Subj : Re: More Various Things To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Jun 23 2021 20:55:00 Barry, DS> When the inventor of the girdle asked the woman trying it on, DS> he asked her if it fit. She replied "Of corset does". BM> That one doesn't work for a girdle! The late Red Skelton noted that his wife told him "If you don't lose weight, I'm going to make you wear one of my girdles!!". Admidst the laughter in the audience, he said "I know what you dear ladies go through". He said that his wife didn't say anything to him about it for over 2 weeks. Well, he goes in the bathroom, and here's this deal on the door. He starts putting it on like a diaper, mightily struggling. He is sweating like a horse under the hot stage lights, as he goes through with this pantomime. All the while, the entire hall is roaring with raucous laughter. His wife suddenly walks in, and asks "What are you doing??!!". Out of breath, he laments "Ok, Honey. You win. I'll lose weight". She screams "YOU TAKE OFF MY HOT WATER BOTTLE!!" . BM> If the hobos flatten themselves again the side of the railcar they BM> can't be seen! If they lose their grip, they lose their life. BM> We like to occasionally watch some old-old shows on TV and 'catch' now- BM> famous actors in bit parts, when they were first starting out. I think of Rowan And Martin's Laugh In, when folks like Goldie Hawn, JoAnn Worley, Arte Johnson, Ruth Buzzy, and others, got their start ("You Bet Your Sweet Bippy" ). BM> "By golly!" -- that's a discarded expression! When the retired railroad folks saw the movie at its release, they were appalled at the language. They were told "You obviously haven't been around a rail yard lately". DS> So, I indirectly had a part in the movie...an "extra extra". BM> Neat background! It was a bear to prepare that 4x8 foot silkscreen for "the check" they were given. Moving scores of those over the years, likely aggravated the arthritis that's giving me so much grief today. DS> ... Why is "abbreviated" such a long word? BM> How else would we derive 'abbrv."? DS> ABRV . BM> And even left out the period! PMS Jokes aren't funny --- period!! Or the radio station with the callsign WPMS. It has a woman's format...one week of the month, it plays ragtime, and the rest of the time, it plays the blues. :P BM> You were lured into that, hook, line and sinker! Just fishing for content to keep the echo active. So many of the echoes have only autopost ads for BBS's. I post mine once a month, and that's it. Now, the Today In History stuff is autopost, but it recycles on a yearly basis. Daryl .... Lead me not into temptation -- I'll find my own way. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .