JamesMC

Yes, both figuratively and literally. Have you ever found the needle in the haystack though?

One but it tasted diluted. How many slices of pizza have you consumed this week?

Reckless Abandon

The whole "Be A Girl" part was a little weird when I met them for the first time at the unveiling of Tatsu. When I checked in and Robb cross-referenced my screenname and E-mail address he mentioned something about how he envisioned me originally wearing something "Short and Provacative" upon getting my confirmation to attend. Thusly I drank heavily the rest of the night. Too bad I only had Diet Pepsi and water tho. He didn't apologize but we did pretend to talk about sports and mud-wrestling (not with each other) later that evening. Guy heard part of the conversation but was feigning sleep just to the left of where I was stationed in the Plaza area. It WAS socially awkward. Somebody (maybe me) got paid off (not enough) to never mention this on the boards. Or I could just be making this up too.

Minimal Momentary Almost Inversion

Absolutely True Conversation From Work Today: Vicki (a co-worker): Oh, who brought the bucket of candy? Me: Mel brought them in. V: Why's she bringing candy? M: She brings it in for her son's annual Al-Queda fund raiser every year. It only costs 75 cents apiece. V: Are you serious? M: (raising my eyebrows at her) Does it look like I'm serious Vicki? V: Oh! So how much DOES the candy cost? Again, absolutely true.

Yes, but only at my discretion. Do you enjoy learning foreign words that AREN'T swear words?

At which she pranced around on tip-toes, twirled and bowed for an imaginary audience of consumers. Picking up Vekoma who was skittering about her legs during the faux performance, and holding him cheek to cheek, she intoned to no one "America, as the new CEO of McDonalds, I would like to annouce the arrival of the McChipper!!! Tasty-fresh deep-fried chipmunk skins-on-a-stick, served with your choice of flavorful dipping sauces." At this Vekoma lost his lunch over Elissa's brand new spangled and bejwelled purse. However the phone rang and as she picked it up . . .

In a laughable frilly pink satin ensemble holding a parasol and wearing high heels. The event was captured on local televison (although off in the background) where the t.v. reporter was making commentary about the soil conditions nearby. Later, watching a replay of this event the Deeply Tanned Albino Man sensed he was only getting a part of the "real story" and immediately phoned . . .

With a nod to a post in this thread, how about Murphy's Flaw If you were more into hard rock/metal my suggestion would have been Arc Of Descent

The crowd milling about the all-day concert at The Hollywood Bowl who did not have tickets to the venue. Robb noticed the T-shirts of those in attendence. There was a skinny kid whose shirt proclaimed "Wind"- They Blow!!! Another young female wore one that stated "Vacuum"- They Suck. But his eye happened upon a grandfatherly type whose shirt announced his favorite group as "Elissa"- They . . .

Yeah, I'd probably try to bang like a gong- but in reality- truly, most of us would either die quickly, or very slowly. Take your pick. Even in the areas not directly hit by a nuclear blast would be rendered useless by the resulting Electro-Magnetic Pulse generated. If we had advance warning- Australia or Tahiti here I come, but I have a feeling that ALL the flights would be booked. I'm pretty sure that the Middle East is going to annhilate themselves first in their own religious type of war over there, but what worries me is that I think America (as a government, not necessarily the voice of the people) is going to get in the mix and then I think it's goodbye time for everyone. So now let's just sing a happy song and try to forget about it. Kumbaya anyone????

Yes, if you are talking about which comes first alphabetically. Have you ever felt like slapping the Blue Tooth off a random stranger's ear?

I was really hoping for another Tatsu at Cedar Point, and I was kinda bummed at hearing that this was going to be a "small coaster" and then after I saw the layout . . . hey, damn, I'm in- it looks great. Hopefully I will be there early next season to ride it. Not what I was expecting, but that's not a bad thing either.

Son Of Beast Repair Committee Proclaim "We built it, we can fix it!"

Get off your Blue Tooth if you are not in the car or at the office IT IS NOT A FASHION ACCESSORY!!!!!!

Big Shot is the best of all on the Stratosphere- XScream is Okay if you sit in the front- but to me it wasn't "All That" Insanity is pretty good just for the fact that it spins away from the building. If you just look down while it's spinning over the Strip- although not Scary per se, is pretty amusing.

To answer a question posted here, the old sign looked just, well, OLD- very 70'sish- more like a Bank time/temp LED scrawl than anything more current than the 80's or 90's.

Measured cups of sugar into a giant vat of batter to be used in an attempt to get into the Guiness Book Of World Records for the largest Coffeecake ever produced. Robb however was disinterested in what Elissa and Vekoma were up to and was burrowing into Encylopedia Britannica for a remedy for the cure to the common . . .

If my wife was a fish Head stuck in a plate I would kiss her again And say that it's great

The Stand is a great book. It does tie in with the Dark Tower series, which is a GREAT series of books. The first one is the dryest, but halfway thru it comes alive and the other six books are just fantastic. What a great read.

I think that it's a t.v. thing where you just always expect him to get out of whatvever scrape he's in, just because of his personality and his skill. He will be missed. What a shame.

I will have to say No It's raining here, is it raining over there?

Not so much as to buy more of it. Do you like Kohl's?

"Men" . Turning around he saw a door on the opposite side that said "Women". At this Vekoma became sorely vexed as there was not only a door present that said "Gerbil" or "Rodent", but there was not even the ubiquitous politically correct third option of "Family/Assissted" sign posted on any of the doors. Reflecting on this Vekoma wondered just where in the world he learned to read the English language. As he wandered away, he noticed a display monitor in the hallway replaying the tired old video of . . .