The Hobbit Hole XXVII - And there are many paths to tread...

Och, the puir wee lassie...

2,961 posted on 01/31/2006 4:21:02 PM PST by ExGeeEye (Fie.)

I tried to find a picture of Kruschev beating his shoe on the table, but apparently no such photo exists...

2,962 posted on 01/31/2006 4:21:41 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (The only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you.)

To: RMDupree; HairOfTheDog; All

Evenin'

Got the van back, finally! I forgot the one other thing that had to be replaced - the "flex hose", which I guess is part of the exhaust system and runs kinda under the driver's seat. It was leaking badly. I'm guessing long term carbon monoxide inhalation would not have been a good thing on a trip.

But now he's feelin' frisky and ready for a road trip! Hm...where should I go... ;-)

2,963 posted on 01/31/2006 4:44:47 PM PST by RosieCotton

I dunno... a little carbon monoxide really helps pass the time :~D

Well, despite the cost, I'm glad you had all that stuff fixed so the car's ready.

2,964 posted on 01/31/2006 4:46:39 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

To: HairOfTheDog

Yah. Especially since I'm gonna be passing through some of the more deserted parts of the country.

It'd really stink to break down halfway through Wyoming, for example.

2,965 posted on 01/31/2006 4:50:51 PM PST by RosieCotton

Hm...where should I go... ;-)

hehehehe....

2,966 posted on 01/31/2006 4:54:38 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)

Och, the puir wee lassie...

Hope you're talking about me. I'm the one that got the worse end of the deal in that battle. ;-)

2,967 posted on 01/31/2006 4:55:34 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)

2,968 posted on 01/31/2006 4:59:31 PM PST by TalonDJ

Shortly. Working on getting set up.

2,969 posted on 01/31/2006 5:16:24 PM PST by JenB

To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Heh. I just might try the shoe tomorrow.

2,970 posted on 01/31/2006 5:40:01 PM PST by Lil'freeper ("Vote for Pedro and all your wildest dreams will come true.")

To: Lil'freeper; Bear_in_RoseBear

I feel stupid for asking...but what actually happened with the shoe?

2,971 posted on 01/31/2006 5:41:05 PM PST by RosieCotton

2,972 posted on 01/31/2006 5:51:13 PM PST by ExGeeEye (Fie.)

Depending on which source you believe, in either 1956 or 1960 Kruschev got upset during a speech given by someone else at the U.N., and interrupted it by banging his shoe on the table.

2,973 posted on 01/31/2006 5:52:46 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (The only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you.)

To: Bear_in_RoseBear; RosieCotton; RMDupree; HairOfTheDog

Thankfully, Kruschev didn't have access to the One Shoooooeeesss...

2,974 posted on 01/31/2006 6:05:10 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (If you can read this tagline, thank Jack Bauer.)

To: Corin Stormhands

Whoa...that'd interrupt things all right...

2,975 posted on 01/31/2006 6:05:57 PM PST by RosieCotton

To: Corin Stormhands

~snicker~

The Shoes are mine!

2,976 posted on 01/31/2006 6:06:29 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)

You cannot wear them Ruthy Baggins.

No one can.

2,977 posted on 01/31/2006 6:08:37 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (If you can read this tagline, thank Jack Bauer.)

To: Corin Stormhands

They are a gift. A mighty gift.

2,978 posted on 01/31/2006 6:10:12 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)

You have only one choice. The Shoooooeeesss must be destroyed.

2,979 posted on 01/31/2006 6:11:44 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (If you can read this tagline, thank Jack Bauer.)

To: Corin Stormhands; RMDupree; ecurbh; Overtaxed; 2Jedismom; Ramius; All

Music humor - kind of a weird list, but some of 'em are pretty funny...

Obbligato - being forced to practice
Con Moto - yeah baby, I have a car
Allegro - a little car
Metronome - short, city musician who can fit into a Honda Civic
Lento - the days leading up to Easto
Largo - beer brewed in Germany or the Florida Keys
Piu Animato - clean out the cat's litter box
Con Spirito - drunk again
Colla Voce - this shirt is so tight I can't sing
Improvisation - what you do when the music falls down
Prelude - warm-up before the clever stuff
Flats - English apartments
Chords - things organists play with one finger
Discords - thing that organists play with two fingers
Suspended Chords - useful for lynching the vocalist
Time Signatures - things for drummers to ignore
Melody - an ancient, now almost extinct art in songwriting
Klavierstuck - A term used by German furniture movers attempting to
get a piano through a narrow doorway.
Music Stand - An intricate device used to hold music. Comes in two
sizes- too high or too low - always broken.
Tonic - A medicinal drink consumed in great quantity before a
performance, and in greater quantity afterward.
Dominant - What parents must be if they expect their children to practice.
Concert Hall - A place where large audiences gather, for the sole purpose
of removing paper wrappings from candy and gum.
Soto Voce - singing while drunk
Agogic - playing high enough on an oboe to make the eyes bulge.
Cadenza - slapping noise on office furniture
Fandango - grabbing the pull chain on the ceiling fan
Prima Volta - jump start with a battery
Refrain - proper technique for playing bagpipes
Smorzando - with melted chocolate and marshmallow

That last one's for you, Ruthy. ;-)

2,980 posted on 01/31/2006 6:12:35 PM PST by RosieCotton

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