Really, Really Mundane!

[Dekoda]

Numerous states have banned smoking in public, including the 50 feet from the front door policy. Problem is, no one enforces that 50 foot distance, so smokers stand in front of the door creating this huge cloud of smoke and you have to walk through the smoke to go into the building. Plus, their smoke filters in through the front door and gags anyone who is working there.

What they need to do is to outlaw cigarettes, just like they do pot. Sure, some people will still secretly smoke, just like some people still smoke pot, but it won't be in your face smoking, it'll be hidden smoking.

The states that grow and harvest tobacco are always fighting against such legislation arguing that eliminating tobacco would put 80,000 tobacco workers out of work, creating hardship for those families. They don't mention the millions of people who die each year from tobacco related diseases and the hardship on those families. We'll never see tobacco outlawed because of the revenue it generates for the states. Remember, the tobacco companies paid billions of dollars in lawsuits to the states, and still made a profit, so just how much do those companies make?

[cleo]

I baked cupcakes yesterday! I should be icing them right now, but instead I'm sitting in bed.

it's dismal and raining here today not cool.


I hate/like the no smoking in pubs rule. It's good coz your clothes dont end up all smokey and you dont have all that passive smoking. But we have alot of friends who smoke, so when they go outside to smoke, we do too so we're not being anti-social, and its cold outside and then your clothes end up smelling like smoke anyway and you get all the passive smoking. so, it doesnt do anything really!
Maybe I need new friends.

pee, I'm sitting under the deadly pink shark.

[peesoup]

pee, I'm sitting under the deadly pink shark.

you remembered!

[cleo]

you remembered!

of course!!! **smooch**

[Horndog15]

I baked cupcakes yesterday!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, cupcakes!

[cleo]

I'm having a really mundane day. Back home from the beach so that I can be home for my birthday on sunday. left the bf at his house coz i'm sick of him! I should be washing clothes for queensland but I cant be bothered moving.

Got sunburnt yesterday

[arsby]

Yesterday my family and I went to New York City for a day on the town to do what we do best... eat and sightsee. BIG lunch at Ben's -- we split a huuuuge cold cut sandwich -- a subway trip to the Lower East Side to check out our history (and shop for bagels), then back up to the Times Square area for a BIG dinner at a place called The Clubhouse for kosher steaks and stuff -- met my brother there.

Best -- or at least most unexpectedly interesting -- part of the trip was a subway ride on the F train. As soon as the doors closed we heard drumbeats -- some guys a few rows back did a very cool bongo-and-drums show for us riders. Then they passed the hat (they were enjoyable, lots of us gave them a dollar) and left the train. At the next stop an older blind guy (with a cane, at least) came in and sang a sweet a capella tune. This made us a little uncomfortable... he was blind, was he singing for his own enjoyment or for money? None of us knew -- apparently a little down the corridor he took out a cup for contributions.

Who knew that the subways were so entertaining?

[FloridaRob]

left the bf at his house coz i'm sick of him!

... You know we men are in a losing battle for usefulness!

There's "toys", other women, porn...

[alexbee]

... You know we men are in a losing battle for usefulness!

There's "toys", other women, porn...

Yup, tough competition out there....

[audun26]

I wonder what it would feel like to be a woman?

And then the worlds greatest male philospher popped the question.

[Lesley]

Got sunburnt yesterday

Little chance of that here in London. Frostbite maybe.

L

[artlover]

I am feeling mundane today, so I just ate a delicious cranberry-orange bagel. Culinary note: the orange dominated the bagel, but the cranberry had an insouciant presence all the same. I am now in the mood for wild sex.

[yusanord]

I still have plenty of my traditional Christmas cake left . I don't make it myself, it comes straight from Corsicana, Texas. It tastes like heaven , a bit heavy though.

[zonman1]

I got a load of hay today so that my daughter's horse will be able to continue eating. Paid $204.00 for approximately 4 months worth. Last year, it was about half that. Since the south has had the worst drought in years, we only got one good crop of hay this year in the area. Means that we're getting hay trucked in from other states, hundreds of miles away. Hence, the higher prices.

Thought you'd all be fascinated by this mundanity.

Z

[swiftly]

I got a load of hay today so that my daughter's horse will be able to continue eating. Paid $204.00 for approximately 4 months worth. Last year, it was about half that. Since the south has had the worst drought in years, we only got one good crop of hay this year in the area. Means that we're getting hay trucked in from other states, hundreds of miles away. Hence, the higher prices.

Thought you'd all be fascinated by this mundanity.

Z

one of those small planetary problems dont worry we will fix the weather soon

[Lesley]

Any one got a use for a part eaten turkey?
Even the cat has given up on eating it.

L

[artlover]

Don't know if I want to eat after your cat, Lesley.

[Lesley]

Don't know if I want to eat after your cat, Lesley.

True, you may catch something.

L

[zonman1]

Any one got a use for a part eaten turkey?
Even the cat has given up on eating it.

L

How much is left?

Z

[Lesley]

How much is left?

Z

One leg, (has teeth marks) some of the white meat but it has a blue furry film on it now, a bit of stuffing but that smells funny.

Seems a shame to waste it.

L

[wannadance]

among the more mundane...

lesley, i congrat. you...a hilariously mundane entry but so well done, so articulate, no, eloquently stated...

you cannot just pitch it oiut into the bush or something or a dog or cat will get bones in the throat and die and that doesn't seem right: dying with blue fuzz and botulism...

good luck.

and remember everyone: THERE IS ONLY ONE, AH SAY, ONE fruitcake/christmas cake in the whole world. it keeps on getting mailed around and around to different people each year. each person thinks he is one of many. this year, yusa, my dear innocent, you got it. and sampled it. and that is okay. before you send it on, please stick it back together with epoxy glue and painted rocks. that's what gives it that heavy feel and taste. the next victim won't even know the difference. oh, and pour some bourbon on it, or rum. but not Ripple Wine. i hope you saved the box? if not, the postal dept. has extras, carefully concealed behind the desk, as if they were copies of dubious men's literature...since it's all a big secret, i am taking a big chance by announcing it here right on the foru.......plop.


dancer

[zonman1]

One leg, (has teeth marks) some of the white meat bit it has a blue furry film on it now, a bit of stuffing but that smalls funny.

Seems a shame to waste it.

L

Mmmmmm, sounds yummy. Care to send it COD? I'm sure I could make a stew or soup or something.

To paraphrase George Carlin: leftovers make you feel good twice. Once, when you put them away, you feel good (I'm saving food). Then, again, a month later when hair is growing out of it and you throw it away, you feel really good (I'm saving my life!).

Z

[doinel]

Lesley, sorry, I would have taken your leftovers if it was a Wild Turkey.

doinel

[Lesley]

Lesley, sorry, I would have taken your leftovers if it was a Wild Turkey.

doinel

It was free range and organic.

L

[swiftly]

I'd like to share with you all an interesting experience that I have just had.

I finished my last exam today. I had an exam on the last day of exams, at the latest time that it was possible to have them, 7pm. I finished, and it was good. Due to the circumstances surrounding the exam, I decided that I would buy myself a top-shelf cigar earlier in the day, as a way of bringing a close to this semester, and to exams. It was a Montecristo Edición Limitada Robusto. I invited one of my friends up, and we watched Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

I got through the thing, and I had the spins (still have the spins). I just wretched up the entire contents of my stomach, 'cause I felt rather nauseous. I'll chalk that up to not having had a cigar in about 1 3/4 years, and not being a smoker. Still I'm rather embarrassed about the whole thing. I mean, wow. I don't even throw up when I drink. I'm quite unhappy at the moment. I didn't know that a cigar would do that to you. Didn't happen the last time I had one...

This sucks.

I found myself once in a family restaurant in Dubai where evry one was smoking the sheesha and perhaps because the whole atmosphere was smoky suddenly went green and cold I had the good sense to pull a ashtray towards me and barthed in the ashtray ... the attentive waiter swiftly came to my assitance and expertly removed the ashtray and handed me a glass of cold water a new ashtray back on the table and i was clapping to the live music within seconds. I will never forget the smoothness with which the whole situation was handled wow now that WAS worth a tip. i was taking the staff nout so it was a considerable account with solid tip for the staff. The restaurant is a hoot it is full of local sheiks and the best whorehouse is nextdoor (oops I mean club) The Cyclone wonderful russian girls at $800USD a pop.

