Archive through December 23, 2001
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Juju2bigdog | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 02:51 pm     Um, Tess, I don't think Merlin has trouble keeping track of them...
umm, Tess, shouldn't Buttercup be told it is not good policy to make threats against the person holding your cat? |
Spygirl | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 03:06 pm     Hey everyone!! Made it here before 1pm central time!!! That is the fastest I've ever made the trip. The traffic was heavy, but everyone was moving fast. I swear that I did not travel faster than 79 at any given time, and I averaged 75-76 most of the trip. The construction in Ft. Worth was minor compared to normal, but it still slowed me some. I couldn't check the board any sooner because I forgot to get my parent's ISP password. Was stuck until they got back into the area after the funeral. Thanks to Merlin for the updates! I was here before most of you saw the light of day it seems (hehe, Tess). MsButter, where is this house by the water you are considering? That description could be just about anywhere in that city...I hope that you check the water levels right now near that house b/c the river is flooding right now. This would be a good indication of what you may face with flood conditions. Merlin, I'm CRACKING UP at your report on Moon. That "dead man walking" title will certainly carry over from Butter to Moon when she gets a load of that post! I'm spending the evening with my cousins tonight. We're going to play Bingo (everyone's favorite past time in this family, and I go along to socialize because I'm the most unlucky person alive). My brother is going to a wedding, and my dad will likely plop himself down in front of the Big Screen (which is amazing) for football. I'll check in later! |
Tess | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 03:31 pm     Juju good point(s)! Spy----shhhhh. Not that many people know I didn't get up until 2:30pm today and only then because a certain 5 year old was really irritating her dad. Maybe since Merlin is taking in half of the TVCH women I could send Miss Sarah to him. She would take real good care of Phil. Spy I was trying not to be tooooo specific about the whereabouts of cute house. MissButtercup is STILL deciding. At this rate we're not going to get any dinner at my house either. In the meantime, piece of advice for you tonight. Just randomly yell out BINGO as loud as you can thereby startling all other players into tipping all the markers off their cards. You will be so convincing that no one will suspect that you really don't have a single marker on your card yet. Or--create a diversion (you're good at that) and when everyone is looking eslewhere, grab the card of the cousin closest to winning and trade it for yours. With that angelic face who would ever think that you had anything to do with all that ruckus? Merlin is toast when Moon gets there. |
Nancy | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 03:39 pm     LOL--i went to bingo last nite with a girlfriend and someone yelled bingo---every threw their cards away(all paper games here)--and she didnt have it--so OUT comes the papers from the trash--one more number called---bingo she yells--throw the papers away again(should have learned LOL) and i had downstairs to the bathroom-(intermission)-i get half way downstairs and realize they are CALLING the next number (another false alarm) so BACK upstairs i go to continue to play---dang i could have one LOL |
Sage | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 04:00 pm     Hey Spy, so happy you made it home safe and sound for your holiday with your family. Have fun.  |
Grooch | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 04:11 pm     I think I need to go ask Santa for a nice new map of the United States and Canada, so I can keep track of everybody. I am amazed at how fast some people are getting across country. (Coming from a girl that took 2 1/2 days to drive from NY to Miami and most people only need 24 hours.) |
Merlin | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 04:24 pm     Juju, even I caught that bit of sarcastic humor in your comment. <sigh> Spygirl, try to make it to chat and I can tell you where the house is. It seems that the *cute little red house on the river* is winning over the townhouses that are not ready for occupancy. Buttercup is in the driveway for the second look and it sounds like the decision has been made. The owner told her the highest the river has ever been was still 8 feet below the house. She did mention he was an attorney, so I am questioning the integrity of his answer. Oh, in regards to that post about Moondance, you put the fear in me about that one. I decided I should fess up to her before she could read it. Not only does she not do the single digit wave, but she is traveling I-10 instead of the one I mentioned. Further proof to never believe a big rig driver when they are passing along information. I blamed it on the truck drivers. It seems that the heavy traffic around Palm Springs that is going to all the outlet centers has held her top speed down to around 40 mph. I have seen horses that could throw the bit in their mouth and would run like the wind. Moon's description of what was happening after she got out of this shopping traffic reminded me of that. disclaimer.......I am not suggesting by the last comment that Moon should/could have a bit in her mouth, and heaven forbid the possibility of being reined. |
Tess | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 05:11 pm     MissButtercup officially has a cute little red house now and says she can canoe to school!! Santa--are you listening?? Her Majesty needs a canoe and rower for Christmas. Throw away that old list with the diamonds and perfume. Time to get practical here. |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 05:34 pm     Merlin, are you accusing Moondance of breaking wind? Oh, I guess not. You are just saying she is dillydallying around shopping in tacky discount outlet centers. You stick with me, Merlin, I'll get you all straightened out. Buttercup dispatch - whizzing past Tallulah, LA as we speak. Says she is in an insane rain and thunderstorm. Now the question is - is she going to Gulfport or not?
