'Nother Happy Birthday greeting...

[Danielle]

...to the MAD HATTER!

Um, lesee, birthday graphics, um...

Aw shrek, I can't find anything.





_____M~M____
l II l
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And that is my messed-up birthday present! Enjoy!

[The Mad Hatter]

Aw, thank you! But, about your, ummm... interestingly-shaped present... you let Dr. Belch do the shopping, didn't you?

[Narfpinky]

Well, egad! Have a hatter...um, I mean, have a happy birthday, Hatter, narf.

[Danielle]

Originally posted by The Mad Hatter
But, about your, ummm... interestingly-shaped present... you let Dr. Belch do the shopping, didn't you?

No way! He only suggested some interesting stores...that particular gift was from Ripley's Believe it or Not...

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by Danielle


No way! He only suggested some interesting stores...that particular gift was from Ripley's Believe it or Not...

...and Egghead says, "I don't believe it!" Matthew Hunter & Jack will know what I'm talking about. Methinks Belchie's getting to her.

Hoyl! A birthday? A day of birth for Arkansan fellow, for writer for that paper of news games video concerning? Happy so much I am! Day of happy birth, Hatter Mad!

[Psycho Fox]

Happy Birthday Mad Hatter

[DR. BELCH]

--my birthday's in a couple of months, so you can repay the favor. What in the devil is that thing I'm looking at? From an angle it looked like a--with the three--and the smooth--heh, heh, heh. Maybe I am seducing her over to the dark side.... :p

[Danielle]

Maybe if you change your signature...and your avatar...and your title...and your posts, for that matter...

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Danielle
Maybe if you change your signature...and your avatar...and your title...and your posts, for that matter...

In other words, belchie -

If you weren't you, you might have a shot...

[DR. BELCH]

Isn't that always the way with a dame? ;) My brother the married man now shaves between his eyebrows, eats at the dinner table like a gentleman, and is giving up cussing. Never thought I'd see the [expletive deleted]-ing day.
I considered changing my handle at one point to either "Nostradamus", "The Iconoclast", or "Don Juan Dulce"...but I'm pretty much known around here by this one, so I'm staying with it. As for avvys and sigs...well, I change them out every 1-4 weeks, for the sake of variety. What more do you want from me?
:rolleyes:

[Danielle]

Originally posted by DR. BELCH
What more do you want from me?


Aaaaahhhhhh...

Nah, too easy.

[freakyfuzzball]

Hiyas!
Hey, but I like belching. And I'm a girl.
BELCH
don't be so dang stereotypical ;)
Huh. Ya know, i'm hungry... see yas later

Oh. By the by, Bugs Bunny's birthday was yesterday (7/27) I think. Supposedly he's 61. He's gotta be one grey hare.

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by freakyfuzzball
Hiyas!
Hey, but I like belching. And I'm a girl.
BELCH
don't be so dang stereotypical ;)
Huh. Ya know, i'm hungry... see yas later

Oh. By the by, Bugs Bunny's birthday was yesterday (7/27) I think. Supposedly he's 61. He's gotta be one grey hare.

Ooh, we have Jenny McCarthy with us. Watch out for the Dr., kid; he's a good guy in some ways but he can corrupt people, as RockItShipper & Danielle can attest. Hey ya know, you're right about Bugs' birthday. A Wild Hare, Avery, 6/27/1940.

[DR. BELCH]

I think a woman can only be lured over to the dark side if she's willing to be. I never force a lassie into anything. With Rocky, she was pretty naughty when I got there...we're like the Burns and Allen of Toonzone. Danielle is...well...finding herself, I'll put it that way. ;)
I like Fuzzy. She's silly. :p

[Jack]

I think the good Dr. has hypnitic powers over young women, causing them to become corrupted, but that's just my theory. Just look at that birthday present!


Jack:eek:

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Jack
I think the good Dr. has hypnitic powers over young women, causing them to become corrupted...

Jack:eek:

'If only in his dreams...'

(sung to 'Ill Be Home for Christmas')

[freakyfuzzball]

I like Fuzzy. She's silly.
Ooh! Was that a reference to that Bugs Bunny cartoon- "Falling Hare"? 'Cuz the gremlin winds up hitting Bugs Bunny on the head, and Bugs Bunny said, "I'm only three and a half years old."
Then the gremlin said, "I like him. He's silly." Or something like that.


Geez, that post sounded scatterbrained. Go figure.
Am I really silly? :cool:

[Nftnat]

Yes you are, but that's a good thing here. Some of us are crazy. And then there're those who're just obsessed.

[freakyfuzzball]

kewl i'm with my people;)
Thing is, I think I'm a bit obsessed myself, too. :D

Hey, who likes PIZZA?! 'cuz i should sure go for some. see yas

[Jack]

Hey, who likes PIZZA?! 'cuz i should sure go for some. see yas
I do! I do! But I'm not a yas, so I can't have any:( :( :( :( :( :( :(



Jack:(

[DR. BELCH]

FREAKYFUZZBALL:
Was that a reference to [the gremlin in the] Bugs Bunny cartoon "Falling Hare" [who says] "I like him. He's silly."
One of many. I've heard that line in a lot of old Looney Tunes from Speedy Gonzales, Tweety Pie, and Henery Hawk as well.


Hey, who likes PIZZA?! 'cuz i should sure go for some.
Ah, pizza. Like the cheeseburger, it's nature's most perfect and self-contained foodstuff, having at least three of the four basic food groups. That and Mexican food, which I adore.

[freakyfuzzball]

Shoot. I had a thought, then I lost it. Phoey.

But I don't think I've noticed the line as much in those other cartoons. Maybe it's more noticable in that "Falling Hare."
You know, I wound up showing that cartoon for a presentation in school once, and the class loved it. I was so proud:D

Geez. Talk about random thoughts. I should stop eating so much sugar.

[Danielle]

Geez...a new lunatic on the board, and no one tells me?!

freakyfuzzball:
Nah, you're not a lunatic...unless you want me to call you that. :D You're a pizzaholic too? I'm the only one in my family who hates vegetables on my pizza (useless fact of the day...)

DR BELCH:
Yup, I'm finding myself. The doctors here at the asylum have put us all on yoga lessons. And I now find myself...in the shape of a pretzel.

Nftnat:
How can you tell the difference between the obsessed and the insane?

Aren't there also some people who are posessed?

Jack:
It was a good present. :( ;)

Yeah, that's what's called a "humongo mood swing"

[freakyfuzzball]

:D It just comes naturally i guess
Yeah, I'm a pizzaholic. I've been eating cold pizza every day at work (i shouldn't work @15, but what else can I do this summer? I mean there's video games, tv, videogames, but people started complaining about how the couch was continually occupied.). And I'm still not tired of pizza. It's all slimy and stuff, but oh well.
Got 2 go. see yas

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by Danielle
Nftnat:
How can you tell the difference between the obsessed and the insane?

Aren't there also some people who are posessed?

As to the first, there's a thin line, but one can be obsessed & not insane. As to the second, well, yes there are but there are also those who don't believe it. I'd go on, but I stirred up enough stuff the other day.

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Nftnat


As to the first, there's a thin line, but one can be obsessed & not insane. As to the second, well, yes there are but there are also those who don't believe it. I'd go on, but I stirred up enough stuff the other day.

'Possession' is a christian (esp. roman catholic) concept that humans can/are 'possessed' by demonical spirits. (this survives in the expression 'whatever possessed him to...'). This concept seems to run afoul of the c. 400 a.d. ruling that the universe was NOT divided into halves - one ruled by God and the other be satan (the christian term for this theory is the 'manaquian (sp?) heresy' (as in you-get-burned-at-the-stake heresy).

religious types have had a hard one explaining the validity of both concepts for many years.

p.s. - 'Rosemary's Baby' brought the up-until-then-obscure matter of demonic possession and (roman catholic) excorcism rites into public discussion.

and yes, I've encountered christians who see no conflict with their religion and the Bhuddist yin/yan...

d

he who thinks religion should have settled on fire-worship

[Jack]

I've heard that Quigi boards can summon evil demons and stuff like that there, some Catholic CCD classes advise against those games.

he who thinks religion should have settled on fire-worship
Why?



Jack:D
cuz I be done seen about everything, when I see an elephant fly!

[DR. BELCH]

That's what trephination (touched upon in a Histeria ep) was all about--knocking open a hole in a disturbed person's skull to let out the demons. Scary thing? Some folks actually survived the procedure; I have a pic in a textbook that shows someone who had it done twice.
Ancient peoples thought all madness was attributable to either devils or ethereal forces. The Greeks claimed it was irregular bodily humors, or fluids, in the body that were responsible for certain condidtions, centuries before scientists knew what chemicals in the brain caused what disorder by their excess/abscence. Psychology as a science has really only been around for about 120 years.
In extreme cases of OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), surgery is needed. A portion of the brain is actually cut out under general anesthesia (that is to say, the patient is awake during the procedure. I've seen video of it--very interesting.).
One can be perfectly sane and taken with an idea...but when it gets to the point where one has to touch a doorknob five times before leaving the house or washes one's hands until they bleed, it becomes compulsive and must be treated. An OCD sufferer knows the behavior hurts him/her but can't stop without help.
Though Rosemary's Baby came first by 5 years, The Exorcist is probably the definitive demonic possession movie, bringing ancient and pretty much discredited Roman Catholic dogma back to life.

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Jack
I've heard that Quigi boards can summon evil demons and stuff like that there, some Catholic CCD classes advise against those games.

Why?



Jack:D
cuz I be done seen about everything, when I see an elephant fly!

Quigi boards as portals into the realm of darkness - LOVE IT!!!

As near as I can tell, fire worship:

a. answered all questions that can be answered re where we come from/going to/meaming of life, etc.

b. few felt compelled to kill each other over different interpretations. (then again, we could think of religion as a sort of population control mechanism - after all, the Holocaust did a pretty good job all by itself, plus there were a couple million more who died over fascism's attempt to conquer the globe)

[Danielle]

More off-the-topic discussions. Aaahhh...this is the life.

happyheathen, what happened to the cute little kitten?!

[Jack]

b. few felt compelled to kill each other over different interpretations. (then again, we could think of religion as a sort of population control mechanism - after all, the Holocaust did a pretty good job all by itself, plus there were a couple million more who died over fascism's attempt to conquer the globe)
People would just find something else to kill each other about.

I want the cute kitten back too:(


Jack:D
My fire's better than yours...

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Danielle

happyheathen, what happened to the cute little kitten?!

so, I'm a sucker for young women...

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Jack


My fire's better than yours...

COAL makes the only TRUE fire - PAGAN!:)

[Danielle]

Originally posted by happyheathen


so, I'm a sucker for young women...

Ah, but are you a sucker for young insane pretzel-women? :p

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Danielle


Ah, but are you a sucker for young insane pretzel-women? :p

in younger days, it Really didn't matter as to physical or mental state - now, they all count the same - best wishes, especially if you end up dealing with the male of the species on a regular basis (be afraid, be very afraid...)

[freakyfuzzball]

he who thinks religion should have settled on fire-worship
Uh... maybe another subject for off-the-topic discussions? Some subjects are best left alone. Especially this one.


Huh. Ya know, I don't know if anybody here likes ReBoot, but I was kinda angry that they haven't put that back on Toonami.

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by freakyfuzzball

Uh... maybe another subject for off-the-topic discussions? Some subjects are best left alone. Especially this one.


believer in the 'Never discuss religion or politics' rule?

As everyone agrees on 80-90% of everything, it's the remaining 10-20% that's interesting.

(besides, I'm Irish/German - what do you expect? tranquility? civility?)

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by happyheathen


believer in the 'Never discuss religion or politics' rule?

As everyone agrees on 80-90% of everything, it's the remaining 10-20% that's interesting.

(besides, I'm Irish/German - what do you expect? tranquility? civility?)

No kidding? I'm English / Scottish / Irish / German / Dutch / Cherokee. Actually, that's my ancestry; I am American.

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Nftnat


I'm English / Scottish / Irish / German / Dutch / Cherokee. Actually, that's my ancestry; I am American.

I didn't think you held citizenship in 6 nations...

[Jack]

Yay the cute kitty cat is back! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA!!!!!!!
Thanks Danielle!

COAL makes the only TRUE fire - PAGAN!
You're the real Pagan, the natural gas will get you for such evil statements and burn you at the stake with your own coal! BWA HA HA!:D


Jack:cool:

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Jack

You're the real Pagan, the natural gas will get you for such evil statements and burn you at the stake with your own coal! BWA HA HA!:D


Jack:cool:

That it is time for another Crusade! Drive the infidels from the Holy Lands of the upper midwest! Die, dog!!

[Jack]

We'll get you San Fransiscans, and your Levi jeans, Tower Records, cable cars, bridges, Alcatraz, Chinatown, row houses, cute adorable kittens that drive me crazy, and Transamerican pyramid too!



Jack:D
...and I'm not a dog, I'm Super Rabbit, The Rabbit of Tomorrow! You cad!

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Jack
We'll get you San Fransiscans, and your Levi jeans, Tower Records, cable cars, bridges, Alcatraz, Chinatown, row houses, cute adorable kittens that drive me crazy, and Transamerican pyramid too!



Jack:D
...and I'm not a dog, I'm Super Rabbit, The Rabbit of Tomorrow! You cad!

you can HAVE Levi's (I hate the place), the cables (they draw tourists), bridges (I've been wanting to dynamite them for years - auslanders use them to contaminate the place), and Alcatraz (PLEASE!).

just so long as we keep 'Beach Blanket Babylon' and Carol Doda
(and a few other trinkets)

[Jack]

just so long as we keep 'Beach Blanket Babylon' and Carol Doda
(and a few other trinkets)
Nope, you lose those too.

I don't want the jeans, I hate jeans. The cable cars would be cool, but are they much different from the streetcars I could ride around here (other than how they go)?

I think the bridges are pretty, used to nice effect in "Cruise cat."

I'd also like my own personal island/prison, he he! (gotta keep you coal pagans someplace) And how intersting would the ending of "Rebel Rabbit" be without Alcafiz?

What are auslanders?


Jack:D

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Jack


The cable cars would be cool, but are they much different from the streetcars I could ride around here (other than how they go)?

What are auslanders?


Jack:D

Cables:

for those who don't know:
until the 1950's there were no buses which could climb Nob or Russian hills, so the Victorian-era cable cars were kept. They are custom-built wooden coaches which run on tracks, just as do streetcars (which we also have) - the difference is that the cables are pulled by a real, live cable, which runs at 9 mph - the car has a 'grip' which resembles the jaws of pliers, only large, and made of wood. This is activated be a huge lever in the coach.

Jack -

cables are lighter, quieter (the cable actually makes a sound, called 'cable song' - much more quaint than an electric motor), which is the primary sound heard on board.
and the bells are much nicer than horns...

auslander - German, I believe. Means 'outsider', with implication of inferiority. Hence, tourist=auslander.

natural gas, INDEED!!

[Danielle]

Originally posted by happyheathen


Cables:

for those who don't know:
until the 1950's there were no buses which could climb Nob or Russian hills, so the Victorian-era cable cars were kept. They are custom-built wooden coaches which run on tracks, just as do streetcars (which we also have) - the difference is that the cables are pulled by a real, live cable, which runs at 9 mph - the car has a 'grip' which resembles the jaws of pliers, only large, and made of wood. This is activated be a huge lever in the coach.



Wow. How in-depth.

So if the cable cars are better for steep hills, why don't they put one on Lombard St.?

[Sharklady]

Beause Lombard Street, billed at the "crookedest street in America", has way too many sharp curves for a cable car to negotiate.

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Sharklady
Beause Lombard Street, billed at the "crookedest street in America", has way too many sharp curves for a cable car to negotiate.

It would also kind of miss the point of that block of Lombard.

Lesson in class warfare:

the curly section is only 1 block long, and was, originally, straight.

this is on the side of the hill facing downtown. In the 1880's-90's poor people would use pushcarts to peddle their wares in downtown during the day, then go over the hill (Russian) to camp in the (then) un-developed areas.

