Big Top by Rob Harrell for May 27, 2009

Studly poodle. He stole my line, my hair style and my cool.

First?

Community service? Hmmmmmm Thanks all for your kind welcomes. Oatmeal with craisins, raisins, walnuts, oatbran and fresh strawberries? Or perhaps nice big cinnamon buns. Healthy or?

Nope! What are we serving for breakfast, cleo? I’ll do French toast with your choice of syrup, fresh fruit medley, your choice of juice, pirate’s coffee & milk.

I have yer bagels, right here!

mmm. My perfect kind of breakfast Dawn.. I will provide some homemade wheat bread.

Well, I am heading for a bed. Dawn and JFri, it is nice having you both close by. Sorry, tonight I am a loser.

Margueritem, did you see my answer on p.6 yesterday?

No, I’ll check it out.

Dawn, sounds yummy!

BMONK I did see it, and I answered you on page 7.

:-)

marg, I’ll see if I can find it on You Tube!

G’night all. Thanks again for the welcomes. Yes, Cleo we west coasters have to stick together since our times are so different from the east.

CLEO: Check out today’s Bozo, it’s perfect for you!

*JFRI: * Let me know if you find it, it’s been a long time since I’ve heard it.

marg is this it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTjG8E1utyA

JFRI: That’s the one! I used to listen to it as I was driving to work. “Nothing matters but the weekend, from a Tuesday point of view…”

I do good work!! d a r n LITTLE of it but GOOD!

Happy Wednesday!! Half-way through the week (at least those of us who work M-F) Hope everyone has a great day!

Not offensive…just observant!

Thanks for breakfast, Dawn. I’ll have some oatmeal w/craisins and some juice. Mmmm! Off to make my rounds now that I have something to give me energy. Happy Wednesday, all!

Superstar Hey, Mr. Postmak Ticket to Ride A Song for You

Busted!!

Mornin’ all!

I’m sorry, I can’t see Dusty as a stud, he’s a poodle.

Good Morning Everyone! Thanks for breakfast. Doc, It takes me forever to catch up.

And docT pooling our resources makes our investments worth so much more.

Doc, I’m having fun. I’m making friends and learning new things everyday.

Morning Tribe, I like the Flower arrangements, Margueritem. Very nice and colorful.

Doc - I’m having fun, too, or I wouldn’t be here. No one is forcing us. I admit I’m a little nutty, but that’s almost a requirement to homeschool - gotta be willing to march to a different beat than most.

dcguys - Thanks for the trip down memory lane! I could remember all but two of them, and considering there weren’t lyrics or music, just the titles, that’s pretty good for my memory. I also had several of Jim Croce’s albums. Other than “Time in a Bottle” and “Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown” I can’t think of them off the top of my head, but I’m sure if someone mentions others, I’ll remember.

Gooooood Morning Tribe! . RMom - I used to be able to play “Time in a Bottle” on the piano, still have the sheet music somewhere. Would one of the others you were thinking of be “Don’t Mess Around With Jim”?

Digital - Yes, I do remember that song. I guess since I haven’t thought about these songs since the 80’s, my memory cells for them are covered in dust.

Doc - My sons would think “Yappy Nuts” would fit me perfectly. But “tribe” is fine with me, because some aren’t as “yappy” as others. I won’t try to figure out if they’re as nutty or not.

WHOA…am I late to the party or WHAT? Look at all these comments. Where do I sign up for this gang?

Good morning all. I will be somewhat scarce today. My wife’s daughter’s boyfriend is graduating from chef’s school today. His final is putting together a gourmet lunch and guess who is going to help eat it. ME!!! So in about an hour I am heading to Seattle.

I like that we are a happy tribe.

Cleo - Have fun, and I hope he gets high marks!

Welcome Buckleylover - you’re welcome to join the tribe. The Primary Directive is no nasty comments. We like to keep things upbeat and friendly.

RMom - we lucked out and they restarted a radio station here that is based on one that used to exist in the 70’s, and they are reusing all their old play lists. Bad,Bad Leroy Brown was playing day before yesterday while I was gardening :)

morning all Marg the lilies are beautiful. after i go soak my feet and what not for a little while ill be putting one up just to confuse them all. (they will think im you or your me, feel bad for the new comers now.)

we are truly the “Yappy nut Tribe” going catch up and then soak my ankles

buckleylover all you have to do to sign up is follow the rules doc has stated and your good. welcome to the party. if this is your first time visiting check out yesterdays. im still catching up. welcome and gab some food sit back and join in

Better yet doctortoon, join us. I’m sure he won’t mind cooking a little extra. After all that is the restaurant business, being prepared for the unexpected.

Welcome buckleylover. I left you a comment at your strip.

Digital - I think there is an “oldies” station in the area - but I really feel old when the songs are newer than I remember. Because I started listening to Christian music in 1984, and so I don’t know hardly any secular songs after that point.

Hey Doc, Rmom, Cleo and anyone i missed

Rmom what Christian station do you listen to??? i listen to KLOVE. I know most of the songs there has been talk about, Dry even asked me if i was sure i was a youngen because i know them, but now i just mainly listen to Christian music. I love music and it gives me the best feeling when i listen to KLOVE.

*Carmy what did your girls think of this going on in your yard?

Hiya, buckeylover. Good to see another new “face”. What’s “your” site, if I may ask?

Tabby, only 2 of my girls know about it. Daughter #2 was kind enough to help get it out by the pond. I tried to call the “city” to pick it up, but they won’t unless it is in the street. It’s gone now, a gator may have snacked it up. The suspected killer is/was in the backyard earlier, I took a photo of it. Also, I do believe they are geese and not ducks.

*dcguys, buckleylover *has the strip “Pinkerton”. If you haven’t read it, it is great.

Good Morning, all you lovely people!

JFri: I stayed up way too late last night listening to music videos. That happens every time I go to YouTube.

Cleo: That is wonderful; I love chefs!

morning Marg

RAD: I’m glad that you like the flowers. *Tabby *will be blooming soon, too.

Morning, Tabby!

BBL

Carmy wow i dont even know what to say about the “Ducks” hope it doesn’t happen again.

well i just had the best breakfast. i had chocolate cake. so here you all go. cake for all. (its from a box. ☺) well the worst part is the milk. i dont like milk but since ive been a little bet clumsy lately i have to drink milk. :(

i do need to be going take care of my ankles so i will be back later.

oh Marg i had to do the stupid dishes as well, but thats okay im going to show them. they think im well enough to do that, well i am walking across the street later to see my freind and how she is realy doing. :D im terrible i know

speeking of being clumsy i just bent down to get something i droped and hit my head on the chair.

shakes head Akenta where were you with that pillow? lol

BBL

Thanks, Cleo. I’ll wander over there.

Oh, yes, I remember what I was going to say. I think we all enjoy the comments here, even the trolls, or we wouldn’t bother reading them and staying here. Even trolls need attention and love, although they don’t know how to ask nicely for them.

Tabbylynn, keep off those ankles so they can heal, at least for a few days! Sprains may seem less damaging than broken bones, but tendons take a terribly long time to heal!

@carmy re: Dusty not being a stud, no but I think Wink is!!!

Tabby - I listen to American Family Radio - they have over 100 stations across the country, in different formats. You can see if they have anything in your area by going to afr.net. Sounds like you need to wear a helmet in the house. ☺

doc I’ve been lurking in the shadows!! What time is the wake-up call today/tonight? I better not wear perfume though!! :-D

Tabby - cake for breakfast? I’ve been tempted to do that, don’t remember if I gave in to temptation or not. But really, what’s the difference between having cake or doughnuts? I’d think the cake is probably better for you, since it would have less fat.

Okay, thanks to 2 very smart friends (Joy and JFri), the murder suspect has been identified as a Muscovy Duck! Head for the hills, it’s still loose!!

Well, I’m about to head off to cubeland. Have a wonderful day and/or restful sleep. See everyone later.

Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Love Song Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels) I Got A Name

cleo, my daughter graduated from chef school so I know you are in for a treat!!

Doc - now that you’ve warned me I’ll be prepared!!!

There’s this guy in my office, nice guy, but EVERY time he doesn’t hear you coming, and you walk up behind his chair, he freaks out!! We tease him about it all the time! He’s only 30, acts like an old man, analayzes EVERYTHING!! He knows its one of his faults and freely admits it!

Jump by Van Halen

hey all so i broke the rules and i took a shower insted of bath. i couldnt help it my hair was straw. but im back and now going try to change my pic.

Rmom i do need a helment in here. lol

Tribe Toon Daily Post Bulletin: A murder has occurred in BTville. The suspect is a Muscovy duck. All citizens are advised to stay indoors or travel in groups until the perpetrator is apprehended. Chief of Police Radical Knight had this to say: “I have assigned our top detective to this case. Sargent Joe Wednesday is a long time veteran who has worked homicide cases for over 30 years.” We will have updates as they become available.

DAAAAAAAHHH Strip:

Guilty, as charged.

The court fines you $5, PLUS “900”- THOUSAND bucks to pay the RIP-OFFF - in more ways than one - phone bill.

Why not chocolate cake for breakfast? It contains flour, eggs, and milk and probably less sugar than pancakes with syrup…

Helllloooo TRIBE!!!

As usual, I’ll spend the rest of the day catching up!

CLEO: Have a good day eating! Like doc says, bring a Tribey bag for us!

doc Toon: I love being a member of the tribe. Some people get it. My shrink does! LOL I’m a Yappy Nut! And a Happy Yappy Nut!

Jfri thanks for the laugh. in my group i will have Joy, Marg, Dry, Akenta, and rmom hehe i took the good ones. :P lol

my page wont refresh. sucks

bmonk: Morning. Next time you pray today, can you pray for my cousin George? In his 50’s he’s in late stage liver cancer. Wife and 3 children. Thanks. I’d love to go on a week long retreat. The longest i’ve been is three days.

morning Shika. Doc i enjoy being in this tribe of yappy nuts. if i didnt i would keep coming back. marg here you go. it is beautiful. thank you. :D

Morning Marg, Dtrystyha, tabbylynn, dcguys, carmy and Jfri and RRAmom.If I forgot anyone, that I didn’t talk to yet, I claim AAADD.

Welcome again Dawnavril: Is your birthday in April?

Risista: DAAAAAAAAAAH- HI there! Ho’wis it going?

Welcome Buckleylover! Are you a Yappy Nut too?

Yes Tabby - you’d best be tendin’ to those tendons, otherwise they could end up being your Achille’s heel…

RRAmom: Love “Time in a bottle” Played it on the piano. I still have the book “Music from the 60’s and 70’s and 80’s. I should dig it out.

Digital: You play piano?

DCguys: “I’ve got a Ticket to ride, and I don’t care– “or something like that.

Marg: I left a note for you last night. You too tabby.

CLEO: Is “kaya” your first dog’s name? Since cleo is your wife’s dog.

Dry - Reminds me of my husband. He’s hard of hearing, so it is easy to sneak up on him and startle him. Maybe the guy in your office has the same problem - that or he’s REALLY good at focusing on what he’s doing.

tabby, go ahead & take them! I’m taking the pirate :-P

Digital: Are you pulling tabby’s leg? That’s not nice. Let her feet be!

Tabby: all your momas and daddys are right, look after those ankles, they are needed to hold you up! My ankle took ages to heal because I kept wallking on it. wore a tension bandage on and off for a few years.

I’ve got to make my rounds.

“Singing in the Rain” Gene Kelly It’s 11oC and pouring rain here.

BBL

Shikamoo & Digital - I only dreamed of being able to play the piano. No - that’s not right. I took lessons for 8 years, and flunked out. My teacher told my mom she was wasting her money, because I couldn’t keep time with a metronome. I was thankful she was honest, because it was frustrating for me. I enjoy listening to others who have talent, so all I play now are CD’s.

