Due to a recent incident where a member was reading a thread Fatal Trauma (aptly named actually.. lol) laughed so hard, had a cough attack and broke a rib.. It should be brought to attention that reading the discussion board can be a danger to your health and must be read at your own risk.... participants will not take any responsibility of coughing attacks, broken ribs, injuries caused by falling off chairs laughing, dying of laughing or wetting of ones pants.. or any other incidents... LOL

Get Well Larry (Razorjack51), may you be treading these boards with agility as soon as possible.. lol

LMAO

Tell ya what Lauren. I'll gladly take either one of those pies. They sound delicious!..*SLURP!!* And I'll even share to boot!..=D Oh btw Ann, tater salad would be great too..=)

Cat ! You weren't serious ??!!! You were trifling with a poor little Mushroom Man Clown ??

Why, he's on his way, popcorn, comfy slippers & all !

He'll be crushed

Ok, so just to make sure I got this right ... we won't be needing the extra camcorder batteries?

Tsk, tsk ... Cat's new DVD/VCR combo came sans cables, and I thought it would be a nice gesture on our parts to go over and record that other show tonite for her.

Her ?!!! US !!!

We could critique if you will...vote....aren't the Winter Olympics coming up ?

rotflmfaoooooooooooooo

I wasn't trifling w/Mushy boy, that was a serious offer of intent!

ty Les, ur so sweet to look out for me like that 8•P

Lauren, I don't want to see anything under an 8.4!

Hehehehe...

At first glance of Cat's post, I thought there was a new ... ohh, this is where sleep comes in handy, lol ... another of these thingys ... : 0 ;)

But for the life of me I couldn't figure this one out ... 8.4 .

I think this time of night is the equivalent for us, of a cat's 'crazies' at 3 in the morning. Ours would run around and entertain us with a stirring rendition of her walking on the piano keyboard ... some Russian music piece, I believe.

I won't send Cat to the vet, if she promises not to bring home any kittens,,

well from the sound of it they probably will be cute with mushroom heads.. =PPPP

Spotted mushroom heads

about the danger of these threads...
[click to firefox alert thread and read my entry which explains all]
I have a massive toothache and i blame you keith...you and your evil threads!

No kittens!!!!! Especially not spotted mushroom ones.. Tutu would be sooooo jealous.. ;)

Jealous of which.. the cat or the mushroom.. LOL

The mushroom of course.. How could she be jealous of an alley cat.. She's a pure bred..

!!!!!!

I WAS gonna be polite and say that I wouldn't bring home any kittens… this week… however… my new goal in life is to provide you with lots and lots of kitties to love. *sticking out tongue* pthffffffffft

Ok, Off to the vet with you.. None of those mushroom capped kittens in my house.. I like kitties I can love.. Bad Cat.. Not nice at all..

*runs away* you can't catch meeeeeeeeeee

'sides… tis all ur own fault… impugning my honor like that! and keith's too! our kitties will be the most adorable kitties you ever saw in your life 8•P

*waits for the retraction of claws before the next posting* (JOKe.)

*pouts* I have no claws. That mean Ann person tricked me into going to the vet the 1st time and had me declawed. She couldn't just buy me a scratching post? Some nail clippers? 8•(

Lol, reminds me of that Far Side, wherein you see a dog leaning out of the car window talking to his canine friends, "Hey Guys! I'm going to the vets to get tutored!!"

*nods* uh huh… she told me there was gonna be catnip pie there…

I am a firm believer in punishment.. Puishment should fit the crime.. Try to scratch me you will lose you claws.. Try to over run my house with mushroom capped kittens you will be spayed.. No catnip for bad cats.. Puppies who don't behave get neutered..

*pthfffft* I'm not falling for your tricks again!

*runs away*

Good.. You better run.. I wasn't known as the meanest mom in San Francisco for nothing.. I believe in rules and I stick to them..

Congratulations! I'm sure you worked really hard for that reputation. Did you work as hard at it as you do for the Madame Grouchy one? 8•P

Of course.. Funny how my kids still love me.. They always knew where the line was drawn.. Never any question.. They also knew it was there, because I cared.. Odd wasn't how my house was l aways filled with the neighborhood children.. My house, my rules..

Why would it be funny that your kids still love you? If you raised them with love & humor, there'd be no reason why they shouldn't.

