<p>I think I walked by an open door where someone was teaching that seminar once. There were 3 guys in there-- one with a hand-held tv, one with a cd player and one playing games on his calculator (this was many years ago). On the board was written:
"Respond to spouse with:</p>
<p>A) Whatever you say, dear
B) In a minute dear
C) Uh huh (while never looking up from the football game)</p>
<p>Class dismissed.</p>
<p>and the problem with guys wearing beige underwear is....</p>
<p>@ #11982:</p>
<p>Was that an AP class? </p>
<p>Might explain why DH seems to have missed a couple of the key concepts.</p>
<p>Just as all cats are gray in the dark, all guys' underwear is beige... Always.</p>
<p>BTW, stores charge more for already pre-colored guys' underwear. :)</p>
<p>Bunsen,
That makes it easier for it to look clean... ;)</p>
<p>"The CIR-cle, the CIR-cle of LIFE!........... DUNNNN!!!"</p>
<p>So it begins again. S just got his first college catalogs, in email and snail mail. Looks like I am here for at least another 2 and 1/2 years at least.</p>
<p>Now back to screwing up the laundry, leaving streak marks on the kitchen floor and making no effort at all to deal with mildew in the shower.</p>
<p>Hey, it's in my Guy contract; I don't want to get kicked out of the Brotherhood.</p>
<p>Don't forget that funny hats are always required at those secret initiations. Remember Mr. Cunningham & Fred Flintstone?</p>
<p>m&sdad, I started reading your post and am certainly glad you clarified where the streaks were!</p>
<p>I think we need a signature drink for the big party.</p>
<p>"Remember Mr. Cunningham & Fred Flintstone?"</p>
<p>Owah! Tagu! Siam!</p>
<p>My favorite Flintsones episode, along with Goggles Piasano.</p>
<p>sybbs-
With valentines day and mardi gras upcoming, how about an appropriate themed signature drink? A hurricane? How about pink panties or a Blue moon?</p>
<p>Pink Panties:</p>
<p>pink lemonade, strawberries, and gin. (Some recipes use cream to make it a creamy drink)</p>
<p>Blue Moon:</p>
<p>4 ice cubes
2/3 oz gin
2/3 oz blue curacao
4 fl oz sparkling wine
1 slice star fruit</p>
<p>Prep-time: 5 min. - Total-time: 5 min. Put the ice cubes in a shaker and add gin and blue curacao. (Curacao is a sweet liqueur, made from the dried peel of bitter oranges, mostly found on the Caribbean island curacao. It can be colored orange, blue or green. You'll find it in well assorted liqueur stores.) Shake well. Using a strainer pour into a champagne glass or champagne cup. Fill up with sparkling wine. This cocktail is also very tasty if using champagne instead of sparkling wine. Decorate with a star fruit slice; stick it to the edge of the glass.</p>
<p>speaking of Mardi Gras -- since jym and I have NOLA students -- I was wishing my daughter happy birthday this morning -- her 20th -- when she informed me that next year her 21st birthday falls smack in the middle of Mardi Gras. "Shoot me right now," I said. "Oh mom, you have a whole year to get used to the idea," she said. Yeah, like that will help.</p>
<p>Hey jym, pour me a double of whatever it is you're making. I don't wander in here too often, but today I need a drink. My hard drive crashed and, although I had some stuff backed up, I didn't yet back up my tax returns (mine, 2 kids' and mom's):(. What was I thinking? Also lost all my archived e-mail with lots of important stuff in there.</p>
<p>This is what I've warned my kids about for years and now it has happened to me. I'm usually very good about backups but forgot about the e-mail and just hadn't gotten around to updating my offsite backup configuration to include the tax returns. Can't believe how sick I feel over this...</p>
<p>So give me one of those Blue Moons or Pink Panties or even Beige Underwear -- anything to dull the pain!!</p>
<p>It's good to see the men fessing up about the training seminars.</p>
<p>I think we women should admit that we do know how to change lightbulbs and install software, but as long as you guys keep doing it, we'll run the table cloths.</p>
<p>Five posts away from 12,000! OK, 4 after I post this one.</p>
<p>TO DO LIST:</p>
<p>Get the confetti & streamers ready.<br>
Fill the helium balloons.
Check on the likker supplies.
Make big pitchers of pink panties (sounds yummy!), blue moons, and anything else we think will be popular.
Stock up on peanuts & cheese curls.
Alert the marmots!
And will somebody please wipe down the tables & orange naugahyde booths? Some of them are still a little sticky from New Year's Eve, I'm afraid.</p>
<p>If we do this right, we can party from now until Mardi Gras.....that's only like two weeks, right?</p>
<p>Oh, and I have news. </p>
<p>Son & fiancee have chosen a date. Jan 3.</p>
<p>Break out the champagne!</p>
<p>If I figure out their color scheme, maybe I can get a seasonal dress on sale now? :)</p>
<p>^^start with a siganture drink! Pick jym's Blue moon, and you can match your dress to the blue curacao. Spills won't show....</p>
<p>Yay, mommusic!</p>
<p>Holy cow, 12,000?</p>
<p>Dingdingdingdingdingding!</p>
<p>Bells & whistles for our 12,000th visitor, Bunsen Burner!</p>
<p>You are a winner! This is not a joke! :D</p>