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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 01:27:57 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes have changed your life, you've changed your socks, your socks have changed you, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - oh, I forgot - they're home right now - APRIL FOOL'S!
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 01:28:37 AM: And the word of the day is: FASTIDIOUS!
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 01:30:50 AM: And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to dear somebodies VinTek and brucedow.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 01:31:05 AM: I shall now shower and wash my makeup off.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 01:40:21 AM: Mattland... I like it...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 01:44:55 AM: TOD: best april fool's joke....

I told the gal where I was working many years ago that Mattheaw Ashford and Stephen Nichols were out in the Mall walking around. We needed to get her out of the office for it was her birthday. I kept trying to to convince her that it was a true story and they were in Grand Forks on a secret mission.

She then went racing into the mall looking for them. She bought it hook, line and sinker. She came back after an hour of looking breathless, and we told her they just left and then we told her it was April's Fools....

However I have to say my best practical joke did not occur on Aprils Fools, it was when my friend Sandi and I put her brothers underpants in the freezer!
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 01:50:25 AM: I got an e-mail...some time ago that had pictures of "Why you shouldn't drink with your friends." I also found a few other pictures of basically the same thing. Most of the pictures are too big to post (and some just aren't appropriate ;)), but here's one that should work:
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 01:50:57 AM: Just as good as an April Fool's Joke! ;D
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 01:53:03 AM: Okay, this one should work:
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 01:54:27 AM: And can you believe this?:
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 01:55:37 AM: And people wonder why I don't drink! :o
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 01:56:36 AM: George, is that you!!
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 01:56:38 AM: This will be the last:
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 01:57:08 AM: nasty...
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 01:57:31 AM: Quote from: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 01:56:36 AM
George, is that you!!

Good God Gerty, NO!! ;) I got these either in an e-mail or on the Internet!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 01:58:08 AM: Toilet-papering was always fun as was short-sheeting...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:00:19 AM: Quote from: George on April 01, 2006, 01:57:31 AM
Good God Gerty, NO!! ;) I got these either in an e-mail or on the Internet!

I just had to rib you...

One of hte other pranks I was involved in was in the Saddle and Sirloin club many years ago as a silly sophomore...

We had to initiate the freshman... WE made them stick their hands into of a bucket of bananas in water and they thought it was Bovine Rotten Flowers...
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 02:01:08 AM: One time in high school, I went with some friends and toilet papered a house. We were discovered, but ran away before we could be identified. We didn't get much tp-ing done, though.

I never did understand what was so funny about short-sheeting. :-\
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:02:07 AM: I get the biggest charge out of students sometimes and their 'study' habits....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:03:20 AM: Quote from: George on April 01, 2006, 02:01:08 AM
One time in high school, I went with some friends and toilet papered a house. We were discovered, but ran away before we could be identified. We didn't get much tp-ing done, though.

I never did understand what was so funny about short-sheeting. :-\

Evidently, you had it done to you... It is funny....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:04:27 AM: GEorge, I heard that Seattle is having earthquake training for its library staff.....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:05:15 AM: and you are presenting it...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:05:48 AM: I read it on the library list serv
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 02:06:41 AM: That's news to me!!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:06:50 AM: Still giggling over Mattland... I think there are a lot of matt fans would like Mattland!
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 02:07:04 AM: I wonder if I'll be any good! ;)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:07:44 AM: Quote from: George on April 01, 2006, 02:06:41 AM
That's news to me!!

YEs, I heard you are doing it on tuesday... You better check your email, your supervisor announced it.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:08:25 AM: Quote from: George on April 01, 2006, 02:07:04 AM
I wonder if I'll be any good! ;)

I have the utmost confidence you will do well
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 02:08:30 AM: Quote from: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:06:50 AM
Still giggling over Mattland... I think there are a lot of matt fans would like Mattland!

I'm sure there are! ;D
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:09:04 AM: Yes there is lot of Mattlore and Mattisms along with Jacklore and Jackisms!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:09:44 AM: George... I was pulling your leg! <G>
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 02:11:13 AM: ;D
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:12:02 AM: a little draconic song and dance dude
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:12:38 AM: have you met Matt?

Someday I would but with my luck I doubt it will ever happen.
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 02:13:32 AM: I'd never heard of him before BK mentioned that he was cast in "Deceit."
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:13:54 AM: George, like the dragon?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:14:56 AM: Quote from: George on April 01, 2006, 02:13:32 AM
I'd never heard of him before BK mentioned that he was cast in "Deceit."

I have been a fan of Matts since he was on Search for Tomorrow.

I am a huge fan also of Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson and a number of other actors.
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 02:17:12 AM: Quote from: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:13:54 AM
George, like the dragon?

Very cute! :)
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 02:18:36 AM: Well, we've certainly had a frenzy! We're on Page 2!! But I must be going. Good night, DakotaCelt!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:19:14 AM: Quote from: George on April 01, 2006, 02:17:12 AM
Very cute! :)

I thought he was a perfect dragon for using here with it being musical theatre and all.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 02:20:10 AM: Pleasant dreams George!!
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 02:22:08 AM: You too! 8)
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 05:37:45 AM: Congrats to DRGINNY on getting the job she already has!

