Big Top by Rob Harrell for September 20, 2010

Good Morning and Tribeandall!

Breakfast Menu:

1) Three egg omelets. 2) Hash brown casserole 3) Sausage patties or links 4) Smoked bacon 5) Blueberry pancakes with fresh blueberries 6) French toast 7) Assorted pastries 8) Pop Tarts 9) Selected ice creams & ice cream floats! 10) Cold KFC 11) Root beer or PEPSI 12) Assorted juices 13) Bloody Mary’s 14) COKEY COLA 15) Johanan’s CocoMocha 16) Doc’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee 17) Chocolate/White milk 18) Chocolate cake

19) Enjoy!

Oh wow! Big Brother you beat me here LOL! And I was looking up one of my menus.

I’ll have one of everything except the alcohol drinks.

Wow Dusty’s religion has really taken off.

(I’m impressed, no really I am.)

Good Morning, Lil Sister!

Your order is up and ready. Enjoy!

Thank you. It’s delicious Big Brother :-)

You’re most welcome, Lil’ Sister

I’m done toon touring so I shall say good night for now.

Da Strip……………………

Better reach just a little higher there, Dusty!

I, too, need to head of to Zzzzzzzzzz-Land. Catch y’all later.

Good Night Lil’ Sister, LuvH8 & Everyone!

P&L

Good Morning, RwB, Doc, MontanaLady, Woodeye, Grog & All!

LONEWOLF Again you present us with a tantalizing and tasty tribute to taste bud newly awakened. I’ll have a 3 egg omelet, smoked bacon, and a carafe of NUC COFFE (a large carafe). And LITTLE SISTER, much as I love your breakfast delights, I fear a certain feline may be waiting behind the kitchen door to make me breakfast.

Morning TRIBE! Another Monday filled with fun and adventure. I get to take SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED to my shrink today. Well, got to go get linen for the couch.

Good morning, Tribe!

Some of you may have been wondering where unobtanium would fall on the chemical periodic table. Quest no more - Busted Tees gives us the answer. It falls in Column 2, under radon.

MontanaLady, you didn’t say which of my graphics you liked yesterday, but as far as blistering hot chicken wing photos go, I have plenty more where yesterday’s edition came from. Here’s another to add to our menu.

Good Morning ones who log in and haven’t * Lonewolf, Little Sister, LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, RwB, Doc, MontanaLady, Woodeye, Love&Peace2,RmomJohanan Rakkav*

Good Morning, Tribe!

Good Morning, Kab, Lewreader & Johanan

Lonewolf another big day. I decided need to get up early get toons strips in not all I’ve dropped on my list of reading a select few. Your son and you must have good times going to his games. Does he evfer want to see you play pool or want to play pool also?

Kab - - We have so much fun together. He has seen me play pool many times. He will be there at the big tournament this weekend as our team finished first in the divisional playoffs. He wants to play in the leagues when he is 21 and practices whenever possible.

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠, Ladywolf, Lewreader, Johanan & Kab.

Good Morning, Grog. Are you working today?

Yup!

Back to the bitter reality that had me steamed on Friday.

Grog at least your full time. Where I work at I get stemed all the time and slamed. Dept where I work at lower boss was anxious and nervous due a rare visit from higher ranks who doesn’t visit to much on business showing a couple of people around area for a tour told me he and Admin Assist where giving tour and just for me just be a receptionist, I always am. I never get any fun.

Better Richard Simmons, Dusty, than Lindsay Lohan!

One cult following to another. sweating to the dusty…. 1….2….empty your wallet….3…4…throw it on the floor.

Good morning Dry, Kab, Terry, TRIBEANDALL and… GROG!!!

LARGE Doc’s brew please Toon tour.

Good morning, Fellow Baby and…

Runs with Beer!

Dusty’s religion shoud be endorsed by Comedy Central. Colbert Report from the Right God.

Sorry, that’s twice I got remotely political.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪☼ Good Morning TRIBE! ☼♪

Hello to all those here!

I’ll have a Three egg omelets, Hash brown casserole and Sausage patties

Morning All!

Hi Digital Frog.

Good morning back, Fellow Baby and RwB!

Hi DF!

Good morning, Sojourner & Digital Frog.

Hi Dry and Grog.

GM - Sojo & DFrog

Hi RwB .

Good morning, Everyone. Lonewolf….great menu! I’ll have the blueberry pancakes, and a giant sized Doc’s Coffee!

