Big Top by Rob Harrell for June 01, 2009

Ich bin nummer EINS!

Je suis #deux!

Ha! Your turn to cook!

Et moi, je suis la troisieme. Ich bin dritten… What’s for breakfast today?

How’s poached eggs on toast? The waffles and whipped cream were a little rich yesterday. But we could also have some fruit - strawberries and melons.

Happy Monday, everyone!! Hope it’s a good day and week for everyone.

I just checked my fantasy baseball team, and the nice lead I had in 1st place is almost completely gone. I wish I knew what I was doing there. I was in first place in my fantasy hockey league for a while, but ended up in 4th place in the end.

Codpieces? Is that safe in the circus? ‘Course, if they’re caught printing the money a codpiece may be helpful in the slammer.

Morning, fellow tribesfolk! MMMM - I very seldom think to order poached eggs. May I have one on rye toast with a small side of fruit, Dawn? I brought chilled juice and hot tea to the table. It’s sunny but in the mid-40s so wanted to make sure there was something hot for those who would like it. Well, off to make the rounds. I’ll check in before I head off to the bad place.

Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston Karma Chameleon - Culture Club Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen When I See You Smile - Roxette

SEPT!!

Morning Tribe: Jfri, Margy, dawnAvril, Akentaand dcguys. I made a quick rounds before stopping in here, and left comments here and there, but NOT at SOTU.

dawn Avril, I’d lvoe some fruit before I do my morning routine. Still praying for the Tribe! (Seems to be working wink)

Coffee’s done brewing. Help yourself. BBL

What’s a codpiece?

Morni’ all!

Morning everyone I see the party is still happening here. Haven’t been here for a while. just decided to barge in & grab some fresh brewed coffee, my compliments to shikamoo. Well, Later, Gators Or, After a while, Crocodiles. Or, Stay sweet, Parakeets Or, Just hang loose, Mongoose Or, etc. etc. etc

Mornin’ DRY. You’re kidding, right? A cod peice if fish sticks! Or protective shells for male sports players. Take your pick, and keep it clean. ☺

You’re welcome Nozzi. I don’t believe we’ve met, but if you’ve been here befroe, you already know the rules, so I won’t bother the Doc to recite them for you!

JFri. I checked last nights posts. Like I tol’ DRY. Keep it clean! (Toot!) :~)

BBL Toodle-loo, cockapoo! (That’s a bird, so there!)

I’ll give you “the bird”! Just kidding. Good morning, everyone.

Hey Doc T and Dry. I left you a note on B.C. Where are you two? Having a duel somewhere?

Josh. I’m glad you are kidding. Good morning!

BBL Back to Toonville.

Good Morning All:

Nice to be able to catch up so quickly.

I’ve brought some ultimate omelettes, veggie omelettes, hash browns, and a fruit selection. I don’t know if you’ll drink my cowboy coffee, but I need it. Oh that right, I have juice here too!

Dry, Shika: Gotcha before you guys asked.

Akenta: Know what you mean about the fantasy baseball. Five of my players on one team had “the day off” so you can imagine my Sunday score. Dropped me down to second place! What baseball manager in his right mind gives a good player a day off on a Sunday?! Ugh!

Thanks Terry, for the grub. Excellent choices!

Dry: Like I said when you all let me join. I can’t cook, but I can dial any phone number. LOL

Hi Terry. I wouldn’t mind an omlette and juice this morning. Sorry we conked out on you last night. It’s hard to keep up with this bunch sometimes. It was good of you to bring some munchies anyways.

Dry! You found Odie! Here boy, let me scratch you behind the ears. Get away Garfield! Odie’s safe from you here.

Shikamoo: Like I said last night, Sunday afternoons are a workday for me. I have a billiards league on Saturdays. I’m a mechanic and work from home. Yesterday the job ended up being longer than I anticipated. Glad you enjoyed the breakfast.

Terry I read you post last night. That’s why I apologized for leaving you. I don’t often stay up late, but many do.

Does anyone know how long Cleo said he’d be away? I forget.

Where is everyone this morning?

It’s cool and overcast here today. still no skeeters thankfully.