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Merlin | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 05:46 pm     If I stick with you juju, I would be buried as soon as I was straightened out. Not my choice of ways to go. |
Lancecrossfire | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 05:54 pm     Merlin, with the kind of help Juju is giving you, I'd hire some protection. Don't approach any ex-FBI agents--I think Juju has them in her back pocket. Your only hope may be the witness protection program. NO! Scratch that idea! We could go for the truth, although lynch mobs rarely want to hear the truth. |
Tess | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 06:06 pm     Grooch--you could follow along on mapquest which is what I'm doing with Buttercup!! I have a red star following along down the highway. Of course, she says she's only going 1 mpg right now due to the storm so she's not too hard to track. |
Tess | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 06:10 pm     Missiyeeppyyy! I think that message from Miss Buttercup says it all. |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 06:32 pm     So... Merlin, are you trying to imply that I would not get you straightened out? Or that Moondance is crooked? Spygirl, put a twenty on B58 for me. Go, Buttercup!
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Tess | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 07:17 pm     Yooohooo, Phrf!!! MissButtercuppy is looking for you. She's on hwy 49 headed south and sent email a few hours ago looking for you. Are you out there somewhere?? Juju2trackingdog---have you seen Phrf?? |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 07:27 pm     Tess, you know I can't say Phrf ferf! without cracking up. No, I have not seen Phrf. I shall sniff about.
Okay, I have dispatched a carrier pigeon. If it can get through in this weather. Friend north of New Orleans reports it is snowing there. |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 07:44 pm     Now I find out that snow report was a forecast, not what is going on now. It is 60 now. |
Tess | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 07:59 pm     Hahahah---Juju, the snow is all up in my neighborhood and real purty too. Merlin has Miss Buttercup on the phone and I have her as a big red star on mapquest. Merlin and I are both in chat but both occupied. Not a Phrf in sight!! |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 10:22 pm     Buttercup report - she blazed through Gulfport at 11:30 central time. Phrf was alseep, Buttercup streaked on through. Latest report has Buttercup in Alabama in a big storm.
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Juju2bigdog | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 10:32 pm     Moondance report - made it to Tucson, spending the night. Not sure when that was though. An unnamed person claims to have gotten that report from a truckstop denizen.
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Tess | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 12:26 am     Buttercuppy is in Florida!! Word came a little while ago that MissButtercup has officially entered the state of Florida and shows no sign of stopping any time soon. Right now she's zipping through Okaloosa County singing away. If anything else interesting happens on the Buttercuppy night shift ya'll will be the second to know. |
Tess | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 01:48 am     Final Buttercuppy Update of the night!! About 35 minutes ago Miss Buttercup said her final goodnights before being safely tucked away to sleep some 200 miles west of the junction of I-10 and I-75 in Florida. That is where her little red star will stay on this correspondent's mapquest.com map until we're ready to roll again in the morning. Sweet dreams, everyone! |
Merlin | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 07:15 am     Buttercup is rolling again Tess. The mere fact she is up this early concerns me about the possibility of a big freeze in hello. The following are lyrics to a song she heard on the radio and is wondering if anyone knows who sings it. I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy I want a hippopotamus for Christmas I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you? He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes to see a hippo hero standing there I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses I only like hippopotamuses And hippopotamuses like me too Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes to see a hippo hero standing there I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses I only like hippopotamuseses And hippopotamuses like me too! |
Solidsnake | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 07:47 am     butta report: she has hitched a ride on A-95 and has left earth for a safer haven on Mars. We wish her well. |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 07:57 am     Wow, Merlin! And what a great question that turned out to be. The song was sung by 10 year old Gayla Peevey of Oklahoma City in 1953 to help the Oklahoma City Zoo buy its first ever hippopotamus. The song became a nationwide and worldwide hit, and the zoo got its hippopotamus. Here is a great website on the song hippo song And here is a update on Matilda the hippopotamus Matilda
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