Sounds like DECEIT had some excitement last night - onstage AND off. Was la femme intoxique sitting near DR LAURA and DR PENNYO?
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 05:37:55 AM: Heading for working today!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 05:38:34 AM: Just read the news that FOX has finally admitted that there is a huge fraud problem with the voting on American Idol this season, and they are bringing back all the final 24 to start all over.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 05:38:47 AM: HAHAHAHAHA.

April Fool!
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Post by: Ginny on April 01, 2006, 06:31:12 AM: April Fools' Day greetings! This morning I'm off with my girlfriends to

Dayton Art Institute (http://www.daytonartinstitute.org)

for the Princess Diana exhibit.

I should be able to check back in with y'all between that and going to Franklin High School to see our niece Lauren play Fruma-Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof.

Bye for now.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 06:40:03 AM: Good morning!

Happy April Fool's Day!!!

It rained before I got up this morning (the plastic encasing my newspaper was drenched), but now it looks to be on the way to becoming a beautiful spring day with highs near 80.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 06:41:33 AM: Quote from: JRand55 on April 01, 2006, 05:38:34 AM
Just read the news that FOX has finally admitted that there is a huge fraud problem with the voting on American Idol this season, and they are bringing back all the final 24 to start all over.

I knew this was a joke because they'd NEVER admit there was anything wrong with the voting. Never in a zillion years.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 06:42:48 AM: I have to admit I had never heard of Matt Ashford either before DECEIT, but I noticed his name in the Soap News section of TV GUIDE the other day saying he was coming back to, I guess, DAYS OF OUR LIVES.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 06:46:04 AM: My stock brokerage sent me an updated statement of last year's transactions, so I spent this morning entering the new information and redoing my tax return.

Since I owed some on both federal and state, I hadn't sent anything yet, so no harm, no foul, but I was really angry when that new revised statement came in the mail this week. One reason I held off even working on my taxes was this very reason. Last year, they sent in an update during the first week or March. This year, it was the LAST week of March. Once I do these awful things, I want it to be over and done with, not to have to think about it for another year.

Can't complain too much, however. The revisions meant I owed less money, so I guess it's worth the distress.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 06:48:06 AM: I still have MY NAME IS EARL from Thursday night to watch today, and the DVR captured THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND off the Fox Movie Channel this morning. Haven't seen that in decades.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 06:49:09 AM: Just a reminder that LIZA WITH A 'Z' comes on SHowtime tonight at 8. If you have cable or satellite at all, you can watch it since this is "free preview" weekend at Showtime, and it's open to all with access to their signal.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 06:50:23 AM: Oh, that's not an April Fool's Day joke either. Showtime really IS free this weekend.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 01, 2006, 07:07:01 AM: Good morning, all! After CONVICTION, which has me still unconvinced, I went to bed, only to be awoken by nausea and cramps around midnight. I spent around a total of 3 hours with all hell erupting and today I feel quite lousy. Whatever I had for dinner didn't agree with me, sad to say, and I'm staying quite close to home for today, in case it's a virus and not contaminated lettice.

I have no plans, so I'll be a total couch potato, read some more of THE PARTY OF THE CENTURY and MOZART AND HIS OPERAS, and clear out the Netflix titles.

TOD: I have never, to my faulty memory, played an April Fool's joke, and as for the day itself, I make a fool of myself publicly around 363 days already. Who needs a special day?
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 07:14:16 AM: Good morning! The girls are still sleeping. They had a blast last night. I learned a lot about hot boys and some new teenage lingo and also that when you go through a yellow light you tap the dashboard and hit the inside roof of the car to get "sex points" good heavens.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 07:15:13 AM: The cats have thoroughly enjoyed having company. Of course they were doted on and told how beautiful and handsome they are. What's not to like.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 07:16:13 AM: Here's a link to the review of the concert last night. I really do agree with it

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/04/01/entertainment/local/33d9a00783ea5eee86257143001d6cf2.txt
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Post by: PennyO on April 01, 2006, 07:52:28 AM: Looks like it might be a pretty day here... somewhat cloudy - big fluffy ones - and patches of blue. Fingers crossed! I move into the loft today, for the whole month of April!!!

Wow, I had a good time at DECEIT last night. Yes, the strange, howling, drunk madwoman was quite near to DR Laura and me. Just to our left. First thing I noticed about her was her VERY resonant voice. It should happen to me!!! Deep, mellow, lustrous, LOUD! Her stage whisper was a locomotive moving through the theater... but her vocalisms! Oh, my, instant envy in my pipsqueak larynx!! You could do outdoor Shakespeare with a stimme like that!

She seemed quite happy. Her laugh was more than melifluous. It required the assistance of two people to walk her outa there.

OK, so tonight I have several friends attending the last show with me. One is my sister Rikki. One is Felice Black, who was the Goatseller in a production of The World of Sholem Aleichem which Bruce was in, over a hundred years ago. You WERE in that show, weren't you, Bruce??? Anyhow, Felice is coming.

And now, to pack...
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Post by: Danise on April 01, 2006, 07:59:30 AM: Morning all. I'd better say that today because tomorrow at this time it will almost be noon!

