Big Top by Rob Harrell for March 23, 2010

Good Morning Tribe!

Whatever is in Shika’s fridge is what’s for breakfast. What’s in there? Who knows? I’m sure it’s good and good for you too. Enjoy!

Good Morning/Late Evening Tribe

Added to breakfast……………

Huevos Rancheros Egg omelette with ham and cheese Grits(Akenta) Beans w/cheese Rice Hash browns Bacon Salsa, hot, med or mild Asst juices Doc’s coffee, CocoMocha, Decaf or Reg Coffee.

Enjoy All!

I will add to Carmy’s menu:

Grits Cold Pizza Chocolate Pudding (Laced with Bookers) 2” Ribeye Steaks Eggs, Your Choice Ham, Bacon & Sausage French Toast Pancakes Maple or Chokecherry Syrup Cinnamon Rolls Juice, Your Choice Tea, Your Choice Pirate Coffee Cocoa Mocha

Good morning Tribe

This one got me thinking of fish n’ chips.

OOH! Ribeye rare, pancakes with chokecherry syrup, eggs over medium and Docs coffee. Huevos Rancheros sounds good too.

Good Morning all. It isn’t morning so. In actuality I am still searching for the Booker’s. It has got to be somewhere close to JFri.

Good Morning JFri and Cleo!

Hello Cleo. One order of Huevos Rancheros coming up, sir.

G’Morning, LW18.

Good Evening & Good Morning!

Orange juice!

Good Morning, LuvH8

Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, I gotta annoy you till I die.

Good Morning Lonewolf

Wow! Here at the same time! So, are you off to bed?

Not yet. I’m going to finish most of my toon merry-go-round first. Wolfangil is still getting ready for her trip tomorrow.

Good Morning All!

I still can’t get over the chocolate milk from yesterday!

You didn’t want to go look at quilts too?

Well, it is beddy bye time for me. Good night all.

Good Night Cleo! JFri, it was so kind of you to supplement the breakfast. Thank you!

Good Morning Woodeye

Good Night Cleo.

No thank you on the looking at quilts, LuvH8. lol

I see them everyday here at the house.

Lonewolf You should watch it you’ll get Rmom on your case. Is Wolfangil taking pictures?

Anybody know what is up with YYYGuy? His last post was March 18, on Foxtrot’s Sunday strip.

LuvH8, yes Wolfangil is taking pictures. I’ll post some when she returns.

I talk to Yguy on Facebook fairly often. He’s just busy but is doing fine.

LuvH8, I like the quilts very much, but it’s not something I would travel that far to do. I do support her 100% with her hobby, though!

I am only kidding. I like quilts too, but you would never see me at quilt show. Well, not voluntarily anyway.

Well, I am calling it a night. I’ll catch you in the morning, LuvH8. G’Night .

Good Night Everyone!

P&L ALL

Good Night Lonewolf.

Good Night Everyone

CARMY, LONEWOLF, And JFRI, my cup runneth over.

LUVH8 Again my apologies

Morning TRIBE! Fishing season starts the third Saturday in April. Here fishie, fishie, fishie.I will prove my manhood by using $800 worth of equipment to catch my $3 fish

Good morning and happy tuesday. lonewolf and jfri that you for all the grits.

Good Morning Tribe

Hi Doc, Akenta & Lewreader

Things are looking good, Doc. I’ve got an interview for a new job later this week.

It is 30° right now but going to be 60 and sunny!

Doc, I know what it’s like getting used to those “new” sleep schedules. Lord knows I did it enough times in the Army. LOL

Fish who not swim go with flow. Confusion: Chinese philosopher

Good Morning Yukoneric.

Thanks, Doc. I am actually trying to get the night hours, too. It would work better with what I need to accomplish during the days.

Doc, I know what you’re saying. You too, my friend!

Good Morning!

Good Morning, Tribe Good Morning Cindy, Lonewolf & Doctor Toon

Good Morning Grog.

Doc, you’re right. People don’t think about working nights being the same. Unless your dead tired from lack of sleep, it’s difficult to come home and not relax awhile. AND you’ve got to eat, etc, etc.

Good Morning All!

My wife is feeling sooo much better since she switched to a day job from the midnight shift.

Doc I know what you mean. I like to come home and read my toons first thing. Sometimes I fall asleep in front of the computer but what the hey? I’m not addicted either.

Good morning ((((((((((TRIBE))))))))))) Lonewolf it seems like a long time since I’ve been here when you were too.

Good Morning Tribe. Now that is a good catch phrase.

Good Morning, serenasakitty & Cleo!

Good Morning Doc & Grog. What is your new work schedule Doc?

Good Morning, Serena, cleo & Grog!

Good Morning Serena, DFrog & Cleo.

I’m back! I had to leave in hurry to get Wolfangil to her mother’s house.

Have a good rest, Doc. Hope to catch you later!

Good Morning, JFri Good Night, Doc

Wink wants some fish I guess!

Good morning, tribe.

Good morning, Dry & Saucy

Good morning Saucy and Fellow Baby!

Are you at work today, Grog?

Good Morning Saucy

I’m afraid so. It’s another beautiful day here today and I’m stuck behind these prison walls.

Grog, I’m out in the garage, laptop and all. But I have work I need to get done.

Hello everyone. It’s late morning and its about time for lunch, change and go to pt job. Lonewolf I wish you well on your interview don’t know what type of job you are interviewing for. Me I find when I go for interviews, which are not that many, mostly out of curiosity and when the employer interviewing is a lot younger I know I will not get the job. Me wonders when they see me if they think I’m too old and I’m not evan ready for retirement. Too many here out of work. Mean while its a nice day here and the sun is out. It’s time for me to go. Peace to everyone.

Hello, kab2rb Lonewolf, at least you can let the sun shine in as I did yesterday.

Hello Kab2rb. Thank you for the well wishes. It does seem to work out that way sometimes with the younger people doing the interviewing. But it also depends on the type of job interview. Hope you have a great day!

Grog, Yes I can do that in the garage. It’s a very nice day here.

Wonder just how fast you have to drive to get there and back so quickly??

JFri, I flagged that poster on C&H. There’s no room for that bleeep here.

Count me in on that too, Grog.

Right on, Grog!!

I intentionally typed “bleeep” by the way. Let your imaginations run wild on what I was really thinking. (Calvin’s evil) :-)

Several words come to mind, Grog!

Good Afternoon, ALL!

@DocT, I suppose coming home and going right to bed depends on who’s waiting in the bed…

Hi Bunny!

How long will it take them to remove that disgusting comment on C&H? Did everyone flag it? I did!

I just flagged it. Talk about a vile, horrible remark.

Hi Cleo! The idiot still thinks it’s funny too!

Glad to see I wasn’t the only one.

I have sent a contact message to GoComics stating the comment left at C&H. Hopefully they remove it soon!

Gee, when I got caught up, this place was quiet. Now there’s plenty of yappers. I flagged the C& H troll also and otherwise will ignore it; it’s just sad that it has closed down the whole good conversation. Maybe a few of us could get it going again? (hint hint)

I got a reply and the comment at C&H is gone along with a few others.

Now, Terry, will you help re-boot the civilized conversation there?

Carmy apparently several of us have contacted gocomics.I They said they removed it and it is gone.

Well, I just did my Rambo impression on some ivy and blackberry. They are strong fighters and even more persistent then I am.

It is such a nice day today, I’m going to have to take a long walk when I get home.

Definitely a COMBINED effort, Dry!

Yes JFri! Indeed! And now we can turn our efforts towards helping *Rambo with his ivy and blackberry bushes! LOL!

As usual, you get rid of one idiot and another arrives. The new doofus is just trying to garner some attention, just like all the TROLLS do!

Bunnyface(bmonk), I left a civilized comment over at C&H. :^)

Grog, it’s nice here too, 66 and sunny!

Dry, on this project I will take all the help that I can get. Oh…wait a minute, not you two. With my luck I will end up with a hillside full of weeds with all the native plants killed off.

