TOAST: BLUE THING!!!
Genise Ghee
RUS149104 <rus1...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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<snip ?good news?>
| The bookman toes the line and toasts - "TO BLUE
| THINGS!"
|
I have *no* idea what you are talking about, but
congratulations!!!
| >>>SMASH!!!!<<<
| tinkle tinkle
>>>>CRASH<<<<
| "line them up, Mike! If they are drinking, I'm paying!"
| and dances off into the crowd, looking for folx to
| share his happiness with...
If you're really that happy, dear, I happen to have
this here misletoe handy...
gog
Chris Wesling
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> p&e
>
> >Genise Ghee:
>
> >RUS149104 <rus1...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
> >news:19991009225607...@ng-fx1.aol.com...
> ><snip ?good news?>
> >
> >| The bookman toes the line and toasts - "TO BLUE
> >| THINGS!"
> >|
> >
> >I have *no* idea what you are talking about, but
> >congratulations!!!
> >
> a 56k to replace the old 14.4k, which
> means that my speed increased by a factor
> of 4 :)=)
I think she meant "What does a new modem have to do with Blue Things?"
Heck, I *read* the original "Blue Thing" post just a few months ago,
but I don't remember what it meant any more. Anyone with better
memories (or search engines) care to elucidate?
Chris W.
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ARCmage
> Heck, I *read* the original "Blue Thing" post just a few months ago,
> but I don't remember what it meant any more. Anyone with better
> memories (or search engines) care to elucidate?
>
> Chris W.
From the thread that Gypsy started titled "On a more positive note...the
Blue Thing"
It was about how she had gotten a piece of genuine Good Luck, and was
thinking how it might be a sign of Better Things To Come.
To get ones Blue Thing is to get a somewhat unexpected Something that makes
you happy.
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Sin(The ARCmage)
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RUS149104
like a madman. He grabs Mike by the ears
and lays a big kiss on the startled barkeep's
face, throws a wad of Ones at him and starts
dancing around the barroom, chanting "No
more fourteen-four, _no_more_fouteen-four_,
NO MORE FOURTEEN-FOUR!"
Mike snags the back of his fatigue jacket as
the bookman passes the bar again and throws
a beer into Rusty's face. As he coughs, splutters,
and laughs, the big Mick growls "all right, calm down
a bit and tell us about it."
Calming somewhat, the bookman climbs onto
the bar and shouts to the bar: "I finally got my
56k modem to work! two weeks of fighting it is
over! over a year of 14.4k internet is done! I got
speed!"
Mike grins at him and says "I _thought_ you were
moving faster than before." as he serves him a SIAC.
The bookman toes the line and toasts - "TO BLUE
THINGS!"
>>>SMASH!!!!<<<
tinkle tinkle
"line them up, Mike! If they are drinking, I'm paying!"
and dances off into the crowd, looking for folx to
share his happiness with...
Rusty the bookman
ecstatic!!!
Fax Paladin
> Calming somewhat, the bookman climbs onto
> the bar and shouts to the bar: "I finally got my
> 56k modem to work! two weeks of fighting it is
> over! over a year of 14.4k internet is done! I got
> speed!"
>
> Mike grins at him and says "I _thought_ you were
> moving faster than before." as he serves him a SIAC.
>
> The bookman toes the line and toasts - "TO BLUE
> THINGS!"
>
> >>>SMASH!!!!<<<
> tinkle tinkle
*crash!*
Fax
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RUS149104
>Genise Ghee:
>RUS149104 <rus1...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
>news:19991009225607...@ng-fx1.aol.com...
><snip ?good news?>
>
>
>| The bookman toes the line and toasts - "TO BLUE
>| THINGS!"
>|
>
>I have *no* idea what you are talking about, but
>congratulations!!!
>
>| >>>SMASH!!!!<<<
>| tinkle tinkle
>
>>>>>CRASH<<<<
>
>| "line them up, Mike! If they are drinking, I'm paying!"
>| and dances off into the crowd, looking for folx to
>| share his happiness with...
>
>If you're really that happy, dear, I happen to have
>this here misletoe handy...
>
>gog
>
>
I'm talking about my modem, just installed
a 56k to replace the old 14.4k, which
means that my speed increased by a factor
of 4 :)=)
and as to the mistletoe, put it to work, I
haven't been this happy for a long while.
