Subj : Re: Todays Blooper To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Nov 18 2020 12:29:00 Barry, DS> I've wondered if I should have one when I eat out. BM> I think one about the size of what they use at a barber shop should be BM> almost sufficient! For me, yes. :P But, I've been stuck at home for over a week. I've still got food and drink to last a bit, but they're going to be closed the latter part of Thanksgiving Week, so I may be without a car until December. DS> First, if I was pregnant, I'd get a whole lot more than I am on DS> disability. :P BM> Yeah: from child support! Never mind interviews from all the tabloids. DS> though, I get into one of those "nothing sounds good" moods. BM> Yes, and I think some of that is just too much in the cupboards rather BM> than a real nutritional craving. I will try to snack realtively BM> healthy, but sometimes that bowl of ice cream is just calling my name!! BM> (And how that ice cream got out of the freezer and into the bowl...!) After the field rats came in just over a year ago (I'm still dealing with those damn critters), I cleared out ALL the cupboards. What food and drink is here is in the refrigerator/freezer. BM> My guess is there is a group selected as potential contestants which BM> serve as the mini-audience. Some of the shows do not have an audience, BM> or barely one (family/friends in isolated clusters) but there is an BM> 'audience track' to make it sound like things are normal. A couple BM> dozen people making all that cheering and clapping? I don't think so! But, with "The Price Is Right", the contestants are from the audience. Yet, with no audience, where are the contestants?? And they aren't social distanced on the game shows...never mind the soap operas. BM> Personally I find the 'audience track' distracting. Just as bad as "the laugh track". BM> The dachshund was just syaing you should be wearing brown shoes! I guess so. Fritz (the one my late wife and I had when we got married) adored me...except for the one night he decided to reassert his role as alpha male, and nearly bit my nose off my face. My wife was asleep on the futon, and he was at her feet. I was laying next to her...and I either looked at him funny, or he perceived me as a threat to her...so he came after me, growling and showing his teeth. Then, it was as if The Lord told her "Your husband is about to lose his nose from a dog bite!!", and she sprang up, and screamed "FRITZ!! NO!!". I backed up, and popped him on his butt, as he jumped off the futon (still snarling), and nearly broke my wrist. Now, this woman, who was dead to the world seconds earlier, is moving as if Satan and the whole demonic hordes of Hell were after her, and she is screaming "IN YOUR CARRIER!! NOW!! MOVE IT, LARD ASS!!" I thought she was a quiet, petite woman...but I was in shock now. As loud as she was yelling, I'm surprised the neighbors didn't call the police (as if she and I were fighting and arguing). She got the lid closed on him in the carrier, and he nearly bit her. He was still growling as she walked back toward me, and she said "Overgrown four legged sausage ball". I asked her what she would've done if the dog had gotten to my face...and as serious as she could be, replied "First, I would've taken care of you" (probably calling 911) "then, I would've killed me a dog. I will NOT let an animal rule me in my own home!!". And, that really set him off worse than before. She looked at me sweetly, and said "Excuse me, darling. I'll be right back!!". She had fire in her eyes...the angriest I ever saw her. The dog was ballistic by this point, so she grabbed this high pitch device and the water bottle...pressing it where he definitely heard it, and he got wet...and she yelled "I CAN TAKE IT LONGER THAN YOU CAN, FATSO!!". It took him at least 2 days to mellow out...we never figured out why he went crazy. DS> Just ask Arte Johnson with Ruth Buzzi from Laugh-In. BM> Uh-huh! :) Another show that wouldn't make it now. DS> Arte: Do you believe in the hereafter?? DS> Ruth: Of course I do. DS> Arte: Well, then you know what I'm here after. BM> OK, that one should still work! I'm afraid to try it. :P Daryl .... What is a Zebra?? 25 sizes larger than an "A" bra. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .