Nope, not a penguin, but a puffin...
JSoto46233
schnozzes. A big schnozz is more expressive so, you know, poetic
license...which unfortunately created poor Opus' complex...poor kid.
Puffin!
(Look in an encyclopedia if you don't believe me. Or wait a second, we're all
on the Internet...search for: puffin pictures.)
I repeat, Puffin!
Oh yeah, there's also something about the feathers and of course, differences
in taxonomy...er...I'm talking like Opus was this real animate thing (shit, I
guess that he was)...
And who mentioned RED FERN? That's the saddest book.
Okay, okay, penguin (but he's drawn like a puffin).
Marthapups
jsoto...@aol.commostro (JSoto46233) writes:
>
>Okay, okay, penguin (but he's drawn like a puffin).
My favorite bird as a child was the puffin. I swear, I'm not making this up.
>And who mentioned RED FERN? That's the saddest book.
I did...and we have to read it again soooooon in my fourth grade class:( Last
year the teacher (I'm the aide) was reading it, got to the bad part and had to
stop. She asked me to finish it, which sobbing uncontrollably I could not do
so we asked one of the boys to read it. He did such a fine job, and hearing it
from him, a boy...the narrator is a boy...made the story so much more poignant.
<sob!>
Tina
Currently reading Charlotte's Web in class and things don't look good for
Charlotte!
gunsl...@my-dejanews.com
(or something like that), NOT PUFFIN DREAMS. ;-)
And Tina, you think Where the Red Fern Grows is heartwrenching (well, it is)?
Try The Yearling! Oh, Gawwwwwdddddddd!!!!
Monica
In article <19990311013706...@ngol07.aol.com>,
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Tim Moses
Marthapups wrote in message
>My favorite bird as a child was the puffin. I swear, I'm not making this
up.
I'm actually kind of partial to the Blue-footed Booby, myself....!
>
>>And who mentioned RED FERN? That's the saddest book.
>
>I did...and we have to read it again soooooon in my fourth grade
ass:( Last
>year the teacher (I'm the aide) was reading it, got to the bad part and
had to
>stop. She asked me to finish it, which sobbing uncontrollably I could not
do
>so we asked one of the boys to read it. He did such a fine job, and
hearing it
>from him, a boy...the narrator is a boy...made the story so much more
poignant.
> <sob!>
>
>Tina
>Currently reading Charlotte's Web in class and things don't look good for
>Charlotte!
If you will indulge me in yet another childhood story....(if not, now's a
good
time to quit reading & check out alt.lefthanders).
****SPOILERS FOR CHARLOTTE'S WEB!!!!!!!******
The nightly ritual when I was about 5 or 6, was for Daddy to help me get
ready for bed, while Momma did the dishes.....then he'd read to me or tell
me one of his own stories.....At a certain point in time, he was reading
_Charlotte's Web_ to me...Mom's up to her elbows in suds, when this
horrific SCREAM comes from upstairs, I come flying down in my nightgown,
sobbing "Charlotte's dead, Charlotte's dead!" followed by my Dad, who
looks at Mom & says "You know, you could have TOLD me that spider
died!" Apparently, he never *quite* forgave her for that!!!
(I still can't read CW without crying....and now my older son is just about
ready to have it read to him.....I wonder if my husband knows about
Charlotte
dying.....?!?)
KAH
("....without it, what else was there?")
~Naomi
>The beak's the thing; penguin's have little pointy beaks, puffins have big
>schnozzes. A big schnozz is more expressive so, you know, poetic
>license...which unfortunately created poor Opus' complex...poor kid.
>
>Puffin!
What? Opus a Puffin? Really? (puzzled)
>(Look in an encyclopedia if you don't believe me. Or wait a second, we're
all
>on the Internet...search for: puffin pictures.)
>
>I repeat, Puffin!
I heard you the first time, still letting it sink in...
>Oh yeah, there's also something about the feathers and of course,
differences
>in taxonomy...er...I'm talking like Opus was this real animate thing (shit,
I
>guess that he was)...
Yes, he was... (pondering)...But a puffin? I don't think so...
>And who mentioned RED FERN? That's the saddest book.
Please don't mention this book. It makes me cry just to think about it.
>Okay, okay, penguin (but he's drawn like a puffin).
Thank goodness you came to your senses!
---
"Life is what happens to us
while we're making other plans"
--John Lennon
(¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸...~Naomi «-.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·... )
e-mail: cordi...@msn.com
Marthapups
writes:
>There's a Breathed Bloom County book called PENGUIN DREAMS AND OTHER THINGS
>(or something like that), NOT PUFFIN DREAMS. ;-)
>
>And Tina, you think Where the Red Fern Grows is heartwrenching (well, it is)?
>Try The Yearling! Oh, Gawwwwwdddddddd!!!!
>
>Monica
>
I've seen the Disney movie, but forgot most of it. I read it when I need a
good cry:)
Tina
Scott Leis
There aren't many books that have much emotional effect on me, but
here are two: "Memory and Dream" and "The Little Country", both by
Charles de Lint. Very good books, IMO.
Shwade 2
--
I'll procrastinate tommorrow
- Garfield the cat
Carrie Patterson
<gunsl...@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
> And Tina, you think Where the Red Fern Grows is heartwrenching (well, it
is)?
> Try The Yearling! Oh, Gawwwwwdddddddd!!!!
>
> Monica
Well as long as we are talking about super-sad stories....anyone remember
Bridge to Teribethia?? (and I am SURE that I am spelling it wrong). I think
that's one of the few books I read as a kid that I still think I would cry
over to this day. That, and "The Cheese Stands Alone." I would love to
find this book again, but can't remember who wrote it to save my life. Ahh
well....memories of childhood...
--
Carrie
Xav...@Outline.Org
"Sometimes nothing's colder than the sun, on a bad day...
...sometimes nothing warms you, like the rain."
Covenant
truth..
I.e. that binkie looks like a carrot.....
And in the last frame opus is being told that he looks more like a Puffin
than a penguin.......
Opus DID start off VERY penguin like......
But as he says himself on a *collection*
"The problem with these things is you can see how big my nose gets year
after year...like some big ol' goiter !!"
(Paraphrased)
So, yep... We of the Bloom County Meadow Morals Society KNOW these
things!!!!
Covenant.
A Man With Far Too Many Puffins In His Bath (???????)
JSoto46233 wrote in message <19990311001229...@ng41.aol.com>...
>The beak's the thing; penguin's have little pointy beaks, puffins have big
>schnozzes. A big schnozz is more expressive so, you know, poetic
>license...which unfortunately created poor Opus' complex...poor kid.
>
>Puffin!
>
>(Look in an encyclopedia if you don't believe me. Or wait a second, we're
all
>on the Internet...search for: puffin pictures.)
>
>I repeat, Puffin!
>
>Oh yeah, there's also something about the feathers and of course,
differences
>in taxonomy...er...I'm talking like Opus was this real animate thing (shit,
I
>guess that he was)...
>
>And who mentioned RED FERN? That's the saddest book.
>
LDLac
:)
Linda
gunsl...@my-dejanews.com wrote in message
<7c8mba$3bc$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>There's a Breathed Bloom County book called PENGUIN DREAMS AND OTHER THINGS
>(or something like that), NOT PUFFIN DREAMS. ;-)
>
is)?
>Try The Yearling! Oh, Gawwwwwdddddddd!!!!
>
>Monica
>
> marth...@aol.com (Marthapups) wrote:
>> In article <19990311001229...@ng41.aol.com>,
>> jsoto...@aol.commostro (JSoto46233) writes:
>
>>
up.
>>
>>
ass:( Last
>> year the teacher (I'm the aide) was reading it, got to the bad part and
had
>
>to stop. She asked me to finish it, which sobbing uncontrollably I could
not
>do so we asked one of the boys to read it. He did such a fine job, and
>hearing it from him, a boy...the narrator is a boy...made the story so much
>more poignant.
>
>> <sob!>
>>
>> Tina
>> Currently reading Charlotte's Web in class and things don't look good for
>> Charlotte!
>
Lady Jack
Carrie Patterson wrote:
> <gunsl...@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
> > And Tina, you think Where the Red Fern Grows is heartwrenching (well, it
> is)?
> > Try The Yearling! Oh, Gawwwwwdddddddd!!!!
> >
> > Monica
>
> Well as long as we are talking about super-sad stories....anyone remember
> Bridge to Teribethia?? (and I am SURE that I am spelling it wrong). I think
> that's one of the few books I read as a kid that I still think I would cry
> over to this day. That, and "The Cheese Stands Alone." I would love to
> find this book again, but can't remember who wrote it to save my life. Ahh
> well....memories of childhood...
>
> --<sig snip>
Anyone for Peck's *A Day No Pigs Would Die*? That was sad too... And *Old
Yeller*
--
Lady Jack
"Who needs a car in L.A.? We got the best public
transportation in the world!" --Eddie Valiant
ICQ # 6344662
http://www.geocities.com/wellesley/6752/
AIM screen name: LadyJack78
TRENA1
Prince. It's no longer in print so you can probably find it in a used
bookstore (unless you want it bad enough to pay $49 for a first edition).
Trena
JSoto46233
>Currently reading Charlotte's Web in class and things don't look good for
>Charlotte!
>
>
>
Oh no!
JSoto46233
>
>Monica
but what a great, great, great book.
maiko covington
>Well as long as we are talking about super-sad stories....anyone remember
>Bridge to Teribethia?? (and I am SURE that I am spelling it wrong). I think
>that's one of the few books I read as a kid that I still think I would cry
>over to this day.
This book makes me cry every time I read it! It is a really wonderful
book though. The same author has a book out for older readers called
"Jacob Have I Loved," which is good too.
Maiko Covington
gunsl...@my-dejanews.com
Monica
In article <19990311235835...@ng12.aol.com>,
jsoto...@aol.commostro (JSoto46233) wrote:
> >Try The Yearling! Oh, Gawwwwwdddddddd!!!!
> >
> but what a great, great, great book.
The Ghost of Nixon
>
> On 11 Mar 1999 20:53:37 GMT, marth...@aol.com (Marthapups) wrote:
>
> >In article <7c8mba$3bc$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, gunsl...@my-dejanews.com
> >writes:
> >
> >>There's a Breathed Bloom County book called PENGUIN DREAMS AND OTHER THINGS
> >>(or something like that), NOT PUFFIN DREAMS. ;-)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I've seen the Disney movie, but forgot most of it.
I didn't know PENGUIN DREAMS AND STRANGER THINGS was made into a
movie - who plays Opus?
Luv ya, Tricky Dick
Covenant
JSoto46233 wrote in message <19990311235630...@ng12.aol.com>...
Nah it's okay...
Charlotte's fine.
It's her birthday on the 22nd.....
(Just bought a box of Cadbury's roses for her mother for Mum's Day....)
Covenant.
A Man With Far Too Much Time On His Hands
wishnik
merchandising Opus was that he had always wanted a stuffed penguin toy.
bst
gunsl...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> There's a Breathed Bloom County book called PENGUIN DREAMS AND OTHER THINGS
> (or something like that), NOT PUFFIN DREAMS. ;-)
>
> And Tina, you think Where the Red Fern Grows is heartwrenching (well, it is)?
> Try The Yearling! Oh, Gawwwwwdddddddd!!!!
>
> Monica
>
> In article <19990311013706...@ngol07.aol.com>,
> marth...@aol.com (Marthapups) wrote:
> > In article <19990311001229...@ng41.aol.com>,
> > jsoto...@aol.commostro (JSoto46233) writes:
>
> > >Okay, okay, penguin (but he's drawn like a puffin).
