Big Top by Rob Harrell for November 24, 2009

Best to save your hunger for Katie Couric.

ROASTED COYOTE FOR BREAKFAST!!!

I’ll go out with you Wink! You are a sweetheart!

And Terry is serving breakfast! BTW! He made the last post and he asked, who was making breakfast, so by default, it’s on him!

JFri you wish, TURD!!!

You can’t do that with the rules lady!

I wasn’t first!

Of course, Deep FRIed Roadrunner, with my Special Basting Sauce and Scrambled eggs with jalapenos peppers, would be good!

TOUGH, TERRY! You asked, so I thought you were doing the honors!

And we must have Rakkav’s Mocha!

I am sure my breakfast will be left for the animals at the Big Top. I mean who could resist roasted coyote. that is a dog gone good feast.

For those still hungry. Chicken fried steak & homemade biscuits. Wild mushroom & egg crepes. Soft boiled eggs with chalupa. 3 egg omelet with spanish chorizo and caramelized onions. Fresh fruit. Silver Patron with Fresh tomato juice, lime, horseradish chaser. Nuclear coffee Coco Mocha Fresh juices and…

BOOKERS FOR JFri & Dry

I’ll pass on that menu.

I’m headed out to Denny’s. I’ll buy the breakfast. Anybody in?

ROASTED COYOTE!?

Well thanks so much CLEO! Deep FRIed roadrunner is SO MUCH MORE TENDER!*

And you thought wrong! I thought you knew me better than that! I guess not!

Well you all better not even think about pulling off my drumsticks, ahem, I mean legs!

Does Lauer need a date????

Good Morning Cleo, JFri, Dry and Terry!

If you’re buying Terry, I am in.

SINCE THE TURD FORGOT, I’LL DO THE HONORS

HI MARG

Good Morning Carmy, Cleo, JFri & Dry!

Good Morning Carmy. I don’t want to pull off your drumsticks. but I wouldn’t mind giving them a little nibble. I also have a special fascination with bared tan lines.

Cleo, I will partake in some of that Silver Patron!

That’s two, who’s driving?

Good Morning Marg!

Terry do you want it with the chaser or just the healthy shot?

Cleo, just a healthy shot sir!

As you like it my man.

Thank you, Cleo.

I guess it is just you and I headed out to Denny’s.

HI, MARG!!!

MORNING AKENTA And good morning to ALL!!

I’m too tired to yap. I’ll fix myself a plate of chicken fried streak and homemade biscuits for later. Goodnight Everyone!

BOOKERS!! Thanks, cleo!!

Good Night Carmy!

I will have some deep fried bird, soft boiled eggs, Orange juice with Bookers, and an english muffin with peach jam!(Which isn’t on the menu, but I want one, please!)

Good night Tribe! See ya’ when I see ya’! (NOT IF I SEE YOU FIRST!)

Run Roadrunner, Run! Now’s your chance! I’m taking my nappy! :-P ROFLMAO!

A double for you *JFri.

Dry your plate and snifter are on their way. You do not need the peach jam as you are the only peach that we need around here.

Terry you drive, I’ll not backseat drive.

How on earth do you guys get here so early???

Mornin’ Tribe - and the CocoMocha is served! :)

You got it Cleo. I kind of figured it this way. You can just tell, ya know. More room.

HI DRY, JFRI, TERRY, and CARMY!!

Adios Dry!!!!.

See ya in the Mañana!!

HI, CHEF CLEO!!

Good Morning Johanan,

I’ll have some of that CocoMocha!

I’ll have the wild mushroom omelet, the Patron cocktail, and more of Rakkav’s coco mocha!

I’ll save it for tomorrow as I can’t stay awake. Goodnight ALL.

Hello Marg & Johanan . I think brandy would be a good addition to your Coco Mocha.

Terry - We would be two wild and crazy guys out on the town.

Good Night Dear Marg!

Rest well lady!

Have a good evening Marg.

So is it Denny’s time?

Yes sir, it is Cleo.

Hop in Cleo, we’re taking the 1970 Mark III.

We’re going in style this time!!

Brandy drinking CocoMocha. Yeah, that’ll work.

Ah this will be fun. You joining us Johanan?

Hey there Johanan.

I better not be mixing brandy with Silver Patron.

Just the CocoMocha!

You’re welcome to join us Johanan.

Got your message on BB, Lonewolf, and replied. No worries, mate.

No, as much as I’d like to play hood ornament, I’m going to bed…as soon as I slay a wild yogurt or something…

That’s cool Johanan.

We’ll be going again in the future and you are always welcome!

Okay Terry I am looking for adventure and whatever comes my way.

