Big Top by Rob Harrell for January 23, 2011

Good Morning, Tribe!

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠!

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠

Good Morning, Grog.

Great menu. May I please have the huevos rancheros and Doc’s WFNC?

Good Morning Grog - I’ll take your special with a piece of chocolate cake please.

Seems to me he already said how it makes him feel!

You got it, ♠Lonewolf♠. Enjoy.

Kenny “The Snake” Stabler is on DD&D. If my menu doesn’t make you hungry, then perhaps the tailgate goodies he’s helping to dish out will get you there.

Good morning & you got it, Sojourner. Enjoy!

What is DD&D?

Thank you, Grog.

Thank you Grog - You did a great job with the menu!

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives on the Food network.

Good menu, Grog…may I have the pepper bacon….breaded and deep fried, of course, and for a chaser, how about some cheese cake…..yum!

Were you referring to Diners, Drive-ins & Dives? My favorite show!!!!

Good Morning Montana Lady!

Good morning, Montana Lady

Good Morning and excellent choices, Montana Lady

And yes certainly one of my favorite food shows, if not favorite shows.

But now Knute Rockne, All-American is on TCM. I wish I could stay awake long enough to see it to it’s conclusion. But since it ends tragically, maybe I should be glad.

Hey Wink, I’ve been to therapy, but I fell asleep on the couch because the session bored me.

Haa Haa haa haa haa!!!!!

Can I have some KFC Grog. :-)

Good morning, ♥Little Sister♥. You sure can!

Good morning guys. Have a great day and a great game. :-)

Good Morning ♥Little Sister♥!

Good night everyone :-)

Good night, ♥Little Sister♥

Bdee, bdee, bdee, that’s all folks!

Gunite, Tribeandall!

Good Night ♥Little Sister♥ and Grog.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Ah! Ha! Ha haaa ha haa haaaaaa!!!! Coffee! Coffee!!! Coffee!!!

It watches………. It is waiting.

When everyone is sleeping, no one knows…….. is that really where I left It? Wasn’t it?

Ooops! scares me. I’m leevin now…Poof

Sounds like the Mean Widdle Kid. “Waaaaah, I scared meself”

Good Morning, Ooops! greyhame & Doctor Toon!

Good morning, Tribeandall

Headed out to work, but I’ll have my laptop with me. Catch ya in a couple of hours.

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠

 It never blinks…..

Good Morning, Ooops!

Ooops!, make it stop staring at me!

It’s giving me the creeps.

Good Morning Doc & Grog

It never stops staring. It is always alert, ever ready.

CreepyJeebees or something this morning to Grog, Ooops, Doc Toon, Lonewolf ( when he gets back )

and to Sojo, bmonk, Montana Lady, Kab, Rmom Little Sister and of course, Plods with Beer.

Everyone have a good day doing what you enjoy and I will too!

Grog did you watch Challenge of Lassie I recorded it to see later.

I modified a recipe for

Nuclear Coffee Play Dough!

  1 cup Doc Toon’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee Grounds   1 cup flour   1 cup salt   1 cup Doc Toon’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee

Mix Doc Toon’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee Grounds, flour and salt together in bowl. Add Doc Toon’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee and stir unti the mixture turns into the consistency of play dough. If the Nuclear Coffee Play Dough is too sticky, knead in more flour.

Let Nuclear Coffee Play Dough Sculptures air dry or bake them in the oven at 200 degrees for 45 minutes. Larger sculptures may take longer to dry.

Have you noticed that Ooops! gets a little wired after she has some of Doc’s coffee??? (a LITTLE???)

Gotta luv her!!!!!!!!! :))))

Yay!!!! Now we can make Nuclear Stuff!!!

 Good Morning HopeandJoy!

Good Morning, Hopeandjoy♫ & Montana Lady Hopeandjoy♫, no I haven’t. Doctor Toon, judging by the picture Ooops! shared with us, I’d say that she’s already got trouble.

You want me to make a Nuclear Statue of your cat??

Ummm………. I guess I didn’t mention …….. It is a stuffed baby panther, and It is possessed by something evil. I am scared of It.

Whoaaaaaaaahh (pronounced “Whoa” Ooops Those eyes have conjunctivitis! Pass the ointment! and scroll fast!!

