Let me know if I can help you out in any way. I, do, in fact have demons for children. Would you like me to send them to your work place?
If you’re sure they won’t be a bad influence on the kids sentenced to visit the juvenile officer down the hall…
Actually, since I only live 20 miles from Ashland, I’ll probably be able to come even if I can’t get off work. I just have to be home by 10.
Wow. I just had a flashback to junior high.
I will see how classes are then, and it is far enough away that I can request that day off work and save some extra money so that I won’t miss it.
It was too bad I couldn’t make the one here in KC.
I don’t know my schedule that far out (if this is indeed being held on the 20th), so me and my horselings will probably be the if-I-show-up-then-yes-I’m-coming type of guest, though I should be able to give you at least a day’s warning. The mare will probably appreciate being able to sleep throughout the day at home without the kids barging in every hour so she can get her rest before her night shift. I doubt that we’ll try to make it an overnight stay though.
Will Wikkit and I be dueling spatulas at the grill then? I can make a mean spicy monster burger after only one beer in me. Do you have any other activities planned sperfur? Horseshoes, cow tipping, maybe a protest or two? I’m definitely getting into the Charlize Theron BJ line that Crunchy clued us in on.
Horseshoes! Yes! Now I just need to get a set of them.
Cow tipping…might be able to arrange that. If not, we could do kid tipping, since you’ll generously be providing the kids.
I live on the corner of a semi-busy street. So if someone can think of something to protest (underwire bras? pet registration ordinances?), we could stage our own protest in my front lawn. I can see us now - standing on the corner with signs that say ‘Coldfire is a big smelly jerk’ and ‘Manhattan is a Twinkie’. 
If you want to make mean spicy monster burgers, let me know what ingredients I’ll need to have on hand. These burgers sound yummy.
Also, auntie em and SkipMagic and anyone else who cares, what date should we choose? I’m thinking September 20th or 27th - doesn’t matter to me which one. If no one has a preference for the 27th by the end of the week, I’d say lets go with the 20th.
I just followed wikkit’s link. Are we sure we want to let him grill? 
Maybe misstee and I will hold him down and clean out his ears with my Ototek Loop first.
If the party’s goin’ late, then I’ll be sure to be there, thanks for hosting sperfur 
And if you like horseshoes, you should try a game of washers sometime. Seems to be pretty popular here in mid-Missouri. Heck, they used to have washer-boxes fixed on cement in the grass just south of the Hearnes Center parking lot for football tailgaters to enjoy.
Mmmmmmm…Maid-Rites…
Interesting Maid-Rite Fact:
The furthest south you can buy Maid-Rites (coming from Iowa) is a small stand in Brookfield, MO. The Super Maid-Rite with tomato and lettuce and a side of fries is known there as the Wilbur Special. I once made a road trip there on a whim just to get a Maid-Rite when a friend of mine revealed this secret location. Unfortunately it’s a good 60 minutes north and 20 minutes west of Columbia, so I can’t get up there too often.
I grew up in the Quad Cities, and I tell ya, you Iowans (and northern IL folk) don’t know how lucky you have it. Never take your proximity to Maid-Rites for granted, because there is nothing similiar to them in the rest of the known world. Oh sure, I can put loose meat on a bun, but the secret of the Maid-Rite’s texture, flavor, and super-greasy nature will always remain a mystery to man.
Ah, washers. Each side has 3 holes, each hole a little further than the other and worth increasingly more points? Played with 3 inch washers? Yes, yes, my in-laws have had one of these games for years. Easy to make yourself if you have something like a farm hardware store nearby that sells washers that big. They call it Polish Horseshoes. I’m the current family champ.
And if Wikkit’s link throws your appetite off, you probably don’t want to read my entry into the Horrible Toilet Volcano thread. You might not even let me in to your house. 
I read that thread and yeah, you’re gross.
But really, I’m just enjoying thinking about misstee and I holding Wikkit down :eek:
Okeydokey, folks. Last day to object to September 20th. Speak now or forever shut up about the date we’ve chosen.
Oooooooh! Ooooooooh! Can newbies join this party? I have been lurking around the Boards for years but just “joined” recently. I live in Springfield, Mo. & I would love to meet ya’ll!!
The 20th works for me…can I join you?
We love newbies! They’re tasty.
dfqforever, the only condition is that the newest member to the board brings us all gifts.
I prefer Andrew Jackson.
FYI, I fight dirty.
The 20th sounds good to me. I can’t get off work that night, but I can pop in for a few hours in the afternoon; darling husband has agreed to watch the children of the corn so I can come. Woohoo! I’ve always wanted to go to one of these things!
FYI, that’s how I like it.
I feel this kindred spirit thing with misstee. She seems to be just as naughty as I am. I think we could take ya.
Looks like we’re all set for the 20th. Here’s the new improved list of attendees:
auntie em
Crunchy Frog (will try to make it)
dfqforever
elmwood (if he’s still in KC)
Epimetheus (if school and work cooperate)
Erika
Horseflesh, Horsefilly, Horsefoal (if his schedule works out)
Marlitharn
misstee
Rexdart
SkipMagic
sperfur, Maggie, Jasper, Chlozilla Monster Kitty
Turbo Dog (if the rednecks don’t get him first)
Wikkit
withaK
and
a ghost belonging to Mirror Image egamI rorriM
Did I miss anyone?
sperfur, sometimes I can be very naughty. And I don’t fight fair either.
:sperfur readies her latex gloves and otoscope to examine Wikkit’s…ears: :dubious:
Well, as long as you don’t mind black & white photocopies, I can bring all the Andrew Jacksons you want. Guess you can use them to buy photocopies of merchandise!
Is someone gonna provide some directions? Wouldn’t want to waste time just driving in circles…
Thanks!
Part of the challenge of shedding the skin of the newbie, grasshoppah, is using your sixth sense, your SDMB sense, to find your way to the dopefests.
'Cuz this map sucks.