Big Top by Rob Harrell for June 16, 2010

Good Evening Tribeandall!

hi

Breakfast Menu:

Country fried steak and eggs Blueberry Pancakes Hash brown Cassorole Sausage, Bacon, Honey ham Texas or Wheat toast Asst Fruit slices Cinnamon Buns Chocaolate Cake Chocolate milk White milk Johanan’s CocoMocha Doc’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee Tabasco Sauce

Enjoy Everyone!

Wink understands golf. They should let him in.

Hey backactcha!

Good Morning to you, Mr Woodeye!

And how are you this fine morning?

I still feel bad for wink.

Hello TRIBE & Big Sister.

I would like some Blueberry pancakes and Orange juice please.

Good Morning, Ladywolf.

Your order is up! Seconds if you want!

Sounds good!.

I wont be able to come on very often this week, since I have to hit the books and study for the school finals coming up. I hope that you all understand

Thank you. :-)

Good Morning, LuvH8.

Hi Little Sister!

The Monkeys are being inappropriate, so it is hard to visit.

Feed them lots of bananas then “Hee, hee!”

Geez, have I got a lot to catch up on elsewhere!

Do you think that would work, Little Sister

By the way they are now laughing hysterically and Monkey 2 says, “That’s what she said!”

Dare I ask Lonewolf.

Who knows It might especially if you make it a banana split for everyone.

I need to turn in now. I’ll see you all when I can. Take care now,

Good night.

We forgot to buy chocolate sauce. They are not allowed to talk anymore. Bad Monkeys.

Good Night Little Sister, Sleep In Peace

Good Luck on your finals Little Sister! Don’t get detention for kissing your boyfriend.

Good Morning Lonewolf

Ummm……… sorry the Monkeys are really distracting I didn’t mean to ignore you. Did you go to bed already?

Good Night Lonewolf

Monkeys? As if I didn’t have enough problems with squirrels.

LONEWOLF Never had chocolate cake for breakfast though pie is an old New England custom. Could I have a big piece please and of course, some nuclear coffee served in my 32 oz cup

Morning TRIBE!Started another wonderful day at BIG TOP*

Good Morning ((((TRIBE))))

Another eventful day…. got an extension on my inventory… so I’ve been here almost 3 hours already…. but not anywhere near a computer.

need coffee….

toon comment - if he played faster he could get in 54 over a weekend. I don’t play well, but I play fast… they rename the game when I’m on the course…they just spell it backwards…

back to the spreadsheets

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠, LuvH8, Ladywolf, WoodEye, Lewreader & rac0308

Good Morning Tribeandall!

Running late this AM. Got to get ready.

Good Morning, Grog, Lewreader & Rac

I’ll catch y’all later.

Have a great day, everyone!

P&L

Later, ♠Lonewolf♠ You too.

Good morning all Ladywolf work hard and pass those finals then enjoy summer while working. Here is everyone coffee not as good as Doc nuclear but close. Tomorrow is the big test for my husband, we have to be there 5:30am leave here at 5am.

Good Morning, Doctor Toon.

Good for you!

Looks like your praying cat did the trick Doc!

tHANKS FOR THE COFFEE kAB a NICE WAY TO START THE DAY.

Hi Grog! How are you today?

It’s raining, it’s pouring……………….

It’s a hot & sunny start to today, with some pop up showers expected in the afternoon, but who cares I’ busy, busy, busy indoors.

How are you?

Good Morning Kab, Grog, Doc and Shika! Lots of golfers in my family. Sorry, it’s too boring for me.

Great news about your work hours, Doc.

Good Morning, Carmy! I’m not high on golf either. (Yawn!)

Miniature golf is okay. At least it’s not boring.

Yeah, I like it, too, but I haven’t played it in a long time.

Grog, they have a nice miniature golf course on Padre Island in Corpus Christi. It’s probably still there. BTW, thank you for saying that Corpus is NOT the armpit of Texas. My youngest daughter was born there and I have many good friends there too.

That was sweet, Doc. I don’t remember doing anything cool like that with my grandfathers. One was a rancher and the other was a carpenter. My GF that was a carpenter did make lots of cool stuff though. He raised rabbits too and named them after his grandchildren.

Grats on the work hours Doc. Now it’ll be easier to give us your toon schedule. Sounds like a lot of fun with your grandpa. I wish I could’ve had that kind of time with mine.

Good morning, tribe.

