Big Top by Rob Harrell for January 19, 2011

Wow! What a surprise…Good Morning and Good Night too. When you are ready to taste this or that from the breakfast buffet:

Eggs, any style with or without bacon and sausage English muffins and Buttermilk biscuits. Ham or steak with Hash browns nice and crispy Pancakes and Waffles Breakfast burrito

refreshing juices Milk

Chocolate Cake Cream pies, Chocolate, banana, coconut Lemon Mer. for Montana Lady Apple, Peach, Cherry pies Berry cobblers Creamy ice creams All flavors toppings of nuts, fruit, surups (sp?) Docs Nuclear coffee to add curl to your hair and a kick to your step

English teas Cocoa Enjoy!

Good Morning HopeandJoy♫!

I’ll grap some pancakes, chocolate cake and tea.

So what’s next Manfred and Dusty…. Total world domination.

Hello everyone :-)

I’ll have a few English Muffins with a side of Sausage to go.

Good night everyone.

Good Morning and Good Night ♥Little Sister♥!

I’m a little beaver, short and stout. Here is my tail, here is my snout. When you pull my tail, hear me shout.

Sleep tight ♥Little Sister♥ Sojourner,and everyone

Happy Dreams. zzzz

Good Morning Ooops! - Did you see yesterdays Diamond Lil? I’m not sure if you read that one.

Good Night HopeandJoy♫.

By the way Ooops! - LOL

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

That was a good one, thank you Sojo.

Hello and Good Night Sojo, HopeandJoy, Little Sister, Lurkers, Peepkers, Regulars, and Everyone!

I just remembered! (sort of) There is one chemical, whose name I cannot think of that when mixed with Nuclear Coffee can cause damage to unobtanium. If Sir Lew somehow managed to get some of that and some coffee in his water? I wish I could remember the name of the chemical.

I do remember Little Sister and myself had to burn the unobtanium covered table after Sojo’s little accident with the wrong mug. And Johanan and his boss kindly supplied us with a new table.

Well, unobtanium may be unbreakable but it’s not necessarily unburnable. Durin and duringlass - what my boss and his associates use - are as immutable as a physical law, but such items aren’t mass-produced and certainly not used for such mundane things as coffee mugs.

Unfortunately, we at Customer Service don’t remember that chemical either - and being ENFPs both Johanan and Chris Alan aren’t apt to remember unpleasant things if they can possibly avoid doing so. (We all do remember the incident, however.)

Maybe it was a variation of Calvin’s “noodle incident”. Ya think?

I’m so hungry that I guess I’ll have to sample a bit of everything. Good Morning (night) to everyone.

Good Morning, Hopeandjoy♫, ♥Little Sister♥, Sojourner, Ooops! Johanan & Lakesnake

Another hectic one today. I’ll be around sparingly.

Good morning TRIBEANDALL….. and…..

Finally got some sleep… Sure that’s not slobber on the upper lip??

Toontour Pooph

Good Morning,

Good Morning, Tribe.

Good Morning, Grog, Plods with Beer, Lakesnake, LuvH8, Sojo, HopeandJoy, Li’l Sister, Kab, Doc, Rmom & Johanan.

Time for me to get a move on. Have a great day all!

P&L

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠

Hi & bye, ♥Kab♥

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠,♥♥ Little Sister♥♥, LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, Plodswbeer, Doc Toon, MontanaLady, ♪Hopeandjoy♫, Johanan Rakkav, Rmom , The Sojourner,Bmonk, serenasakitty,Ladyhawk, Saskfan,lakesnake ,Digital Frog,Lewreader;MisngNOLA,Woodeye,

I believe we will be having some weather coming in just a brief stop. Back to class bye all.

Hello ♥Kab♥, Grog, Sojo, Terry Lonewolf, Plods with Beer, Johanan, Ooops, Little Sis, Lakesnake, Doc Toon, Montana Lady, Rmom, bmonk and Peepers

Have a good school day, a good day at work and on the internet…Just don’t look out your window

I am rushing around now to finish up before the 7-8 inches arrive. Maybe we should just drive over to Columbia for the evening and a day or two??? Can’t believe this narrow band of heavy stuff is hitting here. (blink, blink)

Morning All!

Good morning, Tribe…..

HopeandJoy….good menu… I’ll have some of Doc’s WFNC, a buttermilk biscuit, with an egg and sausage. To top it all off, a piece of your fabulous Lemon Meringue Pie…….woo hoo!

We had a skiff of snow last night, Back down to winter temps….it was 21 this a.m. It hit the high 40’s for so long that the grass started growing again!

