Group: acadia.chat


Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Martin Bulmer
Date: 9/28/2007 11:19:29 PM
Mick the Merciless wrote: > I found a stupid balloon in my back yard this evening. Nearly flat, it > was. So I binned it. Couldn't read the label cos the rain had washed > all the ink away. I could just make out the word Hernman. Is that > Tim, I wonder. Washed out, deflated, and in the bin? -- Martin Bulmer

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Derek White
Date: 9/29/2007 6:28:08 PM
"Mick the Merciless" <mtm@rest.erg> wrote in message news:pan.2007.09.28.20.47.18.22758@rest.erg... >I found a stupid balloon in my back yard this evening. Nearly flat, it > was. So I binned it. Couldn't read the label cos the rain had washed all > the ink away. I could just make out the word Hernman. Is that Tim, I > wonder. Can't be mine. Mine turned north-west to Canada yesterday morning. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Linda~
Date: 9/29/2007 11:23:36 PM
"Mick the Merciless" <mtm@rest.erg> wrote in message news:pan.2007.09.29.18.02.41.784031@rest.erg... > On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:28:08 +0100, Derek White wrote: > >> Can't be mine. Mine turned north-west to Canada yesterday morning. > > Winds change you know. and global warming doesn't help your cause. > > -- > MTM. <Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat> > > "Made it Ma. Top of the world" > So, did you launch one also to see where it came down ? Linda~

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Martin Bulmer
Date: 9/30/2007 7:37:58 AM
Mick the Merciless wrote: > On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:01:14 +0100, Martin Bulmer wrote: > >> I wished to confirm that my mental image of your balloon was an >> accurate interpretation of your descriptive prose. > > Of course it was Martin. I believe you. So let me rephrase my > question. Why did you feel the need to paraphrase my descriptive > prose, adding nothing but a question mark? I was drunk. -- Martin Bulmer

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Shirley
Date: 9/30/2007 9:23:22 AM
"Mick the Merciless" <mtm@rest.erg> wrote in message news:pan.2007.09.29.19.18.03.657325@rest.erg... > On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:01:14 +0100, Martin Bulmer wrote: > >> I wished to confirm that my mental image of your balloon was an accurate >> interpretation of your descriptive prose. > > Of course it was Martin. I believe you. So let me rephrase my question. > Why did you feel the need to paraphrase my descriptive prose, adding > nothing but a question mark? > Writer's block and that is all he could type?

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Linda~
Date: 9/30/2007 9:59:40 AM
"Mick the Merciless" <mtm@rest.erg> wrote in message news:pan.2007.09.30.09.52.59.303244@rest.erg... > On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:23:36 -0400, Linda~ wrote: > >> So, did you launch one also to see where it came down ? > > Good lord no. I have no time for such nonsense. I have enough on my plate > making paper planes and attempting to get them to fly to the end of the > garden. So how is that going for you , lol. > > Not much point in writing my email address on one of the wings. Is there?? > <lol> > Seems like you might have to. > Hello stranger. How's tricks? Things are doing pretty well now. Kids and grandkids are fine. Ron has been going to the cabin , he needs to get away, he stresses . Hope Wendy and you are well and getting ready to come to the states to visit. :-) > > -- > MTM. <Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat> > > "Made it Ma. Top of the world" > Linda ~

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Crunchy Frog
Date: 10/3/2007 8:20:11 PM
"Mick the Merciless" <mtm@rest.erg> wrote in message news:pan.2007.10.02.18.34.32.117241@rest.erg... > On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:59:40 -0400, Linda~ wrote: > >> Things are doing pretty well now. Kids and grandkids are fine. >> Ron has been going to the cabin , he needs to get away, he stresses . >> Hope Wendy and you are well and getting ready to come to the states to >> visit. > > Earliest date for a return is 2009. Probably will be east coast stuff, New > England, Boston, maybe Noo Yawk. No plans as such, just 'unplans' cos I > don't think that I can do long flights right now, and I ant taking the > chance that I'm right. Gribbit! Gribbit! -- Crunchy Frog

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Linda~
Date: 10/3/2007 10:21:28 PM
"Mick the Merciless" <mtm@rest.erg> wrote in message news:pan.2007.10.02.18.34.32.117241@rest.erg... > On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:59:40 -0400, Linda~ wrote: > >> Things are doing pretty well now. Kids and grandkids are fine. >> Ron has been going to the cabin , he needs to get away, he stresses . >> Hope Wendy and you are well and getting ready to come to the states to >> visit. > > Earliest date for a return is 2009. Probably will be east coast stuff, New > England, Boston, maybe Noo Yawk. No plans as such, just 'unplans' cos I > don't think that I can do long flights right now, and I ant taking the > chance that I'm right. > > -- > MTM. <Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat> > > "Made it Ma. Top of the world" > Two years, that is a shame. I have a sis in New York , I need to go see in a couple of weeks. See you when you get here. :-) Linda~

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Enzo Matrix
Date: 10/4/2007 10:24:12 PM
Mick the Merciless wrote: > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:15:24 +0100, Enzo Matrix wrote: > >> They use only the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from Iraq, >> cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and >> then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk >> chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose. > > That's as may be, but it's still a frog! What else? -- Enzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Shirley
Date: 10/4/2007 8:18:05 PM
"Mick the Merciless" <mtm@rest.erg> wrote in message news:pan.2007.10.04.20.41.54.973846@rest.erg... > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:15:24 +0100, Enzo Matrix wrote: > >> They use only the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from Iraq, >> cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then >> sealed >> in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate >> envelope, >> and lovingly frosted with glucose. > > That's as may be, but it's still a frog! We're not asking you to kiss it and see if it turns into a princess...just eat the legs. > > -- > MTM. <Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat> > > "Made it Ma. Top of the world" >

Subject: You'll never guess.
From: Big Chief Sitting Bull
Date: 10/5/2007 6:23:45 PM
Me heap want see play. Me want play start heap soon.