/act Bits steps up to the chalk line.....
Here's to Tyll Eulenspiegel (Till Owlmirror or Owlglass),
and all merry pranksters,
enjoy all the follies to be found on April Fool's Day!
***SMASH****
- Bits LBT1 April 1, 2004
(Here is a bit from a tale about Tyll:
In the meantime Eulenspiegel had woken up listening to their
plans. It was pitch-dark so they could hardly see each other.
Then Eulenspiegel grasped the hair of the first man and
pulled firmly. So that man became angry with the second man
walking behind him and thought that he had pulled at his hair
and began to swear at him. The second, however, said: "
Are you dreaming or are you sleep-walking? How should I be
able to pull at your hair? I can hardly hold the hive with my
hands!" Eulenspiegel laughed and thought: "This
game will be a good one!"
Manager's Corner
Hi all..
I wrote last month about the purpose of the R.I.P. folder
on our message board and this month I'd like to expand a
bit on a response I gave in a thread this month about how
Callahans is managed.
Callahans is managed "by culture," or "by
example" if you will. While we have posting and
conferencing (chat) guidelines, and while we have 'tenders
(moderators) who ensure the forum runs smoothly, we rely
on everyone in the community to play nice and look after
things..:)
Which is to say that you, the patrons of Callahans, set
the tone of the place. Newcomers who read the board,
for example, see no personal attacks and "sense"
that personal attacks are not welcome here. For most
newcomers this sense of the culture here is quite enough.
Sometimes a newcomer needs a gentle hint about or a direct
link to our guidelines. Our patrons and 'tenders do this
quite well..:) When the odd newcomer just doesn't get it,
staff may intervene to underscore a point. Sometimes
this is done privately but most patrons should know when a
post needs staff attention and have confidence that it has
been given.
And finally, because any patron, 'tender or staff member may
have already dealt with it, a post which violates our
guidelines may remain in view. This happens rarely because
such posts are rare to begin with, but when it does, no one
should be alarmed when the community (gently) deals with it
before staff does..:)
Lou
Conference News
Royalty Reigns - a report from JayJ:
Monday night (March 29th) started off as a normal Monday
Night in JayJ's Little Corner. We were honored with a visit
from Lucky. He bellied up to the bar and
ordered a Rusty Nail. I did my best to get Lucky just the
best ever Rusty Nail. I believe she was overwhelmed. Said
she had never had a Rusty Nail made quite that way. (I
didn't tell her that I didn't make it.. that I found it
behind the bar)
Ace joined us and we had a visit from
Annetta50. Annetta is new to Callahans. Please
join me in offering our friendship to Annetta50. She was
certainly a lot of fun and a great addition to Callahans.
It wasn't long before Andrea, LeCygne, ItsBobdean,
Kt and Mitzi joined the room and Fuzzy
was all wound up again. He always has to start a water fight.
Made the room one huge mess.
It was about this time that Andrea proved her worth and was
crowned in all her Glory as Queen For A Day. She wore the
elegant robes with pride. (Fuzzy thinks the robes were drapes
from Callahans... imagine!) Andrea's crown was as shiny as a
new nickel and her smile radiated the room.
Oh - and by the way, I believe LeCygne had a
few too many Coronas. Queen Ann Drea had to take her car keys.
Every one agreed that it had been a very difficult and trying
Monday, so maybe the Corona's and the Bailey-laced hot chocolates
didn't harm anyone.
All too soon, Queen Ann Drea had to abandon her throne for
the night. She left us with a successor. Yup, you guessed.
She turned her crown over To Fuzzy. He kicked and screamed
and was heard screaming that he didn't want to be a Queen. Men
can be so stubborn sometimes. In the end, we allowed him to
think he was just a Court Jester and that seemed to make him
happy.
Come visit us Next Monday. No one knows what might happen.
JayJ
Message Board News
From Bits:
Thanks to all who have participated in discussions related
to the March 2004 theme, "Body, Mind,
and Spirit: Spiritual Awakenings." Here are links to
some of the "spiritual" discussions that you may
enjoy:
Bee LADYGEEZA asked
Is anyone giving up anything for Lent?
Sue wanted to know if witches cast spells in
Wiccan and Pagans and whether or not you ever
felt the presence of a deceased loved one?
while also wondering if it's possible for a person
to "Channel" the spirit of someone
who is deceased?
And Bits asked us about those who have inspired us in
Great Souls and Inspiring Guides.
Sue shared a quote with us about
Experiencing Sacred Moments as did Bits in
Prayer is....
Cyberapto started a discussion on Mel Gibson's movie
The Passion of the Christ and the discussion has
now officially continued for months!
And finally, Robert presented a hypothetical situation, settling a
new planet, and asked our denizens to debate whether or not to have
marriage as a legal institution in
What is the purpose of marriage? As you might
have expected there were lots and lots of replies to
this one..:)
Birthdays Last Month
Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:
| Wolf |
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BORDERWOLF |
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March 1 |
| Fast Eddie |
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FAST EDDIE16 |
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March 8 |
| Prof |
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PROFESSOR108 |
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March 8 |
| Ken |
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DRANGD |
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March 8 |
| Tara |
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TARAELLIOT |
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March 10 |
| Noone |
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NOONE13 |
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March 13 |
| Anti |
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ANTIMONY |
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March 15 |
| Maus |
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GREYMAUS1 |
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March 16 |
| Kethryn |
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WULFCUB |
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March 16 |
| Peter |
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TaxHombre |
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March 17 |
| Dave |
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53CLASSICS |
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March 19 |
| TP |
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TPHWKR1 |
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March 21 |
| Bones |
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BONES |
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March 23 |
| Lou |
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ROSE8364 |
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March 26 |
| Tracy |
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DOVE1 |
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March 27 |
| AngelCat |
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ANGELCAT |
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March 28 |
Calliversaries Last Month
| EMETTMAN |
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Emett |
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March 3, 2002 |
| HENDO4 |
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Hendo |
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March 6, 2000 |
| HOOPTIEDOO |
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Linda |
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March 7, 2001 |
| TSTORM2000 |
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TStorm |
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March 10, 1999 |
| GYLITH |
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Timothy |
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March 20, 2002 |
| CATFANTASTIC |
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CatF |
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March 21, 1998 |
| KAYLEEKELLY |
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KayLee |
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March 25, 2000 |
Joke of The Month
Heavenly Home
A woman was worried whether or not her dead husband made it
to heaven, so she decided to try to contact his spirit by
having a seance. Sure enough, after the usual mumbo-jumbo
of calling to the spirits, her husband's voice was heard
answering, "Hello Margaret, this is meeee..."
"Fred," she answered. "I just have to know
if you're happy there in the afterlife. What's it like
there?"
"Ooooooh, it's much more beautiful here than I ever
imagined," Fred answered. "The sky is bluer, the
air is cleaner, and the pastures are much more lush and
green than I ever expected. And the only thing we do, all
day long, are eat and sleep, eat and sleep, over and
over."
"Thank God, you made it to heaven," his wife cried.
"Heaven?" he answered. "What heaven? I'm a
buffalo in Montana."
- Kate KAPTKATE March 14, 2004
Pun of the Month
A piece of local news has been getting a lot of attention around
here. It seems that a dryer fell off a truck and a driver
swerved to avoid it, causing an accident. While they have
traced the dryer back to the store where it was purchased,
and even have a store security video of the transaction, the
dryer was paid for in cash, so they have had no luck tracking
down the owner of the dryer.
Back to the accident... Of course the cause could only be
dryer error.
(Well my son liked it when we were discussing the radio
news story.)
The story just won't seem to go away... must be because of
the permanent press.
I wonder if the owner of the dryer had practiced to escape
detection in such an accident...
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"in a dry run?"
- DK dwarvenkind March 12, 2004
This pun started a
thread of puns! Do take a peek..:)
Poem of the Month -
"In Hospital"
Do not go gentle,
As the Welshman said,
Into that dark night, ahead;
He'd have you rage,
And cling to life as drowning men
To scattered wrack might do,
A futile memory, when all is through:
Toothless, pale and weak,
A whispered, sputtered anger,
Cursing Time, as if a withered arm,
Entubed, restrained, and scarred by surgeries
Could turn back age and undo harm.
Don't go! The child demands.
The bright eye fades;
The warmth from weightless hands,
As if the soul that burdened once
A body that could not support the load
Had gone, gentle, into some dark night
Beyond the fading of the light.
Do not go gentle!
Rasps a whiskey ravaged voice;
The anger of his passing too
Much for the grieving relatives to bear who
Huddle in an anteroom,
While clucking pumps
Pick at the sterile, stinking air,
A ritual of modern times.
He died with all his family around,
They'll say; a lie. He died alone
And this is why:
He raged against the coming of the night,
So impotent as to cause fright
That some day soon we too will moan and shout
And leave a bitter memory as we go out,
Gentle, into some dark night,
And celebrate the fading of the light.
- Cortland KA5S March 6, 2004
Closing Quote
"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle
and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets
in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light
from within."
– Elizabeth Kubler Ross
- courtesy Sue SUEMO March 19, 2004
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.
And a reminder: we urge everyone to use
our website as a gateway into Callahans on Delphi
Forums. You will find prominent links to our Message
Board and Conference rooms there but also if we ever
have technical trouble at Delphi, we can easily let
you know and redirect you to a backup site if
the trouble is truly serious. And besides - our website
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