We’re off Cleo.

Hang on. Finding fuel with lead is impossible so I use a mixture of racing fuel and high test. The cylinder heads have been redone with HP valves in this 460 CID so it will take the racing fuel mixture!!

I think I may have a chance of losing my cookies. And I haven’t even eaten cookies.

Okay matt it Terry.

Well buddy, I think i need to park this chassis in the garage. Thanks for the ride and see you on the other side of the night.

Good Night Terry.

Good Night Cleo, I am headed to the horizontal position in a bit myself!

(parks the ’70 Mk III carefully in the garage)

Good Night all

Peace & Love Tribe!

Good morning MoPar. Looks like we’re the only two who have to get up for work today!

For me, my work is tinkering with things. That’s why I’m named “Tinkerbell” Good Morning, MoPar, Cleo, cousin Josh (who’s on vacation), LoneWolf, and many others. Oh, I almost forgot about Dora, the undersea explorer, hi.

Good Morning MoPar and Dry! My job is to get my girls to their schools. Woo hoo! Dry and I clinched playoff spots!!

We have no school here in Clayton County this because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Call it the opposite of spring break.

Good Morning Mopar, Akenta, Carmy, Dry and any others I might have missed!

I did, Carmy? Yes sir ree bob! Yippee!!!

MoPar, love it! LOL! “Three Faces of Eve!”

And I’m in 3rd place! Yes!

Congratulations to Carmy and Dry on clinching playoff spots!

Good morning and Happy Tuesday!! I thought it was a busy morning, but I guess it was another late night. No idea who made breakfast or what it was, but thank you!!

Good Morning and thank you, Terry! Good Morning Akenta!

Your very welcome Carmy!

Carmy,

Today I need to go back to the doctor’s again. More tests and I think an x-ray. Oh boy, oh boy, just what I want! Yeah, right!

Morning everyone. I just got home so I thought I’d stop in for a moment to say hi. Breakfast sounds great. I’d like to try some of Johanan’s cocaMocha. I was going to try some of Doc’s coffee but it melted the cup and took off down the street dissolving everything in sight. I don’t think anyone ever caught it. Last I heard it was about to join up with some cowboy coffee and some pirate coffee.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Good Morning Serena

I just noticed that all the posts so far have been 7 or 8 hours ago. Is anyone here?

Listens to echo and ehoes of the original echo.

COME OUT COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE

There are many posts recently Serena.

Good Morning Doc!

Good Morning All!

Good Morning DFrog

Good Morning Serena, Doc and DF!

(((((((Terry,))))))) I know it’s not fun, but you got to do what you got to do. I’m sending prayers, energy and good thoughts to you.

Doc, Glad you aswered! I was worried that People couldn’t see my posts. I guess it’s not all.

Thank You Carmy. I get gun shy waiting for the results. I think you know what I mean!

Good morning all! Last day of classes for me before the break. I’ll be heading out this afternoon, and home later on this evening.

Incidentally, I probably won’t be posting much until I get back. Might not have any internet.

Good morning, Tribe! :)

Good Morning all. I think serena must still be stuck on page one. She needs some of Doc’s coffee.

Good Morning Johanan, Johnny & Cleo!

Terry, I know, waiting for the results is no fun. Good Morning Johnny, Rakkav and Cleo!

Thank you Terry on the congrats!

How about that, Johnny! I’m in 3rd place! and clinched a playoff spot!

Johanan your coffee is excellent iced!

With a most impressive win no less, Dry. Congrats!

Hey Doc,

Had a little fun with you on Brewster Rockit today, hope you don’t mind, your name just lends itself to easy rhyming….

Doc in a lip lock around the clock.

You are right *DF* it does and Good Morning.

Johnny, I guess there is someone else we need to worry about!

Dry, glad to hear it! I’ve never tried it that way, but I figured it would taste good iced!

Well you certainly can’t drink Doc’s coffee iced. In fact I think it is responsible for the melting glaciers and the ice melt in the Arctic.

Hey Doc

They are talking rain & snow mix here on Thanksgiving Day!

Left you a message at BB, Doc.

And with that, I need to get in the shower and start getting ready for my VA appt. I’ll try to check in before I leave.

P&L Tribe!

Good luck (((Terry))).

Thanks johnny!

Howdy, all. Taking a quick break from UAT (user acceptance testing) at work to say HI. As I was finishing typing I realized I hadn’t skimmed the comments. Had to go change my avatar cuz the beautiful Carmy is using it. [Much better fit!] Have a great afternoon & you can keep your white Thanksgiving, Doc. I’ll take summer’s heat. Another example of opposites co-exising, me thinks. P&L all!

