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Also, if you turn the jar upside down and hold it so the plane of the lid is parallel to the plane of the counter, then smack it sharply on the counter, it will usually open right up. I smack it two or three times simply because it feels good.

A child on an airplane (I take it you are not a grandparent - gives you a different perspective on children) I take it you are not on an airplane much . A jar of olives that will not open - ask them in the store to open them for you or use the hotwater on the lid trick It's not so much the jar that...

Little things make me colicky, uncomfortable and generally cranky. How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh. To which I would add -- A child on an airplane A jar of olives that will not open e. coli An itch on your back that is ...

A duck walks into the Valley Swim Club, and the manager says "We don't want your kind in here, either."

Making out with a girl named Cathy, who would later become my first ex-girlfriend.

What is the difference between alto clef and ancient Greek?





Some conductors can still read ancient Greek.

Do you people actually use your real names on Facebook?

I use a pseudonym -- Gonzo CMXIV.

And the email is a dead-end mail drop only open to select senders, plus the Omaha Steak Company and that nice lady who tries to sell me viagra.

https://www.beckett.com/images/pgitems/355950101.jpg Gonzo...do you remember the name of this sports writer - it wouldn't have been Mike McKenzie... Nope. It was a guy named Dennis whose last name I don't recall. He was working more freelance and as a stringer at that point, trying to work his way ...

Close as I get to that is that I've been compared to Paul McCartney, Joe Namath, Michael J. Fox, Eric Clapton, and lately Eric Stoltz. Don't ask...I can't figure it out, either. No one ever mentions Mel Gibson, dammit. When I was younger, much younger, a sports writer told me I was a ringer for Joe...

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gonzo914 wrote: And the Phelpses and I go way back.

Michael or Fred?

Fred. Well, not really Fred his own self, but a host of Phelps progeny.

Did you know it was Bob Hope at the time? Indeed, I did. He came back into the kitchen to give a wave to all the long-haired freaks cooking his dinner, possibly hoping that if he was congenial, we would not spit in his food. I once delivered room service to a Pointer sister, too, but I don't know w...

I once cooked french fries for Bob Hope.

The Weekenders wrote:You forgot Gale Storm.

Whose pioneering work in the field of cruise ship situation comedy is grossly underrated. If not for Oh, Sussana, there could never have been a Love Boat. And dn't forget My Little Margie -- a seminal influence on the character of Mary Richards.

And where would this thread be with Gordon Ramsay's recipe for Marinated puffin and skyr tzatziki with volcanic bread recipe ? Gordon gets a taste of Iceland when he cooks up this marinated puffin recipe on his F Word adventures Serves 4 Ingredients 4 puffin breasts 1tbsp juniper berries 20ml Brenni...

Puffins are cool. And apparently, also edible and quite tasty. Puffin in milk sauce - Mjólkursoðinn lundi 4 puffins 50 g smoked bacon 50 g butter 300 ml milk 300 ml water to taste salt Puffins should be skinned or carefully plucked and singed. Remove the innards and discard. You can use the breasts...