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Callahan's November 1998 Bar Rag!"Olga Garba Kapotky!"In this issue: Opening Toast - Manager's Corner - Website News - Conference News - Message Board News - Birthdays - Joke - Riddlers - Poem - Pun - Closing Quote - Editor's Note - Joining Callahan's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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To all of you, for being the first thing I remember a whole lot of the time! *****SMASH***** Jim Crowley in Post 30798 Happy holidays to all! We've already begun celebrating the holiday season in Callahan's. Our annual Halloween Party was held a few nights ago. And there's plenty more to come. As I alluded to last month, there's more to the holidays than simply having fun at parties. This is a stressful time for many and a time for us to reflect upon our many blessings. And it's a time for us to give back! Thanksgiving is an American holiday but not solely an American ideal. Watch our message board this month as we launch Operation Butterball to help feed the poor across our local communities around the world. And finally, I'll post my snail mail address here next month (and on our message board this month) as a way for all of you to send me your holiday greetings. Those of you who have been around in previous years know that I bet with a neighbor over who gets the most holiday greetings. She regularly wins - but you can help change all that! Enjoy the holiday season everyone..:) Lou Our website continues to grow by leaps and bounds! Fueled in part by our new riddles. In addition, many new jokes have been added to our Off The Wall area. Our Halloween Party was a huge success. Mitzi reported that in the 2 hours she was there, we had visits from Mr. Spock, Dorkula, Tinkerbell, Lady Godiva, Ghost, SuzyQpublic, Buttercup, Spider Robinson, Poison Ivy, Godzilla, Betty Boop and more. And Lou later reported on a visit from Xena - the Warrior Princess and Mr. GreenJeans. How do you feel about alternative medicine? Because KathyC offered Lou a doozie of a cure for stitches in in Post 31223! I'll bet James didn't realize the turn his thread on wrestling would take! The voting seems to be for Cabana boys in heels, women (and Jim) in the front row. But I noticed Deb and Jhrdwyn snickering in the corner, waiting to take "Dan All nude! All the Time! Culberson" on... Wear sun screen! RissaBrianne shared an essay that may or may not have been by Kurt Vonnegut, but nevertheless was full of great advice in Post 31115. We rambled a bit with Will in Post 30946. Among other things, he was reading the "Flashman series" by George MacDonald Frasier. He says it's wonderful. By the way, Will, did anyone figure out the link in your ramble? Who earned the drink? Congratulations Aunt sleepy! sleepy let us celebrate the birth of nephew Bryan with her. She says he's destined to be a ladykiller with dark hair and bright blue eyes. (Just like KenWa with those eyes... watch out!) We also celebrated Jim Crowley's 6 month anniversary at Callahan's with his reply to his original "A Toast to the Future" post. We're glad you're here Jim! Phaedrus, a retired lieutenant colonel, offered his review of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" in Post 30922. And Selena (Silliest) agreed. We were very lucky to have 2 rambles from Roxy this month! Check out posts in Post 3115931159 and in Post 31251. October poets included Bairdj, Cortland, MyriadMoon, Will, Leatherbug, Countess Drackulya(Marywood), JoLady(Stormdanced), Debbie, Oky, Kathe, Kaelanna, Lou, Deb(BR5469), KathyC, and bardabard. Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:
The first three correct solvers of our September 1998 Riddle were Sue Smith, Jim Crowley and Darren Zieger! Congratulations to all. It's a lot easier to create a riddle than to solve one. We're always on the lookout for help with content here so send us your riddle creations today! And see Dave Aronson's November 1998 Riddle for your chance to win a Spider Robinson book from our bookstore! Harry had a bit of a drinking problem. Every night, after dinner, he took off for the local watering hole. He spent the whole evening there, and arrived home, well inebriated, around midnight each night. He always had trouble getting his key into the keyhole, and getting the door opened. His wife, waiting up for him, would go to the door and let him in. Then she would proceed to yell and scream at him, for his constant nights out, and coming home in a drunken state. But, Harry continued his nightly routine. One day, the wife was talking to a friend about her husband's behavior, and was particularly distraught by it all. The friend listened to her, and then said, "Why don't you treat him a little differently when he comes home? Instead of berating him, why don't you give him some loving words, and welcome him home with a kiss? He then might change his ways." The wife thought it was worth trying. That night, Harry took off again, after dinner. And, about midnight, he arrived home, in his usual condition. His wife heard him at the door, quickly went to it, opened the door, and let Harry in. This time, instead of berating him, as she had always done, she took his arm, and led him into the living room. She sat him down in an easy chair, put his feet up on the ottoman and took his shoes off. Then she went behind him, and started to cuddle him a little. After a while, she said to him, "It's pretty late. I think we had better go upstairs to bed now, don't you?" At that, Harry replied, in his inebriated state, "I guess we might as well. I'll get in trouble when I get home anyway!" -- KenWa in Post 30732
i like callhan's *****SMASH***** -- brewkaister (post 30823)
untied knots of meaning -- Mike (PewterPot) in post 31384 I place a high value on acceptance and tolerance. -- Lady Sally, "Callahan's Lady" Joining Delphi is easy and FREE. The easiest way is to click on My Delphi and you'll automatically be sent to the registration screen. Then you can post on our message boards and join in our conferences. Membership is absolutely FREE!!! No gimmicks!!! Come visit us!!! 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, please send your email to me. If you wish to be added to or removed from our Bar Rag mailing list, please send a note to Lou. |