*: )

  Hello Montana Lady!     You could make some stone-like Nuclear Horse Statues!

Good morning everyone(again).

I’m working at the sore right now. Got my laptop hooked up and am all set for Da Bears game!

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,King_Wolf, Ponytale56,greyhame

HopeandJoy♫ did any of that freezing rain come your way? That freezing drizzle stayed north of us went to state capital. I did get blowing snow. Streets are okay. 13° here.

Big Sister where did you get those eyes at?

Good Morning, ♥Kab♥

Good Morning, HopeandJoy, Grog, Doc, LuvH8, Montana Lady & Kab!

Kab Don’t encourage Ooops No more eyes!!…well…they are kinda cute.

Happily, Kab we only got a “dusting” of snow to add to the Pile of white stuff we have everywhere else! It is a heat wave up here 22° but it feel colder. Glad you didn’t get any freezing rain. I really don’t like ice unless it is in a glass.

  Good Morning Sister Kab & Lonewolf

Sister Kab, the eyes are cropped from a picture I took of the possessed baby panther stuffed animal I have. I am trying to figure out what to do with it.

Quick Cure, Ooops Someday, you will have to walk me very slowly through the process of bringing pictures here. I save them in My pictures in my document file and can move them to facebook easily but not to here. I’m not sure I am capable of doing this anyway.

Sleep well, Doc. But worse dreams? Like the shower scene in Psycho?

Doc Toon What do you think she means by “Processed” anyway, Pickled?

Rest well, Doc.

Grog, are you ready for some……………………………………..

Football??!!

You bet , ♠Lonewolf♠ At least I’ll be ready for the Bears game. Not so sure about the latter. I really have a pretty strong hatred of both of those teams. I’d really like to see no survivors in that one.

I don’t know all. To me, since I am long done with, is nightmare dream of having a baby to feeding, driving a car and trying to stop keeps going, to major snow, and flooding. Then I wake up and have to go. ♫Hopeandjoy♪ your name is musical in a way. I imagine in most area’s would rather snow stay away so can melt.

My brother-in-law like to watch football has my sister interested to. Long before marriage she never did. Me I don’t care for it. I take a book to read, our mom lets him watch the game.

Good morning everyone. :-)

Experiments, experiments, experiments! Like this here Nuclear coffee cake I made. I’m not sure if it is stable enough to eat just yet.

Doc How long should I let it sit for?

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Hello TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Good Morning, ♥Little Sister♥ & Sojourner.

If it starts getting impatient and growing legs, then there is no telling what it will do.

hello Tribe. time for one of my intermittent visits. hi Grog, Little Sister, Kab, Sojo, & Lonewolf. i’m going to play some catch up on my toons while i have time to visit. hope all is well, and kind of hope the Jets and the Pack make it to the Super Bowl (sorry Lonewolf) as i think it would be neat to have the first two winners face each other.

Hello Grog and ♥Little Sister♥!

Hey there, Sojo!

Hi, Li’l Sister!

Little Sister i have to admit i prefer birthday cake, but then i’ve never tried nuclear cake.

Hello, yyyguy. Been busy, have you?

Grog, sorry, I like the Steelers. Lived there for 5-6 years and my sister was a babysitter for some of the player’s kids on game day. I might have mentioned that before. If I did, sorry for the repeat.

Plus I think the Steelers are a better all around team than the Jets and if the Bears go to the SB, I’d like them to play the best team.

Howdy, Yguy. How ya been, my friend?

♠Lonewolf♠, My boss is a Steelers fan. Another Steelers win would make him insufferable for at least a month.

been okay. unfortunately, there is something on this site which has started making funny noises on my computer. i guess i’ll have to bounce out of here again and catch up another time. dang. (((Tribe)))* for them that needs the karma.

Hopefully sooner rather than later, yyyguy.

Good to see you! Don’t be a stranger, Yguy. Take care.

Hello Little Sister, Uncle Why & Sojo

Time to drug Gma

HopeandJoy, you are surrounded by experts, we will get your pictures up!

See ya, Yyyguy…

It may not be worth much, but I learned about football as an AFL fan and I usually am for those teams….so that makes me pull for the Jets.* They haven’t had an opportunity in so long. Chicago is our nearer “Home” team that is playing and I love saying **”Da Bears” but when all is said and done give me basketball and baseball!