Good news, Doc. Hope all works out for you.

Starting next week, I’m going to 4 days a week (my choice) so when Mom gets home I have 1 day to make any appointments she needs.

Carmy, I haven’t been there, but I’ve heard nice things. We used to have an R&D office there.

Pampa/Amarillo on the other hand IS the armpit of Texas!

Good Morning Rac and Saucy! Saucy, that’s a good idea. It will save you from trying to juggle work and appointments. Grog, I don’t think I’ve been in the Pampa/Amarillo area. I’ll be sure to avoid now, thanks!

Good for you, Doc

We were 1000 miles from my maternal side and my GF on Dads side I got to see on weekends when we went to help him on the farm. The man never took a vacation and we moved away before I was old enough to really know him. He was a man of few words.

Good Morning Everyone

Is it Good Night yet Doc?

‘K Doc how’d you get the bold italics on the SNERK?

Maybe you could cut back more on your toons?

LuvH8 how you doin’?

Hello again everyone. Doc my daughter and guy went to CO for vacation and believe it didn’t have to much fun with Tornado watches and rained most time they where there they came back early. Tomorrow is the procedure for my husband Heart Cath and they just changed to 2 hours later. At least we don’t have to get up at 4:30am. This is his first one. I remember my dad had his first one in the 77 was there for 3 days. Times and medical and insurance has changed a lot of procedures. Depends on ones body.

(giggles)

I haven’t finished my toon tour either. I better get busy. My girls are all out of school for the summer and it’s been a madhouse here. I’ll be back when I can. Have a great day, y’all!

Best of luck, Kab. I’ll say a little prayer for him.

C-Ya Carmy Thanks, Doc

Good Morning Rac

I’m okay, sounds like you are busy. Today Monkey 1 goes back to Washington. She came down to visit Monkey 2. Fortunately I get to visit with her also.

Good Morning & Good Luck Kab

Hopefully, it will be a bit easier to get up 2 hours later.

YAY! Luv Waiting on a phone call or an email to get the frappindappin cable company account number to be able to fix the stuff they installed. so I get to toon for a bit

GOODMORNING TRIBE!!!*

Doc - congrats on your new hours. About Goku I forgot to mention that the Dragon Ball search was the main theme in case that helps keep which toon it was.

Kab Hope everything goes fine tomorow!

I’ll mostly listen in - doing other things to comment much.

Hello, LuvH8 & Kab

Bye Carmy

Chip, no frenchfry with that avatar, Grog?

frappindappin? That’s pretty strong language, Rac

Good Morning Grog

You wouldn’t have wanted to hear what I was sayin about them. I cleaned it up for gocomics, or it would’ve looked like one long bleep, Luv

Doc

Good Morning Sojourner

Good Morning, rac0308, Saucy1121, Grog, Carmy, DocT, LuvH8, Kab Buch, Carmy, Sojourner and anyone else who might be lurking. Daaaaaaa Strip!–the sacrifices we must make to change the world… [sigh] Life is tough for the privileged.

Goodmorning LuvH8

Doc - DragonballZ and other Dragonball series were when they were older and not as good to me as the original plain Dragonball, but for me it was an easy escape fiction to watch.

Bye, Carmy & LuvH8!

@rac, Italics and bold are a matter of using *s or _s.

Put one of either before and after text to get italics, two for bold and three for bold italics. Doesn’t work for two letters, for some odd reason.

Bmonk and a good morning back at ya!

Anyone figured out how to reach through a phone to throttle someone?

@rac, I think that only works in cartoon physics.

Bmonk Dealing with these people is like being in a bad cartoon.

Hello, bmonk

No frenchfry, rac

*Sleep fast, Doc

Good night, Doc

@ Sojourner,Ah yes, DragonballZ! Brings back some nice memories, along with Tenchi Muyo, Cowboy Bebop, and the original Transformers cartoon show, which was written here and animated in Japan.

Good afternoon Fellow Baby, rac, Kab, bmonk, saucy.

Catch you later Carmy and Doc

Hey, Fellow Baby!

Good afternoon, Grog, Dry, Rac, bmonk, Sojourner, Luv, Kab, Carmy, Saucy & anyone I missed! Saucy - You might want to check with the places you expect to make appointments, to see if your day off will correspond when they are available. With homeschooling 11 months or so a year, we’ve been doing a 4-day week for many years. When we took Mondays off, it worked well for appointments. When we switched to Fridays off instead (mostly due to the college schedule for the oldest son), I found it more difficult to get appointments always scheduled for that day. And of course, you’ve got to make allowances for emergencies, or at least urgent needs. However, it still works fairly well for us, since we live out in the country.

DoctorT said, about 16 chores ago

I’m formulating a unified theory of housework.

It is impossible, under any circumstances, to have all of either the laundry or dishes done at any given time.

I am convinced that dirty clothes and dishes are able to hide extra-dimensionally only to reappear when the job is otherwise considered done.

Another theory: the dirty dishes (or clothes) that reappear are seed, to maintain the continuity of things that need cleaning in the house; if everything were ever perfectly clean, you’d have to move out or the house would burn down or something, because nobody can live in a perfect home.

LuvH8 said, about 15 meat dishes ago

Oh, I didn’t know elk was lower in cholesterol.

Yes, lots of the game meats like elk and buffalo are pretty lean, so they have less cholesterol.

bmonk You are a very WISE man, sir!!! :-D

Bmonk and Doctor Toon and anyone else There was a picture in our local paper once of a man washing dishes at a car wash. The reporter interviewed him and found out that he had bought a lot of dishes at places like Goodwill. Once a month he dumped all of his dirty dihes in the back of his pick-up truck, took them to the car wash, put them all on the pavement in the car was and hosed them off. He said that way he only had to do dishes once a month!!!!!

Good afternoon, everyone!

Quick break for lunch and then back to it!

Good afternoon Lonewolf

Good afternoon, Sojourner.

How’s it shakin’?

How did it go this morning, ♠Lonewolf♠?

Just popping on and off as I do things. Rained hard earlier but has been an overcast day since then.

Good afternoon, Grog. Everything is about normal. Or abbynornmal, depending on which angle you look at it from. More later. :^)

Sojourner, Our rainy days are past us for a little bit now. Sunny and 80° here today.

Nice avatar, ♠Lonewolf♠. I take it you don’t have one for afternoon’s and evenings, though.

Yes, I do Grog……………………………………………..

Back out again. Have fun!

P&L

Not to be a contrarian, but I have to place the armpit of Texas about halfway between Monahans and Fort Stockton on Texas Highway 18. The name of the town is Grand Falls, and it is not grand, nor are there falls. Its primary claim to fame is the size and ferocity of its flies.

Hi Hy!

Hi, Dry!

Hi, Hy

I had to mapquest it. It looks like the kind of town that if you blink, you’ll miss it - just like passing the towns going along the Amarillo/Pampa corridor on Highway 40. There’s nothing to see on that stretch of highway, except for the train traffic.

I suppose a State can have 2 armpits.

Wifey Bits and I stopped at the Circle K there for gas on a trip to the Big Bend. The aroma from the dumpster was magnificent.

Hy, Pampa has some fair flies of it’s own. You can’t seem to book a room without a few occupying them….then there’s the outdoors.

Ah, flies. I suppose the worst place for them, in my experience, was Sigonella, Sicily. Big, fat slow things. I was deployed there in the Navy at the time, and the various aircraft maintenance shops began killing and collecting them in a hidous, bizarre contest of sorts, seeing who could accumulate the most. It deteriorated rapidly, however; they tended to decompose rapidly, making them hard to count with any accuracy. We tried measuring them by weight, but they tended to dry out over time, making them lighter. We had no means of refrigerating them, because the rules required that the collection could not leave the shop, so the odor eventually became intolerable, and the 1st Lieutenant made us throw them away. Tragic.

Ah, flies.

Well at least you had fun!

Just stopping by to let you know that I am thinking of you all. My hip pain is a pain int the a$$, so I am making myself useful in the kitchen. I am not in pain when standing, just sitting. So I have made black beans, Orange, Chocolate and Walnut biscotti and am about to make chicken stock. Tonight we have Brazilian Black Beans with tortillas and salsa. I also got a walk in which felt good, but sitting is not so good. Carry on.

Grog-

In the absence of female company, the definition of “fun” is altered somewhat.

Well, thanks, Cleo…now I’m hungry.

Hi, cleo. I hope trying to sleep isn’t painfull. Get better soon. I’m with Hy. I’m hungry now.

Hungry for Cleo’s fixings or those flies ? Hy I just love your “tongue in cheek” humor!!! :-D

hymenosis, as Kermit would say about your experience in Sicily, “Time’s fun when you’re having flies.”

Thanks, Dry. I read a lot of Mark Twain as a child and have not recovered.

Well, off to the house. Adieu, all and sundry.

Hy I was just about to hoist one of Cleo’s Bookers in your honor! Well, remind me next time!

Good afternoon, everyone!

Need to deliver a vehicle to the customer. (and receive payment for same). :^)

Sorry I missed you, Hymenoxis. Hope I catch you later!

Cleo, hope you feel better soon, my friend!

Ah, and home. The fence contractor has made progress today; the gap between my yard and the backyard neighbor is closed, and the gap between mine and the side neighbor’s yard is a mere two panels wide. The front is still open, but he’s left some lovely orange net-like-material in the space, supported by an up-ended wheel barrow and a couple of shovels. And I was worried.

An e-mail from the insurance agent; he recommends a million dollars in liability insurance, now that we have the pool. Pshaw….done, and done.

And now, Budweiser.

Howdy, Doc. Bar’s open.

So’s the pool, though you’ll be visible from the street.

Doc, you must have been tired. I already took one nap and I think I’m getting ready for the second one.

Good Afternoon Doctor Toon, you should be awake now!

Howdy hymenoxis! If it’s okay with you, I think I will take a swim in your pool after my nap.

Hello hymenoxis and Carmy.

LMBO, Doc! You need “wax on, wax off” stat! Hello Sojourner!

Hello Hymenoxis. I could go for a dip! I’ll bring some refreshments, too!

‘Evening, Doc!

Good Evening, Everyone.

A weed whacker? shudder Good evening, Grog!

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠, hope your doing fine!

Evening Grog and everyone else!

Okay, it’s time for me to get a good look at the back of my eyelids. See y’all later.

Hello, Sojourner. Yes, I am doing fine.

I just checked through some of the toon strips to see what is going on and what is not going on.

How’s it going, Grog?

I have a fresh batch of towels with colorful tropical patterns, fruity drinks are available, and I think I’ve got a cantaloupe or two to butcher.

If you give me a half-hour, I can get a decent tomatillo salsa up and running as well.

Again Hy ROFLMAO!!! I just “butchered” a cantaloupe. Very good one!! Nice and sweet!

You are a great host, Hymenoxis! Thank you, sir.

It’s getting to be that time of year, Dry. We’ll have cantaloupe guts all over the kitchen from now ‘til October.

Ooo…that reminds me…we’ve half a watermelon carcass in the fridge…

You’re quite welcome, Lone. Enjoy.

I am enjoying it Hymenoxis. And laughing my tush off, too!

Good night, Carmy

Speaking of tushes, please be advised I have two perfectly good restrooms indoors. The pool is NOT an acceptable substitute.

Howdy Fellow Baby!

Are you working tonight, Doc?

Sorry I missed you Carmy! Have a nice nap!

No worries from me there, Hymenoxis. LOL

Unfortunately, some things simply must be said.

And don’t blow your nose on my towels, either.

hymenoxis I do have some dye you could put in the pool that only shows up around a guilty person, just in case.

Lovely tribute to Jimmy Dean over at the Doozies!

You are so funny,  HY.

Hey Grog, you asked about the avatar earlier. How’s this?

Sojourn-

The problem with that dye is rather like a monitor that tells you when you have died. It’s only useful after it’s no longer useful.

Good point!

Now, if you have an additive that causes extreme pain in small children who are thinking about peeing in my pool, I’m on board.

Oooooo, easy there Hymenoxis. :^)

Okay, moderate discomfort. Jeez.

Heheh! Okay, that’s better!

Hi Doc!

Watermelon! Hy Is there enough for a little slice for me, please?

Doc maybe your Nuclear Coffee could be used to come up with a product like that?

Will we ever learn the the full extant of what it can do, Doc?

Heheheh! Don’t we all, Doc?! That’s too much.

Dry-

A nice, crisp, red slice for you. A bit soft in the center, perhaps, but juicy and sweet.

Enjoy.

I can make pickled watermelon rind from the rest…we’re having a Father’s Day whatnot Sunday, so if I collect all those rinds, I can make a couple of quarts…hmm…

Now that sounds like a swell concoction, Hymenoxis!

A country music artist, Doc???

Very sweet. thank you Hy!

Doc the one and only Miley Cyrus song I like is “The Climb”

I like the video, Doc.

