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03 Feb 2009, 12:46 pm
lau wrote:
Had just stayed over at a workmates place, playing Dungeons&Dragons (I was the dungeon master), driving into work, the next day, with four us us (all programmers, of course) in my car.
Cold morning. Country lanes. Came over he brow of a hill, out of some woods, to see a very pretty scene in front looking down the hill through the fields, to...
.. a few cars at the bottom of the hill? Looking... odd?
Did a double take, noticed that the road seemed... dark?
Did a triple take, and saw the leaking water main that was just in front of me.
Cold morning.... the rest of the hill was a sheet of ice (not just thin black ice... solid Olympic skating rink ice.)
With what little control I had, I managed to adjust my slide down the hill, just enough to bump gently up the nearside grass and into the shallow ditch at the side of the road - stopping just a few feet short of the three or four cars than were piled up at the bottom of the hill.
A few minutes later, the next car over the hill ran into the back of me.
Cold morning. Country lanes. Came over he brow of a hill, out of some woods, to see a very pretty scene in front looking down the hill through the fields, to...
.. a few cars at the bottom of the hill? Looking... odd?
Did a double take, noticed that the road seemed... dark?
Did a triple take, and saw the leaking water main that was just in front of me.
Cold morning.... the rest of the hill was a sheet of ice (not just thin black ice... solid Olympic skating rink ice.)
With what little control I had, I managed to adjust my slide down the hill, just enough to bump gently up the nearside grass and into the shallow ditch at the side of the road - stopping just a few feet short of the three or four cars than were piled up at the bottom of the hill.
A few minutes later, the next car over the hill ran into the back of me.
OH NO!! !! Your new car~!
03 Feb 2009, 12:48 pm
postpaleo wrote:
And some of you are still over in that other thread? The one mentioned a few pages back. GADS!! But then again, I've been reading it. Why do I do that to myself?
And Chuck emerges as a silver wolf. Dude, I held myself back hard, chewed my fingers off, ate half of a Twinkie(TM) {not to be confused with a binkie, which I don't think is trade marked} and Duck Tape (TM) over my eyes so I didn't butt in and say..."My, what big teeth you have, Grandma."
Say, I think I type better with my nose, don't you? But my head is starting ta hurt. (That "ta" is Bush speak for the word "to". What a pleasure it is to hear it spoken correctly again.) But at least it's dark in here again. Isn't Duck Tape (TM) wonderful?
Ok, ok, I'm going. I know when I'm not wanted or needed *sniff*. Pizza I think. And good night Austin Texas, whom ever you are.
Almost gone, logged out and noticed today's top ten searches on Yahoo. Congratulations, Chuck, ya did it, they're looking for you. You're a lucky 7, umm maybe that isn't lucky.
SNARK!! *poof*
But before I poof, did I tell you I found A Guide to Snark Hunting - An Edwardian Gentlemen's Companion?
“An invaluable guide, I would not hunt Snark without this book...”
~ Noel Coward
Ok now I can poof *poof*
And Chuck emerges as a silver wolf. Dude, I held myself back hard, chewed my fingers off, ate half of a Twinkie(TM) {not to be confused with a binkie, which I don't think is trade marked} and Duck Tape (TM) over my eyes so I didn't butt in and say..."My, what big teeth you have, Grandma."
Say, I think I type better with my nose, don't you? But my head is starting ta hurt. (That "ta" is Bush speak for the word "to". What a pleasure it is to hear it spoken correctly again.) But at least it's dark in here again. Isn't Duck Tape (TM) wonderful?
Ok, ok, I'm going. I know when I'm not wanted or needed *sniff*. Pizza I think. And good night Austin Texas, whom ever you are.
Almost gone, logged out and noticed today's top ten searches on Yahoo. Congratulations, Chuck, ya did it, they're looking for you. You're a lucky 7, umm maybe that isn't lucky.
SNARK!! *poof*
But before I poof, did I tell you I found A Guide to Snark Hunting - An Edwardian Gentlemen's Companion?
“An invaluable guide, I would not hunt Snark without this book...”
~ Noel Coward
Ok now I can poof *poof*
Yeah, my bad.
I gave up on it, actually.
03 Feb 2009, 1:35 pm
postpaleo wrote:
...I held myself back hard, chewed my fingers off, ate half of a Twinkie(TM) {not to be confused with a binkie, which I don't think is trade marked} and Duck Tape (TM) over my eyes so I didn't butt in and say..."My, what big teeth you have, Grandma."
I swear I am not Puxatawney Phil. My big teeth are the fault of my Bucky Beaver OverlaysTM, which I had a dentist apply in case I lost my fingers and still needed to type. They haven't been nearly as cool as I thought they would be, and blowing bubbles with bubble gum is nigh impossible now. But they come in handy when I need a pencil sharpener.
And who you callin' Grandma, Sonny?! Just because I'm getting older and you can no longer discern which sex I am doesn't mean you shouldn't peek first before guessing. At my clothes. To see if I'm wearing pink or blue. Ok, so I happen to be wearing pink.
