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Random Observations

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:20 am
by wintergreen48
Has anyone noticed that Mike Huckabee looks a lot like Kevin Spacey? Whereas Fred Thompson looks a lot like the guy who used to be on Lawn Order...

And I just read that Oklahoma has an official state meal: cornbread, sausage and gravy, chicken fried steak and pecan pie. Code Blue Plate Special. So how come all the Oklahomans I know about (viz.: the Camaro household) are all so sleek and trim? Must not be real Oklahomans.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:37 am
by ulysses5019
So how come all the Oklahomans I know about (viz.: the Camaro household) are all so sleek and trim? Must not be real Oklahomans.
Be careful if she asks you to go quail hunting in Texas.....

and mr. wintergreen......did you see this detergent ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aOwLtmhmWI

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:41 am
by gsabc
On the subject of lookalikes: Am I the only one who thinks Josh Groban looks like Neville Longbottom's older brother?

The fact that Oklahoma has an official State Meal just means that the Oklahoma state legislators are overpaid and have too little to do.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:42 am
by peacock2121
Obama sounded much more like a preacher to me than Huckabee did.

New York has absentee ballots for the primary, yet Iowa does not.

Losing 5 pounds is harder for me in my 50's than it was in my 40's.

The cost of a present has little influence on how such present can touch one's heart.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:44 am
by peacock2121
Congressman Peter King looks too much like author Stephen King to not be related.

Re: Random Observations

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:49 am
by silvercamaro
wintergreen48 wrote:And I just read that Oklahoma has an official state meal: cornbread, sausage and gravy, chicken fried steak and pecan pie. Code Blue Plate Special.
What do you expect from a state where the official state flower is a parasite?

Chicken fried steak, cornbread, and pecan pie are pretty yummy. I only eat those things about twice a year, though, instead of three times a week.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:51 am
by silvercamaro
ulysses5019 wrote:
Be careful if she asks you to go quail hunting in Texas.....
So Uly and wintergreen would rather I invited them to go catfish noodling or frog gigging?

That can be arranged. I'll stay in the boat and watch.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:00 am
by silvercamaro
peacock2121 wrote: The cost of a present has little influence on how such present can touch one's heart.
You have proven this to be true for my heart.

So everyone will know what I mean, Pea sent me a book called "Unleashed," which is a small volume of poetry "by writers' dogs." When I first opened the book to a random page, I found myself staring at a poem about a dog who ran 90 miles an hour into a brick wall. It struck me as a metaphor for Annie's entire life, and I probably will shed tears every time I read it. This book may be the greatest gift of the heart I've ever received. Thanks again, Pea.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:00 am
by ulysses5019
So Uly and wintergreen would rather I invited them to go catfish noodling or frog gigging?
Well, I don't know about wintergreen but I never gigged, noodled or even canoodled with catfish and I have hermillion and snaxx as my witness.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:09 am
by Bob Juch
peacock2121 wrote:New York has absentee ballots for the primary, yet Iowa does not.
That's because Iowa doesn't have a primary.

How would someone participate in a caucus as an absentee? NetMeeting?

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:30 am
by christie1111
silvercamaro wrote:
peacock2121 wrote: The cost of a present has little influence on how such present can touch one's heart.
You have proven this to be true for my heart.
As you have done for me SC!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:33 am
by ladysoleil
I am not understanding why I am seeing people in open-toed shoes and fishnet stockings or barelegged in 20 degree weather.

I know people are into fashion here but this baffles me.

My favorite was the woman I spotted yesterday wearing a short sleeved fur coat. I didn't even know they made them like that.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:42 am
by minimetoo26
ladysoleil wrote:I am not understanding why I am seeing people in open-toed shoes and fishnet stockings or barelegged in 20 degree weather.

I know people are into fashion here but this baffles me.

My favorite was the woman I spotted yesterday wearing a short sleeved fur coat. I didn't even know they made them like that.
Rain Man wears a t-shirt and sandals pretty much year-round and only deigns to wear long pants if it's in the 40's or lower, unless it's a school day when he wears long pants when I say so, and he can't wear sandals to school. It's not a fashion thing in his case, but perhaps a nerve-ending thing. He has a very high threshhold for pain.

"Short-sleeved fur coat" is painting ugly pictures in my head. Fugly-ugly...

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:50 am
by andrewjackson
Bob Juch wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:New York has absentee ballots for the primary, yet Iowa does not.
That's because Iowa doesn't have a primary.

How would someone participate in a caucus as an absentee? NetMeeting?
Iowa has primary elections but the thing yesterday was a caucus. The Iowa primary is in June. I'm pretty sure you can vote by absentee ballot in that election.

Re: Random Observations

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:02 pm
by Catfish
wintergreen48 wrote:Has anyone noticed that Mike Huckabee looks a lot like Kevin Spacey? Whereas Fred Thompson looks a lot like the guy who used to be on Lawn Order...
Every time I see Huckabee on TV but I'm not paying attention to the sound, I wonder why they're doing a story on Bob Dole.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:06 pm
by Catfish
silvercamaro wrote:So Uly and wintergreen would rather I invited them to go catfish noodling or frog gigging?
My husband is my number one choice for noodling, but if I could have a second choice, Uly and Wintergreen would be high on the list.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:15 pm
by peacock2121
andrewjackson wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:New York has absentee ballots for the primary, yet Iowa does not.
That's because Iowa doesn't have a primary.

How would someone participate in a caucus as an absentee? NetMeeting?
Iowa has primary elections but the thing yesterday was a caucus. The Iowa primary is in June. I'm pretty sure you can vote by absentee ballot in that election.
aj can say something to me and I feel more informed afterward.

bobjuch - not so much

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:05 pm
by wbtravis007
It's gonna hurt Huckabee when people find out that he's the love child of Jim Nabors and Richard Nixon.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:23 pm
by TheConfessor
wbtravis007 wrote:It's gonna hurt Huckabee when people find out that he's the love child of Jim Nabors and Richard Nixon.
And yet, he said he doesn't believe in evolution.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:23 pm
by TheCalvinator24
peacock2121 wrote:Obama sounded much more like a preacher to me than Huckabee did.
I agree, and it didn't bother me. Of the three major Democratic candidates, Obama is the only one who doesn't make my skin crawl. I won't vote for him, but I do like his approach to the campaign.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:35 pm
by tlynn78
I haven't seen a Beebs post in way too long.


t.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:40 pm
by Bob Juch
TheConfessor wrote:
wbtravis007 wrote:It's gonna hurt Huckabee when people find out that he's the love child of Jim Nabors and Richard Nixon.
And yet, he said he doesn't believe in evolution.
Well he hasn't evolved very much. :P

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:45 pm
by BackInTex
Usually it is the better/improvement type things that are harder. For example, it is easier to mess up a room than clean it, easier to gain weight than loose it (and unless you want to be b**** slapped don't tell me how hard it is for you to keep weight on).

However, it is easier to undecorate a house after Christmas than to decorate it.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:49 pm
by kayrharris
tlynn78 wrote:I haven't seen a Beebs post in way too long.


t.
I have talked to her. She is still in the healing mode, but getting better.
I think between Christmas, injury, boys being home during break, etc, etc,
there just hasn't been any time to visit us!

She said to tell everyone hi for her and she will be back! :D

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:18 pm
by kayrharris
I found it amusing that on the day his son was born, my son received his official invitation from the AARP. They can't figure out why he hasn't signed up yet.

Maybe it's because they're 25 years early?? :shock: