Andy >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
:
>
>> Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
>
>Lake Woebegon... now where is said lake? My sources tell me it's
>ficticious.

Yeah, it's fictitious, and in northern Minnesota. Garrison Keillor created
it for his public radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion."
prairiehome.publicradio.org/

I was using Mayberry in my sig, but someone suggested Lake Woebegon because
it's in Minnesota. I've only listened to the show a couple times. It's
hilarious.

I've always thought of our town as a northern Mayberry.

Carol


--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Oh, I had a guy like that at the office, too. Drove me nuts. What did you
> bring for lunch? He'd lean over my shoulder to check it out. What, you
> never heard of cooking and leftovers before? Go away!
>
> Jill
>
>


I have a dog like that...

Best regards,
Bob

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> Andy >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>
> >Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
> :
> >
> >> Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
> >
> >Lake Woebegon... now where is said lake? My sources tell me it's
> >ficticious.
>
> Yeah, it's fictitious, and in northern Minnesota. Garrison Keillor
created
> it for his public radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion."
> prairiehome.publicradio.org/
>
> I was using Mayberry in my sig, but someone suggested Lake Woebegon
because
> it's in Minnesota. I've only listened to the show a couple times.
It's
> hilarious.
>

>
> Carol

Keillor's books are really fun to read.

N.

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>
> I've always thought of our town as a northern Mayberry.
>

LOL. There can be only one Mayberry, and it's in NC, but there sure
are close facsimilies all over the place.

BOB

Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby wrote:
> And cultural doesn't come into it because s/he is dining in a
> specific location and should at least attempt to abide by local
> manners, as those of us who world travel should attempt to abide by
> local customs.
>

Even that can get one in trouble though, if s/he doesn't quite
understand the local customs. I recall the time when I was at a dinner
party hosted by a friend from Laos. He and his wife prepared a
wonderful array of South East Asian dishes. At the end of the meal, I
thought the guests were *supposed* to fart loudly out of respect for the
host (or maybe the cook.) You can imagine my embarrassment.

At least they appreciated the enthusiasm...




Not a true story, but it was fun to tell and I think it makes a point.

Best regards,
Bob

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

>
>
> I've always thought of our town as a northern Mayberry.

My friends call out little town Hooterville. Until a few years ago we used to
be able to flag the train down.

, if that's their real name, wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> