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Chocolate and coffee...lol

Spanish coffee? OK but he's gotta roast the beans first.

Never mind, I just hired this guy.

61 posted on 03/12/2004 9:01:16 AM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

62 posted on 03/12/2004 9:01:25 AM PST by Gabz (The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)

Liver and onions

As long as you got one of those giant size bottles of ketchup, it's not bad.

63 posted on 03/12/2004 9:03:09 AM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe

Hiya Joe - a rare friday when I can respond to the puff list ping! Usually, I read this thread and sweep up the bar on Saturday or Sunday, after everyone's gone.

And I gotta get outta here shortly today too - but at least I was able to say Hi today!

Give everybody here another round on me!

64 posted on 03/12/2004 9:06:55 AM PST by kcpopps

To: Just another Joe

Thanks for the coffee, Joe.

As for liver and onions: calf liver, lightly dredged in a flour/Montreal Steak spice mix, lightly fried in a butter/onion laden pan = heaven on a plate. My momma used to make this every few weeks, and I'd RUN home from school to make sure I got my plateful.

Quotes about politicians and things political:

"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain

"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." -- Winston Churchill

"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." -- George Bernard Shaw

"A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money." -- G. Gordon Liddy

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner." -- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

"Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries." -- Douglas Casey, Classmate of W.J. Clinton at Georgetown U. (1992)

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." -- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: -- If it moves, tax it. -- If it keeps moving, regulate it. -- And if it stops moving, subsidize it." ---- Ronald Reagan (1986)

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." -- Will Rogers

"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free." -- P.J. O'Rourke

"If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist." -- Joseph Sobran, Editor of the National Review at one time (1995)

"In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire (1764)

"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." -- Pericles (430 B.C.)

"No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session." -- Mark Twain (1866)

"Talk is cheap -- except when Congress does it." -- (Unknown)

"The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other." --Ronald Reagan

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery." --Winston Churchill

"The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin." -- Mark Twain

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

"There is no distinctly Native American criminal class save Congress." --Mark Twain

"What this country needs are more unemployed politicians." -- Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

65 posted on 03/12/2004 9:11:14 AM PST by Don W (To liberals, the separation of church and state only applies when the power of the state increases)

To: kcpopps; Gabz; SheLion; CSM; Sunshine Sister; Texan5

Hi, popps, will do.

Beer for Gabz

Bloody Mary for CSM

A coke for Sis

Another cup of coffee for Tex.

And I'll bring SheLion a blue martini this time.

66 posted on 03/12/2004 9:14:19 AM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

One for you, to take the edge off the loss of Max.

A guy calls his buddy, a horse rancher, and says he's sending a friend over to look at a horse.

His buddy asks "How will I recognize him?"

"That's easy; he's a midget with a speech impediment".

So, the midget shows up, and the guy asks him if he's looking for a male or female horse.

"A female horth".

So he shows him a prized filly.

"Nith lookin' horth....................can I thee her eyeth"?

So the guy picks up the midget and gives the horse's eyes the once over.........

"Nith eyeth...........can I thee her earzth"?

So he picks the little fella up again and shows him the horse's ears.

"Nith earzth.........can I thee her mouf"?

The rancher is gettin' pretty ticked off by this point, but he picks him up again and shows him the horse's mouth.

"Nith mouf...........can I thee her twat"?

Totally mad as fire at this point, the rancher grabs him under his arms and rams the midget's head as far as he can up the horse's vagina, pulls him out and slams him on the ground.........

The midget gets up, sputtering and coughing.

"Perhapth I should rephrase that:

Can I thee her wun awound a widdle bit"?

67 posted on 03/12/2004 9:15:01 AM PST by Don W (To liberals, the separation of church and state only applies when the power of the state increases)

BWAHAHAHAHA, that was a good wun, Don.

68 posted on 03/12/2004 9:18:05 AM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe; kcpopps; Gabz; SheLion; CSM; Sunshine Sister; Texan5

Thanks Joe, thanks popps.

Here is what I wrote for the other forums as a farewell for our friend Max, who was known on other messages boards and forums as Spinner....

Farewell to a Friend

I haven't yet reworded it for posting here on FR....but I will do that this afternoon. Right now hubby is chomping at the bit to get going so we have time to grab a beer after our other errands and before we turn back into parents!!!

Keep the bar and my tab open joe....everyon'es on me this afternoon in honor of Max.

Talk to all later.

69 posted on 03/12/2004 9:22:02 AM PST by Gabz (The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)

To: Just another Joe

Glad you liked it.

Another one:

A tourist walked into a curio shop in Halifax. Looking around at the exotica, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag, but it was so striking he decided he must have it.
He asked the owner, "How much for the bronze rat?"
"Twelve dollars for the rat. One hundred dollars for the story," said the owner.
The tourist gave the man twelve dollars. "I'll take the rat. You can keep the story."
As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, he noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and they were following him down the street. This was disconcerting. He began trotting.
Within a couple of blocks, the herd of rats had grown to hundreds, and they were squealing. He ran toward the harbour. He looked around and saw that the rats now numbered in the MILLIONS, they were squealing loudly, and they were coming toward him fast.
Scared, he ran to the edge of the harbour and threw the bronze rat as far out into the water as he could. Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the water after it, and they all drowned.
The man walked back to the curio shop.
"Aha!" said the owner, "you have come back for the story!"
"No," said the man. "I came back to see if you have a Bronze Liberal!?"

70 posted on 03/12/2004 9:24:22 AM PST by Don W (To liberals, the separation of church and state only applies when the power of the state increases)

That was great, Gabz. Very true.

71 posted on 03/12/2004 9:27:54 AM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

In honor of Dr. Suess.

Green Eggs and Ham is more than a simple children's tale of the need to try new foods. It is a disturbing glimpse at the Cold War forces that made Eisenhower-era America the stifling society it was, a nightmare for the creative and intellectual classes.
It begins with an Everyman innocently reading in, we should presume, his own home. A stranger runs past him with a wooden sign announcing that he is Sam. Our protagonist recognizes he is the victim of a home invasion, but like so many restrained Updike males, is unable to voice his objection to his domestic tranquility being shattered, other than to utter a powerless plea that he doesn't care for this Sam character.

Sam, having taken the upper hand, moves beyond in-your-face picketing (note the clever denigration of peace activists by this introduction) and will now force our hero to eat some offensive looking victuals: meat clearly in the advanced stages of rot, and eggs to match.
There is a suggestion that the spineless victim brought this upon himself by hiding from society, engaging in anti-American activity by reading books.
The reader is left to ponder whether the victim is a Communist, or at the very least a vegetarian. For this reason, Sam, cleverly named to represent the consensus view of these United States, must prevail.

The victim's protests are many, his attempts at evasion numerous. Leaving the safety of his home only increases his discomfort; he is forced to endure the company of several possibly rabid mammals, all while Sam keeps shoving the unwanted offal in his face.
While he has removed the irrepressible Sam from his house, he must also deal with roller-coaster rides into the water, while getting rained on and being forced to climb a tree; none of these being interests of your typical egghead.
As the story moves along, the reader feels less and less sympathy for the victim, blaming his situation on his nonconformity, even if the society of those who wish him to eat rotten animal products are animals themselves.

The presumptive lesson of this book is that one must conform to social pressure, or even worse things will happen.
This fable is an important lesson for today, with so many anti-intellectual messages coming from both government and media. Viewed in its proper context, we see it as a cautionary tale of a hellishly restrictive society that is back with a vengeance.

72 posted on 03/12/2004 9:30:49 AM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

Give everybody here another round on me!

Thanks a lot, kcpopps!!!

73 posted on 03/12/2004 9:32:03 AM PST by SheLion (Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)

To: kcpopps; Just another Joe

74 posted on 03/12/2004 9:32:48 AM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)

To: Just another Joe

And I'll bring SheLion a blue martini this time.

Ah! There it is, Joe! Thanks so much!!!!

75 posted on 03/12/2004 9:33:23 AM PST by SheLion (Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)

One more. Heard at the smoking bench.

I have to say, if Janet Jackson keeps up stunts like this, her family might get a scandalous reputation.

On the other hand, it's good to see that plastic surgery can work for a Jackson.

76 posted on 03/12/2004 9:34:22 AM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe

Some folks have WAY too much time on their hands!

A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had great seats right behind their team's bench.
After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience.
"Oh, I really liked it," she replied, "especially the tight pants and all the big muscles, but I just couldn't understand why they were killing each other for 25 cents."

Dumbfounded, her date asked, "What do you mean?"
"Well, I saw them flip a coin and one team got it and then for the rest of the game, all they kept screaming was: 'Get the quarterback! Get the quarterback!' Hel-LLLO...it's only 25 cents!

I hate to think what they'd do if it was a whole DOLLAR?"

77 posted on 03/12/2004 9:34:33 AM PST by Don W (To liberals, the separation of church and state only applies when the power of the state increases)

To: Just another Joe

Here is a picture of my cat, Bloomen, laying on the bed with the remote. He sure loves his bed and TV! LOL!

All he needs is a can of BEER! Hahaaaaa!

78 posted on 03/12/2004 9:34:48 AM PST by SheLion (Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)

Keep the bar and my tab open joe....everyon'es on me this afternoon in honor of Max.

Thanks so much, Gabz!! Keep your chin up!!!

79 posted on 03/12/2004 9:35:42 AM PST by SheLion (Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)

Nice cat, Miss Lion!!

80 posted on 03/12/2004 9:40:05 AM PST by Argh

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