Poetry and Potpourri .... October 24-25-26, 2003

10-24-2003 | JustAmy, St.Louie1 and Mama_Bear

[Aquamarine]

Hopefully the doctor can get to the bottom of this problem.

Hang tough LOUIE, this too shall pass!

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL !!

[SpookBrat]

He's scary enough as it is. No need to Dr. up his face for Halloween.

[SpookBrat]

No real eyeballs, but I found some plastic ones. :( They'll have to do. I'm disappointed.

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL ! He really is ! ...

Saddened, deeply saddened . . .

[Jen]

Awwwwwwww, I'm so disappointed you girlz didn't like my Kitty Litter Box Cake suggestion. ;-) hahahahaha

Muttly, looks like there will be lots of FOOD for you!

Maybe you'll like this wierd site that I found. I suspect Muttly may have information on the 'unspeakable acts' mentioned on this site. Hmmmmmmm?

<===== Click?

[PoorMuttly]

Muttly's SuperMuttlyIBMbrainSuperComputer keeps going offline...must add Tinfoil to Official Muttly Sunspot Pup-Tent today.

...but....Muttly being taken on a fun field-trip for entire weekend (!)...so can't post all his important info. re: Kitty Litter Recipies of the Stars...etc...but will return to Public Service duties on Monday.

Tally-Ho, and don't eat anything that shaggy eel gives you...until you smell it. Did you know that ice cream isn't necessarily supposed to have bones ?.....Muttly brain very small...and over-filled with very important infomation.

[ValerieUSA]

That's a really nice poem... she had a lot of talent.

[JustAmy]

I enjoy reading my great-aunts poetry. It kind of connects you with your ancestors.
She was the genalogist in the family. She wrote two books; one about her husband and the second about herself. She included lots of genealogical info so that book was a treasure trove. Laressa lived to be about 102; so I did meet her but was not into genealogy at the time. So much more info I could have gotten if only I had thought to ask.
I'm not sure which cousin has the orginal poery books but I copied two of them. I may have one put away in my mother's things.
I enjoy sharing her poems and hope that everyone likes them. If you get tired of them, let me know. LOL

[Jen]

Have a wonderful field-trip Muttly. I look forward to being enlightened on "Kitty Litter Recipes of the Stars" when you return! You are such a font of unique information! :)

Who is this shaggy eel that you refer to? I haven't had the pleasure (?) of meeting him/her/it.

I'll watch out for bones in my ice cream from now on. Thanks for that important tip!

See ya Monday! :)

[firewalk]

Happy Friday to you
Have a great weekend

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening friends. TGIF everybody!!

Thanks for the update, Billie. Hope Louie gets well soon. We sure miss him.

INTRODUCING TOBACCO TO CIVILIZATION
by Bob Newhart

Milestones are never really recognized right away... it takes fifty or sixty years before people realize what an achievement it is. Take for instance... tobacco, it was discovered by Sir Walter Raleigh... and he sent it over to England from the colonies. It seems to me, the uses of tobacco aren't obvious right off the bat... and I imagine a phone conversation between Sir Walter Raleigh and the head of the 'West Indies Company' in England, explaining about this shipment of tobacco... would go something like this...

Yeh?... who is it, Frank?... Sir Walter Raleigh?... Yeh?... yeh, put him on, will you! Hey, Harry... you wanna pick up the extension?... yeh!... it's nutty Walter again! Hi, Walter baby... how are you, guy?... How's everything going?...

Oh, things are fine here, Walt! Did we get the what?... Oh!, the boat load of turkeys... yeh! they arrived fine Walt... as a matter of fact they're still here, they're wonderin' all over London... well, y'see, that's an American holiday, Walt!!! What you got for us this time, Walt... you got another winner for us? Tob-acco... er, what's tob-acco, Walt? It's a kind of leaf, huh?... and you bought eighty tons of it?!!

Let me get this straight, Walt... you've bought eighty tons of leaves? This may come as a kind of a surprise to you Walt but... come fall in England, we're kinda up to our... It isn't that kind of leaf, huh?... Oh!, what kind is it then... some special kind of food?...

Not exactly?... Oh, it has a lot of different uses... Like... what are some of the uses, Walt? Are you saying 'snuff', Walt?... What's snuff?... You take a pinch of tobacco... (ha ha ha)... and you shove it up your nose... (ha ha ha)... and it makes you sneeze?... (ha ha ha)... Yeh, I imagine it would, Walt! Hey, Goldenrod seems to do it pretty well over here! It has other uses though, huh?... You can chew it!... Or put it in a pipe!...

Or you can shred it up... and put it in a piece of paper... (ha ha ha)... and roll it up... (ha ha ha)... don't tell me, Walt, don't tell me... (ha ha ha)... you stick it in your ear, right? (ha ha ha)... Oh!... between your lips!... Then what do you do, Walt?... (ha ha ha)... You set fire to it!... (ha ha ha) Then what do you do, Walt?... (ha ha ha) You inhale the smoke, huh!... (ha ha ha) You know, Walt... it seems you can stand in front of your own fireplace and have the same thing going for you!...

You see, Walt... we've been a little worried about you, y'know... ever since you put your cape down over that mud. See, Walt... I think you're gonna have rather a tough time selling people on sticking burning leaves in their mouths... It's going very big over there, is it?... What's the matter, Walt?... You spilt your what?... Your coff-ee?... What's coffee, Walt?...

That's a drink you make out of beans, huh?... (ha ha ha)... that's going over very big there, too, is it?... A lot of people have a cup of coffee right after their first cigarette in the morning, huh?... Is that what you call the burning leaves, Walt?... cigarettes?... I tell you what, Walt!... why don't you send us a boatload of those beans, too!

If you can talk people into putting those burning leaves in their mouths... they've gotta go for those beans, Walt!... right? Listen, Walt... Don't call us... we'll call you!... G'bye!

[Calpernia]

Good night to Potpourri!

[JustAmy]

Thanks for another Bob Newhart classic!

[JustAmy]

Good Night, All.

[JustAmy]

SMILE
Author: Jason, PEI, Canada

The sun glistens on the water
Making it sparkle and shine
It almost seems alive to me
This touches my heart

I hear a loon cry
All alone in the night
Her song haunts me
This touches my heart

I see a rose growing in a bed of sand
Struggling to survive
It seems to cry out for help to me
This touches my heart

I hold a new born baby in my arms
Opening it's eyes to a strange new world
It's crying for it's mother
This touches my heart.

All of these things touch my heart
But none near as much
As when I see you smile

[MEG33]

Good Morning.I love the poem..I have never heard a loon except on TV and movies.Haunting.

[JustAmy]

Music please .... She'll be Coming Round the Mountain!

She'll Be Riding on a Broomstick

She'll be riding on a broomstick when she comes.
She'll be riding on a broomstick when she comes.
She'll be riding on a broomstick
She'll be riding on a broomstick
She'll be riding on a broomstick when she comes.

We will warm up the big black kettle when she comes.
We will warm up the big black kettle when she comes.
We will warm up the big black kettle
We will warm up the big black kettle
We will warm up the big black kettle when she comes.

She will cook small toads and spiders when she comes.
She will cook small toads and spiders when she comes.
She will cook small toads and spiders
She will cook small toads and spiders
She will cook small toads and spiders when she comes.

We will feed all the ghosts and goblins when she comes
We will feed all the ghosts and goblins when she comes
We will feed all the ghosts and goblins.
We will feed all the ghosts and goblins
We will feed all the ghosts and goblins when she comes.

--Grandpa Tucker
Copyright ©1999 by Bob Tucker

[JustAmy]

Good Morning!!!
I have never seen or heard a loon either.
I wonder if they are anyplace other than in the north?

[JustAmy]

Pumpkin Soup

4 pounds of peeled pumpkin, chopped
2 onions, chopped
2 apples, chopped
2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1 teaspoon nutmeg or 3 t. curry powder
1 t. salt
2 cups water

Place pumpkin, apples, onion, stock, nutmeg and salt in the water in a heavy saucepan and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer 40 minutes until pumpkin is tender.
Puree in a blender or processor. Return to pan and add 2 1/2 cups milk and freshly ground pepper.
Garnish with cilantro if curry is used. Serve.