It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.So here's this weeks question:
What bugs you the most about traveling?
Wednesdays Question #18
It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.So here's this weeks question:
What bugs you the most about traveling?
T-Boned
While driving my customary route home from my duty hours in my personal car, which has a Ham radio capable of receiving our work radio frequency, I stopped at the corner store to pick up some milk and eggs. While I was walking to my car after just leaving the store, a blue Chevrolet Cavalier swerved from the street, jump the curb, crossed 85 feet of parking lot and T-boned the passenger side of my 1992 Eagle Premiere.
I walked over to the driver of the car in order to see if he was all right, and to get the insurance information from him, thinking of just how I was going to let him have it for wrecking my car, when the 6'4" man exited his vehicle, handed me a 1/4 full bottle of Canadian Club Rye Whiskey, and said, "Quick, get rid of this before the cops come, will ya?"
I took the bottle from him, as asked, and watched the look of relief on his face slowly transform into realization, and acceptance, as he finally bothered to look closely at who he was talking to.
I was in full uniform.
Stolen from: Phil of Phils Phun
Awww...Mondays #92
Meet Whitey who owns Barb of iPhonographi. Do you think Whitey is just protecting Barb from all those calories. Barb has four cats that consume her every minute. They have to be where she is All. The. Time. If you've not read Barbs blog, click on the link above and enjoy the adventures of Barb and her babies. Thanks for letting me share your babies Barb. | 1. Traveling Bells 2. Barb 3. Stevebethere 4. Ann 5. Lois Grebowski 6. Jodi 7. Rajagopalan | 8. Rhonda 9. Da Dude 10. Empress Bee 11. Comedy Plus 12. Lisa 13. Mike Golch 14. Wanda | 15. Mari 16. Dawn 17. Marg 18. Tara Tyler 19. Mensch & Katze 20. Mary Anne |
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Silly Sunday #1
Rhonda of Laugh Quotes has started a new meme called Silly Sunday.She has a great sense of humor and has no problem laughing at herself. If you've not visited her please do. She's a hoot.
Go HERE for the simple rules.
| 1. Catch My Words 2. Barb 3. stevebethere 4. Rhonda 5. Ann | 6. Empress Bee 7. Lois Grebowski 8. Traveling Bells 9. Marg 10. Anny | 11. Mike Golch 12. William K Wallace 13. Angel 14. Myrna 15. Jim |
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Hell!
A good Samaritan, having spent a considerably long time in Heaven, gets bored and looks for a change. He approaches St. Peter and seeks permission to visit Hell for a short time. With a sarcastic smile St. Peter allows him to visit Hell.
The guy goes to Hell. Contrary to expectations, he finds Hell enchanting and joyful. The people are friendly and helpful. In the restaurants he dines and dances with beautiful girls. The food is delicious. He is free to move everywhere without any hassle. Merry making appears to be the prime business in Hell. He begins to feel that Hell is the right place for him to live. He repents he has wasted a lot of time in the drab Heaven. On his return he meets St. Peter and expresses his wish to shift to Hell permanently. With a quizzical look St. Peter permits him to leave Heaven.
As soon as our guy enters Hell, he sees sudden darkness everywhere. A couple of tough-looking demons kick him and throw him into a cell. The food is stale, the cell dingy with insects, rats and wild animals. Our guy is unable to comprehend what is all happening around him. Suddenly there is big bang and he is chained and brought to the infamous court of Satan.
Hard believe his senses, our good Samaritan mutters in great confusion, " Am I in the right place?" Satan with a satanic smile thunders "Yes buddy, you are in the same Hell which you visited earlier. The only difference is - you were a tourist then and now an immigrant!"
Stolen from: Rajagopalan of Just Out
Bee and Charlie
This is the completed Story Game of "Bee and Charlie" that you all did an outstanding job in authoring. For those that may not know these are two of my blogging buddies; Empress Bee (Of the High Sea) at Muffin 53, and her hubby Sarge Charlie of Sarge Charlie. Hubby and I had the pleasure of going on a cruise with them on the Carnival Glory this past February, along with some other wonderful bloggers.Bee and Charlie are getting ready for another cruise, but there's one problem they must address before their cruise. They both suffer from a rare disease known as Chronic Ocean Wave Syndrome (COWS), and have run out of COWS pills, but they wouldn't let a little thing like COWS keep them from their plans to sail the ocean blue! So, they called their Doctor, Dr. Green, who insisted that they contact Dr. Purple who had an abundant supply of little pink COW pills.
The one thing that's always a constant in all these story games, is that someone always mentions cake. This one is really about lots of cake, cruising, pie and Lima beans. Enjoy your Story Game:
As luck would have it, those little pink COWS pills were actually CAKE! Miss Bee had an honest-to-goodness prescription to eat CAKE! Every day, several times a day! Unfortunately, before they could fill their prescriptions they both had to hop on their scooters and scoot over to the gym. Too much cake and they won't fit into their lovely new cruise wardrobe.
When they arrived at the gym, they were surprised to find all their blogger buddies in the pool doing water aerobics. Everyone was bobbing up and down and to and fro when all of a sudden it started to storm and the captain announced everyone needed to go into the dinning hall, after they all arrived in the dinning area the announcement came over the public address system, "Everybody out of the pool".
Bee said, "I'm in the mood for some cake." Charlie said, "I'm in the mood for poker! you go eat more cake while i play cards, and then we'll meet in the dining room for more cake. Maybe some ice cream too. What do you think?
Bee had other ideas, and her plan involved more than cake. She's had cake, plenty of it, this time she would take a walk on the wild side. This time, This Time, She wanted pie. Bee wanted pie, but not any old pie. The pie had to be a Steak and Guinness Pie. The problem was and it was major problem there wasn't any Guinness aboard the ship and they wouldn't be arriving in port for another 48 hours!
So Bee visited the captain and demanded a private meeting to see what he could do to improve the situation. The captain brought her to the lower deck and pulled a small valise out of a hidden wall. Bee's eyes lit up as she squealed , Oh Captain Morgan, You truly mean that I can cruise on Carnival for FREE for life with Sarge by my side?!!! There was a catch though, she and Sarge were never to eat cake again.
"Never eat cake again!? Then surely I will fall ill with a horrible case of Stripes!
Just then Carnival's senior cruise director John Heald came to the rescue. He promised that he would make sure that Bee and Charlie got all the cake during their free cruises and no one would know but them. He would have the pastry chef disguise their dessert to look like something other than cake and no one would be the wiser. John Heald always takes care of Bee and Sarge. Always. He also gave both of them a slice of Lima bean PIE to make sure they would never have a horrible case of the Stripes. Now don't you just love a happy ending? I do too.
Contributing authors (In order of appearance):
Stevebethere of bethere2day
Amazing Gracie of Echoes of Grace
Barb of iPhonographi
Rhonda of Laugh Quotes
Lois Grebowski of Lowdown From Lois
Jodi of Jodi's Journey
DrillerAA09 of Driller's Place
Empress Bee of Muffin53
Marg of Marg's Pets
Mike of A Five Minute Vacation
William K. Wallace of London is Cool
Joyce Lansky of Catch My Words
Ann of Ann's Snap Edit & Scrap
Sandy of Traveling Bells
Mike Golch of Golch Central's Rambling Stuff
Katherine of Shoot Me Now!
Jim of Jim's Little Blog
A great big THANK YOU to everyone that contributed to the Story Game. You are all awesome!
Thankful
Every day we have something to be thankful for... 
Today... We are thankful that the photographer was not standing on the other side! Have a great day!
Hat tip: Jeni of Down River Drivel
Today... We are thankful that the photographer was not standing on the other side! Have a great day!
Hat tip: Jeni of Down River Drivel
Wednesdays Question #17
It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.So here's this weeks question:
Why do you blog?
Men in the Kitchen
Awww...Mondays #91
Again we feature Duke who owns Ann of Ann's Snap Edit & Scrap. To say that Duke is my buddy is putting it mildly. He's one handsome little man in my book. Thanks Ann for letting me showcase Duke again. | 1. Mike Golch 2. Sandee 3. More the Merrier 4. Anny 5. Rhonda 6. Barb 7. Lois Grebowski 8. Joyce Lansky | 9. Sugar 10. Babs 11. Marg 12. Rajagopalan 13. Da Dude 14. Empress Bee 15. Traveling Bells 16. Speedcat & Mardy | 17. Linda 18. William K Wallace 19. Angel 20. Ann 21. Binky 22. bethere2day |
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Commandments
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year old pupils. After explaining the commandment to "honor thy father and thy mother," she asked "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"
Without missing a beat one little boy answered, "Thou shall not kill."
About Silly Sunday
Silly Sunday is the place to come for weekly laughs. Laugh and Link Up!
Here are the simple rules. (And a promise from me to visit and comment on your Silly Sunday contribution).
- Post a joke.
- Link Up with the URL to your joke in the Mister Linky's Widget.
- Read my joke.
- Leave a comment to tell me how much you enjoyed my joke.
- Try and visit a few others participating in Silly Sunday.
Logic 101
An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week, which I quote:
"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq Theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington D.C.
The firearm death rate in Washington, D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period.
That means you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the US capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S., than you are in Iraq.
The Story Game
It's time to play The Story Game again. Here's how it works. I'll start a story. You continue it in comments. Each commenter picks up where the last left off. In a few days I'll give it an ending and post our story with the links to everyone who participated under the heading, "Contributing Authors". You can play as many times as you want. If someone derails the story will one of you put it back on track? Thanks for playing along and have a great day.Here's the beginning of our new story: Bee and Charlie are getting ready for another cruise, but there's one problem they must address before their cruise ...
Cockfights
The Louisiana State Police received reports of illegal cockfights being held in Sunset and sent Detective Boudreaux to investigate.
Boudreaux reported to his sergeant the next morning, "Dey is tree main groups in dis here rooster fightin’."
"Good work, Detective. Who are they?" he asked.
Boudreaux replied confidently, "De Texas Aggies, de Cajuns, and de Mafia."
Puzzled, the sergeant asked, "How did you find that out in one night?"
Well I went down and done seen dat dere rooster fight in person. I knowed dem Aggies was involved when a duck was done entered into de fight."
The sergeant nodded, I'll buy that. But what about the others?"
"Well, I knowed de Cajuns was involved when sunnbody bet on dat dere duck."
"Ah" sighed the sergeant. ‘And how did you figure the Mafia was involved?"
"De duck won."
Stolen from: Phil of Phils Phun
Wednesdays Question #16
It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.So here's this weeks question:
What is one of your favorite summer activities?
For My Friends
I wanted to share this special sentiment with you.
This is really beautiful!
Walk with me by the water, worth the read.
A beautiful message about growing older.
Shit... I forgot the words....
(Was that a little smile I saw cross your face? Good then I've done my job for the day!)
Hat tip: Faythe of Grammy Mouse Tails
This is really beautiful!
Walk with me by the water, worth the read.
A beautiful message about growing older.
Shit... I forgot the words....
(Was that a little smile I saw cross your face? Good then I've done my job for the day!)
Hat tip: Faythe of Grammy Mouse Tails
Awww...Mondays #90
Last week it was mentioned that our Little Bit hasn't been featured in Awww...Mondays. Please meet Little Bit. She's a flat coat retriever, among other things, and is a bird dog. She loves to hunt and really loves chasing cats. Every cat in our neighborhood has beaten her up, but she still chases them. She also loves fish and and hubby came up with the idea of baking bread so he can chum and then she can watch the show. People in the marina stop and watch Little Bit and all the fish. Very entertaining to say the least. 
Here's what you couldn't see in the photo above. Now that makes Little Bit very happy and she'll spend all day and half the night on the swim platform watching all the fish. She'll also bug hubby every 5 seconds to feed the fish. He created a monster. She's a good girl though and the very best dog we've ever had. | 1. Spunky & Manny 2. Sandee 3. Mike Golch 4. Barb 5. Driller 6. Lois Grebowski 7. Marg | 8. Rhonda 9. Traveling Bells 10. Rajagopalan 11. Joanne 12. William K Wallace 13. Empress Bee 14. Joyce Lansky | 15. Mike 16. Duke 17. Binky 18. Linda 19. Carmen 20. Stevebethere |
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A Fireman's Dog
A Sunday School helper was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children began discussing the dog's duties.
"They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster.
"No," said another, "he's just for good luck."
A third child brought the argument to a close. "They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrant."
The Comment Game
It's time to play the comment game again. We are on our last cruise-out of the year so we are enjoying our boating buddies this weekend.Here's how it goes: I'll start the game off at the bottom of this post by choosing two words or phrases, like coffee or tea, and which ever one you prefer you choose. You can also explain why. When you have done that you do two new words or phrases for the next commenter to choose from. Feel free to come back as often as you like. Just have fun. If someone derails the game will one of you put it back on track? Thanks.