Johanan, I liked your Pi Rates button yesterday. Good sense of the funny!!!

Good Morning, MontanaLady

Hi MontanaLady.

Good Morning Sir Lew, Johanan, Sister Kab, Grog, Lonewolf, Dry, Digital Frog, Runs With Blechy, Sojo, MontanaLady and Lurkers

Hi & Bye, Doctor Toon.

Nice to see your drive-by Doctor Toon

Hi LuvH8.

Hi Doc T & Bye Doc T

I will have the blueberry pankcakes with blueberries and blueberry syrup on top, and a large World Famous Nuclear Coffee. Thank you, Lonewolf.

Good Morning, she who hates Blechy

I still think Blechy = good

Now to me coffee = bluchy!

Unless it’s Irish :-)

Good Morning, Tribe!

Especially: MontanaLady, Grog, DoctT, Sojo, LuvH8 (BBS), & Runs with Beer

This is not the only new religion to be found in the Philosophy page–check out Pearls Before Swine today.

Good Morning, bmonk. I saw it. It is on my daily to view list.

I think I’d be more comfortable with Nachofication than with Dustocity.

But then, as a Catholic, I’m used to involving the physical body in my faith life…

Okay, I will quit drinking coffee again…… tomorrow.

Good Morning Bmonk

@LuvH8–don’t quit drinking it, just go with regular rather than Nuclear Coffee.

And by Regular, I mean Turkish Coffee–hot, sweet, and strong.

HI, LuvH8. How’s this Monday treating you?

Like a Manic Monday, or a Walk like an Egyptian day?

Hi bmonk.

Hi everyone!

@Cindy Knight, Welcome–you seem new.

Hi Cindy Knight.

It is a Panic Monday. How is your day going Bmonk?

The one fun thing about quitting coffee is that it scares everyone around me. Hmmm…. but I may have to wait until Friday.

Hello Cindy, what have you been up to?

Hi everyone, it’s a great afternoon her in the ATL. Of course we could use some more of that “liquid sunshine”. But not like what you folks had a year ago in Cobb County.

@LuvH8, Monday is a day I, like many clergy, try to take off. So it’s pretty quiet, and a chance to get caught up.

Hi Josh 1360 - Have plenty of sunshine to send your way if I could.

@LvH8: Everything. Home schooling, cheerleading, figure-skating (just for fun exercise), and that’s about it.

So………

Happy Monday Dance!!!

 

Cindy Knight - Sounds like your keeping busy!

@LuvH8, LOL! Is that supposed to be me?

Cheerleading and home schooling, do you do the cheerleading with a local school?

Well, the photos are missing from the gallery of confusion. It is always fun to do Happy Monday Dance! It brings great joy to those who go back to work on Mondays.

Hello Josh, Our liquid sunshine likes to stay right here. I don’t think it would make it all the way to you.

We’ve got no liquid sunshine today–just liquid snow. And clouds, like since sometime Saturday, IIRC.

In Fall, we often have lots of clouds.

You still have snow? Enough to build a snow ghost for Halloween?

No, snow is long gone. Sometime about 7:00 a.m. Saturday. And there wasn’t that much to start with–just a dusting.

Sojo, how are you this Monday? I suppose you thave thunder storms to look forward to? (I hardly ever get to go play outside during thunderstorms.)(pouting)

Snow, fog, thunder and lightening. That would be fun for Halloween. I wonder if it is possible to have all at the same time?

I’ve seen snow and lightning–in Washington, DC, of all places. The thunder was muffled, and it was too cold for fog, but two out of three is rare enough (I counted the thunder and lightning together).

But, do you really want to be outside when there’s a chance of hail?

LuvH8, I’ll wait for the Happy Friday Dance

Hello Lonewolf, LittleSis, Lewreader, Johanan, Kab, Grog, Dry, RwithB, Sojo, Digifrog, Montana Lady, CindyKnight, Doc, Josh1360, LuvH8 and Bmonk.

Hello Frankr & Grog

Wear a hat?

