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Post by slb2 on Jan 22, 2007 17:23:45 GMT -5
Darlin' I'm very green, I blend in with the grass upon which I like to rut around.
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Post by scotbrit on Jan 22, 2007 17:39:23 GMT -5
I always thought rutting took place on an annual basis only. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) On that depressing thought, I bid you goodnight from the UK.
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Post by booklady on Jan 22, 2007 18:04:50 GMT -5
New stupid question of the day - why can't I get that mechanical pencil video to play on my computer? Can't help you there. I assume you don't have whatever player loaded on your computer that it requires. The Zebra M 301 is round. It does have some nifty, subtle ridges at the grip point. It is pure function and has a nice, clean aesthetic. Funny. I just bought some Zebra F-301 pens. I love to write with pencils, too, slb, when I am writing poetry or something for my personal collection.
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Post by gailkate on Jan 22, 2007 18:46:03 GMT -5
I can't believe the amount of time I just spent getting loaded (!) and then watching three separate teen videos touting a mechanical pencil. Many of you people have jobs, deadlines, even coworkers who might raise an eyebrow at the time you spend fiddling around with stuff like this.
I'll never buy one. Too high-tech. Like slb2 I love the pencil, the feeling of the "graphite on mulched wood." I like its ephemeral nature; the very transience which many of you perceive as fearfulness to commit is in fact surrender to the Zen of impermanence.
Having to sharpen them is also a terrific time-waster. When those 1200 words won't emerge from the 3000, you collect all your pencils - the number of colors is infinite - and you industriously sharpen them all. You critique each, re-sharpen some, bustle back to your workspace (stopping for refreshments on the way), and then arrange them carefully according to whatever design mode suits your mood and the project at hand. Finally, you select the perfect pencil for Word One. Perhaps it's the only one you'll need for the next 1199, but if it isn't, you are ready. You have sharp pencils.
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Post by slb2 on Jan 23, 2007 0:03:02 GMT -5
Nice little essay, gailkate. Do you write for the Minnesota Monthly?
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jan 23, 2007 0:38:32 GMT -5
yeah, gk, remember when you were a kid and the teacher just got too darned boring? You could always get up and sharpen your pencil 'til your hart was full again. Nuthin' like a hart-filler.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jan 23, 2007 0:50:33 GMT -5
Suze, we once as teens scared the bejesus out of a family of sorta Land's End kinda people at Pilot Knob, the highest point in IA, which means it wasn't very high.
But tall prairie grass was the theme of the day and it sent the daddy on a new mission with his tykes. "Oh wait a minute. Let's go this way instead."
Now I'm snorting at our young spirits. See. Said I was a PrairieWoman.
But that was a long time ago and I have little desire to bed down in the grass anymore unless we could do it at home and that would probably annoy the neighbors. "Lookit them old fools going at it again."
I think after almost forty years of marriage I can wax a bit enthusiastic about our earlier engagements. Shows that there was something more going on than pretending to produce more than two childrens. That by itself was a miracle.
OK. Do I dare? Stupid questions.
Where was the strangest place you made love?
Am I allowed to ask this question?
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Post by liriodendron on Jan 23, 2007 9:03:35 GMT -5
I can't believe the amount of time I just spent getting loaded (!) and then watching three separate teen videos touting a mechanical pencil. Many of you people have jobs, deadlines, even coworkers who might raise an eyebrow at the time you spend fiddling around with stuff like this. Gail, I don't believe it is the amount of time one spends getting loaded that is important. I believe it is the quality of what one is imbibing that counts. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) Me, I watched only one of the videos. It was sufficient to lead me to believe that Andy Warhol was correct. As for coworkers who might raise an eyebrow at this sort of nonsense, I've seen some of what THEY do on their computers. Heck, couched properly, I could look at nearly any website and have my supervisor consider it work, and damn fine work, at that.
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Post by slb2 on Jan 23, 2007 12:37:14 GMT -5
OK. Do I dare? Stupid questions. Where was the strangest place you made love? Am I allowed to ask this question? Oh, you're allowed to ask. But I'm not allowed to answer. Anyway, I guess that surpasses even my low threshold for modesty. Desole, ma belle.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jan 23, 2007 13:28:00 GMT -5
NEVERMIND.
Oh, Suze, in rereading I just realized that it looks as though I was directly asking my intrusive question to you.
Not so. 'scuse.
Gail, you made me laugh.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jan 23, 2007 13:51:19 GMT -5
And somewhere in the old digs, lirio, I left a message about how I got my SIL in trouble by forwarding a joke to her work computer. Then I got into more trouble for compounding the damage by fooling around with their human, but dumb, computer monitor.
The joke was funny and unfortunately had the words "shitty hairdo" in it.
The dude wrote me and said that I was not allowed to use the word "shitty" on their computers.
Then I can't resist and ask him how he can use the word "shitty" on my computer but I can't use it on his. The irony was so enjoyable. Had to spell it "shiddy" or something to get my notes to him through. But I gave that pompous soul no rest in our back and forth until he finally threw up his hands and told me to never email him again!
(Do I know for a fact that he threw up his hands? No. Must've been related to the guy who threw up the sash.)
To this day SIL is not very happy with me about that. Guess she caught shid about it.
This is the sturdy woman who once picked me up on a camping trip and threw me into the river. Should've known better than to mess with her. Heehee.
And she should've gotten to know me better, perhaps, before marrying The Packrat's brother.
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Post by Jane on Jan 23, 2007 14:55:36 GMT -5
There is a blogger (dooce.com) who was fired from her job by blogging about her co-workers. Now if that happens, you say, "I've been dooced!"
It's a funny blog, and she manages to totally support herself with it. She sells ads and, I believe, has just signed a book deal. She's a lapsed Mormon living in Salt Lake City, and she is most amusing.
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Post by slb2 on Jan 23, 2007 19:29:46 GMT -5
A lapsed Mormon. That, in itself, is an amusing scenario.
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Post by gailkate on Jan 23, 2007 23:44:05 GMT -5
Talk about amusing scenarios - look what's happened in the ~29 hours since I last looked at this thread. From pencils to where we have let ourselves go in the most egregious circumstances. No way in this world will I ever know you people well enough.... But I hope you all have some unmentionable memories
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Post by juliastar on Jan 24, 2007 0:01:54 GMT -5
Count me out. I had the salon in hysterics tonight when I made the mistake of thinking outloud while reading a headline about the ten best sex positions for women. Ten best? I asked in disbelief as I started counting the fingers on one hand.
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Post by slb2 on Jan 24, 2007 0:46:00 GMT -5
only ten?!
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Post by mike on Jan 24, 2007 15:24:58 GMT -5
1. Frontal assault
2. Sneak attack from the rear
There are 10? Really?
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Post by scotbrit on Jan 24, 2007 15:44:19 GMT -5
Maybe Mike,
I hadn't considered the subject from a female perspective before.
Now, where do I start on the ten best sex positions for men...Mmmm, difficult choices to be made here.
Gimme an hour. BRB
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Post by scotbrit on Jan 24, 2007 15:47:02 GMT -5
She's got a headache. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Post by liriodendron on Jan 24, 2007 16:00:23 GMT -5
Either you have led a sheltered life or you have no imagination. Ask Emi.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jan 24, 2007 17:33:04 GMT -5
There ARE no bad sex positions for men.
Well. Until the arthritis starts to kick in.
Ever had so much fun that your head was vigorously banged against the headboard twice?
I'm wondering if the article mentioned the one about the woman standing on her head propped up against the closed closet door. You don't have to worry about boob sag with that one unless you are voluptuous enough to lose your ability to speak or breathe.
Someone sent me a few cartoons the other day. One was a nekkid little boy standing on top of a nekkid little girl's head.
He says, "Okay. We're both nekkid and I'm on top of you. When do we get that orgasm thing?"
She says, "I don't know but no wonder Mommy always has a headache."
And poor long-suffering Emi!
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jan 24, 2007 17:43:03 GMT -5
Oh gosh. Now the more salacious side of me has come out to play. How strange is that? Some of the world's greatest literature. . .
The stoopid question is:
Do you remember in Fear of Flying by Erica Jong when she's getting out of bed and thinking, "And once again a man has managed to put his mess somewhere where I have to clean it up."?
Snorting. And maybe he was already snoring.
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Post by dwarnold on Jan 24, 2007 17:53:16 GMT -5
I was afraid to read that book!!!
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jan 24, 2007 19:51:18 GMT -5
Oh, good dw. It's nice to see you!
Pls. Try to sore where no man has gone before. Still snorting.
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Post by mike on Jan 25, 2007 6:03:27 GMT -5
Ever had so much fun that your head was vigorously banged against the headboard twice? Did I ever tell you about the time I was in Subic Bay? The gap between the mattress and the headboard was small, but how her head managed to squeeze between and get stuck... and I thought she was enjoying... Ya know, not all screams are in ecstasy! Mike
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jan 25, 2007 8:16:28 GMT -5
I was waiting for you Mike.
Guess that's why they call them head boards. Pay attention, please, to the object of your affection.
Winkin' atcha.
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Post by booklady on Jan 25, 2007 17:22:47 GMT -5
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Post by scotbrit on Jan 25, 2007 17:45:42 GMT -5
Well, that admirably answers Mike. Truthfully, I don't know what a head board is. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) Is board spelt correctly?
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Post by booklady on Jan 25, 2007 17:52:55 GMT -5
Oh, you are so bad.
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Post by scotbrit on Jan 25, 2007 17:56:32 GMT -5
Harrumph.
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