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  • johnman
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    think i like yer plan
    i have always considered hate to be a waste of energy, anyway...couldn't we use that energy to power my cd player?...oh yeah...and the fridge....jus' for my beer ya unnerstan. cuz, ya know....ain't no time to hate
  • starsleeper
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    I vote for a Planet of Love
    Are we just delaying the inevitable? Has the beast gotten out of control? How long can a system based on mass consumption at the expense of the environment we depend on and were given for free go on? As long as people hate each other we'll be in a world of hurt. Do you believe in miracles? Everything's gonna be all-right,someday.
  • johnman
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    i too am no fan of our president
    but he was duly elected by a majority of the people, as close as the election actually was. i am concerned how ever about what appears on the surface. apparently the government now controls most banking, most of the auto industry and soon, possibly, health care. i am all for comprehensive health for all citizens but at what price?...i'm still adhering to my "wait and see" philosophy, hoping taxes won't be raised...i can't afford it.
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    Ted: Obama is no savior
    While I admire Barak Obama for his great skill in oratory (certainly the best speech maker since Lincoln), I think it would be unfortunate to see him as some kind of savior. Yes, yes and yes he is moving forward in some important areas such as health care but when crunch time came on the economy he chose to bail out AIG and investment banks 100 cents on the dollar rather than to cut some type of deal. 32 billion will be paid out to executives in the largest banks for bonuses this year. He has sent more than 20,000 more troops to Afghanistan where there is no clear route to "victory". Iraq remains problematic. This year is the dealiest for US forces of the entire war. It is clearly business as usual for our country with a few flourishes in such areas as health care and the green economy. It is indeed unfortunate to see how the great unwashed and eneducated masses can be whipped up into a foaming-at-the-mouth hysteria regarding all things Barak by these moping maggots of mendacity, but it is only economic fear and racism that is driving them. ~ The rich man in his summer home saying just leave well enough alone ~
  • Mr. Pid
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    Naive?
    I'm not sure that's the right way to describe it. Perhaps overly optimistic? Facts and information are only required to form an informed opinion. There are no rules prohibiting uninformed opinions or their dissemination. It is up to each individual to bother to inform themselves. And that's probably for the best in the end. I certainly wouldn't want to be subjected to a regime where only "official" opinions were allowed. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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    Just now saw my jet-lagged typo. Meant to type " even if parents DISaggree". Thanks Ted! I certainly heard plenty of illogical disrespect while I was over there! For example it is impossible that Obama has "ruined" the country in his 9 months in office-and I heard that statement a couple of times. Am I utterly naive, or are not facts and information required to be able to form an opinion? ********************************** Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. Mark Twain
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    Free speech and obstruction
    Good morning Tiger Lilly from deep in the heart of the USA, in red state Kansas. In November of 2008, US voters gave a majority of votes to Barack Obama indicating acceptance of a need for change here in America. Finally, a return to honesty, a cleaner environment, alternative energy prospects and access to health care for all! A very noble and ambitious agenda, indeed.As you've seen and heard, there is a voice of discontent bent on disabling President Obama's agenda to bring about change. Rather than working with the Democratic majority in Congress, the Republicans have chosen not to cooperate, nor contribute, to any successful endeavor. At risk are millions of people without health insurance, including my 2 young adult sons and their lady friends. Fueling this obstruction is a right-wing attack machine using the various media to discredit and weave fabrications to derail any effort to bring progress to this country. Too many people listen to the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Pat Robertson and Glenn Beck. These few have been able to bring disrespect and discord, daily, to the American public, many of whom actually indicate belief that Obama may be forcing some evil socialist agenda upon us. It's very discouraging to see this negativity receiving so much attention, rather than focusing on the real needs of the American people. It is therefore difficult for the Obama administration to rise above this wave of negativity and to maintain a positive structured approach to bringing about any change. Next year we'll have a congressional election where new candidates will be elected and, hopefully, many of the non-productive obstructionists will be booted out!
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    Can someone please explain?
    When I was in the States, I was reading the newspaper articles about parents objecting to Obama speaking to schoolchildren. What is wrong with this plan? Even if parents agree with Obama's political agenda, is it not a perfect platform for home discussion? It is incomprehensible to me that there are parents over there who would not want their children to hear what their president has to say.********************************** Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. Mark Twain
  • gratefaldean
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    The 9's
    Just a couple of hours on the East Coast before we hit 09:09:09 am EDT on 09/09/09. Since today seems to be Beatles day, I'd crank up a short playlist including: One after 909 Revolution #9 #9 Dream Cloud 9 But I'm at work, will be in a meeting, so that just won't happen.
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    Same here...
    Every time I try to upload a pic it comes up a question mark, it takes me like 10 times to finally be able to pre view it then post :( Can someone help us here please :)
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continuing the free-form from where we left it...
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Does anybody besides me find that fricking bizarre? In relation to what the news article is about, does it really matter whether Popper is chubby or thin or peg-legged or an albino or anything else like that? Just struck me weird, but perhaps is me. ********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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I dated a woman in Spokane whose father is a retired police officer. It's a stat passed on by word of mouth. No scientific study here. Hey did you see my post that I saw Mickey Hart on television, yesterday. He said the band may get together for a tour next year.
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the band is adding wood to the fire, so to speak......still bet they don't hit washington state!!
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believe ya think i'd drop a cookie..........damn!
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That Phooey porn is some hot stuff. Wicked hot. I've dropped a cookie myself, but the dog got to it before I could pick it up and dust it off. Pretty fast for a fat old yellow dog. Cheers, dude! MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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i LOVE that story. me want more. MORE. will give cookies for more.Peace, The Kid
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...and finally got around to typing it up. This seemed like an appropriate place, it seems to bring out the (barely repressed) weirdness in me. Words of wisdom, no doubt. Glad you enjoyed it, kid! MitD ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Pirate walks into a bar, with a large oddly shaped bulge in his pantaloons. Bartender says "excuse me sir, I couldn't help but notice - is that a ship's wheel in your pants?" and the pirate says "Yarr, it's drivin' me nuts" Chinese guy walks into a bar with a large brightly colored parrot on his shoulder. Bartender says "well, there's something you don't see every day. Where did you get that, then?" and the parrot says "China, there's like a billion of them over there" A priest, a rabbi, an elephant and an S&M fetishist walk into a bar and the bartender says "What is this, some kinda joke?" A dog walks into a bar, strolls up to the bartender, rears up on his hind legs and says "Hey, looky here, I'm a talking dog. That's pretty impressive isn't it, don't you think I deserve a free drink?" and the bartender says "Sure, the toilet's down the hall and to your left" Now to separate the philosophy majors from the boys: Rene Descartes walks into a bar, and the bartender asks "So Rene, would you like a drink?" Descartes replies "I think not"...and disappears. Je pense donc je suis, dudes! ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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It involves a blue whale and a sound effect. Doesn't translate to print. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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A Deadhead and his dog walked into a bar. The Deadhead said to the bartender, "Can I have a beer? I don’t have any money, but I have this talking dog." The bartender said, "If your dog can really talk, I’ll give you a beer on the house." The Deadhead said to the dog, "Hey, what’s your favorite Dead song?" The dog barked, "Wharf, Wharf, Wharf." The bartender, furious, threw the Deadhead and the dog out of the bar. Once outside, the dog turned to the Deadhead and said, "Maybe I should have said Dark Star." HeeHee! QUACK! Peace,Gigi
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So good to start it off with that Gigi!
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Glad you liked it!!TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a grateful day!! Peace,Gigi
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you people are just plain wrong............i've tried 3 times to get past "wharf, wharf" without chokin'....and i just can't do it!!................how many hippies does it take to screw in a light bulb?.............don't be ridiculous,everyone knows they screw in vw buses!!..........thanx mark and gigi for shining a little light on my otherwise shitty life....i can start this day with a smile and a little hope!!!!
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walk into a bar. You'd think at least one of them would have seen it... Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Always a blonde joke in there right?Ha!
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Grate way to start off a Friday :) I'd like to tell a joke too, but I always F up the punchline.. PEACE
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Haven't even had my coffee yet, it was all I could come up with! Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Like we never heard or read the F word!!
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nice thought, mom!grate jokes.... screw in a light bulb. HA hippie friday all peace nice mouth ride!
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Yeah iknowyourider, we've been around you long enough to know your vocabulary is more colorful than a double rainbow!....and we all know magic happens around double rainbows.;)) I LOVE FRIDAYS!!!!!!!!!
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...I should start another thread by showing my boobs. Do you know what's brown and sticky? A stick (my daughter thought that was a scream when she was five. My ex-wife didn't get it) ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Like when " the compass always points to Terrapin?"Have a good weekend, peace-out!
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Yes, but many times it points to Winterland! ;))
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And the angel on the left says "tell jokes, be positive, enjoy life!" while the devil on the right says "well, that's all fine but don't forget the DEADNETSTORE SUCKS!" Sometimes, the devil is right. Hypothetical situation: say you have a friend who has just had a baby, and you thought it would be cool to send the new baby a gift, and say you thought it would be cool if that gift was, oh, I don't know, maybe a Grateful Dead themed onesie. Let's also say you would like to buy this through the deadnetstore because maybe some tiny percentage of the profits supports this fine website. I am here to tell you the odds are four out of five you will be disappointed. Five onesies shown on the Babies and Kids apparel page, and four of them are of course "currently out of inventory" (and, of course, you have to open each individual page to find this out). Both the youth tees shown are also out of inventory. The one allegedly available Moon Jerry onesie is cute enough; I refuse to buy it just because its the only one there; it's my least favorite of the choices they used to have so I will look elsewhere. I don't know the deal is with the store, if operation of the store is something that is contracted out or not. If so, the contractor is costing Dead, Inc. business and should be replaced. I'm all about not tying up cash in a lot of inventory, but if you're going to show it on the webpage you need to have it in stock, wouldn't be that hard to hide those webpages and take down the thumbnails. Yeah, it would be painfully obvious that the shelves are empty but c'mon, the shelves ARE empty. If on the other hand, it is a Dead, Inc operated business, maybe they should consider contracting it out. That thing ain't right. Sure, the people in customer service are all nice and friendly but all the customer service in the world doesn't do any good if you don't have jack shit to sell! Sorry about the negativity, but, you know, SUCKS. Ok, shoo devil. I'd rather tell jokes. (after I get back from any one of those dozens of hippie shops that always seem to have stuff in stock, usually cheaper) ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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First off, note the time of the posts, I'm back in like two minutes - well, plus typing time, and deleting foul language. Googled "Grateful Dead Onesie" and the first stinkin' hit is SunshineJoy, and they have *lots* of onesies. They have all five that the deadnetstore have, err had, plus six others. No irritating "out of inventory" signs, and fifty cents cheaper each (that's just 3% cheaper, but still...). Doggonit. That's the only drawback, they have so many it's going to take me forever to decide which I like best. So many choices! doggonit. I feel like I'm cheating on a girlfriend. But it's cheating on a girlfriend that won't put out ;^D ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Ok, now I see what the uproar is about! The store ran out of the Egypt Blanket! The blanket! You can't run out of the blanket!!! It's winter!! Linus would not be happy with this. I will chalk it up to overwhelming demand for products representing the Gratest Band in the Land! Still think Linus is not happy. ;((
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heres a joke for ya to calm down with.so a man and a woman statue are in this park for about 50 years, modeled as a pair of young lovers. and so one day, and angel comes down and brings them to life. He says to em "since you have been such good statues, i have decided to grant you an hour of life. The statues approach each other slowly, smile, and make a mad dash for the bushes. After half an hour of much shaking and giggling coming form the bushes, they both emerge, looking rather dissheveled, but all smiles. The angel gives them a kind look and says, you know, you still have half and hour left. They turn to each other, and the female statue says, "alright, now you hold down the pigeon and ill shit on its head." Peace, The Kid
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Kid your Quacking me up :)
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Good job, kid. So this woman took her toddler son to the zoo for the first time. They walk by the elephant pen, and there's a big bull elephant there munching away on some hay. "Mama, what kind of critter is that?" the boy asks. "That's a big boy elephant" replies the mother. The boy points at the elephant's trunk and asks "Mama, what's that thing the elephant is picking up the hay with?" and Mama says "why, that's the elephant's trunk. It's his big long nose that he picks up things with, and sometimes he uses it to give himself a shower." "Wow", says the boy, "and what are those big flappy things on the side of it's head?". "Why, those are his ears that he hears with, and sometimes he flaps them around to cool off." "Wow" says the boy again. The boy then points down between the bull elephant's legs at the large, you know, bull elephant thing hanging down there. "Mama, what's that thing hanging down there?" "Oh, son" replies Mama, "that's not anything. Now lets go get some ice cream." A few weeks later the boy's father takes him to the zoo, and like children do the boy asked his father the same questions (to see if they can't get different answers, sneaky little imps). They walk by the elephant pen and the bull elephant is there, munching away on hay. The boy begins with the questions. He asks his father about the elephant's trunk, and his father give the same answer as the mother had. The boy asks his father about the elephant's ears, and again the father gives the same answer as the mother had. The boy then points down between the elephant's legs and asks "Papa, what's that thing hanging down there?" and the father answers "Why son, that's the elephant's penis, which he uses to pee pee with, and to help the girl elephants make baby elephants". "But Papa, Mama said that's not anything." The father chuckles and says "Well, son, I kinda spoil your mother." ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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is the funniest joke i have heard (heard?) in quite sometime. thank you, i really needed that
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TigerLily has moved back to Germany i wish her the best of luck, and hope everything goes well. I am now alone in South of spain Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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Sending you moving vibes, I hope all goes GRATE for you!!QUACK QUACK!! and all good things in all good time!
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best of luck and good vibes rene.mark, thats a great joke Peace, The Kid
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In spite of what you may have read, I try to maintain a positive attitude. Here are three reasons why today didn't suck so much. In no particular order: 1. I discovered that the Indian-operated Chevron gas station a few blocks from my apartment has an interesting selection of incense, quite of few of which appear to be authentically Indian and including nag champa - now I don't have to drive all the way to Electric Ladyland (a local headshop) to score smells. (this does have a big drawback, in that the employees at the headshop tend to be cute li'l alt.coeds; Raji at the gas station, although friendly, I do not find attractive) 2. I don't particularly care for either team playing Monday Night Football, so I won't be disappointed by whoever wins/loses (unlike most of Sunday's games) 3. My copy of Road Trips Vol. 2, No. 1 arrived today! Cheers! MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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the availability of cake and/or cookies. sorry...but..............ah, well
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daddy is going to go drink some scotch and have a cigar. cookies are on top of the fridge. if you can reach em, you can have em.Oh, and dont come crying to me when you get a bellyache form eating too many of em. Peace, The Kid
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where is the cake?
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watch out for phooey bird, don't wanna have to run from it!
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It's the Phoo Bird, capital P, capital B and its named should only be uttered with a hushed tone of fearful respect. You think not sending on a chain letter will jinx ya, you don't want to phuck with the Phoo Bird. Hey johnman, cookies and cake are basic food groups to me, so they didn't factor into the "why things didn't suck so much" equation - they're *always* available. When the Little Debbie stash gets down to half a cabinet it's time to go shopping. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Sounds like Mark is not so in the dark bout cookies, and just may be a man after your own heart. Just know he's slaying me in this thread.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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can't figure out what "not sending on a chain letter means" I was just trying to be nice but from your tone I'll say phuck you and phooey.
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quick pop in from the road... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenonah,_New_Jersey#External_links please scroll down to the bottom of the page. gee whiz??!! I wonder how that got in there. good luck wiht the new place, Mom!! love and peace. yuk yuk yuk. love and peace.
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i don't see anything of interest at the bottom of the page.....'course, i trip over my doorstep every mornin', too!
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...because I am having a frozen pot pie, and the thought of a brand new Grateful Mom-run Italian market/deli/restaurant (note correct spelling) just made me focus on how pathetic a frozen pot pie for dinner really is. I will have to have many cookies for dessert. Good job CC. The Wiki-wonks will take it out though, they tend to be humorless that way. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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but i'd swear it wasn't there when i looked earlier, then again, i'd swear that a turkey pot pie ain't that bad with tobasco, shredded cheese, garlic salt, and 7 beers
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I can't see it and thats not fair...what does it say!!!! OMG we were soo freaking busy these past daze!! We are so unprepared for the crowd!! But people were so nice and we are so grateful!! Im drinking some vino now trying to chill...we need help , send some helping vibes! Peace, Gigi