Secret

[Mike]

My friend, who works as a chef in a Tapas bar, refused to
reveal his recipe for Fajitas.
He said he was keeping it under wraps

Michael LeVine
mle...@redshift.com

Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx

[Don Stockbauer]

Just like he was keeping the mummy in the back room.

[Mike]

On Feb 17, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<6f8c0c8b-de51-40eb...@googlegroups.com>):

(To recast a Benny Hill joke) And how many children did the mummy have

[Don Stockbauer]

and we already had that one, but I can't remember it.

[Mike]

On Feb 17, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<258e1c42-2302-4662...@googlegroups.com>):

Can’t remember what???

[Don Stockbauer]

can't remember what?

[Mike]

On Feb 18, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<df7363a2-fc27-4e36...@googlegroups.com>):

Exactly.

[Don Stockbauer]

What is a question which is also its own answer?

"Am I confused?"

[Mike]

On Feb 18, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<9c7c91fb-64a3-4df9...@googlegroups.com>):

> "Am I confused?” And you don't know???

[Don Stockbauer]

The phrase "am I confused?" 'was supposed to be taken figuratively , not literally.

[Mike]

On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<bf2e028b-86c6-46f7...@googlegroups.com>):

I was trying to avoid getting fined for violating the anti literal-ing laws.

[Don Stockbauer]

that would be fine with me, or actually more, a fine with the government.

[Mike]

On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<0df8efcf-5b4d-4d2d...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:55:04 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<bf2e028b-86c6-46f7...@googlegroups.com>):

> > > The phrase "am I confused?" 'was supposed to be taken figuratively , not
> > > literally.
> > I was trying to avoid getting fined for violating the anti literal-ing laws.

> that would be fine with me, or actually more, a fine with the government.

They can fine us, but we can’t fine them.

[Don Stockbauer]

On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 6:28:44 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<0df8efcf-5b4d-4d2d...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:55:04 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<bf2e028b-86c6-46f7...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > The phrase "am I confused?" 'was supposed to be taken figuratively , not
> > > > literally.
> > > I was trying to avoid getting fined for violating the anti literal-ing laws.
> > that would be fine with me, or actually more, a fine with the government.
> They can fine us, but we can’t fine them.
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

I did fine them. The government has been doing such a magnificent job I sent them a kudos letter saying you've been doing fine work.

[Mike]

On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<cdff837e-5110-46ce...@googlegroups.com>):

How much money did you fine them and were you able to collect???

[Don Stockbauer]

I fined them exactly as much as I expected to collect: zero.

[Mike]

On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<77420a67-c94b-45cf...@googlegroups.com>):

Did they send you a check for $0.00???

[Don Stockbauer]

We're dealing with the government here; of course they did.

[Mike]

On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<7621b7ce-5ace-4bd4...@googlegroups.com>):

With what it costed to process and issue the check, no wonder our taxes are
so high

[Don Stockbauer]

those 100 Centillion dollar projects don't help
any (a Centillion is one with 303 zeros after it , it's how much money Musk has)

[Mike]

On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<b2ab1280-c277-45a7...@googlegroups.com>):

And we are cash - ualties of his hunt for more.

[Don Stockbauer]

Bunker Hunt once coronered the silver market.

[Mike]

On Feb 22, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<93e2ee82-305e-4fad...@googlegroups.com>):

They do get vicious when backed into a corner

[Don Stockbauer]

how do you get out of being backed into a corner? You get wet paint on the soles of your shoes.

[Mike]

On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<895144d7-6f74-4f03...@googlegroups.com>):

But that threat paint what it used to be,

[Don Stockbauer]

I experience "threat paint" one time I was in a back alley and this fellow held up a can of paint with the lid off, and he threatened to throw it on me.

