ryyannon

1. Sloppy journalism: not one verifiable reference. 2. Media picked up on story immediately. 3. Angry? Me? 4. Where's the Peanut Butter?

Umm, so let's see here: someone somewhere calls someone else somewhere who says that someone else says that the starving dog 'escaped' from the gallery the same day. Whew! For a moment, I was really worried about the mutt.

And what is this about peanut butter?

Japanese Yakuza dudes and their tats:

Ah yes! He's going to do a Bavarian-style Mass! (Could this be the end of our friendship? Is Vicky going to call for a fatwa against poor ryyannon?)

As His Holiness's visit to New York ends, a last statement of Faith before the throngs of admirers and the press:

Splendid! All is forgiven.

Cherry-picker.

YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME HA HA HA

Racist pig.

Speaking at the UN: Prayer as the solution to the energy crisis:

At Coney Island Amusement Park:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igMaEw3SJuk

Yes, I find myself laughing more and more these days.... Also, a British auto magazine did a very serious comparison between a Prius and a Mercedes diesel on an identical run between London to Geneva with two professional drivers. Result: the Mercedes achieved significantly better MPG. By the way, did you ever bring that Rolex to the shop I told you about in Montparnasse? Trust me, they are absolutely super....

Duuuuude.... Buy a Prius! Vote Obama! Merde, FasTTap, I never knew you could be so funny! Thanks for the second-best laugh of the morning! (The first was when the Seventh-Day Aventists rang my bell just as I was composing the previous post...) By the way, FasTTap, did they teach you how to swim at Sciences-Po? Yeah, tell me about it, my friend.... But hey, not dark, just lucid! 'lucid': "bright, shining," from L. lucidus "light, bright, clear," from lucere "to shine," from lux (gen. lucis) "light," from PIE base *leuk- "to shine, be bright" (see light (n.)). Of course, one of the dangers of being lucid, is that of...ahem...mistaken identity: Lucifer O.E. Lucifer "Satan," also "morning star," from L. Lucifer "morning star," lit. "light-bringing," from lux (gen. lucis) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Belief that it was the proper name of Satan began with its use in the Bible to translate Gk. Phosphoros, which translates Heb. Helel ben Shahar in Isaiah xiv.12 --"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" [KJV] The verse was interpreted by Christians as a reference to "Satan," because of the mention of a fall from Heaven, even though it is literally a reference to the King of Babylon (cf. Isaiah xiv.4). Sigh.

Affordable Black Bush consistently gets 5-star ratings on epinions... http://www.epinions.com/reviews/pr-Black_Bush_Irish_Whiskey

The bottom line is that we're all screwed (except perhaps for the very, very rich who can buy an even more persuasive illusion that we're not) and we know it. Whatever one believes, whichever side one is on, it's the same: no way out... les jeux sont faits - rien va plus. A certain very limited amount of good can still be done within the private sphere, but even that is becoming more difficult - and less effective. Stories like the dog drive us insane by showing us the true nature of our position - and our total impotence in changing it. In reality, that dog, c'est nous. These are End Times. As Pugwash would say, 'Cope with it.'

Farkin' uncorruptables. Ok TeeJay, and if by doing so you could end hunger in the world?

I've seen it around for years but have never tried it. Since I've never seen it in normal bottles, I've always been a bit suspicious that the packaging is designed to make you ignore the quality of the product. Since we've got several people here saying that it's really good, it's possible that I'm mistaken - especiallly since I've never actually had any. But the next time I get a chance, I will. Maybe another way would be to do a Google search on Irish whiskey brand ratings: you tend to get a fairly objective idea of what's out there and how good it is pretty fast....

QUOTE (ryyannon @ Apr 18 2008, 10:31 PM) What if they had offered you ten thousand dollars? C'mon TeeJay, get real! And a million bucks? Now for God's sake (PBUH) please don't get all ethical on me here....

Some other familiar forum nics & avatars: The often cantankerous neo-con lawyer Scott/Watcher71 spaghettiman and his Sanscrit sig: ~tat tvam asi~ And of course, the much regretted Sir Clive and his dry, sly, British humour:

Here 'ya go, Ken & dluddy:

Hey Omni! So nice to see you....must have felt the vibes of yesteryear Indeed, where are they all now....? In the meantime, I just struck RWG gold while searching for johntheboy's avatar.... the Rolexaward and Bricktop Show! "QUOTE (bricktop @ May 1 2005, 03:14 AM) You're here for 10 days and already have friends?Hard to believe, considered the way you do business. Give us your website address please. We want to have a look at it." Rolexaward: "Only My friends know my website address and they are wellcome. Not you. Enough bricktop, I swear no need friend like you, U already too much , Few times I already be nice to U, N` U think coz I afraid of U? who do you think U are? The Game is Over One thing, NON OF UR BIZ! Remember this ............... NON OF UR BIZ!" Ah, the famous Rolexaward "Non OF UR BIZ"! And then the thread goes on for TEN more pages! Rolexaward: "I already give the photo and how much I must pay for extra foto? THE WATCH I SELL ONLY $25!!! And I not only using WU but I also using Bank Transfer! You should go to Paypal .com and Try to Register as Indonesian, THERE IS NO INDONESIAN COUNTRY LIST ON PAYPAL! YOU CAN NOT REGISTER USING INDONESIAN CREDIT CARD! THIS LINK IS GOOD FOR PAYPAL: http://www.paypalsucks.com/ IF U NOT LIKE MY WATCH, DON`T BUY! SO PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU POST JOKE HERE! IS IT CLEAR 4 U ONE MORE THINGS, NON OF UR BIZ, I C U HAVE A LOT OF TIME, R U JOPLXSS?" QUOTE (bricktop @ May 1 2005, 01:34 PM) ...Rolexaward: Why are you still here? Is it fun to be the clown? Rolexaward: "...I WILL KICK UR ASX! U BETTER SHUT UR 25Y OLD MOUTH, U GOT ME YOUNG BOY! " Gawd, those were the days....the Wild West of RWG!

What if they had offered you ten thousand dollars?