Good Morning dcguys! I swiped your avatar? I’m sorry!!

Good Morning dcguys. With both you and Carmy taking on the idea of the nekkid look, I can see that I am having a positive influence around here. LOL

doc, left you a message at BB!

Well tooniacs I am off to take a hot tub. BBL

Good Morning, serenasakitty, ♠Lonewolf♠, DocT, DFrog, Carmy, jdoc, Johanan, cleo, Dry, dcguys!

I agree about serena: Get some coffee from Doc, girl! LOL!

Oh yes, (((Terry)))–hope you get some relief!

Uh-oh, DocT, I seem to have mislaid my unobtanium mug–or perchance the coffee ate it last night…

bmonk - and Good Morning to you sir. I am back for a flash before joining my sweetier on a bike ride around the lake.

Cleo, a flash, a flash, SNERK!*

OOH COME ON!!! You yappy nuts ought to be used to it by now. snerk

I am off for a ride than a day in my darkroom. BBL

Terry, I guess it depends on who Dry’s BOYFRIEND is playing in the playoffs.

Good afternoon, tribe. Hope all are well today and ready for the holiday.

Hi Saucy!

hi Saucy, JDoc, cleo, DocT, Dry, bmonk, and any others i may have missed. just a quick flyby (or at least it was supposed to be before i went and read all of yesterday’s commentary) to wish everyone well and make a karma deposit for Tribe & Terry (((Tribe))) ((((Terry))))

Well Ha Ha, johnny just admitted he’s the BEST!

hi yyyguy and saucy!

Glad everything is back to whatever passes for normal around here. I’ve never had that happen before.

All you birds out there: watch what you say!

Rather than

Meep! Meep!

you can say this: Ma nah ma nah!.

Dry, where did I say that? I meant that you own almost all of the Vikings, so your team rolls with his team… sort of.

Looks like we won’t get any, ummm….err–cold white rain? Heavy, falling frost? anyway, any of that stuff until Saturday at the earliest…

johnny, you know that’s what you meant, I was just reading your inner thoughts! LOL!

bmonk is in a silly mood I see!

This is one crappy day here! REAL LOW cloud cover! Foggy, stopped misting finally! Does wonders to boost your mood! :-(

Pish I say! Three QB’s at least are better!

@DocT, look who found the escaped coffee!

bmonk’s links should perk you up some, Dry.

No, Dry, THIS is silly!

johnny, and to your “pish” I’ll say “posh! :-P!

Yep, that was DEFINATELY Doc’s coffee, alright! Poor Beaker!

I’m looking at payroll and leave records here. Do you realize there are only 5 weeks left in 2009? NOW THAT’S DEPRESSING!

Wow, time flies. I think it is time for me to be heading home. I may or may not be able to post again for a while, so if I can’t, peace and love all, and I’ll be back on Sunday.

Have a GREAT Thanksgiving Johnnny!

Echo! Echo! Echo. echo

cho-cho-co-co-o-o-o-o

I’m back.

It’s raining, misting, foggy, gloomy and just down right nasty!!

Is anybody here?

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooo……………………………….

Oh well, I might take a break tonight. I need to see how I feel later. Maybe just overtired. I’ll say BBL, but not sure!

P&L

Jes’ passin’ through, MoParMitch. I’m gonna kill myself a burger or somethin’. Have a good night, Tribe!

hi all im home for a bit. hows it going?

Hello Tabby

What’s up Mopar?

Are you all set for Turkey Day?

TERRY HI HOW YOU DOING?

I doing alright Tabby.

And you?

wanting to be back at the other house, yet on here with the tribe i was having withdrawls. lol

Hi MoPar, Terry and Tabby! I went to the commissary today for some last minute items. It was crazy packed. I had to park in China (or BFE, take your pick). I was zipping throught the aisles and around the slow pokes. I was done in no time. Poor Doc! He’s probably going to be really busy at his store.

Carmy i ran into Kmart and out in no time…. well as long as it took me to find the Dr. Pepper on the phone with walking buddy lol she was distracting me. :D no lines or anything i got lucky.

Hi DOC

DRY and Jfri left u a comment on bb.

so i come home tonight for supper because i was told to come home every night for supper. i find the family outside doing nothing. just sitting around a talking and a fire burning in the ditch. (where we burn things at) well i get to them and they look up at me and say “whats for supper” i could have killed them all of them. ahhhhh freedom remember i may not come home tomorrow may call in sick or somethign

Just one more night, you can do it, Doc! I wondered if anyone has been offended by my avatar.