[Mike]

On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<1c9a0d9b-ab7e-4a42...@googlegroups.com>):

You did not want to dye at his ands,

[Don Stockbauer]

One time I was living in this apartment, and the walls were pretty thin so I could hear this young lady saying
I want to die I want to die. Oh please. God I want to die and I went over and broke down her door. Oh wait a minute this is an old one. I've told repeatedly

[Mike]

On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<525f2e60-040c-449a...@googlegroups.com>):

At least he tried to help, would hue and dye have tried to??

[Don Stockbauer]

I saw him try to help I didn't know who he was so like in that Who song I went and asked him "hue are you?"

[Mike]

On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<c8812058-7b42-4e98...@googlegroups.com>):

> went and asked him "hue are you?”

And he asked you to tone it down

[Don Stockbauer]

I did tone it down ; I went from note D to note C.

[Mike]

On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<6fc3a65d-a1f4-4260...@googlegroups.com>):

A supposed sharp idea that actually went flat

[Don Stockbauer]

that happened to me with my car. A short nail made my tire go flat, but it was only flat on the bottom.

[Mike]

On Feb 25, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<e87f8751-8439-4a90...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:54:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<6fc3a65d-a1f4-4260...@googlegroups.com>):

> > A supposed sharp idea that actually went flat

> that happened to me with my car. A short nail made my tire go flat, but it
> was only flat on the bottom.

Point taken

[Don Stockbauer]

That happened to me back in fifth grade we were putting on a play about Saint Sebastian and I played Saint Sebastian and believe me I took on more than one point , and unfortunately like
Saint Sebastian I lived.

[Mike]

On Feb 26, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<873af464-8fc0-43e0...@googlegroups.com>):

Is that where your BDSM interests began???

[Don Stockbauer]

I don't have any interest in any BDSM companies, I did invest in a water sports company once.

[Mike]

On Feb 27, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<ff941167-b5ab-40aa...@googlegroups.com>):

Sounds legit on the surf - ace anyway.

[Don Stockbauer]

I once won a surfing competition.
I became a surf ace.

[Mike]

On Feb 27, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<bcffeb7c-b9de-4d89...@googlegroups.com>):

But soon became board.

[Don Stockbauer]

I once encountered a magician who waved his magic wand and turned me into an ironing bored!!!!

[Mike]

On Feb 28, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<5ca3b42d-4e71-4f5c...@googlegroups.com>):

How deep was the hole bored???

[Don Stockbauer]

you mean that hole they were drilling to the Mohorovic dealy out in the ocean to drill through the earths crust,
I don't know I didn't hear how that turned out.

[Mike]

On Feb 28, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<2acaf530-6389-46c5...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 1:04:08 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Feb 28, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<5ca3b42d-4e71-4f5c...@googlegroups.com>):
>

> you mean that hole they were drilling to the Mohorovic dealy out in the ocean
> to drill through the earths crust,
> I don't know I didn't hear how that turned out.

They reached Hell and had to stop because of all the cries of the politicians
down there.

[Don Stockbauer]

On Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 4:51:52 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> On Feb 28, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<2acaf530-6389-46c5...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 1:04:08 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > On Feb 28, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<5ca3b42d-4e71-4f5c...@googlegroups.com>):
> >
> > you mean that hole they were drilling to the Mohorovic dealy out in the ocean
> > to drill through the earths crust,
> > I don't know I didn't hear how that turned out.
> They reached Hell and had to stop because of all the cries of the politicians
> down there.
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

The other day someone had posted something or another about politics, and I responded with "Yuck!!!! Politics!!!!! It got on me!!!!!!"

[Mike]

On Mar 1, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<188484db-61e5-4886...@googlegroups.com>):

> responded with "Yuck!!!! Politics!!!!! It got on me!!!!!!”
But it can be removed safely, unlike the excrement of the Foo Bird.

[Don Stockbauer]

So it's something about if the Foo shits wear it, something like that??????

[Mike]

On Mar 1, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<fa0e9ba3-514d-4ffa...@googlegroups.com>):

Thats right, I knew I would not foo you with that oldie.

[Don Stockbauer]

foo five pho Farm; I smell the blood of Mark Levine.

[Don Stockbauer]

oh my God I said mark instead of Mike; a horrible senior moment.

[Mike]

On Mar 2, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<e9f615ba-ab7f-4434...@googlegroups.com>):

A foo - tive attempt

[Mike]

On Mar 2, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<73164e86-fa51-4edf...@googlegroups.com>):

Been there --- done that

[Don Stockbauer]

often times when I'm trying to make decisions with someone they'll say "been there , done that "and I tell them "OK , so like , if your girlfriend offers sex to you do you tell her "been there , done that" and the two of you opt for watching a movie?

[Mike]

On Mar 2, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<0f02ffb8-23f8-4674...@googlegroups.com>):

But it does not start to get really bad till you find yourself in the store
room and wonder why
because you have to go to the bathroom. Then when almost done there realize
that you
had gone to the store room because you were out of toilet paper.

[Don Stockbauer]

If you're describing yourself, I didn't think there was anybody out there worse than me.

[Mike]

On Mar 3, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<da1e5862-9b12-4939...@googlegroups.com>):

But you are to the wurst...

[Don Stockbauer]

Look up the URL of a sausage factory, tell a friend that this link is a link to some of the best links in the world.

[Mike]

On Mar 3, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<da65a74a-3d13-4bd7...@googlegroups.com>):

You seem to have lost something in your chain of thinking.

[Don Stockbauer]

My neurons are not properly linked together.

[Mike]

On Mar 4, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<4852cf23-5d0f-47c8...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 4:28:10 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Mar 3, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<da65a74a-3d13-4bd7...@googlegroups.com>):
> > >

> > > Look up the URL of a sausage factory, tell a friend that this link is a
> > > link
> > > to some of the best links in the world.
> > You seem to have lost something in your chain of thinking.
> > Michael LeVine
>

> My neurons are not properly linked together.

Neuron - tic neurons???

[Don Stockbauer]

my neurons give me a facial tick. It's attached right under my nose.

[Mike]

On Mar 5, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<793eca67-e4ae-466b...@googlegroups.com>):

Perhaps if you had Lip - osuction

[Don Stockbauer]

I get Darlene's patented Lip-O-Suction from her every night.

[Mike]

On Mar 5, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<5f15ff45-8aaf-491e...@googlegroups.com>):

Did she practice enough before hand so she does not blow it???

[Don Stockbauer]

The answer is an emphatic "YES!!!!!"

[Mike]

On Mar 6, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<376cc069-482d-4b09...@googlegroups.com>):

> The answer is an emphatic "YES!!!!!”

So, for her resume to be honest, it has to say that all of her work sucks.

[Don Stockbauer]

so you're part of her work?

[Mike]

On Mar 7, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<9cb68185-7040-4cfc...@googlegroups.com>):

I take pleasure in her work

[Don Stockbauer]

Darlene used to work in a cat house, and she was very polite. After every session, she'd tell the man "it's been a pleasure to serve you."

[Mike]

On Mar 7, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<565f0981-a457-4020...@googlegroups.com>):

> session, she'd tell the man "it's been a pleasure to serve you.”

And Not Dolly Parton’s line “Its a business doing pleasure with you"

[Don Stockbauer]

What song did Dolly Parton lying nude , face up in a creek inspire???

"Islands in the Stream."

[Mike]

On Mar 7, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<a6d9275b-bc98-4905...@googlegroups.com>):

> "Islands in the Stream.”
She would not have landed in the stream if you had not tripped her.

[Don Stockbauer]

did they send out a streaming video with her in that position?

[Mike]

On Mar 8, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<144853c6-531d-471f...@googlegroups.com>):

They could nt fins a sense wide enough to capture the major details

[Don Stockbauer]

> > > > > > > they could've

They could've zoomed in real close and called the photograph "Scenes from the Dolly Parton Mountains of the Moon National Monument".

[Mike]

On Mar 9, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<3e80c7d6-05dc-4c82...@googlegroups.com>):

But that its the wrong viewpoint of a proper mooning.

[Don Stockbauer]

Had they got a viewpoint from that aspect, it would've shown a huge rift valley.

[Mike]

On Mar 13, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<9e267b26-ecc7-4248...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 9:21:34 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > On Mar 9, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<3e80c7d6-05dc-4c82...@googlegroups.com>):

> > > They could've zoomed in real close and called the photograph "Scenes from
> > > the
> > > Dolly Parton Mountains of the Moon National Monument”.
> > But that its the wrong viewpoint of a proper mooning.
>

> Had they got a viewpoint from that aspect, it would've shown a huge rift
> valley.

So you are disclosing that she tore her slacks again???

[Don Stockbauer]

I didn't know she posted to alt.slack, the grungiest, most hateful user group in the universe.

[Mike]

On Mar 13, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<eda5d106-55bf-4e44...@googlegroups.com>):

So you do not intend to cut her sum slack, just cut her slacks.

[Don Stockbauer]

yes. Darlene is kind of kinky. She would rather leave her slacks on and have a hole cut in a strategic place.

[Mike]

On Mar 13, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<24224b57-8746-43cb...@googlegroups.com>):

Her parts need airing out???

[Don Stockbauer]

what do you expect after 13 weeks without a bath?

[Mike]

On Mar 14, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<8721cc86-9d4d-470f...@googlegroups.com>):

Perhaps you should lave well enough alone.

[Don Stockbauer]

I was cooking a steak one time and I had really overdone it , almost burning it, my buddy came over and said "Look, you need to leave well enough alone"

[Mike]

On Mar 15, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<07fe2bd7-528a-44d7...@googlegroups.com>):

> it, my buddy came over and said "Look, you need to leave well enough alone”

Perhaps if you give him is steak thru the heart....

[Don Stockbauer]

And since a steak is food, it's a grub steak.

[Mike]

On Mar 15, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<97e33b44-8131-4396...@googlegroups.com>):

But if he took a bath on occasion he would not be so grub-by..

[Don Stockbauer]

I just love to go fishing , and some of the best bait is when you get grubby.

[Mike]

On Mar 16, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<cd03086b-cc61-4289...@googlegroups.com>):

And where bait is involved, you are the master,,,

[Don Stockbauer]

Darlene, in her younger years , was jailbait.

[Mike]

On Mar 16, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<a148c88e-d088-4de6...@googlegroups.com>):

But now she and the term are antiques

[Don Stockbauer]

Not when you collect jails, and there are a lot of jails running around in the forest , you can set a trap for one and you need something to put in the trap.

[Mike]

On Mar 17, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<650689d2-9804-4814...@googlegroups.com>):

So what she uses as bait could make it a Booby Trap...

[Don Stockbauer]

Her boobies can't be trapped , they're firmly attached. However, she does like to trap birds and eat them.

[Mike]

On Mar 17, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote

(in article<eb8beaba-2928-466e...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 11:23:11 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > On Mar 17, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<650689d2-9804-4814...@googlegroups.com>):

> > So what she uses as bait could make it a Booby Trap...

> Her boobies can't be trapped , they're firmly attached. However, she does
> like to trap birds and eat them.

The way she can talk and talk and talk,, that quite a trap she has on her.

[Don Stockbauer]

On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 3:42:07 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> On Mar 17, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<eb8beaba-2928-466e...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 11:23:11 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > On Mar 17, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<650689d2-9804-4814...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > So what she uses as bait could make it a Booby Trap...
> > Her boobies can't be trapped , they're firmly attached. However, she does
> > like to trap birds and eat them.
> The way she can talk and talk and talk,, that quite a trap she has on her.
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

yes, she was hiking in the Alaskan wilderness and she put her leg in the wrong place and now she has a bear trap on her.

[Mike]

On Mar 18, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<2a1312a0-13c9-4137...@googlegroups.com>):

Em - bear - asing

[Don Stockbauer]

With that bear trap on her she wasn't able to run away so she and the bear consummated their relationship.