Personally, when Keith & I have all those kitties, my goal isn't to be a perfect parent, it's to do a good enough job that my kids will forgive me for whatever mistakes I make along the way. 8•)

And if the little kitties dont love you .. you can always put them with their little mushroom heads in a dark cupboard and watch the fungi grow.. lol... sorry that was really really bad joke..

ROFLMAO! Owww!!! My ribs!!..=P

*offers Larry icepack* no?
*offers Larry heating pad* not enough?

yo Lauren… Larry needs the Aleve

Jackie, i'm sic'n the paternal unit on u! (right after I get back from the er… I think I cracked a rib too)

How's those pain killers workin' for ya Larry ? In between doses are we ?

hehehehe.. OH NO!!!!!! Not another injury from reading threads.. didnt you read this one Cat?... LOL.. Warned you it was dangerous... LOL...

Well, I still believe in the restorative properties of chocolate so Larry, the pie's yours .....

*pouts* where's mine? 8•(

*hooks Cat up with some 'imported' stuff*

Oh, no ... not necessary, yw.

What? Didn't Larry tell you about his frequenting the threads as physiotherapy for his injury?

As I understand it, his doc told him to limit himself to one chuckle a day, gradually building up his fortitude. So, he usually reads my stuff, before attempting others :P . Got to limit that 'ROFLMAO!' for him, as evidenced above ;) .

Don't worry Larry we won't tell your physiotherapist that you came back to the scene of the 'incident' ;) .

You know, in all those old "film noir " movies of the 40's & the 50's the bad guy always comes back to the scene of the crime .....

Just a point to ponder

How dare you ... how dare you cast dispersions on the good character of Larry, just because he came back to the scene of the, ok, crime fits too, doesn't imply nor infer ... wait ... ohhhhh ... oh ok ... nvm.

(*eyes Larry suspiciously ... but, still open to the idea that he is an unwilling participant to his own rib's demise ... so, a weak squint, if that*)

LOL!! Yeah! I deserve it!! I shoulda known better!..=P Seriously, though, I'm better now guys!! I've been takin' ibuprofen during the day, and codeine laced cough syrup at night. It tastes like hell, but it sure helps me sleep!..=P Oh btw Lauren, I'll still take that pie, and Cat, I'll share it with ya if you promise to be a good kitty! LOL!

Good to hear Larry, I was wondering how you were doing at work this week.

Dude, that pie's yours !

*crosses fingers behind back* I promise!

*smoooches* thx Larry

LOL! No problem! Hey, I'm a generous guy. I'll share..I don't mind!!..=)

oh .. cat .. we weren't supposed to hit that back button on the yahoo pictures were we?

were you being paid to strip at that party?

*scratches head* back button? huh? me confuzzed.

and um… no… not paid…

back = previous ... the caption reads .. "me on my back on vacation"

oh ... wait ... I have that wrong

nosy parker! lol.

the vacation was that obvious, huh?

Oh wow! I completely missed that!..=O LOL!

???? Huh ?! I thought the caption read "pie stuffin' "

I always get here too late ...ratz !!

Oh ... my ... (*waits for the tears to subside from laughing*) ... ok, a little more composed, not much mind you.

Keith, you're going to need to keep a lawyer on retainer, if you keep having the finger pointed back to you as to the culprit instigating these suspiscious rib injuries. Annnnd ...

I am wondering if Larry might share a portion of any of his conversations with management or physicians, when he explained the 'how.' Now that ... that would be interesting to hear ;) .

Love the pic Cat. Precious. Sorry Lauren, next time I will be sure to fill-up the tank before picking you up to ensure a timely, yet, fashionably late arrival on the threads.

Thanks Les, but that is something to think about.....how much do you think Larry told the Doctor's anyway ?

" Well, ya see Doc, I was reading this thread ....what's a thread ? wait, I'll get there ...and there was this guy who looked like a clown, ....well not a real clown....And Jacqueline said....and Lauren said something about spots ....what's an avatar ? Well, you see Doc ...."

Yup, I'd have loved to have heard THAT conversation !!

LOL.... it's a wonder the Doc didnt check to see if has been eating those funny little mushrooms..

Lolololololol ... there you go. Another topic, "How To Tell Your Doctor ... ."

Hmm, maybe Larry would be the first to post then? Pwetty pwease?

I remember years ago when the kids were babies.. I broke the bone in the top of my foot.. had the Doctors laughing, they didnt believe how I did it... I had made a tuna casserole, you know the kind tuna, vegies, topped with potato and cheese, well it was in a big dish and it was pretty heavy, I was just about to put it into the fridge (so had my head in there) when I think it was my son came quietly into the kitchen and touched my leg.. god I nearly had a heart attack.. I jumped, the dish slipped and landed on my foot, hence broken bone..
(I can tell you some beauties from work.. LOL... )

Heh, sounds almost as good as mine...
I was oh, 16ish...living in Hawaii...walking home from school, had my flip flops on and somehow fell out of them. In my trying to avoid breaking my ass, I caught myself with my left arm...causing a multiple fracture of the hand, wrist, and forearm...
Doctors told me that it is very hard to actually do any real damage to my butt, and should have just taken the fall...they didn't seem to understand that I have a very sensitive tush, and had a good laugh out of me choosing a multiple fracture over a bruised bum.

Lol.

Hmm, ... a "Read Threads At Own Risk:Part Deux" is in the making?

lol. clearly… and in the interests of full disclosure, the pic is my niece @ her 1st b'day party.

(p.s. soooooooooo glad to find out i'm not the only klutz around here)

LOL! She's a little cutie! Actually, I DID tell the doctor that I had just sat down for 5 minutes to use the computer when this whole coughing, fractured rib thing happened. I was having pain in my left side since Christmas, but my family physician told me it was just stretched and bruised muscles from coughing then. I've been sick a lot this winter with colds and the like. I hope that clears up any confusion..=P

Well, at least you're sudenly better... "IT'S A MIRACLE!!! Say Halleluah!!!"

Clears up the confusion...yes. Punctures our thrilling discussion about your supposed discussion with the docs ....very definitly. I had lots more ammo ...*sigh*

How 'bout under the heading of sad, but not necessarily funny injuries ? I had taken my 3 year old to the Doctor's for his well baby check -up & didn't even think about it, but I had a beaut of a shiner. The nurse takes me in the room to wait for the doctor & casually asks about it. So I told her the truth.....I walked into a door. Never realizing at the time that was code for abuse. So the nurse was all sympathy for my sorry home life, but the truth was....I sorta walked into a door. What happened was, I was picking up toys in Ben's bedroom, bent over at the waist, scrounging behind his door. The phone rang & I lurched up fast ( Pavlov's dogs had nothing on me & the phone ) & wham ! Door knob right above my cheekbone. The nurse was lucky, she didn't see it when it was really bad.

So no Cat, you're not the only klutz around here, trust me

I have to admit… as much of a klutz as I am? My older sister is by far the worst… we describe her as the woman who could walk into a ballroom furnished only by a small accent table in the center of the room, and trip over that table.

Me, I mostly do things like not paying enough attention when using a mandoline and slicing off some fingernail along w/the carrots. 8•(

You want klutz.. How about putting your foot in hhe pets water dish, when trying to get your jacket out of the closet, and spilling it all over the floor. Which means you have to stop and wipe it up, so you grab some towels and pull the whole stack out of the closet into the water... Now I have to do laundry... :-(

favor por favor? I have a bag right here I haven't gotten to yet… if you wouldn't mind? I pay in homebaked desserts. 8•P

Who? Oh, ok, that 'guy,' 'him,' as we like to say.

C'mon, what are you talking about.

He has the look of a Health & Safety Coordinator for the Threads written all over him. He's here to keep them safe, trust me on this.

Don't judge a baby by it's nose, pancake make-up and oh geez ... KEIFER, this is too hard to sell. We got to get you a hard hat.

LMAO ....since KEIFER's from the West Coast, it'll probably have a This End Up sticker pointing down on it ....LOL

E-mail me your laundry, Cat.. What's a couple more loads..

LMAO @ Lauren... now im sure Keifer has a tattoo that says that... LMAO.... LOL *ooops sorry keith.. that was supposed to be a secret...

*ponders* is that tattoo on his back pointing @ his posterior?

*shoves laundry bag through computer screen* thx Ann! ur the best!

Maybe it's in the front. LOL! You never know!..=P

LMAO.. I'll leave that to your own imaginations... LOL...

Come on Jac! You can tell us...I'm sure Keith won't mind!..=P LOL!

LOL... *hopes these lot know i'm joking.. lol..

*raises eyebrow*

now whats with the eyebrow raise... hmmm??? LOL

Uh-oh! Now see what you did! He's watching you!..=P

LOL.... ohhhhh I'm scared... hehehe... burning skeletons dont scare me.. I have teenagers.. LOL.. =PP

Jacqueline, I can send you 3 more teens. Bwahahaha!

NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo please NOOOOOOOO... I'll be good i promise... LOL

Oh, that word ... that one word that usually strikes fear in the hearts of parents ... 'teenager.' Burning skeletons vs ... np? Lol.

(Still trying really hard to get Larry's visual out of my mind, lol. Hmm, wonder if adding 'Fragile" or 'Handle With Care' as another tattoo is a good thing or not?)

HAHAHA... good tattoo's.. LOL... as for vs? its an angel.. =P

Ahh, Jacqueline, poorly worded/abbreviated choice on my part there.

I had a giggle to think that you could stare down a burning skeleton and yet, maybe run, if a baggy-panted youth showed up.

oohhhh nooooo.. you got it wrong... i dont run from baggy-panted youths either... LOL... I just dont want anymore.. i always have a house full of not only my own but a lot of others usually have any where from 4 to 8 kids here on the weekends

LOL! Thank god my daughter's no longer a teen. It was hell on earth when she decided she no longer needed parents, except for a place to sleep. Getting a job or moving out was out of the question to her, though..=P

LOL... that is soooo true.. mine is like that right now..

Quick one here, since we are on the topic of teens.

Me, more particularly, me eating.

Picture this ... drove my dad crazy, given that he usually did the grocery shopping ... I am sitting on the couch/sofa with a 48 fluid oz tin of Allen's Grape Juice, two holes punched and in one, a straw ... a bag of cookies at my side ... my dad spies me and says, "Why not take a glass and a few cookies? You won't be able to finish tha ... (*sounds of the empty tin echo as I suck up the last remains*) ... oh nvm."

I had to laugh when I read your remarks about having 4 to 8 kids around on the weekend. I used to get that a lot. My wife (mostly her) and I decided that it was easier to let her friends spend the night sometimes than worry about where she was all night or what kind of trouble she was in. The part that used to get me was 8 kids sitting around looking at me the next day saying "What are you cooking to eat, we're hungry?" It gets on your nerves when you've only got 1 lb. of ground beef for dinner and not much else..=PP

yep i know what thats like... thing is they are here on the saturday from lunch to dinner sunday...

Alright, one more. Doonesbury, cartoon.

The son comes home for a visit after the move out of the house, finally, and the dad says, "I want to speak with you about something now that you are on your own. Your bill ... it's $989,736.52. Pay up."

LOL! Yeah right! That money's gone forever, I already kissed that goodbye!!..=PP

When my son turned 18 I hit him up for rent....he laughed. But I know how you both feel/felt, my house was always teen central too.....though there's absolutely nothing worse than teenage boys who chew tobacco. Nothing like coming home from work & seeing the 2 litre bottle of Pepsi on the family room floor next to some strapping boy & thinking " Oh good ! They saved me some pop ", picking it up & shaking it to test the level of carbonation, & you see fuzzy stuff coating the inside of the plastic. They'd been using the half full bottle for a spitton. On the Gross - O - Meter, that rates about 113....

So how did it taste?..=PP

LOL Lucky me, I saw the fuzzies first......can you image if I'd poured the pop & had a drink of tobacco laden Pepsi ? Blechhhhh !!! That would've cured me of my Pepsi addidiction once & for all !!

Ehhh! It can't be any worse than bong water, or so I've heard..=PP
**Whistles and looks around innocently**
Hey! That was ages ago!..=]

LOL! It takes hours to get the taste of bong water out of your mouth.

When my youngest son was @ 5 years old, he used to grab any drink left laying around..... until he grabbed and took a big gulp from a half empty Mountain Dew can that was being used as an ashtray. That broke him of drink swiping real quick.

Nasty.. Never allowed that in my house.. If they were going to use the stuff they had to go outside..

Yeah! I never could stand Mountain Dew myself!! Just kidding Ann! Besides, that was in my younger, stupider days..=PP

Mountain Dew.....yuck ! Tho my kids loved it....I hated it

Bong water?

Sounds to me like something Australian Aboriginal's would use in a cleansing ceremony before their walk-a-bouts.

Is there any difference between bong water and mountain dew?

Yup, Mountain Dew is definitely nastier!..=PP

Thats really really gross Lauren... Bong water? hehehehe... yep definately cleansing... makes walkabout more interesting.. LOL.. we have billabong water... is that the same ... LMAO *looks up at the ceiling .. hmmm needs to paint... LOL......