> >
> > My favorite bird as a child was the puffin. I swear, I'm not making this up.
> >
> > >And who mentioned RED FERN? That's the saddest book.
> >
> > I did...and we have to read it again soooooon in my fourth grade class:( Last
> > year the teacher (I'm the aide) was reading it, got to the bad part and had
>
> to stop. She asked me to finish it, which sobbing uncontrollably I could not
> do so we asked one of the boys to read it. He did such a fine job, and
> hearing it from him, a boy...the narrator is a boy...made the story so much
> more poignant.
>
> > <sob!>
> >
> > Tina
> > Currently reading Charlotte's Web in class and things don't look good for
> > Charlotte!
>
Marthapups
<cove...@joelamb.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>
>Nah it's okay...
>Charlotte's fine.
>It's her birthday on the 22nd.....
>
>(Just bought a box of Cadbury's roses for her mother for Mum's Day....)
>
>Covenant.
>A Man With Far Too Much Time On His Hands
>
Awww...a nice box of chocolates for mum...what a good son:) Mother's day is a
different date here that it is there, isn't it? When is Mother's Day there?
Here it is May 9th.
Tina
DavidEvan
>a
>different date here that it is there, isn't it? When is Mother's Day there?
>Here it is May 9th.
>
>Tina
Whew! Thanks Tina! For a minute I thought I had forgotten Mother's Day
altogether...thanks for getting my heart into a normal beat again!
David
Covenant
Marthapups wrote in message
<19990313232953...@ngol02.aol.com>...
>In article <7cd9n6$vsv$1...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>, "Covenant"
><cove...@joelamb.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>
>>
>>Nah it's okay...
>>Charlotte's fine.
>>It's her birthday on the 22nd.....
>>
>>(Just bought a box of Cadbury's roses for her mother for Mum's Day....)
>>
>>Covenant.
>>A Man With Far Too Much Time On His Hands
>>
>
is a
>different date here that it is there, isn't it? When is Mother's Day
there?
>Here it is May 9th.
Today !!!!!!!!
14th......
It is ALWAYS on a sunday !
(Thus Mothering Sunday !)
Covenant
Hold it RIGHT there!!!!!
Are you guys telling me that there is Bloom County / Outland MERCHANDISE
!!!!!!!
WHERE? WHAT? HOW MUCH ????????
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
Covenant.
A Man With Absolutely NONE Of The Above On His Hands
wishnik wrote in message <36EB5425...@hotmail.com>...
Marthapups
<cove...@joelamb.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>different date here that it is there, isn't it? When is Mother's Day
>there?
>>Here it is May 9th.
>
>
>Today !!!!!!!!
>14th......
>It is ALWAYS on a sunday !
>(Thus Mothering Sunday !)
>
Well ours is too! The second Sunday of May:)
Tina
Happy Mother Day to any British mums online:)
Jean Graham
> My favorite bird as a child was the puffin. I swear, I'm not
> making this up.
Tina! Betcha didn't know the puffin is our provincial bird.
Sorry, I've just been looking for somewhere in this thread to
throw this useless bit of trivia in.
You'll thank me the next time you're on Jeopardy ...
Jean,
Glad to finally _have_ that out of her system
Marthapups
writes:
>
>Tina! Betcha didn't know the puffin is our provincial bird.
>Sorry, I've just been looking for somewhere in this thread to
>throw this useless bit of trivia in.
>
>You'll thank me the next time you're on Jeopardy ...
>
>Jean,
>Glad to finally _have_ that out of her system
>
Hey Jean, whatever I can do:) Would it also help to reveal your provincial
flower?
Tina
James and Christine Wilson
law is so mad at me!
Christine :)
(a blushing American)
Covenant wrote:
> Marthapups wrote in message
> <19990313232953...@ngol02.aol.com>...
> >In article <7cd9n6$vsv$1...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>, "Covenant"
> ><cove...@joelamb.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> >
> >>
> >>Nah it's okay...
> >>Charlotte's fine.