Time for me to get going…..today’s bread making day! yum

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

I’ll be checking in once and a while during the day as I’ll be busy online with another matter.

Good Morning Doctor Toon!

Sojo How are you studying Isaiah? Prophesies, historical context, or particular passages or perhaps just reading the book.

You mentioned being on line for a health fair today. Not sure how that works.

Golferman just had his abdomen viewed to see how the aneurysm is doing…of course we won’t know until Friday.

Ooops, how talented you are! Such a poem.

Have you heard the old, OLD, song about a cat…

♪Has Anybody seen my kitty Has anybody seen my cat He goes around with his tail on the ground which proves that he’s been fighting He goes up by Main Street Down by Flynigan Flat… Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, Kitty Kitty KITTY Has anybody seen my cat.????♫♪

Have a good sleep Doctor Toon.

HopeandJoy♫ - Not to break any rules here, I’m not expressing any opinions, questions etc. Studying Isaiah through BSF (Bible study Fellowship). It’s the 6th of a 7 year set of studies (school year length - off summers). I am also studying courses from The Teaching Company over a varity of subjects, science, math, religion, literature, art, history (ancient and modern), etc.

HopeandJoy♫ - I enjoy learning, like food, almost everything is interesting. The health fair has live lectures which at the end of each lecture people on their computers can type in questions and they answer what they can within the time frame. Today it is live so you can ask questions. There are many subjects and many are at the same time. For a few months they will be on demand so you can replay or watch what you missed, not being live though you can’t interact with it.

Good Morning, Everybody! (Especially: Sojo, Hopeandjoy♫ and DocT (Bye too!).)

Just checked the Snowball App–it said “Far Too Cold; Snow too powdery. Check again in Late March. Maybe.”

Next few days of the weather forecast: Days and nights nearly alternate clear and some chance of snow. Cold until Friday, when it gets close to melting.

Hello all just a brief break working on-line all morning or compound’s, subject’s, and verbs. I have to go in to work snow and sleet are headed our way just hope waits. I do remember I have new tires. I have a sentence to retype good typing practice for me, since at work I don’t get to regularly practice on typing. Then I have to identify subject and verb. Next is fragment’s I have been accused of speaking in fragments who knows might help. This strip on BT is what most people would like who have an abundance of snow. Two other strips are dealing with snow on GC. Have a great day all.

Ok, ♥Kab♥, hi too!

Have you ever encountered sentence diagramming? It’s a way to identify what all the words in a sentence do.

Thanks for checking in KAB♥ In my opinion, all this criticism talk is unnecessary and “much ado about nothing,” (from Shakespeare). We need to get on to another topic and let it be. Please forgive me if I have ever offended you. It was unintentional for sure! Everyone on Big Top cares and many others too!.

There goes the dryer. Hope your classes are going well. I admire your effort. You are setting a good example for others. Drive Safe

Hello bmonk and ♥Kab♥!

Well…. It was nice to look at the sky all sunny and bright.

HopeandJoy, I may be creative but someone else created that little ditty, it is one of those camp songs no one seems to know who wrote. I like the Kitty one too. May I have some ham and biscuits, please?

Hello Ooops!

Ooops I like camp songs too! I don’t know where the kitty one came from. Enjoy some Ham and biscuits

Sojo I enjoy learning too and have audited some classes from time to time. I got weary of writing term papers for classes and have slipped out of that mode of “speaking.” I try to keep up on the medical side of things.

I didn’t realize that I may have been breaking or asking you to break any GM rules when I mentioned Isaiah.

2:00 O’clock and all is well…as in NO Snow Yet.

HopeandJoy♫ - Questions like your’s and my answer I think might be fine but I try not to mention it often.. We don’t want to get into arguments and religion and politics can be fuel for a lot of that including giving a troll or someone a chance to jump in and start something. Saying something that we are worried about and saying that we will keep them in mind or pray for them is alright, we are a family to each other. I only said what I did because that may be close to borderline, I wanted to make sure people knew I wasn’t putting out ideas, etc. but to just give you info. Other places would be better to get into more detail, etc.

Gotcha! Sojo Thanks.

haaaaa…I just noticed I inadvertently made GComics into GMotors. One can get into Car controversies too…or at least my family did when I was growing up.

Hi HopeandJoy & Sojo

Thanks for breakfast.

The main reason for the No Religion is because so we don’t try to convert or ummm…….. bore those who don’t want to discuss it. If you want to discuss religion though in any way, you can just hope over to For Heaven’s Sake. Sojo can go into detail about his classes there for anyone who is interested. No one minds if you tell someone you have a question for them at FHS.

