Catch-All Anything Thread

[Queen Prawn]

It is unreal how easy (and quick) baking is when you get a Kitchen Aid stand mixer. I made butter cookies and lemon bars today and was ready to bake more.

[Texsox]

It is unreal how easy (and quick) baking is when you get a Kitchen Aid stand mixer.  I made butter cookies and lemon bars today and was ready to bake more.

 

Aren't they awesome! I love baking bread so much more after getting mine. I only wish I had gotten the bigger one where the bowl is raised to the mixer. Mine is almost 20 years old and still working perfect.

 

Wait until you whip potatoes

[Queen Prawn]

Aren't they awesome! I love baking bread so much more after getting mine. I only wish I had gotten the bigger one where the bowl is raised to the mixer. Mine is almost 20 years old and still working perfect.

 

Wait until you whip potatoes 

 

Funny you should mention whipped taters. I am tossing around that thought for tomorrow's dinner. Mashed taters..............YES!

 

I hope to get some time to try making some bread before the wedding, but the weekends are so packed that I don't know if time will permit. The Julia Child bakery cook book I have has several rustic loaf recipes I've been wanting to try.

[Rex Kickass]

Damn, forehead hickey and coffee table laws are so unjust

 

You OK? I told you hanging out with radicals like Nuke, Evil, Jim, and myself would earn you a FBI file and labeled an enemy of the administration.

 

Actually, they thought someone had broken into my apartment. They had reports that a person with a black cape climbed up on my balcony... There was nobody there.

[Rex Kickass]

I'm thinking of legally changing my name to "Rex Kickass."

[Texsox]

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's

{2005} winners:

 

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

 

2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

 

3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

 

4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

 

5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

 

6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

 

7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

 

8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

 

9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

 

10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

 

11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

 

12. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

 

13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

 

14. Glibido: All talk and no action.

 

15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

 

16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web. {I know I've done this dance many times!}

 

17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

 

18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

[Texsox]

I'm thinking of legally changing my name to "Rex Kickass."

that would be so so so (dammit we can't say that here) stupid

[FlaSoxxJim]

Actually, they thought someone had broken into my apartment. They had reports that a person with a black cape climbed up on my balcony... There was nobody there.

 

Is Batman stalking you again?

[FlaSoxxJim]

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's

{2005} winners:

 

  1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

 

  2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

 

  3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

 

  4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

 

  5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating.  The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

 

  6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

 

  7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

 

  8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

 

  9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

 

  10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

 

  11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

 

  12. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

 

  13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

 

  14. Glibido: All talk and no action.

 

  15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

 

  16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.  {I know I've done this dance many times!}

 

  17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

 

  18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

 

I'm crying from laughing so hard at some of these.

[Texsox]

Is Batman stalking you again?

I think we just stumbled into a little sex game that Rex Kickass plays. I wonder if he's the Boy Wonder

[Rex Kickass]

No, he keeps referring to me as the riddler... which is odd because there's nothing androgynous about me.

[Texsox]

The cape guy

 

Jerry and elaine see Frank talking to a guy in a cape.

 

"Boy, those capes sure are coming back".

 

Not as strange as it may seem, after all "it was good cape weather".

 

Upon finding out about the cape guy, george exclaims "A cape, who wears a cape"?

 

P.S the cape guy is played by Larry David, creator and writer and brains behind Curb your enthusiasm, the funniest program ever.

[FlaSoxxJim]

Larry's Seinfeld cameos arre great.

 

Here's the other ones I've caught:

 

- Larry = the Steinbrenner voice overdub

- Larry = the guy that says "I ordered the Kosher meal" in the epicode where Elaine is stuck in coach and Jerry is in first class.

- Larry = the guy that wouldn;t take a $20 bill from George because George drew lips on Andrew Jackson.

- Larry = the voice of the guy who stole Jerry's car

- Larry appeared dressed as a king with a crown, robes, and scepter for a film premiere (Henry V??)

 

What other ones am I missing?

[FlaSoxxJim]

Oh, yeah, I forgot one of my favorites.

 

Larry = the voice of the guy who shouts "is anybody here a marine biologists?" in the episode where George pretends to be a marine biologist and pulls the golf ball out of the whale's blowhole.

[WHarris1]

Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.

 

 

 

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

 

 

 

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

 

 

 

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

 

 

 

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.

 

 

 

Now it gets really weird.

 

 

 

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

 

 

 

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

 

 

 

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

 

 

 

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

 

 

 

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

 

 

 

Now hang on to your seat.

 

 

 

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'

Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'

 

 

 

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

 

 

 

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

 

 

 

And here's the kicker...

 

 

 

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Edited September 26, 2005 by WHarris1

[Soxy]

For my money, there's no better feel good song than, "You can leave your hat on" by Tom Jones. . .

[Texsox]

For my money, there's no better feel good song than, "You can leave your hat on" by Tom Jones. . .

 

Better than Joe Cocker's version??

[Soxy]

Better than Joe Cocker's version??

C'mon, Tom Jones is smooooooth man.

 

Whenever I hear Joe Cocker I think of Belushi imitating him on SNL--not a feel good image. . .

[Texsox]

C'mon, Tom Jones is smooooooth man.

 

Whenever I hear Joe Cocker I think of Belushi imitating him on SNL--not a feel good image. . .

 

I'm just listening to Jones' version wishing someone special to me was here.

[Soxy]

I'm just listening to Jones' version  wishing someone special to me was here.

Come on now Tex, who needs someone special when you can dance around and sing loudly and off key in your underwear?

[Texsox]

Come on now Tex, who needs someone special when you can dance around and sing loudly and off key in your underwear?

 

While most everyone here is now thinking happy thoughts of *you* dancing in your underwear, no one, and I mean no one(1), wants to think of *me* dancing in my underwear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Well maybe Rex Kickass, aka winodj

[southsider2k5]

Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.

 

 

 

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

 

 

 

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

 

 

 

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

 

 

 

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.

 

 

 

Now it gets really weird.

 

 

 

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

 

 

 

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

 

 

 

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

 

 

 

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

 

 

 

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

 

 

 

Now hang on to your seat.

 

 

 

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'

Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'

 

 

 

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

 

 

 

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

 

 

 

And here's the kicker...

 

 

 

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

 

 

Snopes is all over that...

 

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/linckenn.htm

[Texsox]

Snopes is all over that...

 

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/linckenn.htm

 

Thanks for posting that. I've seen that list for years and always wondered about some of the underlying "facts".

[southsider2k5]

Thanks for posting that. I've seen that list for years and always wondered about some of the underlying "facts".

 

ANYTIME I see something like that, Snopes is the first place I go to. They are the be all, end all for urban legends. And actually if you click the community link at the top of the page, they have a nice message board, with really really smart people.

[Texsox]

ANYTIME I see something like that, Snopes is the first place I go to.  They are the be all, end all for urban legends.  And actually if you click the community link at the top of the page, they have a nice message board, with really really smart people.

 

I love that site, it's always the first place I go. I just never thought to check there for the Kennedy/Lincoln list.

 

BTW, I read John Jakes On Secret Service a few weeks back. A friend of mine likes historical novels and I decided to read one. Jakes works on keeping his novels historically accurate, which makes it a great way to brush up on history. I'm reading Savannah, A Gift for President Lincoln. Also a great read.