>happy, happy joy, joy<
>happy, happy joy, joy<
>happy, happy joy, joy<
no more slow internet access...
can I buy you another drink?
Rusty the bookman
and happy to have friends to share it with!
RUS149104
--snip--
>I think she meant "What does a new modem have to do with Blue Things?"
>Heck, I *read* the original "Blue Thing" post just a few months ago,
>but I don't remember what it meant any more. Anyone with better
>memories (or search engines) care to elucidate?
Blue thing = that thing you wanted but
never believed you'd get, and then got.
(IMO, IIRC, ect.)
IIRC, the original 'blue thing' was a fuzzy
toy in a crane game. They kept trying to
get it, never expecting to get it, and then
_did_ get it, much to their delight.
Sorry if it was out of date.
BOYC?
Rusty the bookman
hours later, he's still happy...
Joyce Haslam
> Blue thing = that thing you wanted but
> never believed you'd get, and then got.
> (IMO, IIRC, ect.)
> IIRC, the original 'blue thing' was a fuzzy
> toy in a crane game. They kept trying to
> get it, never expecting to get it, and then
> _did_ get it, much to their delight.
> Sorry if it was out of date.
It's good to remember Gypsy's happiness as we
celebrate yours.
My brother always wanted to climb a blue mountain,
but he never found one that would stay blue...
> "TO BLUE THINGS!"
> >>>SMASH!!!!<<<
> tinkle tinkle
~~~CRASH~~~
Joyce.
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Chris Wesling
>
> >Chris W. :
>
> --snip--
>
> >I think she meant "What does a new modem have to do with Blue Things?"
> >Heck, I *read* the original "Blue Thing" post just a few months ago,
> >but I don't remember what it meant any more. Anyone with better
> >memories (or search engines) care to elucidate?
>
> never believed you'd get, and then got.
> (IMO, IIRC, ect.)
>
> IIRC, the original 'blue thing' was a fuzzy
> toy in a crane game. They kept trying to
> get it, never expecting to get it, and then
> _did_ get it, much to their delight.
That's right, now I remember. Thanks to all who replied with expla-
nations.
> BOYC?
>
> Rusty the bookman
> hours later, he's still happy...
Sure, I'll have a lemon-ice milkshake. And conga-rats on the modem!
(Now *there's* a peculiar image. <G>)
Chris W.
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The Trinker
Chris Wesling wrote:
> Sure, I'll have a lemon-ice milkshake.
*Lemon* ice milkshake? Really...
How...interesting.
The Trinker
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BLACK C V
: I think she meant "What does a new modem have to do with Blue Things?"
: Heck, I *read* the original "Blue Thing" post just a few months ago,
: but I don't remember what it meant any more. Anyone with better
: memories (or search engines) care to elucidate?
Weredonut has semi-adopted the phrase for the idea of one little thing
that can really make a difference to your whole day/week/month... I
think that's what the original post said....
Weredonut (who's newsfeed has been exceedingly dodgy for the last few
weeks and hopes that at least some of her stuff is getting through...)
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Chris Wesling
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> Chris Wesling wrote:
>
> > Sure, I'll have a lemon-ice milkshake.
>
> *Lemon* ice milkshake? Really...
>
> How...interesting.
<chuckle> Was that a euphemism for "blech", Trink, or were you just
trying to draw me out about it without risking Fast Eddie's sap?
I discovered those the summer I spent in Chico, California, which
reached temperatures of 117F on multiple occasions. (Me being from
San Francisco, where three consecutive days over 75F is a heat wave,
this was rather excruciating.) There was an Italian gelato shop in
town that would make milkshakes from any flavor of ice cream they
carried. I was a big fan of their lemon ice, so I asked for that
in a shake. They were a little dubious at first, since ices don't
generally make good milkshakes for some reason, but they tried it
and the result was *incredible*.
I don't know why, but even though all the various ice creams and
ices are stored at the same temperature, some flavors *feel* colder
than others. Perhaps ices feel colder than ice creams. At any rate,
I have never drunk anything that felt as cold as those lemon-ice
milkshakes. *Very* cold, *incredibly* tangy and lemony... I drank
a lot of them to cool off that summer. 8-)
Don't think I've ever had one since, though. I mentioned them in
that post because it was particularly hot in the Bay Area this
weekend, and I was posting from my stuffy office (they turn off
the building AC on weekends).
Would you like to try one? I'm sure Mike could whip up another...
Chris W.
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