Posted on 02/03/2006 6:49:46 AM PST by Xenophobic Alien
Now I'm going to throw up!
The last two pictures were great, though.
The Pope is visiting Washington, D.C., and President Bush takes him
out for an afternoon on the Potomac, sailing on the Presidential yacht,
the Sequoia. They're admiring the sights when, all of a sudden, the
Pope's hat (zucchetto) blows off his head and out into the water.
Secret Service guys start to launch a boat, but president Bush waves
them off, saying, "Wait, wait. I'll take care of this. Don't worry."
Bush then steps off the yacht onto the surface of the water and walks
out to the Holy Father's little hat, bends over picks it up, then walks
back to the yacht and climbs aboard. He hands the hat to the Pope amid
stunned silence.
The next morning, the headlines in the New York Times,! Boston Globe,
Atlanta Constitution, Washington Post, Boston Herald, Buffalo News,
Houston Chronicle, Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal, Minneapolis Tribune,
Denver Post, Albuquerque Journal, Los Angeles Times and San Francisco
Chronicle all proclaim:
"Bush Can't Swim!"
My step-daughters boyfriend didn't think I was serious about my fascination with knives until he sat uncomfortably next to me on the couch while I sharpened the biggest knife I have in my collection.
Was the most pleasant conversation I'd had in awhile.
];-)
LOL!
And yes, I did threaten him with my coffee as well.
The wimp.
A little boy wanted $100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00.
When the postal authorities received the letter to God, USA, they decided to send it to the President.
President Bush was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5.00 bill. The president thought this would appear to be a
lot of money to a little boy. The little boy was delighted with the $5.00 bill and sat down to write a thank-you note to God, which read:
Dear God:
Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you sent it through Washington, DC. and those a$$holes deducted $95.00 in taxes.
Don't you mean the USS Vincennes (CG 49).
USS Stark (FFG 31) got nailed by two Iraqi Exocets
Top 1,000???
F-14?
They make the F-22A across the sky-bridge from me. Does that count for anything? Maybe I could sneak one out for you? ;)
Not the coffee!!!
Yes, the coffee.
I dunno WHY he wimped out upon mention of the stuff.
My step-daughter drank it without ill effect.
Does everyone know the legacy of your (coffee?)
At least your step daughter survived. How many kids do you have? Just curious?
My horrible coffee is family legend, joke, and tradition.
I only had the one step-daughter.
But my time as a ersatz father was rather short.
(Freepmail explanation on that coming.)
However, since her father was Czechoslovakian, she was used to horrid coffee.
I'm part Czech. We used to call it Bohemian. Maybe that is why I appear so nuts. LOL!
She tried teaching me how to speak Czech.
My horrible attempts to learn the language resulted in her cousin and herself busting into gales of laughter.
I was informed that I was vastly amusing with it.
(But I did master "Potzem!")
What is the legacy of your coffee? Pretty bad?
My coffee is extraordinarily bad I am told.
Eaker tried it, and lived.
But he said something about it being against the Geneva Conventions or some such.
What follows will be the most twisted five minutes of life, maybe.
"WARNING - Not to be take internally!" - Slings and Arrows
In 12 cup drip percolator pot, fill to 6 cup mark with water.
In filter, put 6 heaping scoops of coffee.
Medium roast works best, just make sure it's a robust blend.
Found a maxwellhouse 'medium roast' that was rather anemic.
Put pinch of salt in filter, about as much as it would take to cover the surface of a dime with one even layer.
This keeps the coffee from tasting burned too quickly, it doesn't age well brewed this way.
Brew, recirculate if need be, usually not.
Add sugar and dairy creamer.
Creamora and coffeemate are not recommended unless you like the heart racing that Ranger Pudding gives.
That, and the nondairy creamer will give you both a headache and a buzz with the coffee.
I usually put about 8 spoons of sugar in this stuff, it ends up being like Russian Kava, thick and sweet with that bitter overtone to it.
Oh, and I am NOT responsible for seeming demonic possession of the coffeepot, or the coffeepot ending up acting as if it has been damaged.
Be sure NOT to add creamora or coffeemate to the brew, unless you LIKE ranger pudding style heart racing.
When I brew that stuff for myself, I recirculate the stuff to brew a second time, but that's me for my own personal enjoyment, and it may wreck the coffeepot.
Don't forget the salt, it's important to the finished brew.
I understand that kind of humor. ;)
Ever read any Jersey Kosinsky books? Like the Painted Bird or Being There? Very interesting view on life.
That is quite a recipe and I know you don't suffer us fools lightly when we ask for it. Thank you!!!
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