Still, that's no excuse. Whippersnapper.
Last edited by Chuck on 03 Feb 2009, 2:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
03 Feb 2009, 2:21 pm
lau wrote:
Had just stayed over at a workmates place, playing Dungeons&Dragons (I was the dungeon master), driving into work, the next day, with four us us (all programmers, of course) in my car.
Cold morning. Country lanes. Came over he brow of a hill, out of some woods, to see a very pretty scene in front looking down the hill through the fields, to...
.. a few cars at the bottom of the hill? Looking... odd?
Did a double take, noticed that the road seemed... dark?
Did a triple take, and saw the leaking water main that was just in front of me.
Cold morning.... the rest of the hill was a sheet of ice (not just thin black ice... solid Olympic skating rink ice.)
With what little control I had, I managed to adjust my slide down the hill, just enough to bump gently up the nearside grass and into the shallow ditch at the side of the road - stopping just a few feet short of the three or four cars than were piled up at the bottom of the hill.
A few minutes later, the next car over the hill ran into the back of me.
Cold morning. Country lanes. Came over he brow of a hill, out of some woods, to see a very pretty scene in front looking down the hill through the fields, to...
.. a few cars at the bottom of the hill? Looking... odd?
Did a double take, noticed that the road seemed... dark?
Did a triple take, and saw the leaking water main that was just in front of me.
Cold morning.... the rest of the hill was a sheet of ice (not just thin black ice... solid Olympic skating rink ice.)
With what little control I had, I managed to adjust my slide down the hill, just enough to bump gently up the nearside grass and into the shallow ditch at the side of the road - stopping just a few feet short of the three or four cars than were piled up at the bottom of the hill.
A few minutes later, the next car over the hill ran into the back of me.
Hopefully, this is a story from your past? And not your new car?!
(Lau: lifelong language learning 'lliteration loathing lexicographer, luge lunging London, lurches lawnward, lands laudably, lacks lasting luck.)
03 Feb 2009, 2:51 pm
03 Feb 2009, 3:14 pm
Nan wrote:
...
OH NO!! !! Your new car~!
OH NO!! !! Your new car~!
Hehehe. No. Sorry. I was using the "poetic" present tense. It all happened.... 35 years ago.
I don't even recall what car I was driving - but it might... no... I think it WAS my new company car. (How on Earth did you know?)
03 Feb 2009, 3:27 pm
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03 Feb 2009, 4:06 pm
03 Feb 2009, 4:30 pm
richie
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03 Feb 2009, 4:35 pm
03 Feb 2009, 4:43 pm
Congratulations Richie! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25VGdNU3 ... re=related
Here's to many more! 
I'm (not so secretly) on your side!
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03 Feb 2009, 5:04 pm
Goody goody goody!! ! My wifi & cable connection are restored....Damn the torpedoes! Full Spam Ahead!! !!
Thanks Chuck.
And congratulations on 2000 posts....
C 
ngrats!! !
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03 Feb 2009, 8:22 pm
Chuck wrote:
postpaleo wrote:
...I held myself back hard, chewed my fingers off, ate half of a Twinkie(TM) {not to be confused with a binkie, which I don't think is trade marked} and Duck Tape (TM) over my eyes so I didn't butt in and say..."My, what big teeth you have, Grandma."
I swear I am not Puxatawney Phil. My big teeth are the fault of my Bucky Beaver OverlaysTM, which I had a dentist apply in case I lost my fingers and still needed to type. They haven't been nearly as cool as I thought they would be, and blowing bubbles with bubble gum is nigh impossible now. But they come in handy when I need a pencil sharpener.
And who you callin' Grandma, Sonny?! Just because I'm getting older and you can no longer discern which sex I am doesn't mean you shouldn't peek first before guessing. At my clothes. To see if I'm wearing pink or blue. Ok, so I happen to be wearing pink.
Still, that's no excuse. Whippersnapper.Don't you threaten me there, sunny boy. I'll sic the Marines on ya. I got connections ya know. They know things like splosions and stuff. And I hear tell of Jacqueline Russel and she has a heavy duty ping pong ball blaster, probably turn a paddle into instant cosmic dust. Bet I could hire her, bet she would even do it for free, just to see your cosmic dust. Please feel free to consider yourself threatened and liberated. What ever floats your boat or sinks it.
Peek? Hell I'm a voyeur.
Excuse? I don't need no stinkin' excuses. I excused myself from the table once, but I got over it.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdWfVhlYIM[/youtube]
Ahh but one of my favorites, Marky Maypo
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvDrkBeP5MU[/youtube]
Ummm you seem to be at 2001. You're space oddity alright.
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03 Feb 2009, 8:49 pm
"Dummy," the name of Portishead's debut album, is a synonym for "soother" in Australia.
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03 Feb 2009, 9:09 pm
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