Miley is the daughter of a country artist, and has demonstrated a propensity for being, shall we say, “age inappropriate” in her behaviour.

Her music is categorized as “pop”, and she’s quite popular with the paparazzi. A recent photograph, which I have not seen, is purported to have captured her exiting a limousine in a rather unladylike manner and demonstrating a lack of undergarments.

I have never been to Tulsa.

Doc, I’m not a big fan of Miley Cyrus, but she has several good songs that she has made a lot of money doing! You can’t argue with the stats!

I’ve been having connection problems again. Had to call for service. Someone will hopefully come in the morning. I may blink out again, so don’t be surprised if I just disappear.

Nice avatar ♠Lonewolf♠

Hey Fellow Baby

Her father’s song “Some Gave All” is an excellent song, country or not! One of my faves.

Thank you very much, Grog. I like it!

Fellow Baby just be grateful you don’t have to CALL someone on the phone for tech assistance and get Chris from India or Pakistan giving you directions!!!

Another good song regarding war is “Goodnight Saigon” by Billy Joel. Not particularly patriotic, but an excellent capsule of the soldier’s view.

I know that one, too Hymenoxis. “Still In Saigon” by Charlie Daniels is another along those lines.

Hahaha, I’d like to see you with that mullet, Doc!

“Roads to Moscow” by Al Stewart is a seldom heard but excellent view of war and its aftermath, as well. Again, not patriotic, but insightful.

I’ve never heard that one, but am listening to it now, Hy.

A bit of historical insight may be helpful regarding the end of the song….Russian prisoners of war were considered traitors, and assigned to labor camps. Most died without seeing their families, who often were interned as well because their fathers were, well, traitors.

Doc-

I’m trying to get Wifey Bits to put on the #8 guide and just cut it all off. She refuses so far…

Fellow Baby, he may not have been from India, but I suspect he was from somewhere overseas. He didn’t sound like he was native to anywhere in North America.

Only professionals touch my hair, guys!

Very good song, Hymenoxis and thank you for the clarification. My three specialties for historical accuracy are WWII, The Korean War and The Vietnam War.

Another favorite of mine, Doc.

How about any Chris Ledoux songs?

Yes it is!

Wifey Bits informs me that I must go swimming, regardless of street-side exposure.

Toodles, all and sundry.

At this moment, it may take me days to look at them. And I wouldn’t check them out at the office.

Doc - Do you know this one?

I hope they get you fixed up tomorrow, Grog. That can be frustrating.

Fellow Baby last guy I had worked for Verizon of all places!!

This reminds me all too much of my dial-up days. Ugh!

My dial up days dealt with a local company and everyone spoke plain english!

Fellow Baby I know you aren’t a fan of James Caan, but Alien Nation is on now, always liked that movie!

Fellow Baby, I just finished watching Lucky Me Starring Doris Day, Robert Cummings & Phil Silvers. I enjoyed it very much.

Yesterday I saw Love Me Or Leave Me. I think cleo likes that one.

I LOVE all Doris Day movies! They don’t run them much on TV anymore, not that I’ve seen, but I don’t watch a lot of tv anymore.

I remember seeing Calamity Jane on TCM. I bought it shortly thereafter. It was that good.

I can’t say I watch a lot of TV either, unless it’s TCM or FOOTBALL! I have plenty of movies and TV shows on tape/DVD I can watch.

Oh gee, you mentioning Calamity Jane brings back a memory from when I was about 13. Forgot all about it! Thanks Fellow Baby! It was a good memory!

Sorry I popped out. My mother called. She was telling me about a movie she was watching and how it reminds her of my brother and I. Just one of those “memories” calls.

Have a good night Doc.

Speaking of football, they are talking about adding 2 more regular season games to the schedule!

Glad to be of service, Fellow Baby.

With that, I think I’ll call it a night. The yawns are coming much more frequently now.

Good night and sleep well, Grog. Catch you tomorrow.

I’m pulling a Shika, thanks to my connection, but they’ve been talking about doing that for the past few seasons, ♠Lonewolf♠. I hope they don’t go that route. In as much as I like football, I’d never want it to last as long as the Hockey season.

Do you remember when the season was over by the end of April?

Yes, I do. But two more games? I just like football that much I guess. There might be too many injuries though!

You better get some sleep, my man!

Sleep well, Fellow Baby! We both have work tomorrow, eh?

Kind of quiet all of a sudden. Where are you two ladies at? Yoo-hoo!