The good burghers of Lombard street did not want to have to look at these ragged people, so they got together and hired someone to tear up their front yards and create a nightmere of a street, ALL TO GET THE PEDDLERS TO USE ANOTHER STREET.

the postcards came later...

[Jack]

That looks like a really really fun street to ride a bicycle down!

Also, just out of curiosity, how did that one row of houses get so famous? It's on postcards, books, TV shows, and there is a set of plastic model railroad buildings patterned after it. Did someone just walk down the street one day and go "Oh my god, this street is so pretty, let's merchandise it!" BTW, if you buy any of the model buildings (I have three in N scale because I like model railroad buildings), expect hideous colors that look nothing like the box.

The good burghers of Lombard street did not want to have to look at these ragged people, so they got together and hired someone to tear up their front yards and create a nightmere of a street, ALL TO GET THE PEDDLERS TO USE ANOTHER STREET.
So, did the peddlers find another street? If I were a peddler, I'd still travel that way, just to spite them:D


Jack:p

[Danielle]

Originally posted by Sharklady
Beause Lombard Street, billed at the "crookedest street in America", has way too many sharp curves for a cable car to negotiate.

Oh no, I meant the other side of Lombard St. You have to drive up this really steep hill in order to go down the twisted part.

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Jack
That looks like a really really fun street to ride a bicycle down!

Also, just out of curiosity, how did that one row of houses get so famous? It's on postcards, books, TV shows, and there is a set of plastic model railroad buildings patterned after it. Did someone just walk down the street one day and go "Oh my god, this street is so pretty, let's merchandise it!" BTW, if you buy any of the model buildings (I have three in N scale because I like model railroad buildings), expect hideous colors that look nothing like the box.

So, did the peddlers find another street? If I were a peddler, I'd still travel that way, just to spite them:D


Jack:p
Actually, local teens ride these hills on skateboards (posting a lookout at each cross street, and launching when all are clear) - considering that some of these hills are so steep that the sidewalks have steps cut in them, this is pretty out there (fun with visitors- let them drive southbound on Filmore through the Broadway intersection - scared the C*** out of my sis and her brood).

The section of houses you refer to, I am assuming, ane the ones featured in the title sequence of some idiotic sit-com a decade or so ago.
I have no idea why they got singled out, but for those planning a visit:
They are on Steiner St at Hayes, across from, and facing Alamo Square.

as to the peddlers - no idea what route they took.

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Danielle


Oh no, I meant the other side of Lombard St. You have to drive up this really steep hill in order to go down the twisted part.

You drove THAT!!! (more than a little wierd...)

why no cable - originally, the cables were privately owned, commercial operations - if no one thought enough people would pay to ride somewhere, no cable.

I have seen abandoned cable tracks on Nob hill peeking through the pavement - would love to see a map of all the lines that used to be.

As is often the case, when a business ceases to be profitable, the owners try to sell it to a government - this is what happened to the cables

(if you want to ride a cable without waiting in line, check out the California St line - not much of a view, but...

[Jack]

Maybe they see no point in putting a cable car on a street people would want to drive up to go down the other side twisty side. I hear you have to to actually wait in line to go down the hill.

Just how steep is this hill BTW, steeper than your average staircase?

Also, that's the row of houses I was talking about, they are in the opening credits of "Full House," I think. Maybe I should vist San fransisco one day and see the sights. I'll find out where you live, Happyheathen, ring the doorbell, and run away giggling, or trip and get hurt. You don't have any dogs, do you?



Jack:D

[Danielle]

Originally posted by Jack
Just how steep is this hill BTW, steeper than your average staircase?


Let me put it this way; when we were going up the hill, the people in front of us stopped a lot. When they would move, we would have to burn a serious amount of rubber in order to get moving again. The smoke, and the smell........peeyoo, it smelled like.....well......burning rubber.

Staircase? Staircases would be a lot steeper if they took the steps off. :D

Re: Skateboarders

What the hellllllllo?! Those guys also scared the c*** (whatever that stands for) out of me. Sounds like fun, though...

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Jack
Maybe they see no point in putting a cable car on a street people would want to drive up to go down the other side twisty side. I hear you have to to actually wait in line to go down the hill.

Just how steep is this hill BTW, steeper than your average staircase?

Also, that's the row of houses I was talking about, they are in the opening credits of "Full House," I think.

Jack:D

Ah yes, SF as a theme park...

yes, in summer, the auslanders line up to creep down Lombard (ironic that the street was twisted in an attempt to AVOID the riff-raff)

Your average residential staircase is 7/8 - 7" riser, 8" tread - while exceptional, there are stretches of street that meet that incline,

then there's the Filbert St steps, which go up more that they go out - be nice and I'll tell you haw to find them - and how to see the wild parrots which live around there

(yes, kids, SF is magical)

[freakyfuzzball]

Nifnat:
Naw, I think it's fine to discuss religion. But ya gotta be careful. It's easy to insult someone's beliefs.


Ev'ryone:
Oh, you know, talking about "San Francisco as a theme park" there's a really neat video game (Sonic Adventure 2) that
uses the hills as a theme park in the first level. It's really fun.

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by freakyfuzzball

Oh, you know, talking about "San Francisco as a theme park" there's a really neat video game (Sonic Adventure 2) that
uses the hills as a theme park in the first level. It's really fun.

We are honored to have been selected for such an honor:rolleyes:

and only the first level? Once you pass that, where do you go? Cleveland?

[Danielle]

Nah, you go to Wahington DC and try to survive the democracy. :rolleyes:


Just for the heck of it; I recently saw the following people, whom I have never seen before:

-George Wendt (Cheers, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Who's Line is it Anyway?. All on the same day. Pretty cool.

-Axel Foley (gee, I wonder...). I actually never knew what Eddie Murphy looked like before I saw that movie...

-Dana Delaney on Celebrity Jeapordy. She did pretty well, though I wouldn't know, I'm still watching it. :D

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Danielle
Nah, you go to Wahington DC and try to survive the democracy. :rolleyes:


I've been to DC (fond memories of tear gas - those were the days)...
all in all, I'll stay here...

[Jack]

Just for the heck of it; I recently saw the following people, whom I have never seen before:

-George Wendt (Cheers, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Who's Line is it Anyway?. All on the same day. Pretty cool.

-Axel Foley (gee, I wonder...). I actually never knew what Eddie Murphy looked like before I saw that movie...

-Dana Delaney on Celebrity Jeapordy. She did pretty well, though I wouldn't know, I'm still watching it.


I swear I saw Mr. Kotter (from "Welcome Back Kotter") outside my school in 6th grade(he aged really well, if that was him), but he could have been an impersonator...


Jack:D

[happyheathen]

Let's have fun with politics!

Q: Who was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) when JFK was assassinated?

p.s. - you know him better as...

[freakyfuzzball]

lol
Oh, geez, I have no idea. I should, but I don't. Was it Bush? hehehe

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by happyheathen
Let's have fun with politics!

Q: Who was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) when JFK was assassinated?

p.s. - you know him better as...

My guess would be either Allen Dulles (brother of John Foster Dulles & uncle of one of the newest members of the College of Cardinals) or McCone. I think it was McCone. And I dunno who I know him better as; I've never heard of him outside the CIA.

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by freakyfuzzball
Nifnat:
Naw, I think it's fine to discuss religion. But ya gotta be careful. It's easy to insult someone's beliefs.

Don't I know it. I know my beliefs've been slammed from time to time; being a religious right-er, one learns to expect such. But I usually try to be careful to respect others' beliefs. You disagree with me, fine; it'd be a boring place if everyone agreed on everything. As my recently replaced signature said, everyone agrees with everyone else on something, & vice versa. @ least we could all agree to disagree without being disagreeable. If a subject comes up, I might share my beliefs; definitely if someone asks. But sometimes I'll let things pass; I did that recently. We have been warned that if a flame war breaks out people will get tossed from the boards, so that's another reason to be, shall we say, circumspect. In the words of a certain song by Tracy Byrd & Marc Chesnutt (yes, it's country), treat me like I treat you & we'll get along just fine.

[Danielle]

Originally posted by Nftnat


In the words of a certain song by Tracy Byrd & Marc Chesnutt (yes, it's country), treat me like I treat you & we'll get along just fine.

Ah, see, you can already tell it's country. Yeah, 'cause byrds and chesnutts are.....things from.....the country..........'yknow........byrds,,,,,,,,,,chestnutts..................'K, just forget I said anything, skip right to the next part.

Aaaaaaaaaactually, I *would* be able to reply if I knew what circumspect is. Pardon me.









































Ah, okay. That's pretty important. I remember insulting someone on this board once, and they were pretty insulted, so now I try to be careful with my words.

[Danielle]

Originally posted by Nftnat


My guess would be either Allen Dulles (brother of John Foster Dulles & uncle of one of the newest members of the College of Cardinals) or McCone. I think it was McCone. And I dunno who I know him better as; I've never heard of him outside the CIA.

I think it was both. Is that possible?

[DR. BELCH]

--the director was Dulles, I think. I know I've heard G. Gordon Liddy mention him once or twice, but I forget in what light. Of course Liddy is still pretty venemous about that jackal John Dean, even after all these years.

San Franscisco as a theme park? Oh Lord, I hope not. It's got a pretty high gay population, and I'm scared as blazes at the thought of what item'd be in the gift shops. :eek: One of my exes lives in CA and after a trip to 'Frisco, she said that if you stand in the street and whisper softly, a [rhymes with "maggot"] will hear you.

Now I've said for years that religion has been used to justify some of the greatest crimes/atrocities in history, so even though I'm a rabid right-winger, I thump the Bible less than most. I'm too much of a cynic--I believe in God, but I question Him vehemently. These days they don't crucify you, burn you, or tie you to the rack; it's more subtle. When my sister-in-law was pregnant she was excluded from the church baby shower because she and my brother weren't married at that point (they were saving up for their life together and he made an honest woman of her several months later). Her feelings were hurt, and my mom hasn't fully forgiven the church yet. This is Lutherans I'm talking about, though, the aforementioned stodgiest and most humorless buggers you'll ever meet, the ones you'll never catch working the Vegas Strip. Conversely, the Catholics are relaxing their restrictions; those girls are allowed to use the Pill now, I'm told. Make of that what you will....

[freakyfuzzball]

Nifnat:
Yep. Agree to disagree.:D I read that in a book.
Belch:
People have done a lotta wrongs on the basis of religion. But a lotta good things have been done, too.

Hey, I just finally quit my job! Ain't that cool? Working was hard, so I quit. :p

see yas

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by happyheathen
Let's have fun with politics!

Q: Who was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) when JFK was assassinated?

p.s. - you know him better as...

what I've heard...

George H. W. Bush, former president, father of current president.

Belch -

the last time this country tried to kill Castro, it was the US pres that ended up dead. best wishes!

[Jack]

This is Lutherans I'm talking about, though, the aforementioned stodgiest and most humorless buggers you'll ever meet, the ones you'll never catch working the Vegas Strip. Conversely, the Catholics are relaxing their restrictions; those girls are allowed to use the Pill now, I'm told. Make of that what you will....
I sort of know a religious Lutheran who is very funny, and knows a lot of sick jokes (and I mean more than most people). Catholics aren't as strict as people make them out to be, at least I don't think so.

the last time this country tried to kill Castro, it was the US pres that ended up dead best wishes!
Then I can live on Bush Street!



Jack:D

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Jack

Then I can live on Bush Street!
Jack:D

Some of us are trying to get it re-named...

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by happyheathen


what I've heard...

George H. W. Bush, former president, father of current president.

Belch -

the last time this country tried to kill Castro, it was the US pres that ended up dead. best wishes!

When JFK was assassinated? Let's see. From the 2001 World Almanac, page 207, Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency

John A. McCone 1961-1965 Kennedy

George Bush 1976-1977 Ford

Well, the facts speak for themselves.

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Nftnat


When JFK was assassinated? Let's see. From the 2001 World Almanac, page 207, Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency

John A. McCone 1961-1965 Kennedy

George Bush 1976-1977 Ford

Well, the facts speak for themselves.

I've been wrong before - does it say where Bush was 11/63?