'Little' update, long and totally OT - Page 11

> Kathleen wrote:
>
>> DD and her boyfriend planted some peculiar looking but good tasting
>> cucumbers, and jalapenos that are hot enough to cauterize your
>> tonsils. We use them in tiny amounts in salsa, for practical jokes,
>> and for dares. They could serve as chemical weapons, though, if you
>> could only find a way to convince enemy troups to ingest them.
>
> You toss them in a blender with some water and use them for bug-spray.
> They will drive away most leaf-eaters and attackers of your produce.

> Pogonip wrote:
>> Kathleen wrote:
>>> DD and her boyfriend planted some peculiar looking but good tasting
>>> cucumbers, and jalapenos that are hot enough to cauterize your
>>> tonsils. We use them in tiny amounts in salsa, for practical jokes,
>>> and for dares. They could serve as chemical weapons, though, if you
>>> could only find a way to convince enemy troups to ingest them.
>> You toss them in a blender with some water and use them for bug-spray.
>> They will drive away most leaf-eaters and attackers of your produce.
>
> A teammate's adolescent border collie developed the habit of gnawing on
> the corner of walls when he got bored. We'd grown habaneros that
> summer. She pureed some in the blender and stirred them into the
> spackle she used to repair the most recent damage. That put a stop to
> his drywall fetish. Once she was sure he was well and truly over it,
> she repainted.
>

> Kathleen wrote:
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> > A teammate's adolescent border collie developed the
> > habit of gnawing on the corner of walls when he got
> > bored. We'd grown habaneros that summer. She pureed
> > some in the blender and stirred them into the spackle
> > she used to repair the most recent damage. That put a
> > stop to his drywall fetish. Once she was sure he was
> > well and truly over it, she repainted.
> Yes, they stop the damage from household pests, too. LOL!

<Waggling a finger at Joanne> You really should not talk

> Pogonip wrote:
>> Kathleen wrote:
> 8<...>8
>>> A teammate's adolescent border collie developed the
>>> habit of gnawing on the corner of walls when he got
>>> bored. We'd grown habaneros that summer. She pureed
>>> some in the blender and stirred them into the spackle
>>> she used to repair the most recent damage. That put a
>>> stop to his drywall fetish. Once she was sure he was
>>> well and truly over it, she repainted.
>> Yes, they stop the damage from household pests, too. LOL!
>
> <Waggling a finger at Joanne> You really should not talk
> about your DH that way!
>

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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > very
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > careful
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > standing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > water,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > people
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Koi
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ponds
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > other
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "water
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > features"
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > worst
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > breeding
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > spots.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mormon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crickets
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crossing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > state
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > north
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > us.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wearing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > narrow
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > black
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ties
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > riding
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bicycles?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ;-)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > goes
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > another
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > keyboard.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So Sorry
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > About
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, you're
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > not! You
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enjoyed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tremendously.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now *my*
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > keyboard and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > monitor are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > all covered
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with iced
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tea!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (And you're
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > right, I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > did. I was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pretty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sure you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 'get it'.)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about telling
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > only the boy
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crickets dress
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that way. The
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > girl crickets
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wear Peter Pan
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > collars,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sleeves, and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > skirt hems
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > below the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > knee.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I imagine (but
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have no way of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > proving it)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > also
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wear the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mysterious
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > temple garments
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > as well...
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, you never
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ever see those
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > except
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when they're
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hanging
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on the clothesline
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wash day!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, crickets do
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > washing? Who knew...
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, they're Mormon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crickets. Very
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > industrious, you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > know.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They probably do have to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > work very hard to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > support all the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > little
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crickets.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you happen to know
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if the crickets
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are monogamous,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > polygamous, or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > polyandrous?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Totally non-selective.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They live to eat, breed,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > march west.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they've
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > stripped an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > area of all edible
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > material, they start
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > eating each
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > other.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, no, no, no, no!!! First
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they have an appetizer of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > white salamander,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which they serve on golden
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > plates. And the entree is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > always seagulls.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The seagulls eat the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crickets. We do have seagulls,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > nearly enough of them. Some
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > people
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have suggested turkeys. Lots
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > turkeys to eat the crickets
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and fatten in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > time for Thanksgiving. Sounds
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > like a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > plan to me.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps they could stuff the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > turkey with white salamander?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eeeewwww....
> > > > > > > > > > > > > They should remove the golden
> > > > > > > > > > > > > plates first.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Well, but the waitstaff (I think
> > > > > > > > > > > > it's name is Moroni) is too clumsy
> > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > touch the
> > > > > > > > > > > > plates, so they may have to ask one
> > > > > > > > > > > > of J.S.'s successors.
> > > > > > > > > > > I once dated a Moroni. It was his
> > > > > > > > > > > last name, not his first name. Of
> > > > > > > > > > > Italian
> > > > > > > > > > > descent, I
> > > > > > > > > > > believe. Not clumsy at all. He didn't
> > > > > > > > > > > have wings, either.
> > > > > > > > > > I, on the other hand, once dated a
> > > > > > > > > > Moron. Full stop.
> > > > > > > > > *sigh* Another keyboard.
> > > > > > > > Well, it's not really my fault this time,
> > > > > > > > you surely know by now to put your fluids
> > > > > > > > down
> > > > > > > > before
> > > > > > > > reading Usenet. Don't you? ;-þ
> > > > > > > I am a slow learner.
> > > > > > I am an inadequate teacher.
> > > > > Not so much. I've lost two keyboards in 24 hours.
> > > > As my DFIL used to say, "You've learned a valuable
> > > > lesson."
> > > Indeed. Put coffee or Coke down, swallow, before
> > > opening USENET. I wonder if I should embroider the
> > > motto....
> > Well of course, why else do you have the Singer Quantum
> > XL6000??? Glad you brought this 'thread' back to
> > sewing. ;-)
> Full circle. Via the Andromeda galaxy, but still. Full
> circle.