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Posted: May 9th, 2008, 2:22 pm
by Doreen Peri
old joke from my childhood
Every morning the Trids got up, ate breakfast, and marched over the bridge to Tridville to work.
One morning, a troll moved in under the bridge. When the Trids tried to cross the bridge, the troll climbed up and kicked the Trids all the way back to their homes.
The Trids decided to take the day off in hopes that the troll would go away, but the next morning the troll once again climbed up onto the bridge and kicked them back to their homes. In desperation, the Trids decided to ask the Rabbi for help.
So the next morning the Rabbi walked across the bridge several times but never saw the troll. He went home believing the troll had indeed moved on. When the Trids tried to cross the bridge afterward, the troll climbed up again and kicked the Trids back home. The Rabbi returned to the bridge and called out for the troll.
When the troll appeared, the Rabbi asked why he was allowed to cross the bridge but not the Trids. The troll replied, "Silly Rabbi, kicks are for Trids."
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 3:30 pm
by westcoast
yum!
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 3:39 pm
by constantine
let's not be hasty, westwoman!
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 4:47 pm
by westcoast
sugar coated?
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 4:52 pm
by hester_prynne
Roadrunner baby
pleased to meep meep you
crispy in milk
a fine fine ilk
and a sensitive man
conjures raisin bran
and by the way,
did you know
i'm your fan??????
great write here dino
koo koo ca chewy
coco puffy stuff.
things never are as bad as they seem
you write like a
dream dream dream.....
H
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 5:00 pm
by constantine
thanks hester. were you named after the silent actress? you've probably have been asked that more times than you'd like, but i am curious - used to have a poster of her.
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 5:04 pm
by hester_prynne
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1946132224/nm0000847
Ms Theda Bara herself.
She even looks like me!!!!!
My dear Father, had a big ol horny crush on her....
(God rest his wandering soul).
H
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 5:13 pm
by constantine
i've never seen her movies, but i sure liked her poster. it was the one where she's dressed like an arabian dancing girl. i think my ex-wife tore it up! that's alright, i tore up her ian anderson poster in revenge. we were the young, stupid, and restless.
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 7:43 pm
by Lightning Rod
now I'm picturing bran flakes
in the milk for fifteen minutes
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 8:24 pm
by constantine
you're right about cap'n crunch - they are eternal, like freddie krueger. kashi has staying power too. raisin bran? what can i say? i like raisin bran, but they don't have much vigor - limpid, the wally cox of breakfast fare. the raisins are crunchier than the flakes. god knows that ain't right!
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 8:31 pm
by Lightning Rod
rice crispies are the liveliest cereal
what's not to like about snap, crackle, pop?
they don't just lie there like soggy Life
it's enough to make you want cream of wheat
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 8:42 pm
by constantine
i used to hate that stuff! though that black guy on the box seems cool. doesn't he have a chef's hat? is he still on the box or has he been deleted in this the era of political correctness? i bet he could tell some tales.
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 8:49 pm
by Lightning Rod
are you thinking about Uncle Ben or Aunt Jemima?
Don't even get me started about the Quakers
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 9:13 pm
by constantine
no. there used to be a black guy on cream of wheat - no name as i recall. where's truckin; he would remember - he remembers everything! those gypsy jokers get around. you guys are both in texas - did you ever meet one another. i don't trust the quaker. looks too benign - people are usually the opposite of how they appear - at least in my experience. it's like when someone says would i lie to you. from that point on, i begin to be wary. but, in the end analysis, the quaker is a two-dimensional representation of a quaker, and because of that i trust him even less. "nothing is better for thee than me ." yeah right. when in doubt, trust the cap'n. at least he has a rank - he must've accomplished something, and surely has earned the respect of his crew and his superiors to get where he is today. sorry, but you obviously have touched a nerve.
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 9:24 pm
by westcoast
an old joke my dad used to play on the local grocery store when he was a lad. he'd call up to ask: "Do you have Aunt Jemima in a bag?"
to which the clerk would answer: "Why yes, we do sir."
then dad would respond to get a boyish thrill:
"Really, well, you'd better let her out!!!"
is it still funny?
~westie