The person below me

[Sail Man]

I do indeed. I have been thinking about taking a trek west next year for some 4th of Juplaya fun, including a jaunty trek down jungo rd.

tpbm can tell me how many spare tires I will need for my truck taking jungo rd.

[BoyScoutGirl]

I believe the answer to that is always n+1.

TPBM can tell me how to get a bike from San Diego to Reno, even though I and all the rest of my gear are coming from points east...

[catinthefunnyhat]

*shrugs. puts hands in pocket. whistles. looks the other way.*

TPBM had an awkward conversation with a neighbour yesterday.

[theCryptofishist]

So that's who he was!
TPBM had to go to the store today for a necessary barbecue type item.

[catinthefunnyhat]

No, but went to gather intel on some BM items (comparison-shopping for a new cooler, mostly), so that was kind of like the same thing?

TPBM put off buying sparklers too long and they were sold out everywhere. Bummer.

[theCryptofishist]

I don't even know where to buy fireworks.
TPBM doesn't know where to buy cheap fishnet stockings.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Oh, but I do know! There are a number of stores on Yonge Street that sell them remarkably cheap.

TPBM knows the magic for keeping fishnet stockings intact beyond one wear.

[theCryptofishist]

To tell you the truth, me, fishnet--there's history there.
TPBM has history with plums.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Yes. A wasp and I decided to take a bite of the same plum at the same time. My eyes were closed, so I didn't see him (her?). That's when I learned I have an anaphylactic reaction to their stings.

TPBM likes that poem about the plums in the icebox and how delicious it feels to say plum.

[theCryptofishist]

I don't know the poem, but I do like "Bernie Gunther"'s use of "plum" as a name for womanly bits.
TPBM is adding that to her/his "Big List of Euphemisms".

[Elorrum]

I had to re-read that because I agreed it was an addition to my big book of ephemera. But I'm not sure one would have a book of ephemera... that would be oxymoronic I think.

um... plum, always reminds me of a murder suspect.
tpbm is enjoying summer fruit.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Raspberries... fresh raspberries at the fruit market these days.

(And, yes, my big book of euphemisms has been updated. It's woefully sparse, that book. Shockingly, I never had "Pink Cadillac" in there until just the other day. I know!)

TPBM can tell me at least one other euphemism that's also a Barbie toy.

[maryanimal]

No, I'm sorry. It's late and I'm tired.

tpbm wants to exerience someting new.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Yeah... it's been a while.
Hoping BM will bring some new experiences!

TPBM has something new to wear tomorrow.

[AntiM]

Sadly, no. I'm stuck in muumuus. Although I could make a new one.

TPBM has clothes other than costumes they have sewn/made themselves.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Not yet. I'm working up to it.
I may have to delve into the terrifying world of using patterns.

TPBM wants to go out, but is half-expecting an important call on the land line.

[theCryptofishist]

No.
TPBM is expecting a delivery this week.

[SquirrelHead]

Does my sister and her family showing up for a week count? If so then yes I am. Now next week I am expecting fun things for TTITD to be delivered.

tpbm is feeling like they are way behind on getting ready for their trip.

[lucky420]

nope but then again I am a professional procrastinator! I know that it will all get done in time even if that includes the last minute scramble.

TPBM hardly ever procrastinates and can't understand why people do

[theCryptofishist]

I always procrastinate. If at all possible.
TPBM is too organized for his/her own good.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Bwahahahahaha!
I am not organized at all. I guess I have brief, intense bursts of radical organization. They usually end in tears.... or at least a whimper of resignation.

TPBM is thinking of throwing food at someone.

[theCryptofishist]

I through some at some pigeons yesterday, but it was white bread, so not so much.
TPBM throws things at squirrels in the hopes that they will leave bird feeders alone.

[catinthefunnyhat]

No. I throw things at squirrels to distract them while I run for my life.
Uh, I mean, no, not really.

TPBM thinks a little spray starch always makes the irony so much easier.

[theCryptofishist]

It's sure a help against ring around the collar.
TPBM wishes I'd stop parroting advertising slogans from the Television Age.

[catinthefunnyhat]

I haven't a -- no, I won 't go there.
But it would be very hypocritical of me to be annoyed with anyone else for that particular peccadillo.

TPBM always thought peccadillo sounded more like a species of bird than anything else.

[theCryptofishist]

TPBM knows who said: Can't curl, but can swim, Slow-Solid, that's him.

[catinthefunnyhat]

No... and I'm resisting the temptation to Google it, because I want you to tell me. I'm thinking it was about a turtle....
Please tell me; my fingers are getting itchy.


TPBM can, in fact, curl.

[theCryptofishist]

Hm. What dya think, I'm a Canadian?
(Kipling. Also acceptable, Mother Jaguar. Yes it is a turtle. Bonus point for the turtle's friend...)
TPBM sneers at the the bizarre evolutionary paths taken in the Just So Stories...

[catinthefunnyhat]

remember learning in High School about the LaMarckian theories of evolution that predated Darwin and thinking they were stolen from children's stories. And now I see things about this new epigenetics, and it makes me think there was a kernel of truth to it all along.


TPBM hates seeing articles about research in his/her field of expertise show up in the popular press, because they're always overhyped and halfway wrong.

[theCryptofishist]

Yup. (I'm just not going to say that one of my areas of expertise is the burn! they always get that wrong!)
tpbm hates the code on this board.