Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[phenomshel]

No, I was just trying to get you to tell me that I ask weird questions.

[recluse]

Oh!
Well, I can do that!
You ask weird questions, Shel.
For the life of me, I don't know why.
But you do.
I suspect you're bored.
I know that's the only reason why I answer your questions.
Because they are kinda weird.
And you don't strike me as a weird person.
Frankly, you don't strike me at all.
Which is kinda weird, because most women really seem to enjoy striking me.
Probably because I don't hit them back.
I blame my lousy upbringing for that.
But I do like being asked weird questions by women.
And questions by weird women.
Usually it boils down to the same questions.
Just different women.
Which is weird.
Like your question.
Which was weird.
Now don't you feel better?
I certainly do.
Which is weird in it's own right.

[kindlekitten]

so these orange coloreed fruits that you have decided are feldmans... would the average person be able to ask for them as feldmans anywhere else? or does it bring me back to my first question... do they look like Marty Feldman?

[phenomshel]

*laughing hysterically*...you got me there, Recluse.

[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by recluse

Why are oranges oranges?
Seems like they kind of dropped the ball when they named them.
Smacks of laziness and a severe lack of imagination.
I call them "feldmans".
They kinda look like feldmans, you know?

I totally get this.

We don't call apples "reds", or worse yet "greens" which would doubtless confuse a lot of the other fruits and vegetables in the world.

Not seeing the feldman thing though; the other citric participants had names invented for them, not just taken from a washed-up child star.

I say we call them ristles (plural for ristle).

[recluse]

No, feldmans don't look like Marty Feldman.
That's just sick.
And they are much more interesting than Corey Feldman, dead or alive.
Where do you people come up with this stuff?
Ristles are an entirely different kettle of fish, although they are not kettles, fish or kettles of fish.
Nasty little things.
They got teeth.
And disappear when they turn sideways.
No, oranges are feldmans and feldmans are oranges because that's what they are.
Short, round, mute, deadly if cornered and full of pulp.
And I don't talk to people in the produce department.
I just get some feldmans and leave.
Unless they don't have feldmans.
Then I don't.

[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by recluse

Ristles are an entirely different kettle of fish, although they are not kettles, fish or kettles of fish.
Nasty little things.
They got teeth.
And disappear when they turn sideways.

Those are thistles.
Or maybe bristles.
Ristles are round
and weigh a bit less than a pound.
They're not really to fear,
They don't really disappear.
They aren't fish, they aren't kettle
They don't swim, they're not made of metal.
This isn't a poem, nor an epistle
Just what Dr. Seuss would say about the ristle.

[GeoffC]

is it not just gristle ?

[TGS]

Feldmans are not the only fruit.
She brings you tea and feldmans that come all the way from China.
Feldmans and lemons, say the bells of St Clements.

You know, I don't think this is going to work.

[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

is it not just gristle ?

I shall have dark chocolate with almonds in your name, good sir.

[GeoffC]

you may; and a wonderfully delightful choice, if i may be so bold to compliment you.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by TGS

Feldmans are not the only fruit.
She brings you tea and feldmans that come all the way from China.
Feldmans and lemons, say the bells of St Clements.

You know, I don't think this is going to work.

[GraceKrispy]

"more feldmans!" said recluse to kitten,
"like marty?" asked she, she was smitten,
"not marty!" he stormed
"nor Corey" he informed
"just feldmans!" and his feldman was bitten.

(and, just for the record, Corey Feldman is far from dead.... Cory Haim is the dead one)

[desertgrandma]

Wondering why I can't sleep more than 6 hours at a time.

I used to be able to sleep for 9 hrs......and loved it. When I was working I couldn't wait to retire so I could "sleep in"

Now I'm up at the crack of dawn.......which does have its bright side.

I can open the house to let the cool (ish) air in for a couple of hours.

Its nice and quiet, and I watch the sun come up.

So........what was I complaining about?

[GeoffC]

age ?!