Comments on: Coolest.

By: Luca Masters

Luca Masters — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:29:35 +0000

Also worth noting: Calvin Coolidge has several dogs (a terrier, Airedale, a sheepdog, a bulldog, a shepherd, a birder, three collies, and two chows), three canaries, three cats, two raccoons, a donkey, a freekin’ bobcat, a thrush, a goose, a mockingbird, a bear, an antelope, a wallaby, a pygmy hippo, and some lion cubs.

There’ve been some interesting pets in the White House: http://www.petplace.com/dogs/top-10-strangest-presidential-pets/page1.aspx

By: brak

brak — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:15:08 +0000

*I pulled down the shade and slid my secretary back under the couch. I looked the dame up and down….how did she know about my pickle?? And why was she here on a Sundae? I pulled the bottle of scotch out of my hat stand and put it on the desk with a cheap bar glass*

So baby…how about a belt? Then we can talk about your case. Hope you’re not gonna waist my time.

(wondering if pitty is a Firesign Theater fan)

By: Rando the Floydist

Rando the Floydist — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:51:55 +0000

I was a “fan” of Holliday on FB, and had a good laugh when they posted a pic of him getting nailed with the ball on the FB fan page.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:48:01 +0000

I have a friend with the same name…he’s getting quite a kick out of it. (For about 5 days his facebook status was some version of “Hey, I lost it in the lights!”

By: Rando the Floydist

Rando the Floydist — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:44:53 +0000

I see your BoSox and I raise you Matt Holliday, Ryan Franklin and the Cardinals who ended up getting pathetically swept after Holliday took a fly ball to the junk. Idiot.

By: Rando the Floydist

Rando the Floydist — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:41:25 +0000

Eh, my high school went haywire with honors grade points. We had a couple people graduate with a 4.5 GPA. I had a 3.7, but I was buried in the 50’s in class rank. My wife had a 3.9 at her high school and was ranked in the top 10.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:29:11 +0000

Caper?
*she flashes a smile he could feel in his hip pocket*
Well I’m in a pickle, but to be honest I belong in this office like a pearl onion on a banana split.

By: brak

brak — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:38:30 +0000

Just trying to figure out wax going on. Could turn out to bee dangerous bzzzzness.

I’ll call this case…The Queen Bee Caper.

By: TRstyle

TRstyle — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:02:12 +0000

With all due respect to President Kennedy but not only did Theodore Roosevelt own a pony but he also had a pet FREAKIN’ HYENA!

By: jean jeannie

jean jeannie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:32:38 +0000

Just asking..how can it be *weedy* when it has a big butt, thick neck and good sized barrel? I thought it was a decent pony. Plus I am sure disposition was considered over being a conformation champion pony.

I think of weedy as in feral ponies. Slight and starved looking with both front legs trying to come out of the same place in the chest. Not trying to argue here … I just think Macaroni was a decent little pony.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:11:06 +0000

*sunlight slices through venetian blinds*
It’s … it’s swarm in here I … I … what was it you were droning on about?

By: brak

brak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:43:33 +0000

*This dame had me buzzin’ right from the word go. She had a pair of stingers that just wouldn’t quit….and she looked like she knew how to throw ‘em too. But I had questions. Who was she? What was her game? And….how do I make my voice do this?*

By: brak

brak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:39:09 +0000

So, baby….what the compound eye lowdown on this case?

By: pittypat

pittypat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:11:50 +0000

*walks over to window, opens compact, combs honey colored locks*
You know, Nick, if you keep falling this hard for your clients you could break your nectar …

By: brak

brak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:39:25 +0000

I believe you are right. But you didn’t hear it from me. Heh.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:31:31 +0000

I think the DMPR will happen spontaneously when a thread gets hijacked by typically scurrilous provocations from a certain member.

By: brak

brak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:01:46 +0000

*theramin*

ooooooWEEEEEOOOOOOOooooooooooo

By: brak

brak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:00:40 +0000

*does a quick costume change*

Nick Danger, Third Eye at your service. ma’m!

*downs a slug of gin, checks his rod, er, gun and slings feet up on seedy desk*

How can I bee of assistance? I’m a real discreet worker.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:46:24 +0000

These nesting fails can be really spooky … and eyrie.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:43:59 +0000

You know, brak, I wouldn’t put it past you, what with that big … probiscus. I didn’t know you were a hotel detective.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:42:54 +0000

You know, brak, I wouldn’t put it past you, what with that big … probiscus. I didn’t know you were a hotel detective.

By: brak

brak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:32:36 +0000

Oh I’m sure there’s nothing dead about you, honey. Hive had my eye on you!

By: brak

brak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:28:58 +0000

zzz….!!! HUH….wha…..oh….whew. OK. I propose a Dhoti Memorial Pun Run just for him to be started in a future thread for maximum exposure…your call, as the senior member and Queen of Puns, as to where and when to begin. What do you think?