> >>It's her birthday on the 22nd.....
> >>
> >>(Just bought a box of Cadbury's roses for her mother for Mum's Day....)
> >>
> >>Covenant.
> >>A Man With Far Too Much Time On His Hands
> >>
> >
> >Awww...a nice box of chocolates for mum...what a good son:) Mother's day
> is a
> >different date here that it is there, isn't it? When is Mother's Day
> there?
> >Here it is May 9th.
>
> Today !!!!!!!!
> 14th......
> It is ALWAYS on a sunday !
> (Thus Mothering Sunday !)
>
Jon Skeet
> Awww...a nice box of chocolates for mum...what a good son:)
Anyone else here have a newsreader that thought the first part of that
sentence contained a web link?
<looks round at a number of blank or bored faces>
Well I thought it was funny, anyway...
<sulks>
--
Jon Skeet - sk...@pobox.com
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
Ivy Lee
>> Awww...a nice box of chocolates for mum...what a good son:)
>
>Anyone else here have a newsreader that thought the first part of that
>sentence contained a web link?
Shhhhh! I haven't registered the domain yet, and
www.aniceboxofchocolatesformum.com is going to be BIG! BIG, do you hear?
You may begin purchasing stock now, in fact. Just ask.
Ivy
Marthapups
writes:
>marth...@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Awww...a nice box of chocolates for mum...what a good son:)
>
>Anyone else here have a newsreader that thought the first part of that
>sentence contained a web link?
>
><looks round at a number of blank or bored faces>
>
>Well I thought it was funny, anyway...
>
><sulks>
>
>--
>Jon Skeet - sk...@pobox.com
>h
Embarrassed to say it took me more than a few moment to get it....I will be
careful in the future when "awwwwwing":)
Tina
Stop sulking, it doesn't become you:)
Covenant
James and Christine Wilson wrote in message
<36ED2B27...@aracnet.com>...
>Aw Coveneant, why didn't you tell us it's mother's day in England? My other
in
>law is so mad at me!
>Christine :)
>(a blushing American)
Because I'm not IN England....
I'm in Scotland!!!!!!
(No... it's okay folks... I'm not gonna start on that again !!!!)
Covenant.
A Man Who's Sig Already Appears Elsewhere In This Post But Who Is Wondering
How Yanks Would Like To Be Called Canucks And Vice Versa !!!!!!
(I'm Okay... I'm Okay......Deep Breaths Joe.....Eeeeasy Now......)
Jean Graham
/me looks suspiciously at Tina -- does she already know the
answer?
> Jean Graham writes:
>
> >
> >Tina! Betcha didn't know the puffin is our provincial bird.
> >Sorry, I've just been looking for somewhere in this thread to
> >throw this useless bit of trivia in.
> >
> >You'll thank me the next time you're on Jeopardy ...
>
> Hey Jean, whatever I can do:) Would it also help to reveal
> your provincial
> flower?
Um. I feel as though I'm being set up, but just in case this is
an honest question, here goes.
The provincial "flower" (term loosely used) is the pitcher plant.
Lovely name, right?
It's (really, now) a carnivorous plant that only survives in very
wet bogland. I have many times over the years tried to figure out
_exactly_ what symbolism may lurk in that decision. I mean,
really, we have lots of other flowers. Pretty ones. But noo;
someone has to pick the meat-eating bog-dweller. Go figure.
Jean,
Hoping Tina doesn't ask too much more -- though hey! We do have
our own anthem! That's pretty respectable. I think.
Tim Moses
Jean Graham wrote in message <36F07409...@thezone.net>...
Well, now THAT sounds like a terrific SK short story!
The Meat-eating Bog-dweller.
Catchy title & the story practically writes itself!
(Of course, there would have to be a little SK 'twist'
in it somewhere......)
Maybe we should e-mail this one to the Guys in the
Basement.....
KAH
("....without it, what else was there?")
Hint #1: Stephen King
Hint #2: Misery
Hint #3: Paul Shelden