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Callahan's April 2003 Bar Rag!

"To Callahan's Warmth
Wherever You May Be!"

In this issue:

Opening Toast - Manager's Corner
Website News - Conference News - Board News
Birthdays/Calliversaries
Joke - Pun - Poem - Pun
Closing Quote - Editor's Note


Opening Toast

"May we find the courage to break down our walls and free our emotions. To tears and laughter."

*** Smash! ***

- Silverfoot_ April 1, 2003


Manager's Corner

Hi all..

Well.. the war in Iraq rages and no one can be sure how it will end or what the future will bring..

Some of us are feeling uneasy, others are angry and most of us are under some form of increased stress in our lives.

It's times like these that talking to each other, and more importantly, listening to each other takes on added significance. I have been very proud of the way discussions in the R.I.P. folder have been going in March and I'm sure they'll continue in a calm, rational and tolerant in the days and weeks ahead. I am very grateful to all of you..:)


April is Humor month in Callahans. We scheduled this before the end of last year and decided that it wouldn't be seen as callous or insensitive to stick with our plans. I hope you all agree. And will share your favorite jokes and stories with us all month long..


Don't forget our Gathering 2003 will be held at the Mariemont Inn in Cincinnati, Ohio over the weekend of July 19th, 2003. It's open to all Callahanians and their friends and families - and is *always* fun! Come join us..:)

Lou                


Website News

Spring is here.. and with it some wonderful Spring poetry including one from Mikel selected as our Poem of the Month below.

Check out our Poetry folder for more great poetry..:)


Conference News

From Carol:

The topic for March 5th was **Making Friends** and it was wonderful chat!

Jayj, Kate, Therm, Andrea, Anti, Ahksenet, myself and Fuzzy spent quite a while talking about what it takes to be friends. Not just for now but for the long haul. Some say it takes caring, compassion and contact. Some say contact isn't a necessity - that true friendship will remain in our hearts though the years.

We talked about online friendships and when not to allow that stranger to get too close personally and when we should back away. Personal safety comes first!

We met several new friends tonight and the enjoyed the return of some who are still cherished members of this community. Welcome back to chat Seamusthedog! It was also a pleasure to meet a past 'tender at Callahans - azsunbeam.. Welcome back Azsunbeam!

GracieGirl spent the evening with us... (<g> she's like me - Can't pun but likes to throw peanuts.) Pssst... I think she'll be back. I'm not sure if we impressed her but she sure can fling a wild peanut!

The long tradition of toasting was at top form tonight.. including:

To Callahan's Friends *** Smash ***

And from Antimony after a long time gone:

To homes you can always come back to!
*****smash*****

All in all it was a wonderful night of friends spending time together.


And from Cane:

We had a good, if lightly attended, chat on March 23rd. JayJ, Antimony, SweetSueM, Jadoft, Grannyof6, Ace, EyetheOne (is that Cyclopsgirl?), and Scooby attended.. Tamilyn came in for a while and she is in a safe area. She is not at the front.

The topic of the chat was "What would YOU do for a Klondike Bar?" JayJ held me up for most of them but Helga and a few other patrons managed to get one.

The fun part is that I installed a classic Oster brand milk shake machine behind the bar. I served up milk shakes and malts all night long. It was great fun. The milk shake machine, for those who want to know is a classic. Green bakelite on the housing in a somewhat art deco pattern and lots of chrome. JayJ and I discussed installing a few wrought iron tables and chairs, like the ones you see at old fashioned soda shop. Of course, they'd be much more comfortable than the ones you generally see. :-)

We were talking about protesters and I was mentioning that there were several protests near where I work but that they were thankfully nonviolent. We discussed this for awhile.. It was a good chat, and I think that for the most part we all kept ourselves reasonably distracted from war/world news by playing with the milk shake machine. I knew it worked for a while for me..:)


And Gwen (Punstergal) let us know that she celebrated her third anniversary with her S.O. this month. Way to go, Gwen..:)


Message Board News

Angel_Cat announced she celebrated her first wedding anniversary in March.. and many shared her joy..:)

Birthdays Last Month

Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:

Borderwolf   BORDERWOLF   March 01
Tee   TERRYTEE2000   March 01
BlueSteel   BLUESTEEL14   March 07
Ken   DRANGD   March 08
Amsads   AMSADS   March 11
Jo   NOONE13   March 13
Darkmoon   Dark999MOON   March 15
GreyMaus   GREYMAUS   March 16
Rich   HENAMANA   March 16
Peter   TAX_HOMBRE   March 17
Bones   BONES_10   March 23
Trooper   TOLEDOTRPR   March 25
Tracey   DOVE1   March 27
Angel_Cat   ANGEL_CAT96   March 28

Calliversaries Last Month

KC KCADIEU   March 01, 2001
David DGBREWER   March 03, 1999
Griddlebone GRIDDLEBONE   March 14, 1998
Cat CATFANTASTIC   March 21, 1998
Marci MARCI2001   March 29, 2001

Joke of The Month

Gwendolyn Dagmar Montague Emmanuelle Arbuthnot Gilbert Bonaparte Pembroke Reis-Davies Heatherton-Smythe Alphonsus Pruett-Shambrose, a rather privileged middle aged woman, had a heart attack one day in the middle of an argument she was losing over a bridge game and was taken to hospital.

While on the operating table she had a near death experience, and, seeing God, she asked, "Is my time up?"

God said, "No, Gwendolyn... you have another 40 years, 2 months and 8 days to live."

Upon recovery, helpless to resist the temptation of her perceived immortality, "Lady Gwen" decided to remain in the hospital and treat herself to a facelift, liposuction, and a tummy tuck.

For "dessert" she treated herself to an astronomically expensive hair weave.

And why not?

Finally, after all this exorbitance, she strolled magnanimously from the hospital, and in her reverie jaywalked into the path of an ambulance rushing into the ER entrance of the very hospital from which she had just been discharged.

She was killed instantly.

Arriving in front of God, she demanded, stamping her foot like a spoiled eight-year-old.

"I thought you said I had another 40 years? Why didn't you pull me from out of the path of that ambulance!!!!!?"

God replied, "I promised you that, did I?.. Hmm... And who might you..... Oh NO! Gwendolyn!??..........

Good Heavens! I didn't recognize you!"

- HISNIBBS March 14 2003


Pun of the Month

Tony Blair is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. He enters a ward full of patients with no obvious sign of injury or illness. He greets the first patient and the patient replies:

"Fair fa your honest sonsie face,
Great chieftain of the puddin race,
Aboon them a you take your place,
As langs my airm."

Tony is confused, so he just grins and moves on to the next patient and greets him. The patient responds:

"Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
So let the Lord be thankit."

Even more confused, but trying not to show it, Tony moves on to the next patient who immediately begins to chant:

"Wee sleekit, cowerin, timerous beasty,
Thou needna start awa sae hastie,
Wi bickering brattle."

Now alarmed, Tony turns to the accompanying doctor and asks, "What kind of facility is this? Is it a mental ward?"

"No" replies the doctor,

"This is a serious Burns unit!"

- Sylph (LibraryLion) March 14, 2003


Poem of the Month
Lark

The lark has sung its song perched on branches sprung
with buds; the new-green nubs smell sweet and clean
against the still iced air; it's blue, a grace
behind the clouds that melt in solar grins.
If this piper has a name, it is Joy.

- Mikel (Pewterpot) March 3, 2003


Closing Quote - Thanks to Sue (SUEMO)

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."

– James D. Miles


Editor's Note

We hope you find the Bar Rag entertaining and informative. We can always use good pieces and writers here. If you have something you would like to submit, or have a comment, good or bad, about the newsletter, simply send us a note.

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