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[montyb]

One of the great pleasures of this thread is when the community of crytogrammers take someone's comment and just run with it. It's like handing off the baton in a relay race; it takes a team. (Slightly edited to remove a time posting.)

"What you THINK about reveals what you ARE. Sometimes we need to do a check-up from the neck-up. "
— Unattributed

montyb
February 27, 2013, 10:25 pm
I was just thinking about thie vacuousness of the universe.

jnoodles
May 9, 2013, 7:44 pm
Sex......stil sex .......sex. Perhaps I should check lower.

universalmom
September 6, 2014, 2:39 pm
hey! did you just call me vacuous??

abra
January 1, 2015, 11:05 am
There's a billboard, not far from here, that uses the "check-up from the neck up" line it's from an ENT.

montyb
March 4, 2015, 12:14 pm
Hee hee! Thanks for the laughs, jnoodles and U-mom!

kb83
April 27, 2018, 2:50 am
No, U-mom, that would be abhorrent.

LLapp
December 7, 2020, 2:21 am
. . . because nature abhors a vacuum cleaner?

[Eureka]

(Sometimes darkyr has the ability to bring everything together so magnificently.)


"Seven beers followed by two Scotches and a thimble of marijuana and it's funny how sleep comes all on its own." — David Sedaris


kb77
October 20, 2011, 4:21 pm
and its all safer than rx.


gryhnd51
February 26, 2013, 1:22 am
I wouldn't say that 7 beers, 2 scotches and a few hits of pot is exactly SAFE.....nor smart.


universalmom
June 13, 2014, 6:35 am
This guy is so full of himself...


chopstix
August 10, 2014, 7:06 pm
The thimble full alone should do the trick.., and I think David Sedaris is hilarious!


echo
August 12, 2014, 11:38 am
I agree with chopstix, he IS hilarious! "Me talk pretty one day" is one of my all-time faves.


obsessedreader8
August 23, 2015, 9:52 am
I don't find this guy funny at all.


tgreen517
October 27, 2015, 6:46 pm
I guess you have to have a good sense of humor.


mikeoc51
February 8, 2019, 8:27 am
where s the rum


djgoossen
December 7, 2019, 9:01 pm
Not a good sense of humor, just an indiscriminate one. I've seen David Sedaris schtick. Mundane or pedestrian is how I would describe it.


Wordigo
June 27, 2020, 10:09 pm
Some people have their funny bone where beer, scotch and pot are. Other people, where sex is. Others yet, where shit is. Yet others where ethnicity is. All this shows that humor is an excellent psychological x ray device.


mohamm1
September 19, 2020, 3:26 pm
^ What Wordigo said. The things people think are funny, and the things they are offended by, are very revealing of what's going on inside them. #AllMindsMatter - - - 145


darkyr
December 9, 2020, 4:13 pm
Two funny bones walk into a bar and order seven beers, two scotches and a thimble full of marijuana. I'll let everyone fill in the rest of the joke in the privacy of their own imaginations, but let me just say it involves a psychological X-ray device.

[LLapp]

Maybe we need a special forum thread just for players' spontaneous poetry. Till then, here's another limerick from kb83.


"Forgive many things in others - nothing in yourself." — Ausonius

kb83
January 12, 2022, 9:03 pm
Decimius Magnus Ausonius
Had the key to existence harmonious,
Grant others their flaws,
But in your case, pause,
You could be the one who's erroneous.

[LLapp]

I can't stop laughing at imsoeasy's comeback.

"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get Up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office." — Robert Frost

kb83
April 3, 2014, 5:15 am
very funny. I didn't know he had an office.

tskaggs6
October 23, 2014, 6:42 pm
Yeah, I don't see him as the office type. Sounds like some kind of snark where he's pointing out what a special snowflake he is compared to the rest of us. Like his poetry though.

dovid1946
January 5, 2015, 9:36 am
His poetry office was in room 421 , down the hall from the prose division

LLapp
September 1, 2015, 11:40 am
^ ha ha . . . but really, a writer has an office. Think about it: It's full-time, you need a desk and a chair and something to write with, and you need solitude for long stretches. Office, right?

abra
June 27, 2016, 1:43 pm
Ha! I was wondering if he went to the office each morning. Did he take the train, and stop at Walgreens for coffee? Did he have a secretary taking messages about important poetry matters? I would have guessed it would be more like LLapp described it. Put on your slippers and walk down the hall.

LLapp
May 13, 2018, 5:28 am
Truman Capote wrote best in hotel rooms and trains. John Cheever put on his only suit every morning and rode the elevator down to the basement of his NYC apartment house; there he would strip down to his boxers and hang up his suit, then sit down and write until nightfall, put his suit back on, and ride the elevator home. And there was some writer, I can't remember who it was, who said she would write with her feet immersed in a bucket of water, as a tactic to keep herself at her desk.

imsoeasy
November 5, 2019, 12:59 am
I didn't know it was so easy to be a writer. I'm doing it now sitting in the dank basement, naked, with my feet in a bucket of water. Anyone else have tips?

[LLapp]

Players' tips and nostalgia about where to get the best and worst pizza....


"You can't go wrong with pizza, unless it's terrible pizza." — Andy Kindler

oddcouple
August 11, 2018, 12:40 pm
I've grown fond of deep dish pizza. Unfortunately, frozen tastes little different than cardboard.

kb83
November 7, 2018, 10:14 am
Very logical.

abra
June 4, 2019, 5:51 pm
It's very subjective. Even though I'm from the Chicago burbs, I don't like deep-dish. We both like very thin crust almost no sauce, Italian sausage and cheese. It should smell like olive oil and oregano. Hard to find in a lot of places in the country. Also, Italian beef, I can't believe that it's mostly a local Chicago thing. I know it's spreading, but I was shocked that we haven't found it in NY, CT or MA. We did have a place not too far from here with Italian beef and sausage, but it only lasted a year or so. My son found another one but it's too far for us to drive for lunch. My niece who calls herself a ''beef snob'' is going through withdrawal since her move to Florida. I guess there are some chain places, but she said she wouldn't eat there when she lived in Chicago.

Eureka
July 20, 2019, 12:15 pm
It is hard to find really good pizza these days.

LLapp
October 3, 2019, 5:42 am
Best pizza I ever had was at the lunch counter at the train station in Florence. Huge brick oven, just for the pizza. In a train station!!

letfreedomring
October 31, 2019, 5:25 pm
It's great to have a great food experience when traveling. I had the best mussels in Nice many years ago. I remember going back by train (from Monte Carlo) the next day to have them again. But I cannot get a good cheesesteak anywhere but Dalessandro's, Philadelphia.

montyb
December 6, 2019, 11:27 pm
Worst pizza I’ve ever had was from the snack window at Sam’s Club. It made Chuck E Cheese’s seem like gastronomic ecstasy by comparison.

imsoeasy
January 12, 2020, 5:57 am
Word is Monty, that you should get your pizza slices at Costco. With over 700 calories a slice plus 30 grams of fat (65% saturated) they are guaranteed to delight your taste buds and harden your arteries.

maradnu
March 23, 2020, 12:16 am
Worst pizza I ever had was in the late 60s at a small restaurant in NC. The crust was burnt, the sauce was bitter and they used American cheese.

LLapp
February 25, 2021, 2:43 am
Letfreedomring, the *other* best pizza I ever had was in Monte Carlo! But cheesesteaks -- Delasandro's on Henry Ave.? Really?! Thanks for the tip! My daughter and her boyfriend love finding great cheesesteaks whenever they visit Philadelphia. I'll take them there someday after the pandemic is behind us.

Synonymous
August 15, 2021, 6:40 pm
Gaspare's Pizza, San Francisco, Geary Blvd. Best in the West.

rasbury
August 23, 2021, 1:31 pm
So the quote is basically saying, pizza is always good, except when it's bad. That fits in pretty well with my own experience.

gracefulghost
December 19, 2021, 8:37 am
B & J's Pizza is the best in Corpus Christi and has been for several years! Now they're a brew pub, too! Heaven!

didit
December 19, 2021, 2:58 pm
Al Quadrante near the Marco Polo Airport outside of Venice. Even years later, my husband would ask, "Remember that pizza?"

[LLapp]

Another entry (with line breaks added) from the Kb83 Limerick Series....

"Perhaps the strangest thing of all is the marvel that mathematics should be possible to a race akin to the apes." — Eric T. Bell

LLapp
October 8, 2014, 7:53 am
Apes can do simple arithmetic.

Roxanne
December 13, 2015, 7:59 am
For all we know they are capable of doing complex mathematics also, they just don't get the NSF grants that would enable them to spend time preparing their research for publication.

kb83
April 9, 2018, 10:29 am
A brilliant chimpanzee named Walaji
Knew well algebraic topology
He made a fine model
Of a plant-based Klein bottle
Then ate it without an apology.

