Fringey's taut-abbed painter - Page 228

Hank Chinaski · 01-04-2005, 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I ordered

the common cold. I might give it to my sister, since I've already given her the smaller version.

I'm a romantic, and got mono for my wife as a stocking stuffer.

Mono - Kissing Disease

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leagleaze · 01-04-2005, 01:21 PM

For those interested (thanks for the help on and off board by the way) the firing went surprisingly well. As it turned out I was the one who had to actually do it. I had a feeling that is what would happen.

But, it was amicable and the fellow was actually smiling by the time we finished. So instead of feeling like a complete bitch, I ended up just feeling a bit shitty.

greatwhitenorthchick · 01-04-2005, 01:32 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Update on my cold: Chicken soup (with a full head of garlic, I brought out the big guns) had no noticeable effects, though it was tasty, and I'll try again tonight. Voice bears no resemblance to a normal person's voice. Nyquil continues to keep me from drowning in my own lungs at night. Previously thought it was impossible to cough this much.

I have had that dreadful cold for the past two weeks (it keeps lingering, but started off as you describe complete with eyeball pain). Now all I have is a cough, but it's a nasty one. My voice still keeps coming and going. Argh. Actually, if you want to know, my home remedy tonic made it a lot better:

1 head garlic
2 red hot chile peppers (non-musical kind)
2 inches horseradish root
2 inches ginger
1 white onion
apple cider vinegar (unpasterized if you can get it)

peel and put everything in a blender. Cover with apple cider vinegar and puree. Take two teaspoons right away (swirl in mouth and swallow). continue to take two teaspoons at night and in the morning until tonic is finished. You don't have to refrigerate it, just keep it in a glass jar.

It's utterly foul and the first time you take it, you might want to throw up (I didn't, but some do). Sit down the first time you take it. It seemed to work very well for me, though, at turning abject misery into just a lingering annoyance.

Oh: and miso soup. I've been living on the stuff. Dee-licious.

ltl/fb · 01-04-2005, 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
1 head garlic
2 red hot chile peppers (non-musical kind)
2 inches horseradish root
2 inches ginger
1 white onion
apple cider vinegar (unpasterized if you can get it)

peel and put everything in a blender. Cover with apple cider vinegar and puree. Take two teaspoons right away (swirl in mouth and swallow).

Kiss me, you fool!

greatwhitenorthchick · 01-04-2005, 01:47 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Kiss me, you fool!

Apparently, unless you chew garlic, onions etc., you don't get bad breath. I am concerned that the smell might be coming out my pores though. Delightful.

Seasonal Sock · 01-04-2005, 01:48 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I heard about a couple who ran into him eating breakfast in a resort in California (second hand story). They politely apologized for invading his space, but told him they were huge fans and would really like his autograph. He very nicely responded by shaking their hands and writing something on a napkin, which he then folded and handed to the husband with the directive that the napkin not be opened until Carlin left the restaurant. They obliged. On Carlin's way out, people recognized him and he did a few bows and waved a bit. Once he left, the couple opened the napkin and found "Fuck You - George Carlin."

I have no idea if its true, but its easy to believe.

I don't blame Carlin. One - why is it people don't get that celebs have heard all this before day in/day out ("we're your number one biggest fan"; "oh, sorry, just a quick autograph please") or think an exception should be made "just this once". Two - what is the big deal with an autograph? How creepy to ask someone to sign your napkin. Especially since everyone, even the celeb, knows damn well it will end up on the bottom of someone's junk drawer some day.

It's a little different with a book. I was stuck waiting hours for a flight along with Tip O'Neill MANY moons ago and after talking for a really long time I eventually got his book from the airport store and he signed the book, which was a first edition, with some personal words. He'd been making references to things he said in the book, so I went and got it and signing it was his idea.

I'd think it would be different with underwear, too. If you have even a glimmer of hope of getting AJ to sign a pair of her soiled panties you should at least try asking. Totally different ball game than a napkin with Carlin's name on it.

ltl/fb · 01-04-2005, 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Apparently, unless you chew garlic, onions etc., you don't get bad breath. I am concerned that the smell might be coming out my pores though. Delightful.

Hold me. Sweatily.

Sidd Finch · 01-04-2005, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by Seasonal Sock
I'd think it would be different with underwear, too. If you have even a glimmer of hope of getting AJ to sign a pair of her soiled panties you should at least try asking. Totally different ball game than a napkin with Carlin's name on it.

What if he wiped his butt with the napkin? Wouldn't that be functionally the same?

Seasonal Sock · 01-04-2005, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
What if he wiped his butt with the napkin? Wouldn't that be functionally the same?

If you'd just as soon lick fluid from Carlin's ass as lop up AJ's love juice, then you are really really really really really gay.

ETA: You are really gay.

tmdiva · 01-04-2005, 02:10 PM

Cook's Illustrated reviewed them a couple of years ago, and I think the Oster classic beehive blender was a winner. Well, enough of a winner that I went and bought it. I think it was one of the few tested that could efficiently crush ice, plus it's cheaper than many (about $70). Only one speed, but I've never felt the need for more.

tm

Not Bob · 01-04-2005, 02:15 PM

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Originally posted by Seasonal Sock
I'd think it would be different with underwear, too. If you have even a glimmer of hope of getting AJ to sign a pair of her soiled panties you should at least try asking. Totally different ball game than a napkin with Carlin's name on it.

I assume (after a little bit of mental exercise) that AJ = Angelina Jolie. Correct? And was this just a random segue, or did I miss something?

Jack Manfred · 01-04-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap

Ostensibly, that is Scarlett Johansson. And it's a frame from the upcoming movie A Love Song for Bobby Long, and the trailer is here. So sayeth the Defamer.

Whoa. It may even be worth subjecting myself to a couple of hours of John Travolta to further investigate this.

Apparently, Scarlett is impressed by them as well. "I'm proud of my girls. They're my charms, my feminine wiles."

And no margaritas for Sebby, as he won't help answer a question about bar equipment, for crying out loud.

Tyrone Slothrop · 01-04-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally posted by Seasonal Sock
I don't blame Carlin. One - why is it people don't get that celebs have heard all this before day in/day out ("we're your number one biggest fan"; "oh, sorry, just a quick autograph please") or think an exception should be made "just this once".

A close family member is enough of a celebrity to be recognized in public quite a bit, and it certainly is a drag to always have people coming up to you to say hello. Oddly, in some parts of the country (I'm thinking of parts of the Mountain West in particular), people may recognize you but are much less likely to get in your space. On the flip side, you can use the celebrity to your advantage sometimes -- e.g., getting seated at restaurants ahead of other people.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 01-04-2005, 02:24 PM

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Originally posted by Jack Manfred
Apparently, Scarlett is impressed by them as well. "I'm proud of my girls. They're my charms, my feminine wiles."

Maybe she'll make a sequel starring them titled "Girl with a Pearl Necklace".

Sidd Finch · 01-04-2005, 02:27 PM

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Originally posted by Seasonal Sock
If you'd just as soon lick fluid from Carlin's ass as lop up AJ's love juice, then you are really really really really really gay.

I will confess: licking AJ's (Anjelina Jolie's?) soiled underwear holds no attraction for me.

Zero does equal zero, so I suppose I'm gay.

I mean, if a guy who buys soiled underwear on the Internet says it, it must be true.