The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Garden Gnomen

Ooooooh gardentraveler, guess what I’m doing right now? A hint: it’s definitely not getting caffeinated, cackley cackley… And just who do you think gave the voo doo doll in the first place?

Poor BelZarak with your premature celebration problem. They have pills for that now, though they don’t turn everything blue, there’s gonna be confetti everywhere.

I like **CD ** for chaoticdonkey, it has a very up and coming sound to it, and up and coming is quite appropriate for someone holding down three jobs, and because he’s, well, he’s a *young man * after all. <snerk> Plus I read that you’d won two parfaits not two portraits and was wondering how big a nearly six dollar parfait would be. You’d need a U Haul just to get them home.

Taxi, could you put some chicken and stock in a blender and make babyfood that way? Even though it’s extra work, it probably costs less and if you make a big batch you can freeze it. My very crunchy granola cousin did that for every speck of food that went into her baby’s mouth. Yikes! And I wonder if it’s okay to mix in some protein powder?

I notice it is both SwampBear’s and Bear_Nenno’s birthday today. Does that mean bears all have their birthdays on the same day the way all horses are born on January 1st? I don’t know how Bumba’s daughter fits into this though. I’m guessing she’s almost certainly very un-bearlike. Her turning forty took me a back for a moment 'cause I’m always mixing up Bumba’s and **Shibby’s ** kids.

You know Draelin, it’s too bad the missing college kid probably won’t turn into the case of the missing co-worker like that thread a while back. That was some good reading. This time I’ll bet she’s just at home and didn’t want to officially quit. Which isn’t exciting just annoying. I’ve always officially quit my summer jobs, though the time I was waiting tables was pretty dramatic. I was already ticked off because the boss wasn’t giving me many hours, so he could help out his girlfriend who’d gambled her paycheck again. So when the heroin addict chef started yelling at me about not being able to read my tickets (which were completely legible to anyone not shaking like a poorly bred chihuahua), I went off on her, telling her exactly what I’d like her to actually do with her needles (she’d still be sticking herself, just in a much more unlikely place). Then I screamed for the boss, ripped off the dumbass apron they made us wear, and quit. The best part was when I grabbed the cheeseburger to go order that had just come up, said ‘don’t even dare to think you won’t be paying for my meal today’ and then whipped out the door. I’d never pulled anything so drama queenish in my life, I mean, I’d never even yelled at anybody before much less said the word ‘ass’ out loud. It felt really, really good though.

Mais ou sont les neiges d’antan = but there are the snows of Antan? B’huh? merrily.

Oooh, FCM has reminded me I have a little bit of Godiva dark chocolate ice cream still in the freezer. This is the first time I ever bought it 'cause ice cream is ice cream once you get up into the boutiquey pint container class I thought. I was so very, very wrong. This stuff is so good it’d be a bargain at twice the price. Peoples of the SDMB, if your sweety likes chocolate ice cream just make dinner for 'em and then a scoop of that ice cream for dessert and I can almost guarantee wonderful things will happen later on. Perhaps almost immediately. Le sigh, I will be all by myself whilst eating my ice cream. Poop!

Well, I’m off to Target to buy birdseed and kitty schnackies! Yay!

[sup]AM NOT! and you go right ahead and tell Mom; I’m going to tell Mamman Laveau![/sup]

Ordered from you? Are you in the soap bidness now? No, I ordered on line from the company where you got the soap and had it shipped to da door.

Hey Ashes, I see where you got your inspiration for the voodoo doll thing. Those early jobs can be true learning experiences, can’t they?

Wanna know something scary? Godiva Belgian Dark Chocolate is my favorite ice cream (well, except for mamey, which I can’t get in Ohio, that I know of). And I just went out a bit earlier and got Dark Cocoa Gelato from around the corner. Also, that “do all bears have the same birthday?” question? Mine too. So, do ya think we might be long-lost sisters or something?

earthpuppy, yes Bumba and the Mrs. are quite the entrepeneurs. Many of us have ordered and/or otherwise acquired soaps from them…

GT

Are too!!! You get those pins out of my forehead!!! And I’m going to go ask Mom if I have any sisters she forgot to tell me about…

It makes me sad that we’re in the weekend now, where I post all sorts of awesome stuff, people are out for the weekend, and then a new MMP starts, and noone responds to my posts. Especially swampy, who I’m sure is having lots of birthday fun right now, which is not what I’m doing.
2Ashes (which is how it should be, since it’s Ashes, then another Ashes, not Ashes times Ashes), although I have 3 jobs, I don’t work at them all at the same time. You can’t really count it then. I’ve got two Fayetteville jobs, and one Arkadelphia one. I <snerk>ed too when you said “up-and-coming.” Reminds me of my journey to get my hair cut today.

<backstory>
He’s a gay haircutter.
</backstory>

At the end, he asks me if I want any gel/hairspray/mousse, etc. Usually I decline, but today I was feeling festive.

“Sure, go wild. Whatever you feel is appropriate.”
His response.
“Well, I can’t. The blinds are open.”

I don’t think that I’ve ever laughed so hard on the inside before. This is the same man that keeps trying to get me to come in and do tantric with him (he also does tantric massage.) He tells me that he’ll do it for free since he knows I’m in college and everything. The whole thing gets a big :dubious: from me. But he’s cheap. The haircuts, I mean.

Tonight at work, there were some funny things that happened.

[ol]
[li]A guy walks in that has on a shirt that says “You’re right, I have been a bad monkey. Beat my ass, please” or something similar on it. Funny thing was that he had two items, one of which was a meat mallet, or whatever you call those things. I laughed and told him, and he thought that it was funny too. [/li][li]Then there was the saga of the paintballs. Oh, God, the paintballs. 3 kids walk up, want paintballs, I card them, no ID, no paintballs (gotta be 18.) Dad walks up, kid hands Dad the money, I refuse the sale b/c they’re for the kid. Dad cusses me out, leaves. I check out a few more people, and look down my conveyor, and hey! there’s Dad again, with another box of…? Paintballs! So I use my register to put in the generic “I need a manager” code, and slowly check out the guy in front of him. By the time the manager arrives, I’ve already refused the sale (again), and the manager knew what was going on already, as I had filled her in before (people do this all the time.) She denied the sale too, and since she’s a manager, we both got to get cussed out. I warned all the other cashiers (there were only 5 or 6, and went along, hoping we’d get to turn him down again.[/li][li]Hi Opal![/li][/ol]

This bear’s birthday isn’t on 29 July. It’s 22 November. At least the 2s match. So much for the theory.

Well, if I take them out of your forehead, I’ll have to put them somewhere else you might dislike even more. Or are you just pervy that way? Which would strengthen the family bond notion… And I think I’m too frightened to ask what flavor mamey is.

CD, knock it off. You are not to tell us things likes the blinds story without a warning first. Plus, your birthday has to be the same day as all other bears, it’s a rule. From what I hear it’s totally worth it in order to get your birthday merit badge for your BearScouts of Gaymerica sash.

Okay, I’ve got to go get the mail, it’s been ages. You know it’ll be all circulars and tacky catalogs.

Slightly after 6AM, on SATURDAY, my idiot dog had to bark at something. I was deeply asleep - I’m so rarely asleep after 5… But being the dutiful doggie owner, I got up, tossed some kibble in her bowl (and some in the cat’s bowl - different kibble) then let the dog out to water the yard.

She squatted, walked around a little, then came back in. So here I am, wide awake at 6:30 on Saturday morning. Go back to sleep, you say? * I’m afraid that isn’t possible, Dave.* I’m awake now. If I get back into bed, I’ll toss and turn and wake up my sweetie who’s dead asleep, now that I’ve left the room and shut the door. So I’m doing the next best thing - I’m on line.

Stupid dog is munching her kibble now.

This is my life. Try not to envy me too much.

Stoopit dog.

I feel your pain. I have to go get bloodwork done in about ten minutes. It is not natural for me to be up at this hour on a Saturday unless I haven’t gone to sleep yet.

I am so looking forward to my nap later.

I’m up too FCM. Saturday’s my one day to sleep in, and my pup woke me up to serve him breakfast. He gets fed every morning at 6:00 during the week (my normal gettup time). But I do have schtuff to do today. I’m actually going to a cocktail party tonight! I rarely get to go to cocktail parties. So I have to go out and get fluffed and jzoozjed (how in the heck do you spell that word…you know, the one the Fab Five uses?). Lucky for me, I recently purchased a perfect little dress I can wear (it was on clearance at a discount store–ridiculously low price!)

Oh, and does anyone have any ideas for a b-day gift for a biker (I think he rides a Yamaha or a Kawasaki) who is turning 40? If he rode a Harley, I wouldn’t have any problem finding him something, but I am drawing a blank on this one.

I’ve been gone for a while, I didn’t know. :smack:

Well then, I need the info so I can order from them. I plan to get some for gifts, too!

I’m awake too, about to go get industrial strength coffee and then out to the garden. Already have a load of laundry in the washer and a list of things I will get done today. The prize today is a friend’s birthday dinner. Still have to get her present.

Here’s a post from an old MMP where Bumba talks about the store. And here’s one where he lists some of the flavors they sell just to give you an idea. I ordered lavender, grapefruit/oatmeal and lemongrass. They’re very nice. All I did was send Bumba e-mail and we worked it out that way…

CD, it’s Ashes[sup]2[/sup] due to the coding challenge. So, there! :stuck_out_tongue:
And I know I’m not swampy, but I liked the paintball story.

Ashes… pins in the forehead or pins…ermmmm…somewhere else? Ouch…and ouuuuuuuuch. And mamey isn’t actually that scary. It’s a tropical fruit…pretty color and VERY YUMMY.

