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QUOTE (Stoon @ May 25 2008, 11:32 PM) 
Daisy was reaping the soul of someone in a plastic surgeon's office. To have an excuse to be there she was filling out forms. The receptionist asked her what her insurance provider was, and she replied "SAG." The receptionist asked "SAG?" and Daisy replied "Screen Actor's Guild."
If I recall correctly.
If I recall correctly.
Oh, man, THAT kind of recall of the episodes I DONT have. But you know what, if I HAD seen it, I'd have jumped at it. Daisy was a starlet in the 30's, right? (Sometimes she talks like it was the 20's - at other times the 40's) SAG didn't HAVE insurance for members then. It wasn't added to the benefits until the late 60's or early 70's. I believe it came after we won residual payments.
It's INCREDIBLY difficult to earn, by the way. An actor has to book the equivalent of a guest starring role every quarter for multiple consecutive quarters, OR hit it big with a great national commercial or two that keep the checks rolling in for a few consecutive quarters. Only a very small percentage of SAG's members are able to earn enough to qualify for insurance for a year's coverage. And then if you hit a slow down during that year, or if your national spot stops running, you're out of the benefit again until you can get back up to the required number of consecutive earning quarters.
QUOTE (Stoon @ May 25 2008, 11:52 PM)
Hey, I just read that a direct to DVD Dead Like Me film is being made.
NO! Where did you read it! I'll bet they do it - I'll bet George finds a way to let Reggie know she's there. Not talking or anything, but Reggie will know. I think she already suspects.
Incidentally, have you caught Dolores Herbig (Christine Willes) playing one of Satan's demons in CW's "Reaper?"
via my neighbor:
Who do you call when you loose your toe?
a toe truck!!!!
Who do you call when you loose your toe?
a toe truck!!!!
I live on a farm.
I’ve taken an unscientific poll. I've asked each of the following groups whom would they vote for if it comes down to McCaine and Obama.
There are three teenagers, four adults, (one of which is me), 179 free range chickens at last count, three goats, two horses, one starling, seven cats, four bee hives, two geese, eight ducks, 200+ free range Cornish Cross meat chickens, eight jersey steers, and one jersey bull.
Of the adults, one is a Canadian, and unable to vote and not interested in changing his nationality to vote. Yes, he is a legal resident alien, so I won’t count him.
One is the Canadians wife, who is not a Canadian and will vote for Obama.
One is my wife and will vote for Obama she says
I of course will vote for Obama.
The Canadian and the Non Canadians son said he would vote for Obama.
My daughter age 16, a member of her high school’s speech team, was recently elected to be the speech team manager. After giving me a lengthy speech on the reasons why she would, indeed vote for Obama, she then stated that she looks forward to campaigning for him on his run for a second term when she is eligible to vote. I clapped. She bowed.
My son, who is a Randi Rhodes daily listener is solidly in the Obama camp, and since the starling named Kim, who has been with him since falling from her nest when she was very young, mimics him, that’s two more for Obama.
So far its looking good for Obama with 7 and 0 for McCaine.
In the north pasture I attempted to poll the eight steers and one bull as to whom would they vote for. The steers pretty much ignored me since they were poled (dehorned) once before when they were younger, and are leery of me because at the same time they were poled, they also became steers. The bull paid more attention to my question because I’m the one who cuts him out of the herd and brings him in for stud servicing. He never gave me an answer that I could understand, but I marked him down as a vote for McCaine, since he’s generally stupid, constantly belligerent, and pushy with the other bovines and generally thinks he is the most important thing alive. Not to mention that he will hump anything that will stand still long enough for him to mount. Oh and he’s full of bullshit.
(Possible running mate for McCaine?)
Obama 7 and McCaine 1.
I next asked the goats. They were not interested in being polled, (they still have their horns) and were nervous of my presence, probably because I’m still ticked that they did some unauthorized pruning of the blueberry bushes. Because they know that I am in favor of Obama, I believe they would support McCaine, just to piss me off and also because I fixed the hole in the fence, so 3 for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 4 for McCaine.
Of the seven cats, the six fixed ones I would say probably would vote for Obama, though it maybe that they really don’t seem to care much for politics and are more interested in the newly planted bed of catnip, catnapping, just hanging out and eating. Six non-votes here.
The one unfixed tomcat, though, is unfriendly, contentious, picks fights with the other cats, pees and marks everything that isn’t his, I would have so say would vote for McCaine.
(Say, would McCaine like to adopt a cat?)
Obama with 7 and 5 for McCaine.
I didn’t bother with the bees, simply because they believe in a different form of government and they tend to have stinging opinions every time I have anything to do with them.
The geese are a cranky pair who we took in because a customer could no longer keep them in the city limits. We have named them Mr. and Mrs. Hiss. They are markedly unfriendly, territorial, and even when fed tend to be very ungrateful.
When I asked, “would they vote for Obama” they hissed loudly, and when I ask, “how about McCaine” they started honking, so 2 more for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 7 for McCaine.
I was sure that the ducks would break the tie in Obama’s favor. I like the ducks, they are a very tight group, always together, they never cause trouble on the farm. But I was dismayed when I asked them. They all went enthusiastically for the quack. So McCaine picks up eight more.
Obama 7 and McCain 15
I was beginning to worry that our farm was going republican.
I’m not a great communicator when it comes to horses. At feeding time I took two flakes of hay into the horse corral. I laid the flakes of hay about 10 feet apart and told the horses that the first one was the Obama flake and the second (bigger) one was the McCaine flake. Tina the Arabian mare went for the second flake, while Pokey the miniature horse went for the first. Pokey looks almost like a donkey anyway.
Obama 8 and McCaine 16
The 200+ Cornish Crosses are white feathered and the majority animal on the farm. I got an apathetic response when asking them for their opinion. This is probably due to the fact that they live only eight to ten weeks and never last long enough to form an opinion. They spend their lives consuming as much food, water and grass as possible and are rarely interested in anything else.
The rest of the chickens are a diverse group; there are Rhode Island Reds (red), Barred Rocks (grey), Buff Orpingtons (yellow reddish), Leghorns (white), Black Australorps (black), and Araucanas (flamboyant mix of yellow, red and black). They wander the farm and fields freely. They are a very busy bunch, laying six or more dozen eggs a day, scratching and foraging. It was difficult to ask them their opinions on an individual basis, so I settled for a group voice vote.
I am happy to report that after polling this group the results tipped very favorably into a landslide for Obama.
With a 179 votes, the overwhelming and unanimous response was “barack, barack”
I’ve taken an unscientific poll. I've asked each of the following groups whom would they vote for if it comes down to McCaine and Obama.
There are three teenagers, four adults, (one of which is me), 179 free range chickens at last count, three goats, two horses, one starling, seven cats, four bee hives, two geese, eight ducks, 200+ free range Cornish Cross meat chickens, eight jersey steers, and one jersey bull.
Of the adults, one is a Canadian, and unable to vote and not interested in changing his nationality to vote. Yes, he is a legal resident alien, so I won’t count him.
One is the Canadians wife, who is not a Canadian and will vote for Obama.
One is my wife and will vote for Obama she says
I of course will vote for Obama.
The Canadian and the Non Canadians son said he would vote for Obama.
My daughter age 16, a member of her high school’s speech team, was recently elected to be the speech team manager. After giving me a lengthy speech on the reasons why she would, indeed vote for Obama, she then stated that she looks forward to campaigning for him on his run for a second term when she is eligible to vote. I clapped. She bowed.
My son, who is a Randi Rhodes daily listener is solidly in the Obama camp, and since the starling named Kim, who has been with him since falling from her nest when she was very young, mimics him, that’s two more for Obama.
So far its looking good for Obama with 7 and 0 for McCaine.
In the north pasture I attempted to poll the eight steers and one bull as to whom would they vote for. The steers pretty much ignored me since they were poled (dehorned) once before when they were younger, and are leery of me because at the same time they were poled, they also became steers. The bull paid more attention to my question because I’m the one who cuts him out of the herd and brings him in for stud servicing. He never gave me an answer that I could understand, but I marked him down as a vote for McCaine, since he’s generally stupid, constantly belligerent, and pushy with the other bovines and generally thinks he is the most important thing alive. Not to mention that he will hump anything that will stand still long enough for him to mount. Oh and he’s full of bullshit.
(Possible running mate for McCaine?)
Obama 7 and McCaine 1.
I next asked the goats. They were not interested in being polled, (they still have their horns) and were nervous of my presence, probably because I’m still ticked that they did some unauthorized pruning of the blueberry bushes. Because they know that I am in favor of Obama, I believe they would support McCaine, just to piss me off and also because I fixed the hole in the fence, so 3 for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 4 for McCaine.
Of the seven cats, the six fixed ones I would say probably would vote for Obama, though it maybe that they really don’t seem to care much for politics and are more interested in the newly planted bed of catnip, catnapping, just hanging out and eating. Six non-votes here.
The one unfixed tomcat, though, is unfriendly, contentious, picks fights with the other cats, pees and marks everything that isn’t his, I would have so say would vote for McCaine.
(Say, would McCaine like to adopt a cat?)
Obama with 7 and 5 for McCaine.
I didn’t bother with the bees, simply because they believe in a different form of government and they tend to have stinging opinions every time I have anything to do with them.
The geese are a cranky pair who we took in because a customer could no longer keep them in the city limits. We have named them Mr. and Mrs. Hiss. They are markedly unfriendly, territorial, and even when fed tend to be very ungrateful.
When I asked, “would they vote for Obama” they hissed loudly, and when I ask, “how about McCaine” they started honking, so 2 more for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 7 for McCaine.
I was sure that the ducks would break the tie in Obama’s favor. I like the ducks, they are a very tight group, always together, they never cause trouble on the farm. But I was dismayed when I asked them. They all went enthusiastically for the quack. So McCaine picks up eight more.
Obama 7 and McCain 15
I was beginning to worry that our farm was going republican.
I’m not a great communicator when it comes to horses. At feeding time I took two flakes of hay into the horse corral. I laid the flakes of hay about 10 feet apart and told the horses that the first one was the Obama flake and the second (bigger) one was the McCaine flake. Tina the Arabian mare went for the second flake, while Pokey the miniature horse went for the first. Pokey looks almost like a donkey anyway.
Obama 8 and McCaine 16
The 200+ Cornish Crosses are white feathered and the majority animal on the farm. I got an apathetic response when asking them for their opinion. This is probably due to the fact that they live only eight to ten weeks and never last long enough to form an opinion. They spend their lives consuming as much food, water and grass as possible and are rarely interested in anything else.
The rest of the chickens are a diverse group; there are Rhode Island Reds (red), Barred Rocks (grey), Buff Orpingtons (yellow reddish), Leghorns (white), Black Australorps (black), and Araucanas (flamboyant mix of yellow, red and black). They wander the farm and fields freely. They are a very busy bunch, laying six or more dozen eggs a day, scratching and foraging. It was difficult to ask them their opinions on an individual basis, so I settled for a group voice vote.
I am happy to report that after polling this group the results tipped very favorably into a landslide for Obama.
With a 179 votes, the overwhelming and unanimous response was “barack, barack”
QUOTE (LilaTheGreat @ May 26 2008, 02:04 AM)
THis cat reminds me of Whinchester from M*A*S*H
QUOTE (leftcoastfarmer @ May 26 2008, 03:21 AM)
I live on a farm.
I’ve taken an unscientific poll. I've asked each of the following groups whom would they vote for if it comes down to McCaine and Obama.
There are three teenagers, four adults, (one of which is me), 179 free range chickens at last count, three goats, two horses, one starling, seven cats, four bee hives, two geese, eight ducks, 200+ free range Cornish Cross meat chickens, eight jersey steers, and one jersey bull.
Of the adults, one is a Canadian, and unable to vote and not interested in changing his nationality to vote. Yes, he is a legal resident alien, so I won’t count him.
One is the Canadians wife, who is not a Canadian and will vote for Obama.
One is my wife and will vote for Obama she says
I of course will vote for Obama.
The Canadian and the Non Canadians son said he would vote for Obama.
My daughter age 16, a member of her high school’s speech team, was recently elected to be the speech team manager. After giving me a lengthy speech on the reasons why she would, indeed vote for Obama, she then stated that she looks forward to campaigning for him on his run for a second term when she is eligible to vote. I clapped. She bowed.
My son, who is a Randi Rhodes daily listener is solidly in the Obama camp, and since the starling named Kim, who has been with him since falling from her nest when she was very young, mimics him, that’s two more for Obama.
So far its looking good for Obama with 7 and 0 for McCaine.
In the north pasture I attempted to poll the eight steers and one bull as to whom would they vote for. The steers pretty much ignored me since they were poled (dehorned) once before when they were younger, and are leery of me because at the same time they were poled, they also became steers. The bull paid more attention to my question because I’m the one who cuts him out of the herd and brings him in for stud servicing. He never gave me an answer that I could understand, but I marked him down as a vote for McCaine, since he’s generally stupid, constantly belligerent, and pushy with the other bovines and generally thinks he is the most important thing alive. Not to mention that he will hump anything that will stand still long enough for him to mount. Oh and he’s full of bullshit.
(Possible running mate for McCaine?)
Obama 7 and McCaine 1.
I next asked the goats. They were not interested in being polled, (they still have their horns) and were nervous of my presence, probably because I’m still ticked that they did some unauthorized pruning of the blueberry bushes. Because they know that I am in favor of Obama, I believe they would support McCaine, just to piss me off and also because I fixed the hole in the fence, so 3 for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 4 for McCaine.
Of the seven cats, the six fixed ones I would say probably would vote for Obama, though it maybe that they really don’t seem to care much for politics and are more interested in the newly planted bed of catnip, catnapping, just hanging out and eating. Six non-votes here.
The one unfixed tomcat, though, is unfriendly, contentious, picks fights with the other cats, pees and marks everything that isn’t his, I would have so say would vote for McCaine.
(Say, would McCaine like to adopt a cat?)
Obama with 7 and 5 for McCaine.
I didn’t bother with the bees, simply because they believe in a different form of government and they tend to have stinging opinions every time I have anything to do with them.
The geese are a cranky pair who we took in because a customer could no longer keep them in the city limits. We have named them Mr. and Mrs. Hiss. They are markedly unfriendly, territorial, and even when fed tend to be very ungrateful.
When I asked, “would they vote for Obama” they hissed loudly, and when I ask, “how about McCaine” they started honking, so 2 more for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 7 for McCaine.
I was sure that the ducks would break the tie in Obama’s favor. I like the ducks, they are a very tight group, always together, they never cause trouble on the farm. But I was dismayed when I asked them. They all went enthusiastically for the quack. So McCaine picks up eight more.
Obama 7 and McCain 15
I was beginning to worry that our farm was going republican.
I’m not a great communicator when it comes to horses. At feeding time I took two flakes of hay into the horse corral. I laid the flakes of hay about 10 feet apart and told the horses that the first one was the Obama flake and the second (bigger) one was the McCaine flake. Tina the Arabian mare went for the second flake, while Pokey the miniature horse went for the first. Pokey looks almost like a donkey anyway.
Obama 8 and McCaine 16
The 200+ Cornish Crosses are white feathered and the majority animal on the farm. I got an apathetic response when asking them for their opinion. This is probably due to the fact that they live only eight to ten weeks and never last long enough to form an opinion. They spend their lives consuming as much food, water and grass as possible and are rarely interested in anything else.
The rest of the chickens are a diverse group; there are Rhode Island Reds (red), Barred Rocks (grey), Buff Orpingtons (yellow reddish), Leghorns (white), Black Australorps (black), and Araucanas (flamboyant mix of yellow, red and black). They wander the farm and fields freely. They are a very busy bunch, laying six or more dozen eggs a day, scratching and foraging. It was difficult to ask them their opinions on an individual basis, so I settled for a group voice vote.
I am happy to report that after polling this group the results tipped very favorably into a landslide for Obama.
With a 179 votes, the overwhelming and unanimous response was “barack, barack”
I’ve taken an unscientific poll. I've asked each of the following groups whom would they vote for if it comes down to McCaine and Obama.
There are three teenagers, four adults, (one of which is me), 179 free range chickens at last count, three goats, two horses, one starling, seven cats, four bee hives, two geese, eight ducks, 200+ free range Cornish Cross meat chickens, eight jersey steers, and one jersey bull.
Of the adults, one is a Canadian, and unable to vote and not interested in changing his nationality to vote. Yes, he is a legal resident alien, so I won’t count him.
One is the Canadians wife, who is not a Canadian and will vote for Obama.
One is my wife and will vote for Obama she says
I of course will vote for Obama.
The Canadian and the Non Canadians son said he would vote for Obama.
My daughter age 16, a member of her high school’s speech team, was recently elected to be the speech team manager. After giving me a lengthy speech on the reasons why she would, indeed vote for Obama, she then stated that she looks forward to campaigning for him on his run for a second term when she is eligible to vote. I clapped. She bowed.
My son, who is a Randi Rhodes daily listener is solidly in the Obama camp, and since the starling named Kim, who has been with him since falling from her nest when she was very young, mimics him, that’s two more for Obama.
So far its looking good for Obama with 7 and 0 for McCaine.
In the north pasture I attempted to poll the eight steers and one bull as to whom would they vote for. The steers pretty much ignored me since they were poled (dehorned) once before when they were younger, and are leery of me because at the same time they were poled, they also became steers. The bull paid more attention to my question because I’m the one who cuts him out of the herd and brings him in for stud servicing. He never gave me an answer that I could understand, but I marked him down as a vote for McCaine, since he’s generally stupid, constantly belligerent, and pushy with the other bovines and generally thinks he is the most important thing alive. Not to mention that he will hump anything that will stand still long enough for him to mount. Oh and he’s full of bullshit.
(Possible running mate for McCaine?)
Obama 7 and McCaine 1.
I next asked the goats. They were not interested in being polled, (they still have their horns) and were nervous of my presence, probably because I’m still ticked that they did some unauthorized pruning of the blueberry bushes. Because they know that I am in favor of Obama, I believe they would support McCaine, just to piss me off and also because I fixed the hole in the fence, so 3 for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 4 for McCaine.
Of the seven cats, the six fixed ones I would say probably would vote for Obama, though it maybe that they really don’t seem to care much for politics and are more interested in the newly planted bed of catnip, catnapping, just hanging out and eating. Six non-votes here.
The one unfixed tomcat, though, is unfriendly, contentious, picks fights with the other cats, pees and marks everything that isn’t his, I would have so say would vote for McCaine.
(Say, would McCaine like to adopt a cat?)
Obama with 7 and 5 for McCaine.
I didn’t bother with the bees, simply because they believe in a different form of government and they tend to have stinging opinions every time I have anything to do with them.
The geese are a cranky pair who we took in because a customer could no longer keep them in the city limits. We have named them Mr. and Mrs. Hiss. They are markedly unfriendly, territorial, and even when fed tend to be very ungrateful.
When I asked, “would they vote for Obama” they hissed loudly, and when I ask, “how about McCaine” they started honking, so 2 more for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 7 for McCaine.