I am a very avid football fan. For the most part I am a fan of the NFC, except when my hated NFC east rivals make it to the Superbowl. Only then would I root for the AFC.

Baseball comes in a distant third after Rugby. Basketball is right up there (Or rather down there) with golf for me.

Glad we have so many sports to choose from!

Hockey is probably my favorite as it was my main sport in HS. Football is right there a notch down from Hockey. But I am an all around sports nut. Pro basketball is high with what the Bulld did in the eighties and MJ being my favorite player of all time. I root for some college basketball teams but I have a hard time trying to watch those games. Love baseball, but can’t stand the baseball writers association and how snobby they are when it comes to voting players into the HOF. IMHO

Well I’ve got some laundry and other stuff to take care of before the big game, but I’ll be back.

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠, Ooops! and HopeandJoy♫!

Hi and Bye yyyguy!

Hurry back, Grog!

Come on Blackhawks it’s the second period and you need to score to get back into the game.

I like rugby union, grand prix motorcycle racing, IndySeries and Formula car racing, Autocross then golf. (Have not been able to keep up on them though)

Those are all good too. I’m watching the NHL game Chicago Blackhawks vs. Philadelphia Flyers right now. It’s on the NBC network.

I too am watching the Hawks game on the laptop.

Hello yyyguy :-)

Hello Big Sister.

Okay, I got the chocolate birthday cake in the oven, and it looks good.

i’m trying again. been getting this annoying music. sounds like a pop up but i can’t see where it is on the page. pop up blocker bar comes on but cancelling doesn’t help. then when i try to move to another page or another strip i get a “are you sure you want to navigate away from this page” box that won’t let me move no matter what i do. i wind up having to use task master to try to close everything down (and even then it’s not easy). i wish i was more computer literate.

I was thinking you said Monday but couldn’t be sure. I’ll delete it until then. :-)

He will be 39 tomorrow..

yyyguy - Never heard of that problem here. It might have something to do with the Meebo strip at the bottom of the page. You can hide it using the button at the lower right part of the page just in case it’s open and something on it’s been selected.

The BlackHawks have a problem right now! Down 3-0! Third period.

compared to the Leafs they have no problems at all!

Sojo i don’t see any Meebo strip at the bottom right now, and site seems to be working as it should so i’m keeping my fingers crossed. i’m checking back to Jan 7th so it will take a while.

I was expecting more from the Blackhawks.

Wish I could help you yyyguy but I too am not that literate when it comes to computers.

I gotta get busy before the football game comes on so I will see you all in a little while.

That ‘Hawks seem to have a lot of problems on Sundays!

enjoy it Lonewolf. i think i’ll put on the TV for background.

Game on! Be in and out during commercials.

GO BEARS!!!!!!!

You’re psychic, Yguy!

Hey Hey 24 yards for the Bears!

I love the Olympics and the sports there….Curling fascinates me.

bbl

Well, not a good start for the Bears. I’ll still take the winner of this game in 2 weeks. It won’t matter to me who is the winner of the next game.

Go Bears Roar!

whew! caught up again. i have got to get here more often than bi-weekly.

Can we dump some snow into the stadium with your weather thingy Manfred. That will make the game more interesting.

use the snow-a-pult! just ask Cleo nicely and i’m sure he’d loan it to you.

game sounds too interesting to just listen. think i’m going to go and watch it for a while. TTFN!

Not a very good first half for the Bears……………………

Not liking the game so far. It’s one -sided right now. I was expecting maybe a 7-3 score at the half. Not 14-0.

The Bears defense is doing nothing to pressure Rogers. And Cutler has got to keep the drives going. Of course, it doesn’t help to have penalties killing your drives.

Pooh

# *: (

Phooey *: (

We need Ooops’ panther eyes or something

What is Curling like?

You mean they have an event to see who can curl their hair the fastest?

I thought curling was something only Canadians liked if anyone.

So Canadians curl their hair competitively.

I honestly don’t know. All I know is the curling iron for hair.

Cute, ♥Little Sister♥ but curling is an indoor game played on ice with rocks & brooms.

STOP LAUGHING AT MY EXPLANATION! * : )

I can hear you!

