1-888-ËÊ-GO-NUTS

[Virgil Showlion]

ATTENTION SHOPPERS!

If you're checking in on stupid Columbus day or if you just want to run away, don't rip your brain out just yet. Home cures for everything from kiddie sleepovers to sleepwalking to birthday requests haven't been forever lost in the insomiac thread.

Have you been taken advantage of?

Do you not know where the satellite landed, or are you just mellowing out in a coffee shop wondering how many e-mail addresses you have?

Whatever your life situation—praying, job searching, dosing up on cuteness, or missing your 10-month-old baby—Sparty's Slacker Shack will have you wondering why you never tried our new restaurant. "Death is the best invention of life," as Christmas store displays remind us, and when R2D2 is front and center getting married and leaving out a few details, 20% savings and California pot crackdowns are yours for the taking.

Don't settle for a two-year marriage contract, and don't spend your Saturday running late while Al Davis passes away. Join the ranks of Wangari Maathai, once a crackberry pusher who needed shoes and help with all the TV shows she was watching, transformed into a successful smurf M&M saleswoman.

So if Halloween announcements are getting under your skin or if joking around in the karma thread is pinned to the top of your wish list, call today.

1-888-EE-GO-NUTS.

That's 1-888-EE-GO-NUTS.

Don't waste one more second.

That number again is 1-888-EE-GO-NUTS. Operators are standing by now.

[Wisconsin Beth]

[chiver78]

Virgil, I think your turkey may have gone bad.

[NancysSummerSip]

Virgil, Virgil, Virgil....that whole post is so wrong, and indicates that you have far too much time on your hands today.

It is, however, incredibly funny.

[Deleted]

I'm wondering what was in Virgil's Wheaties this morning?

[NancysSummerSip]

Virgil, I think your turkey may have gone bad.

Either that, or he's been hitting the bottle of Wild Turkey a bit too much.

[Virgil Showlion]

Virgil, I think your turkey may have gone bad.

I was faced with the problem of how to demonstrate the collective absurdity of the EE thread index... to EEers.

ETA: It's not that the threads are individually nutty. But for a single board, it's like walking into a store that sells Rolex watches, pickled herring, whoopie cushions, leather recliners, and bulk toilet paper.

[NancysSummerSip]

how to demonstrate the collective absurdity of the EE thread index... to EEers

But...but...you don't need to do that. We already know how collectively absurd we are. A demonstration proves nothing (except that maybe someone is watching us long enough to bother putting together said demonstration.)

[Deleted]

Oct 10, 2011 13:45:01 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

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ETA: It's not that the threads are individually nutty. But for a single board, it's like walking into a store that sells Rolex watches, pickled herring, whoopie cushions, leather recliners, and bulk toilet paper.

It looks like you've got a new summary description of the board.

[MB-NY]

True, we can be absurd, but ya' gotta give us credit;

We're consistent.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

That number again is 1-888-EE-GO-NUTS. Operators are standing by now

--- And those Operators are standing by waiting to perform lobotomies, no doubt. ;D

[Malarky]

Gee Virgil,

When you put it all together, it makes us look as crazy as we actually are.

[chiver78]

Oct 10, 2011 13:45:01 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Virgil, I think your turkey may have gone bad.

I was faced with the problem of how to demonstrate the collective absurdity of the EE thread index... to EEers.

ETA: It's not that the threads are individually nutty. But for a single board, it's like walking into a store that sells Rolex watches, pickled herring, whoopie cushions, leather recliners, and bulk toilet paper.

haha, I realize that. but the stuff you come up with sometimes can't be explained by normal circumstances.

[NancysSummerSip]

sells Rolex watches, pickled herring, whoopie cushions, leather recliners, and bulk toilet paper.

And if you have coupons, this becomes a YM/SS/WIR thread, too. Of course, if any products are not made in America, then P&M gets involved, and then the tin foil flies!

[Virgil Showlion]

We already know how collectively absurd we are.

You have a mild appreciation. It's a rare nutter indeed who fathoms the full extent of his/her nuttiness.