Good morning everyone! Dry, I like your Odie avatar. Terry and Akenta, at least your slump didn’t knock you out of the lead. My players pretty much didn’t start playing until two weeks into the season, and I am still trying to catch up. Yesterday for some reason, Yahoo! put Edwin Jackson, my Tigers pitcher no less, on my bench so I didn’t get the millions of points he got me for doing fantastic yesterday. Frustrating.

Just passing through, but I see the steam’s still rising from the omelets. Thanks Terry. To all those I missed earlier, morning and Happy Monday. As Garfield says ”I don’t do Mondays!” but here I am. I’ll stop back on my way out.

P&L

Johnnydoc, thanks! If Jim isn’t going to put Odie in the strip much, I’ll make his prescence (sp) known!

Okay, I’ve got to drag out my musical instruments and get *doc *up! He’s oversleeping today!

Some people still enjoy traditional circuses. I know I do. Good Morning Tribe! Thanks for breakfast. Delish! I’m heading over to chemo, will be gone all day. I’ll check in with you all later this afternoon/early evening. Have a good day everyone! Doc, I’m making a big withdrawal from the Tribe Bank.

Morning Carmy. I’m sending bushels energy and peace to you today to keep yuo bouyed. thinking of you and keepng the candle burning until you are home!

Dry. That was fast. Doc not only got up, but had a full morning as well. See you later. I’ve got reading to do for a paper I have yet to write.

Morning Doc T, Morning Carmy.

I need to get a few things done this morning. See ya all a little later.

Good morning all.

Overcast and 45F today, may get some rain by the looks of it.

DocT - Here’s a deposit from me as well.

♥ ♥ ∞ ∞ ☼ ☼ ♪ ♫

I missed your line about chemo Carmy - good luck, I hope it’s not to bad today.

Carmy: As well as the bushels of energy and pece, here’s a big deposit of love:

*♥ooo♥ooo♥ooo♥ooo♥ooo♥ooo♥ooo♥ooo♥♥♥♥♥

Have a good day Doctor Toon.

You too everyone else. BBL

9o C and still cloudy :(

Now behave doc!!

I said somewhere else on here, forget where!) that if Jim isn’t going to use Odie much, I’m going to let his presecence (sp?) be known anyway!

Encouraging me to get more horns? Alllllriggghhhtttt!

Yahoo! The fun continues! Go for it DRY!

Roll over Odie .Now I’ll give you a tummy rub. (Don’t look Mua!) That’s a gooood boy. OW! Garfield, I said get out of here!

I’ll deposit whatever good vibes and energy and good will, not to mention prayers, in the bank for Carmy and others.

By the way, ever notice that when you say, “not to mention,” that is exactly what you are about to do?

Hey Doc, Bmonk, Dry, and shika i think you are all still on. and HEY to ALL to come and have been here already.

hope you all have good days

going get some food bbs

@tabby, and all the rest, Hi back atcha!

bmonk whatever happened to those survey results?

what survey? im lost

I’m not sure. At Pibgorn, they posted a first set, then a whole bunch of new people wanted in, and we never got the complete results that I can remember. Here, I don’t even remember a survey…

okay.

no this all is about Pibgorn.

speaking of which, I haven’t checked it today, better get over there!

Thanks Doc they are doing better, a lot. I have been walking around the block and walking the house.

@doctortoon, I think a couch over here would be even more confusing. Lawn chairs, or perhaps (given the pirate motif) deck chairs, would be more fitting.

i am leaving for a while. i am about to go next door to bring mrs. sherrie a gift and mess with a friend. peace and love… no parties while im gone. lol

I wasn’t sure that the Tribe was that unified that we need just one decorating committee. Our strength seems to be the variety of different viewpoints and, ummm…what’s the word I want?……systems of thought or aesthetics? that we can and do accomodate.

I don’t know what aesthetics means… perhaps I am not right for this job.

I thought we had it all settled with the gazebo. And than Rad WAS bringing lawn chairs, but he “chumped out” on that! But we’re usually out sailing these days, so I guess we don’t HAVE TO HAVE lawn chairs at the moment!

I swear, it’s a wonder I get any work done at work!!

I’ll help you eat— er, stock the ice cream Doc. Dry, I get work at work because I can’t access the internet.

Hi all!

