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  • c_c
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    shit, I just heard from a friend, George Carlin passed away in Santa Monica... one of the funniest of the great funnymen. a real original. RIP, George. may the four winds blow you safely home. peace.
  • Deadicated
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    Like a taco. "Where does the time go?"
  • c_c
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    grate story there, CB. Thanks. an extra tenner for your troubles, mate. damn you go cheap! ( -; by 81 Wakeman, was indeed a man who needed a 'wake' for his career. should have rolled him up in that carpet. peace.
  • cosmicbadger
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    Rick Wakeman ruined my life
    As promised to folks in the chat room Years ago (1981 or 82) I worked from time to time as stage crew at the old Hammersmith Odeon theatre in London and was called up one day to unload trucks for a gig by Rick Wakeman, rather a fading star at that time, what with punk and new wave taking over. Rick’s stage set up, as well as the usual banks of keyboards, included a thick pile white carpet covering the entire vast stage. It was a nightmare to unload and lay all this in time for the show, but when the time came for Rick to appear on stage no-one could find him. The tour manager was running around shouting and as half an hour passed the crowd was becoming restless. Finally after about 40 minutes Rick was located in the pub across Hammersmith Broadway in a very well lubricated state and was dragged by his tour manager back to the Odeon to perform. As he lurched into the wings the superstar declared that he was not prepared to go on stage because his white carpet was dirty. One of the theatre staff was sent on a desperate search and returned with an old fashioned upright vacuum cleaner..a real museum piece. This was shoved into my hands by the tour manager and I was ordered to vacuum the carpet. Meanwhile things were getting quite ugly out front, and as I hesitated the tour manager said “there’s an extra tenner in it for you”. I was really broke at the time so off I went, pushing the ancient machine back and forth across acres of white carpet while the angry crowd stared, laughed, shouted, booed and subjected me to a torrent of abuse. Meanwhile in the wings the tour manager was frantically giving me hand signals, pointing out bits I had missed, until at last Mr Wakeman finally declared himself satisfied and I was able to retreat, my humiliation completed by a sarcastic round of applause. I collected my ten pounds and went straight over to the pub Rick had just left to drown my sorrows. This incident deeply scarred me and gave me a lifelong psychological aversion to vacuuming, but Mrs Badger will not accept that as an excuse!!!!
  • skenisahen
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    I'll have to try that when it is "soup season" again, maybe I'll make some form of cod chowda with white turnips. Thanks for the t(urn)ip! Eat cod! (that one really does crack me up!) | Wait until the rutabaga is shredded, then steam it |
  • Mr. Pid
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    I use 'em in soup all the time. White turnips, that is. I like rutabagas shredded and steamed, served with butter, salt and a splash of vinegar. I'm no slave to convention! Goes great with cod, BTW... Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
  • skenisahen
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    Har!
    Har har! Outside of the above observations, I'd like to add one little thing: Parsnips! Does anyone eat parsnips anymore? or Turnips? Whats up with food that falls out of favor? | Wait until the veil is shredded, then reveal it |
  • c_c
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    thanks iknowurider... the thing is, getting in deep with certain organized crime types is a recipe for personal disaster. it is one thing to have bets laid, and to have people stake you for a few pool games, but another to sign papers and be the guy who would take the fall if shit turned sour... guess who would have done the time for some other fucker's crime?? the deadnet grand opening may very well have been at Nellis rather than in Vegas. what chick wouldn't dig a nice rack?? those who think that more than a mouthful is a waste. ( -; peace.
  • iknowurider
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    That's a shame to hear. I'd envisioned a huge deadnet Grand Opening! Damn You know I have an opinion about your so called "sexist remarks" & since your on the edge of your seat to hear it: What chick wouldn't dig a nice rack?? You never know, sounds like a groovy idea & it could come to pass yet. Anyway, least you know what's up & didn't get suckered.(as I'm seeing Ol Elmer Fudd's head turning into a Sucker) PEACE
  • c_c
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    can anybody??
    can anybody spell federal indictment for income tax evasion backwards?? might as well call the place 'Skim City' or 'The Laundry' sheesh. some folks think I was born yesterday. no fall guy, I. not a patsy either. the deal is dead in the water. could have worked, but the risks of doing serious federal time were too great given the 'set up' so to speak. (never told them my cool idea for the places name, neither -- so there!)
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continuing the free-form from where we left it...
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I did love Buffalo Springfield... Safe travels, Dewey.
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"I am a child, I'll last awhile"
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There are some really fine photos of the GOGD if you key in "egyptian backdrop" on the search feature on this site. Thank you, dead.net!
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Congrats to Alison and Robert, big winners at the Grammys tonight. (In your face Ne-Yo, nyah nyah nyah Coldplay, neener neener neener Li'l Wayne (bleh), and sorry 'bout your luck Radiohead) Good job T-bone. ********************************************* **************This space for rent***************** *********************************************
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Bob's birthday is today (12th) so I hope you have a Grate day. XXXOOOO********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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Hope you have a beutiful day !! Peace & sunshine to all !!
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You and Abe, what a day. Have a grate one. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Have a wonderful birthday! Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Thanks everybody yesterday was Charles Darwin's birthday also Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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hi, does anybody out there know if the Grateful Dead's banner still hangs in the rafters at Madison Square Garden. I used to go to N.Y. Ranger hockey games there when I was a little kid and started seeing concerts there when I was about 12. I think I was at the shows when the banner went up and was never so proud to be a "deadhead" and see it hanging up there with all the great Ranger and Knicks teams.
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Happiest of days to you all !!!!To a wonderful family of friends, may your day be full of peace and love.
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I decided what I want to be when I grow up.....a Bartender!So I just enrolled in Bartending school to get some more experience! Wish me luck I start school monday!!! Who needs a drink....coming right up!! he he!! cheers!! Peace,Gigi
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make mine a rum sour golden rum and easy on the sugar. No cherry please! and have one for yourself too :-)
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that sounds like a fun job....i'll have a pint of guinness and my wife wants a margerita straight up no salt with cuervo...good luck at school
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MSG? from the wilds of the arid rice fields of Issaan.... still seeking 2 tix for MSG, please. anywhere. I'll pay face plus fees or shipping whatever. please email to spamisbadkarma@yahoo.com peace.
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that i really CAN get a ticket for shoreline.........oh please terp....the miracle!! ha?
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Hi! ************************************** *The white zone is for loading and unloading only* **************************************
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Hi! Twenty hours, couldn't post, now I can't remember what I was going to say. Dang. ************************************** *The white zone is for loading and unloading only* **************************************
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Good move on the bartendin. Bartenders make pretty good money in tips and it is alot of fun once you get your regulars. I myself delivered pizzaz for Papa Johns and Pizza Hut for ten years.LOTS OF FUN!!!"You can never stop learning," P.S. Always tip your pizza driver! Phatmoye
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hey bella, still got the shop/deli,? still gonna send you the venetian mask when is done. hope you are well. rock on mom.
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mom, you do mail order on veggie sandwiches? ahhh, fuck it! I'll have a gabba goul, onion, and sun dried tomato, and my old lady will have the buffalo mozzarel and fresh tomato. ahh, just cut 'em in half and we'll share. Something that would NOT happen at Mom's Grateful deli! peace.
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Thanks I should be bar tending really soon I'll let you know where I work!!!! I graduate next week I hope!! Mail order a sandwich hehehee, it might get cold! Peace,Gigi <3
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i know there is some awards or something topic somewhere, but I forgot where and I'm too lazy to look... BUT I nominate our very own Cosmic Badger for crreating the BEST POST EVER and FRIGGING FUNNIEST POST EVER award!!!! re-printed here WITHOUT permission: On March 18th, 2009 cosmicbadger said: "making the perfect Martini ......the thing is that when Galileo decided that the earth went round the sun he was thinking in the same way that Timothy Leary did except in a different dimension many years later..this thought occurred to me while I was inventing a new recipe for beef stroganoff during the brief period that I worked as a sous-chef under the Great Escoffier. I tend to find that I have many thoughts like this especially when I am in the presence of the many great people who have crossed my path during their lives..but I digress. I think it may be something to do with my genes that, as the great Darwin said, ensure that only the fittest survive...but of course that depends on what you mean by survival..it could be in the literal sense, but me personally, I like to consider survival as a metaphysical extension of my id..in that way I suppose that I am a sort of renaissance man but transported somehow to the present day. In this way I can very much relate to that wonderful Grateful Dead song ..how does it go...'my time coming any day don’t worry ‘bout me no’ ..of course I met the great John Perry Barlow once, or rather my Albanian nephew met someone who knew him on a chairlift on a skiing holiday in Venezuela..talking of which, that Hugo Chavez is quite a dude I should say..sticking it to Uncle Sam the way he does, but as for myself I have been rereading the writings of Sir Oswald Mosely; if you read his words carefully as I have done you might find that he has more truths to share with us all than some would have you think. Well as I have always said “you can’t have too much of a good thing” so I ‘ll be sure to let you know some more of my thoughts on this and other matters real soon. Peace y’all." On March 18th, 2009 cosmicbadger said this!!! just thinking of the title makes me laugh. thanks man, I'm gonna Cheerfully Chuckle all night. peace.
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hmmm his title could have been: 'I was drinking perfect martinis all night in KL...."
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should we count how many times he said "I" in that masterpiece? The writing style is vaguel familiar somehow********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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is "guffaw" spelled with two f's?.....i read the post when it went up and considering what it followed......heeheehee
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You were correct! Thinking of Cosmicbager as Comicbadger today :-) ********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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in all cases and in all spellings, johnman is correct. caroline
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Cuz it's Cosmicbadger's big special birthday today! 3 cheers for Badger!! Health and happiness to you 50 times over, Brother Badger. ********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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What DID happen to the Pure Jerry aisle in the store? It was there for a few hours, then disappeared. Teasing us again? And Happy Birthday Badger! I remember 50....nuff said!
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Special birthday greetings to Badger, and happy Equinox to everyone else, Vernal or Autumnal as appropriate for your hemisphere. And for those living on the Equator, whichever way your pleasure tends! Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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He who must not be named can put THAT in their Castle & smoke it :) Happy Birthday Badger :) & CONGRATS to StaggerGigi ~ the Coolest Bartender Evah !! PEACE
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badger badger.....i was fifty for a whole year...i drank beer and everything......
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And he was born into this world. He blessed those he met with his words of wisdom some years later. May you have a glorious day Cosmic! Hippie, Happy, Birthday! _____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!
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Someones gotten older??? HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE!!!"The older the bull, the stiffer the horn" Peace-
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This is a good time to have been born, the awakening of spring. Welcome to your 2nd half century. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Happy birthday Badger!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cosmic Badger Cosmic Badger what's up with you You travel so far, that's what you do To 'WhereverthefuckitisStan' you flew Go on home, Mrs Badger's calling you Cooking up a pot of badger stew Light the fire -- put it under you Out the window a Great Tit flew Go on home, Mrs Badger's calling you Now you have just one more chance We all wanna see the Badger dance Trippin out and in a trance Poke my eyes, with a lance Meeting you in an airport bar Looking at the sky we see Dark Star Drinking beers all during the day My ears are clogged, 'what did you say?' You said you're a badger or are you a skunk Don't really know but there's a funk Is it you or is it me? Don't know, but CC's gotta pee CC Joe, the cops are on to you You are taking so damn long in the loo What you got there in your hand? What comes out is dry like sand You're feeling that 'itch' aren't you? Your old lady knows what you wanna do Poor old CC, please don't feel blue Turning her back she's just stalling you Stalling you Stalling you Stalling you Stalling you Maybe later, she says with a sigh Old CC is starting to cry No worries, mate. She's joking with you Get in bed, she says to you Get in bed, she'll be kind to you Get in bed, she'll be kind to you Get in bed, she'll be kind to you KIND TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! here's to another 50 years! image hosted by ImageVenue.com
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the ugliest badger I have ever seen and I have seen quite a few having lived in Wisconsin for years. I think cosmicbadger may still be recovering from the culture shock when I had him look at all sorts of youtube videos of Wisconsin Badger fans and their alternate ego's as Packer Cheeseheads. Made him listen to lots of bad polka. I think it gave him a better understanding of my upbringing and outlook on life and allowed him to truly explore his deep hidden essense. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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to badger may the next 50 be as much fun as the last 50
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from this: to this: ultimately to this: quite a jump there, hal... glad you made it to the other side of the rabbit hole so to speak. I went from this: to this: ultimately to this: troubled, disjointed, jumbled youth I had... peace.
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another geezer trying to capture those daze of yore:
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ahh, I fucked up my vid placement again... this should have been hal's last vid: and this should have been my first: I wish we could edit. loses the effect when I screw these things up. peace.
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for the Birthday wishes and fun. As for being 50 well I don't feel any older or wiser, but I feel have a better excuse for being forgetful and going on about how things used to be :-) you are all great!