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:17:04 +0000

Ya know, reading the above made me remember what I miss about this place as well as what I am glad to be without. Kinda like picking up an old book, skimming it, and realizing why I haven’t read it in a while but keeping the good memories alive.

Carry on.

By: pittypat

pittypat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:05:15 +0000

Wake UP!! We have to make fun of Dhoti some more!!

By: pittypat

pittypat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:03:10 +0000

I’d rather you wouldn’t call me a dead bee. I’m a little too … over pollinated … to take it kindly.

By: brak

brak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:50:53 +0000

*Lights cigarette, leans back in chair, does the Bogey whistle and smiles wide*

Ever been bit by a dead bee?

By: brak

brak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:43:36 +0000

Mmmm-hmmmmm….*head falls on pitty’s shoulder*….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

By: Hailey

Hailey — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:22:22 +0000

Everybody knows that the best White House pet was Josiah the badger, the badger Teddy Roosevelt received when a small girl threw the critter at him.

By: Mina

Mina — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:16:51 +0000

Cat’s also teach you that sometimes, not matter how much you care about something/someone, they won’t always care that much about you back.

They also teach you how to exploit someone’s weaknesses, such as allergies.

By: viking gal

viking gal — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:52:51 +0000

@ Bitter’s Chet I know what you mean about students graduating without writing skills. We used to have a department head who was allowing students through his communications program without having written one single research paper! (besides the core, that is) He thought video literate was sufficient. He is long gone, the program much improved. But… Grrr!

By: Platy

Platy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:33:41 +0000

I have a halfabee. Named Eric.

By: wallFly

wallFly — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:23:16 +0000

no he wasn’t he was breeding an aligator-human hybrid (Humagator for short) for the battle against the lizard men.

By: wallFly

wallFly — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:20:38 +0000

it’s over rated. ride an elephant when you have a fear of heights, now THATS fun… *twitches at the memory*

goddamn carnivals…

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:10:48 +0000

When I was 4 years old, I had a crush on Caroline (who was 5). She really was a princess compared to the scruffy little girls in my neighborhood, who usually had grass stains on their clothes and grape jelly on their face.

By: Bryonia

Bryonia — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:58:56 +0000

That sure is a weedy looking pony that made it to the White House. Small head, thick neck, low withers, huge butt. o.O

By: Tori

Tori — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:28:08 +0000

And I suppose this tops the Hyena Theodore Rosevent kept?

As if.

By: Eddie the Floydist

Eddie the Floydist — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:37:07 +0000

Oh, I know, I was just being facetious.

By: HelOnWheels

HelOnWheels — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:34:35 +0000

“cats can teach how to cry and bleed”

A very valuable lesson in preparation for the school yard.

By: Natascha

Natascha — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:02:02 +0000

The Thoroughbred of sin.

By: Dhoti

Dhoti — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:35:19 +0000

Nope — other coast. (At least at Cal, for all its moonbeams and rainbows, you can still get a great education if you want one.)

By: Eddie the Floydist

Eddie the Floydist — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:31:54 +0000

You didn’t go to UC Berkeley by chance, did you? I think it’s one of those touchy-feely-all-the-world-deserves-a-chance colleges.

By: Dhoti

Dhoti — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:28:55 +0000

It’s sad — my high school’s GPA-based “honors” were more selective than Harvard’s too. (My college didn’t do honors or class ranks, or even provide transcripts with grades — but that was a suicide prevention thing, not some New Agey crap.)

By: Maxwell Silverhammer

Maxwell Silverhammer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:24:26 +0000

I always Cum Laude… I rarely Cum Softly.

By: Eddie the Floydist

Eddie the Floydist — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:22:49 +0000

There’s a good wikipedia article on cum laude and the differences. Here’s the link: {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_honors}

By: Rando the Floydist

Rando the Floydist — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:05:33 +0000

Really? That’s how they do it at Harvard? That’s lame. At my wife’s college (she just got her AA, and transferred to work on her bachelor’s), summa was only for 4.0 students (which she was, btw ), magna was to 3.7-3.9 (I think…I might be off by a fraction of a grade point), and cum laude was I think 3.5-3.7. Or something like that.

By: Bitter's Chef

Bitter's Chef — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:56:21 +0000

Save a horse, ride a cowgirl

By: Bitter's Chef

Bitter's Chef — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:50:13 +0000

Having employed and tried to employ (i.e. they were unemployable) college graduates for a few decades now, I’m certain that grade inflation, degree inflation, honors inflation all exist to a large extent.

Most BA degrees after 1970 or so are barely worth the highschool diploma of earlier generations. Recent experience with a 2006 4.0 GPA AA degree employee indicated literacy skills that would kept me stuck in 8th grade.

If you throw affirmative action admittance/grading policies into the mix, it only gets worse.

By: bitter troll

bitter troll — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:44:41 +0000

-smiles as he looks to charro- much better, sanity restored…mmmm warm and soft

By: Mad Maxwell Silverhammer

Mad Maxwell Silverhammer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:34:12 +0000

*shakily sits down on a chair*
I feel as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced…