drunk fer one day and look what they done to me home!! Next thing ye know they’ll be inventin’ smokeless powder & brass cartridges! Joy, me darlin’, are ye ready to sail on?

First run down Memory Lane for the day: Power Of Love by Hughie Lewis & The News; Kind Of A Hush, A Must To Avoid, Silhouettes, I’m Into Something Good & Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat by Herman’s Hermits: You Baby, Happy Together & She’d Rather Be With Me by the Turtles!

No thanks, commic, I’ll stay on dry land! Hi everyone! Went to bed at 10:08 p.m. (Eastern) after watching the season 8 finale of “American Idol” last night. After just five hours of sleep, I’m back up again. How’s everybody? Cleo, Doc, Marg, Commic?

Good morning and Happy Thursday!! It’s almost time for the long weekend, I’ve been waiting for.

It seems like they got bold and italics working again (let’s see if this works - it didn’t, but I’ll go back and read the instructions this evening)

cleo looking at today’s strip, I think we solved the problem of whose underwear you found the other day.

Welcome back marg!!

Morning Doc.

I’m ok with the new site. I do miss the last comment preview at the top. Now I have to scroll down to see if there is something new.

Guess I have to get ready for work. We’ll see what things look like later.

@DrToon the powers that be goes by the name of Kenny Saunders http://www.gocomics.com/people/index/43508 and was making quite a few comments about the new look yesterday (5/20/2009) both here http://www.gocomics.com/bigtop/2009/05/20 (page 6) and over at Pibgorn http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/05/20 (page 3).

also look at the whats new page. http://www.gocomics.com/help/tour

LOL! Dusty looks so silly in the last panel! Poor little guy!

How do you favorite?

Mornin’ all! What do you think marg? How was Vegas?

JFri and Cleo Just what do you mean by KNOCKERS?

Not what I think, I hope!

King Rat, Yes I saw Kenny at both places and Eric here as well. Our two strips must keep them hopping! LOL

Morning Tribe! Please stop the rain! Joy, I’m going nutty over here. Dusty looks so cute dancing in the first panel! Marg, Welcome Back!

Morning TRIBE! I thought I’d pop in for just a bit to see how our late shift reacted to the changes, and if there were any new improvements. Gotta run to the store (20 miles away!) to get some milk, so my kids can have some for breakfast. I could get it closer, but my dear hubby insists we get a certain brand because it is better quality (Braums - a regional restaurant/grocery store). And the closest Braums is about 20 miles away. Another day of school, so I’ll be around to check in every so often. Anyone want some breakfast from Braums? They have very good biscuits & gravy, cinnamon rolls, etc.

JOY & CARMY - whereabouts in FL are you? My in-laws live near Orlando, and I’ve got friends near Miami.

Good morning again tribe. It’s a gray day here in Georgia’s state capital. While joy get the canoe off the roof, let me explain exactly about where I am: Technically, I not in Metero Atlanta, I’m on the outskirts, just south of it. I live between two of the townships in Clayton County: Jonesboro and the peaceful little haven of Lovejoy, GA. As for someone mentioning I took a trip to Fayettville, N.C., WRONG! I went over to Fayettville, GA. just west of Jonesboro over in (where else?) Fayette County. I’ve never been to Fayettville , N.C. That’s too long a ride. Besides, with the economy like it is, I’m glad I don’t have spend all that money and gas traveling, despite the holiday weekend that’s coming up.

Good morning everyone. . Got down below freezing last night, but today looks much better. . I’ve been plagued by earworm songs lately, I walk up to find the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah running through my head, then it switched to the old kid’s song of “Down by the station, early in the morning, see the little pufabillies all in a row…” Now, after reading Joy and Carmy’s posts, I have “Oh no, don’t let the rain come in…”

I’m disappointed, nobody appears to have caught on to my pun in yesterday’s Eek. Was I reaching too far?

Josh, I was questioning if you had gone to Fayetteville, NC because I lived there for 5 years.

Morning everyone and I am in a great mood because I have woken up to sunshine. Yee Haw!!! Dry, both JFri and I are collectors of antique door knockers. I thought that we could make a late night visit to various stores in the old town section. I, myself, found a lovely glass knocker that reminded me of my childhood. JFri himself, he found an absolutely stellar pair of knockers that he just couldn’t keep his hands off, so he brought them home. Why?!? What did you think that we were talking about?

ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY IN PA. Supposed to go up to 86, no clouds just a beautiful blue sky! Eat your hearts out people!!!

Whose that handsome man in the avatar? ;-)

I was looking at your handsome mug in your avatar doctortoon and I thought that I might be seeing an orange tabby cat sitting on your shoulder, but upon closer inspection I discovered it is just the background between you and the plant.

Hi everyone. Doct, you’re welcome. It looks like a fair exchange. For the first time in days it is sunny and much warmer here, although I noticed there was still frost on the car. Not the pumpkins yet, though. As for the new site, I guess I’m getting used to it even if I don’t like change. I wish there was a way to just jump ahead to the new posts after I leave for a bit. I spend too much time rereading some just to find where I left off. Well I guess I’ll get off my soapbox for now.

No hard feelings, Dry. I’ve been in Altanta for 5 years myself. I’m originally from Georgia’s first city, Savannah.

One change that I like is being able to jump to the next toon with just one click after making a post.

Wow, the comments here are growing very fast!!

Doc, Satchel is the handsome one, Bucky is the bad a^^ :-D, but I was referring to you! :-) (and you knew it LOL)

Boy that guy sounds like a stalker! I wonder if this new site will take care of nut jobs like that?

Joy did you get your paper off the roof?

I can’t find my everyday collection and I forget how I found it yesterday! Help!

DRY, click on HOME in the upper left corner on this page. From there you can access your collection. DOC, nice photo!

Ah carmy, each time I look at your avatar I think of the good times I had down in southern Texas.

cleo, a certain part of the upper body of a female! LOL

Good morning Tribe. Glad you are back marg and didn’t go broke. Wish I could show people where the GOOD buffets are. They are not on the strip where you have to pay an arm and a leg. Hope my puter will not self destruct when I post this comment.LOL

JOY - That’s one part of FL I don’t think I’ve been in. Our friends used to live near Pensacola, and my in-laws used to live in Ft. Myers. We traveled along the east coast from the Keys to Melbourne, but I don’t think I’ve been further north on the east coast. Florida has its attractions, but it seems like whenever I go, a cold spell welcomes me.

Dry, could you be referring to bazookas, hooters and tatas? LOL

Dry, could you be referring to bazookas, hooters and tatas? LOL

Mornin’ all! OK so someone let the earworms & rain out…Rainy Days & Mondays;, Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head; Monday, Monday;

Now it’s getting better: California Dreamin’; Sunshine on My Shoulders, Don’t Let the Sun Go Down…

Back to surfin’. Have a sunny day, all!

Mornin’ all, I am with you Marg, I hate the changes, it will take some getting used to. I am off to the salon today, getting ready for my trip to Chicago to see the kid!

doctortoon, the last few days it has been organic fuji apples, oranges, bananas and strawberries. Oh and some blueberries and raspberries left over from our crop last year.

“Hello, I Love You” by the Doors & “Shape Of Things” by the Yardbirds.

cleo how do you jump from one comic to the next, or do you read all of them?

Doc, melons? Come on! You can do better than that LOL

Cleo sure likes talking about bazookas, hooters, etc. He SAID IT TWICE!! LOL We heard you the first time!

Dry good things bare repeating. LOL

Dry says: cleo how do you jump from one comic to the next, or do you read all of them?

I’m not sure if I am understanding your question as you mean it, but no, I read just over 50 of the comics at gocomics. And, since yesterday, they are arranged in the order of my collection at the top of each comic page. When I finish the comic I am on I just click the next comic avatar. Is that what you meant?

Joy here it is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXrJF-w-htw

Hello I love you? BWWAAAHHHH! Thanks for sticking that song in my head!

Be afraid Cleo, be very afraid! I’m coming after you pal! LOL

Morning Tribe! It’s 11:30a.m. here, so I imagine most of you are out, but if you’re still around JFri, I’d love some French toast with either maple or whatever syrup you recommend., oh, and do you have juice?

Joy: Is that lighthouse to help you find your way home? Gee, you’re right, careful what you wish/pray for, you just may get it!

Welcome back carmy: Sounds like you had a great trip.

RRamom: You’re running 20 miles this morning? How do you do it? I’d be all tired out, especially carrying everything home. LOL

DoctorToon: Like your new avatar. Aren’t you afraid of attracting more stalkers now? ;~)

cleokaya and JFri: Reminds me of a British friend who told me that he had to learn not to say, “Would you like me to KNOCK YOU UP in the morning? LOL It means to wake you up by knocking on the door in Britain.

I think Joy topped the KNOCKERS story!

Hey Dry, you’re welcome.

cleo try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qw4YRK7CY

shika French toast awaiting you with maple syrup & your choice of orange or cranberry juice.

Sorry doctortoon, it completely sailed over my empty morning brain. Thanks for not taking advantage of bananas. LOL

cleo, yes I believe so. I have my daily collection with 50 some, if I comment I have to hit back twice to get back to my collection, which is cumbersome, I thought that would be one of the things they would fix. I didn’t notice a next, will look again when I go back

Hey Dry- depends on whether you know what “knocked up” means here. But I must admit the Joy’s account of that song is hilarious! Thank Joy LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AzpByR3MvI

JFri, thanks for the link. It made me remember another classic “Get Me To The World On Time” by The Electric Prunes.

AAAARRRRRR, Dry click on yonder A-Z navigation ta th’ right side o’ the screen!

Dry, one of the improvements of this new format is when I make a comment the comic comes back with my place in my collection intact. All I have to do is click on the next comic avatar and it advances me to the next comic as if I hadn’t made a comment. That is a big improvement over the old format.

Cleo, Bananas? Oh lord, HERE WE GO AGAIN!!! :-D

Good clip JFri!

Anyone figure out a SIMPLE way to bold?

Aw shucks Doc T. Don’t be so hard on yourself. You could always put a towel over the mirror! lol

JFri: cranberry juice please. Any coffee? I have some fruit here, but I doubt that cleo would find any of it APPEALING!

What king of melon Doc, watermelon or honey dew?

Dry the way I am now bolding is a bit of a pain, but I make my comment and post it. Then I hit edit and do like we used to do, I hit asterisk twice in front of what I want bold and then twice again afterwards.

I’m with ya dry- I still haven’t figured out the OLD way to bold. I told someone I was not PC savvy. I have Vista, btw, if that makes any difference.

commicaddict I’ll still sail with you if you promise not to sing. LOL

DCguys: If you like surfing, why don’t we have a surfer party. Ready? here comes a big WAVE. Everyone get their surf boards ready, and let’s go!

AYE, shika we have some mighty fine coffee fer ye!!! PIRATE coffee!!!! AAAAARRRRRRRR

Hey, did anyone notice the pun in today’s strip? Dusty as a dust mop! Poor Dusty, He looks wiped out! LOL

Wow, there are a lot of posts on here. I read a couple, but I got more to do. Doc: Bating trollers kinda set you up for that one, but still all his knowledge about you would freak me out. Joy and Carmy: Good luck with the yucky and extreme weather.

AAAARRRRRR, cleo, no promises, me lad!

Thanks commica, I’ll bet it’s made with the best coffee beans in the world! And a splash of rum- although not this time, I’m going around the comic strip mall now. See you guys soon. Make that coffee to go please. ;~)

shika, ye done discovered the secret of me coffee!! Ta go, it is!

All that arow does is take me to the A-Z list of ALL the comics! That doesn’t help any, I have a whole daily collection to read and I still have to do it the old way when I Post.

Kenny, Eric where are you today?

An Amish farmer walking through his field notices a man drinking from his pond, with his hand.

The Amish man shouts: “Trinken Sie nicht das Wasser, die Kuhe und die Schweine haben in ihm geschissen!” (which means: “Don’t drink the water. The cows and pigs have crapped in it!)”

The man shouts back: “I am a lawyer. I don’t understand, nor do I care to understand your gibberish. Speak Englishl!”

The Amish man shouts back in English: “Use two hands, you’ll get more!”

JFri: Good one! :-)

Hello! I’ve been busy cleaning and washing. I caught up on all the comments. You all are getting a bit WILD! Glad you’re having fun. Now, I have to go pick up Bekah for her speech therapy and go get my “booster” shot from chemo. I’ll be back later this afternoon. I saw the SUN! It came out for a few minutes.

Joy & Carmy Just for You! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZtQh5EIgWQ Turn up the volume!!!

Well I’m listening to Retro Cafe (a noon radio show) and here’s another song from the past “One Night in Bangkok”!

Dry,don’t you have a list of avatars at the top of your gocomics page displaying, in order, your comic collection? If not, go to the upper right hand corner and click on home. That should take you to your profile page and you should be able to click on your comics there. Once you do they will be displayed at the top of each comic page you read.

Hey, Joy, THAT song gets me through our LONG dreary, RAINY winters!!!

cleo: I second that1 I don’t find this new way too bad, except for the glaring white screen! Eric, anyone listening?

Still can’t bold, old or new way. But I’ll try your way cleo.

JFri do you have Sirius radio? If so there is a station that I think that you would enjoy. It is called Deep Tracks and plays cuts of my favorite acts, often obscure songs that I haven’t heard and also interesting duets.

Hi everyone.Thanks for the coffee commica. That hit the spot while visiting my collection. Caarmy and anyone- oh yeah, Doc.Toon: cleo’s right, just click on the avatars at the top of your home page. Works like a charm, and it is easier to make comments now.

JFri: ROf LOL with your lawyer/Amish joke. I suppose the lawyer will sue that farmer for getting him sick!

cleo I HAVE NO SET OF AVATARS. HAVE TO HIT HOME TO GET MY COLLECTION, AND IF I COMMENT, I HAVE TO HIT BACK 2X TO GET BACK TO MY COMIC PAGE!

AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE THERE IS A NAVIGATION TAB THAT JUST GOES THRU EVERY STRIP IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. and there’s other issues.

KENNY, ERIC, NEW PERSON TODAY anybody listening?

Drystyha: That’s no fair. Your page should work like everyone elses. I’m going to picket for you.

NOFAIR NOFAIR NOFAIR Drystha’s got no avatars–NO*FAIR!

There, that should do it!

Hey, Joy, THAT song gets me through our LONG dreary, RAINY winters!!!

Golly. I just found out how to do italics- by mistake!

NOFAIR (edit) NOFAIR.

Ya had to be there LOL

cleo, yes I do have Sirius and I listen to Deep Tracks a LOT!!

What the? My asterisks keep disappearing when I ost.

See what I mean?

Dry when you are at your homepage does it list the name or names of your comic list? If not, maybe during the change your list might have been lost. JUST A THOUGHT. If you see the name of your comic list click on that. If you don’t , try setting the comics you read back into a collection. Sorry, wish I could be more help. Try emailing gocomics if that doesn’t work.

JOY - We try to stay away from the tourist attractions for the most part. It is great to visit friends or family from an area, and let them be the one to suggest places to see. Never been to a Disney park - never care to go. Not into the bar scene, either. When my sister lived near NYC, it was great having someone familiar with the area as our tour guide. Same thing with Florida. When we visit my in-laws, they’re not much help, since they pretty much just stay in their retirement community. However, visiting our friends is a lot better. He’s a FHP, working in the Keys, so they know where to go - and where NOT to go. It is always great to visit them, because we all get along just fine (including the kids!)

DAAAAAHH Strip:

What else ya gon’ do wid uh dip…….

Looks like someone mopped the floor w/him.

SHIKAMOO - I don’t run anymore - too hard on my knees. A brisk walk is about all I’m able to do. But 20 miles? Not hardly, especially with 3 gallons of milk. I don’t know why we don’t say “drive to town”, but we say either “run” or “go”.

Hey risitas, DAAAAAAH sTrip! I gather you’re telling us we tlak to much, but I know you hang out at Pibgorn! Explain the difference please, and don’t tell me you only discuss the strip cuz I know better! :-D

RRAmom: I was pulling your leg there! I knew what you meant. I think a gallon of milk would be cottage cheese after a 20 mile run in a back pack. And your back would hurt too!

Sometimes we say, “take a run” to the store, but that doesn’t make any more sense. I think we don’t like to say drive to the store for some reason.

Best concert I ever went to was Chuck Berry, sooooooo, Johnny B Goode anyone? CCR with Bad Moon Rising & Up Around The Bend.

Joy don’t know if you caught my post yesterday but I love the Keys and spent a week SCUBA diving out of Islamarada! And you don’t want to compare rainy nights! We start getting rain in October and it goes pretty much until the middle of June!

Oregon Annual Rain Festival January 1st through December 31st! Oregonians don’t tan in the summer….they RUST! Last year 10,000 Oregonians fell off their bikes…and drowned!! Every time the sun comes out in Oregon the Air Force gets 50,000 reports of a UFO sighting! Need I continue???

JFri, The Marshall Tucker Band is going to be playing about 60 miles away from me next month!

Joy, risitas is alright. I was yanking with him, that’s why I put the happy face at the end! Pibgorn does the same thing we do, “yakky yak, don’t talk back!”

Joy Good memory!! Aaaaaand here it is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPMZqCTFMcI

Dry now that is cool! Are you going? A LOT of good music came out of PA!!

Dry that’s Yakity Yak, Don’t Talk Back!! http://www.youtube.com/results?searchtype=&searchquery=yakety+yak&aq=1s&oq=Yakity

Welcome back tabbylynn: I had to read yesterdays posts to see you were back! It’s good to see you. Like our new “tent” better today? Apart from the WHITE BACKGROUND- BRING YOUR SUNGLASSES, it’s not bad. anyways, how was your trip?

JFri, that’s Yakkity yak, Don’t talk back!

Sealed with a Kiss.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

JFri, I’d like to go but don’t know if I’ll be able to! And now you’re an english teacher or what, correcting my spelling? :-D

BBL

http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/kayesammy.shtml dry- here’s some misheard lyrics for your song!

http://aps.naples.net/community/NFNWebpages/storyboard.cfm?StoryBoardNum=234&PageNum=80

Another one

Joy I’ll TAKE that bet…what do I win??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCItLk4z3OA&feature=PlayList&p=6F7AC4E1BA11149B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=11 and this is in honor of your day yesterday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yRdDnrB5kM

Whoa!!! Check THIS out! Johnny B. Goode done 100% at Expert level on Guitar Hero! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY4s-lSlsfw&NR=1

Hey JFri, I got one. Hello Goodbye, actually two. Reach Out, I’ll Be There, a shout out to my town, that’s Motown.

Nice jdoc!! Looks like your Dead Wings are going to the Stanley Cup!!

JFri I just read your joke about the Amish farmer. It is a good one.

JFri, I will overlook the insult, because you are right.

Anyways, it is a gorgeous day here, so I think I might head out for a walk pretty soon. BBL.

Thanks, serena!

Beach Baby - Beach Boys She Came in Through the Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker Lady - Styx

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Beach Baby - Beach Boys She Came in Through the Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker Lady - Styx

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Shikamoo - I did realize you were kidding! Milk would spoil, so I didn’t think you misunderstood me. It is interesting to see all the different terms people speaking English use that vary from one place to another.

JOY - I think it was RAD that told us that secret.

Joy, what did I win on our bet??? OK, don’t ask about the Three Little Fishes but…….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McSm0iBKkYM

docT I’m cooking Johnsonville brats with diced potatoes (and peppers for Joy, Dry & Carmy out on the grill! Dig in!

shika, saw your pun at WTP….GOOD ONE!!!!

Joy, very good! Now you know my “secret” source!!

Joy and a fine prize it is! Food coming right up! Got the beer but may I suggest a Mighty Arrow? Hey, that pirate isn’t going to come after me, is he?

Hey TRIBE! Why don’t we all use the contact form - http://gocomics.com/contact/ and tell them we don’t like all the white. (And any other changes you want to see.)

Joy that is, indeed, how you do it! Now you don’t need me anymore :-(

Avast ye swabs!!! “Twern’t th’ Black Raven that went to Davy Jones’ Locker!! JFri, ye scurvy dog! Ye best not be messin’ with me darlin” Joy! Especially after yesterday’s show!! AAAARRRRRRRRR!!!!

We are supposed to have company come for dinner tonight, but we haven’t heard from them and they said they would call earlier in the week, so tribe we have Tandoori chicken and my homemade naan . Come on over.

Joy - I have the same problem - it won’t let me edit unless it’s at the bottom of the listing. Can’t edit previous posts it seems. I’ve reported it to Kenny, you might want to do the same. Just use the contact us link below and make it ATTN:Kenny, and list what version of browser you use and whether you’re dialup or broadband.

Doc.: I know you are in dreamland now, but I thought Satipera was your stalker. The funny thing is, he posted right after I complain about the white screen. I thought it was rude to adress you instead of me- but then, that for the best.

Thanks JFri. Sometimes I just opun my mouth and….

Aw JFri, we all need you here. Well, maybe not Joy any more! ;>)

Hey Joy. I’ll try your suggestion. Maybe that’s what happened accidently in my other posts. I hope no one noticed I was using the asterisks BEFORE *posting…LOL*

Oh well. Again with the Italics! Back to cleaning the apartment. It looks like a cyclone hit it! Oh yeah, last night!

Sorry everyone is having problems with this new set up. So far, fingers crossed, I am not.

JOY, you’re going to make me AND that old pirate blush if you’re not careful! (You, too, SHIKA) working from Blackberry & can’t get the bold type!

Sounds great Joy. I’d love to join you.

I guessed that HE was not satipera, but it is amazing how we all bump into each other around the strip sites, I mean comic strips.

Joy, your eyes may be old, but your body must be pretty young to cause so much havoc! LOL

(It’s raison d’etre. Your welcome, mon amie.)

Cleo: If your guests didn’t arrive, let’s do this buffet style and keep Joy company. I have choir practice tonight, and I need lots of energy.

Doc Little DINGHY?? (Snerk)

202== JFri. Don’t blush. Aw! That’s soo cute! We’ll try to behave, won’t we Joy?

Commic, don’t be jealous here. No one would DARE cross you up, Not after seeing the cross bones, brrr. But you make the best coffee, so you can’t be as fearsome as you want us to believe.

Ahoy, me mates, must be pushing of for choir land.

Hey, that bold thingy works but ain’t that a pain the keister?

I guess the 2 hours I’ve been gone we’ve had a jam session goin’ on, huh?

JFri, Marshall Tucker is a Southern band, not PA

Shika buffet style is fine. You folks who were talking about the Florida Keys earlier have gotten me daydreaming about snorkeling out at the 7 mile reef.

Just a quick hello. I’m back from work and thought I would get the night off since Survivor is over. But now So, You Think You can Dance starts tonight. And that’s one show you just can’t listen to.

Doc - I like you avatar. I had to click on it to try and see what kind of cat it was now.

Josh - I’m up in Cobb County - not sure how far away that is, but maybe about an hour.

I’ll try and catch up before the show, but probably will have to wait until tomorrow.

JFri & johnnyd, here are a couple for you. “Pushin’ To Hard” by The Seeds and “Born To Be Wild” & “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf.

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Been a busy day. Carmy, I saw a little Red and Black mini-Cooper in Marshall’s parking lot of “The Woodlands, Texas”. The Texas license plate said CARMY were you in town and didn’t call me?

Cleo, I will have to look up that first one, but I am familiar with Steppenwolf, How about “I’d Wait a Million Years” by the Grassroots.

RAD, I wish I was in Texas and not drowning in FL!

JFri, thanks for the Beatles, Here Comes the Sun. Joy, I was not hallucinating, I really, really saw it.

JFri: I answered you over at ‘Frog Applause’.

DOC: I like your new picture, grey hair looks good on you. Thanks for the explanation, now I can keep your exes straight. ;-) Which ex is your son’s mom?

OUTDOOR REPORT: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It’s raining all over the world, good for the plants, but not so much fun to be out in if you don’t have to be.

Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

:-D

Drystyha said, about a million moons ago:

Hey risitas, DAAAAAAH sTrip! I gather you’re telling us we tlak to much, but I know you hang out at Pibgorn! Explain the difference please, and don’t tell me you only discuss the strip cuz I know better! :-D

Hi Drystyha!!!

Fancy meetin’ a guy like YOU in a place like THIS…….

I have a loooong list of funnies on which I comment every day, as cleverly as the ol’ noodle allows. *BT* just happens to be one of them. The reason I preface my (1/2) witt-icisms here w/a ref to “daaaah strip” is that I know The Tribe is usually - like Pib’s Couch - gonna be chattin’ ‘bout ever’thing BUT the strip, & I don’t wanna interrupt the flow of conversation w/a Random Poke @today’s BT. It’s just politeness taken to its’ logical conclusion.

And, at that time (while going thru ALL the strips in “my collection”), I really don’t want to read 2 or 3 pgs worth o’ comments here b4 posting whatever nutty stuff I could think of typing. So, I drop a ”Drive-by idea” & move on.

Of course, Mancha S de P & Risitas MUST have their peek @ALL the “Fuzzy Wuzzy” strips (w/Grrrranimalz), so BT simply HAS to be in OUR c’llection!

RU sufficiently beffudled, by now, ‘S’???

cleo LOVED the guitar solo on Pushin’ Too Hard & always liked John Kay/Steppenwolf. How about the Raspberries?

DRY: Not sure what you mean.

Risitas, befuddled, NOT AT ALL! I hope you see this! And by the way, I’m a she! LOL

marg, check out today’s Boiling Point.

Johnnyd & JFri, both great suggestions, but to tell you the truth, I had completely forgotten The Raspberries. I was a big fan though of the Grass Roots.

“Going Up to The Country” by Canned Heat. “Communication Breakdown” by Led Zeppelin. “House Of The Rising Sun” by Eric Burden & The Animals.

CLEO, if you liked the Grass Roots you HAD to like the Buckinghams (Kind OF A Drag). And who could forget the Kinks?

cleo, I had a friend from England that I worked with, Norma, she was a lovely person, passed away at age of 41, she married an American Serviceman and moved over here, but before she married Jake, she dated Eric Burden before the Animals became a big hit! She died about 15 years ago and I still miss her and think of her. She once gave me a little tiny stuffed rabbit that still sits on my bed headboard>

Carmy - I was pretty sure that had that been your car, the plates would have said “Florida”.

Eye of the Tiger!

RAD, I still have one of my Texas plates, but it’s not on my van. I had to get FL plates. Actually in FL they only give you one plate for the back.

marg Outdoor Report was short but sweet….about all you had to work with! Nice job! cleo LOVED Going Up In The Country! Livin’ Lovin’ Maid by Led Zep! And what can I sau about The Animals?? Great?? Dry I KNEW Marshall Tucker Band was from the south, I was just sayin’…a lot of good music came either from or through PA!

Dry good tune!!

Carmy how’re ya doin’?

JFri, I am doing okay, thank you for asking. I am a bit tired, I’ll try to get to bed early today. I am very thankful for the upcoming 3 day weekend (I can sleep late!). How are you doing?

Yes, I did like “Kind Of A Drag”. Gosh, there were so many good bands back then. Dry, that was an interesting story. I have a solo CD that Eric Burden put out about a year ago called “Soul Of A Man”.

No one has mentioned 3 Dog Night. I liked “One is the loneliest number”.

carmy, Yes I loved One is the Lonliest Number also. First time I heard it, my mom ,aunt, cousin and I were traveling to Quebec City and Montreal (my aunt’s idea, but mom was a traveler, just ask her to go, and she had her bags packed!!!) Our ultimate destination was Cape Cod because my aunt thought JFK was the greatest thing since canned beer! Everytime I hear that song it brings me back to that road trip!

DRY, since canned beer? That’s funny! How about the Mamas and the Papas? We have a cd of their greatest.

And for the Canucks amongs us, how about Lighthouse: “One Fine Morning” and “Sunny Days”

Oooh I like 3 Dog Night and The Animals. From each band I also like Old Fashioned Love Song and We’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place. Cleo: I could go all night with Led Zeppelin, but I will start with one I am liking right now: Bron-Y-Aur Stomp.

Carmy, another interesting story related to a song! California Dreamin”! When I was 12, my mom and dad bought a piece of land and built a house out in the semi-country. We were living there about 6 months, my mom was an RN. They were calling for a BIG blizzard that day and she was working the 3-11 shift, but she went in to work anyway. By 11PM the snow was about 5 feet deep. Our neighbor, also an RN, was working the same shift as my mom. They could have stayed overnight at the hospital but they didn’t want to, so they took a cab, which could only go as far as the road was plowed, which left about 1/2 mile of unplowed road, so they got out of the cab and hiked it the rest of the way! I had that record and loved it so I played it over and over again that night until my mom got home safe! My dad was freaking out! He kept saying that mom was out of her mind! But like our Joy, my mom had a mind of her own!

cleo, ” KInd of a Drag, when your baby don’t love you, kind of a drag, . . ” haven’t thought of that song in years! Yet another memory song!

DRY, it’s really hard to walk through several feet of snow! Your Mom was determined to get home to you and your Dad. California Dreaming was a great choice to play during a blizzard.

Hi guys. I’m back. I’m afraid I don’t know a lot of the bands you are talking about, but hear I there I recognise a title.

I have a short story about a song. Our cottage on Geogian Bay used to be (still is, but it’s not ours now) across from the light house end of Christain Island. Gord Lightfoot wrote a song called “In The Lee of Christian Island” He was from around that area.

Okay Canucks. Here’s a corny, but fun song. Who remembers “This Land is Our Land” from our 1967 Centennial year?

Dry. Your mom was lucky to survive. People have frozen to death a few feet from home in a blizzard. The worst I’ve been out in a storm was driving to Penetanguishene where in spots we slowed to a crawl and I’d open the car door as we crept forward to tell my friend if we were still on the road. Not fun.

Gee. How do I seem to manage to log on when everyone has left?

Jonnydoc I loved “Just and Old-fashioned Love Song” (Playing on the radio….)

How about “Chapel of Love”?

Its great to share good times, and some sad times too, but nostalga is usually about good time when we were young and carefree. Now we’re not so young, but we can be carefree here, right?

Okay, one more time, I’ll practice my bold talk, I mean type. I emailed the “people who care” about the white back ground. I hope they can do something I like the colour of our dialogue boxes.

Guess I have Italics down pat! LOL

I’ll be back. Going to check out some sites.

DRY, you’re so silly. You don’t have BO. It stopped raining here. However, the forecast says 70% chance of rain tonight and tomorrow. Sigh!

DRY, some areas have flooded. Mostly rural areas. Creeks and such are overflowing. It did not rain very much today so I think some of rain has been absorbed. I’m more afraid of the snakes that will be popping up looking for some dry land. No likey snakes!

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DRYSTYHA. I don’t have to go to sleep to wonder what’s happened. Happens to me all the time! LOL

Doc t: I know where your hot weather went. You had it shipped here, didn’t you? It was about 27degrees, er 90 degrees F. all day. we Canadians don’t complain about the heat- for the first day anyways. But then by the second or third day, we think it’s a heat wave and we’re all going to die. (Not me- I love summer weather, as long as it is sunny.)

Thanks for the stories & memories all. I’m not sayin’ much but I’m around.

@ The Turtles @ Herman’s Hermits @ The Carpenters @ Four Seasons @ Righteous Brothers

Nite all! P&L

Dry- No way I’m younger than you! I worked for 27 years after my undergrad degree, and now I’m back in school, but I’m not young.

I’ll bet you are younger. (No. I still haven’t answered the age! LOL)

dc–The Carpenters! Loved them! Sad about Karen though.

Simon and Garfunkel, or did we mention them?

Another Canuck one (maybe not as popular, she’s not a band)- Anne Murray

Dry, there are gators everywhere. We have a runoff pond behind our house. It looks like a swamp and that’s what WE call it. There was a gator on the other side of it one day. It was a big one too. I went outside to take a photo and it dove into the swamp. I stood there waiting for it to surface and I realized it might pop up on my side, so I got back in my house. A few weeks later we saw a small gator. He ended up going downstream and was caught sunning in one of the neighbors backyard. He got picked up by Animal Control or whatever.

mornin’ Doc, I meangood evening! Did you clean the garage only for the reward tomorrow night? Of course you did! Oh well, you won’t be too stiff, I hope (grin- ya asked for it!)

The Bee Gees.

(Here’s a knee slapper) Tiny Tim: “Tiptoe Throughtthe Tulips”

DOC, I think you look much younger than your age. Maybe it’s from all that Rocky Mountain air.

SHIKA, Tiny Tim? He used to freak me out. Yikes! I do like the Bee Gees, “Lonely Days” is one of my favs.

doc, left you a comment on page 5 , like the second or third comment, what can I say? my mind goes into the gutter sometimes!! LOL

DRY– I went to one of their concerts with a photographer who gave me some of his Pics. If I could only find them somewhere in a box here. Most gals I knew liked Barry, but I though Maurice and Robin were cute.