I like the fact that it will be lighter in the evenings but I sure do hate to give up one of my hours on the weekend.

I've never really played an Aprils Fool joke on anyone nor do I remember ever having one played on me. At least none come to mind. I also feel I tend to make a fool out of myself without some special day.

The only thing I do know about April Fools was that it used to be the New Year on a calendar until someone switched it to January 1st. The people who refused to change were dupped "April Fools" and had tricks played on them.

I'm sure that if I did some internet research, I could come up with the reference but I'm to lazy.

In the meantime:

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Post by: Danise on April 01, 2006, 08:01:04 AM: Feel better tummy vibes to DR Elmore!!!!

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Post by: elmore3003 on April 01, 2006, 08:05:59 AM: Quote from: Danise on April 01, 2006, 08:01:04 AM
Feel better tummy vibes to DR Elmore!!!!

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Thank you, DR Danise! I feel much much better than I did eleven hours ago!
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Post by: Danise on April 01, 2006, 08:14:49 AM: Thank you, DR DakotaCelt for the Doctor Who link. I used it to link to the BBC page for the doctor and had a grand time looking at pictures and stuff from the older show.

I remember 3 of the Doctors before I lost interest. Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Colin Baker. I met Peter Davison at one of the cons.

I also remember the Production Unit Manager: John Nathan-Turner. I (along with several others) got to share a hot tub with him. Not planned. I just happened to go to the hot tub and there he was.

The other thing I remember was a kid who wanted to make an impression on him so he pushed him into the pool! :o He made an impression alright. He was baned from the con and any future cons that group put on. :D

That wasn't on April Fools day but I guess that would be considered a trick played on someone.
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Post by: Danise on April 01, 2006, 08:17:23 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 01, 2006, 08:05:59 AM
Thank you, DR Danise! I feel much much better than I did eleven hours ago!

I'm glad and I'm also happy that you have recovered from your fall the other week.
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Post by: FJL on April 01, 2006, 08:17:37 AM: Getting into the home stretch of the last two weeks of tax season. Just dropped in to say hi.
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Post by: Sandra on April 01, 2006, 08:17:51 AM: Did Dear Reader PennyO call my brother "delightful, cute, personable?" ??? :P

I just spilled Cherry Coke on myself.
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Post by: Danise on April 01, 2006, 08:20:01 AM: Quote from: FJL on April 01, 2006, 08:17:37 AM
Getting into the home stretch of the last two weeks of tax season. Just dropped in to say hi.

Hi right back at ya! :)
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Post by: Danise on April 01, 2006, 08:22:32 AM: I have things I need to attend to.

Have a GREAT day everyone!
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Post by: Ann on April 01, 2006, 08:30:59 AM: Thank you all for the birthday wishes of yesterday.

Owing to the 9.5 hour work day, it wasn't a very celebratory day. But DB Jed did take me out to Red Lobster, and we had a yummilicious dinner. Jed had a shrimp trio platter, I had the broiled seafood platter, and we both stuffed ourselves. Tomorrow I will be going out to breakfast with my mother, sister, and Jed in Seattle. Then tomorrow evening Jed and I will be going on the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train. Neither of us have ever been, and Jed's never been on a train, so it should be lots of fun.
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Post by: Kerry on April 01, 2006, 09:04:32 AM: Congratulations, Bruce! I'm glad the taping went well. I wanted to be there with Laura and son, but it wasn't to be.
Sorry about the drunk woman in the audience--very wise to get of her before the performance.

My favorite See's candies are their Butterscotch Squares (these wonderful brown sugar things) and Bordeaux. Can't be beat-- and Godiva, Kron, LeNotre and all the others don't make anything close to it. A good old plain chocolate covered vanilla buttercream is pretty darn good, too!

Hello, my friends. I went away from the lights of 14th Street and into my personal haze. But now that I'm back in the lights of 14th Street, tomorrow will be brighter than the good old days!
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Post by: Kerry on April 01, 2006, 09:06:29 AM: DR Sandra, not everyone sees our own families the same as we do.

Some people actually seem to like my one brother. Go figure!
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Post by: Sandra on April 01, 2006, 09:25:24 AM: I forgot to mention that my favorite See's candy is the chocolate peanut butter patty.

Did I ever tell you guys that I used to know Mary See's grandson?
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Post by: Sandra on April 01, 2006, 09:27:14 AM: Welcome back, Kerry!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 01, 2006, 09:33:51 AM: Well DR Kerry, it has been a long time!!!!

I like See's dark chocolate truffles!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 01, 2006, 09:34:51 AM: I can't think of any great April Fool's jokes that I have pulled...and those few that I attempted never seemed to fool anyone.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 01, 2006, 09:35:02 AM: A big packet from Krtizerland arrved on my doorstep today. I have music; I have reading material. The tome is on my nightstand. Mucho Thanks, BK! Looking forward to savouring all goodies.

The Lovely Wife will be winging her way out to LA next week. I believe she will be calling you.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 01, 2006, 09:37:15 AM: Ok, busy day ahead and I must be going..must get to the court for an early game of basketball with the guys, then over to see my fiance and and my son and take them out to lunch!

See you all later, alligator!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 01, 2006, 09:38:14 AM: ..but seriously folks, I have to return a rug to Big Lots and then go to HOme Depot and buy some pansy's to plant in the the front yard.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 09:51:17 AM: I'm up, I'm up. It was raining early this morning and it got me up at six-thirty. Since I hadn't fallen asleep until three, that was not pleasing. I just went back to bed and I finally fell asleep about an hour later. So, I guess I got a whopping five hours of sleep. Oy and vey. Well, I'm doing nothing today but shipping a couple of packages and resting my voice, so maybe I'll get another hour somewhere along the line. Don't we Spring Forward tonight at two? Someone confirm, please. I think I shall set my TIVO to record Liza, although I should probably just wait for the DVD, which comes out this week, I think. We shall see.

I don't remember Felice as the Goat Seller. I don't remember the Goat Seller at all, but I was definitely in the show, playing Aaron Katz. Dolores JiJi was my wife in that show - she's the gal I recently spoke to, whom I haven't seen or heard from since graduation.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 10:02:38 AM: And Sandra - was the real reason you didn't come was you thought it would be too risque? Haven't heard from your mum this morning, so I guess she's on her way home. I wish I'd had time to talk to her more - it was a bit crazy last night.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 10:02:59 AM: If you talk to her while she's driving, tell her to call me at home on her cell.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 10:03:38 AM: Nobody in the jernt but The Sandra and I. And that's no April Fool's joke, baby.
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Post by: Sandra on April 01, 2006, 10:05:17 AM: I didn't go because it was scary and I'm a chicken. And my brother and I don't do well on long car trips (Mom can't take us anywhere!) And somebody had to stay home and feed the fish.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 10:55:05 AM: But... but... We MISS you!
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 11:31:59 AM: Quote from: Sandra on April 01, 2006, 10:05:17 AM
And somebody had to stay home and feed the fish.

What a fishy story on April Fools' Day!

Feed the Fish
Tuppence A bag!! ;D
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 11:32:38 AM: So DECEIT opened on Friday the 13th and will close on April Fool's Day! Interesting!

Yes we spring forward tonight.

DRMATTH - can people without HIGH DEF see the Showtime preview? Do we view it on the old Showtime channel or the new HIGH NUMBER channel? I guess I should check COMCAST and find out these things.

Never mind.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 11:33:10 AM: Lots of rain thunder and wind activity in these here parts last night. And gloomy today, but no rain yet.
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 11:33:44 AM: Quote from: Sandra on April 01, 2006, 10:05:17 AM
I didn't go because it was scary and I'm a chicken. And my brother and I don't do well on long car trips.

You're achicken and i'm a frog... kiss me!

"Long car trips"?!? Use a short car! ;)
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 11:35:13 AM: Quote from: bk on April 01, 2006, 10:03:38 AM
Nobody in the jernt but The Sandra and I. And that's no April Fool's joke, baby.

The Sandra and I! Title to my new musical comedy! ;)
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 11:36:24 AM: Quote from: bk on April 01, 2006, 10:55:05 AM
But... but... We MISS you!

Yes, but a black face young girl with a yellow chef hat can be quite scary to me! :o ;)

PARDON me! Not "girl"! Young woman! :)
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 11:37:58 AM: Click the link to see my latest portrait. ;D

http://mishuna.image.pbase.com/u12/jeremygood/large/41519870.queen.jpg (http://mishuna.image.pbase.com/u12/jeremygood/large/41519870.queen.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 11:38:16 AM: Hahahaha Page Four April Fool's Dance!
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Post by: Ginny on April 01, 2006, 11:43:58 AM: Back from the Princess Diana exhibit, which was quite lovely. One of the ladies in our party played a real April Fool's trick on her husband by telling him it was "historical" and making him accompany her. My husband, when I asked if he minded if I went, said, "Fine with me as long as I don't have to go!"

DR Elmore - I'm sorry you've had stomach problems. Thursday, my mother-in-law had her third bout since Christmas with that sort of thing and has, again, landed in the hospital.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 11:44:18 AM: Yes tomorrow morning at 2 am we spring forward.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 11:44:55 AM: Vibes to DR GINNY's M-i-L.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 11:46:20 AM: wait a minute...what's this about getting sex points?

What do you do with them? Are they like the old S/H Green Stamps? How many books do you have to get to cash them in? Is the catalog online somewhere?

I hope DR CILLA LIZ can answer these important questions, because I certainly don't want to go to an Asslee Simpson concert.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 11:47:18 AM: DR ELMORE you can't be sick on Satruday!

Wow DRs ANN & JED are going on the Food Train. I don't know what it is....but it sounds great. But then again Red Lobster doesn't sound so bad either.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 01, 2006, 11:58:28 AM: Well, I'll be doggoned if I didn't rush down to Fred Meyer's today to buy plants and what nots for spring planting and then hurry home so that I could mow the lawn and get the plants into the ground...and then it started raining just as I was putting on my "working in the yard" duds!

OH, well...I guess I will just lounge on the couch and watch PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES which stars DR Jane's old school chum Flip Mark.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 12:04:11 PM: Quote from: Danise on April 01, 2006, 08:14:49 AM
Thank you, DR DakotaCelt for the Doctor Who link. I used it to link to the BBC page for the doctor and had a grand time looking at pictures and stuff from the older show.

I remember 3 of the Doctors before I lost interest. Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Colin Baker. I met Peter Davison at one of the cons.

I also remember the Production Unit Manager: John Nathan-Turner. I (along with several others) got to share a hot tub with him. Not planned. I just happened to go to the hot tub and there he was.

The other thing I remember was a kid who wanted to make an impression on him so he pushed him into the pool! :o He made an impression alright. He was baned from the con and any future cons that group put on. :D

That wasn't on April Fools day but I guess that would be considered a trick played on someone.

Neat on meeting Peter Davison... I also liked him as Tristan Farnon on All Creatures Great and Small.

What a way to meat John-Nathan Turner. I always found it interesting that he worked on the first seaston on All Creatures and then went o Dr. Who.

You are a naughty girl for pushing him in the pool!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 12:08:44 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 01, 2006, 11:58:28 AM
Well, I'll be doggoned if I didn't rush down to Fred Meyer's today to buy plants and what nots for spring planting and then hurry home so that I could mow the lawn and get the plants into the ground...and then it started raining just as I was putting on my "working in the yard" duds!

OH, well...I guess I will just lounge on the couch and watch PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES which stars DR Jane's old school chum Flip Mark.

DAISIES will be much more fun.
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 12:12:49 PM: Joy posted yesterday:

"It's so hard to keep up... but I'll keep trying!"... and I was just thinking what TCB would make of this!

Hi, TCB!
Howdy, pardner!

Hope your back's giving you a break... in the mountain! ;)
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 12:16:51 PM: Just had a lovely surprise breakfast with dear reader Laura and son. Pancakes for all! Now I must ship a couple of packages.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 12:26:29 PM: Quote from: JRand55 on April 01, 2006, 11:46:20 AM
wait a minute...what's this about getting sex points?

What do you do with them? Are they like the old S/H Green Stamps? How many books do you have to get to cash them in? Is the catalog online somewhere?

I hope DR CILLA LIZ can answer these important questions, because I certainly don't want to go to an Asslee Simpson concert.

I have no idea and the girls couldn't explain it either. So when the light turned yellow this morning I stopped the car instead of cruising through and said "I don't think there will be sex points this morning" They both cracked up laughing.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 12:28:53 PM: I REALLY want to do a little yard work, but I better not. My feet are feeling a little better, as they were last week when I decided to paint the office and suffered all week because of it. I think it will be a relaxing weekend this time. I may go do a little shopping.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 12:30:53 PM: I think before I do anything else, a nap is in order. The girls just called and are well on their way home. Sam coughed all night last night. I got the humidifier going and gave her some cough syrup, but I didn't get a lot of sleep. So....I'm going to sleep now...
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 12:37:23 PM: Shopping is GOOD for sore feet....in fact, it's good for what ails you.

Oh well....I guess I wouldn't know what to do with sex points anyway.
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 12:40:05 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 12:30:53 PM
So....I'm going to sleep now...

Sleepy time gal you're turning night into days
Sleepy time gal you've danced the evening away
Before each silvery star fades out of sight
Please give me one little kiss then let us whisper goodnight
It's getting late and dear your pillow's waitin'

Sleepy time gal when all your dancing is through
Sleepy time gal I'll find a cottage for you
You'll learn to cook and sew
What's more you'll love it I know
When you're a stay at home, play at home 8 oclock sleepy time gal

It's getting late and dear your pillow's waiting
Sleepy time gal when all your dancing is through
Sleepy time gal I'll find a cottage for you
You'll learn to cook and to sew
What's more you'll love it I know
When you're a stay at home, play at home 8 oclock sleepy time gal
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 12:40:28 PM: Quote from: JRand55 on April 01, 2006, 12:37:23 PM
Shopping is GOOD for sore feet....in fact, it's good for what ails you.

Oh well....I guess I wouldn't know what to do with sex points anyway.

Yeah I know, so I may shop on the internet. I can do that much at least
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 12:41:01 PM: ok, nap time
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 12:41:39 PM: Quote from: JRand55 on April 01, 2006, 12:37:23 PM

Oh well....I guess I wouldn't know what to do with sex points anyway.

REALLY?

What about "sexy points"? :D
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Post by: Maria on April 01, 2006, 01:12:59 PM: The rain this morning was an April Fools joke. It's totally disappeared and the day is gorgeous. Who knew?

TOD: I abhor April Fools jokes, so I don't play them. DD, when she was younger, even though she knew how I felt, did it to me each April 1st. One year she rigged the kitchen faucet so when I turned it on it sprayed me in the face. And I'm such a chump when it comes to things of that sort, that it never occured to me it was a joke. I ran for the phone to call the plumber!
As for See's... Dark chocolate marzipan, of course (DR Jane and I will one day share a box) and dark chocolate Coconut Delight. And almost anything that's dark choc nutty and crunchy as long as no toffee is involved. Yummy. That's made me hungry for chocolate!

I'll be attending DECEIT tonight with a friend. Should be fun.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 01:18:50 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 12:28:53 PM
I REALLY want to do a little yard work, but I better not. My feet are feeling a little better, as they were last week when I decided to paint the office and suffered all week because of it. I think it will be a relaxing weekend this time. I may go do a little shopping.

A little retail therapy is always good.
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Post by: PennyO on April 01, 2006, 01:19:26 PM: I would LOVE pankcakes! Oh, cancel that... carbs. heck.

Elmo, hope your tummy is feeling better. I keep peppermint tea around at all times for stomach trouble. Works like a charm, every time.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 01:19:43 PM: Quote from: JRand55 on April 01, 2006, 11:32:38 AM

DRMATTH - can people without HIGH DEF see the Showtime preview? Do we view it on the old Showtime channel or the new HIGH NUMBER channel?

Yes, it's on regular Showtime, too. I would think whatever the generic Showtime channel number is, you will get it at 8 p.m. EST, 7 CST.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 01:20:08 PM: Have a lovely evening at Deceit Maria!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 01:21:24 PM: PennyO, I find peppermint tea as a godsend. I also use it for sinus troubles. I also find Chamomile and Ginseng to be beneficial.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 01:21:47 PM: I watched THE GANG'S ALL HERE on the Fox Movie Channel. A silly, fun movie.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 01:29:53 PM: Then, I watched THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND with Betty Grable in her Preston Sturges film. It wasn't a very successful movie for her then, and it doesn't play any better now. She's not the right kind of heroine for him, and her singing and dancing talent is of no use here.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 01:31:30 PM: I still have MY NAME IS EARL to watch from the DVR and then on to the end of TOPSY-TURVY and LIZA WITH A 'Z.' After that, it'll probably be FOOTLIGHT PARADE.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 02:00:52 PM: My pal John Scott, the film composer, was at the show last night, with Hillary MacKendrick, widow of Alexander MacKendrick. He just sent me the sweetest e-mail - he loved the show and said he was "taken in" by the play - didn't guess anything
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Post by: Ginny on April 01, 2006, 02:01:46 PM: Oh, sorry, I forgot to log out before taking a nap myself.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 02:02:00 PM: Guess I'll go tend to some household chores before settling in with tonight's TV/DVD lineup.

WBBL.
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Post by: Ginny on April 01, 2006, 02:05:18 PM: Our family is about to eat a pre-Fiddler pizza, after which we need to go buy some flowers for Fruma-Sarah and proceed to the play.

Bye for now!
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 02:43:24 PM: Quote from: Ginny on April 01, 2006, 02:05:18 PM
Our family is about to eat a pre-Fiddler pizza, after which we need to go buy some flowers for Fruma-Sarah and proceed to the play.

Bye for now!

PLEASE, DON'T EAT THE DAISIES!... just the pizza!

They're for the matchmaker! ;)

Ummmm... make that the butcher's wife! Sorry!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 03:22:06 PM: Yup that's the problem DR MATTH - we don't have a "regular" HBO or SHOWTIME anymore. It's high def or nuthin.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 03:54:57 PM: Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone? I'm the only one in the jernt. You'd think it was April Fool's Day or something.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 04:36:39 PM: I know a bunch of April Fool's who are going to be bitch-slapped from here to eternity and hell and back. This is not a way to welcome in a new month.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 04:42:02 PM: Quote from: bk on April 01, 2006, 04:36:39 PM
I know a bunch of April Fool's who are going to be bitch-slapped from here to eternity and hell and back. This is not a way to welcome in a new month.

This fool is here and accounted for. I have working on few projects... Cooking supper at the moment...

Making potpie!
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 05:00:18 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 01:19:43 PM
Yes, it's on regular Showtime, too. I would think whatever the generic Showtime channel number is, you will get it at 8 p.m. EST, 7 CST.

There isn't a non-digital Showtime channel in my area. It's only available on digital cable, which I don't have. But, I've ordered the DVD, so I'm not concerned about not being able to see it tonight.
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 05:04:10 PM: In my mail today were the Kritzerland CDs, "Kevin Spirtas: Nights and Days" (signed by Kevin, himself!) and "Charles Strouse, Arthur Schwartz and Stephen Schwartz." ;D
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 05:04:53 PM: Now, I must watch some TV. Just had to share. :)
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Post by: PennyO on April 01, 2006, 05:21:19 PM: I'm about to have a few snack items, in lieu of dinner, then get ready for the final performance of DECEIT! What to wear, what to wear????? (as if anyone will be watching me....)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 05:21:29 PM: I am also monitoring flood levels for I only live a few blocks from the river....

Spring run-off and heavy rains DO NOT mix...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 05:23:04 PM: Quote from: PennyO on April 01, 2006, 05:21:19 PM
I'm about to have a few snack items, in lieu of dinner, then get ready for the final performance of DECEIT! What to wear, what to wear????? (as if anyone will be watching me....)

DR PennyO, you will look stunning and it will be sparkling eveing for one and all..

