Entries: Round Twelve

[Varmint]

Damn, and I did think those were just the pork rinds in your pocket.

[dumpling]

"Eduard, just exactly what is Ms. Varmint doing in the water ?"

[hollywood]

"You see, there seems to be some kind of a communication problem,

honey... because I... I am a lonely guy from outta town, y'know

an'... an' I want some ACTION... what I'm talkin' about is, I

wanna... a-a-steaming... succulent... ever-widening, gooey, drippy,

runny kind of a hole with a... with... how shall I put this... what

say we hop in the trunk of your Citroen AN' GET OUR ROCKS OFF..."

apologies to Zappa

[Al_Dente]

"You see, there seems to be some kind of a communication problem,

honey... because I... I am a lonely guy from outta town, y'know

an'... an' I want some ACTION... what I'm talkin' about is, I

wanna... a-a-steaming... succulent... ever-widening, gooey, drippy,

runny kind of a hole with a... with... how shall I put this... what

say we hop in the trunk of your Citroen AN' GET OUR ROCKS OFF..."

apologies to Zappa

That was a hell of a way to use post #4300... yikes.

[SethG]

Entry #1:

"Snowangel, I know you love the lake and all that, but aren't you freezing? It's a little late in the season. Why don't you head back up to the cabin and shuck some corn for later?"

Entry # 2:

Some occasions are just made for Kikkoman.

[Batgrrrl]

Blue Before Lunch

I hate this damn dress.

Blue on blue, “so flattering” says Mother;

Oh, Mother, could you see me now,

Piling peaches on plums for this afternoon’s picnic

Which I dread, I dread, I dread

The monotony, the talk, the talk

Of light on water, which blue to use,

The latest display at the Academy, and

Who slept with who to get on the walls;

The erection of great art starts prone, after all,

And only comes to light after repeated thrusting

Of brush into palette, knife onto canvas.

You will talk, and talk, and talk,

Of color and line and stroke

And how to capture the curve of my thigh,

But I will think of other things;

The fuzz of the peach, the sheen of the plum,

And imagine the pit within, unseen, unpainted.

Batgrrrl (who is supposed to be figuring out which books to order for next semester, but this is more fun!)

[dumpling]

You win!~

[hollywood]

That was a hell of a way to use post #4300... yikes.

It was good for me. Was it good for you?

[Batgrrrl]

You win!~

Don't say that!

Here's a less high-brow version:

There once were two painters from Paris

In love with a lady named Maris;

"Come lunch with us, lass,

And show us your ass,

And we'll do what e'er you dare us!"

Okay, the 2nd line I'm not happy with--couldn't find another good rhyme for Paris and dare us.

[sherribabee]

See, I told you, William. The carpet does match the curtains. Now gimme a grape.

[Batgrrrl]

See, I told you, William.  The carpet does match the curtains.  Now gimme a grape.

HAH! Love it!

[jackal10]

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,

A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou

Beside me singing in the Wilderness--

Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

(Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Fitzgerald)

"Pass the Thou"

[KateW]

the one and only Dennis Miller ... now he would have just the right caption!!)

I think Dennis Miller would allude to the past lifetimes of Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis...but I can't imagine who the woman in the water would be...

[sherribabee]

What great timing! I was in our company 'library' and picked up a copy of the October 6, 2003 edition of People magazine. On page 144, there is a story about J. Seward Johnson and his life-sized sculpture of this very painting in Hamilton, NJ.

See it here.

Edited October 24, 2003 by sherribabee (log)

[hollywood]

I think Dennis Miller would allude to the past lifetimes of Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis...but I can't imagine who the woman in the water would be...

Demi would be the woman in the water. Kim Cattrall would be au naturelle.

[KateW]

I think Dennis Miller would allude to the past lifetimes of Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis...but I can't imagine who the woman in the water would be...

Demi would be the woman in the water. Kim Cattrall would be au naturelle.

ROFL good point...the plot thickens.

[maggiethecat]

What great timing!  I was in our company 'library' and picked up a copy of the October 6, 2003 edition of People magazine.  On page 144, there is a story about J. Seward Johnson and his life-sized sculpture of this very painting in Hamilton, NJ.

See it here.

Omigod! How really cool. I want it.

[Pan]

Batgrrrl  (who is supposed to be figuring out which books to order for next semester, but this is more fun!)

You teach lit in a university?

[dumpling]

You win!~

Don't say that!

Here's a less high-brow version:

There once were two painters from Paris

In love with a lady named Maris;

"Come lunch with us, lass,

And show us your ass,

And we'll do what e'er you dare us!"

Okay, the 2nd line I'm not happy with--couldn't find another good rhyme for Paris and dare us.

Thought for second line -

There once were two painters from Paris

Whose desires might oft embarass,

[Marlene]

Guess I'll never win at strip poker...

Define 'win"

[col klink]

You win!~

Don't say that!

Here's a less high-brow version:

There once were two painters from Paris

In love with a lady named Maris;

"Come lunch with us, lass,

And show us your ass,

And we'll do what e'er you dare us!"

Okay, the 2nd line I'm not happy with--couldn't find another good rhyme for Paris and dare us.

Thought for second line -

There once were two painters from Paris

Whose desires might oft embarass,

Dumpling, that rocks! That's much better than mine. I confess, I was in a hurry to get to a meeting I was already late for.

And Pan, yes, I teach British Lit and composition and occasionally world lit and literary theory.

Batgrrrl (yes, Batgrrrl, not the colonel--I forgot to log him out before posting!)

Edited October 25, 2003 by col klink (log)

[hollywood]

"If you could get your sister to leave the water, mon cher, we could assemble our Rubens Sandwich."

[Chad]

"Given that Mrs. Johnston is constitutionaly incapable of producing an edible green bean casserole, Mrs. Ferber has a washing fixation bordering on the compulsive and that neither couple can stand the other, our organization is hereby disbanded." Edwin Johnston, Recording Secretary.

Minutes, New Rochelle Supper and Swing Club, 1871

Chad

Edited October 27, 2003 by Chad (log)

[Al_Dente]

Yes miss, Louie and I are fascinated by your New Empress© line of clothing and we’d be thrilled to finance the manufacturing and marketing of your product. We’re anxious to see the streets of Paris filled with young women fashionably attired like you, as opposed to, say, that woman over there who looks bigger than a rowboat in those frumpy rags.

[mfkWisher]

Capers anyone?