Thanks, Terry. Help stomp out trolls–by ignoring them!

And all of your Bookers supply drained.

I hear you, Bunnyface(Bmonk).

I off to go get my son since Wolfangil is on her way driving to PA with her mother. Have fun All! BBL

cleo one thing I do know is my plants, so don’t worry, I won’t pull the good stuff! Of course, if there is no liguid refreshment, I may get de-hydrated and confused and start pulling any ole thing out! :-D

Awwww, c’mon, cleo! How can you say such a thing?

Won’t that take much more than a day?? Yes, it will

Cleo, I can help too! I even have my own machetes!! I have 2 machetes and a small axe. We have a chain saw, but it riles up my carpal syndrome.

Grog indeed.

I can see the headlines now.

TALL MAN, CARRYING SMALL WEED TERRORIZES NEIGHBORS WITH CRY..”BOOKER’S, WHERE’S THE BOOKER’S

PETITE ITALIAN WOMAN DISPLAYS TEMPER DEMANDING COCKTAILS BEFORE WEEDING

CARMY, CHAINSAW MASSACRE

LOCAL LAKE DWELLER ARRESTED FOR ROWDY PARTY. NEIGHBORS SAY, NOT THE FIRST TIME

Cleo ROFLMAO!!!! You know us too well don’t you? And yes, as ALWAYS, we’ll bail you out!

That’s pretty close to how I pictured it Cleo. Not to mention the weeds never get touched and are free to grow and spread yet another day.

Carmy, ‘m sure you heard about Ole and his chainsaw problems? It got so bad, he took it back to the store to complain. He told the fellow that had sold him the saw that it was a lot of work to use.

Well, the clerk looked it over and didn’t see anything wrong, so he picked it up and pulled the starter cord, and that chain saw just fired up real smooth, and settled into a nice Rup-rup-rup-rup.

And Ole shakes himself and says, “What’s that noise?”

cleo, I am shocked and appalled by that remark. Never mind it is true…..

bmonk LOL

**BREAKING NEWS… LOCAL MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HE TERMS “INVASIVE PLANT REMOVAL PARTY” IS THOUGHT TO BE PART OF A NORTH AMERICAN CULT AS ONE OF THOSE ON HAND CONFESSED…WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE MAN, NO ONE MESSES WITH THE TRIBE.

Just point me in the direction of the Bookers…

Or hand over the chocolate, and nobody need get hurt…

On that note, I’m heading home with a big smile on my face.

Cleo, I’m appalled! Did you forget that I’m from Texas? So it’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Bunny, Ole is a few beans short of a potful. Hee hee!!

Drive safe, Grog!

A snifter of Booker’s is making it’s way to the western tundra of Dakota.

[sneaks in quietly whileCleo is arguing with Dry, Carmy & JFri and has fun cutting all the weeds. Or something. Then sneaks in and raids Cleo’s ice cream supply.]

MORE NEWS ON LAKESIDE RESIDENT ARREST… LOCAL MAN ARRESTED FOR CULT COVEN GATHERING REMOVES ALL CLOTHES IN CELL. WHEN ASKED WHY, HIS ONLY RESPONSE WAS, THE JUMPSUIT WAS CONFINING. THIS CELL IS CONFINING ENOUGH. POLICE ARE STILL EXAMINING JUST HOW DEEPLY INFILTRATED NORTH AMERICA IS BY SELF CONFESSED “YAPPY NUTS”.

serena, I am afraid your raid was in vain. I only have ice cream when I make it and I haven’t made any in months. Sorry sweetie, you picked the wrong household. I do have a full liquor cabinet. I believe Doc may be the source of ice cream. He is only a few states away. Of course I do have the makings for ice cream if you are feeling up to making some. I have milk and cream, vanilla, chocolate and various fruits, both fresh and frozen and I have a hand crank ice cream maker with the cylinder int the freezer. Homemade is better anyways.

bunnyb hand over MY Bookers! If you’re nice to me I’ll share it!

