Open Thread: A Place To Get Away From It All

Say what you will... ;-) (4.00 / 16)

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by: Edger @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 11:02:28 AM CDT

Did anyone here know my Dad was (3.85 / 20)

a physic? It is true. When he was about 10 he dreamed of a snake that came to his room and told him his Aunt Nelly was dead. It scared the hell out of the boy. He ran into his parents room and told them what had happened. His Dad, an old school hill-billy coal miner told him it was just a dream and not to worry.

The next day, the news came, Nelly had died on her way back from the well.

Three weeks later, my father was visited by the snake again. This time it told him his father would die the next day. That morning he told his father about the dream and it obviously impacted him, even though he said it was silly. My Grandfather spent the day in a haze, wondering when the axe would fall. When he came home that night he looked as though he had aged ten years. He looked at my Grandmother and said "This has been the longest day of my life, and the worst"/

My grandmother said, "You think you had a hard day? The milk man dropped dead on the porch this morning!"

Okay, so that is a shaggy dog story, but good for a laugh.  

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by: Something The Dog Said @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 11:30:29 AM CDT

Do you HAVE to do that so early? (4.00 / 9)

It took me two reads... ;-)

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by: Edger @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 11:39:15 AM CDT

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It is subtle that is why it is one of my favorites! eom (4.00 / 5)

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by: Something The Dog Said @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 14:18:13 PM CDT

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Grandma didn't seem too upset. (4.00 / 5)

The milkman was useful? ;-)

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by: Edger @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 14:22:43 PM CDT

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Oh, that is so wrong! (4.00 / 6)

I confess: I laughed. Then I wondered - did he drop before or after making his delivery. Never mind. I guess the story sorta answered that question :-o

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by: mksinsa @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 12:21:33 PM CDT

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OK, everybody up out of your chairs now... (4.00 / 4)

Honky Tonk Blogging ;-)

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by: Edger @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 11:57:31 AM CDT

Sad, sad day. (4.00 / 7)

When all is said and done, what really matters is whether or not you are happy.

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by: Robyn @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 12:19:18 PM CDT

It's amazing (4.00 / 6)

how much fear and stupidity there is in the world, isn't it? :-(

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by: Edger @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 14:08:05 PM CDT

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I just got back from vacation (4.00 / 7)

well, if you call dragging my kid all over Disney World a vacation...

Anyway, disappointed about the Prop 8.  That sucks.  Terrible day for equal rights.  

"I've come to realize we all have our place.  Time has a way, you know, to make it clear." -NIN

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by: MotherTrucker @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 12:25:49 PM CDT

The comic reminds me of (4.00 / 6)

a fabulous play by Jean Paul Sartre, called "No Exit". It's about Hell.

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by: dervish @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 12:27:50 PM CDT

In Italy, it would be the priest who dropped dead (4.00 / 9)

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by: Mr Horrible @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 12:51:06 PM CDT

Heh! (4.00 / 3)

Probably true...

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by: Edger @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 13:35:47 PM CDT

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Clinger tries new way... (4.00 / 6)

...to go awol.  Watched a M*A*S*H rerun yesterday I'd never seen before.  Clinger built a flying machine of big red wings and ran at full speed off a high cliff in pink wooly, fluffy bedroom slippers.

Hawkeye and Trapper couldn't believe their eyes, "Did you see that big red bird with pink feet?"  

Clinger was discovered where he crashed 2 miles away, unconsious but looney-wise as ever.

The fierce urgency of now.  Martin

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by: dharmasyd @ Tue May 26, 2009 at 16:35:19 PM CDT

Isn't this a pic of the folks here (4.00 / 3)

in Open Thread? Thought I recognized the chill factor.

BTW, Edger, I see Open Thread isn't a daily feature here but are you the keeper of the weekday OTs, just Tuesdays or a random event whenever it's time to relax?

Well, since it's still too early to pop a cork, guess I'll mosey into the new diaries until Happy Hour. Zum Wohl!

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by: mksinsa @ Wed May 27, 2009 at 09:22:20 AM CDT

anybody can (4.00 / 2)

Sometimes I pop up an Open Random Thread.  Im usually pretty random. heh.

Anyone can post an Open Thread anytime they want. Remember you can post Essays more than once per day here.

So Im here, reading. Trying to get some work done. Dont have any good jokes.  Okay, went to the google... some sick stuff out there. eegh.

http://z.about.com/d/political...


No justice, no peace.

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by: Lady Libertine @ Wed May 27, 2009 at 11:42:30 AM CDT

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this one's better (phew) (4.00 / 2)

guns in parks ok

No justice, no peace.

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by: Lady Libertine @ Wed May 27, 2009 at 11:44:30 AM CDT

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Ah, thank you (4.00 / 2)

for that explanation ... and, okay, um, for the cartoon link. :-D Horsey must have some serious, Medium-esque dreams, the way he depicts that Boehner-Pelosi interaction. Hmmm.

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by: mksinsa @ Wed May 27, 2009 at 11:51:18 AM CDT

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I just do things at random here (4.00 / 1)

on no schedule of any kind, kind of like I do things in the rest of my random life. ;-)

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by: Edger @ Wed May 27, 2009 at 17:09:44 PM CDT

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Heh, my life, too (4.00 / 1)

has taken a turn to the random and taskless now that I'm home alone for a bit with "Honey Do" off visiting her folks!

"Beer, beer, beer, said the privates!"

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by: mksinsa @ Wed May 27, 2009 at 18:15:16 PM CDT

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What was that old saying when we were younger? (4.00 / 1)

"Older whisky! Younger women! And MORE BEER!!!" ;-)

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by: Edger @ Wed May 27, 2009 at 18:21:34 PM CDT

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