The Voting Booth is Closed
As you can tell, this poll is VERY scientific in nature. Margin of error is a mere +/- 0.05%
Final Tally:
Dog = 12 (Way to go, Quentin)
Cat = 400,026
Pig = 1
Pet Rock = 1
Firebelly Newt = 1
Wombat = 4 (Includes other marsupials)
Gerbil = 1
Snakes= 1
------------Honorable Mentions------------
Peacock = 0 (Though the peababies are damn cute).
Snow Leopards = 0 (Honorable mention)
Slow Lorises - Chunking Express loves em!
Fast Lorises - LUV2FLY will have nothing to do with those "Slow" Lorises.
Turtle = The turtle died
Stud Horse = 1 (just for having the word "stud" in his name)
and to think all this time i thought sconnies called it pop, too.
oooh, mags. tmk's a minnesotan who doesn't mess with his fonts.
In the northwest they do. My Dad is from Chippewa Falls, and he always says "pop".
see, and court was from milwaukee and i never once heard her call it soda. must have been those 6 years she spent living on this side of the river (with her cat to keep the thread somewhat on topic :)
I used to say "pop" myself, too, until I moved away from home and from my father's influence.
MEOW!
South-side Milwaukeeans say "dere" and "dose", almost like New Yorkers.
Luv2Fly 8/23/02 8:39am
Great story, Rob!
And it certainly would not be the first time a willing, available female wasted her time trying to get some dummy's attention.
;)
Excuse me ares but, what do Sconies have to do with Cats & Dogs?
:-)
easy. the one sconnie that i once knew had a cat, alright :)
<edit>maggie, the south-siders talk that way because they're really chicagoans living in wisconsin for the tax break.
And it certainly would not be the first time a willing, available female wasted her time trying to get some dummy's attention
???
My oh so cute kitten has turned out to be quite the rascal.
This weekend he got out and ran across the street into the neighbors back yard.
Me and the boys went after him to catch him and put him back in the house.
The boys were behind me and the stupid cat went right for the dog house. I didn't see the dog (a pit bull) so I went and scooped him up without thinking.
As soon as I did, around the corner of the house comes the raging pit bull.
The boys were ahead of me so they both got away pretty easily with me running right behind. The pit bull went right for me while I'm trying to carry with one hand a struggling cat (because he was more scared of that dog than I was).
Anyway, I'm getting away pretty good and there's this ugly ass tire half buried in the yard for flowers/plant. I trip over the fricking thing and slam on the ground.
The cat is struggling even more to get away from me and I'm trying to get back up with one hand, which I just sprained from catching my fall.
Well, I did get up and get far enough away for the dog was on a rope.
So now I've got two sprained fingers and one big ass bruise on my leg.
Next time that cat gets out, I'm gonna let the pit bull eat him!
bad weekend, jt?
Thanks L.
LOL Howl !
bad weekend, jt?
Besides that incident, it was actually rather good.
How about you?
I read that you went to Valley Fair.
You get out to the State Fair at all?
THX,
Sounds like the dog was just protecting his territory. If it makes you feel better I was attacked by the inbred barn cats down on my uncles farm when I was about 10. They ganged up on me and I got bitten twice and scratches all over. I hold no grudge :)
L.Lionne wrote: And it certainly would not be the first time a willing, available female wasted her time trying to get some dummy's attention.
;)
Somehow it does not surprise me that you know this. Must come from first hand experience.
Ares,
I was at Valley Fair on Sat. Why they had the water park closed was a mystery but I tried the new power tower ride where they take you up 23 stories and drop you. Damn that was wild. I did it twice but I found as I get older something in my body says "hey idiot, this is a bad idea".
I don't hold anything against the dog.
The owners however......
It's one of those cases where they intentionally want an aggressive pit bull.
That would be ok except the dog is constantly getting lose or allowed to run free and one of these days it's going to hurt someone.
The police and animal control have been called but nothing has yet to happen. I guess a kid has to be mauled before they'll do anything about it.
Relax Jethro. It's a cat and dog forum. K ?
You get out to the State Fair at all?
nah. not much of a fair goer here. besides i don't need all the food that i'd naturally eat if i were there.
I was at Valley Fair on Sat. Why they had the water park closed was a mystery but I tried the new power tower ride where they take you up 23 stories and drop you. Damn that was wild. I did it twice but I found as I get older something in my body says "hey idiot, this is a bad idea".
well prior to this i hadn't been there since before they installed wild thing. riding that sucker from the front car 4 times was quite the treat. i managed power tower 3 times, twice going up and once being dropped. and yes, for as wild as it was, i heard the same little voice in my head :) of course this was all compounded by the fact that my sister and her friend managed to get me on the pirate ship for the first time ever. man if that ride ain't the epitome of stupidity i dunno what is.
Yep.
I'm weird...
oh no. different kind of pirate ship. the kind that swings you back and forth and after it gets up enough momentum upside down for several loops. frequently its been known to have just enough momentum to stop top dead center. with you upside down in it.
We were going to go on the pirate ship, the kids are too young for those rides but my wife said "go ahead, we'll watch" Just then I saw a girl who had come off of it standing over a trash can losing her lunch. I skipped the pirate ship. I like "G" force rides but not the ones that spin you around and shake you up in a definate effort to make you yak.
My first date with my husband:
We went to the fair, walked around, ate fish and chips, looked at cows, went on the hammer ride.......
My stomach went from it's usual position in the middle of my torso, to the top of my esophagus, then to the bottom of my abdomen, about 30 times......
After the first relocation, my stomach began to feel a tad queasy.
On the second round, it was ready to spew.
But I knew that I had to hold onto it because the ride was made of metal caging, and if I let go there were going to be a lot of real pissed of people at the fair.
I managed to keep it until the ride came to a stop and my date got off, then I just couldnt anymore, and it went everywhere.
While washing off with a hose I thought, "Well, so much for this guy, he's never going to want to see ME again."
But I didn't know that he already loved me....
There's nothing like seeing a woman covered in her own stomach jelly. How could he resist :)
i learned the hard way to never eat and ride. my siblings and i were babysitting our cousin a year and a half or so ago. naturally being the middle of winter we went to camp snoopy in te mall of america. we went on that red spinny thing that i don't know the name of. twice. after i'd eaten a boatload of chicken fingers and drank a couple cups of diet coke. bad idea. anyone remember the scene from mighty ducks 2 where charlie and the other kid are cutting class at the mall. you see them being watched by security with their heads in the trash cans. been there. done that. thankfully it was nothing more than excess carbon dioxide from all the pop and nothing solid. but it taught me a very valuable lesson. as for the g-forces, my body can take them just fine if the force is along the axis of it. put me on the scrambler or tilt-a-whirl and you're gonna see what i had for breakfast. ironically, however, i can handle the ride where you're inside the spaceship like thingy and the floor "drops" out form underneath you. were i into risk-taking i'd actually try popping a couple of dramamine and riding the tilt-a-whirl. but i'm not.
palina-joe.
jethro bodine 9/3/02 8:08am
Awww, how sweet. Jethro missed me.
Can anyone tell me why this particular mongrel is allowed to post in any forums at all, since all he has to contribute is personal attacks? And more importantly, has he had his shots???? (Since he keeps showing up to snap at my ass everywhere I go, you see.)
THX, you are my hero for saving the cat! :)
Grow up, L. You have done your share of personal attacks.
And since I have such a slow connection until we get our DSL back, I will be posting only is jethro-free forums for the time being.
I don't choose to waste my limited time here on PF talking with the village idiot.
L.
Please ignore the source of your consternation. We love having you here and it's nice to talk/debate with someone like you. If you chose not to I understand completely. But please re-consider.
Good luck.
hey jethro - jethro bodine 9/3/02 1:58pm- this Lion lady is one mean femi-nazi. I once posted a picture of what I deemed she would have done in a previous incarnation - sip tea and eat crumpets in a lynching party.
She also has aping sycophants who pump up her ego - one guy called THX drew parallels between you and me in the abortion Forum.
Keep after these male-castrating Medusas like Lion lady. They will muzzle you, berate you, ban you in places where they exercise petty control and in general they will attempt to stifle those they perceive as rational and defiant threats to their authority. Notice they never engage in debate with you.
Under this very convenient garb of - personal attacks - always one sided and never emanating from them , perversions like the Lion lady exult in the vicarious orgasm of power they feel in these cyber places. But they are mere stuffed scarecrows - the ones the crows end up excreting on.
Sorry for intruding folks!
Cats or Dogs ?
As culinary alternatives?
Ask the Chinese - or visit your favorite Chinese restaurant.
Have done dog in S.Korea - never cats.
How much do Westerners spend on cat litter and dog bones?
Wonder if the conference in Johannesburg has such statistics.
on Monday
Ah, jethro, how could I have forgotten what a littel weasel you are, and you have a buddy now....how sweet!
Some Sconnies mess with fonts too....
JT..good going with the cat...I'll call on you the next time Tigger, pictured here, escapes, and he will. He lives to make it out the door unsupervised.
That Ladysmith news was a bit of deja vu...gives me shivers!!
Jethro,
L.L. didn't start anything with you.
She doesn't know you the the way we do but I don't blame her for wanting you booted.
I've given you ample warning in the past and have ignored a lot.
Quite simply, cut the crap or your out of here.
Remember, this is a big site, you have every right to create your own thread somewhere else.
That Ladysmith news was a bit of deja vu...gives me shivers!!
No kidding. And I wasn't even there.
My comment was nothing much, JT. She was just looking for trouble. Look for yourself.
yes you can vote for hummingbirds. oh and jt, that honorable mention for snow leopards really belongs with the cat vote. its just a really really big cat. t3, there's a reason cats are winning the poll. most of us are all cat lovers here :)
Me too!
In fact, I just got some pictures of my cats on CD, and as soon as I figure out how to post them, you will be able to actually see my beautiful babies!
somewhere i posted instructions for a self-hosting image here. á la this:
but since i don't know where it is, first shrink the pics down to less than 100k or so in size. post a message giving the file of the shrunken pic as an enclosure. once the message is posted, right-click on the link to the attachment, and select copy shortcut. edit your post and insert the following:
<img src="paste the shortcut here and delete the stuff between the two @'s"> sort of like this:
<img src="/sites/default/files/forum/1887/KITTY.JPG">. then re-post your message. the pic should show up inline in your post.
It's getting the pics from the CD to a format that PF will accept.
But I think I got it figured out.
I have to load the pic on my old computer, paste it into Superpaint to reduce it's size, then paste that into Photoshop to save as jpeg, then copy it to floppy disk, then load that onto this computer, and it should work.....
I hope.....
a gif or jpeg is all you need. if its a photo cd, they should already be in jpeg format (at least all the ones i've ever gotten were), and you can use photoshop to shrink it as well, saving that extra copy/paste step.
The CD does come formatted as a gif, but for some reason PF does not accept a gif or jpeg created on this computer.
It's the "image size" thingy in the "Image" menu.
image size from the image menu. assuming of course that you're on a pc, though i've got to believe that it'd be the same on a mac. as for pf not accepting a gif, if i had to guess i'd say it was because the gif was larger than the site limit, which as near as i can tell is 100kbytes. the jpeg may have the same problem. i know i've had to do a lot of saving and re-saving to get images posted here before. one day i'll actually get ambitious and host the suckers myself.
<edit>x-post with maggie who i know is using a mac.