[zonman1]

I found myself once in a family restaurant in Dubai where evry one was smoking the sheesha and perhaps because the whole atmosphere was smoky suddenly went green and cold I had the good sense to pull a ashtray towards me and barthed in the ashtray ... the attentive waiter swiftly came to my assitance and expertly removed the ashtray and handed me a glass of cold water a new ashtray back on the table and i was clapping to the live music within seconds. I will never forget the smoothness with which the whole situation was handled wow now that WAS worth a tip. i was taking the staff nout so it was a considerable account with solid tip for the staff. The restaurant is a hoot it is full of local sheiks and the best whorehouse is nextdoor (oops I mean club) The Cyclone wonderful russian girls at $800USD a pop.

Gee, are you hiring?

[frontfoot]

Well, you asked for it:

The Bellybutton Lint Survey Results

Happy New Year!

[zonman1]

Well, you asked for it:

The Bellybutton Lint Survey Results

Happy New Year!

Ummm, WHO asked for it? I didn't! Although, I must say, my BBL production in the past few years has dropped considerably and yet I have top-loader washing machine and could be described as "moderately hairy" but not gorilla-hairy, thankfully!!

Still, FF, thanks for the laugh. This is certainly qualifies as "really, really mundane"!

Z

[FloridaRob]

Well, you asked for it:

The Bellybutton Lint Survey Results

Happy New Year!

... Yeah! Who asked for it?

Happy New Year!

[wannadance]

i just love this thread!

yeah, yeah, even if i started it! it is a really fun thread, you just never knoww what stuff you might learnn..

a russian pro for $800 USD? what in hell does she DO for that and why is it so good and is it worth it???

any guesses? mine is that it costs that much to forward the fruitcake/christmas cake to the next victim. or maybe she happens to love blue fuzz? should i dye my pubes blue instead of the former pink and take a trip to dubai?

what a great story about the ashtray...barfing stories are not usually my fave thing. but here is one for ya, that brought down the house at an Infectious Diseases meeting i happened to be attending...

a bunch of americans were out on a religious retreat in the country. on the drive home, they fell, one by one, very ill with the symptoms of staphlococcus food poisoning (quick onset, lasts a while). the germ must have been very strong since, within 10 minutes of so, the road was clogged with hastily stopped cars and sick people who didn't make it to the bushes. the police/sheriff/highway patrol had to come and block off the whole highway since it was impassable, for a long time. no ambulances could get in there.

at this point, all the participants of the meeting i attending fell out laughing, including me. medical people are generally mentally ill to a slight degree. it's all that saves us...

remind me to someday tell yall about the old gentleman who got stuck in a pickup truck full of chicken entrails (as he termed them) and couldn't get to his feet. and the rescue people were unable to help him because they slipped and couldn't get up either. it was very very cold and the man was getting very wet and hypothermic, so they had to bring out the rescue helicopter, retrieve him using a clamp and a pulley, then flew him to our trauma center. i was one of the people who met the copter on the roof and t ransferrered him to stretcher, put O2 on him, began to take his history and by the time we got him to the trauma room which is kept at roughly 99.8F, i was laughing so hard and so was he and all the rescue squad that we were all nearless helpless. i think it was when he told us that all the chicken entrails were to go to a local factory that, he claimed, made perfume out of them...just what he had heard...shortly his daughter came in and we all started apologizing to her for our basically unprofessional behavior, wiping the tears from our eyes, and she just said:

'ah could write a daggum book...' and she left. he was eventually fine for an elderly (88yo) gentleman sick with exposure, hypothermia and fractured ribs exacerbated by uncontrolled laughing. so what did i put in his chart?
pt. appears to have tolerated misadventure.'

well, hmmm. i just told yall. sure do miss medicine. i think i appreciated it more than most...

love,
dancer