Shika - used to, took lessons until about 8th grade, wish now I’d kept it up. Still pull out the clarinet occasionally.

And speaking of backyard birds, it might be fun to tie a bunch to Tabby’s toes, but we’d better not - if we used to many, they might drag her off and I’d feel bad if she ended up pigeon towed…

Dry: I’m like that man in yuor office. I think I go into a dream world when I’m working- absorbed in the task at hand, and I forget there are people around. BOO! ☺

TABBY: It looks beautiful! it makes a perfect avatar. I’m sorry you hit your poor head.

I’m taking cover before the Muscovy duck finds………AAHHHHH!

DIGITAL: What do yuo do with the clarinet after you pull it out?

Since CLEO is gone, let’s all head over to his house and enjoy the lake. I’ll set up a large canopy for shade, and bring the rubber ducks. There is a rumor that some large creature with a snake like neck has been spotted swimming in the lake. I wonder if Nessie has decided to join us???

BBML

marg I love how you think, you devious devil!

Paranoid - Grand Funk Railroad

Digital - you sure are great with puns!

Marg - Think we ought to short-sheet his bed while we’re there?

RRAMom, It took your music teacher 8 years to tell your mom she was wasting her money??

No, my co-worker isn’t hard of hearing, just VERY intense! He’s a riot, in a good way!

YEAH Marg, I like how you think too! I’ll bring those big long styrofoam floaters so we do battle in the lake!! LOL

I play guitar about as well as I sing…..AWFUL!!

Do we hafta clean up the mess at cleo’s place???

Dry - I will say in her defense, she was the 2nd or 3rd piano teacher I had.

D.F. the birds could be fun. lol Marg it feels better already (my head)

so here is one of my very very favorite songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtYnCmw2CWE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRwmgYEUr8

another great song.

tabby I love that song, too! Three Dog Night!

Tabby said: so here is one of my very very favorite songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtYnCmw2CWE

Ah yes, the classic “Joy618 to the World”

Shika you’ve got it. Guess you know French.

We have a pair of Muscovy Ducks around here. Never knew they were that predatory. Yikes!

D.F. she was the first person i thought of when i thought of that song. that sounds funny with the line “make sweet love to you” in it. lol ANYWAYS!! Jfri which one is your fav? im working on more as we speak. also on finding a birthday card for my neighbor. today is her bday!!!! i didnt know till about an hour ago now im rushing to find one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viodeSNS4

my fav. song by Jonny Lang. :D supper cute here!!!

Tribe Toon Daily Post Update: The pirate known as commicaddict has spotted the offending duck and fired cannon shots at it. The suspect duck was left unconscious, making it easy for the BTville police to apprehend him. A finger belonging to Shikamoo MB was found in the duck’s mouth. Upon reviving the suspect duck he said “Ya ain’t got nothing on me! I thought it was a finger sandwich!” It is now safe to go outdoors. In a seemingly unrelated matter, Sargent Wednesday said the the BTville police will announce on Thursday, plans for the annual Police Banquet on Friday. It is rumored the main course will be roasted duck! Be sure to catch tomorrow’s paper when we will do an in depth story on a midget fortuneteller who was arrested for fraud but escaped police custody. Headline? Small Medium At Large!

tabby I like soooooo many songs, it’s hard to pick a favorite! If I have to choose, I’ll take Let’s Go Trippin’ by the Beach Boys, studio version over the live version.

way to go Pirate!! WIATE!!!! are we sure it was him that shot and not JOY we all know her aim is better then his, he could just be taking the glory…. Jfri you better look into that. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDCUnLM6UUc\

this seems to fit our group. lol :D

LOVE YA!

Hi Tr be:

It’s h rd to t pe wit a m ss ng f ng r! JFri I hope th at you kept it 4 me so I can re-att ch it. FING ER S N WICH? G mee a break! WH T A LAME D CK! H pe it t stes b tt r th n it sounds.

Last one in is a rotten egg! I short sheeted the bed already, and fixed the hose with lots of kinks.

Shika wow i understood that post that was all choped up. lol

See tabby? You do know how to spell! You don’t need all the letters to read. Neat, eh?

♪♫♪I’M NOT CRAZY, I’M JUST A LITTLE UNWELL☺ I know, I know yo can’t tel.♫♪♫l

How’s your head now TABBY? I hate that when I hit my head. Or my toe. Or LOSE MY @%$^#&** FINGER! (Sorry about that.) LOL☺

My head is fine it was just funny that i hit it. Akenta will laugh at it, its an ongoing joke with us two. lol It is so cool how you can read without all the letters. :D

what have you people done to me? im looking up songs!!! i am singing along at the top of my lungs to Pink right now. lol im going crazy. lol

Late-Breaking Tribe News, Live from Shikamoo’s BackYard We’re here at the scene of a retaliatory cannon strike by one Commicaddict against a lady finger eating duck of unknown nationality. Authorities have now informed us that the duck, was in fact, an endangered species known as the Chappaquid Duck, normally found only on a small island in Massachusetts. How the duck came to this region of Canada, no one seems to know, but fowl play is suspected. Local RCMP officers have fined Commicaddict under the Fish & Game act for hunting without a valid license in the amount of $125 Canadian ($19.95 US). Sympathetic tribe members have already begun passing the hat to pay off the fine as they considered the shooting justifiable and that Commicaddict canardly be held accountable. DigitalFrog, reporting for Tribe News Network. Back to you JFri.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PK8Zi3rW3E

so not like her but beautiful sounding. -Pink & Steven Tyler - Misery

Commic: Don’t worry! I FOOT the BILL, as soon as this crazy duck let’s go off my foot. UGHH! Let go—NO, No Pirate! What until the…DUCK everyone. We’ve got a loose cannon here! Head for the hills.

More later, on the duck’s web site- I got it’s foot! BWAHAHA

What, it came back! The duck came back. Pirate, your off the hook.

