Name Dropping

McHaffie · Post by **McHaffie** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:55 am

[quote= "Repaint. Repaint and thin no more!"
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eech inspediment.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:59 am

I thought the only guy around here to keep dropping his name was Serpent.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:12 pm

True story:

Over the lavatory in a corporate bathroom, some management person installed an official-looking sign that said, "Think." The following day, a similar, though not quite so manufactured-looking sign appeared over the soap dispenser, that said, "Thoap."

Best wishes,
Jerry

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:48 pm

I once had a pith helmet, you know, the white
conical dome hat that colonial police wear.
I used it for sun protection. One day while
wearing it I walked into a tree branch:
knocked the pith out of it.

markv · Post by **markv** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 2:26 pm

Just to bring the thread full circle and tie in my earlier posts...

The next time the Riders in the Sky are in Nebraska, August 10th 2003, they will be at, get this, it's too perfect...

BLOOMFIELD Nebraska!

The guy is so famous they named a town after him, I mean them.

Mark V.

By the way, if you get a chance to see RitS perform do so. It was a great show. They are very talented musicians and all around nice guys. Take the kids if you got 'em. I took my daughter with me and she really enjoyed the show. She's running around today trying to yodel and yell Wahoo!

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 2:44 pm

markv wrote:It's true. They still are on our puplic radio station Sunday mornings. My daughter enjoys listening to them on the way home from church. Got free tickets to the show. Yeeehaawww!

When the local station was doing their surveys for what programming to run, I requested that they bring back Riders in the Sky. Hopefully they will.

Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 3:11 pm

Jerry Freeman wrote:True story:

Over the lavatory in a corporate bathroom, some management person installed an official-looking sign that said, "Think." The following day, a similar, though not quite so manufactured-looking sign appeared over the soap dispenser, that said, "Thoap."

True(?) story:

A new monk arrives at the monastery and is assigned to help other monks
in copying the old texts by hand.
He notices, however, that they are copying from copies, not the original
manuscripts.
So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this.
He points out that if there were an error in the first copy, that error
would be continued in all subsequent copies.
The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries,
but you make a good point my son."
So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it
against the original manuscript.
Hours go by and nobody sees him so one of the monks goes down into the
cellar to look for him.
He hears sobbing coming from the back of the cellar and finds the old
monk leaning over one of the original manuscripts and crying.
He asks the old monk what is wrong.
In a choked voice came the reply, "The word is celebrate."

french · Post by **french** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 3:15 pm

Bloomfield wrote:Maybe I should start charging admission...

bloomfield -

my wife confirmed my suspician that you bear a remarkable resemblance to heinz erhardt?

- tom

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 3:19 pm

french wrote: my wife confirmed my suspician that you bear a remarkable resemblance to heinz erhardt?

Walden bears a remarkable resemblance to a Heinz hamburger slice pickle.

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 3:25 pm

french wrote:
Bloomfield wrote:Maybe I should start charging admission...

bloomfield -

my wife confirmed my suspician that you bear a remarkable resemblance to heinz erhardt?

- tom

French, thanks for asking. Tell your wife to regard Heinz Erhardt as the platonic idea of Bloomfield: the ideal, pure, and eternal essence of Bloomfield (the many Bloomfields).

Which of your wives did you ask, incidentally?

Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 3:46 pm

The Bloomfield picture reminds me more of Jack Benny.

<IMG SRC="http://pw2.netcom.com/~ridseard/JackBenny_E.Carroll.jpg"> <IMG SRC="http://pw2.netcom.com/~ridseard/JackBenny_W.Jordan.jpg">

herbivore12 · Post by **herbivore12** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 4:13 pm

jim stone wrote:I once had a pith helmet, you know, the white
conical dome hat that colonial police wear.
I used it for sun protection. One day while
wearing it I walked into a tree branch:
knocked the pith out of it.

Real actual true story, only indirectly involving lisping:

In the far, misty reaches of time, when I was a freshman in college, I was at home for the winter holiday. I was keeping late hours, reading until everyone in the house was long asleep, and would creep from the living room to my bedroom in the dark to avoid waking folks. I knew the house well, having lived there, so I'd walk pretty quickly in the pitch-black dark, my hands held out in front of me in case I misjudged where a wall was or something. One night, a half-open door slipped between my outstretched hands and arms and collided, very hard, with my face.

I was very startled. Stunned, even. Literally.

Felt like someone hit me in the head with a bat. I hit so hard that it cracked the wood around the hinges, and I was left with a bloody nose, a lump on the forehead, and a swollen lip that had me talking funny for a week (nice segue from the lisping, eh?). Woke up the whole house. They only helped me up off the floor when done laughing.

Later that *same year*, I read a poem by Robert Frost describing exactly the same thing. I was stunned, again.

So, lace your fingers together when walking Frankenstein-like through dark houses. It might save you lots of grief.

--Aaron[/i]

ScottStewart · Post by **ScottStewart** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 4:19 pm

jim stone wrote: One day while
wearing it I walked into a tree branch:

So, a man walks into a bar...

You'd think he would have seen it.

french · Post by **french** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 10:45 pm

Bloomfield wrote:
french wrote:
Bloomfield wrote:Maybe I should start charging admission...

bloomfield -

my wife confirmed my suspicion that you bear a remarkable resemblance to heinz erhardt?

- tom
French, thanks for asking. Tell your wife to regard Heinz Erhardt as the platonic idea of Bloomfield: the ideal, pure, and eternal essence of Bloomfield (the many Bloomfields).

Which of your wives did you ask, incidentally?

for those interested in finding out more about the mold that makes bloomfields, try this http://www.heinzerhardt.com/.

i'm not concerned about the language of the website. after the recent demonstration of japanese prowess, i'm sure you'll capture its essence. after all, i'm not certain platonic ideals need language.

in the shop, there's even a picture of a puppet, my one and only wife has nicknamed blümli.

cheers!

- tom

Tom Dowling · Post by **Tom Dowling** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:20 pm

A humble inquiry about the next tune,

Tom D.

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