Yeknodathon Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I'm just so very glad that a roebuck wasn't found in Minn... oh, dear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 And why would he have made a bow out of a burnt branch anyway? Joe And who ever heard of an arrow with wings, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 And then I have to endure the slings and arrows of outrageous calumnies posted by you lot on Facebook ... where my children and grandchildren can see. You mean they actually manage to read (after a fashion, I suppose)? Maybe there is some hope for the gene pool in spite of your depredations after all. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 And why would he have made a bow out of a burnt branch anyway? I suppose old Iagoo is a lot like yourself: slow, befuddled, drooling, etc. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I'm just so very glad that a roebuck wasn't found in Minn... oh, dear... Enjoy, Donkey. http://www.farmingforwildlife.com/ Er, hope that doesn't violate the board policy on pron... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Enjoy, Donkey. Er, hope that doesn't violate the board policy on pron... Ma, Ma, Ma, Minn, Minn, Minne... Minneapolis on account that a roebuck found IN Minneapolis would affect traffic flows quite considerably. Now, who's for a bit of Longfellow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Sing, O Song of Hiawatha, Of the happy days that followed, In the land of the Ojibways, In the pleasant land and peaceful! Sing the mysteries of Mondamin, Sing the Blessing of the Cornfields! Buried was the bloody hatchet, Buried was the dreadful war-club, Buried were all warlike weapons, And the war-cry was forgotten. There was peace among the nations; Unmolested roved the hunters, Built the birch canoe for sailing, Caught the fish in lake and river, Shot the deer and trapped the beaver; Unmolested worked the women, Made their sugar from the maple, Gathered wild rice in the meadows, Dressed the skins of deer and beaver. All around the happy village Stood the maize-fields, green and shining, Waved the green plumes of Mondamin, Waved his soft and sunny tresses, Filling all the land with plenty. `T was the women who in Spring-time Planted the broad fields and fruitful, Buried in the earth Mondamin; `T was the women who in Autumn Stripped the yellow husks of harvest, Stripped the garments from Mondamin, Even as Hiawatha taught them. Once, when all the maize was planted, Hiawatha, wise and thoughtful, Spake and said to Minnehaha, To his wife, the Laughing Water: "You shall bless to-night the cornfields, Draw a magic circle round them, To protect them from destruction, Blast of mildew, blight of insect, Wagemin, the thief of cornfields, Paimosaid, who steals the maize-ear "In the night, when all Is silence,' In the night, when all Is darkness, When the Spirit of Sleep, Nepahwin, Shuts the doors of all the wigwams, So that not an ear can hear you, So that not an eye can see you, Rise up from your bed in silence, Lay aside your garments wholly, Walk around the fields you planted, Round the borders of the cornfields, Covered by your tresses only, Robed with darkness as a garment. "Thus the fields shall be more fruitful, And the passing of your footsteps Draw a magic circle round them, So that neither blight nor mildew, Neither burrowing worm nor insect,.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Neither burrowing worm nor insect,.......... Has a step on Ol' Foul Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 .... quite possible Minnehaha met a roebuck or two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 who's for a bit of Longfellow? Bit cheeky aren't you? We've only just met.....buy me a drink first GI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Only if you enter me wigwam to lay aside my garments wholly.. er, but we can negotiate about the spandex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 And in other news ... ANY other news frankly ... {shudder} ... turns are out to Leeo, Wolfp Mk II and Nidan1 ... turns are NOT out to MrSpkr since the LOSER never sent a setup. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 [... meanwhile, a hastily errected wigwam has been assembled in the middle of the Paddock with some helpful shop front signage: Justicarps form orderly queueueuuuus ...and... Roebucks and wandering Nodstralians straight to the front ...and... Strictly no Boos ...and... Gnomes MUST wear pointy hats And from the partially open wigwam flap a little rubber door Gnome is carefully positioned to vet visitors and eject any troublesome business while inside something heavy and bright pink sits waiting...] Well, Mr G, we're over-bursting with immense anticipation but first we must adjust.... {*twaaaang*}... spandex can chafe somewhat... now lets see.. [as a group of sprouts are carefully nudged into line] ... what shall come through me flap door! I suspect it might be a Roebuck snout or an inquisitive Australian.. one can never tell and we should always be prepared for every eventuality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Happy Smurfday Gnomey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchy Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Is it really the Gnome's smurfday? Happy Smurfday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 We would wish Seanachai a Happy Birthday, but he does not send turns and so is an anath... an ananatha... anananananathematicness... feck. He cheeses me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Congratulations, Father Seanachai. You've beat the odds and lived on to depress us for yet another year. How . . . perfect. Happy birthday (or something), anyway. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Taurus huh? Well, that figures then, doesn't it? What they said, sort of. Consider what you have to look forward to: more gout; continued and increasing senility; waking up in alleys in strange towns, etc. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 Taurus huh? Well, that figures then, doesn't it? What they said, sort of. Consider what you have to look forward to: ... waking up in alleys in strange towns, etc. Michael Look forward to? Reflect back on, is more like it. At the very least, expect more of the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Taurus huh? Well, that figures then, doesn't it? What they said, sort of. Consider what you have to look forward to: more gout; continued and increasing senility; waking up in alleys in strange towns, etc. MichaelYou're giving him a CAR for his birthday? That's very generous of you Michael. I was just gonna say happy birthday but now I guess I have to up the ante ... or maybe not ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEANACHAI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 You're giving him a CAR for his birthday? That's very generous of you Michael. Thank you, Joe, for providing yet more proof that you are losing it! Nowhere in my post did I even hint that I was giving him a car. I did not even so much as intimate that I knew where he might steal one. In short, you have clearly lost all ability to distinguish between reality and what those voices inside your head say to you. Although the one that keeps whispering that you should find a bridge and jump off of it is at least offering good advice. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Thank you, Joe, for providing yet more proof that you are losing it! Nowhere in my post did I even hint that I was giving him a car. I did not even so much as intimate that I knew where he might steal one. In short, you have clearly lost all ability to distinguish between reality and what those voices inside your head say to you. Although the one that keeps whispering that you should find a bridge and jump off of it is at least offering good advice. MichaelI don't know Michael (and we all wish THAT were literally true), you said something about a Taurus and no wishing to put myself through the pain of reading everything you wrote I just presumed that you were being uncharacteristically generous. I apologize for not reading your entire post more carefully, but if you'll recall back to Junior High (I know we can all agree that your "education" couldn't have gone much beyond that) you likely remember just skimming through that book on history ... or biology ... or well, just about any of the schoolbooks since they were so DAMNED boring and you wanted to get back to peeking under Mary Jane's dress with that mirror on your shoe. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchy Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 I thought Emrys predated mirrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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