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  • I think my house is infested by chameleons, but there's no real way of knowing.

    not_nadineKurbenFlakeNoir
  • I hate when people mix up your and you're, there so stupid.

    KurbenFlakeNoir
  • edited July 11
    Just one my ramblings of stuff I’ve already said. 

    Do you remember your first celebrity crush?

    My first real in-my-life crush was Edward. A huge dork. But, I knew it was true love when I was having trouble in the sandbox in kindergarten. I was trying to mold houses with very dry sand. Not being a rocket scientist or structural engineer, my continued efforts just weren’t panning out. So discouraging. 

    Into the picture stepped Edward. Seeing my problem from afar, assessing the situation, he went to the outside water fountain hooked to the school building and filled his mouth with water and came and spit on my sand. Over and over he brought me the water I needed to build. It really did take a village to raise my village. And while he was a dweeb, he was my dweeb. I can still see his pop-bottle, horn-rimmed glasses to this day. 

    My first celebrity crush was Bobby Sherman. Tiger Beat, Here Come the Brides, his albums. Sigh. Dreamy. My Barbie dated him, he was good to Skipper. He was it for me. 

    Bobby just died at 81 from cancer. Unfortunately, he ran out of time to find me. 
    But, in my mind, he will forever be that beautiful young boy who I am sure would’ve spit on my sand, just as Edward did, to build our home. 
    Next lifetime, Bobby. 

    Think of your first crush today.
    And speaking of spitting…. My last babble reminded me of another spitting story. 

    My high school was a median division sports team. But occasionally for fun and experience, our football coaches would arrange play with higher division schools. One opportunity, we traveled to a school that was ranked one of the best in the state, and one reason why was a bruiser of an athlete that played for them. He was big, strong and fast. Write-ups in the paper. He was a star of high school athletics. 

    My husband was on the team and told me that on the bus ride to that game, the strategy and main goal was to get that kid taken out of play immediately. Apparently our coaches had little faith in their squad of rough and tumbles. 

    So, the plan was to line a very brave player across from him. And the coach told him, “Before the snap, spit on his hand.” And that’s exactly what the kid did. It took a few plays and impressive loogies, but eventually, he got pissed! That final big blob of snot landed on this powerhouse of testosterone, he came up off that line and creamed out our guy. Wiped him out flat! Thankfully (and lucky for the coaches) he wasn’t hurt. And the objective was achieved. The kid got thrown out of the game. We got spirit, yes we do? 
    We didn’t win, but it was close and our tiny school could walk away proud. Or, proud-ish. No one was privy to the spit play which might have changed some hearts and minds. 

    This little story meanders me to this: In today’s climate, I see a lot of “spitting on hands.” We keep thinking that finally, a line will be crossed and people will get thrown out of the game when they come up off that line in the sand, but it’s not happening. They just keep moving the line. Somewhere inside, I keep the faith that the line — threadbare, dirty, faded — will hold, no matter how embarrassingly tattered it is. I’m trying to believe that.

    So, sometimes spitting is needed and required. Keep spitting on hands, people. Reveal the play as many times as needed. Bring them up off that line over and over and maybe eventually we’ll have a hundred monkey moment. Unfortunately, these are really stupid monkeys, the bottom of the barrel, but  I would think that they would get tired of being shit on.  

    Remember, when they go low, spit. (Metaphorically)

    Go team!
    KurbenGNTLGNTFlakeNoir
  • ....as always, wonderfully written and wise.......
    not_nadineKurbenHedda GablerFlakeNoir
  • I was once picked last for solitaire.

    KurbenHedda GablerFlakeNoir
  • Dogs can't operate MRI machines, but catscan

    Hedda GablerKurbenFlakeNoir
  • It’s amazing how many Wheaties models became professional athletes.

    not_nadineHedda GablerKurbenFlakeNoir
  • My teacher told me my dyslexia would mean I'd never be any good at poetry, but I've made a jug and a couple of vases so far and I think they look great.

    KurbenFlakeNoir
  • If someone hands you a colonoscopy probe, you probably won't like the answer if you ask them what you're supposed to do with it.

    KurbenHedda GablerFlakeNoir
  • Scott, is this dan rivera paranormal guy who died (I’m not understanding the Annabelle thing. Was he touring around with it?) one that you watch? Pretty weird. 
    GNTLGNTFlakeNoir
  • Scott, is this dan rivera paranormal guy who died (I’m not understanding the Annabelle thing. Was he touring around with it?) one that you watch? Pretty weird. 
    .....I was aware he was touring with it (Devils on the Run), as an homage of sorts for Ed & Lorraine Warren.....he was a long time investigator and member of the New England Society for Psychic Research, which the Warrens founded....solid dude....paranormal related death?.....no clue, but it's certainly creepily coincidental.....
    Hedda GablerFlakeNoir
  • Coldplay haven’t released any singles for ages but they created two last night 
    GNTLGNTKurbenHedda GablerFlakeNoir
  • You can make a Linkin Park joke if you want but in the end it doesn't even matter.

    KurbenHedda GablerFlakeNoir
  • If time is money, does that mean ATMs are time machines?

    Hedda GablerFlakeNoir
  • I just paid $4 for a gallon of 2% milk, I can't imagine what it would have cost if it were 100% milk.

    not_nadineHedda GablerFlakeNoirKurben
  • What would happen if Tarzan landed on the Planet of the Apes?

    Hedda GablerKurbenFlakeNoir
  • GNTLGNT said:

    What would happen if Tarzan landed on the Planet of the Apes?

    He would soon show them who is the boss and transform the world so that apes and humans are valued equally. (I dont know how much Tarzan books and comics i consumed as a kid). Adored them especially if drawn by Russ Manning or Joe Kubert.
    Hedda GablerGNTLGNTFlakeNoir
  • I have a joke about time travel, but you guys didn't like it

    not_nadineHedda GablerKurbenFlakeNoir
  • I bought my friend an elephant for his front room, he said thanks very much, I said “don’t mention it “
    Hedda GablerKurbenFlakeNoirGNTLGNT
  • I went on a silent meditation retreat and got kicked out for rolling my third eye

    Hedda GablerKurbenFlakeNoir
  • I don't care how wonderful the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of a bathroom smelling your fingers

    Hedda GablerKurbennot_nadine
  • As the man of the house, what I say goes .... and what I say is, "whatever you like, honey."

    Hedda GablerKurben
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