Everyone say hi to my good friend Red Rum

[Evo]

I have the skunkapult, which is just a trebuchet with bouquet.

Have you ever smelled broccoli that's gone bad?

 

[radou]

hiccuping
Is there some more *hic* frozen margarita ? *hic*

Did anybody bring musical instrument ?
I have my grand piano in the truck of my car, hopefully it is still in tune
We could make up some noise to go with the skunkapult festival

"Noise", that's the word. I can bring my old guitar. You bring a pair of repair jaws, we'll need them to tune it up, since the tuning pegs can barely rotate anymore.

That would be a good start.

 

[humanino]

Have you ever smelled broccoli that's gone bad?

Do we also have that tomight ?
Can it really compete with the hot smelly cheese ?

 

[Evo]

hiccuping
Is there some more *hic* frozen margarita ? *hic*

Did anybody bring musical instrument ?
I have my grand piano in the truck of my car, hopefully it is still in tune
We could make up some noise to go with the skunkapult festival

Oooh, wonderful idea! This could be the first Annual PF Skunkapult Festival!

Perhaps tribdog will show up with his blow torch to defrost frozen sodas, but we'll need some nice carpeting for him to set them on after they're heated.

https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=306956&postcount=16

 

[turbo]

I have three guitars. We could make more frozen margaritas, and hand them around. Everybody has to play, even if they do not know how. We'll need the extra margaritas to make that bearable!

 

[Evo]

Do we also have that tomight ?
Can it really compete with the hot smelly cheese ?

I vote for putting them in the Skunkapult.

"Noise", that's the word. I can bring my old guitar. You bring a pair of repair jaws, we'll need them to tune it up, since the tuning pegs can barely rotate anymore.

That would be a good start.

I have an old autoharp that has the felt worn off the pads so that no matter which bar you press they all make the same noise.

 

[Evo]

I have three guitars. We could make more frozen margaritas, and hand them around. Everybody has to play, even if they do not know how. We'll need the extra margaritas to make that bearable!

Oooh, we can point the Skunkapult at anyone unwilling to play.

 

[Lisa!]

Has party started yet? I'm really feeling sleepy:zzz:

 

[Moonbear]

Moonbear, care to join me and my pitcher of frozen margaritas?

Just a few more hours of working on this grant proposal left (I can't believe that I'm somehow ahead of schedule despite constant interruptions the past week or two...apparently I work better when multitasking ) As soon as the final section is proofread and uploaded into this goofy software form thing, I'll take you up on that pitcher of margaritas!

 

[Moonbear]

Did anybody bring musical instrument ?
I have my grand piano in the truck of my car, hopefully it is still in tune
We could make up some noise to go with the skunkapult festival

I can contribute some pots and wooden spoons for percussion.

 

[turbo]

I have lots of crude rhythm instruments, like an old metal screw-top 35mm film can (I have been shooting film for a while...) full of lead shot, and another plastic film can full of BBs for a more mellow sound. When I was hosting open-mike jams at local taverns, such cheap home-made instruments often came in handy.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I studied the Kazoo in Austria, but I only know Beethoven tunes.

 

[turbo]

I studied the Kazoo in Austria, but I only know Beethoven tunes.

I studied the triangle at Berklee, but I only play klezmer music on that.

 

[radou]

Hehe, this is getting really interesting. I can bring some old pots. A pair of branches, and ta-da, the rhythm section is almost complete!

 

[turbo]

On Bonnie Raitt's first album (recorded in a garage at a camp at a lake, IIR) the rhythm instruments included a shuttlecock in a plastic cup and a stick on a plastic pitcher.

 

[turbo]

[Scatman Crothers impersonation]Still no-show. I think we've got a "Jack Torrance" moment going here..."All work and no play", etc, etc. It's time for the sisterhood to intervene and save Evo. You might need to apply the Portuguese Man-o-War. Hopefully it will not be necessary to employ the dreaded shrieking eels.[/Scatman Crothers impersonation]

 

[Chi Meson]

[pokes head in] I heard about margaritas! Has that guy arrived yet? What the #&@* is that smell?

 

[turbo]

[pokes head in] I heard about margaritas! Has that guy arrived yet? What the #&@* is that smell?

I hope it's not Evo. Her sock puppet may have been running this thread all this time.

 

[Chi Meson]

Smells like skunk-cabbage quiche.

 

[turbo]

Smells like skunk-cabbage quiche.

Yes, with a "Stinking Benjamin" garnish. Not good.

 

[Math Is Hard]

sorry I'm late. Just got back from jury duty.

drinkee please?

 

[Evo]

sorry I'm late. Just got back from jury duty.

drinkee please?

Beer, wine or frozen Margarita?

I guess Red Rum got too busy.

He'd better say hi tomorrow.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Beer, wine or frozen Margarita?

I guess Red Rum got too busy.

He'd better say hi tomorrow.

Maragarita, por favor!

I missed seeing Phil Spector by minutes today. He was on our floor and some of the other jurors saw him. I got back from lunch too late and missed him.

 

[hypatia]

Well its very late now, the only thing left is to scarf chocolates, drink rum and talk of things that might of been.

Dear God! what is that stench? Please don't tell me Phil Spector cut the cheese.

 

[Moonbear]

sorry I'm late. Just got back from jury duty.

drinkee please?

Ugh, jury duty! Are you stuck on any trials, or just sitting around bored out of your mind all day for the jury selection process to just keep rejecting you?

*Pours MIH another margarita*

 

[Math Is Hard]

Ugh, jury duty! Are you stuck on any trials, or just sitting around bored out of your mind all day for the jury selection process to just keep rejecting you?

*Pours MIH another margarita*

Thanks for the margarita!

Nope - it's all over. I was on a panel today, but then they sent us to lunch, and when I came back they said it had been "resolved" and we wouldn't be needed. It was a really interesting experience because they asked us all for our occupations, and one of the guys on the panel said he was a professional psychic.

 

[Moonbear]

...one of the guys on the panel said he was a professional psychic.

Did he already know how the day would turn out? It probably does keep him off juries...I'm pretty sure that thinking you already know the outcome wouldn't be very good for a fair trial.

 

[Evo]

<sniff> No Red Rum yet.

 

[radou]

Unless he comes in a truck filled with fish and with a shirt which says "Punish me", this won't be a fair trial.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Did he already know how the day would turn out? It probably does keep him off juries...I'm pretty sure that thinking you already know the outcome wouldn't be very good for a fair trial.

We were all wondering if he was telling the truth or just had come up with a good strategy for dodging jury duty. The judge had some fun with him during the interview, asking him at one point, "Didn't you see that coming?" about some event the guy mentioned. But then he really grilled him on whether he could be fair and impartial, given his "gift", and while he agreed to try his best, he seemed to really struggle with that.

<sniff> No Red Rum yet.

Is this a real friend, Evo? Not a "pretend friend", right?

That reminds me ... I had a neighbor who used to get TV and reality mixed up. Everytime she saw me she would call me Rachel. I never could figure out why she did that until one day she asked me how Ross was doing.