Broken leg vibes to the cast and crew of Deceit on their closing night!!!
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 05:40:05 PM: TOD- since I'm not a big prankster, here's a link to the top 100 April Fool's hoaxes of all time
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 05:41:28 PM: Fun site Cilla!
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 05:43:26 PM: I thought so too.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 05:45:29 PM: Boy did I sleep this afternoon. I had a very busy crazy week at work and then got ready for the girls and the fun last night, and didn't sleep much because Sam coughed all night, so I was out like a light for over 3 hours. Oh the joy, the rapture of such sound sleep.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 05:47:23 PM: Ok, I know this is a family site and all, so I hope this isn't too off color...but I think it's a great hoax

#84: Viagra for Hamsters
In 2000 The Independent reported that Florida researchers had developed a Viagra-like pill to treat sexually frustrated pets, including hamsters. Veterinarians were said to have greeted the news with derision, but the article pointed out that there are few things as sad as a pet suffering from feelings of sexual inadequacy, noting that "It's not unknown for a guinea pig to sit in its cage thinking, 'I haven't had sex for months. Am I so unattractive?'." Owners were instructed to simply grind the pills up and sprinkle them in the pet's food. Laying some newspaper down on the floor once the pills began to take effect was also advised. The pills were to be marketed under the brand name Feralmone.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 05:52:18 PM: Here's another
#44: Daylight Savings Contest
In 1984 the Eldorado Daily Journal, based in Illinois, announced a contest to see who could save the most daylight for daylight savings time. The rules of the contest were simple: beginning with the first day of daylight savings time, contestants would be required to save daylight. Whoever succeeded in saving the most daylight would win. Only pure daylight would be allowed—no dawn or twilight light, though light from cloudy days would be allowed. Moonlight was strictly forbidden. Light could be stored in any container. The contest received a huge, nationwide response. The paper's editor was interviewed by correspondents from CBS and NBC and was featured in papers throughout the country.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 05:53:38 PM: #35: Big Ben Goes Digital
In 1980 the BBC reported that Big Ben, in order to keep up with the times, was going to be given a digital readout. It received a huge response from listeners protesting the change. The BBC Japanese service also announced that the clock hands would be sold to the first four listeners to contact them, and one Japanese seaman in the mid-Atlantic immediately radioed in a bid.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 05:56:27 PM: This story was related to us by a guide when we made a trip to Sitka, I gues the whole town fell for it.

#14: The Eruption of Mount Edgecumbe
In 1974 residents of Sitka, Alaska were alarmed when the long-dormant volcano neighboring them, Mount Edgecumbe, suddenly began to belch out billows of black smoke. People spilled out of their homes onto the streets to gaze up at the volcano, terrified that it was active again and might soon erupt. Luckily it turned out that man, not nature, was responsible for the smoke. A local practical joker named Porky Bickar had flown hundreds of old tires into the volcano's crater and then lit them on fire, all in a (successful) attempt to fool the city dwellers into believing that the volcano was stirring to life. According to local legend, when Mount St. Helens erupted six years later, a Sitka resident wrote to Bickar to tell him, "This time you've gone too far!"
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 05:57:39 PM: One frome Australia

#17: The Sydney Iceberg
On April 1, 1978 a barge appeared in Sydney Harbor towing a giant iceberg. Sydneysiders were expecting it. Dick Smith, a local adventurer and millionaire businessman (owner of Dick Smith's Foods), had been loudly promoting his scheme to tow an iceberg from Antarctica for quite some time. Now he had apparently succeeded. He said that he was going to carve the berg into small ice cubes, which he would sell to the public for ten cents each. These well-traveled cubes, fresh from the pure waters of Antarctica, were promised to improve the flavor of any drink they cooled. Slowly the iceberg made its way into the harbor. Local radio stations provided excited blow-by-blow coverage of the scene. Only when the berg was well into the harbor was its secret revealed. It started to rain, and the firefighting foam and shaving cream that the berg was really made of washed away, uncovering the white plastic sheets beneath.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 01, 2006, 05:58:38 PM: For you tv lovers....

#3: Instant Color TV
In 1962 there was only one tv channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white. The station's technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that thanks to a newly developed technology, all viewers could now quickly and easily convert their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do was pull a nylon stocking over their tv screen, and they would begin to see their favorite shows in color. Stensson then proceeded to demonstrate the process. Reportedly, hundreds of thousands of people, out of the population of seven million, were taken in. Actual color tv transmission only commenced in Sweden on April 1, 1970.
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Post by: Joy on April 01, 2006, 06:24:52 PM: Just watched "Liza" on Showtime... boy, did she give it to ya! I find that, when watching Fosse's work, I can't look away because I just can't wait to see what he's gonna do next!

So who were those dancers? I can't find a cast list anywhere!!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 06:38:32 PM: Well - am I excited? Yes.

No joke - today in the mail (and the LAST thing I expected) - My GOODBYE MR CHIPS 3-cd SET! This is so wonderful.

The booklet is most informative! Is John Williams still married to Barbara Ruick? I didn't know that they were ever a couple!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 01, 2006, 06:39:42 PM: Now excuse me while I put some pantyhose on my tv set.....I heard I could get HDTV that way even though I don't have a Digital Receiver.
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 06:39:43 PM: I shall now be on my way to the theater for the final performance of this run. There's a little party afterwards, but I won't be staying that long.
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Post by: divarobbie on April 01, 2006, 07:25:01 PM: Got a lovely package from Kritzerland today. I haven't listented to everything yet, but let me tell you this: If you haven't ordered STROUSE/SCHWARTZ/SCHWARTZ yet, you must, simply for the monolouge in the middle of Andrea Martin's "No Time At All." A fantastic hoot!
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 08:26:59 PM: Quote from: Joy on April 01, 2006, 06:24:52 PM
Just watched "Liza" on Showtime... boy, did she give it to ya! I find that, when watching Fosse's work, I can't look away because I just can't wait to see what he's gonna do next!