First comment: Seafood or Steak?
Friends
Friends are like underpants.
Some crawl up your behind.
Some snap under pressure.
Some don't have the strength to hold you up.
Some get a little twisted.
Some are your favorite.
Some are cheap and just plain nasty,
And some actually do cover your behind when you need them to.
Stolen from Phil of Phils Phun
The Frantics
How many dads do you think are out there that would even try to give any advice or help in this situation? Not many would be my guess. So enjoy the silliness.
Wednesdays Question #15
It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.So here's this weeks question:
What do you most like or dislike about summer?
Happy Barkday Sugar
Today is Sugar The Golden Retrievers Barkday. She is a young 10 years old and we all need to sing Happy Barkday to her. If you want to leave a comment on her blog she would be really happy. Just click on her smiling cute face and it will take you to her blog.♪♪Happy Barkday to you,♪♪
♪♪Happy Barkday to you,♪♪
♪♪Happy Barkday Dear Sugar,♪♪
♪♪Happy Barkday to you.♪♪
Underwear Dust
One evening a husband, thinking he was being funny, said to his wife, 'Perhaps we should start washing your clothes in 'Slim Fast'. Maybe it would take a few inches off of your butt!'
His wife was not amused, and decided that she simply couldn't let such a comment go unrewarded.
Awww...Mondays #89
Hi everyone, my name is Little Bit and I live with Marg at Margs Pets. Well actually Marg is our assistant. What that means is she waits on us hand and paw. Mom also tells us that the lady that is posting this fine picture of me has a dog named Little Bit. I wonder if that's how I got chosen to be in an Awww...Monday? No I think it's because I'm so very pretty. Okay, do I get a treat for posing?Canons and Laws
A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.
He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
The Economy
Women are having sex with their husbands or boyfriends because they can't afford batteries.
Jury Duty is now considered a good-paying job.
I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.
African television stations are now showing 'Sponsor an American Child' commercials!
I ordered a burger at McDonald's and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?"
Imagine
Wednesdays Question #14
It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.So here's this weeks question:
What has been your most memorable vacation? Why?
I'll answer this one in this post. My most memorable vacation was the bloggers cruise I took in February. The reason it was so memorable was because I got to meet many blogger friends in person. There was Sarge Charlie, Empress Bee, Sandy and Dick, Barb and Linda. I just never thought I'd go across the country to take a cruise. These folks sure made it a pleasure to do. I love them all. The Eastern Caribbean was pretty nice too.
Wordless Wednesday
Last week I told you about our Hawaii cruise this coming January. Our next cruise is also booked for 2013, that is if I don't do another cruise in between. In April 2013 we are doing two 7 night back-to-back cruises to the Mexican Riviera on the Carnival Splendor. We have the same suite for both cruises. That's fourteen fabulous nights of cruising. We just have to wait for another 620 days for this cruise.Israelis vs Arabs
The Israelis and Arabs realized that, if they continued fighting, they would someday end up destroying the whole world. So they decided to settle their dispute with an ancient practice: a duel of two, like David and Goliath. This “duel” would be a dog fight.
The Arabs found the biggest, meanest Dobermans and Rottweilers in the world. They bred them together and then crossed their offspring with the meanest Siberian wolves. The negotiators agreed each side would take 5 years to develop the best fighting dog they could. The dog that won the fight would earn its people the right to rule the disputed areas. The losing side would have to lay down its arms for good.
Awww...Mondays #88
Last Tuesday as I was making my rounds of my favorite blogs I visited Barb at iPhonographi and this great shot popped up. This is my favorite kitty in the entire world, although I'm partial to all kitties, but Gracie just captured my heart the very first time I laid eyes on her. This photograph captures that adorable personality. Thanks Barb for letting me showcase your/our baby. | 1. Karen and Gerard 2. Anny 3. Barb 4. Lois Grebowski 5. Marg 6. Rajagopalan | 7. Comedy Plus 8. Linda 9. Mike Golch 10. Empress Bee 11. Sugar 12. Babs | 13. Ann 14. William Wallace 15. Traveling Bells 16. Chuck 17. Binky |
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