Big Top by Rob Harrell for April 18, 2011

Well, I was “cooking” all day today……….

First, was vegetable beef barley soup………….alllllll day……. the house smelled so good!!!! Lots left for the Tribe!

Then, for dinner, I made shrimp and chicken egg rolls. They’re big enough so 3 is a whole meal.! Of course, enough to feed the whole tribe again.

Good Morning, Montana Lady.

That soup sounds awesome right now. Thank you!

Good Morning, Tribe

Good Morning Montana Lady & Lonewolf

Montana Lady, I would like some of those egg rolls and if you have any tea? Please?

Cod Pieces? Leotards? Sounds comfortable…..

Good Morning, LuvH8.

With that I will head to the horizontal position.

Good Night LuvH8.

P&L

Good Night Lonewolf & Montana Lady

Good Morning, Montana Lady, ♠Lonewolf♠ & Ooops!

I love vegetable, beef & barley soup! I’ll take mine in a punch bowl, please.

Woke up to licences jingling against collar. Pulled on clothes, grabbed leash, and went out in the pre-dawn cold. Stood like an idiot with my little plastic bag in my soaked slippers. Brought the ungrateful hound in to find a dark circle in the carpet. “I”ll, take care of it, feed it, and take it for walks every day.” Do all men fall for that line? My cats only demand, er need feeding twice a day. Their litter boxes need only to be as clean as a hospital operating room. They only demand attention during waking hours (their’s, not mine). A cat shows affection my kneeding my knee with their claws.

Good Morning, Lewreader. I think you’d be better off keeping the dog and ditching the cats on some abandoned road (No I don’t want them).

Good morning, all! (Esp: Lewreader & Grog)

Off today to the big city, so I’m early (and cn’t stay long).

A couple of big eggrolls sounds delish!

Good Morning, bmonk & pseudo

pseudo, cat lovers are of a completely different breed, perhaps not even of this world. I, for one, will not allow a cat anywhere near me, and I have my trusty supersoaker by my side to prove it.

Morning All!

Good Morning, Digital Frog & Ooops!

You must check out B.B. today, Ooops!

I wish I hadn’t heard this: Whoopie Goldberg just admitted she leaks.

Of course she said this while I was eating my breaksfast. My eggs almost made a pretty splat on my television.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Soup and egg rolls sounds great, thanks Montana Lady.

Grog - LOL

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠,♥♥ Little Sister♥♥,Wolfbyte LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, PlodswSoCo, Doc Toon, MontanaLady, Serenasakitty, SmileyRmom,Bmon,Ladyhawk,,lakesnake ,Lewreader;MisngNOLA,Josh, Yukoneric, The Sojourner, Only Tink, pseudo,Digital Frog,Ponytail56

On the talk of pets. My daughter brought home a male reddish orange cat. We had declawed and fixed. She loved playing with him when little. Those back claws watch out. He is older and tends to himself. Now he is older he has to attend to me insist on being petted when I go to BR. My daughter and her guy insisted on a dog and then another one. The female wasn’t loved by prior owner and the little boy loves and hogs all the attention. We give the female lots of attention. They both tend to their own dogs.

I’ve seen that commercial myself and know what she is referring to. For me I’m free of that.

Good Morning pseudo and Montana Lady!

Good Morning ♥Kab♥!

Good morning, Tribe………..

Hope you all enjoyed the soup and egg rolls…….that virtual server sure did a nice job of serving last night, huh.

We woke up this morning to………..

SNOW!!!

only about 1/2 inch here, and 4 inches up at the ski resort. More snow is supposed to come later. We get these surprise snow showers until mid June……:))))

The animals and birds love it because they get water all over the place as it melts. And, then the wild grasses all get watered for their food.

Would any of you in the south like Ooops to come over and use her grape shooter to send you some snow??

Good morning, Sojo & ♥Kab♥

♥Kab♥, that’s the first ftime I’d seen that commercial. Inititally, I thought she was telling a joke until she went on to explain herself.

You got to admit her opening line was an attention-getter. And in Whoopie’s style, quite funny.

POP Just stopped snowing here, thank you.

Never could figure out why anyone would want to strap a fish to themselves, but to each his own I guess.

my whistle broke - could some one send DWFNC my way, please. 55 gal drum should do it.

good morning (((tribe))) and Grog!

POOPH

Good Morning Grog - I’m lucky I haven’t seen it yet! Hopefully I won’t.

Good Morning Plod!

Grog that commercial Woopie does is fairly new. Yes I agree big eye opener. Though I seen one more funnier than that one. Not based on what Woopie is trying to sell and I thought she be done with that. One better I am talking about involves young boys, outside, tree, slingshot, and I can’t remember kid with clothes basket and mom standing there watching. There have been part commericals that have been very funny and some that need to be dumped.

Aaaaaaauugh! Hide! The Sun!!!

Good Morning, Plod

You will eventualy, Sojo. And when it first comes on, you’ll probably have no idea it’s a commercial.

I knew she was doing Hollywood Squares, but I had no idea she was doing commercials, too.

Good Morning Ooops!

I don’t think I’ve seen the one you’re talking about, ♥Kab♥ - at least not yet. Something else to look forward to.

Good one, pseudo!

Rise & Shine, Ooops!

Oooh! Mean! Mean! Mean!

I haven’t even had coffee.

I must have had 4 Pepsi’s by now. I think I’m awake.

I’m still waiting on my a/c guy. I thought he’d be here a lot sooner.

I just told the internet guy he doesn’t need to stop by as my internet has been up since yesyerday early afternoon. If there’s no problem when their here there’s not really anything they can do. I have a new modum here somewhere. Finding that or getting a new one might fix or eleminate that as the problem if it does continue.

4 Pepsis!!! and you say I am a sugar & caffeine addict? Haa!

On a normal working day, 4 Pepsi’s is the most I’ll drink in a day. But I’m not working and I’ve been sitting here waiting for the a/c guy for a while now and I’m just sucking them back while I wait.

Good Morning Grog, Sojo, Pseudo, Kab Sister & Everyone!

I am not being productive and staying on task. This is bad. Maybe I should sleep until the sun goes away?

pseudo, if we all only ate and drank the things that’s good for us, we’d be left with a handfull of unpalatable things. I’d rather be dying happy living miserable.

Of course, I always try to go the route of moderation, but today it just ain’t happening.

Good afternoon everyone! Whoa, get a better sun than that, would you? It’s creepy!

I wouldn’t be in any rush to do that if I were you, pseudo. You’ll have to wait until you leave the land of the living. My Mom left the land of the living about 5 & a half years ago.

Hello Josh!

Hello I left this site for awhile found other toons to read. Trying to show hubby there are others then local paper. Grog wait until you see that commercial I don’t want to give to much away, I gave you all enough when you do see this one you will know. It’s somewhat scary and funny.

Glad to see the sun here. That heavy wind did damage to our wooden fence. The prior owner of this house updated the inside but missed the fence. USPS is going to raise postage again and lay-off workers. One small town south east post office is closing. I’ll be leaving in 10 mins. have a great day everyone.

Sorry about that. I also lost my internet connection for a few minutes. Yikes.

Sojo probably lost his just because he canceled the internet guy.

Hello Josh

Pseudo, it is the sun in the sky that makes me tired. Well…. that and ……

Oooh! Pretty! Play Time?!?

Ooops! - I still have it. :-)

I took a break for lunch, as well. Also just got a call. My a/c guy should be heading to my place soon.

I hope that’s what she meant, pseudo. I’d hate to have lose you in a Jim Rockford style car chase.

Kab, I take it you mean the post office in the small town closed and not the town itself - unless the town IS the post office.

pseudo, if she had told you to stick with with me, I might be inclined to try to lose you…hence the Rockford style car chase (from Rockford Files show in the 70’s).

I avoid mirrors, and yes I have anemia. Do you think a tiny little house fire might cheer me up?

:O

I’m usually not productive in the dark and my most productive on a bright sunny day. I’m about as productive on an overcast and/or rainy day day as I am at night - maybe just a tad more..

It’s trying to cloud up here but still mostly sunny. May have rain tonight and first half of tomorrow.

(1) Oooooooops??, up here in West Dakota, we haven’t seen the sun for some days.

(2) IF anyone really wants SNOW, we can air-ship catapult-basket lots really fast. Not responsible for any damage on reentry. Get it while it lasts. (Will be fresh when it starts snowing again later tonight…)

Hello bmonk - I’ll pass on the snow but thanks anyway.

Yay! The a/c guy is done. I think I’m really going to start needing it as the week goes on. The temperature is going to start getting into the upper 80’s and lower 90’s by the end of the week.

Good afternoon, bmonk You can keep your snow. I don’t want it any time of the year.

Bmonk, does the snow come with clouds? Do you have rooms with no windows?

It was starting to get warm here but the next three days it should only get in the 60s. After that the 70s for a bit. The lows though shouldn’t get below the mid 40s. :-)

And here I thought our weather would slowly head your way, Sojo. I guess you’re still subject to remnants of those arctic blasts.

Um, no, just about all our rooms have windows.

We’ve been having lots of clouds recently. And the cool weather should hang around for the next several days here, but the snow only is predicted to last till Tuesday evening.

peep?

Poop?

It’s pretty quiet right about now. But then, it usually is in the afternoons.