Doc: Don’t take offense at my kidding. I only kid people who I think can take it.

Dry: Okay, to answer your question, I’m over the half century mark. And you?

@Doc. My condolences. I checked 212 farenheight degrees and see what you mean. Creepy. This fellow’s got serious issues.

Your avatar is super. Glad you posted it.

Doc. That was a typo, right? “Coarse”! LOL talk about Freudian slip! Of course it was!

Your sweety has a really good heart to keep up with you!

Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald!!!

What’s wrong with Tiny Tim? He got married to, to uh, Miss Vicky- and had a kid named Colgate. Or Pepsodent. Or something.

He’s a straight arrow. Too bad his ukele was warped! And his pitch was a mite high. +D

That’s okay Dry. I thought you were a guy. I’m female. Guess I know that and assume everyone else does.

Yes. Barry was the hot one. I guess I’m just looking at the pictures now, and I don’t like beards. This would have been late 70’s or so, and I know that Andy was gone by the time of this concert. What happened again? I knew once, but you know how AAADD creeps in.

Well hey there JFri! Have that song on my cd, true story you know!

Dry–Tiny Tim? Yeah, I know. He WAS a straight arrow, and if you beleive every thing I say, no wonder you don’t know if I’m male or female. I threw in Tiny Tim for a lark! He creeped my out too, in a funny, ha-ha way. I guess our family had a warped sense of humour. Every time he was on Ed Sullivan, we cracked up.

Dry. I wish these posts were in real time. Do you see my answer yet about my gender? We glas have to stick together!

Besides, it’s more fun teasing the men when I’ve got company. Safer too! (ha-ha)

Oh gee Dry. That is so sad. I guess I forgot that. I’ve had some rough time where I don’t pick up on the current news, or maybe it didn’t make a big splash here- wait, you’re Canadian too aren’t you?

doc: Spell check has a sense of humour! I once sent in an essay with this typo: (from a quote in the Bible) the Virgin Mary will BARE a Son, and… should be “will bear a Son”

I told my prof. that he could tell future classes about the baby UN-swaddled, lying in a manger!

Roger Miller - King of the Road, England Swings & Chug-A-Lug! Bee Gee’s - Massachussets!

King of the Road. Brings back memeories. there was a kid in our grade 9 or 10 class who sang it all the time. Come to think of it, it got a little bit ragged around the edges.

Still like it.

Good Night . (tug on ear for her mom- Carol Burnett).

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES (Bob Hope)

Alone Again, Naturally by Gilbert O’Sullivan which I appear to be!

Okay so who is up still? i am just gettin on. i got home form work at 10 and i have a funny story to tell you all tomorrow. lol so what did i miss? i dont have time or am i awake enough to read 6 pages of comments. i think i will skim some of them lol.

dOC why did you change your pic? its not Sat yet? if you talked about it and i missed it, please tell me bc i will never find it.

Hey tabby! You’re up late!

Hey Tabby and JFri, if you are still around. Just caught up on 5+ hours of nostalgia and such.

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Hi JFRI AND JDOC how are you both doing? im off of work tomorrow. i got hurt today and can barely walk more or less work. so i am not going to bed right away. i did just get home not to long ago.

I make it for the end, our dinner guest left earlier than usual. He is a party person. And believe me I have some good storiies, but needless to say I missed the late afternoon and evening comments.

Hey Tabby! I am good. Are you ok? “can barely walk” is never a good sign. A side note: I start work on Tuesday. :)

Hey Cleo, no worries, so did I.

dcguys mentioned The Turtles. I never saw them in concert, but loved them as a group. When they broke up, the two principle members, Flo & Eddie went on to join the Mother’s Of Invention. So I saw them in concert singing with Frank Zappa and it was a really good concert.

i was in the trailer getting some stuff for work. we need to fix the step its to high (not a trailer like a house, but a work trailer taht you pull behind the truck). my foot got stuck and i fell twisted my BAD ankel and burssed the rest of my left knee ( was already brused some what ) also part of my right knee, and my toes are all scuffed up. i landed on concrete. when my ankel twisted it poped and i thought it was broken. lol klutz i know.

how are we highliting?

Hey johnnydoc we arrive for the final curtain. Hail, hail rock and roll.

Yikes, that sounds painful, I shall send some happy thoughts and prayers your way. To highlight things, post your comment, click EDIT COMMENT, and then add your asterisks or underscores and resubmit it. That should work. Cleo, I am a little envious of you, By the time I was able to appreciate concerts, everyone I wanted to see had either retired, broken up or were dead.

Looks like I put everyone to sleep. I guess I should try to do that too. Good night cleo, johnny, tabby, marge, and JFri.

Hope you get better soon tabby. take care.