Posted on 12/14/2006 4:31:48 AM PST by secret garden
One might call them Masters...
i feel just terrible about Sen. Johnson's medical predicament. aneurysms and strokes are just scary scary business. i really hated hearing the audio portion of his stumbling in the press conference.
oh let's not give them THAT Much credit, they are at best APPRENTICES.... : )
George gets on my nerves sometimes. I think that's true about anyone named George, come to think of it. A+ for you!
Apprentice baiter is not nearly as funny.
We are too pathetic to survive. This is just another example of Western Civ's long drawn out going out of business sale.
A+ Vastie. Liddy was all over that this morning.
Oh baloney. You kept your desktop raised to deflect the numerous erasers chucked in your direction for being a wise guy.
The thought of the democrat hue and cry in that event gives me a sense of euphoria and might even lead to a plangent sounding of bells and horns, but I doubt it would do much to slow the suckling of the government teats by special interests and their pork-barreling enablers in the congress.
I agree with SG about the delays, and the fudging of the hours to avoid the "loss of days."
But looking out the window even now, I can fully understand the cancelling of school today because of the fog. We don't have the brake light advantage here that you have. Sue called me to tell me that school had been cancelled at about 9:15, but I was already of the opinion I was not going to be able to take Jax and Becky to school, because the fog was worse then than it had been at 6:30. I drive a little tiny WHITE car
I can now actually see the house across the road from me, even 30 minutes ago I could barely make out the outline of it. I can also see the chicken houses, but can't see the woods behind them. The fog is still pretty much that bad.
But it is warm outside!!!!
(Robt ducks.)
yes the desk tops did raise, i loved those old desks, they are probably for sale in some antique store now for a huge amt of $~ and good grief i am SO sure you were a huge pain in the @$$ for those nuns to have in class. donald tomicek was allergic to tomato sauce and his eyes would swell shut every time he ate spaghetti in the school cafeteria. i guess he must have liked spaghetti enough to do the whole swollen up thing, bc he did that routinely! his mom was a cafeteria lady too. ahhhh the elementary years at st. james the greater school!
QUACK
Sounds like it's an exciting day off for the girls. Do you have them both with you?
If "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" (commonly known as 'The Night Before Christmas') were written by an attorney:
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, LEGALLY SPEAKING
WHEREAS, on or about the night or evening prior to Christmas, there did occur at a certain improved piece of real property (hereinafter "the Domicile") a general lack of stirring or carousing by all creatures therein, including, but not limited to, a mouse.
A variety of foot apparel, e.g. stockings, socks, etc., had formerly been affixed by and around the chimney in said Domicile in the hope and/or belief that one Kris Kringle, a/k/a St. Nicholas a/k/a St. Nick a/k/a Santa Claus (hereinafter "Claus") would arrive sometime thereafter.
The minor residents, i.e. the children, of the aforementioned Domicile, were located in their individual beds or cots, as the case may be, and were engaged in serial nocturnal hallucinations, i.e. dreams, wherein vision of confectionery treats, including, but not limited to, candies, nuts and/or sugar plums, did dance, flutter and otherwise cavort in their heads, metaphorically speaking.
Whereupon the party of the first part (variously referred to as "I"), being the joint owner in fee simple absolute of said Domicile, along with the party of the second part (hereinafter referred to as "Mamma"), had retired for a sustained period of sleep. At such time, the parties were clad in various forms of hooding apparel, e.g. kerchief and cap.
Suddenly, and without prior notice or warning, there did occur upon the unimproved tract adjacent and appurtenant to said Domicile, i.e. the lawn, a certain disturbance of unknown nature) cause, and/or circumstance.
The party of the first part did immediately rush to an aperture or window in the Domicile to investigate and attempt to ascertain the cause of said disturbance.
At that time, the party of the first part did observe, with some degree of wonder and/or disbelief, a miniature sleigh (hereinafter referred to as the "Vehicle") being pulled and/or drawn very rapidly through the air by approximately eight (8) reindeer, of diminutive proportions. The driver of the Vehicle appeared to be and in fact was, the previously-referenced Claus. Said Claus was providing specific direction, instruction and guidance to said fauna and specifically identified the alleged animal co-conspirators by name- -Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen- (hereinafter referred to as the "Deer"). Upon information and belief, it is further asserted that an additional co-conspirator known only as -Rudolph- may have been involved in the aforementioned ruckus. Rudolph is believed to be distinguishable by virtue of a crimson-coloured olfactory organ, i.e. nose.
With the party of the first part in witness, said Claus, the Vehicle, and the Deer, did intentionally, wilfully, and maliciously, with force and arms, and without prior provocation or justification, trespass upon the roofs of several private residences located adjacent to and in the vicinity of the Domicile, whereupon party of the first part noted that the Vehicle was heavily laden with packages, parcels, playthings, and other items of unknown origin, kind, or nature.
Suddenly, without prior invitation or permission, either express or implied, the Vehicle arrived at the Domicile, whereupon Claus entered said Domicile via utilisation of the soot discharge structure, i.e. the chimney.
Said Claus was clad in a scarlet suit, apparently fashioned from a pelt or hide, which was partially or mostly covered with dark residue from said chimney, and Claus carried a large sack containing some portion of the aforementioned packages, toys and other unknown contents.
Claus was smoking what appeared to be tobacco in a small pipe in blatant violation of local ordinances and health regulations. Claus did not speak, but instead did immediately begin to fill the stockings of said minor children, which hung adjacent to the chimney, with toys and other small gifts. Said items did not, however, constitute -gifts- to said minor children, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (hereinafter "the Code"), for federal gift and estate tax purposes.
Upon completion of such task, Claus did impact, stroke, or otherwise touch the side of his nose and flew, rose and/or ascended up the chimney of the Domicile to the roof of said Domicile where the Vehicle and Deer waited and ostensibly served as "lookouts." Subsequently, Claus and Deer immediately departed for an unknown destination.
However, prior to the departure of the Vehicle, Deer, and Claus from said Domicile, the party of the first part did hear Claus state and/or exclaim words of uplifting cheer, to-wit: "Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night," or words of similar impart and effect.
i can still remember a ton of surnames from my classmates in grade school: zabinski, trinclisti, mckrisky, shipko, marengoni, tomicek, destefano,repasky, colpo, buzarelli, marhefka. HEAVY on the dago and polack!
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