I was just wondering what a tiny peep would bring.

In general, comments are very light these days. I guess the days 3-400+ comments are long gone. I miss that, but it does make it easier to catch up on comments.

Well….. I think I want a room without a view. Is that possible to have and still be able to have fresh air?

Yes–several of the more prolific commentators are gone or cut back; without their prodding others are less verbose, and so on…

But I agree: it makes it much quicker to catch up. And to keep up with the discussion(s).

A room without a view? You could cover the window with a hood of some sort, or fill it with a fan…

Alas, I must depart soon….

Bye Bmonk, Happy Afternoon!

Have a good evening, bmonk.

Bye bmonk - Enjoy the rest of your day.

Good evening, Tribsters!

Good evening, Lonewolf.

Hi, Grog & Sojo.

Good Evening ♠Lonewolf♠ - Hope your having a good day!

Sojo, health wise I think I am doing better. Or so it seems. (Wishful thinking, probably) But at work it was a bear today! Too many piddly jobs or parts not in stock on other jobs and it just made the day drag on.

♠Lonewolf♠ - Glad to hear it except for your day draging on.

Very strange. When I open up Pooch Cafe, it has the strip followed by the comments and then it repeats with the strip and all the comments. Is it just me???

How’s your day gone, guys?

Hmm. My day felt much the same way waiting for the a\c guy. I threw out my back even worse than it was the day before just trying to stand up semi-straight. I’ve been walking/standing at a 45 degree angle most of the day. Not being able to do much of anything certainly made the day drag. I was hoping to try out my new pressure washer on my driveway & patio while waiting, but I didn’t dare try it…..or anything else.

I’ve had a good day so far. My internet has stayed since since yesterday afternoon. Sorry to hear about your back Grog.

Lonewolf, I did not have that problem at PC.

Thanks, Sojo. I hope I feel better tomorrow. I’ve got a couple car-related errands to run tomorrow - one of which is an early morning appointment. The other is something that can wait until Wednesday, but I’d like to get it done tomorrow if possible.

It could ruin my whole vacation if this thing is going to be nagging at me all the time. My back has bothered me at time, but has never been for long and never been this bad.

I hope your back gets to feeling better so that you can enjoy the vaca to the fullest, Grog.

Thanks, Lonewolf. I hope so.

It actually has Pooch twice on my Homepage, Grog. One right after the other.

I don’t have it on my home page. Through my ISP I have a home page where I store the links to all my GoComics comics. I went to PC straight from the GC a-z listing.

It’s not causing any problems whatsoever, it just looks funny back to back! lol

DED is a repeat back to back on my homepage too! Weird….

Dinner time.

BBIB.

I have a toon show up twice in a row on my home page once and a while.

I’m feeling a lot like Groucho Marx today…..you know….from Duck Soup?

I don’t know nothing.

It’s just funny looking, Sojo.

I know exactly what you are referring to, Grog. Enjoy your dinner.

Good Evening Ooops!

Good Evening Peoples!

Grog, keep your back flat. Lie on your back on a folded comforter in the bathtub with your legs sticking out of the water. Use really warm water, you can breath through a straw so you can keep your neck straight too. That should help.

I can’t be a duck….. What is for dinner? Did anyone bring me something?

There’s still plenty of breakfsat here.

Good Evening, LuvH8.

Well at least my problem also allowed me to watch more TV than I planned. I never would have seen that Whoopie commercial this morning and made those Whoopie-related comments.

Ooops! oddly enough the only time my back feels remotely good flat is in the tub. Last night I slept in a firmer upstairs bed. I initially went to sleep on my side and as usual, I woke up on my back and in pain. I’m not doing that again tonight. I’m sleeping in my recliner. It’s the only other place I feel no pain. And I’ll be sure to take a couple of Advil before I do.

You could sleep in the bathtub?

Hi Sojo & Lonewolf

My family are all Ick Phooey Stupid Heads! This calls for something different. I am just not sure what yet.

I posted my Groucho comment before my dinner comment yet it’s showing a good 4 minutes before the Groucho comment(shakes head).

Ooops! I forgot to mention in my long-winded comment that I will not sleep in the tub.

By the way, I’m too tall, or my tub’s too small for me to lay completely straight. Although my legs will be bent, so would my head & neck.

Well…. get a bigger tub! Your tub should reach from the top of your head to the bottom of your bottom with your legs in the air at ninety degrees with an extra inch or two.

I’m watching a Rockford Files show now and belive it or not I haven’t seen it before.

I don’t think I have purposefully seen any Rockford Files episodes….. or Magnum PI either.

I have the Addams Family.

Good Night Peoples, Rest Peacefully

They’re both good shows. I like Rockford better and I own 4 seasons. I have no Magnum….yet.

Magnum PI comes on after this show but I usually watch the news as I go to bed as I have seen all of the Magnum shows. If I’m interested the A-Team comes on after that I think.

Right, Ooops! I’ll have the existing one ripped out of its built in location and have a new one installed, just for you, at obscene expense. Are you going to pay for it?

Oh, wait. It won’t fit. You lucked out…..this time!

Hi, friends! Ooooops! - I think you would really enjoy watching Magnum P.I. There are a lot of shots of Tom Selleck’s cute butt in tight jeans. (Just watched several episodes recently.)

Hi, Rmom.

Hello Rmom!

Hi, Grog & Sojo! Well, that last comment got me in trouble with my sons. One happened to come over to my desk for a hug, read it and got “creeped out”. Of course, just kissing my husband will do that to them too.

LOL

That’s their problem, Rmom. We’ve all got our fantasies, I think for the longest time, mine was Heather Locklear. :-) Aaaah!

Tom Selleck is easy on the eyes. Of course, I like the fact that he actually knows how to use guns, unlike Daniel Craig.

Sojo - Did you have any problems with our hurricane force winds on Friday? We had the unpleasant experience of a tire choosing that night to shred. Thankfully my hubby could get a signal on his phone, and got our oldest to come do most of the work. It was a bitterly cold night!

Rmom - No problems here unless that was the cause of my internet problems. If it was my provider won’t admit it.

You were lucky to be able to get help!

Our internet was out on Sunday morning, but it was back up when we got home from church. I’m guessing some maintenance, but of course, they don’t usually tell us. I was really glad we could get our son to help, or else I would have had to get out in the cold to assist. Plus, he brought a floor jack from our garage, which is better than fussing with the rinky-dink jack that is in the trunk. It is iffy getting a signal with the hills in that area. I couldn’t get one on my at&t, but he could with his work phone that’s on Verison.

I’m glad I stopped taking Tylenol.

And why is that, Grog?

Should have elaborated. Just saw a legal commercial drumming up business due to cases of liver failure among other life threatening conditions due to the use of Tylenol.

Typical lawyer ad. What gets me is they often say if you died while taking whatever to call them.

LOL! Seems it would be a bit difficult to call if you’re dead.

Reminded me of this quote: “If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there’ll be a record.” –Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

You two should start your own medical comedy show.

Maybe betwen y’all & ♥Kab♥ you could come up with a Kansas colaboration of Americas funiest diseases or something of that nature. Not that it’s really funny, but the television viewers will eat up just about anything these days.

Glad you liked the humor! I got word today that I’ve got another aliment that I’ve been expecting. Low thyroid. Both of my parents had it & a brother does, so figured it was just a matter of time. At least it only requires taking a medicine. I’m falling apart. Oh well, someday I guess it will be me “waking up dead!” I need to turn in for the night. Good night!

Good night, Rmom

Love the scene where Kirk gets tribbled. It never gets old.

I don’t remember the exact words but this was from a real court case. A lawyer was asking a doctor if he checked to see if the person he was going to do an autopsy on was dead. He asked if he checked to see if he was breathing, No. Did he check to see if he had a pulse? No. Why? His brain was in a jar beside the table. And you assumed he was dead? I guess he could of been a lawyer.

ROTFL

I’m now getting a headache trying to follow this line of comments. I think they’re all out of order - completely messed up.

Good Night Rmom.

From a lawyer questioning the coroner: Q: Do you recall approximately the time that you examined the body of Mr. Edington at the Rose Chapel? A: It was in the evening. The autopsy started about 8:30 p.m. Q: And Mr. Edington was dead at the time, is that correct? A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy!

LOL 3 times

And my last jumped 2 steps in rank….jumping 5 minutes. Incredible!

I feel as though I just got a promotion, but I don’t feel like celebrating,

Well I took my Advil for my in an effort to get ready for the recliner (bed), but I have a feeling that, under the current circumstances, it’s all going to go to my head.

Yes, the timing is really getting off.

Good night, Rmom.

Hi guys & gals.

I’ve been watching the Bulls game.

Good Night, Rmom.

Uuuggghhhh! This has got to stop!

Time to hit the recliner.

Gunite, Tribeandall

Good Night Grog.

How’s the game?

Good Night, Grog.

Un-F’n believeable. My comment jumped 6 minutes - and I just commented! And I’ve seen Sojo’s about the game floating all over the darn place. I think I’ll take 2 more Advil.

I’m outa here….finally!

Bulls are leading 90-85 with 1:04 left in the game. Indy is playing tough again.

Take it easy, Grog. Catch you in the morning buddy.

Da Bulls Win!

GREAT!