THE END OF THE YEAR
...a time for thoughtful reflection on the major events of 2005.
(Thanks to many people)
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...a time for thoughtful reflection on the major events of 2005.
(Thanks to many people)
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I like the GI Joe rescue one ...
Posted by: U.O | December 30, 2005 at 10:42 AM
Everyone knows SCUBA Steve is who you send in for water rescue/recovery.
Posted by: Sarcasmo | December 30, 2005 at 11:02 AM
Hmmmm? GI Joe encounters a little sewage and he's useless. This reminds me of something. Now what could it be? Oh, yeah, it reminds me of the "boys" in my house.
Posted by: Teri | December 30, 2005 at 11:12 AM
Finally a post that isn't worth crap!
Or wait, Maybe it is!
Oh well What I'd like to know is how did they get GI Joe down the flusher?
Your's,
No Name Rock Band
Posted by: No name band | December 30, 2005 at 11:18 AM
This whole topic has me flushed. (Sorry, couldn't stop myself).
My son, now almost 13, used to flush myriad things, including his underwear, if he had an accident.
He also flushed eyeliner pencils, ceramic knick-knacks, and a variety of toys.
Posted by: Noob | December 30, 2005 at 12:50 PM
I once had five plumbers working on my stopped up pipe (don't even ask how much that cost). They had to cut out a section, and in it they found the source of the stoppage; a tape measure, the big metal professional kind. After I got over the fainting spell caused by the bill, I asked the plumber what was the weirdest thing he'd ever found in someone's plumbing. His reply?
A tape measure....
Posted by: DeeDon | December 30, 2005 at 02:04 PM
Hey, this is almost as good as my annual list of Top Five Things I Found Under My Couch Cushions.
Posted by: Wavey | December 31, 2005 at 03:04 AM
New SOSIK? Does this work for everyone?
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 05:39 PM
Works for me! Shall we call it "Out Of Snakes in Kilts"?
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 05:44 PM
yep, no hiccups
Posted by: cyn | May 08, 2006 at 05:44 PM
Okay, I'll post the official moving announcement on the old one. :)
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 05:47 PM
wow - i'm hardly ever here on moving day - usually i have to wander thru old threads, following the trail of empty bottles and discarded kilts
Posted by: TC | May 08, 2006 at 05:51 PM
We like to keep you guessing, TC, but we thought we'd cut you a break today.
And hey! Where ya been?!
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 05:53 PM
...while riding a horse?
:)
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 05:53 PM
Okay everybody, new mission, for OOSIK. Let's unblurk the blurkers! Come on everybody, POST!
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 06:01 PM
cyn, my dad would say "peach fuzz!" when he hit his thumb with a hammer or some such thing, so I kind of borrowed it from him. He was determined not to use foul language in our home and came up with many creative alternatives.
Posted by: Sarah J | May 08, 2006 at 06:03 PM
KDF, darlin' - what makes you think i've been anywhere? maybe i've just been followin' you around, all quiet like, so you wouldn't notice me
Posted by: TC | May 08, 2006 at 06:03 PM
alfred, ?
Posted by: Sarah J | May 08, 2006 at 06:03 PM
Now why the heck would you do that, TC? Opportunity lost, pal.
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 06:04 PM
POST
Posted by: | May 08, 2006 at 06:07 PM
Oooo...phantom poster. Intriguing.
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 06:09 PM
why would i do that? well, for the view, of course
but i didn't say i've been doin' that - i asked how do you know i haven't been doin' that
more likely i've been wanderin' around lost, followin' a trail of empty bottles and discarded kilts, and wonderin' where that damn horse ran off to afer i fell off
Posted by: TC | May 08, 2006 at 06:12 PM
but i didn't say i've been doin' that - i asked how do you know i haven't been doin' that
I'm a mom, Tickles. I have that eyes in the back of the head thing.
pssst, guys, public service announcement: rest assured that when you are in fact "taking in the view" we are fully aware of it, even when we pretend not to notice
However you got here Toodles, we're glad you're back. Have you met SSA, our resident leather-wearing warrior punstress?
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 06:18 PM
post
Posted by: slyeyes | May 08, 2006 at 06:23 PM
I have - in fact, met Sharon - in fact, I think i snuck a peek at her....
oh yeah - i wasn't sposed to mention that again
oh, and you can rest assured that we know that you know we're lookin' - some of you ain't all that good at pretendin' not to notice - just sayin'
Posted by: TC | May 08, 2006 at 06:23 PM
only when we want you to know that we know
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 06:26 PM
*slumps under the blankets in a corner*
Wake me when the world is shiny and happy and it's no longer my mother's birthday - which, coincidentally, I forgot for the 22nd year in a row. Never mind that she's a b!tch, I'm still supposed to at least remember her birth month, right?
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 06:27 PM
You know?
So I see you've heinzed, KDF--*snork*! Things got a bit interesting last night, I'll say that. But the leather does go really well with the boots.
TC--are you ever going to finish that sentence? You've got me all intrigued here. And yes...I did know you were lookin'.
{{Marie}} I had some sage advice for you...but I thought you'd like basil better.
:)
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 06:33 PM
♪ and the band plays on ♫
very cool Sarah. I try to not use bad language `round my family. not nearly as successfully! your dad sure has raised some great kids, though. maybe i'll up the effort:)
well, i'm off to errands n other rl things n stuff.
catch y'all later. (hopefully not so late everyone is asleep, again. ah hate talkin' to m'self)
{{{hugs MiK}}} wish i could make it all better for you. but, WE love you:) hang in there. or here!
Posted by: cyn | May 08, 2006 at 06:34 PM
There was this one time though where he failed. The Bishop was over for dinner and was talking to my brother in the living room. My parents and I were in the kitchen preparing dinner. My dad was carving a chicken (or maybe it was a turkey...? oh well) and cut the webbing between his index finger and thumb. He let out a string of words I'd never heard him say before and my mom yelled, "Scott!!!" then hissed, "We have company in the next rooom." That's one of the only times I've heard him use words like that. (the others were at my brother for being an idiot, but that's another story)
Posted by: Sarah J | May 08, 2006 at 06:39 PM
Sharon - if you knew i was lookin', you'd know that i snuck a peek at your....
wait a minute! you're just tryin' to trick me into tellin' you, aren't ya?
Posted by: TC | May 08, 2006 at 06:40 PM
Darn. You're a smart one.
*goes off to devise new plan*
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 06:43 PM
*snork* nobody's perfect! (n i've cut the web of my hand before! it hurts like h*ll. and the shock is just awful.)
ok, i'm really going, now.
latergators:)
Posted by: cyn | May 08, 2006 at 06:44 PM
*snork* at Sharon and *sniffle* at Cyn. {{{{everyone}}}}
I feel better. Giant Frog is in a better mood and we're having cassoulet for dinner.
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 06:50 PM
Blurk!
Posted by: Meanie the unBlue | May 08, 2006 at 06:57 PM
OK, I gotta go find that horse, cuz she's got all my beer
see ya'll later
Posted by: TC | May 08, 2006 at 06:58 PM
Blue, you have mail. A tad late, though, I'm sorry. :-(
The two miners in Oz have been rescued. A bright spot in an otherwise dreary day.
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 06:59 PM
Wow...Blue comes in, and TC goes out. Coincidence?...I think NOT!
TC--Just don't get off your horse twice or The ASK will never let you hear the end of it.
pssst...TC...why do you have so many names around here?
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 07:01 PM
oh, so I see how it is...I leave for less than an hour!! and you guys snuck off and moved on me.
*sniff*
KDF, got some more of those paranoia meds? or some Chill-edrin™?
Posted by: southerngirl | May 08, 2006 at 07:02 PM
SG! Welcome to the OOSIK!
And we didn't snuck. Well, TC's been snucking, but that's about it.
And weren't you the one who suggested moving in the first place? Hmm? HMM??
I thought so.
*loves sg a margarita and a Chill-edrin*
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 07:06 PM
You think NOT, therefore...you aren't?
S-G, they done the same thing to me. Just walked right out on us, they did. *Loves S-G some Chill-edrin™ extra-strength.*
Posted by: Meanie the unBlue | May 08, 2006 at 07:07 PM
Thank you Blue, who's definitely an un-Meanie!
*smooch*
and Sharon the defiant, I did suggest it, and was informed that oh, no everything was cool, no problems here, blah blah blah...
can't remember who said that, tho...
*concentrates really hard*
heehee, I said "hard"
wait I minute, missy...I do believe that was you!
gulps down the Chill-edrin™ extra-strength.*
much better - thanks again, Blue the Sweetie.
I'll take that margarita now!
Posted by: southerngirl | May 08, 2006 at 07:13 PM
Oh. Right.
*nervous laugh*
Carry on. Nothing to see here.
pssst...Blue...how long does it take for Chill-edrin extra strength to take effect?
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 07:16 PM
Marie, I was going to send you an IM this afternoon, but my bosses insisted on hangin' around. I guess they didn't realize that I had waaay more important things to do. :)
Posted by: southerngirl | May 08, 2006 at 07:18 PM
sharon, sweetie, you aren't worried about little ol' me, are you?
*practices her best innocent look*
*wonders if it's working*
gotta head out for a few - see y'all soon.
Posted by: southerngirl | May 08, 2006 at 07:21 PM
pssst...everyone! Quick! Move the Kilt thread again while sg is...is...
Heh-heh...you're still here, aren't you?
*gulp!*
Never mind.
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 07:23 PM
It depends on the method of delivery, Sharon. If taken orally on one's own, it can take up to fifteen minutes. If administered by a trained and caring partner via other means, it can be practically instantaneous and far more effective.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Meanie the unBlue | May 08, 2006 at 07:25 PM
Oh, geez Blue...do you give me this much ammunition on purpose??
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 07:34 PM
As if you had to ask.....
Posted by: Meanie the unBlue | May 08, 2006 at 07:37 PM
Thanks, Sgirl. It's all right, I understand about the werk restrictions on blogging and ch@tting.
Bixente Lizarazu the football player is on TV. He looks cute... never really got a good look at him before, what with all the running (and sweating, ewww).
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 07:38 PM
Sweating can be fun. It makes every all.. slippery n slidey.
Oh yeah. I am present and accounted for!
Still waiting for some sort of vacation present as well.
*pointed glare in Thumpers direction*
Posted by: wolfie | May 08, 2006 at 07:44 PM
Oh, right... I forgot... Bixente Lizarazu, the Basque French player.
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 07:55 PM
First you don't invite me to the party, then you move when I'm gone, then sg gets the good paranoia bit before I get here...
Posted by: The ASK | May 08, 2006 at 08:27 PM
Ignore him, guys. He's gripin' again.
Posted by: Meanie the unBlue | May 08, 2006 at 08:28 PM
Well, I was gonna see if I could help him get over it, but since I'm supposed to ignore it...
Posted by: wolfie | May 08, 2006 at 08:30 PM
I never listen to griping. Princesses have "people" to do that for them.
Posted by: Sarah J | May 08, 2006 at 08:31 PM
I just saw an ad for Bixente Lizarazu. Sure it can cure depression, but the side effects are quite scary. (embarrassing flatuation, frequent urination, adult acne and erections lasting longer than 10 days).
Posted by: slyeyes | May 08, 2006 at 08:33 PM
And just look at that shine!
(Geezers, stand up and be counted. OK, stay in your rockers and be counted.)
Posted by: Meanie the unBlue | May 08, 2006 at 08:51 PM
*SNORK* @ sly!
Hey, there's nothing wrong with having a gripping personality...I mean, gripping denotes excitement and energy and...and...
Oh. You said....
Never mind.
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 08:54 PM
His name does sound quite medical in English. I guess I was in Spain for so long that it didn't register as a strange name. His first name is pronounced rather like "bi-SHEN-te".
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 08:59 PM
Where've you been Sharon? It's almost curtain time.
Posted by: Meanie the unBlue | May 08, 2006 at 09:00 PM
Curtains? It's curtains for me? Are my puns really so bad that you need to plot my death behind my back (which, by the way, is MUCH worse than not inviting The ASK to the paranoia party or moving without telling sg)?
Hmph. Curtains.
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 09:08 PM
*knocks on table three times*
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 09:13 PM
I see I've drawn the drapes of wrath with my thinly veiled threat of doom. I merely wished to ensure that our audience is not again disappointed following last night's unflattering reviews.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 09:18 PM
You caught that, did you? Shades of "The Critic" wouldn't you say?
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 09:24 PM
Ah Hime do,
Begins to make doilies and listen to griping.
Posted by: Alfred | May 08, 2006 at 09:33 PM
Well, I am usually drawn into the total perspective vortex of catching up from wherever I have left off, so I did note that. I also caught the extended e-mail paranoia thing, R0und II, and had a fairly long ch@t this morning about that with the person about whom we are in fact not at all speaking of, IYCMD.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 09:43 PM
Really? I'm so often blind to what's going on around me that it took me somewhat by surprise.
And it's too bad you didn't end up hanging around longer, or you could have joined me in defending our performance last night.
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 09:51 PM
Well, when the bugle calls at 5:30, staying up much past 1:30 is not a luxury I have too often. But I will stand bravely behind you as you defend our honor into the wee hours.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 09:56 PM
Yeek! That's early! Fortunately my schedule allows me to be a complete night owl. Now, don't look at me that way--jalousie is an ugly emotion on everyone.
Funny--I had another instance of email paranoia earlier today as well (totally unrelated to the blog). Must be my perfume.b
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 10:04 PM
*grabs extra b--can use it for a raspberry later*
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 10:06 PM
The perfume must be getting to your memory too. *Snatches and makes origami crane from SSA's tongue*
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 10:06 PM
She doesn't need to have her honor defended. She can parry and thrust like the best of 'em. With words, of course. What were you thinking? Perv.
I'm making no sense today. *sighs, presses post anyway*
The monsoon is back with a vengeance now. The rain is falling horizontally and hitting the front windows very noisily.
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 10:07 PM
Just peeking in to bump the paranoia level.
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 10:08 PM
hey! I'm here now - y'all weren't talking about me, were you??
it's ok, if y'all were talkin nice, just sayin'...
Posted by: southerngirl | May 08, 2006 at 10:09 PM
sg! I know you did that on purpose!
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 10:10 PM
My kung-fu is mighty--I unravel my own tongue this time.
:b (see--I knew I'd need it!)
It's like tying a cherry stem in your mouth, only in reverse!
Oh geez. KDF is pique-ing again.
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 10:11 PM
And THANK you, Marie!
:)
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 10:13 PM
I Did Not!!
*freaks out cuz apparently I was bein' talked about*
*runs off to hide in the corner*
Posted by: southerngirl | May 08, 2006 at 10:13 PM
Is cherry stem tying a two-person act or a solo? Just, um, curious.....
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 10:17 PM
It can go either way, Blue.
sg--we were NOT talking about you. So don't...um...bother heinzing to check on it or anything. 'Kay?
(just kidding :)
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 10:20 PM
Thothe of uth who can remove other people'th tongue ringth can generally handle a little cherry thtem, yeth, Blue!
Posted by: KDF | May 08, 2006 at 10:21 PM
Two people if you use your fingers. One if you use your tongue.
*has minor panick attack knowing they were talking about her*
Posted by: wolfie | May 08, 2006 at 10:21 PM
You mean cherry-stem-tying is real? I always thought it was a joke. It can't possibly be physically possible.
I can turn my tongue upside-down, though, by twisting it almost at the base. When I show it off, people are always amazed.
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 10:22 PM
See? I was so upset I forgot how to spell.
*removes K from panic and stores it for tomorrow when she's making a Kake and will need it*
Posted by: wolfie | May 08, 2006 at 10:22 PM
I can also stick the tip of my tongue to the back. That one freaks everyone out because apparently it looks gross.
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 10:24 PM
I, myself, have actually tied a cherry stem into a knot with my tongue, Marie. It can be done.
I was going to make some comment on the nimbleness of my tongue (considering that it can be tied in knots and used to make origami animals) but decided it would be in poor taste (HAR!).
Actually, I just didn't want to give Blue easy ammo.
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 10:26 PM
Blue has easy ammo even with Bible quotes. His mind works in mysterious ways.
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 10:32 PM
Go a bit slower, please, ladies. How am I supposed to get this all down?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 10:36 PM
It ain't always the mind that's working.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 10:37 PM
*does tongue acrobatics* All I need now is a lesson in cherry-stem tying from Sharon.
Posted by: Marie in Kourou | May 08, 2006 at 10:40 PM
Yes, Blue...trust me, we know.
*peeks and reads over Blue's shoulder*
"...whoever can control the tongue can bridle the whole body..."
HEY!!
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 10:44 PM
It's the stomach too, you see. Lots of work going on in there, yessir.....
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 10:45 PM
yeah, I'd like to hear from Sharon on that one, too!
wolfie, is a "kake" the same thing as a "cake?"
cuz I'm so confused...I thought you didn't cook? ;)
Go a bit slower, please, ladies. How am I supposed to get this all down?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | 10:36 PM on May 8, 2006
nope, not even goin' there...
Posted by: southerngirl | May 08, 2006 at 10:46 PM
I can tie a knot in a cherry stem around my tongue ring. So there.
Posted by: The ASK | May 08, 2006 at 10:48 PM
Ammo get myself in all kinds of trouble here.....
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 10:48 PM
Okay, see...you take the cherry stem and put in on your tongue so it goes from side to side, rather than front to back. Then you thrust your tongue back a bit...
...hmm...broke into a little sweat there...
...and bring the two ends of the stem together behind your teeth.
The next part is just basially manipulating the ends of the stem with the tip of your tongue until one end lays over the other. Then you suck really hard so the pressure folds one end over...
...heh...excuse me for a moment...
*runs to take a cold shower*
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 10:53 PM
I am not too proud to admit to a need for personal instruction in this area.
Hey, where did ASK get to? Man, he disappears quick, doesn't he?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 10:55 PM
Well, sure The ASK! It's easy when the tongue ring is on someone else's tongue!
pssst...KDF...watch your tongue around The ASK!
Posted by: sharon share-alike | May 08, 2006 at 10:56 PM
*Checks dressing supply*
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 08, 2006 at 11:00 PM