[NancysSummerSip]

I can totally fathom mine. The rest of you....not so much.

And as for you, Virgil: I'm not sure my medicine cabinet currently holds an antidote for the workings of your over-the-border mind.

[Virgil Showlion]

Of course, if any products are not made in America, then P&M gets involved, and then the tin foil flies!

Say what you will about P&M, or even SS, but they sell... cars. Or rugs. Or battered haddock. They have their own 'themes', like delightful glue that keeps their threads on the rails.

Only in EE can you find a conversation about Steve Jobs' dying words next to a communal discussion on "where the satellite is going to land".

[NancysSummerSip]

keeps their threads on the rails.

Are you suggesting that EE threads go...off the rails? Really?

[cme1201]

It's not that the threads are individually nutty. But for a single board, it's like walking into a store that sells Rolex watches, pickled herring, whoopie cushions, leather recliners, and bulk toilet paper.

I see Virgil has been to the Sam's Club at the corner of Wall and Broad again. ;D

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I think Virgil's got a lot of free time on his hands today since it's Thanksgiving in his neck of the woods. I guess they didn't trust him to be in charge of the turkey -- or maybe you're his turkeys. ;D

[Virgil Showlion]

I see Virgil has been to the Sam's Club at the corner of Wall and Broad again.

The difference being that Sam's is a country mile wide while EE is equivalently a 20' x 20' corner store.

[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

That number again is 1-888-EE-GO-NUTS. Operators are standing by now.

Only if you can tell them a five word story about your weather or shelter animals while you improve their karma.

[Virgil Showlion]

You're right, MDW. Even the Games forum has all kind of non-games-related stuff on it now. The only forum on this board that isn't totally screwy is Market Talk. Maybe IBB a little bit, but Rovo let Yclept take at least two threads there off into Kurzweilian fantasyland, so mostly just Market Talk.

Cold, hard facts and figures. Predictable topics. Structured conversation. Everything fitting nicely into place. It brings solace to the weary heart.

[Malarky]

Cold, hard facts and figures. Predictable topics. Structured conversation. Everything fitting nicely into place. It brings solace to the weary heart.


It just makes us want to color outside the lines.

[Wisconsin Beth]

Oct 10, 2011 14:13:12 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

You're right, MDW. Even the Games forum has all kind of non-games-related stuff on it now. The only forum on this board that isn't totally screwy is Market Talk. Maybe IBB a little bit, but Rovo let Yclept take at least two threads there off into Kurzweilian fantasyland, so mostly just Market Talk.

Cold, hard facts and figures. Predictable topics. Structured conversation. Everything fitting nicely into place. It brings solace to the weary heart.

Virgil needs a big hug. Or a drinking buddy.

[Deleted]

Oct 10, 2011 13:45:01 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

ETA: It's not that the threads are individually nutty. But for a single board, it's like walking into a store that sells Rolex watches, pickled herring, whoopie cushions, leather recliners, and bulk toilet paper.

and lion vasectomies

[Befferz]

Oct 10, 2011 14:59:41 GMT -5 @craftysarah said:

Oct 10, 2011 13:45:01 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

ETA: It's not that the threads are individually nutty. But for a single board, it's like walking into a store that sells Rolex watches, pickled herring, whoopie cushions, leather recliners, and bulk toilet paper.

and lion vasectomies

#rofl#

[NancysSummerSip]

I think Virgil's got a lot of free time on his hands today since it's Thanksgiving in his neck of the woods.

Seriously? It's too early for Thanksgiving, but OK, fine, it's Canada.

So, Virgil....what kinds of food traditions are associated with your holiday?

[Chocolate Lover]

Virgil, can you give everyone on this thread karma all at once for me? No way I'll remember to do everyone idividually. I'm an EEr you know.

Oh.....shiny!!

<<wanders off to examine the pretty tinfoil hat Nancy's waving at me>>

[NancysSummerSip]

<<Nancy gives CL the foil hat, because it has chocolate inside>>

A two-for-one!