On second thought, put the hook back on. Got you pegged there, me matie!

BBL Work to do. Keep me posted Tribe.

Only $19.95 US? WOW.

i just called my granny to tell her i fell its been since Friday that i found out what is wrong. we are getting a good laugh at me. there killing me!!! now i have to potty.

Shika the medical staff has saved your finger and put it on ice! D.F, you’re hired as a correspondent for the paper! Congrats, er Condolences!!!

JFri ROFLMAO!! Another excellent report!!

I’m going to nominate you for the Nobel Prize in Journalism!!

D.F. you should have know better ha ha now youve got a job. lol

Dry we should so do that. well my lunch is here. must be going. :D

Shika’s finger is on ice? Cool, she could be in the next James Bond movie: Coldfinger…

tabby you KNOW the pirate fired the cannon…..Joy would have scored a direct hit on that stupid duck!

Life lesson: Never eat your lunch and read Big Top posts at the same time!! You guys are certifiable!! (I guess I must be too though!)

Good one(s) Shika!

Thanks JFri. Now I’m going to POINT THE FINGER at that shifty duck who claims to be an endangered species. Endangered, my FOOT. OW. LET go, or you’ll be roasted before you can say quack, you quack!

I like my finger shaken, not stirred. (I won’t even mention straight up becasue we’ve got ladies here, myself included.) so get your mind out of the gutter you guys.

JOY? Where are you? Come and get the pirate before he hits something!

Shika you’ll get a big fine if you kill an endangered duck!! More than $19.95 LOL!!

The one and only song that defines this group is and I say it again “Dancing in the Moonlight” by King Harvest NOT the version by Van Morrison, good but not near as good!

Now why would I get my mind out of the gutter?? It’s lived there sooo long I think it has squatter’s rights!!

I hate to tell you Digital, but my back yard’s a parking lot.

“THEY PAVED PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT!”♪♫♪♫

DRY:* I like Dancing in the Moonlight. Did you post a url for that one?

@RRAmom, I noted DigitalF’s pun(s), but “good” was not the word that came to mind. I would rather quote another inveterate punster I know: “Oooh, that smarts…I wish I’d thought of it!”

By the way, are you sure it’s Detective Joe Wednesday, and not Joe Minotaur from Pibgorn? (see http://home.earthlink.net/~joeminotaur/ )

JFri: Okay, so your mind squats in the gutter. Let it out for fresh air sometimes! lol

Shika here ya go! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VEC5rXOXvU

Comment to D.F.: enough punishment!

Shika i love that song. i think its called yellow cab or something of the sorts. idk. Jfri true Joy would have killed him. First try. lol Shika you said you left marg and myself a message last night??? where and about what, if yuo dont mind. so i can go find it..

any body have any ideas on what to write on a b-day card for a dear friend??? im lost here.

Dry why are you eating and reading these things? your asking for trouble…. By the way i love your avatar. it rocks. so funny it made me laugh when i saw it. :D

RRAmom: Re: piano lessons. My teacher always said “I know you liked that piece because you practiced it!” I went to Gr. 8, but can play grade 9, if no one is around. I taught myself the ukelele, but threw it out when Tiny Tim appeared on T.V. I also taught myself recorder- still have that. I can only play Bach’s “Jesu joy of Man’s Desiring” on it though. go figure.

tabby:

Lilies are red; That being said, You are my friend right to the end.

How about, “If friends were flowers, I’d pick you.” (not mine originally though.)

Dear friend,

I’m glad we share our time together Anytime, in any weather When it rains, you bring me sun With you life just seems more fun.

Well, I don’t know your friend, so that’s all I have.

Shika sweet but not what i need. i dont know what i need. sigh i need help. lol thanks. anything else is welcomed i have about an hour b4 i need to print something out. lol 1st one

♪♫♪Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow, dont stop thinking about tomorrow, it soon will be here.♪♫♪

i think i like the 2nd let me write that down. anymore keeep them coming.

At camp we used to sing this song (besides “Friends are like flowers, beautiful flowers;/ Friends are life flowers in the garden of life!”:

Friend, O friend, how do you do? [Take another’s right hand and shake hands] Both my hands I give to you! [join left hands also] Round we go, round again, [circle with hands cross-joined] Now I find another friend… [let go and find another partner] [repeat until everyone is nearly dizzy]

Ohh, nice graphic when I delete a comment!

Marker 159

tabby - How old is your friend? Do you want sweet or funny?

she may be 40 now….. sweet or funny doesnt matter. both would work i can toss it in…

Bmonk thanks

Sorry Tabby, Hard to think of something when you don’ot know them. But she must be special, because YOU are!

Hi RAD: I meant to ask you, what kind of bike do you have? My Bro in law has a Harley- or have I mentioned that before? He goes to the States for bike conventions often.

bmonk: do you have a lot of dizzy friends? I like that though.

JFri Thanks for “Dancing in the Moonlight” That’s our song alright two, three four- ♪♫♪DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT♪♪♫♪:

Shikamoo, Not any more. That was, umm, over twenty years ago.

Shika she has had a hard life and lost her son a while back. she is going throught a lot now. she is a cancer surviver, mother of 3 the youngest (if i remember right) passed away. she is rasing her 3 grand kids all boys and she is just a fighter subron person. who ive become great freinds with in the last few months. she is a sweet caring person and does tomuch (like me) so she is something special…. i just dont know how to put into words what she means so me. :( sigh this is hard.

TABBY - Here’s some possibilities:

You Know You’re Getting Old When …Everybody has already heard all your jokes. …Everything hurts, and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work. …Sometimes you stop to think and forget to start again. …The products you bought with a lifetime guarantee begin to wear out. …Weight lifting consists of just standing up. …What used to give you heartthrob now gives you heartburn. …Work begins to be a lot less fun and fun begins to be a lot more work. …You add “God Willing” to the end of most of your statements. …You feel most comfortable straddling two lanes. …You get out of the shower and you’re glad the mirror is fogged up. …You have trouble finding your kind of music on the radio. …You look into the mirror and wish you hadn’t. …You meet old friends and you tell each other “You haven’t changed a bit.” …You start dressing for comfort. Your color coordination takes a back seat to expediency. …You start looking forward to dull evenings at home. …You stop looking forward to birthdays. …Your arms are barely long enough to hold your reading material. …Your back goes out more often than you do. …Your name appears on every mail order list in the country. …You’re not inclined to exercise anything but caution. …You’ve reached middle age when a lot of living under your belt begins to show there.

he he i found my sunglasses and ink for the printer… now i just need words. lol brb

Rmom those are great. alot of lols there. i will have to have her a funny card and a sweet card now. thanks:D

i fixed my ink i am ready to go.

Somehow life seems so much brighter With you in my life my friend. The load we bear seems that much lighter: When we share what life has to send.

Tabby- Sorry again, I wrote that before I read your latest post. But it kinda fits.

okay guys thank you all. im not sure what it will be, but i need to get off. ill be back to check in a little while if there are anymore post. i need to go find some pics of horses and dolphins. her two fav things, not sure how i will put them together yet, but i can be smart sometimes so i can do it.

okay so i got it. here we go…. card # one has ” Mrs. Sherrie: ) Happy Birthday! Just a little something for you, to show you that you are loved. I hope your birthday is as sweet as you. You may think you are getting older, but you’re getting better with age. You a great person and you deserve the best on your birthday. I hope it is a sweet as you are, if not sweeter. Try to take a break, ship the kids away and relax. I love you have a great birthday!!”

and also I am glad we share our time together Anytime, in any weather When it rains, you bring me sun With you life just seems more fun. Thank you for being my friend.

card number 2 has the you know your getting old when…

thank you both so much. your rock. now to find the right way to print it and get next door with out breaking anything. lol

YOU can be smart anytime tabby!

RRAmom: My piano teacher said to me, “I can tell you liked that piece, you practced it.” lol Went ot Gr. 8 and some Gr. 9. Played ukelele until Tiny Tim came on T.V. threw it out then! Taught myself recorder. Only one piece: “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring” by Bach. Go figure.

bmonk:Did you get my prayer request?

BBL Sweet dreams Doc T.

Shikamoo - I have a ‘92 Honda Shadow VT1100C Spirit. A Cruiser which was manufactured in California for their emission standards.

[EDIT] - A “MADE IN U.S.A.” Honda.

RAD? HARLEY? See above post, 162.

so leave it to me to get it beautiful on the computer and have the ink be stupid. ugh!!! the stupid thing is priting in pink not muitly colors. sigh… i have this pic and it keeps coming out in pink http://www.freespiritart.com/images/art-prints-of-horses.jpg

Honda - Made in California, U.S.A.

D.F. lol i dont think i got that form that song but okay. lol

Shika - THEY PAVED PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT!”♪♫♪♫ ??? . And here I thought it was “THEY SHAVED FURRY DICE, AND PUT A PUP BARKING LOTS”

i think i pink horse wil have to do or i have to find a new pic. sigh

JFri Thanks from me as well for Dancing…. Great song! OK, so I’m only here for a couple of minutes, but after checking a couple of the posts - SHIKA - I see I’ll just have to wait until I’m back home & can really laugh out loud. Great stuff for tabbylynn. Wish I had that kind of imagination. And thanks for the updates on the duck massacre. Isn’t that what happens as we talk about the news…a splinter becomes a murder, a murder becomes a massacre, etc., etc., etc…

See everyone later. I deposited some energy in the Tribal Bank & Trust fund if anyone needs it. I added some strength as well. BBML

Shikamoo - It didn’t matter how many times I practiced, because I couldn’t ever do it correctly, so I just kept repeating my mistakes. When my boys were little, I thought we’d have them take piano lessons from a friend of mine - he’s got a PhD in piano now. But when they were in the children’s choir at church, we noticed that their clapping wasn’t even close to being on beat. No point wasting money. When I was younger it bothered me that I had no athletic or musical ability. Since that time I’ve discovered I have a bunch of other talents - usually ones that are much more practical in nature. My oldest son loves to “whistle” - unfortunately, it is torture to listen to him. But he’s very talented with computers and engineering concepts. The youngest has a mind like a steel trap, not sure what field he’ll go into yet. He loves listening to classical music, but has no delusions that he’s a musician. I figure the musicians need people to sit in the audience and enjoy, so that’s our place.

i think i got one!!!!! lets let it dry and ill let yuo know.

okay we have a pinkish horse. lol but it will be okay. she is an understand lady. lol

now on to the dolphin

Jfri: No, No, It’s

THEY WAVED A PAIR OF DICE AND PULLED UP A SHARK-KING SHOT.

And before the word police tell me that it’s one die, two dice, that’s why I wrote that.

Hurrah Tabby! I know sometimes I have to “bleed” the color ink on my printer if I haven’t used it recently. I’m glad to hear you got one.

I’ll get the the rest later. thanks dcguys and RRAmom.

Pink horsey, pink elephants- WHAT have you been into Tabby?

Doc: my cat weighs 20lbs all by his lonesome. I tell him he’s just big boned, not fat. (Optimistically….you know.)

“Engaging Cloaking Device”

okay im going to go bring them over and hang out with some different friends for a while. bbl. most likely late tonight. sorry. peace and love.

Have fun Tabby!

Rad: You’ll have to ask my BIL about the stats on his bike, but our youth pastor has a Honda Shadow. don’t know what year. My nephew has or had a Harley made from parts. (Or fixed from parts more likely) He worked on it with his dad and some biker friends.

BBL (I keep promising to leave.)

Bye Tabby: have a great evening.

Rad why are you engaging the cloaking device?

JFri so he can sneak out of Dodge! Away from all these nut jobs around here! (I resemble that reamrk!)

@Shikamoo, that was cousin George, 50s, fighting liver cancer…got it!