We gotta get Cleo out of that cell before he loses it! Once we get him out of there, “QUICK, we need to find the nearest car wash! SO he gets that sense of freedom back!

NEWS ALERT!!! LOCAL CULT MEMBER RELEASED. SAID TO BE GIVING TESTIMONY THAT MIGHT BRING DOWN A GANG DETESTED FOR IT’S VILE AND INVASIVE ACTIONS, INCLUDING OCCUPYING MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES ONLINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT PEACEFUL DIALOGUE. THIS HIDEOUS GANG IS KNOW AS “THE TROLLS”

It worked to well, not only scaring off the trolls, but everyone else too.

No, just the afternoon slow…

Woo Hoo, Cleo!! You’re my Hero!!!

Keep it up, Cleo. They’ll throw away the key.

CLEO, DITTO! WHAT CARMY SAID! YOU DA’ MAN! HERE’S YOUR BOOKERS, AND A NICE SHRIMP COCKTAIL APPETIZER AWAITING YOU WHILE CARMY AND I COOK YOUR DINNER, SIR!

Dry, what shall we cook for our beloved Troll Exterminator?

Back! Are you done working now, Grog.

Thank you Tribe, but what can I say, other then incarceration is not my cup of tea, in fact I do not drink tea.

Carmy we best get out some cooks books, unless you know fancy gourmet cooking! Oh what the heck, I’m sure he will love whatever we make, so you do Mexican and I’ll do Italian. Think that will work?

cleo, may I offer you some nice fresh oyster shooters?

[whispers] Doc, you awake? Someone told me I could sneak into your place and raid all of your ice cream. I can’t tell who it was that said that because I have to protect my sources.

I think it’s about time I ate something or maybe just took a nap.

Greetings Tribe and goodbye for awhile. If anyone is looking for me I’ll be scouting out sources of ice cream.

And I’m thinking maybe a nice Chardonnay to go with them?

Ice cream…..just sitting in my freezer…..several flavors, too!

Done for the day, Lonewolf. A busy one. It went very quickly.

That will work just fine, Dry!

Alright someone get that woman some ice cream, STAT!

Troll Busters???

Ooh, how I love being pampered.

I love both Mexican and Italian and oysters and chardonnay sound superb. Bliss.

Cleo, I’m making you some Chicken Mole, Arroz and some Frijoles ala Chara. I found the hottest jalapenos around, muy caliente!

Pulling a Shika here for a moment. JFri are you sure about your ice cream. Seems to me I was just at your house. I would have said hi but everyone was at Cleo’s party.

Okay, this time I am really gone. [maybe]. It’s not like I can’t stay away from here.

Yes Grog Troll busters! You must learn to be a detective and look for clues.

Cleo I am making Veal Rolls with Prosciutto and Mozzarella Spiedini, sauteed fingerling potatoes with garlic and hot pepper, asparagus with egg sauce, and a nice lime granita.

Dry, um, do you think Cleo will be eating all of that? It does look quite tasty.

You are all welcome to join me for your tasty dinner. Everything sounds mighty tasty. As I said before. Bliss.

Along with JFri’s chardonnay, I have some good wines and beers to compliment your wonderful repast.

Well everything is just about ready, I think! Oh what a feast we shall have!

And I don’t know how others feel about this, but I found some lovely cherry tomatoes, delicious, don’t taste like winter tomatoes at all, so I have stuffed them with cream cheese and chives for an appetizer. And another batch with fresh crab meat.

Yum, sounds delightful. I have a fresh Albarino to go with that. Oysters, tomatoes, cheese and crab. Tasty.

It is time for me to make a mad dash to the Bookmobile.

I made a delicious pumpkin cake with a cream cheese glaze.

Carmy tell me thore are no walnuts or pecans in that pumpkin cake!

Cleo hurry back!

HEY!!! What happened here? There are empty ice cream cartons everywhere!!

2 pumpkin cakes with cream cheese glaze, one with walnuts and the other is nut-free.

Yeah CARMY! Don’t mix mine up with the walnut one! :-)

Well, that’s a good thing, Carmy! Yappy Nuts eating nuts would be cannibalism!!!

Everything sounds delicious. I will be here and gone as I am also cooking, if ya know what I mean. LOL

cleo, TMI!!!

Really Cleo! TMI! What kind of book did you get at the Bookmoblie? ROFLMAO!!

Geez JFri! I thought you cared? If I eat walnuts, this party will be cut short so as to take me to the ER! What am I saying, you guys left me in the parking lot in winter, real winter! Perhaps I should just pass on the pumpkin cake, in case they do get mixed up!

Dry,They won’t get mixed up, the nuts are plainly visible. JFri, walnuts are not the same as Yappy Nuts. Cleo, uh, nevermind (speaking with my best Emily Litella voice).

Dry, why of course I care! Why do you think I was ranting against cannibalism?

We all care about keeping you well Dry. The only nuts around you will be of the yappy variety.

Well said, cleo!

Another late dinner here! At least it’s arroz con pollo, que sabrosa! BBL!

Carmy If they are on it, I still can’t eat it! LOL! But not really that funny, sigh!

So Cleo you never answered my question! What book/books did you get sir? SNERK!

HEY LET’S START A BOOK CLUB! WHAT SAY YOU, CLEO? We can each read a book and report on it, then have some Bookers, Chardonnay, etc. some lovely appetizers, and then report on our books, and then have some more Bookers and Chardonnay, and more appetizers, and report some more on our books, and then have some more Bookers, etc . and then set the books aside for next week and take a nice nap!

And next week we go to a different house and so on! LOL!

I’ll report on Playboy: The Bound Collection!!

Okay JFri has the bondage collection.

Dry, I did not get any books except a cook book. I just haven’t been reading lately and I miss it.

Hello and goodbye Doc.

LOL on the Book Club, Dry! There are NO nuts at all anywhere in or near the 2nd pumpkin cake, none, zip, nada! JFri, I bet you already have that book too!

The last book I read to the end was The Lovely Bones.

I’m almost finished with 2012, I’ll chime in with my report as well.

Oh, Good Evening Tribe Late night as usual these days, so I’ll chat more (hopefully) Saturday,

P& L

Dishes are washed, counters are cleared, my evening is my own. Thank you all for the lovely dinner. Delish!

Carmy, I have to tell you, I love your avatar. That little guy seems to embody the spirit of happiness.

You are most welcome Cleo! Okay, so do we review 2012 first or Cleo’s cookbook? Hey, if we review Cleo’s cookbook, we can cook in his kitchen! Think LilG would mind? If we serve her dinner, would she mind?

Hi and Bye, Quaby!

Cleo and Carmy you both have GREAT avatars! I’m keeping mine up for a little while yet, so as to be on guard! No one messes with Polar or Grizzly bears! Especially if you’re a FISH or a SNAKE!

Cleo, thank you. Your avatar is perfect! Dry, your avatar is really cool, it’s a great photo. I like my avatar. His name is Courage, the cowardly dog. Alas, some troll has recently made some remarks about it and I think I need to change it.

Carmy what negative comments could have been made about your happy little guy as an avatar, and don’t let them win.

Carmy you know better! No troll scares us away!

Good evening all!

Hello johnnyd. How are things shaking in your world?

They weren’t negative comments, just annoying ones. I won’t let the idiot win and I will definitely NOT be chased away. I do like the little poochie, he’s so happy. I’ll keep him for awhile longer.

Hi Johnny!

Hi Johnny, what’s shakin? Like cleo said! LOL!

Things are busy in my world Cleo, looks like I won’t be able to dodge various projects from here on out, but it is spread out, so it shouldn’t be too stressful. How are you doing?

(((((Carmy)))))

Hello, Cleo, Dry, Carmy, & Johnny Just stopping in for a bit wtih my 2 cents.

Carmy. I’ve taken heat for both my handle and my avatar. I won’t let them bother me and I don’t think you should either. I don’t change them for holidays and I have no intention of changing either one based on someone else’s opinion.

HI, Grog! Once again, your comment is spot on!

Hey, JFri. I didn’t realize you were still here.

Hello Grog & JFri. That is right, flip off the trolls.

Thanks Cleo! Hi Grog, thanks for your 2 cents. Like JFri said, your comment is spot on. I do like to change out my avatars once in awhile and for the holidays, so I do. Johnny, luckily the projects are spread out. We don’t want you getting stressed out either.

Hey Fellow Baby!

Dry: Ditto what I said to Cleo. Carmy, don’t lose courage, I like him.

Grog is my favorite toon character. He’s not in many B.C. strips, but when he is, I truly enjoy them. If it wasn’t Grog, I might be Snoopy - although Sophie is slowly narrowing the gap on Snoopy.

I am good johnnyd. Just trying to spend as little money as possible, seems like a good goal.

Yeah, Cleo, I think we’ve both got to keep the plumber away.

Grog, it is amazing how when one project ends another creeps into the scheme of things. I am cringing as we speak.

Johnny, I won’t lose Courage. I’ve only seen a handful of the episodes. I can’t even pick a favorite, I loved them all. Grog, Snoopy would be my 2nd also. I’ve always loved Snoopy. I had a big, stuffed Snoopy when I was a little girl. I took him anywhere and everywhere until he started falling apart. :-(

No movie tonight, Cleo?

Movie time, “Somewhere In the Night”.

Ignore my previous comment, then, Cleo.

I went over to C and H to see what the fuss is about. There’s nothing left but a cryptic reference to someone making a questionable remark that apparently was quite shocking.

I’ll never sleep now, wondering what happened to the troll.

Carmy, you deserve a plush Snoopy.

Hey, Shika I removed my comment after I saw the comment in question was removed. I suspect some of the others did the same.

*Hang in there Johnny! This college year is almost over! (And I have all summer to save up dinnera for the next term! LOL)

Thank you all for cleaning out my refrigerator. You guys will eat anything, won’t you? Even science experiments, although, I suppose that at a quick glance, it does look like Camembert.

Anyways, there was lots of real food too. Now I just have to go out and stock up again….

Shika trust me! You don’t want to know!

The Troll? I think it’s gone, for good I hope!

I can guess Carmy

Hi Grog!

Doc did you quit your night job?

I’m about to do an online quiz, so I think I’ll say Good Night.

I’ll see you again later Maybe

I have a 6 inch Odie I bought for myself when I was about 20, still have him on my headboard on my bed! And a stuffed Lion about the same height I bought when I was around 17. I named him Rufus! And my first stuffed toy, a stuffed dog named Penny, she is rough for the wear, I carried her everywhere, but I still have her, after all these years!

Hi Shika! I hope the troll is gone for good too! Cleo, if I got a plush Snoopy my girls would swipe him from me.

When I was a young tyke, I had a stuffed dog, I called Prince (after my Grandparent’s dog). I don’t believe he lasted into my teens.

The only stuffed item I have now is a stuffed Football Referee. If you get upset during a game, you can rip off his arms legs or his over-sized head.

Aw, that’s so sweet that you’ve kept those Dry!

Trolls at C&H too now? What has this world come to?

Johnny, you’d be surprised to see where those pesky critters show up!

Carmy ain’t that the truth?

Isn’t there some form of RAID for them? If not, there should be.

Trolls be gone and me too. Goodnight all.

Johnny we don’t need no STINKIN” RAID! Carmy and I have machetes!

Goodnight Cleo, buddy!

Well, alright, but I still think poison might help. Anywho, I am off to bed. Peace and love all!

Machetes!

Maybe we can patent our own stuff and call it “Troll Snuffer.”

Goodnight Cleo, Goodnight Johnny!

Well, I think I’ll call it a night.

Gunite, All

Goodnight Grog!

Gunite, Johnny, Grog, and Shika!

Johnny, keep that Raid handy JUST in case!

Dry, keep a machete handy, JUST in case! Hee hee!!

Got ya’ Carmy!