So who were those dancers? I can't find a cast list anywhere!!

My biggest shock of the entire evening: those wonderful dancers who gave it their all weren't listed in the credits anywhere on the broadcast! Amazing oversight and something that should have been corrected with the additional credits on the restoration added to the end, yet it wasn't. More about the show to follow.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 08:28:38 PM: Began the evening with a two hour retrospective of the year in figure skating on ESPN. Many of the performances I had seen during the skating season, but I hadn't watched the European championships at all, so I was glad to see those winners in the feature.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 08:31:07 PM: Page Six Rooster Dance!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 08:35:16 PM: It was nice to see LIZA WITH A 'Z' again and put pictures with the music I've been listening to for 30+ years on the soundtrack LP.

I'll be curious to read what you folks getting the DVD will say about the transfer. The high def broadcast looked adequate in sharpness but just adequate. At 11, I started watching it again on the standard definition Showtime Channel, and it looked very soft and a little pale. I understand it had to undergo an extensive restoration to look even this good, but I'll be curious about the quality of the DVD.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 08:37:07 PM: Finished TOPSY-TURVY next. Have always loved the sequence where "The Mikado Song" is cut and the chorus rallies around Mr. Temple to ask it to be reinstated. Wonderful moment.

The film was a pleasure to watch again on the larger screen TV.
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Post by: FJL on April 01, 2006, 08:50:18 PM: Speaking of Doris Day films, the concept of "sex points" were actually the focus of the well-known gay porn film WITH SEX YOU GET EGGROLL. A true classic starring a porn star who went by the name Horace Day. Its tagline was "See it once, you'll be hungry to see it again and again."
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 08:50:41 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 08:31:07 PM
Page Six Rooster Dance!!!

Hey! That's good old Clara Cluck! (Voiced by Florence Gill!)

http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8040968&pt=Florence%20Gill
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Post by: François de Paris on April 01, 2006, 08:52:20 PM: Quote from: FJL on April 01, 2006, 08:50:18 PM
Speaking of Doris Day films, the concept of "sex points" were actually the focus of the well-known gay porn film WITH SEX YOU GET EGGROLL. A true classic starring a porn star who went by the name Horace Day. Its tagline was "See it once, you'll be hungry to see it again and again."

Horace Horsecollar???? He was a good friend of Clara! Yes!
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Post by: FJL on April 01, 2006, 08:57:41 PM: Francois - You're confusing him with Horatio Horsecollar.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 01, 2006, 09:01:59 PM: Heading down to bed now.

Good night, everyone!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 01, 2006, 11:06:42 PM: Have returned from far away Sherwood and my grandneice Taylor's 4th birthday....the theme was princesses and all the little girls had on their finest party dresses...and special guest was Cinderella (hired by Taylor's mom)!

Tomorrow morning I drive mom down south to Rice Hill where once again I will meet my brother Dan and he will drive her the rest of the way to Medford.

It sure would be nice if my relations weren't spread out to the far corners of Oregon.
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Post by: George on April 01, 2006, 11:14:49 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 01, 2006, 11:06:42 PM
It sure would be nice if my relations weren't spread out to the far corners of Oregon.

At least yours are in the same state...mine are in California and Germany!
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Post by: bk on April 01, 2006, 11:21:48 PM: Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com? Yikes. Back from an excellent show - certainly it was my best - I was completely relaxed and just had a great time. Terrific audience, too. We had a little afterparty, and now I'm home and I'm going to have a bite to eat and then write the notes, which will be up later. Now, let's have a frenzy, shall we?
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Post by: Maria on April 01, 2006, 11:21:52 PM: Back from the closing night of DECEIT. A full house, an excellent audience. Having seen the play back in January on opening night, I must say that there is a world of difference. And that world is round and slightly balding and called Kimmel. bk's performance brings humanity, humor and pathos to a character who, when I first saw the play, was in short supply of all those qualities. Congrats to bk. Time for the 21 year hiatus to end.

The closing night partay was pleasant. I'm not huge on those things, so I didn't stay for too long. Just long enough to chat a bit, fill up on a lot of cheese and some delicious dried apricots.
(I offered to take some photos for the site, but bk pulled a Greta Garbo, so you'll have to use your imaginations.)

All in all, a wonderful evening.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 11:47:52 PM: Sounds it like it was a splendid evening all around. I just finished slogging through Cheyenne Autumn for the second time today...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 01, 2006, 11:50:32 PM: Contemplating going to bed in a bit. Not feeling the greatest...
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Post by: George on April 02, 2006, 12:09:10 AM: Hope you feel better, DakotaCelt.
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Post by: George on April 02, 2006, 12:10:27 AM: I've been watching "Saturday Night Live" (I haven't watched it in years) and the guest is Scarlett Johansson. She's pretty funny. Who knew? :)