Carmy if they are not offended by cleo’s many pics u are fine. think they are getting laughs out of it. :D

okay time to eat. bbs maybe.

Saw your comment Tabby, and JFri’s newest addition, and added one of my OWN! LOL!

Oh Cleo, there’s a ps to you too!

MoPar LOVE that Counting Crows song!

Hi DOC!

Good Evening Doc & Carmy

I always use the BFE, Carmy, LOL

Hello all. I did not have a break since I last left you all nine hours ago. I spent several hours in the darkroom then immediately went to town and finished the Thanksgiving shopping, followed by the bookmobile. I just got home and have plopped down for a few minutes to have a glass of wine and to check up on you guys.

Good Evening Dry

Left you a message at BB also! :^)

Good Evening Cleo

Hello Doc, Dry and Cleo! You were a busy one today, Cleo.

Hi Terry. So what are your plans for thanksgiving?

Terry, I was wondering who was going to catch my reference! ;)

HI Carmy. Yes, I was. It has been years since I did any b& w printing. Yesterday, I definitely showed some rust, but today it was like I never stopped. I turned out some nice prints. How are you doing?

Doc- Have a good last night at work. We’ll be thinking of you.

Cleo, having a get together for both families on Thursday and hopefully getting my fill of football for the day!

Carmy, you can’t get that reference past a military veteran! LOL

Good Night Doc!

Last night man! See ya in the morrow!

I just got one of those Hallmark Ecards with the virus and my spam/virus filter picked it up and sent it to the spam box before I had a chance to see it!! Awesome!

Cleo, I am doing okay. I’m glad you did well with your prints. Terry, I should of known, Mr. Vet! Goodnight Doc!

Terry i dont open anything from Hallmark anymore. i almost lost my computer from them.

so im about to go. im gonna miss this place, but heck i mis the empty house wating for me and the dogs. :D

Tabby, smart girl with the Hallmark situation right now. There is a way to decipher a “virus” card from an “honest” one but it is slightly complicated.

Dry, back atcha @ BB

just went to BB oh my word you two. lol

Hey there Mopar!

Now what are you starting up there healthwise Bro’?

We don’t need anymore of that type of crapola!!

okay i have to go. :o( gonna miss you all peace and love.

hate driving in the dark i cant see.

(((((((Mopar & Mrs Mopar)))))))

Get well youz guys!!

(((((((MoPar))))))) I hope you can get the meds to take care of that infection.

Don’t get me started on the ears, Mopar.

Don’t forget, one of mine has up and left on me!! LOL

Be careful Tabby!!

Oh don’t YOU worry about that Bro’!

From YOU no problems what-so-ever!!

Mopar

BTW………………………………..exactly! LOL

MA NAH MA NAH….Do,dooo, do, do, do….

MA NAH MA NAH!

Do, DOOO, DO, DO!!

MA NAH MA NAH

Hi Tribe!

Dry I left a note for you and the rest of our friends on BB!

Hi Tabby! How’s life away from home?

Great, you say?

Carmy Why would anyone be offended by your avatar?

Oh yeah. I’m offended! That bird has a better tan than I do! LOL

Hello Shika!

How’s it going?

Hi Terry and MoPar.

RL just intervened, so I had to leave for a few minutes.

Hope you are feeling better MoPar

And now I am going to bed. I know it’s early, but I’m too tired to stay awake here.

See you later in the week, if not tomorrow!

Good Night Tribe.

Good Night Mopar!

Best to you!

Good Night Shika!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

(((MoPar))) hang in there buddy. Maybe you just smoked a nasty cigar.

I am helping James with a report he has for school. It is on the Titanic. I’ve dug into the history in the past, but in helping him with this research paper, I’ve learned many interesting facts about it and also about the survivors and those lost.

It is weird to thing that a cruise ship has just recently been launched that makes the Titanic seem like a pittance, size wise.

Well, I am about to watch a movie that I have been grinding my way through now for the last 3 nights. I have about 50 minutes left. BBL

terry* kind of late for James to be up, and I know you’re behind me, but still late.

Cleo GRINDING your way thru? Must not be a good movie?

well, I’m outta here too!

Peace and Love Tribe, and Happy Thanksgiving if I forget to say it later!

GOODNIGHT MARG! GOODNIGHT JFRI!

Dry, no school this week so his bedtime is 11:00PM unless there is something special. Normally his bedtime is 9:30. He is 14 and in Jr High. And sometimes if there is something special(educational) on TV that he wants to watch, I will let him stay up later if there is no school the next day.

MOPAR, SHIKA NOR ANY OTHER LADY OF THE TRIBE WILL BE POUNDED BY YOU OR ANYONE ELSE!!