You guys are hilarious! I especially like the duck reports, and Shika’s typing with a missing finger, LOL!

DRY: Good job short sheeting the bed!

JFRI: Yea, we have to clean up, because he’ll know it was us, d@rn.

I’m trying to balance the checkbook, and things aren’t going smoothly, so BBL

Marg - the trick is to lay it on your finger just a bit to left of center to account for the weight of the staples and thelittle stubs left by torn out checks, once you find the right spot, it’s not too hard to keep it balanced.

D-F: I like how you balance the books. I do it on my head though!

Opps. Whose bed did I short sheet then? Must have been Doc T’s, but he would have noticed by now. Just how tall is he- oh yeah! He’s a cat. LOL

Tribe Toon Daily Post Final Edition: An international incident was avoided when BTville sent Ambassador to Canada Shikamoo MB to negotiate the release of the notorious pirate, commicaddict. When talks started to break down Shikamoo MB tried to give the Canadian negotiators the finger. The stub where her finger used to be was mute testimony to the fact that the suspect duck was billed and dangerous! Also in contention was the fact that the RCMP had no idea where the border was as this all occurred in Florida. Coming to commicaddict’s defense was Joy618 who assured the Canadian authorities she was a dead shot with a cannon. The entire incident between BTville and Canada has been put to rest despite questionable negotiating tactics.

Thanks bmonk: always appreciated.

Dinnertime. CLEO isn’t back with our Tribey bag, so I guess I’ll raid his refridge before heading home. Zipping all over the continent has given me an appetite. and that duck’s foot didn’t taste great either. How much did you say it would cost if it was endangered? Trust a duck to use a disguise to look like an endangerd species. “Ugly duckling”, indeed!

I use cloaking device because I can’t STAY in one spot very long and have to be inconspicuous to the management <

In one office I could be on several PC’s depending on who’s in the office. Also, these people are very particular WHAT’s on their machines so I have to be able to clear off practically instantly.

So we shouldn’t talk to you when you’re in disguise, looking the other way.

You can talk, but where am I?

JFri WHAT THE FREAK DO YOU MEAN FINAL EDITION?????

Shika, you said “ugly” are you sure that wasn’t the* piriate* in disguise?

See tabby my spelling ” ain’t”” so hot either, but it’s easier than going back to fix it!

To be absolutely positive a certain someone I know see’s this

HEY DOC, THEY TRIED TO HIDE MY BUGLE, BUT I FOUND IT!!!!! HA! HA! HA! HERE I COME!! WAKE UP CALL!

Dry, relax, take a DEEP breath….that’s today’s final edition!

You’re lucky mister!!!!

Finally all caught up. Looks like everyone had a good day :-) I did a little more skim through the comments, but all I can remember is that we’re safe from the duck and that tabby need a pillow hat.

Apparently the duck-goose fight was a territorial dispute. The killer duck has claimed my backyard as his new roost. I don’t have a gun, but I do have a machete.

I have temporarily posted a photo of the soon to be dead duck as my avatar for your viewing enjoyment.

That I GOTTA SEE!!!!!!!!!!! CARMY WITH A MACHETE GOING AFTER A KILLER DUCK!! ROFLMAO!

carmy what is your avatar? Sorry for the caps after “see”. but I forgot to shut them off and it’s easier than editing!

Dry, the avatar is the killer duck sitting in my backyard.

I’ll try to get a better shot for you. Uh oh, he flew the coop.

Rad, we have a Honda Valkyrie. Rode across Canada and back a few years ago, dipping into Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts. Best trip we’ve ever had!

carmy, your first post about the abvatar posted the same time as my question, lol

Hello everybody. Reading these daily posts has me in stitches, thanks JFri. Dry, I like your avatar.

thanks johnnydoc, I just found it while googling, but risitas from Pibgorn sent me a link to the old show Hee Haw. It opens with a cartoon donkey saying Hee Haw! Kind of looks like mine, only mine isn’t wearing a hat!

jfri and doc dind’t even mention it, nor did carmy! :-(

DRY: I was going to ask you if it was Mr. Ed. But now that you mention it, it does looks like HEE-HAW without a hat.

I shoould look for Mr. Ed’s picture. That was a funny show!

Dry, I’m sorry I did not mention your donkey earlier. I wanted to ask if it was related to Joy’s donkey. Your donkey has a very nice smile. :)

RAD says, “You can talk, but where am I?” I don’t know. where ARE you? Don’t you know yourself? lol

CARMY: I saw my first Muscovy duck in Orlando Fla, staying with my Aunt Marguerite. I didn’t know what it was. I’m glad it didn’t bite my finger then. lol

okay guys. you are killing me. as happy as i am being with them over there, i was wondering “man what are they talking about now? what am i missing?” lol tell me im not messed up in the head. lol Dry being such a bad speller i did not even see where you messed up at. lol carmy dont let the girls see you going after it. they may cry or get the idea to do the same. lol

Hi johnydoc: Aren’t you worried you’ll lose your job if you laugh too much. I’m glad you made it home to join the party. I can’t wait until Cleo comes home.

carmy, yea he is kinda toothy, isnt’ he? Are you sure he’s a donkey? I told Joy he was a horse!

Dry, you’re right, it is a horse. The ears look horsey not donkeyey. Mr. Ed is funny. I like Francis the talking mule too.

Carmy he looks creepy form what i see. lol be careful.

”This is not the Radical Knight you’re looking for” zshzxx..crackle..”This is not the Radical Knight we’re looking for” ”We can go about our business” zsh..crsh…”Go about your business”

Sorry for almost creating an international incident. I must have misread the posts, I thought the duck was in Shika’s yard.

Shika, I wonder if the duck you saw was a murderer too. I think these ducks are trying to take over Florida.

