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Not to brag, A & B...
but yesterday may have been one of the all-time finest "contest" performances in the history of Blog It (especially when you add the fact that I also won JollyJeff's "Name that Tune" twice).
You know, it's amazing what one can do when the combination of being extremely sick and having zero responsibility leaves one with truly enormous amounts of free time.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 10, 2006 at 7:27 AM
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And, I certainly like to keep things clean, Captain Gulliver.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 10, 2006 at 7:18 AM
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You might only have one lonly blog...and a half, but you update them so well! I would rather have one small, CLEAN house than a large cluttered one.
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on February 10, 2006 at 6:03 AM
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#5
posted by
A-and-B
on February 10, 2006 at 4:17 AM
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#3
posted by
A-and-B
on February 10, 2006 at 4:16 AM
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Without further ado, here's the tally!
1.
posted by
A-and-B
on February 10, 2006 at 4:15 AM
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Cool!
But, I don't have
four blogs! I only have one and a half!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 8:27 PM
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posted by
A-and-B
on February 9, 2006 at 8:18 PM
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You're a double winner.
posted by
A-and-B
on February 9, 2006 at 8:16 PM
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You're telling me! I mean, have you seen "Grizzly Man"?!
Glad you were able to escape. My only serious brush with nature was when I was bitten by a bobcat (during a zoo feeding seminar) ... and, let me tell you, it hurt like "eight bitches on a bitch boat"!
Pardon my unladylike language.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 7:47 PM
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M.P.O.
I got chased once by a bear in Yellowstone... bears are tough critters! Ursa!
posted by
Nanaroo
on February 9, 2006 at 7:27 PM
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Been there,
done that, B.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 7:25 PM
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One time, brettnik, there was this pile of leaves in our garden...
that looked exactly like "a bigfoot sleeping". It was uncanny. (Though, at first, I feared a hobo had somehow wandered in and died.)
At any rate, my mother took several photos of the "phenomenon", I'll post them at some later date.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 7:16 PM
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posted by
A-and-B
on February 9, 2006 at 1:51 PM
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These sightings are fascinating stories. I would keep clear from that campsite.
You've won in the Movies' guess blog. Congrats! There's a surprise soley in wait for you....
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on February 9, 2006 at 1:49 PM
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I wanna see it!
I know he's somewhere and on some future camping trip in West Virginia, I'll see him.
posted by
brettnik
on February 9, 2006 at 12:46 PM
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There are so many dirty "double entrendes" possible, Captain...
it's frightening. However, I think I exhausted my monthly quota in that post about the history of nuts.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 11:38 AM
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That's smart thinking, SuccessWarrior...
So as not to end up like Timothy Treadwell (star of "Grizzly Man").
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 11:36 AM
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We go to Yellowstone every year and return every year
But we do read the signs and don't pet or feed anything that outweighs us.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on February 9, 2006 at 10:46 AM
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Adds a whole new meaning to the term: “Pup-Tent”
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on February 9, 2006 at 9:59 AM
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Well, if I had to guess I'd say...
they were just friends
at the present time ... but, have had a "Brokeback Mountain" moment in the past
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 8:58 AM
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MPO...
It wsa just an offering for us "geezers" to contemplate. We've already sorted out all the major stuff life has thrown at us...now we have to tackle the details.
Details like, "Exactly who is Boo Boo to Yogi?"
DM
posted by
Dennison..Mann
on February 9, 2006 at 8:56 AM
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Not that I ever planned to travel to Yellowstone, Decshak...
but the possible risk of "falling into boiling liquids" pretty much seals it for me.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 8:51 AM
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The "conspiracy theories" just keep coming don't they?
I really can't say, Dennison. Since, I've never seen the show.
Afterall, "Yogi Bear" was a little before my time.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 8:48 AM
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Oh, Far More Important Than...
Bigfeets and Captain Gulliver's amusing little story, can anyone explain to me why Yogi Bear hangs around with Boo Boo? Can it be that Yogi has a girlfriend named Cindy (they're not married but occasionally share his cave) and he's stuck hanging around with a his own "Mini-Me" named Boo Boo because some sort of "boo boo" transpired between Yogi and Cindy?
DM
posted by
Dennison..Mann
on February 9, 2006 at 8:29 AM
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Yes, MPO. Good Post.
There was a sign at the Rio Grande area of Big Bend National Park that said, don't take small animals or children on this path. It is panther country. I think there's another sign just like it at the Everglades national park, too.
Anyway, at one of those parks, a ranger giving us a tour told us that some people, upon seeing the sign, will tie their little dogs up there and go down the path themselves. On returning, they find there's nothing left on the leash. The sign then becomes a feeding station for panthers or allegators, whichever.
posted by
WindTapper
on February 9, 2006 at 8:19 AM
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Wow! Very impressive, Captain Gulliver...
That's quite an elaborate theory ... and,
surely as plausible as any other explanation.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 8:16 AM
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Urban Legand
M.P.O. You are always a delight to read.
My personal theory: The badly bruised camper was having a torrid affair and took his lover on a camping trip. The two love birds took a walk through the woods where they were seen at a distance to the “Pair of Big Foot” sightings. When his wife learns of her husband’s rendezvous, she descends upon the unsuspecting campers in the middle of the night and beats the living hell out of her husband. Dazed and confused, the husband only vaguely recognizes something “ugly” as the wife probably still had her curlers and house shoes on. She then ransacks the campsite, driving the poor naked adulteress off into the woods. That is why every night, on the full moon; a naked woman can be seen walking the abandoned Montana highways. She has been reported to be in distress, crying softly into the night. Truckers have reported picking naked women up only for her to quietly beg, “Please take me home.” When the truckers do so, they learn at the residence that owners lost their daughter when she was murdered by a jealous wife seven years ago and has not been seen since. The truckers return to their cab, claiming to be able to present the grieving parents with their beloved daughter. However, as soon as the door is opened the cab is found to be empty. All that is left is a small smudge of dirt and grime smeared across the passenger seat.
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on February 9, 2006 at 8:12 AM
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Thank you, Dr.
These sorts of paranormal sightings are obviously laughable. However, they do provide illumination into the delusional mind, at least.
Which is always a plus (for people who study psychiatry).
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 9, 2006 at 7:36 AM
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True Things to Make You Go Hmmmm...
About 20 miles from where I live, it has been reported that on Spook Hill a lady returns annually to come back and look for her head. Cars fill the highway, for each year it is reported that someone saw the light that revealed her presence. Let's get real!! Good post!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on February 9, 2006 at 7:32 AM
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