Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[dreams]

Originally Posted by rebarnmom

MMMM! Just this afternoon I was dipping a Hershey bar in a single serve cup of Jif! Do you remember those commercials for Reese's where the two oblivious people collide, one eating their chocolate bar, the other out of a jar of PB. "You got your chocolate in my PB!" "No, you got your PB on my chocolate!"

Wheetabix, donuts and "PB & C", I'll be up all night thinking about all that sugar!

I loved those commercials.
Yum, now I want a peanut butter cup.

Originally Posted by Moejoe

This is why, in England, Hamsters are far healthier than us humans

I thought it was because hamsters were always running on that little wheel in their cages.

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Yeah! That's the good stuff! Mmmmm...

And I say again, "Oh, yuck."
**It must be an acquired taste**

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Why would you dip your chokkie in this?

What is that? I use Skippy Peanut Butter. Yum.

Night,night, ht.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

bedtime i guess

See ya in 4-5 hours ppl.

Well I got a grand total of 2 sleepless hours before being awakened to on-call support....will have to try and grab a nap later...

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by dreams

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What is that?
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Jif, in Oz, is a kitchen and bathroom cleaning product. I suspect it doesn't taste very nice...certainly worse than Windex.

Cheers,
Marc

[LCF]

Typing numbers...

[beppe]

Napping, soon. After a Sunday lunch of entrecote and new potatoes. The 3 of us plus the avatar of SS that joined us via trebuchet in time for a sumptuous aperò.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by recluse

Just trying to make a point, Am.
Your brain picks up on subtle signs.
The less danger in your life, the weaker the warnings.
This may help:

I went shopping with my sister (not the idiot) and her toddler son about 10 years ago at a large shopping center. It was getting dark as we were leaving. The parking structure was multi floored and badly lit. As we were leaving, I went to tie my shoe and told my sister to wait. Of course, she didn't. As I knelt down, I watched my sister head left towards the car. At the very last second before I looked at my shoe, I saw motion on the right. Alarm bells went off in my head and I proceeded after my sister, now being followed by a man in an oversized hooded sweatshirt. He was moving very fast. When my sister reached her car and drew out the keys, he said "Long time no see!" very cheerfully and reached into his sweatshirt pocket. My sister was shocked that he was so close to her. He was shocked when I hit him from behind and drove him headfirst into the bumper. He was a known sex offender and was carrying a knife in his pocket, along with a roll of duct tape. My sister goes nowhere alone now.
Just be safe. Okay?
Pay attention. My sister told me later that she felt nervous, hearing footsteps behind her, but let it go, thinking it was me.

Glad you were there for your sister. Nice work! Was he arrested?

[recluse]

Yes, he was.
Multiple parole violations put him back in prison.

[happy_terd]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Well I got a grand total of 2 sleepless hours before being awakened to on-call support....will have to try and grab a nap later...

That is the price you have to pay for being "the man."

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by recluse

Yes, he was.
Multiple parole violations put him back in prison.

I love a story with a happy ending, but it's terrible that your sister has to deal with the memories left by that scumbag's attempt.

Other prisoners just love sexual offenders. It puts them in mind of family members and loved ones they know who have been victimized. He won't have a happy time of it no matter where they put him, and that's just too bad.

[recluse]

Sadly, she has new ones. Last year she was out on her jog and spotted a completely naked man standing in the trees off the path. Watching the playground on the other side. Welcome to Long Island, sex offender suburbia. Everyday, there are notifications of a new level 2 or 3 sex offender in the area in your mailbox.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by recluse

Sadly, she has new ones. Last year she was out on her jog and spotted a completely naked man standing in the trees off the path. Watching the playground on the other side. Welcome to Long Island, sex offender suburbia. Everyday, there are notifications of a new level 2 or 3 sex offender in the area in your mailbox.

Creepy.

[happy_terd]

I may have to pay Long Island a visit and dish out some serious whoop ass.

Evil people tend to hide when people like me start choking the s*it out of them.

[beppe]

Hey, what a night full of events, and scary stories. Lucky us with our books and the lounge and a lot of friends.

I read back to trace Zelda's thing, and got a bit frozen by the dangers our kind ladies are surrounded by plus the famous sister of Recluse. I knew, Recluse that you are a smart one, The qualities of candor and openness that make this the sweetest place I ever encountered, become a liability outside in the real world.

Good luck and good feelings to all of you. I found LCF's post very apt

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Duck!

Originally Posted by beppe

Hey, what a night full of events, and scary stories. Lucky us with our books and the lounge and a lot of friends.

I read back to trace Zelda's thing, and got a bit frozen by the dangers our kind ladies are surrounded by plus the famous sister of Recluse. I knew, Recluse that you are a smart one, The qualities of candor and openness that make this the sweetest place I ever encountered, become a liability outside in the real world.

Good luck and good feelings to all of you. I found LCF's post very apt

thanks for the concern from all. to be fair, the specific incident i mentioned last night is not at all dangerous nor sinister. i ran into a girl i used to be friends with, whom i'd lost sight of about 15 years ago. i'm not overjoyed because if we haven't seen each other for so long, it's maybe because i didn't really want to be friends with her anymore. but she's not stalking me nor any kind of dangerous criminal. it was just a chance encounter i would have been very happy to avoid for fairly trivial reasons. no need to panic ! of course, there are dangers, and it's important to be aware of your surroundings, particularly as a woman. but, keeping some perspective, *this* is not *that*.

anyway having thought about it more, i'm not too upset about it. sure, i wouldn't have minded avoiding that incident, and i'm not too enthusiastic about possibly seeing her again / getting a call from her to renew acquaintance, but it's not really as bad as all that. she's not the most horrible person i've know, just has a tendency to think she's superior to others which can be tedious. i'll be fine. and yes, lcf is right ! maybe she doesn't judge people so much now, and maybe i won't take it as personally if she does.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

thanks for the concern from all. to be fair, the specific incident i mentioned last night is not at all dangerous nor sinister. i ran into a girl i used to be friends with, whom i'd lost sight of about 15 years ago. i'm not overjoyed because if we haven't seen each other for so long, it's maybe because i didn't really want to be friends with her anymore. but she's not stalking me nor any kind of dangerous criminal. it was just a chance encounter i would have been very happy to avoid for fairly trivial reasons. no need to panic ! of course, there are dangers, and it's important to be aware of your surroundings, particularly as a woman. but, keeping some perspective, *this* is not *that*.

anyway having thought about it more, i'm not too upset about it. sure, i wouldn't have minded avoiding that incident, and i'm not too enthusiastic about possibly seeing her again / getting a call from her to renew acquaintance, but it's not really as bad as all that. she's not the most horrible person i've know, just has a tendency to think she's superior to others which can be tedious. i'll be fine. and yes, lcf is right ! maybe she doesn't judge people so much now, and maybe i won't take it as personally if she does.

Just mention ABBA, I guarantee you'll never see her again.