Hello, Frankr

LuvH8 - Sun now, haven’t paid attention to the foecast yet but think we will get rain. Once on a solo backpack trip in late Sept. I got held up in Estes Park, CO on my way to Steamboat Springs. Couldn’t go west because they couldn’t get the pass open due to snow. After 3 days, and being sick, I decided to go into Rocky Mountain Nat. Park as I was only off a week. Only 7 other people in park and all on the other side so I was really by myself. I had my first camp spot at 10,500 ft. I had to eat a whole box of Peto-Bismo on the way up. It was snowing so hard visibility was less than 100 yds. and the trail was dissapearing. I was trying to travel light with no coat or tent. That night it snowed a lot, high wind, sleet, a lot of thunder and lightning. Due to my sickness I got snow in my bivwack sack, put on everything I had, my sleeping bag and all clothes were soaking wet and COLD. Needless to say it wasn’t a good night and wasn’t sure I’d make it. Obviously I did. Snow, sleet, cold, wind, lightning,being sick, night time, lack of protection and isolation is something not to look forward to.

Hi Frankr.

@LuvH8: Nah, it’s one of those local little league community football teams me, and the other girls cheer for. Sorry, can’t tell you the team’s name. Internet privacy, you know.

Hi, tribe! Luv - I know some homeschooled cheerleaders. They cheer for the homeschool sports teams. If there are enough homeschoolers in an area, frequently they will join together to form teams to compete with other schools in sports. In KS, they can only compete against private schools in sports, the public school association won’t let them compete against them. My son was on a homeschool robotics team when he was in high school, and they compete against both public & private schools - and generally do quite well.

Hi Rmom.

Good afternoon everyone!

Lunch break/snack time. Not as late today as has been in the past! LOL

Hi ♠Lonewolf♠ - Hope your day is going good.

Hi, Sojo! Yes it is. And yours?

Hello, ♠Lonewolf♠

Hi, Grog!

How are you doing, sir?

♠Lonewolf♠ - My day is going fine. :-)

Good to hear that, Sojo. I still have about 2 hours of work yet to do.

Hi, Sojo, Wolfie & Grog!

Hi, Rmom!

I’m hoping for a little over 1 more hour.

I hoping for you, Grog!

With that I need to hit the grind stone once again. Have a good one, everybody!

P&L

Have a good afternoon Grog and ♠Lonewolf♠.

Sojo - Did you see we are up for more t-storms this week? My intellicast says Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday. (Emailed version had W, Th & F). Since they say isolated or scattered, guess we’ll have to wait to see what happens.

Rmom - Just so it’s not bad tomorrow night, I have plans for then.

Sojo - Considering where we live, you never know, but at least it might just be windy, but hopefully no worse.

I was in Rocky Mountain National Park once in mid-summer and it was beautiful. Spectacular!! But I would never consider going there in the winter. Or spring or fall.

Rmom - Thanks.

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Sojo, That sounds horrible and like you were lucky to survive. I am very glad you did though. Saved me the trouble of knocking down the tent. Also you make an excellent super hero.

You are supposed to have a nice warm house with hot cocoa or hot soup. Then you can run in and out. Hopefully with electricity. I hate when we lose electricity here. We have a water pump so we automaticaaly lose water too.

Frankr and LuvH8 - I wasn’t being stupid despite what it sounded like. I used to backpack there a lot and had experence doing it in the snow. I felt prepared for worst case conditions. Unfortunenately it turned out to be a worst case condition. Like other times I did learn some things from it and glad to of experienced it but wouldn’t want to do it again. The worst is knowing you can’t get help if you need it. :-)

Hi, FrankR & Luv! Luv - We have the same situation here. If we don’t have electricity, the pumps won’t run. During the winter, if an ice storm is predicted, I think about power outages. I was taken by surprise by the one Wednesday, so didn’t have a lot of extra water saved on hand for flushing toilets, etc.

Sojo - My hubby & I went tent camping in Colorado in the early years of our marriage (before kids). Not an experience we cared to ever repeat.

We have been caught without back up water before too. Which reminds me I should renew our supply. I found if I put just a little bit of bleach in the water, it is usable for a really long time. Even if it smells yucky. Much better than water that is old without bleach.

Oh my gosh! I filled a glass of tap water from my mom’s house to swallow some pills and I almost spit it out. After so long with no chlorine it was just overwhelming.

I used to go in northern CO. along the divide next to Why. It was an area covering 200 sq. miles. If you got lost you only needed to follow steams downhill to get back to your car.That allowed you to go off trail using a map and compass to get around without having to worry about getting lost. I think there were seven trails going through the area. A lot of good fishing as most lakes had little use.

Luv - I tend to use plastic buckets that I buy our laundry detergent in at Sam’s. The water in those have just enough detergent that the water doesn’t get gross. We buy bottled (refill big 3 or 5 gallon jugs) water to drink, so we always have some decent tasting water on hand. So most of the water I fill up & save is for flushing toilets or washing hands (& dishes if the power’s off a long time).

Sojo, honestly I didn’t think you were being stupid. It is hard to predict getting sick and being absolutely prepared for every contigency. Things can go wrong no matter how prepared you are. Even for eagle Scouts.

Sojo - Neither my hubby nor I like fishing. But between driving across western KS without a/c in 100+ temps, high winds coming up suddenly in Pueblo, two worn out tires, swarms of mosquitoes, pit toilets, no showers or drinking water, colder night temps than we planned on, etc. we ended up coming home 3 days early.

Sojo - I’ve spent a fair amount of time near Divide, CO at the Golden Bell Ranch. Mostly during Christmas break, but at least once during summer. But I don’t mind with having heat, a/c, hot showers, etc. I’m just not into roughing it.

LuvH8 - LOL! That’s true, a twisted ankle can be diastorous when backpacking solo! Even though I was an Eagle Scout using a map and compase for traveling in the mountains is a real eye opener (before the days of cell phones and GPS). In my first snow travel I made at least four mistakes that I was lucky to survive.

Both my brothers are Eagle Scouts, I found out it is common for scouts to load other scouts packs with rocks here. Did your local troups do the same things?

I didn’t mean anyone thought I was being stupid, just thought it would be easy for someone to think I was. Too many people try to travel light on major expeditions and end up needing to be rescued. I was traveling light but had good equipment and experience. Played a gamble and lost on that trip.

LuvH8 - Not that but did do some pranks. Our troop had a lot of poor kids in it. We didn’t require full uniforms because most could not afford it. At one jamboree we went to all the other troops looked down on us due to bluejeans etc. In competition though we took first place in every event! Our leaders took a real intrest in us and knew what they were doing. Our troop was the first one in the nation to have five kids become Eagle Scouts at the same time, one of them was me!

We did a lot of things I don’t think other troops did. Sometimes on campouts we went without bringing any food, having to eat what we could find. We were well trained on what was good to eat and what not to try. (Too bad I didn’t remember all that as an adult.)

Nope! I refuse to eat slugs! I never once caught a fish with a pole. Although, if it wasn’t for those game wardens I would go fishing for pretend with just a weighted line occassionally. Before the crawdads disappeared from our river (family camping property) I used to enjoy ccatching them by hand. Traps take all the fun out of it.

Oh, glad neither of us meant an insult. (Though I do lots of stupid things. Shhh! It’s a secret.)

I’ve done more than my share of stupid things also.

Good Evening Everyone,

Just stopped in to see what everyone is up to. :)))

Time to make dinner. As always, Monday’s are the start of a new diet. Tonight is Taco Salad. yum!

We’ll save spaghetti for Wednesday.:))

Hi MontanaLady - Good to hear from you.

Good Evening Tribeandall!

Good Evening ♠Lonewolf♠.

Hi, Sojo.

I had to go replace some light bulbs for my mother after I finished my work load.

MontanaLady - Just want to tell you I love your avatar!

Hi, Rmom & MontanaLady!

Good evening everyone :-)

Hi Little Sister - Hope your having a good day!

Hi, Lil’ Sister Did you have school today?

That’s what I LOVE about this comic site…….all the comments and Hello’s, and good feelings from everyone!!!

Thanks for letting me part of your comic adventure!

Thank you MontanaLady for being part of it!

Hi, Wolfie! - What are you doing tonight? Football, pool, grilling or what?

I had good day and yes I did have school.

Hi, Lil’Sis! I’m glad you had a good day.

Rmom, watching the football game with James.

Wolfie - Figures, I guess it IS Monday night! Had a horrible migraine this evening, took some major pain pills after calling my doctor, but now I’m feeling loopy. So I think I’ll call it a night. I hope your team wins!

Beef Stew……Yummy Yummy!

Have a good night Rmom.

Football is it! Well now I guess I’ll have to check it out.

Sorry I missed you, Rmom. I don’t really have a favorite team tonight. I just like watching football.

Good Night & rest well. :^)

Past time for my zzzzzz’s. Have a good turnover!

♪☼ P&L ☼♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Wow. What a game!

Well I guess there’s nobody home. I better get a menu ready.

Hi Grog

LuvH8 HAPPY DANCE!!!