I got up really early for me today, and fell asleep at noon! For two hours. Makes up for the sleep I didn’t get last night. I think I slept just for two hours then too1 I was so tired, I couldn’t even make it over here to chat- not that there was anyone to chat with last night after midnight.

Crap! Just missed ya’ again doc. Working with you in the freezer would be fun! ;-D

What if I only blow my littlest bugle? Can I then? Please? Just one little toot?

Hi Tabby! Glad to hear that you feel better. I’ll bet it feels good to be up and around again.

doc, “you don’t need no stinkin’ beauty sleep!”

johnny, yea, it’s so tempting when you can switch back and forth from the internet to the spread sheets and such! And I do that more than I should! Who said this is addictive? I CAN STOP ANY TIME I WANT!!!

All that furniture moving woke me up.

Deck chairs. I think we should go on a Cari -bean cruise. We can stash the instruments in the wheel house and bring them out later.

Doc wants’ bar stools. What for. On Pirates ship, we just gather round the barrel- barrel chairs would be more appropriate.

Speaking of RADICAL (I heard you mention him) has anyone seen him? Did we scare him off with talk of renovations? Someone round everyone up for tonight.

DRY: Repeat after me,

“My name is DRY. I’m a B.T. addict.”

Johnnydoc: I need an office here. I DON’T get my work done because I am here at home and my books are all hee too.

I’d better take advantage of this apparent lull and get to work myself.

DocToon: * toot!* Enough beauty sleep. You can’t improve on perfection. (Who says flattery will get you no where?) I’m outta here now. BBL

Hi everyone who is here, has been here or will be here today. I’m kind of excited. I just made my LAST mortgage payment today. I think I’m going to frame the receipt and brag about it to anyone who comes near. I would celebrate but I don’t think my boss would give me the night off. So I guess I’d better try to get some sleep.I don’t know if I’ll have time to drop in again today so all the best to everyone.

Congratulations Serena That is wonderful news. And you’re only 21? How did you do it?

Must stay away from all the political strips, scary stuff. So much anger in the world today. Congratulations Serena.

Thanks Shikamoo but I think you missed the part of my comment where I said I was 21 but with several years experience. I’m not going to say how many years though. I know, I said I was going to go to sleep, but this place is toooo much fun. This time I really am going. Really. For sure this time.

Serena, you are only 21! I am jealous. I still pay rent.

Hi Johnnydoc: I think I mixed you up.

Serena: I did see the part obout many years experience. I wondered how you got many years experience at age twenty one. That’s my simple mind for you. 21 plus “a few”!

Johnny Doc, I still pay rent too, and I’m much older than you I’m sure.

I am sure I will be for a while yet.

Marker 92

If anyone is curious, I been busy updating websites. Gotta go again.

WHOOOSH!!

Hi Rad. Boy, I am proud of myself, I just went out for a 2 mile run. I am going to get myself back into shape if it kills me, and it might too.

*Hello! Thank you everyone for your peace, love and energy deposits. :) I did okay at chemo. I took a nice nap there and chatted with some fellow fighters. I’ll check back with you all later. Got to do some stuff here in RL.

Great! JDoc, You’ve made me decide to go out for a walk. Not sure I’ll get two miles, though.

Hey Johnnydoc. Don’t go killing yourself now. Let us help! : )

Good Afternoon Radical. Nice of you to show up! And to disappear without bringing chairs for tonight. : )

serena that’s great news. I was just checking mine yesterday to see how long I have left and it’s still a little while.

I think I just saw an eagle swoop by - have fun rad

All this talk of RL reminds me of mine. Reality beckons. BBL

carmy glad it went okay today.

dawn if it’s easier for you, I’m just going to walk 1/4 of a mile (give you a range to walk).

Hmm, I just looked, and I’m actually walking 5 minutes, so might be slightly more than 1/4 (but not much)

CARMY. Glad your day wasn’t too bad. See you later. Peace and Love.

I walked about 6 miles or so yesterday. Will do so again- later this week. Today I keep falling asleep.

Hello tribe. I’m late as usual, but just wanted to address a concern Tabby legitimately had. I lurk, but I am not a…how to put it…stalker? I don’t comment because there are so many comments ahead of mine, I’m short on time and nearly everyone is asleep anyway.

I’m wary about giving out geographic details, or even if I’m male, female or undetermined. I’m as old and the hills and as young as yesterday. As close as you’re gonna get to me is I’m on EDT and too close to the Atlantic for comfort (being from the gulf coast I am very wary of hurricanes).

I am owned by a feline fleabag…working on getting rid of an infestation of fleas. Lovely little yappy dogs next door….never had this problem last year.

Gotta run, supper’s ready. My feline, who is also named Stormy, is annoying me for her supper, too. Have a good evening, Tribe.

Quaby if you want to drive out the fleas grind up bay leaves and sprinkle them everywhere. Fleas will be gone in NO time! Sounds crazy but it works!

I’m just looking through the June 1 issue of The New Yorker, and there’s a good cartoon on p.73 for all you pirates: a suburban pickup hauling a one-masted galleon(?) with the Jolly Roger, and the owner is telling a neighbor, as he holds a treasure chest and moneybag, “You’d be amazed at how quickly a boat like that pays for itself.”

I don’t mean to imply that all you of the Tribe are pirates. Rather, I’m speaking to that subset of the tribe that actually are, or act as, pirates. (I’m still not quite sure what all goes on when you guys go on one of your little “Carribean cruises”…) But, I do promise that, come Sept. 16, I will take full advantage of “Speak like a Pirate Day”!

Gotta go; dinner is calling…

For anyone still around…

Heaven on the 7th Floor – Paul Nichols Runnin’ with the Devil – Van Halen Babe – Styx Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac

See ya ‘round.

Have fun Doc. bmonk, there is a “Speak like a Pirate day?” Now I have heard of everything…

Yes, but how do they define subscribers??

Oops, I misremembered. It’s September 19, with its own website: http://talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html.

But maybe, in honor of our local crew of cutthroat ruffians, we should make it a week, at least???

Wow! That is a lot of subscribers - and I don’t even subscribe. Wonder if it means all of the people who subscribe to the papers that carry the ‘toon.

Well, I didn’t get out for my walk. Will go after supper when it’s cooler. It is 28 degrees Celsius - That’s 82 1/2 Fahrenheit! Too hot to walk.

Congrats Serena - that is a big step.

Carmy, glad it went fairly well. I too contribute energy.

That is really hot Dawn! It was only in the 70’s when I went jogging. bmonk, that is my brother’s birthday. Maybe I will wish him a happy birthday in pirate.

Arrgh, me matey, you just do ‘t! And maybe toast ‘m wit th’rum! Aaaarrrrrgh!

I canna stay long here. I be tryin’ t’ finish some work an’ do nay want t’ lose ‘t again. I port lawn chairs an’ some chaise lounges beside th’ ice chests wi’ assorted soft drinks under th’ tarp in th’ off chance that ‘t may drizzle.

http://www.syddware.com/cgi-bin/pirate.pl

Not t’ be matey, he be much younger than I and can’t be havin’ th’ rum, yet.

Na, na, na, Th’rum, that’s fer you t’be drinking, now! It’d be a toast, wouldna?

AAAARRRR. A mighty foine Tribe we be. I look forward ta September 19th when I kin bring me Polly t’ the Black Raven Party. Or whichever bonnie vessel we be ‘scounced on then.

Helloooo RAD me laddy. T’ank ye for ta chaise lounges and the tarp. Ye be a right foine lad, ye be.

DRY. Ye be blowin’ ye horn wi’oot me now? Th’ doctor be blammin’ me too. AARRR. Good work lassie!

Aaarrrrgh! This be a fine muddle fer me! I be trying to be speakin’ seriously over at Pibgorn, and to be cantin’ in th’proper lingo over here, an’ t’be wrackin’ me brain sommat feirce!

Quaby. No worries. With a cat named Stormy, you’ve got to be a good lurker. Welcome, and bring Stormy along to keep my lad Mua company. Sometimes you will see Mua in my avatar. This week I went for a cat and duckling, in keeping with the theme at the time I picked it.

Iffen ye wantin t’ perk ye scottish brogue there, have a wee bit of a peek at “Kidnapped” by Charles Dickens. Harrr.

It’ll put th’ giggles in yer gullet for sure.

bmonk: Welcome to the loony bin. We speak many languages here. You’re doing well. You speak seriously at Pibgorn? Now what kind of language is that? I’ll have to go and see what you are talking about.

RAD. I could use some giggles there. “Kidnapped” ye say- I’ll look it up. thanks.

Serena; I raise a toast to your new status! Cheers! Salut! Mazotov! I think.

Doct and DRY. You behave yourselves. You need to keep your job Doc. Have fun at midnight with your little horn DRY. Sure it’s not a Fog Horn?

Johnnydoc. What the heck did you say? Who’s the lad who’s too young for rum? How did he get here? I must have missed something in the translation! : )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkD0MxNY_Bw

Welcome home Doc T- for later.

Bmonk: Loved the New Yorker cartoon, thanks for sharing. I get the New Yorker desk calendar every year.

Alright that is enough pirate for me. I am off to bed, not right away, but I am off the computer now, so good night all, and have a pleasant tomorrow.

Good night to all my pirate (and non-pirate) friends out here. Hope you all enjoy your evening and will see you in the morning.

Night Akenta sweet dreams. :D

okay all im home for about another 10 min b4 i eat and go walk…. while trying to sign back in bc i go kicked out…. i read this thing that said…. “So much to do… so little time to not do it and read comics.” thought of you DRY. lol

getting off my computer is being stupid the Internet is not working right bc my bro has been looking up things he shouldn’t…. :( about to kill him. night all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlinZt3tQsA

For You DRY. Hope it comes in handy some time!

Tabby: You still there?

Good night Akenta and Johnnydoc. sorry I missed your exits. Have a good night.

You know, I must admit that when the chatter gets on the horns being blown, I keep remembering back to one of Microsoft Window’s (??) game packages, including the marching mice, the thief-treasure grab, and various other forms of silliness, including one with horns that caused various cobras to rise from their baskets and push the falling basket tops back up into oblivion. There were three, if I remember: one in particular was brassy, and another was more the “traditional” snake charmer’s flute or horn (a nay??).

bmonk Sorry, I was checking out SOTU and my head is still spinning. I saw your post and replied to it. sorry we keep going on about horns. It’s a fun joke right now, but I’m sure it will evolve into something else in time.

bmonk. I never saw the snake charmers. sounds like fun. I have a photo of a snake charmer that my dad took in the Punjab when he was there during WWII. Woven basket, the whole shebang.

No, I just was laughing about it…blaatt!

Weeenh!

Alas, the games are gone with the program they came with…like these haiku error messages:

A file that big? It might be very useful. But now it is gone.

This site has been moved. We’d tell you where, but then we’d have to delete you.

You step in the stream, but the water has moved on. This game is not here.

Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

Your File was very large And did many useful things. Alas, it is gone.

Think I’ll call it a night. I didn’t get much slepp last night and so I;; see if I can wind down enough to sleep tonight. good night Bmonk. good night RAD, if you come back.

Good Night doc T and DRY, when you get back from work. Have a good night.

**Peace and ♥♥♥♥

Oh, there you are. #*TOOT

How’d you do that bmonk? Darn. I’ll never sleep now.

g’night!!!

How’d I do what???

Thank you everyone! I had to thank everyone again because as I was just catching up, I saw very kind words for me. I really do appreciate them so much. ♥♥♥ Serena, Congrats on your final mortgage payment. YEA! Akenta and Jdoc, Goodnight, see you all tomorrow. dcguys, I like Styx better when Tommy Shaw joined the band. I love Blue Collar Man and Renegade. How about bleeep Yankees, High Enough Or Night Ranger, Don’t Tell Me You Love Me.**

Actually the horn was meant to be a private joke which has grown beyond proportion!

Jokes have a way of doing that. Just ask Joe_Minotaur….

That is, he used to be someone else, until he was part of the minotaur/monitor joke, and then developed the Joe Minotaur character, and then took the name to keep cuisine-challenged bridge substructure symbionts from hijacking it….

bmomk, that was not directed at you, sorry if you thought so!

Back from my walk - about an hour at a good clip. It is still warm but since the sun is down it is cooling a little. BMonk, I loved the haiku!