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[Jim Robinson]

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[GitmoSailor]

It’s on C-SPAN 2 on my cable.”House of Representatives” live coverage on till 3:30 pm ET

[Molly Pitcher]

Yes, Greetings from Ohio!

[Lady Jag]

I watched it for a while but found myself chamberin a round and I really shouldn't be buying a new TV right now.

Besides, I started obsessing on proctologists and this joke:

Bob, a lawyer, was driving home after spending a great day out on the ocean fishing. His catch, cleaned and filleted, was wrapped in newspaper on the passenger side floor. He was late getting home and was speeding a little...

As he was crossing a bridge, a cop jumped out, radar gun in hand, and motioned him to the side of the bridge. Bob pulled over like a good citizen.

The cop walked up to the window and said, "You know how fast you were going, BOY?"

Bob thought for a second and said, "Uh, 60?"

"67 mph, BOY! 67 mph in a 55 zone!" said the cop.

"If you already knew" replied Bob, "why did you ask me?"

Fuming over Bob's answer, the officer growled, "That's speeding, and you're getting a ticket and a fine!"

The cop took a good close look at Bob, in his stained fishing attire and said, "You don't even look like you have a job! Why, I've never seen anyone so scruffy in my entire life!"

Bob answered, "I've got a job! I've got a very good job!"

The cop leaned in the window, sniffing the air, and said, "What kind of a job would a smelly bum like you have?"

"I'm a rectum stretcher!" replied Bob.

"What you say, BOY?" asked the patrolman.

"I'm a rectum stretcher!"

The cop, scratching his head, asked, "What does a rectum stretcher do?"

Bob explained, "When someone needs to be stretched, I'm the one who does it. I start with a couple of fingers, then a couple more, and then one whole hand, then both hands. Then I slowly pull them farther and farther apart until the rectum is a full six feet across."

The cop, absorbed with this bizarre image in his mind, asked, "What the hell do you do with a six foot rectum?"

Bob nonchalantly answered, "You give it a radar gun and stick it at the end of a bridge!"

[Lady Jag]

That is beautiful! And refreshing! Thank you!

[Lady Jag]

THANK YOU!!

PENNSYLVANIA
THE LIBERTY BELL STATE

[Lady Jag]

THANK YOU!!

MARYLAND
THE OLD LINE STATE

[Brad’s Gramma]

Bumpditty bump ditty bump bump BUMP!

[Lady Jag]

Sounds like me when I fall down the carpeted stairs.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ouch ditty ouch ditty ouch ouch OUCH!

:)

[potlatch]

Thank you Amy. I was slow to get there but did contribute.

[bd476]

Bump!

[Fiddlstix]

Howdy everyone!!

Woo hoo!!

we have incoming:

$10 monthly from Pennsylvania
$10 from Maryland
$25 from California
$125 from Missouri
$10 monthly from New Jersey
$20 from Ohio
$10 from North Carolina
$10 from Kentucky

Thank you all very much!!

[Fiddlstix]

   Q3 2008 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$5,222.56	151	$34.59		$	$1,263.56	82
2	Texas	3,710.00	113	32.83			972.00	59
3	Florida	2,196.00	73	30.08			701.00	37
4	New York	1,447.50	46	31.47			357.50	17
5	Washington	1,367.00	32	42.72			300.00	18
6	Virginia	1,288.95	42	30.69			335.00	17
7	Ohio	1,276.00	39	32.72			551.00	13
8	Australia	1,130.00	4	282.50
9	Pennsylvania	1,113.00	40	27.82			293.00	15
10	Colorado	1,095.00	20	54.75			155.00	10
11	Arizona	999.99	26	38.46			180.00	14
12	New Jersey	921.00	21	43.86			240.00	12
13	Massachusetts	840.00	27	31.11			205.00	12
14	Illinois	755.00	27	27.96			222.00	12
15	Utah	690.00	11	62.73			110.00	7
16	Tennessee	663.00	17	39.00			83.00	7
17	Georgia	640.00	26	24.62			175.00	13
18	Maryland	580.00	22	26.36			210.00	13
19	Montana	543.33	8	67.92			378.33	4
20	Missouri	525.00	18	29.17			125.00	10
21	Kansas	470.00	16	29.38			70.00	6
22	Wisconsin	460.00	18	25.56			120.00	8
23	Indiana	380.00	15	25.33			100.00	5
24	North Carolina	353.00	18	19.61			80.00	9
25	Oregon	345.00	13	26.54			40.00	3
26	Connecticut	335.00	12	27.92			10.00	1
27	Oklahoma	325.00	10	32.50			50.00	3
28	Alabama	323.00	17	19.00			198.00	13
29	Michigan	290.00	12	24.17			70.00	6
30	Idaho	285.00	12	23.75			110.00	5
31	Nevada	275.00	13	21.15			75.00	4
32	New Hampshire	270.00	4	67.50
33	South Dakota	260.00	5	52.00			30.00	1
34	Louisiana	246.00	8	30.75			95.00	7
35	Minnesota	245.00	12	20.42			50.00	6
36	South Carolina	230.00	12	19.17			55.00	5
37	West Virginia	225.00	6	37.50			30.00	2
38	Delaware	215.00	5	43.00
39	Kentucky	210.00	6	35.00			5.00	1
40	New Mexico	205.00	7	29.29			15.00	1
41	Maine	205.00	6	34.17			70.00	3
42	Kuwait	200.00	1	200.00
43	Alaska	160.00	7	22.86			80.00	3
44	Mississippi	155.00	8	19.38			105.00	6
45	United Kingdom	140.00	3	46.67
46	Iowa	130.00	4	32.50			30.00	2
47	Rhode Island	125.00	3	41.67			45.00	2
48	Canada	110.00	4	27.50			10.00	1
49	Hawaii	105.00	5	21.00			55.00	4
50	Arkansas	95.00	6	15.83			35.00	3
51	Armed Forces - Europe	75.00	4	18.75			25.00	2
52	Nebraska	72.50	4	18.12			42.50	2
53	South Korea	60.00	2	30.00
54	North Dakota	60.00	2	30.00			10.00	1
55	Vermont	56.00	3	18.67			31.00	2
56	Wyoming	50.00	2	25.00			30.00	1
57	Moldova	50.00	1	50.00
58	Congo	30.00	1	30.00
59	Japan	30.00	1	30.00			30.00	1
60	Puerto Rico	25.00	1	25.00
61	Germany	20.00	1	20.00
62	European Union	20.00	1	20.00
63	Armed Forces - Pacific	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
64	Netherlands	10.00	1	10.00
65	Norway	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
Never Never Land		1,480.00	50	29.60			153.00	7
66 locations total		$36,433.83	1,107	$32.91		$0.00	$8,830.89	500

[Rushmore Rocks]

Bump for Bucks!!!!!!

[bd476]

You're welcome, Molly. Bump!

[Fiddlstix]

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[bd476]

Thanks!

[Lady Jag]

That’s the wood stairs.

[Fiddlstix]

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[Fiddlstix]

2008 Q3 FReepathon. Target: $76,000

Receipts & Pledges to-date: $36,383

47%

Woo hoo!! Over 47%!! Way to go FReepers and Lurkers!! Thank you all very much!!

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