I was sure that the ducks would break the tie in Obama’s favor. I like the ducks, they are a very tight group, always together, they never cause trouble on the farm. But I was dismayed when I asked them. They all went enthusiastically for the quack. So McCaine picks up eight more.
Obama 7 and McCain 15
I was beginning to worry that our farm was going republican.
I’m not a great communicator when it comes to horses. At feeding time I took two flakes of hay into the horse corral. I laid the flakes of hay about 10 feet apart and told the horses that the first one was the Obama flake and the second (bigger) one was the McCaine flake. Tina the Arabian mare went for the second flake, while Pokey the miniature horse went for the first. Pokey looks almost like a donkey anyway.
Obama 8 and McCaine 16
The 200+ Cornish Crosses are white feathered and the majority animal on the farm. I got an apathetic response when asking them for their opinion. This is probably due to the fact that they live only eight to ten weeks and never last long enough to form an opinion. They spend their lives consuming as much food, water and grass as possible and are rarely interested in anything else.
The rest of the chickens are a diverse group; there are Rhode Island Reds (red), Barred Rocks (grey), Buff Orpingtons (yellow reddish), Leghorns (white), Black Australorps (black), and Araucanas (flamboyant mix of yellow, red and black). They wander the farm and fields freely. They are a very busy bunch, laying six or more dozen eggs a day, scratching and foraging. It was difficult to ask them their opinions on an individual basis, so I settled for a group voice vote.
I am happy to report that after polling this group the results tipped very favorably into a landslide for Obama.
With a 179 votes, the overwhelming and unanimous response was “barack, barack”
With a 179 votes, the overwhelming and unanimous response was “barack, barack”
QUOTE (leftcoastfarmer @ May 26 2008, 04:21 AM)
I live on a farm.
I’ve taken an unscientific poll. I've asked each of the following groups whom would they vote for if it comes down to McCaine and Obama.
There are three teenagers, four adults, (one of which is me), 179 free range chickens at last count, three goats, two horses, one starling, seven cats, four bee hives, two geese, eight ducks, 200+ free range Cornish Cross meat chickens, eight jersey steers, and one jersey bull.
Of the adults, one is a Canadian, and unable to vote and not interested in changing his nationality to vote. Yes, he is a legal resident alien, so I won’t count him.
One is the Canadians wife, who is not a Canadian and will vote for Obama.
One is my wife and will vote for Obama she says
I of course will vote for Obama.
The Canadian and the Non Canadians son said he would vote for Obama.
My daughter age 16, a member of her high school’s speech team, was recently elected to be the speech team manager. After giving me a lengthy speech on the reasons why she would, indeed vote for Obama, she then stated that she looks forward to campaigning for him on his run for a second term when she is eligible to vote. I clapped. She bowed.
My son, who is a Randi Rhodes daily listener is solidly in the Obama camp, and since the starling named Kim, who has been with him since falling from her nest when she was very young, mimics him, that’s two more for Obama.
So far its looking good for Obama with 7 and 0 for McCaine.
In the north pasture I attempted to poll the eight steers and one bull as to whom would they vote for. The steers pretty much ignored me since they were poled (dehorned) once before when they were younger, and are leery of me because at the same time they were poled, they also became steers. The bull paid more attention to my question because I’m the one who cuts him out of the herd and brings him in for stud servicing. He never gave me an answer that I could understand, but I marked him down as a vote for McCaine, since he’s generally stupid, constantly belligerent, and pushy with the other bovines and generally thinks he is the most important thing alive. Not to mention that he will hump anything that will stand still long enough for him to mount. Oh and he’s full of bullshit.
(Possible running mate for McCaine?)
Obama 7 and McCaine 1.
I next asked the goats. They were not interested in being polled, (they still have their horns) and were nervous of my presence, probably because I’m still ticked that they did some unauthorized pruning of the blueberry bushes. Because they know that I am in favor of Obama, I believe they would support McCaine, just to piss me off and also because I fixed the hole in the fence, so 3 for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 4 for McCaine.
Of the seven cats, the six fixed ones I would say probably would vote for Obama, though it maybe that they really don’t seem to care much for politics and are more interested in the newly planted bed of catnip, catnapping, just hanging out and eating. Six non-votes here.
The one unfixed tomcat, though, is unfriendly, contentious, picks fights with the other cats, pees and marks everything that isn’t his, I would have so say would vote for McCaine.
(Say, would McCaine like to adopt a cat?)
Obama with 7 and 5 for McCaine.
I didn’t bother with the bees, simply because they believe in a different form of government and they tend to have stinging opinions every time I have anything to do with them.
The geese are a cranky pair who we took in because a customer could no longer keep them in the city limits. We have named them Mr. and Mrs. Hiss. They are markedly unfriendly, territorial, and even when fed tend to be very ungrateful.
When I asked, “would they vote for Obama” they hissed loudly, and when I ask, “how about McCaine” they started honking, so 2 more for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 7 for McCaine.
I was sure that the ducks would break the tie in Obama’s favor. I like the ducks, they are a very tight group, always together, they never cause trouble on the farm. But I was dismayed when I asked them. They all went enthusiastically for the quack. So McCaine picks up eight more.
Obama 7 and McCain 15
I was beginning to worry that our farm was going republican.
I’m not a great communicator when it comes to horses. At feeding time I took two flakes of hay into the horse corral. I laid the flakes of hay about 10 feet apart and told the horses that the first one was the Obama flake and the second (bigger) one was the McCaine flake. Tina the Arabian mare went for the second flake, while Pokey the miniature horse went for the first. Pokey looks almost like a donkey anyway.
Obama 8 and McCaine 16
The 200+ Cornish Crosses are white feathered and the majority animal on the farm. I got an apathetic response when asking them for their opinion. This is probably due to the fact that they live only eight to ten weeks and never last long enough to form an opinion. They spend their lives consuming as much food, water and grass as possible and are rarely interested in anything else.
The rest of the chickens are a diverse group; there are Rhode Island Reds (red), Barred Rocks (grey), Buff Orpingtons (yellow reddish), Leghorns (white), Black Australorps (black), and Araucanas (flamboyant mix of yellow, red and black). They wander the farm and fields freely. They are a very busy bunch, laying six or more dozen eggs a day, scratching and foraging. It was difficult to ask them their opinions on an individual basis, so I settled for a group voice vote.
I am happy to report that after polling this group the results tipped very favorably into a landslide for Obama.
With a 179 votes, the overwhelming and unanimous response was “barack, barack”
I’ve taken an unscientific poll. I've asked each of the following groups whom would they vote for if it comes down to McCaine and Obama.
There are three teenagers, four adults, (one of which is me), 179 free range chickens at last count, three goats, two horses, one starling, seven cats, four bee hives, two geese, eight ducks, 200+ free range Cornish Cross meat chickens, eight jersey steers, and one jersey bull.
Of the adults, one is a Canadian, and unable to vote and not interested in changing his nationality to vote. Yes, he is a legal resident alien, so I won’t count him.
One is the Canadians wife, who is not a Canadian and will vote for Obama.
One is my wife and will vote for Obama she says
I of course will vote for Obama.
The Canadian and the Non Canadians son said he would vote for Obama.
My daughter age 16, a member of her high school’s speech team, was recently elected to be the speech team manager. After giving me a lengthy speech on the reasons why she would, indeed vote for Obama, she then stated that she looks forward to campaigning for him on his run for a second term when she is eligible to vote. I clapped. She bowed.
My son, who is a Randi Rhodes daily listener is solidly in the Obama camp, and since the starling named Kim, who has been with him since falling from her nest when she was very young, mimics him, that’s two more for Obama.
So far its looking good for Obama with 7 and 0 for McCaine.
In the north pasture I attempted to poll the eight steers and one bull as to whom would they vote for. The steers pretty much ignored me since they were poled (dehorned) once before when they were younger, and are leery of me because at the same time they were poled, they also became steers. The bull paid more attention to my question because I’m the one who cuts him out of the herd and brings him in for stud servicing. He never gave me an answer that I could understand, but I marked him down as a vote for McCaine, since he’s generally stupid, constantly belligerent, and pushy with the other bovines and generally thinks he is the most important thing alive. Not to mention that he will hump anything that will stand still long enough for him to mount. Oh and he’s full of bullshit.
(Possible running mate for McCaine?)
Obama 7 and McCaine 1.
I next asked the goats. They were not interested in being polled, (they still have their horns) and were nervous of my presence, probably because I’m still ticked that they did some unauthorized pruning of the blueberry bushes. Because they know that I am in favor of Obama, I believe they would support McCaine, just to piss me off and also because I fixed the hole in the fence, so 3 for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 4 for McCaine.
Of the seven cats, the six fixed ones I would say probably would vote for Obama, though it maybe that they really don’t seem to care much for politics and are more interested in the newly planted bed of catnip, catnapping, just hanging out and eating. Six non-votes here.
The one unfixed tomcat, though, is unfriendly, contentious, picks fights with the other cats, pees and marks everything that isn’t his, I would have so say would vote for McCaine.
(Say, would McCaine like to adopt a cat?)
Obama with 7 and 5 for McCaine.
I didn’t bother with the bees, simply because they believe in a different form of government and they tend to have stinging opinions every time I have anything to do with them.
The geese are a cranky pair who we took in because a customer could no longer keep them in the city limits. We have named them Mr. and Mrs. Hiss. They are markedly unfriendly, territorial, and even when fed tend to be very ungrateful.
When I asked, “would they vote for Obama” they hissed loudly, and when I ask, “how about McCaine” they started honking, so 2 more for McCaine.
Obama with 7 and 7 for McCaine.
I was sure that the ducks would break the tie in Obama’s favor. I like the ducks, they are a very tight group, always together, they never cause trouble on the farm. But I was dismayed when I asked them. They all went enthusiastically for the quack. So McCaine picks up eight more.
Obama 7 and McCain 15
I was beginning to worry that our farm was going republican.
I’m not a great communicator when it comes to horses. At feeding time I took two flakes of hay into the horse corral. I laid the flakes of hay about 10 feet apart and told the horses that the first one was the Obama flake and the second (bigger) one was the McCaine flake. Tina the Arabian mare went for the second flake, while Pokey the miniature horse went for the first. Pokey looks almost like a donkey anyway.
Obama 8 and McCaine 16
The 200+ Cornish Crosses are white feathered and the majority animal on the farm. I got an apathetic response when asking them for their opinion. This is probably due to the fact that they live only eight to ten weeks and never last long enough to form an opinion. They spend their lives consuming as much food, water and grass as possible and are rarely interested in anything else.
The rest of the chickens are a diverse group; there are Rhode Island Reds (red), Barred Rocks (grey), Buff Orpingtons (yellow reddish), Leghorns (white), Black Australorps (black), and Araucanas (flamboyant mix of yellow, red and black). They wander the farm and fields freely. They are a very busy bunch, laying six or more dozen eggs a day, scratching and foraging. It was difficult to ask them their opinions on an individual basis, so I settled for a group voice vote.
I am happy to report that after polling this group the results tipped very favorably into a landslide for Obama.
With a 179 votes, the overwhelming and unanimous response was “barack, barack”
tell the bees that if McCain is elected, its very likely their society and culture would be threatened by a 'pre-emptive' strike, since their social beliefs and structure are so different from McCain's ideology. Not just that.... McCain is not very big on the environment and their food chain would be threatened.... less flowers, having to travel further and further for pollen...etc.
Bumbly Bees are very political beasts. Play on the interests of the nursing bees.... they're the ones that select the queen of the hive.
QUOTE (Libertas @ May 26 2008, 05:46 AM)
tell the bees that if McCain is elected, its very likely their society and culture would be threatened by a 'pre-emptive' strike, since their social beliefs and structure are so different from McCain's ideology. Not just that.... McCain is not very big on the environment and their food chain would be threatened.... less flowers, having to travel further and further for pollen...etc.
Bumbly Bees are very political beasts. Play on the interests of the nursing bees.... they're the ones that select the queen of the hive.
Good point Libertas! That should make BEEleivers outa them!Bumbly Bees are very political beasts. Play on the interests of the nursing bees.... they're the ones that select the queen of the hive.
QUOTE (bushwa @ May 26 2008, 03:40 AM)
NO! Where did you read it! I'll bet they do it - I'll bet George finds a way to let Reggie know she's there. Not talking or anything, but Reggie will know. I think she already suspects.
Incidentally, have you caught Dolores Herbig (Christine Willes) playing one of Satan's demons in CW's "Reaper?"
Incidentally, have you caught Dolores Herbig (Christine Willes) playing one of Satan's demons in CW's "Reaper?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Like_Me_%28film%29
QUOTE (Stoon @ May 26 2008, 09:40 AM)
I'm afraid all of this reduces my enthusiasm considerably -
QUOTE
In June 2007, a casting call for the role of Daisy Adair, formerly played by Laura Harris, who was unable to reprise due to commitments with Women's Murder Club, was posted on an entertainment industry website. It noted that John Masius wrote the film and all but confirmed that Mandy Patinkin, who starred in the original series, is not in the film. In August 2007 it was confirmed that Sarah Wynter has taken over the role of Daisy Adair from Laura Harris, while Henry Ian Cusick will play a new character named Cameron Kane.
And I'm not even much of a Patinkin fan. I thought he'd finally found a role where I didn't find him inappropriately grating.
But, alas...
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and George (Ellen Muth) reconnects with her sister Reggie (Britt McKillip) when she has to reap her new (and secret) boyfriend
QUOTE (bushwa @ May 26 2008, 04:14 PM)
I'm afraid all of this reduces my enthusiasm considerably -
And I'm not even much of a Patinkin fan. I thought he'd finally found a role where I didn't find him inappropriately grating.
But, alas...
And I'm not even much of a Patinkin fan. I thought he'd finally found a role where I didn't find him inappropriately grating.
But, alas...
I know I know. Not having Laura Harris is a sin. I must admit though, the only other role I've seen Patinkin in was Inigo Montoya, so I can't judge him for overall irritability.
Inigo Montoya: That Vizzini, he can *fuss*.
Fezzik: Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at *us*.
Inigo Montoya: Probably he means no *harm*.
Fezzik: He's really very short on *charm*.
Inigo Montoya: You have a great gift for rhyme.
Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the time.
Vizzini: Enough of that.
Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?
Fezzik: If there are, we all be dead.
Vizzini: No more rhyming now, I mean it.
Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?
Vizzini: DYEEAAHHHHHH.
Inigo Montoya: [Rugen attacks and Inigo blocks it and then stabs Rugen in the shoulder. Then Rugen swings his sword. Inigo ducks and stabs Rugen in the other shoulder. Then he advances quickly and they fight] Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father prepare to die!
Count Rugen: [Rugen gets his sword knocked away and Inigo slices his cheek] No!
Inigo Montoya: Offer me money
Count Rugen: Yes
Inigo Montoya: Power too promise that!
[he slices Rugen's other cheek]
Count Rugen: All that I have and more. Please.
Inigo Montoya: Offer me everything I ask for.
Inigo Montoya: Anything you want.
Count Rugen: [Rugen attacks but Inigo grabs his arm and stabs Rugen in the stomach]
Inigo Montoya: I want my father back you son of a bitch.
QUOTE (Stoon @ May 26 2008, 02:28 PM)
... the only other role I've seen Patinkin in was Inigo Montoya, ...
Point taken - he was perfect for it, and it's a hilarious film.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"
I've seen him on stage "Sunday in the Park with George," also a film, in a couple of Sondheim things, and beyond that in countless movies and TV roles. Always seems to me to be playing a guy who was just awakened by loud neighbors. There are also folks just wild about the singing he does on stage and in a few TV shows, and I just don't get it.
You're trying to kill the thread with butterflies? 
Cory Everson
QUOTE (Stoon @ May 26 2008, 09:45 PM)
You're trying to kill the thread with butterflies?
yes but now i've changed stratagy
need more muscle!
I once worked with a woman who was a former bodybuilder. It was strange. I don't normally notice a woman's back, especially since she was wearing clothes, but she had the sexiest back of any woman I ever met.
I worked with a guy who entered a bodybuilding competition. I don't think it was a great moved though. He chewed tobacco, and I think the yellow teeth would have been a bad thing.
I worked with a guy who entered a bodybuilding competition. I don't think it was a great moved though. He chewed tobacco, and I think the yellow teeth would have been a bad thing.
QUOTE (Stoon @ May 26 2008, 10:14 PM)
I once worked with a woman who was a former bodybuilder. It was strange. I don't normally notice a woman's back, especially since she was wearing clothes, but she had the sexiest back of any woman I ever met.
I worked with a guy who entered a bodybuilding competition. I don't think it was a great moved though. He chewed tobacco, and I think the yellow teeth would have been a bad thing.
I worked with a guy who entered a bodybuilding competition. I don't think it was a great moved though. He chewed tobacco, and I think the yellow teeth would have been a bad thing.
I like the back side!
Look at her calves! So many forget about those nugets of muscle!
I wish I was a Lesbian - Louden Wainwright III
this is the end
I've got your thread killer right here
Can anyone kill this?
Can anyone kill this?
QUOTE (Wayne @ May 27 2008, 01:20 AM)
I've got your thread killer right here
Can anyone kill this?
I tried that method and it was easily bulldozed over!Can anyone kill this?
Hey bulldozer....
What is the difference between a bulldozer and a backhoe?
v
QUOTE (LilaTheGreat @ May 27 2008, 04:30 AM)
QUOTE
At eight o'clock on Thursday morning Arthur didn't feel very
good. He woke up blearily, got up, wandered blearily round his
room, opened a window, saw a bulldozer, found his slippers, and
stomped off to the bathroom to wash.
Toothpaste on the brush - so. Scrub.
Shaving mirror - pointing at the ceiling. He adjusted it. For a
moment it reflected a second bulldozer through the bathroom
window. Properly adjusted, it reflected Arthur Dent's bristles.
He shaved them off, washed, dried, and stomped off to the kitchen
to find something pleasant to put in his mouth.
Kettle, plug, fridge, milk, coffee. Yawn.
The word bulldozer wandered through his mind for a moment in
search of something to connect with.
The bulldozer outside the kitchen window was quite a big one.
He stared at it.
"Yellow," he thought and stomped off back to his bedroom to get
dressed.
good. He woke up blearily, got up, wandered blearily round his
room, opened a window, saw a bulldozer, found his slippers, and
stomped off to the bathroom to wash.
Toothpaste on the brush - so. Scrub.
Shaving mirror - pointing at the ceiling. He adjusted it. For a
moment it reflected a second bulldozer through the bathroom
window. Properly adjusted, it reflected Arthur Dent's bristles.
He shaved them off, washed, dried, and stomped off to the kitchen
to find something pleasant to put in his mouth.
Kettle, plug, fridge, milk, coffee. Yawn.
The word bulldozer wandered through his mind for a moment in
search of something to connect with.
The bulldozer outside the kitchen window was quite a big one.
He stared at it.
"Yellow," he thought and stomped off back to his bedroom to get
dressed.
-The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Chapter 1.
same chapter;
QUOTE
Have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?" said Mr. Prosser.
"How much?" asked Arthur.
"None at all," Mr. Prosser replied.
"How much?" asked Arthur.
"None at all," Mr. Prosser replied.
oh...
and the answer is......
42
and the answer is......
42
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