My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   » Special interest discussion   » The Circus   » Everlasting.... (Page 135) Email this page to a friend or enemy.   Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  ...  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140  141    Source: (consider it) Thread: Everlasting.... Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       "78 skidoo" is not a valid variant of the expression "23 skidoo." -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        "Do only as much as necessary," Giovanna said to Jake as she carefully fixed her lipstick, looking in the mirror of her compact, "I'm on the move." Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Pigwidgeon Ship's Owl # 10192 Posted                          "Over my dead body!" replied Jake, angrily. -------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf Posts: 9835 | From: Hogwarts | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Lying man-killer that she was, Giovanna had no trouble looking deeply into Jake's eyes, and said, breathily, "You're right - come with me - I need your protection - your manliness!" [ 19. May 2017, 00:46: Message edited by: Pangolin Guerre ] Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged no prophet's flag is set so... Proceed to see sea # 15560 Posted                           Ness Creek is in northern Saskatchewan, near Big River, and home of the Ness Creek Music Festival. -------------------- Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. \_(ツ)_/ Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged Pigwidgeon Ship's Owl # 10192 Posted                          Val flew in from Saskatchewan and told Giovanna to keep her mitts off Jake, who was Val’s long-lost husband, suffering from amnesia. -------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf Posts: 9835 | From: Hogwarts | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Sialogogic effects of the brandy- and jalapeno-induced fever were making Ed even less appealing to his driver, who, unable to tune out Ed's braying of My Delilah, started wonder what ever had possessed her to drive for Uber. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged jrw Shipmate # 18045 Posted                       Bert, the young, inexperienced police officer, threw up when he saw the dead, mutilated bodies of Val and Jake at the garage - the handiwork of Giovanna, who was now miles away. "Oh nice one, Bert", said Ray, Bert's more worldly partner, putting a pasty to one side. "You've put me off my supper". Posts: 522 | Registered: Mar 2014  |  IP: Logged Sipech Shipmate # 16870 Posted                          Uppermost in my thinking is whether or not Bananaman would have been a Brexiteer. -------------------- I try to be self-deprecating; I'm just not very good at it. Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheAlethiophile Posts: 3791 | From: On the corporate ladder | Registered: Jan 2012  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Ermine really is my fur, thought Giovanna as she sped done the interstate, shame about the blood splatter. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       At Terminal 4 one finds only fly-by-night airlines. -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Pigwidgeon Ship's Owl # 10192 Posted                          “Lines are for the little people,” yelled Giovanna, as she pushed her way to the counter to buy a one-way ticket to Aruba. -------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf Posts: 9835 | From: Hogwarts | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Back in Arizona, as Bert started sobering up in the back of the Uber, he decided to take advantage of his friend's place in Willemstad - "Wanna go, Anna?" Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Pigwidgeon Ship's Owl # 10192 Posted                          Goannas live neither in Aruba nor Arizona... -------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf Posts: 9835 | From: Hogwarts | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Nary a thought of various Varani clouded Ed's mind as he emerged from his brandy-fog, for he was bound not for Caribbean repose, but for Willemstad, and for revenge. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Vengeful and seething he headed to check his stock of ammunition. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        I, on a last ditch mission, approached Ed to rethink his goal. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                          "Look," I said, "why not use a Nerf bazooka; you can pelt her with soft Nerf balls; and it's probably legal, at least much more legal than killing her; do you really want to spend the rest of your life in prison because of her; hasn't she taken enough?" -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged Doone Shipmate # 18470 Posted                        "Oughtn't I to just forgive and forget?", mused Ed wistfully. Posts: 2208 | From: UK | Registered: Sep 2015  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                          "You absolutely can," I said; "I was trying to keep you from using that ammunition; you could also report her to the police!" -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        "Cement your will, Ed," whispered the demon on his shoulder, "Giovanna's got it coming.... and you're the man to do it!" Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged no prophet's flag is set so... Proceed to see sea # 15560 Posted                           "Do I take the devil's advice", Ed thought, while carelessly swigging gin and caressing the nerf gun, "or do I try to resist my violent impulses and the urging of this multifariously evil beast perched on my shoulder?" -------------------- Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. \_(ツ)_/ Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged jrw Shipmate # 18045 Posted                       "Er, Anna, perhaps we can help Ed to make up his mind", said the demon, "Why don't you drive us to the airport. Perhaps we could all have a little holiday in the Caribbean". Posts: 522 | Registered: Mar 2014  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Anna took the bait, thoughts of balmy Willemstad being too much to resist. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       "Tore sister's letter up!" the bitter sibling blurted. -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Teddy (Giovanna's sister, Theodora) was in a rage at her sister's gloating missive. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged L'organist Shipmate # 17338 Posted                           Sive is a bold choice for the first performance by a new drama collective and should score its director brownie points. -------------------- Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet Posts: 4950 | From: somewhere in England... | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        In tsarist Russia, Ed's dilemma would have been resolved by a train, a duel, or someone's suicide, or perhaps all three. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Pigwidgeon Ship's Owl # 10192 Posted                          Reef-dwelling morays might also resolve the situation when they get to the Caribbean and go snorkeling. -------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf Posts: 9835 | From: Hogwarts | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Ling, thought Ray as he sniffed at Jake's mouth, attempting to discern Jake's last supper. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                        "S'up? Perhaps you'd like to join me in Aruba?" said Ray gleefully, hoping he and Jake could thicken the plot. -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged jrw Shipmate # 18045 Posted                       "Ken! The plot! You,ve lost it!", shouted Satan angrily at the demon, who was inside a photo booth, "You were supposed to get your passport sorted three days ago!" Posts: 522 | Registered: Mar 2014  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       "Ed, ay, 's a go!" exclaimed the captain to Sir Edward in rather familiar idiom. [ 25. May 2017, 02:28: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ] -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged L'organist Shipmate # 17338 Posted                           Omniscience is something many think they possess - erroneously. -------------------- Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet Posts: 4950 | From: somewhere in England... | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Sly Giovanna booked her ticket to Aruba under her sister's name, Theodora. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Pigwidgeon Ship's Owl # 10192 Posted                          Dora the Explorer was filming her television show in Aruba, following a trip to Curacao. -------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf Posts: 9835 | From: Hogwarts | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                        "Raca" (obscure term of abuse) found in Matt. 5:22, is present in the King James Version but not all later translations. -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged Doone Shipmate # 18470 Posted                        On Sunday mornings, it's nice to have a little lie in before going to church. Posts: 2208 | From: UK | Registered: Sep 2015  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                        Change out of your pajamas before heading to Mass. -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged Pigwidgeon Ship's Owl # 10192 Posted                          Tom assumed that he would be vesting for Mass, so he didn't bother getting dressed. -------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf Posts: 9835 | From: Hogwarts | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        Sedentary life was not for Ken the Demon, who, despite his incompetence, got his passport sorted in time to make the flight with Ed and Anna out of LAX. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       Anna, out of laxatives again, really needs to consider changing her diet. -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                        "I et too much o' that cheese," Anna groaned. -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged Pigwidgeon Ship's Owl # 10192 Posted                          An educational vacation might make a trip to Aruba worthwhile. -------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf Posts: 9835 | From: Hogwarts | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        While Ed and lacto-torsioned Anna (and, unbeknownst to them, Ken the Demon in the seat behind them), descended into Willemstad, Giovanna was descending into Aruba, with Theodora (Teddy to friends and family) hot on her trail. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Pigwidgeon Ship's Owl # 10192 Posted                          Ailing still, from over-indulging in cheese, Anne went in pursuit of a pharmacist as soon as the plane landed. -------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf Posts: 9835 | From: Hogwarts | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Amanda B. Reckondwythe Dressed for Church # 5521 Posted                       Nel and Ed, on the other hand, made straight for the ladies' and men's rooms, respectively. -------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr. Posts: 10542 | From: The Great Southwest | Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged Sipech Shipmate # 16870 Posted                          "I've lynched me fair share of raccoons," said Huck, as he spat out some gum and slung his God given right of a 12 guage over his shoulder. -------------------- I try to be self-deprecating; I'm just not very good at it. Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheAlethiophile Posts: 3791 | From: On the corporate ladder | Registered: Jan 2012  |  IP: Logged Urfshyne Shipmate # 17834 Posted                        Should Ernest user that sort of language? 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