YOU BE WARNED!!

Easy JFri, your gonna raise your BP.

I don’t think he was saying he was gonna do that anyhow. That’s not like him.

Goodnight MoPar, Dry and Shika! Hola JFri!

Hey there Carmy.

I’ll let you know later what is up from today!! Very interesting.

Okay, Terry.

Well, Terry there was now lol or smiley face so I took it to mnean what it said. RULE 1: Play nice.

Gosh that was a waste of time. 4 nights slogging through this movie that turns out to have the most depressing end. I don’t know if any of you have seen the 1975 film “Day of the Locust”, but it was nominated for 2 academy awards and had a great cast, but I hate ending up feeling worse than when the movie began.

Hello Terry, Carmy & JFri. Man after that experience I need a Bookers and I hate to drink alone. Hint, hint. LOL

JFri, I saw that too. I’m just going off of how he is to everybody. :-)

How are you Cleo?

Cleo, you should see the new Star Trek movie, if you haven’t already seen it.

If you have any Silver Patron, I’ll have a quick one with you, Cleo.

If you have a cinnamon vanilla latte, I’ll take it, Cleo. I got hooked on lattes and cappucinos in WA. They were serving them everywhere. I could get one in the grocery store, the shopping cart had a cup holder. They had them outside of the hardware store too.

Sign me up, cleo!!

Terry I will join you in a Patron to dampen the effect of the movie.

Carmy after I last talked to you about your watching it, I added it to my queue.

This will be interesting, but I can handle it. Two fisted drinking is something I do quite well. JFri, Bookers coming your way. At least both are superb spirits. Actually Booker Patron would be the name of a great General or a replacement for Rambo.

Gee, cleo, I thought we were having a Bookers. Guess I know where I stand!

JFri don’t jump off the handle buddy. I have a snifter of Bookers in one hand and a double shot glass of Patron in the other. If I get wierd, just lock me in the empty Big Top wild animal cage and let me out in the morning.

LMBO, Cleo!

Chill guys, remember, Play Nice!

Is everybody on edge this week? Geez!

Leave it to the cool, calm and collected one to settle things down around here! LOL

Since we have a 5 day holiday weekend, my girls sent me out to rent the LOTR trilogy. I also got some chick flicks from my queue in the mail.

In fact there we go. “Ladies and Gentlemen and Children of all ages. Before your very eyes a sight unseen before tonight a man who is unafraid to mix his liquors and is willing to face the consequences a man who knows no fear…Let me introduce, for your heckling desires, the fearless, the indebriated, the man of erratic action and slurrting words….

*BOOKER PATRON

Some can handle the high wire, some can tame the savage beast, but only one man can mix his liquor and show no judgment…

*BOOKER PATRON”.

Terry, calm. cool and collected? You’re talking about me right?

Looking back at the misspellings in my last post, the liquor is already taking it’s toll. LOL

I was referring to myself dear lady! You know……………..the cool, calm, collected one”!

Oh yeah and with a lot of patience to spare!! LOL

Talking what are you about, Cloe?

Terry that must explain your gift at pool…cool, calm and collected.

Oh…and carrying a big stick and knowing how to use it.

Did JFri take off with my Booker’s in a hissy fit?

Something like that Cleo! LOL

I don’t know, Cleo

We just found out that after making all of our purchases for our holiday meal, that our number is going to jump by a third. Another trip to town is in order and BBQ Salmon has suddenly become a Thanksgiving dinner addition. the more the merrier though and it will be nice meeting some new people.

Cleo, I knew it had taken it’s toll when you said that we should lock you up in the wild animal cage!

Carmy - One has to protect the women and children.

I know, Cleo. You are very considerate, thank you!

So, is your husband a navy man Carmy?

You’re a riot Cleo.

Yes, he is Cleo. He works with the gas turbine engines.

JFri still hasn’t turned up with my bottle of Booker’s.

Maybe he’s upset with me?

So Carmy is he fortunate enough to stay on base as opposed to being shipped overseas?

Terry who is upset with you?

JFri, where did you disappear to?

JFri?

BTW, I’ll get breakfast at the turnover.

You are on Terry. You have the breakfast shift.

Good Deal Cleo!

I do not think that JFri is upset with you Terry. I think that he is sitting on an easy chair chuckling that he made off with my bourbon. He probably had this planned with Dry and they are sitting there sipping away as they wonder how they are going to escape the wrath of my knife wielding neighbor.

Cleo, That’s possible I guess! LOL

Terry when you hang out at the Big Top anything is possible. LOL

Cleo, isn’t your neighbor into firearms now also?