Thanks Ooops!

Ooops ummmmm…I may check it out but I try to be pretty even-tempered in religious matters and don’t really want to get into a heavy discussion. For instance, No won’t go there.

The questions I asked about the Book to me were not “religious” just a course -of -study-type question which shouldn’t instigate controversy. I could be pretty naive too. Anyway, Thanks.

Flurries started at 3:15. (sigh) They ARE pretty.

I just finished remaking the bed after washing sheets with the help of cat Bibs Does anyone else get this kind of “help” Much fun

O.K. It is covering the streets and looks like a fog…Snow.

If I recall, the two rules of the Tribe were:

Play nice.

No religion or politics.

Rule 1 explains why rule 2.

Greetings TRIBE

Hopeandjoy I get that kind of “help” everytime I try to make the bed. Our pup, Scoobydoo [not my choice for a name but she answers to it] is right there to get in the way. Oh well, she is very cute and an expert with the puppydog eyes. I don’t want to make the bed anyway.

We are finally getting some sunshine but the wind is still cold. The radio is talking about flurries later. BOOO HISSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Serenasakitty I need another Puppy!!!!!!

Hope you don’t live east of Missouri cause another storm is moving through.

I live in western Canada. Saskatchewan. And I’m tired of storms, snow, ice and cold. I need summer to come as soon as possible.

HOPEANDJOY I was a nice guy and let my male out on the porch before the drier rang today. He sat out there and glared at me while I calmly made the bed without his help. Must remember this method.

Hi, serenasakitty & Lewreader!

Serena, the only problem with summer coming soon is that it still isn’t nearly long enough…

Serenasakitty Yes, I bet you ARE tired of it all and here your southern neighbors are complaining about trifling amounts (sp?)

LewRGood thought but My cat is afraid of the outdoors! His bedmaking help does make me laugh…although a bit frustrating.

It is also nice to know at least two BT’s peoples will be resting on freshly washed sheets

Hello serenasakitty and Lewreader!

Hello bmonk also!

Good Late Afternoon, Sojourner, Hopeandjoy♫, bmonk & who ever else may be hangin’ around

The work day is finally done. Another hectic one.

Good Late Afternoon Grog! - Glad work is over for you today!

@Grog, have a good, restful evening.

Getting ready for the Championship games this weekend?

So am I, Sojourner. So am I.

Out here, we have lots of Viking fans, and some Packer fans. Not so many for the Bears, but I grew up in Chi-town…

BTW, know what they call 45 men dressed in purple watching the Superbowl? The Vikings…

(this and the next comment twizzled by the servers–read it after that one.)

bmonk, looking forward to the Packers/Bears. I think I’ll pass on the the Jets/Steelers. I really can’t stand either team and wouldn’t want either one to get to the Big game, much less win it. In either case, I’ll be going for the winner of the Packers/Bears game.

I must depart these pleasant and felicitous climes, alas!

Fare you all well this e’en!

bmonk, then there wree the 45 guys or so back in the 70’s that went and lost 4 years running - like the Bills in the 90’s.

Later, bmonk. Have a good evening.

Have a good night bmonk.

Hello everyone we have frezing mist here HWY’s are a sheet of ice. I noticed when I left at 5pm the mist, my windshield was getting icy. I didn’t rush getting in. My daughter’s guy said a lot of slide offs. Bmonk I read what you said by sentence diagramming, not sure about this.

Good Evening ♥Kab♥!

Hi, people! Looks like Wichita is getting sleet, or at least that’s what my hubby told me. He said he was going to have to chip the ice off his windshield before he could drive home. I got home before the nasty stuff started falling.

Good evening Tribal mates!

Done with work finally. A rather slow but tedious day for sure.

R&R time now! WooHoo!

Good Evening Rmom and ♠Lonewolf♠!

Good evening, ♥Kab♥

KAB Glad you are home safely or at least I think you are home….Just snow here, I hate Ice.

Hi, Sojo, Grog & HopeandJoy

good evening Grog, Lonewolf, Rmom, Sojo,bmonk and those to come by to say “hi”

Duke playing again and looking a bit better. bbl

Good evening, ♠Lonewolf♠ & Rmom

I’m home. Not sleet here freezing drizzle lite freezing rain. Law enforcement have closed off some HWY due to slide offs.

Good evening, Kab.

Hi, Sojo, Wolfie, Grog, Kab and Hope&Joy! Don’t know how much longer we’ll have internet, or even electricity. Ice storms are notorious for knocking them out. We’ve filled up several buckets of water, since our pump won’t work without electricity. Next is filling the oil lamps, which is a whole lot easier to do when I can see well. Guess I’d better get supper fixed now too. If it stays on, I’ll BBL. If not, it will be much later.

It will be down to 1° with out the wind chill before the days ends tomorrow. With snow!

♥Kab♥ Buch said, about 1 diagram ago

…Bmonk I read what you said by sentence diagramming, not sure about this.

It’s just a way to figure out what each word in a sentence does, and what the overall structure of the sentence looks like. A more advanced way to practice identifying the subjects and verbs (as well as other parts) of sentences.

If it doesn’t help, don’t worry about it. If it does, it’s kinda fun.

Rmom, we’ll pray for you–I know about ice storms, and how the effects can hang on for days.

Keep the heat and electricity Rmom! And no matter how tempting burning down the house will only make you warmer for a while. Burning the stuff from your mother-in-law will free up more space though.

Sorry Rmom for the worry. If you get back on, do you have a gas stove and/or a fireplace to help?

bmonk guess what part of work on English has to do with subject and verb. Either I bold or underline. So far here we have power. We have a carisen(sp) we use to heat but having trouble with this using a fireplace. I dread Thursday at least if snow when I leave for traction.

@♠Lonewolf♠, our local forecast says single digits, plus or minus–but by tomorrow night it should be rising all night.

A fine night for howling at a full moon–if you have a winter coat on.

♠Lonewolf♠, check you last comment again at Citizen Dog.

Bmonk, I’ve got the winter coat and I am shooting pool, so a howling I will go!! lol

Good evening, Bmonk & LuvH8.

Thanks Grog. I owe you one, my friend! :^)

No problem, ♠Lonewolf♠

HopeandJoy, I didn’t mean to imply you had offended anyone. Just to let you know you could hop over to the other strip. (You don’t even have to read other people’s comments. Shhhh!!! Don’t tell them!) ; )

Good Evening Peoples!

Hello Grog, Lonewolf, Sister Kab, Bmonk, HopeandJoy, Rmom, Sojo & Peepers

Hi, Rmom! I think I missed you earlier.

Hi & Bye, Doc

8 hours? I’d love to get 8 hours on a week-night. It ain’t happening though.

Have a good evening, Doc. Don’t work too hard.

Have a good night Doctor Toon.

Ooops Oh dear, No implication was made by you….hey, you didn’t say anything to upset me and I appreciate the heads up. Smiles.

You see how I can get into trouble? I meant to indicate when people have different viewpoints, some may get “offended” when another’s viewpoint doesn’t agree with them even when no offense is intended. Wow, that is a sentence???? Not sure I can follow it but think you get my drift…. Anyway, I will tread lightly or not at all. I scare easily.

Just a quick break for me to say hello to everyone here. :-)

Hello! We are being buried by snow and it is COLD but it is pretty.

**♥Little Sister♥ How do you think it will go this semester?

Hello ♥Little Sister♥!

It will be better this semester. I look to improve on the areas that need improving.

♥Little Sister♥ you may be interested in the excitement at C&H today,

Well it’s time for me to wrap it up and call it a night.

Gunite, Tribeandall

Sounds good, **♥Little Sis♥

Hi, Li’l Sister

Hello Little Sister

Hi & Bye Doc T, I got 12 hours one night last week!

HopeandJoy, I am glad we are done not offending each other. (giggling)

Dinner Time for me now.

Hello Big Brother, Hope and Joy and Grog :-)

Hee hee! Grog you weren’t kidding.

Good Night Grog.

Good night, Grog.

Is somebody planning on entertaining me?

And just what kind of entertainment were you looking for?!

Ummm…….. we could make something? You could tell a story?

Did everyone disappear? That’s okay, I know I have a recipe around here somewhere for coffee ground playdough. It is supposed to be good for making things you can let dry and then paint and use. Should be fun. I will keep looking.

I’m still here unless I fall asleep.

Hi Sojo!

Any idea when I decided the car was a good place for my wallet? I keep leaving it there.

Ooops! - Sorry, I know nothing.

Sojo, I am watching Shultz and the whole Hogan’s Heroes crew right now.

♠Lonewolf♠ - LOL

Hmmm…. okay you know nothings. I found two books to look through. (maniacal hand rubbing and giggling)

I also found a recipe for curdled milk slime and curdled milk slime glue! (giggles)

Shoot! It is too late tonight! Drat! Foiled!

Do not fear! I will find a way! There are others…….