[oddcouple]

"Trees outstrip most people in the extent and depth of their work for the public good."
— Sara Ebenreck


jobdevaa
July 21, 2013, 7:31 pm
So true
msswitch
May 9, 2014, 6:31 am
Let's hear it for the hardworking trees....
montyb
January 3, 2015, 4:18 am
Which they have been doing long before the public existed.
jimdgar
February 14, 2018, 9:36 am
What about grass? It works as hard as the trees, and people just walk all over it.
MissKitty
February 25, 2018, 10:47 am
great point jimdgar. Kilroy 84
judy100
October 26, 2019, 4:09 pm
How are about the California wildfires?
Nannienettie
March 20, 2020, 11:29 pm
Love trees. My daughter had a tree planting ceremony for her wedding.
fishbum
July 9, 2020, 1:07 pm
Aspens are quacking and willows are weeping.
montyb
December 3, 2020, 7:05 pm
And maples are just sappy.
Synonymous
September 6, 2021, 9:35 pm
Interesting, we should look into electing some trees to Congress and other public offices. They can't do more damage than is already being done. (Notice, I didn't cite a party.)
Wordigo
November 17, 2021, 5:43 pm
^good point. Let’s root for the trees and turn a new leaf.
DrCryptell
January 26, 2022, 12:41 am
I know an elm and an oak that reside on my street that work their roots off and "leave" naught unturned as they burrow for the public good. Not so for the willow near the barn who weeps all day in an attempt to fill the well alongside the pasture that the cows might drink and fertilize the lawns.
jbb33054
August 7, 2022, 12:39 pm
96

[RedEnoch]

Open mouth, Red, and insert foot.

[RedEnoch]

Beecher’s head was certainly up a part of himself. He never got that rich or powerful, though. Or was he talking about prison wallets?

[LLapp]

"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself." — Henry Ward Beecher

susanith
September 24, 2016, 3:37 am
To me this quote implies that a man's worth is in his values and perspectives, not in the outer accrual of wealth and societal status.

marnita
November 11, 2016, 7:30 am
Well, why didn't he say that, then?

wigoddess
January 24, 2017, 12:37 pm
right?

abra
April 9, 2017, 9:34 am
Because he was a pretentious and pompous twerp.

cherylab1963
June 17, 2017, 10:21 am
He did say that.

marmot
July 9, 2017, 1:19 pm
Susanith, can I quote you on that?

marnita
September 30, 2017, 6:59 am
I'm with abra.

LLapp
December 30, 2018, 2:08 pm
Definitely with abra. Well said.

badbob
February 8, 2019, 9:07 pm
speaking for all pretentious twerps, i am highly offended beecher was our leader

Persephone59
June 24, 2019, 2:10 am
You know, I've read Henry Ward Beecher's bio many times, but it never occurred to me until now that he was 62 when his adultery trial occurred. Late bloomer (more likely late to get caught.)

oddcouple
June 7, 2020, 5:05 am
LOL at badbod! Very clever!

LLapp
January 18, 2021, 10:49 pm
Badbob, oddcouple has given you a new name.

[ravenclaws62442]

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
— Bernard Meltzer

bansaisequoia
October 9, 2012, 3:50 pm
Slightly?
montyb
October 26, 2012, 8:46 pm
From this cracked egg to another, Bansai.
momof7
October 19, 2013, 2:42 pm
I feel more scrambled.
wvwoman
November 30, 2013, 3:39 am
cracked AND scrambled here.
SippyGurl
June 2, 2014, 10:13 am
soft boiled am i
nothing
January 26, 2015, 4:00 pm
Ahh - my true identity - I am all types of eggs: sometimes hard boiled, sometimes poached, benedict. souffle or flambe
oddcouple
May 1, 2015, 1:33 am
Fried for me.
dovid1946
May 10, 2015, 8:25 am
eggs-actly
marnita
May 24, 2015, 7:46 am
An egg is not of much use until it is cracked.
mmfs83
July 14, 2016, 10:03 am
I like hard boiled eggs with mustard. Try it.
wigoddess
December 25, 2016, 8:47 am
all of the above
SuzyToo
November 17, 2017, 5:31 am
Better a cracked egg than an evil spawn.
nelnose
January 24, 2018, 2:57 am
I'm over medium. Don't start rumors.
mmfs83
September 16, 2018, 9:34 am
I think I'm coddled .or is that cuddled.
Capy
October 8, 2020, 5:58 am
Like all your comments!

[ravenclaws62442]

"I don't think America will have really made it until we have our own salad dressing. Until then we're stuck behind the French, Italians, Russians and Caesarians." — Pat McNelis

universalmom
February 15, 2012, 8:24 pm
Okay I was with you until the Caesarian part!

montyb
May 9, 2013, 12:39 am
We're even behind the Thousand Islandians.

figmo
June 18, 2013, 3:26 am
What about the Ranchers?

nevadasmith68
July 30, 2013, 5:05 pm
HAHA-Funny!

mtvoyager
August 6, 2013, 2:12 am
How about the vinegar and oilians?

momof7
September 28, 2013, 5:50 pm
If Thousand Islands counts, does that mean Canada has made it?

nehiyawiskwewniya
April 7, 2014, 5:38 pm
How about ...American Melting Pot Dressing .. sound appetizing?

bansaisequoia
July 5, 2014, 9:02 am
Yeah, well show me a slice of Russian Cheese.

montyb
October 18, 2014, 4:07 pm
That would be Putin, Bansai.

abra
April 23, 2015, 4:04 pm
Does anyone remember the Monk episode, where his date tells him, that she was born Caesarian? He tells her, "I was born normally, but I was raised Caesarian". I'm not sure we can come up with anything, as good as the Roquforarians.

pj48
December 3, 2016, 6:43 pm
I've seen every episode of Monk, and I don't remember the quote you cited. Hilarious show.

bkmcincinnati
February 20, 2017, 10:54 pm
At least we have our green goddesses.

BrainCellKeeper
June 24, 2017, 9:19 am
I Googled Pat McNelis and am still puzzled.

abra
April 30, 2018, 5:36 pm
PJ48, it was the one where he had a date with a woman and they had a reservation at a restaurant on the top floor of a building. He wouldn't take the elevator so they had to walk up. That was part of their conversation. It might be Mr. Monk and the Blackout.

hrossa
March 3, 2021, 1:10 am

Descifrador
March 24, 2021, 1:22 am
Cesarians... That would be "Mexicans". The Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico.

abra
September 7, 2021, 2:53 am
Caesar Cardini was Italian. He started in San Francisco, but, then he went to Tijuana to avoid taxes. Is it Italian, American or Mexican??

[hrossa]

"It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic. " — Herbert Marshall McLuhan

Jalapenoman January 25, 2015, 7:14 am
Does this mean that you don't need critical vision to drive a stick shift?

JenDiaz72 February 25, 2015, 11:02 am
Well maybe. First gear can sometimes be a b**** to get into.

LLapp July 5, 2015, 5:38 pm
It means, use cruise control but keep your eyes on the road.

blueladyblue April 24, 2018, 8:50 am
Maybe you're supposed to keep watching the gear shift or it will stop being in gear.

eholland October 22, 2018, 5:52 am
He's talking about automatic firearms.

[LLapp]

"Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free." — Danish proverb

universalmom
March 12, 2015, 4:06 pm
Isn't that the truth!

Roxanne
January 17, 2016, 8:37 am
Er det ikke sandheden!

lainecap
February 4, 2017, 2:55 pm
ja det er sandheden, Roxanne

darkyr
February 18, 2017, 2:35 pm
Ja, what you two wrote.

krabbe
April 15, 2017, 4:13 am
ofte rigtigt, desværre

abra
February 20, 2019, 12:07 pm
Press one to continue in English.

[oddcouple]

"The white light streams down to be broken up by those human prisms into all the colors of the rainbow. Take your own color in the pattern and be just that."
— Charles R. Brown


nevadasmith68
September 12, 2013, 3:46 pm
Later Charles married Lucy Van Pelt. Snoopy was best man.
bazinga
October 27, 2013, 7:38 pm
They met at Woodstock...'s nest
JenDiaz72
February 9, 2015, 8:06 am
Did Snoopy ever actually steal Linus' blanket?
montyb
February 19, 2015, 2:23 am
Yep! (link)
abra
November 8, 2015, 8:27 am
Oh, poor Charlie Brown. He was so in love with the little red headed girl, and he ended up with the crab apple.
puzzleme
March 2, 2017, 5:19 pm
Schroeder played Mendelssohn's Wedding March while the little red haired girl sobbed in the choir loft.
Andy451
April 24, 2017, 2:25 am
Oh, he's a clown. That Charlie Brown. It's good to see that all those nickels Charlie has been paying Lucy all those years are finally starting to yield good results.
DrCryptell
February 6, 2018, 2:45 am
Somewhere over that rainbow Charles got high.