Little Sister This is an unprofessional explanation for sure but they have areas marked off like a bowling alley. (not really it is played on ICE and only in a certain area)

They have a team of 2 or 3 (I think) One slides a fat, round disc-like thing that has a handle on the top, toward a circle.

Another team is doing the same thing. The object is to get your “Pot or disc” in and knock the other team’s out of circle. To do this you sometimes have to “curl” one in there (kind of like a curve ball in pitching??)

There may be more than one “pot” slid to the area. After my “fractured explanation” which only gives you a bit of an idea, I would suggest googling the word Curling. It originated in Scotland I think.

Rocks and brooms! Was this sport invented by Mary Poppins?

Correction: Stones & Brooms. Here is a video

Sounds good to me….No by the Scots many moons ago.

Google in “Curling on Ice” and they have a video you can click on. Some people can be 90 years old and play the game so that means Ooops could do it.

Cutler is injured. Collins is done for the day now this third string quarterback comes in and we now have a touchdown.

It’s about time.

The brooms ( retangular) help change the direction a little or maybe heat the ice a little????

Interesting sport. I really should watch TV more often.

The Bears punting game is terrible.

So then I could play the game….RIGHT!

Sure, but I don’t know how you would get started in such a thing. Look for Curling clubs in San Diego. I wonder if they would have them.

Yes indeed, for sure. It takes a lot of balance I am told. There is also a game called Lawn bowling that I saw when we visited the city of York in England. It looks like fun but I’m not sure it is an Olympic sport like Curling is.

I might S-P-L-A-T as I slip on the ice or something. I am pretty athletic but not so good on ice. *:(

But you don’t have to wear skates.

I’d say the Bears are toast now.

Like a lot of things it can be interesting once you learn the rules.

Sorry, Terry

Good Afternoon, ALL!

Daaaaaa STRIP!: I hope I don’t have to tell all of you how this strip makes me feel…

I know they wear sneakers or something similar….I could still fall flat if I could manage to slide the heavy stone! (smiles)

Good afternoon, bmonk

Hello bmonk!

@Grog, the Curling championships were in Bismarck a few years back. I hear the Canadians really swept the trophies…

Hi bmonk

Come on Bears!

I never met any curling fans in Quebec or Edmonton for that matter. But someone must be watching if they are televising the games.

Wink stop laying on the couch and get in the game.

GRRRRRR!

Game over!

They’re fighting–but might be too little, too late…

It was.

Well with that, I’ll call it a day and a night.

Gunite, Tribeandall!

Good Night Grog.

Okay I’m done. I gotta’ home now. See you all whenever I can. Possibly tomorrow maybe.

Bye ♥Little Sister♥.

Bye, Grog and ♥Li’l Sis♥!

We’ll miss you!

(Now can we bring out the chocolates?)

Bye Little Sister♥ Take Care!

Sounds good to me.

Cocoa!!

Twizzlers!!

Good afternoon/evening Tribeandall

Not a happy ending for us Bears fans. I stopped at my mother’s on the way home from work and I am glad I did. I didn’t need to watch the third string QB trying to win it. I got more done for my mother.

Good Evening ♠Lonewolf♠!

Yes, Hi, ♠Lonewolf♠!

(And you too, Sojo & Hopeandjoy♫!)

Hi, serena; help yourself!

The best thing about virtual chocolate is they don’t get you fat.

The worst thing is that the taste is rather thin.

Did I hear someone mention CHOCOLATES?

Greetings all.

Hello serenasakitty - You heard correctly!

The bell–must run! Bye!

bamf!

Bye bmonk.

Hi, Serena, Bmonk & Sojo

Bye Bmonk. Have a good evening!

Whoa! Where did everyone run off to??

I’m still here!

Hi and Bye Doctor Toon - Yes I had a great day. Have a great night!

Hi & Bye, Doc.

Splat! Flaamb! Fluoomp!!!

I shoot you with my lime green grape jelly gun!

(maniacal laughter, running steps fading a away, loud crashing)

Hello and good night Ooops!

Hi, LuvH8.

Good night, Sojo

May be back for turnover.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Night to you people…Sojo, Lonewolf. I guess LuvH8 is out chasing Ghosties, hoodlums, vampires, Packers and such to keep the Big Top Safe.

Later!

Good Night, HopeandJoy♫. Rest well!

Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium between the Pickers and the Steelers.