GT

Good Morning Y’all! Actually it’s a right painful morning. The party was good. Real good! Judging from how my poor poor head feels this morning, I’d say exceptionally good even.

donkey I once had a pervy haircut guy too. I’m just sure that there was just no need at all for him to put his hand on my crotch while giving me a hair cut. :eek: Now a good friend cuts my hair. Since I just get the stuff all buzzed, he only charges me five bucks. Sometimes, like when he’s hangin’ out at the pool, he’ll bring his clippers and cut my hair in the back yard. He also cuts ACBG’s hair now cause he’s all good at it and stuff. The paintball story was funny. Some folks is just idjits. Wanna bet he’ll be back today to buy paint balls?

Hey earthpuppy! Good to see ya back!

Morning.

Where the hell is my caffeine?
I’ve had thawed puff pastry in my fridge for three or so days. Do you think it’s still good? I should use it today. I also have drained yogurt. I’m going to figure out something to do with it.

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Six pages of doper responses, and I’m the first one to say I glanced at the title and immediately thought of Euclid?

I feel I’ve outgeeked even myself in a very sad way…

FCM ? I envy you.

There. I said it.

:stuck_out_tongue:

Filled 3 yard bags with stuff (I’m pulling out blackberry brambles and wild grape vines - BIG fun) before it got too hot to be out there. Now I’ve been out to the farmers’ market around the corner, gotten fresh sweet corn and summer squash, eaten two ears of corn for lunch - YUMMMM, and am about to go to the library.

An adventure-filled Saturday, I tells ya.

GT

[Mae West]A perfect stranger broke into my bedroom last night, and left this morning, a good friend.[/Mae West]

I’m confused over how a donkey can be a bear. Is it like at the full moon you change?

Ou sont les neiges d’antan: Where are the snows of yesteryear. D’antan is an old fashioned way to say it.

Whew - I didn’t realize cooking was such sweaty work… I just finished building a pot of bean soup and a batch of chili. The bean soup is for tomorrow. The chili is for my sweetie’s lunches next week. I don’t eat the stuff myself, but I found a recipe and jazzed it up a bit - he likes hot chili. And I unloaded the clean dishes and loaded the dirty ones.

Tonight, we’re having steamed crabs. I haven’t had any for over a year and we can get some for take-out near here for $25 a dozen. Long way from the $6/doz my grandfather used to pay, but then minimum wage was under $2 back then…

We’ve had a productive day - went to the convenience center this morning and dumped our trash and recycling, then went to Home Depot for some stuff. We came home and had lunch, then I put a DVD in and started cooking while my other half was puttering around in the basement. We’ll chill now till we get the crabs, and maybe finish the day watching the DVD my coworker loaned me.

I like these relaxing weekends.

Yup, Mr. Soap Guy blew into town and got everybody hooked on handmade soap, and then he up an left. Leaving us to our own devices. Well we couldn’t have that, so we (Wife and I) decided we’d just make our own darned soap.
And so we did, and we sell it to other unsuspecting people.

Right now we have in the shop:
angel – kinda floral
banana – smells like banana candy. YMMV
bubblegum – really smells like bubblegum, but not enough
camper’s blend – has citronella, cedarwood, lemongrass and oatmeal
cedarwood – smells like cedar shakes
cherry
cucumber
dragon’s blood – have you ever tried to get a dragon to give blood? Smells kinda floral
eucalyptus oatmeal
fig – kinda subtle scent anymore
grapefruit/oatmeal
green tea
hazelnut – has ground hazelnuts in it as an exfoliant
jasmine
lavendar
lavender rose – lavendar with baby rose scent mixed in
lemon verbena
lemongrass
licorice (although it didn’t come out gray like it was ‘sposed to. Looks kinda green)
lilac
lime
litsea cubeba – kinda citrusy
mango
oatmeal cookie - (vanilla with oatmeal as an exfoliant)
oatmeal, milk & honey (oatmeal as an exfoliant)
orange/oatmeal
patchouli (yuck)
peach
pear
peony
peppermint oatmeal
pina colada – coconut and pineapple, but the coconut fragrance oil turned it brown
pine tar
pineapple cilantro – I can’t smell the cilantro though
pinot noir – smells like grapes and berries
pomegranate
sandalwood
strawberry
tea tree (with or without sand, but I’ve only got 3 bars of the ‘without sand’ stuff left)
toasted coconut – brown too, see comment above, but smells like coconut
tortilla - (lime with corn meal as an exfoliant)
warm chai (smells like a chai latte)
white tea & ginger
yuzu – Japanese grapefruit

We’ve figured out that we can get 3 bars into the smallest Priority mail box and mail it for $3.75 if we trim the bars down a bit so that everything weighs less than 1 pound. Iffen you want more than 3 bars, we’ll figure out the shipping when we get to it.

Anyway, shoot me an e-mail if you want to.

You are sticking around aren’t you?
GT donja just love farmers’ markets?

Why, was Euclid particularly fond of garden gnomen?

Depends. Which hair was he cutting? :dubious:

merrily: I just can be both. So there.