Comments on: So…

By: morecowbell

morecowbell — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:12:56 +0000

agreed. as are bush jokes.

By: morecowbell

morecowbell — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:12:29 +0000

the socialism thing isn’t a joke…

By: Kelto

Kelto — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:07:48 +0000

Old “joke” is old.

By: Igloo McCoy

Igloo McCoy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:48:19 +0000

Next make a joke about socialism, or how Obama’s a secret Muslim! Because those are still funny and accurate, not to mention totally relevant!

By: meglet

meglet — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:47:32 +0000

yay! yes minister!

By: Innocent Foreigner

Innocent Foreigner — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:27:13 +0000

Teleprompter broken?

By: Eric-in-STL

Eric-in-STL — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:02:03 +0000

O:”So…did you see the Lakers game?”
D:”Nope.”
O:”Ah. How about the Penguins? Hockey fan at all?”
D:”NHL sucks all good players out of Europe.”
O:”I see. Baseball?”
D:”HA! Communism rose and fell since Cubs last won World Series! HAHAHAHA!”
O:”Good thing I’m a White Sox fan.”

By: Eric-in-STL

Eric-in-STL — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:57:23 +0000

My sympathies, MG.

By: froofrou

froofrou — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:46:35 +0000

{http://www.newsweek.com/id/134549}

By: froofrou

froofrou — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:39:53 +0000

{http://www.mndaily.com/2009/04/01/peta-kills-pets-they-purport-save}

By: froofrou

froofrou — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:37:48 +0000

I actually heard this story a couple of weeks ago….it’s just recently come back out. Let me see if I can find the one I read….

By: bad fairie

bad fairie — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:36:19 +0000

i’ve heard some of this from other sources, i don’t believe it, but i don’t disbelieve it either —
sorry about your hubby’s mom – hugs for everyone. watching a parent decline in the last year or so is hard to do, been there with both, but from what i’ve seen you’ve got the strength to withstand, just pray for the endurance. treasure the time you have left, it can never be recaptured or made up for.
BB

By: lowly grunt

lowly grunt — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:52:19 +0000

What’s the deal? It’s just guys sitting around talking.

By: lowly grunt

lowly grunt — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:51:29 +0000

I just hope he washed his hands. You know what those things EAT, right? Or worse, walk on…. ew.

By: lowly grunt

lowly grunt — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:50:06 +0000

Oh, that sucks. Sorry to hear all that…

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:23:20 +0000

MG, I know the hardest part is watching the slow decline. It happened with my father and you just feel hopeless because there isn’t anything you can do but make them comfortable. Thankfully my mum went quickly with no pain. I’m praying that you are given the strength, but mostly I pray for courage for you and your husband.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:18:41 +0000

“Holy F*cktard, Batman! How did this one escape?”

By: wallFly

wallFly — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:08:11 +0000

if you’re hindu, you could just say that obama being being a generous soul and hastening the fly’s progress through the lower stages of life so that the path to nirvana would be that much quicker.
he really is a swell guy.

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:28:20 +0000

Thanks sb.

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:27:27 +0000

Thanks, Jane. *hugs back*

By: pittypat

pittypat — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:57:55 +0000

My best to Poppagander and Granmagoose.

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:53:35 +0000

Sorry to hear it mothergoose!

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:52:23 +0000

*you’re

By: SKW

SKW — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:23:37 +0000

They have a super frowny face contest.

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:00:09 +0000

Sorry mothergoose! *hugs*

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:03:39 +0000

We’re doing well. Thanks for the good wishes

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:02:18 +0000

A friend of mine sent me this link once, and I re-linked it here… I cannot vouch for it’s veracity, but kinda makes one wonder a little…

By: AC

AC — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:00:59 +0000

I’m sorry mothergoose, I hope you and your husband are dealing with things okay and that her health will improve.

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:56:27 +0000

PETA looks for any opportunity, don’t they?! How should he have “ethically treated” a common housefly?! Let it live, breed and infest the White House? C’mon…we just got rid of the last infestation in Novemeber!!!!!

By: Umba

Umba — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:49:21 +0000

Hey man, have you tried killing yourself? I suggest you do it, you won’t be missed by anyone!

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:44:41 +0000

Thanks.

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:43:55 +0000

Thanks

By: Captain Wow

Captain Wow — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:34:31 +0000

The small talk started when Vlad took a break from being Dmitri’s puppeteer…

By: viking gal

viking gal — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:13:27 +0000

Yeah, well, it’s PETA. The same folk that brought us ‘sea kittens’.

By: Captain Wow

Captain Wow — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:10:35 +0000

*grabs mothergoose’s husband*
*hugs tight*
You both are in my prayers!

By: Captain Wow

Captain Wow — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:09:25 +0000

You know PETA got really pissed about Obama swatting that fly…
I mean come on! It’s just a nasty fly. It’s not like it’s some sort of endangered animal.

By: morecowbell

morecowbell — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:50:59 +0000

“so, you don’t know what you’re doing?”
“nope!”

By: viking gal

viking gal — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:49:49 +0000

Sadness. Hugs to your husband.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:32:07 +0000

Ok; I’m Scottish, so I totally get exactly where you’re coming from.
Best wishes to you and yours.

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:50:13 +0000

O/T, but wanted you to know we had to cancel our vacation to Glasgow. My husband’s mother has not been well, and we don’t think she’s going to survive the summer… We’re hoping to get there either next spring or summer.

By: Starling

Starling — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:32:13 +0000

Ooh look, a fly!

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:19:53 +0000

Uhhhhh…ok…so…here we both are….

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:51:58 +0000

Yes Minister, written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, is a British political situation comedy of rare power.

Set in the mythical “Ministry of Administrative Affairs”, its power comes partly from the strength of the leading actors (Paul Eddington as the Right Hon James Hacker MP (minister for Admin Affairs), Nigel Hawthorne as Sir Humphrey Appleby (Permament Secretary for AA, effectively the Civil Servant in charge) and Derek Fowldes as the Principal Private Secretary to the dept (reporting to Hacker, but knowing that Sir Humphrey has control over his future career)).

This power comes from the fact that (uniquely in political sitcoms), it ignores party politics and concentrates on the divisions between Government (legislature, and responsible for making policy) and the Civil Service (responsible [well in principle anyway] for implimenting those decisions).

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:41:06 +0000

This puts me in mind of an episode of “Yes Prime Minister”, where Hacker and the US President were having a summit.
Hacker’s description of it to Sir Humphrey and Bernard afterwards was something like “We started reading the briefs to each other, then decided to swap and just read each others’. That meant we got it done in 20 minutes, and spent the next 2 hours dissing the French!”

In which context, if you like Monty Python and/or Fawlty Towers, give “Yes (Prime) Minister” a try.

By: cool person

cool person — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:07:56 +0000

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