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Rick, I think this would be an excellent opportunity to give us some really obscure hints. 'Ya see.. I think we all KNOW this show but can't quite place it at the moment. Then again.. since you didn't like it... maybe we didn't watch it either . sudo

George, That Rick!! He's posted this one before and is just trying to infuriate us because he knows we can't remember!! I thought it was the TV version of Please Don't Eat The Daisys but like you I googled it and... was WRONG!!!!! sudo

Evan, I'm disappointed :(. I saw this thread you started and thought fer sure I was going to get a great recipe to try. Preferences preferences... I prefer the okra. But as a Southerner, I was brought up on the stuff and not just the fried kind that most folks will at least tolerate but the gooey slimy kind like when cooked with black eyed peas. And while we're talking preferences.. I prefer the various seafood gumbos including oysters. But I've had a nice enough chicken gumbo, too.... sans okra :). I guess it depends on how authentic one prefers their Cajun cooking, huh? sudo

Garth, Yes, actually. Though I make mine pretty dang mild so as everyone in the family can eat it. Hmm.. I wonder if there's a good chili recipe on the In The kitchen forum?? You know Garth.. you've been around Greasespot and before that, WayDale about as long as me. I bet you remember when I first posted this, huh? sudo

Geeze guys.. I'm all out of stuff to post. Part of the problem is that so much is now available on the Internet that posting it here is rather ho-hum. Not a lot of interest. Fer instance.. Paw just sent me a lot of radio shows from the 40's. Good stuff. Lots of Christmas specials from the war years but... It was before our time and I don't want to bore folks. Remember.. this is a *FUN* thread. And has been for years now :) . sudo

Hiway29, I know its just a little snippet but do you know the country? Only you would know this if anybody did! sudo

Christmas Cookies 1 cup of water 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup of sugar 1 tsp salt 1 cup of brown sugar Lemon juice 4 large eggs 1 cup nuts 2 cups of dried fruit 1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila Sample the Cuervo to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Cuervo again to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink. Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point it's best to make sure the Cuervo is still OK, try another cup just in case. Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit, Pick the frigging fruit off floor. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity. Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the Cose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher. CHERRY MISTMAS

Hello!!!!! I hope everyone's having a great day. It was 71° yesterday but 29° right now. So what does one do on their day off and its chilly outside? If you're a Nostalgiac you post something you think folks would like. Click HERE! and see what my kids can't stand to watch :(. I recorded this movie because I had never seen it and when I sat my 15 year old down to watch it, he was totally bored in the first 10 seconds. Its in black and white after all. And I can't quite figure it out. We loved these guys. Maybe, that's because we didn't have all the options of TV that kids have today? We loved the movies of the Bowery Boys, Abbott and Costello, The Three Stooges, Jungle Jim etc.. but kids today have no interest whatsoever in these things though they were dated even when WE watched them. We were kids though. We didn't KNOW they were dated. So as not to give this clip totally away, you see the main characters walking up during the clip.. who was the producer? Aw, everyone knows who produced these movies (and he lived to a ripe old age dying not THAT long ago) or what fan club watches these films? Has something to do with the desert. And for those few of you (Hiway29 comes to mind) who might know the actual movie this was taken from... what foreign country is in the name of the film? :). sudo

Motherof2, This is the kind of thread that properly belongs in the Doctrinal forum down below.. We have trinitarians and NON-trinitarians here both of which used to be TWI members. It kinda' sounds like you aren't really interested in hearing the other side but I'm sure there are those here who are willing to 'splain why they believe as they do. :) sudo

Look at this light show set to music from the Trans-Siberian orchestra. I posted it last year about this time but what the hey.. we listen to the same Christmas music each year don't we?? Click HERE! Isn't this just the coolest thing?? If you're a nerd like me anyways . sudo

A pastor concluded that his church was getting into serious financial troubles. While checking the church storeroom, he discovered several cartons of new bibles that had never been opened and distributed. So at his Sunday sermon, he asked for three volunteers from the congregation who would be willing to sell the bibles door-to-door for $10 each to raise the desperately needed money for the church. Jack, Paul and Louie all raised their hands to volunteer for the task. The minister knew that Jack and Paul earned their living as salesmen and were likely capable of selling some bibles. But he had serious doubts about Louie who was a local farmer, who had always kept to himself because he was embarrassed by his speech impediment. Poor Louis stuttered badly. But, not wanting to discourage Louis, the minister decided to let him try anyway. He sent the three of them away with the back seat of their cars stacked with bibles. He asked them to meet with him and report the results of their door-to-door selling efforts the following Sunday. Eager to find out how successful they were, the minister immediately asked Jack, "Well, Jack, how did you make out selling our bibles last week?" Proudly handing the reverend an envelope, Jack replied, "Using my sales prowess, I was able to sell 20 bibles, and here's the $200 I collected on behalf of the church." "Fine job, Jack!" The minister said, vigorously shaking his hand. "You are indeed a fine salesman and the Church is indebted to you." Turning to Paul, "And Paul, how many bibles did you sell for the church last week?" Paul, smiling and sticking out his chest, confidently replied,” I am a professional l salesman. I sold 28 bibles on behalf of the church, and here's $280 I collected." The minister responded, "That's absolutely splendid, Paul. You are truly a professional salesman and the church is also indebted to you." Apprehensively, the minister turned to Louie and said, "And Louie, did you manage to sell any bibles last week?" Louie silently offered the minister a large envelope. The minister opened it and counted the contents. "What is this?" the minister exclaimed. "Louie, there's $3200 in here! Are you suggesting that you sold 320 bibles for the church, door to door, in just one week?" Louie just nodded. That's impossible!" both Jack and Paul said in unison. "We are professional salesmen, yet you claim to have sold 10 times as many bibles as we could" "Yes, this does seem unlikely," the minister agreed. "I think you'd better explain how you managed to accomplish this, Louie." Louie shrugged. "I-I-I re-re-really do-do-don't kn-kn-know f-f-f-for sh-sh-sh-sure," he stammered. Impatiently, Paul interrupted. "For crying out loud, Louie, just tell us what you said to them when they answered the door!" "A-a-a-all I-I-I s-s-said wa-wa-was," Louis replied , "W-w-w-w-would y-y-y-you l-l-l-l-l-like t-t-to b-b-b-buy th-th-th-this b-b-b-b-bible f-f-for t-t-ten b-b-b-bucks ---o-o-o-or--- wo-wo-would yo-you j-j-j-just l-like m-m-me t-t-to st-st-stand h-h-here and r-r-r-r-r-read it t-to y-y-you??" sudo

Groucho, Indulgences? Good idea. I like it. What would it cost to shag another man's wife and still stay in good graces with both the Almighty and (more importantly) the BOT?? $1,500? Naw.. that's an old wineskin.. $3,000. sudo

Waysider, Thank you. I didn't know about Trichinosis and bear meat! sudo

Oh Great One!!!!! WE ARE NOT WORTHY!!!!!! sudo

LG, Re:"If by "it," you mean "freedom of speech" in the first amendment, yes it is, but that has nothing to do with what I said." You are , of course, correct. sudo

Hey guys I'm at the Marriott in Greensboro, NC and waiting until my family gets up. I would have had something else up for ya'll but I can't access my server from this hotel business center. Man do they have these computers locked down. Anyways.. I might have had a power outage at the office because I can not FTP into my server. :( Hope all you Nostalgiacs had a great Thanksgiving. I did. Heck, I see myself as being on vacation. Here I am posting on my favorite thread in my favorite forum. I'll spend the whole afternoon and evening watching college football, eating leftover turkey, ham etc and drinking beer. It doesn't get any better than this! sudo

LG and Doojable, It's broader than just political speech. Here's a nice little synopsis on Wikipedia.. click HERE and scoot on down to libel and slander. Remember the Movie Absence Of Malice? About the court ruling that showed a publisher had to show actual malice? What about court rulings on obscene speech? What about the "exception" to free speech being yelling fire in a crowded theatre? What does that have to do with criticising the govt.?? The whole point being that other kinds of speech is protected though the first amendment. And back to what first angered me.. what kind of namby pamby society have we become if we even entertain the notion of monetary damages for calling people names? Sure it can be hurtful but isn't that what we've had to teach our children from day one at school? Sticks and stones may... And why did we have to teach them this? sudo

Johniam, I know you mean well and I'm not wanting to nit pick here but this is an important issue with me. You wrote: Re:"Free speech is one of the inalienable rights referred to in the declaration of independance." Not really, John. Unless you are reading "free speech" into life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In fact it wasn't even explicitly written into our constitution but was the very first amendment as you said. It not only troubles me that a lawsuit is even being mentioned for calling someone names but it troubles me that it DOESN'T trouble all Americans. :( sudo

Griffp, You and Oenophile are the only ones who have really addressed what really bothered me in the first place.. not whether he should or should not have used the 'N' word or how blacks use the word or whatever but.. whether or not in a country with free speech he has the right to use offensive speech without being held liable for damages from said speech. You wrote: Re:"Even though we have freedom of speech it is illegal to "Incite" the classic example of this is yelling fire in a crowded theater. If a fight had erupted in the venue and someone got injured or killed even Jack McCoy would have prosecuted Richards for Depraved Indifference." Is this not totally different? Is this really in the same league of falsely warning of impending peril with the motive of causing mayhem? When in fact there was no peril? Are you saying that we as Americans must judge the sensitivity of our listeners before we use speech or be held liable for monetary damages? Can I not get up in front of a crowded house full of Republicans and call George Bush a murderer and terrorist for fear they will riot and someone get hurt? sudo(what? A dentist hater? I'm going to sue!)

Click HERE! for the germiest locations. But my #1 turnoff in the list? Shopping cart handles in the supermarket. You guys ever grab one that was slightly sticky? Quite likely that came from the juices of raw poultry and meat that leak through the packaging. Those fluids are swimming with E. Coli and Salmonella. Really nasty bacteria that can kill... or make you so sick you WISHED you were dead. sudo

Did you guys hear about this? Click HERE! High powered attorney Gloria Allred has apparently chased down the two hecklers and wants to get them damages by being called names. They were put through mental anguish and by golly Michael Richards should have to pay big bucks. And all this time I thought it was legal to call people names. Not nice, perhaps, but legal. What's next? Throw folks in jail that call other people jerks? What about the 1st grader that calls another 1st grader a dookie-head? While everybody is condemning Michael Richards (and rightly so) for what he said, I don't see anyone saying, "Hey! You can't SUE him for being racist! This is America and we have a right to say insulting things!". Maybe that will now change? What if he had expressed "homophobic" slurs at them instead? Is this kind of over reaction a kind of thought police with teeth? sudo

Bow, I'm sorry I missed you guys but appreciate the pics in the gallery. How did the princess sound on my French horn? Better than me, I'd bet! It's now our time for travel. We're in Greensboro staying at the Marriott and I'm pounding this out downstairs in the business center while the rest of the family is snoozing in upstairs. And here I was thinking we were going to be in an internet wasteland until Sunday! sudo

Hey guys, I'm a wee bit surprised no body's hopped right on this one as its a song with words that I remember hearing as a child.. and this school isn't exactly in my neighborhood. Nope.. neither Ole Miss nor Notre Dame. Speaking of which.. I'll be watching the Notre Dame-USC game this weekend in North Carolina. The whole Sudo clan is leaving today for Greensboro for Thanksgiving and you know what that means.. the girls go shopping and the guys watch football! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! sudo

Here 'tis.. because I was goaded on to post it again. An oldie but a goodie. Recently I was honored to be selected as an Outstanding Famous Celebrity in my Community to be a judge at a chili cook-off because no one else wanted to do it. Also the original person called in sick at the last moment and I happened to be standing there at the judge's table asking directions to the beer wagon when the call came. I was assured by the other two judges that the chili wouldn't be all that spicy.. and besides they told me I could have free beer during the tasting, so I accepted this as being one of those burdens you endure when you're an Internet writer and therefore known and adored by all. Here are the scorecards from the event: Chili # 1: Mike's Maniac Mobster Monster Chili JUDGE ONE: A little too heavy on tomato. Amusing kick. JUDGE TWO: Nice, smooth tomato flavor Very mild. Sudo: Holy smokes, what is this stuff? You could remove dried paint from your driveway with it. Took me two beers to put the flames out. Hope that's the worst one. These people are crazy. Chili # 2: Arthur's Afterburner Chili JUDGE ONE: Smoky (barbecue?) with a hint of pork. Slight Jalapeno tang. JUDGE TWO: Exciting BBQ flavor, needs more peppers to be taken seriously. Sudo: Keep this out of reach of children! I'm not sure what I am supposed to taste besides pain. I had to wave off two people who wanted to give me the Heimlich maneuver. Shoved my way to the front of the beer line. The barmaid looks like a professional wrestler after a bad night. She was so irritated over my gagging sounds that the snake tattoo under her eye started to twitch. She has arms like Popeye and a face like Winston Churchill. I will NOT pick a fight with her. Chili # 3: Fred's Famous Burn Down the Barn Chili JUDGE ONE: Excellent firehouse chili! Great kick. Needs more beans. JUDGE TWO: A beanless chili, a bit salty, good use of red peppers. Sudo: This has got to be a joke. Call the EPA, I've located a uranium spill. My nose feels like I have been sneezing Drano. Everyone knows the routine by now and got out of my way so I could make it to the beer wagon. Barmaid pounded me on the back; now my backbone is in the front part of my chest. She said her friends call her "Sally." Probably behind her back they call her "Forklift." Chili # 4: Bubba's Black Magic JUDGE ONE: Black bean chili with almost no spice. Disappointing. JUDGE TWO: A hint of lime in the black beans. Good side dish for fish or other mild foods, not much of a chili. Sudo: I felt something scraping across my tongue but was unable to taste it. Sally was standing behind me with fresh refills so I wouldn't have to dash over to see her. When she winked at me her snake sort of coiled and uncoiled—it's kinda cute. Chili # 5: Linda's Legal Lip Remover JUDGE ONE: Meaty, strong chili. Cayenne peppers freshly ground adding considerable kick. Very impressive. JUDGE TWO: Chili using shredded beef; could use more tomato. Must admit the cayenne peppers make a strong statement. Sudo: My ears are ringing and I can no longer focus my eyes. I belched and four people in front of me needed paramedics. The contestant seemed hurt when I told her that her chili had given me brain damage. Sally saved my tongue by pouring beer directly on it from a pitcher. Sort of irritates me that one of the other judges asked me to stop screaming. Chili # 6: Vera's Very Vegetarian Variety JUDGE ONE: Thin yet bold vegetarian variety chili. Good balance of spice and peppers. JUDGE TWO: The best yet. Aggressive use of peppers, onions, and garlic. Superb. Sudo: My intestines are now a straight pipe filled with gaseous flames. No one seems inclined to stand behind me except Sally. I asked if she wants to go dancing later. Chili # 7: Susan's Screaming Sensation Chili JUDGE ONE: A mediocre chili with too much reliance on canned peppers. JUDGE TWO: Ho Hum, tastes as if the chef threw in canned chili peppers at the last moment. I should note that I am a bit worried about Judge Number 3, he appears to be in a bit of distress. Sudo: You could put a hand grenade in my mouth and pull the pin and I wouldn't feel it. I've lost the sight in one eye and the world sounds like it is made of rushing water. My clothes are covered with chili which slid unnoticed out of my mouth at some point. Good, at autopsy they'll know what killed me. Go Sally, save yourself before it's too late. Tell our children I'm sorry I was not there to conceive them. I've decided to stop breathing, it's too painful and I'm not getting any oxygen anyway. If I need air I'll just let it in through the hole in my stomach. Call the X-Files people and tell them I've found a super nova on my tongue. Chili # 8: Helen's Mount Saint Chili JUDGE ONE: This final entry is a good, balanced chili, neither mild nor hot. Sorry to see that most of it was lost when Judge Number 3 fell and pulled the chili pot on top of himself. JUDGE TWO: A perfect ending, this is a nice blend chili, safe for all, not too bold but spicy enough to declare its existence. Sudo: Momma?

Linda, Re:"Grandma was always clad in a floral apron, and I remember her hands always in motion, usually shooing us kids out of the kitchen or out from underfoot." NOW I know why we get along so well.. We're related!! Obviously we had the same grandmother! My how that house smelled so good ALL DAY LONG on Thanksgiving. The women folk started early in the morning with the baking and cooking. The smell of that turkey was mouthwatering but combined with the smells of sweet potato cassarole, giblet gravy, cornbread dressing, chocolate pies (a Southern favorite) and last but not least.. yeast rolls (which even the neighbors could smell) at the very end of the cooking.... it was enough to make you willing to sell your little brother to the Gypsies. sudo