| 23 DEC 2010 at 11:10pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By greatalex11 (23 DEC 2010 9:46pm)
Googled the 66 year old Judy Garland film and found no reference to cabbage...
Never saw that film. I heard it when I was the keyboardist for the stage version at the Fox Theatre here in Atlanta. Debby Boone was the lead, and I think her maid or Nana said it in reply to her line "What's that smell?"
Anyway, someone was cooking corned beef and cabbage. [img]http://www.mindspring.com/~markparrish/sniff.gif[/img]
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 24 DEC 2010 at 2:05am |
| Deleted User | So that may explain the delightful 'tasteful' quote??
Incidentally, you live in Atlanta, Mark?
Interesting!
An extremely close relative of mine founded a fairly large software applications Company centered there 20 years ago, and is its CEO and Board-Chairman .. It is a public Company with shares listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
I had a chat with him a fortnight ago.
N.B. His brother is in a very similar position (and more so) in California.
I am always astounded & overwhelmed by these brilliant young entrepreneurs who establish star- ups and turn them into huge long term Companies.
I could never do anything like that in a thousand years!
I'm not jealous - good luck to them both!
BTW, I'm not pulling your leg (as I think you enjoy doing).
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| 24 DEC 2010 at 5:28am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | You know, I think Mark had a deeper, less obvious meaning when he made his cabbage comment.
Nice to see you here Grumpy. I see you still have that ace up your sleeve. :-*
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| 24 DEC 2010 at 6:25am |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By greatalex11 (23 DEC 2010 9:46pm)
Trav & Mark
Of course I meant "Surely you JEST"
(Severe eye troubles ---->> lots of typos.) :-[ :
Googled the 66 year old Judy Garland film and found no reference to cabbage or other vegetables - stinky or otherwise 8-) 8-) 8-) :
I've learned to ignore typo's - I make them far too frequently
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| 24 DEC 2010 at 8:08am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By InlandAZ (24 DEC 2010 6:25am)
Originally Posted By greatalex11 (23 DEC 2010 9:46pm)
Trav & Mark
Of course I meant "Surely you JEST"
(Severe eye troubles ---->> lots of typos.) :-[ :
Googled the 66 year old Judy Garland film and found no reference to cabbage or other vegetables - stinky or otherwise 8-) 8-) 8-) :
I've learned to ignore typo's - I make them far too frequently
I do too, but I found that particular post rather classic, maily because through a comedy of errors, I misunderstood it's meaning at first.
I thought Mr X purposely said "est" instead of "jest", "est" being the Latin "is".
So, I thought he was saying ""Mark, surely this is you" and that he was linking to something funny supposed to represent Mark, and so I expectantly clicked on the link that said "Mark", only to realise a few seconds later, that mr X must have meant to click the "Bold" icon but had clicked on the "hyperlink" icon instead.
My next thought was that if I could have been a fly sitting on the wall, watching myself work through that whole litle sequence, I would have found the whole thing hilarious.
...which in the end, I did. [smiley=laughing.gif]
It's nice just to have silliness abound here on OT for a change again. Been serious for too long. Need to relax and unwind a bit.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 24 DEC 2010 at 9:53am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Well I find it very intriguing that Trav has decided not to call Len by his real name, nor by his currently assumed name, but to give him an all-purpose, generic, non-specific name - Mr X - as if he really were an unknown factor, when in fact, no one is ever misled into thinking Len is anyone other than himself no matter what sort of name he gives himself. The subtlety of this escapes me. Love you Trav for being a quixotic woman. :-*
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| 24 DEC 2010 at 11:26am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (24 DEC 2010 9:53am)
Well I find it very intriguing that Trav has decided not to call Len by his real name, nor by his currently assumed name, but to give him an all-purpose, generic, non-specific name - Mr X - as if he really were an unknown factor, when in fact, no one is ever misled into thinking Len is anyone other than himself no matter what sort of name he gives himself. The subtlety of this escapes me. Love you Trav for being a quixotic woman. :-*
Tssk, tssk, Caroline, Mr X comes from here.
Traveler:I told you he didn't mean it! (The farewell)
Well, hey, the more the merrier here on JA. As far as I am concerned there's a place for all of us, and some people just make things more interesting than others.
I know I got a bit cross with him when he stomped out the last time, but ... - what the heck, it's Christmas-time, right? Merry Xmas, Len.
Len:As they saused to say in the British army during WW-2 "No names - no pack drill"
As I said on another thread, "A Merry Xmas to you" Traveller and a "Happy New Year".
As we wsay every year, "May next year be better than this one"!
From what I understand and reading thro' the lines, I hope that 2011 will be much better than its predeccessor for you .
Traveler:Well, compliments of the season to you and yours as well, Mr X .
Come, let's not be discordant over Christmas time, shall we? Let's just be nice and relaxed for a while. :-*
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 24 DEC 2010 at 12:22pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | But Trav...... he signed himself, Mr Y..... it was you who misspelled his name into Mr X.
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| 24 DEC 2010 at 1:20pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Aah, let me xplain : The "X" is a contraction of "aleX"
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 24 DEC 2010 at 1:46pm |
| Deleted User | I hate men
I can't abide 'em even now and then
Than ever marry one of them, I'd rest a maiden rather
For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother
Of course, I'm awfully glad that mother deemed to marry father
But I hate men
Of all the types I've ever met within our democracy
I hate the most the athlete with his manner bold and brassy
He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie
Oh, I hate men
I hate men
They should be kept like piggies in a pen
Don't wet a trav'ling salesman though a tempting Tom he may be
For on your wedding night he may be off to far Araby
While he's away in Mandalay it is thee who have the baby
Oh, I hate men
If thou shouldst wed a businessman, be wary, oh, be wary
He'll tell you he's detained in town on business necessary
His business is the business with his pretty secretary
Oh, I hate men
I hate men
Though roosters they, I will not play the hen
If you espouse an older man through girlish optimism
He'll always stay at home at night and make no criticism
Though you may call it love, the doctors call it rheumatism
Oh, I hate men
From all I've read alone in bed, from A to Z, about them
Since love is blind, then from the mind, all womankind should rout them
But, ladies, you must answer too, what would we do without them?
Still, I hate men
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