Carmy - Once you’ve “taken care of” the duck, you might find this useful: http://tinyurl.com/d6ja73

Late-Breaking news on WWW. whatsupduck?.commic

The mystery of the identity of the killer duck has been un-covered, and it turns out that Muscovy was one DIGIT AL the FROG, who collects digits! He goes by the alias Jeremiah Bullfrog. He was last spotted DUCKING into someone’s back yard. LOCK YOUR DOORS! Do not approach this very dangerous ARMED frog. That’s right, he collects ARMS too. we understand that he plays leap-frog, so do not climb a tree to escape either.

Over to you JFri. I should point out that we were tipped when Mr. D. A. Frog disguised himself as our intrepid reporter Digitalfrog (no relation).

Dry I’m sorry I didn’t comment on your new avatar but working from the Blackberry it’s harder to notice in the itty bitty windows you get! Besides that, you didn’t notice my* new avatar, either! *:-P

DF, I don’t know about that recipe, it calls for a 5 to 6 pound duck. My duck is huge, like a butterball turkey.

BBL, dinnertime. I made tacos (beef and chicken) and rice!

JFri YES I DID TOO !!! I was going to mention it the next time I posted! You just changed yours! Mine’s been up all day MISTER!! :-P BACK AT YA!

And what is it?

you guys crack me up. D.F. the recipe good one.

well you guys im off again. my drink is fin. and im going back to the party. :D peace and love to all.

children (Dry and Jfri) behave while im gone. :P

Bye Tabby. thanks for dropping in.

DRY and JFRI: The saga of the dueling avatars! Who will win?

I see that the shifty Digit Al the Frog has changed his disguise once more. Where have you taken the REAL Digitalfrog? ‘Fess up!

I always win, don’t I buddy!!

Din-Din. BBL

Dry, it’s a rock jutting into the Spacific Ocean!

docT the war against the squirrels is ON! http://cst.rbma.com/content/Mark_Trail?date=20090527 Unfortunately, the has been collateral damage (panel 1) :-(

Is that where you were overthe holiday?

Well, that S U C K S!!! The link doesn’t work!

Dry, yup! Geocaching!

What link? I hope they aren’t done with the work on here! Some of this stuff still doesn’t work right!

Dry You always win?? In what universe??

JFri This one my dear, this one!! LOL

Shika, nice work! marg your column is due!

JFri, you never said, did you find any treasures?

treasures?

Dry: You did win. Jfri, shake hands er hoofs with her.

Terrible timing as usual.

Hey Carmy if the duck starts looking in through your windows, maybe it’s a Peking Duck instead. If you do decide to cook it up though, make sure you pluck it thoroughly, I’d hate to see you feeling down in the mouth.

Digital Frog, I am afraid I must go away now, because that last comment was pure “pun”ishment. You “quack” me up.

DF, ha ha, you are so funny. How about I send the killer duck over to your house? Jdoc, ditto to what you said.

I found Digital Frog out rootin’ on his scoot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkHm8uUuT0o

johnnydoc: Don’t go, you should let Digital’s comments roll off you like water off a duck’s back!

Carmy: Is the duck still there. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe it isn’t a decoy, but a real duck.

Dry, found 21 caches, 2 that apparently not there. I have 701 finds now!

DRY: Where have you taken Doc t. He’s supposed to be at work now. did your bugle wake him up or what?

JFri: A cache of what, if you don’t mind me asking? What’s a GEOcache anyways?

Where is everyone? Again?

Rad that was GREAT!!!

Shikamoo - I have a friend that bought a Valkyrie last week. He calls it his “Goldwing Lite”

Fantasic Rad! Thanks. Hey DF how do you sing like that?

Does he ride to “Ride of the Valkyries”? Goldwing Lite. I like that.

Shika, the duck was in my backyard almost all day. Even when it started raining, he just sat there. Last time I looked he was gone. It’s dark here now so I don’t know if he is out there right now.

Rad,Think you missed - we have a Valkyrie and love it.

Anyone seen the Pirate or Joy? They must be cruising the Caribbean again.

Rad, thanks for the clip, I did enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGuTf_vBaDU&feature=fvsr

Sorry Hope this one works. It’s more my style. ☺

Shika go to geocaching.com! If you have more questions, just ask!

Dry or Carmy: That last one is great if you like birds- humming birds!

Dawnaril: I wondered who RAD was refering to. I remembered seeing a post about a Valkyrie. I posted some music just for fun. There’s a shark on with Valkyrie music too.

Sorry RAD. I wasn’t sure if you knew it wasn’t me with the bike. My earlier post’s were about Hondas and Harleys.

carmy, could that be a female defending her nest?

Wow JFri: that’s quite a sport. Yuo must have a lot of patience and a lot of fun. that looks like a great site you visited in your avatar.

LOL Rad loved the clip

Hey Dry- You may be on to something there.mMother ducks are really aggressive.

Dawn - Missed? I think John said it was a 1500. One mean Beefy Burrito. He called it his “Goldwing Lite” because it’s basically the same as a Goldwing but without the full fairing or Trunk. It has a windshield and hard luggage.

I rode it down the street and back. GREAT handling. I had a Voyager XIV about 12 years ago. 6 cylinder, fully digital instrument panel, computerized and with air assisted shocks. AM/FM stereo cassette deck with intercom and CB Radio. Quietest bike I ever owned. It was a Lincoln Continental on two wheels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBRBaRXZ908&feature=related

Try this one for a shark attack.

I got confused and had to go back to find out who made what posts. I overlooked that it was Dawn who commented on the Valkyrie. I knew Shikamoo had mentioned a Harley and I goofed on the poster. MY mistake, sorry.

HEY DOC, kwicher bogartin’ and pass it around!!!

LOLs @ Doc and Rad!

Righteous…..

Dry and Shika, I googled the duck and what I learned was that the males are huge and the females are much, much smaller. I believe the one I got lurking around is a male, he is really big.

Let’s see if I got this right. The duck is still out there, but Joy and the pirate are missing? I guess I better tell the cats they are on patrol tonight.

This group just keeps getting bigger and better every day.

What a great bunch or people we have in this Tribe.

OK, passing to the right…..

Akenta, you are not that far from me (you are in the state above mine), have you ever seen these ducks in your area?

Rad, Doc is right, I’m next!

Did everyone miss the bulletin- or what?

Mua wants to know where this duck is. He loves chicken and wonders if they are similar. Sigh. Can’t keep him on a diet these days.

We usually get geese in my neighborhood. Every spring we have baby geese walking around. I’m sure there are ducks too, somewhere. (and also turkey vultures, hawks, doves, and I saw a peacock as I was driving to a friends house).

Glad you’re up DOCTORTOON.: Weird dreams you have. You should see a doctor about it. Did ya notice I short-sheeted your bed? I got mixed up and took a left turn at Albukerque on the way to cleos, so I short sheeted you instead!

OK, Carmy….

Not a problem RAD. I didn’t mind the mis-post. Enjoyed the Crazy Frog too.

Guess I better say good night. See you all bright and early in the morning.

We have Canada Geese everywhere. In our parking lots, our malls and even have goose crossing signs- no kidding!

I once got off a bus near my mall (where I worked then), and there was a little yellow goosling waiting at the bus stop- no mother in sight. I wonder where it was going?

Good night Akenta!

Just what are you passing around, and am I in line, or should I bow out gracefully?

Goodnight Akenta! Shika, we have several duck crossings. I’ve seen people jump out of their cars to stop traffic for the little ducks where there wasn’t crossing sign. Rad, thank you very much. Here is a link so you can see the duck up close. www.avianweb.com/muscovyduck.html

DOC –Did you notice the shelf was shorter? Buzz saw Shika strikes again!

Hello again all, I second Shika’s question, what are you passing around?

Doc Did you see my message back a while ago? Can’t miss it! I put it in

#BIG LETTTERS !!!

I mean the big ones!Hope you saw it!!

Carmy: I’d never seen a goose crossing sign before last Monday. Cute, with the goosling. I wonder if that is how the little fluff-ball I saw crossed the road?

Thanks Johnnydoc: I can see that they were trying to pass under the table. Play nice, remember? LOL

doc page 5

DRY; DID YOU MEAN BIG LETTERS, OR

BIG LETTERS? ROFLOL

WHO’S OUR BOOGY-WOOGY BUGLE GAL FROM COMPANY B?

DRY: That you?

Aw doc. At least Dry wasn’t playing the LAST POST!!

Carmy, I think the duck is kind of pretty. Sorry! But that website post said they taste like roast beef, so if you want to go out there with your machete, have had it! Just make sure one of your daughters films it for us!! LOL :-D

I’ll build you a new shelf doc T. Do you want it queensize or Kingsize?

Yea shika, I’m the bugle girl! Only way to get doc up! And Calvin gave me the idea!

HA! JFri! The RED Wings won!!! Say it with me: ”Repeat!”

And on that happy note, and with all this talk of bugles, I am off to bed. Good night all, see you tomorrow afternoon.

That Calvin sure gets around. I’m surprised he’s alive after blasting dad out of bed like that! But DOC is another matter. If your perfume doesn’t wake him up, he deserves a bugle call. (Just jestin’ doc.!) ☺

johnnydoc the Red Wings Won !

doc , you know I love harrassing you, its one of my goals in life!

JFri where did you go? disappeared when johnny’s team won, eh?

said: Fantasic Rad! Thanks. Hey DF how do you sing like that? . . I had a frog in my throat??

My avatar says it all! LOL!!! Snicker, snicker!

I’m off to la-la land too, or is that something else? Yep. Definately, I need some sleep.

DOCTORTOON; IF THAT MYSTERIOUS BURNING FLYING OBJECT COMES HERE, I’M SETTING THE MUSCOVY DUCK ON YOU. that is, if Carmy and Dry haven’t eaten it yet.

All this adventure has right worn me out. anyone left to say good night too?

Goodnight all you lovely people! I still have a basket of laundry to fold an then it’s off to sleep!

Doc , no bugles please!! I need my beauty sleep!!

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(Digital: Must have been a SPRING PEEPER!) ☺

AHA! I knew you were waiting for me to leave. =D

Night, Shika!

Dry, are you crazy? LOL, if I chase that duck with a machete in my hand, I’ll probably end up in the ER. I need a sling shot or something to knock him out first. Then I can use the machete, WHACK! Doc, I know notink too!

NOW, I’m worried. You too Carmy? Know notink, see nothink. I’d better build me a bunker. Bunker bed.

Nightmares guys!

Thanks dcguys.

AH H E L L ! I had to come back for one last round!

doc, you crack me up ! Who says a horse can’t wear perfume!!! LOL

carmy you and a machete, wouldn’t want you in ER but you chasing that duck would be a HOOT!! Good night my friend! Sweet dreams!

Dry, LOL! Goodnight and sweet dreams to you too. I am going to go catch some Z’s too. Goodnight All! Doc and Rad, thanks for passing, now I can have some groovy dreams. ;)

Goodnight, Gracie!

Night, docT

Doc - Am I the last one up tonight? I’m trying to lay low, hoping the duck doesn’t find me.

Rmom you are NOT alone says the killer duck

JFri - I guess I’ll let you take the next shift for the tribe. I’ve got to get some sleep so I can function tomorrow. Good night!

Good night!

Jfri - I think that duck is going to have a hard time getting me. He’d have to climb up to the 3rd floor where my room is, I’ve got some shotguns & rifles in my bedroom, and I know how to use them. I may not bother cleaning the fowl thing, but we know how to dispose of corpses around here.

Rmom I read you loud & clear!

I just got through watching Robin Williams Live on Broadway HBO special on UTUBE. I laughed so hard I could hardly breathe.

Way past my bedtime, I’m on the A-train to la-la land kiddies.

g’night, Rad. Guess I’m the last one standing - spending time trying to catch up with the other comics.

No, Dawn, you are NOT alone!

Wondered if anyone was still out there… Still catching up. BBL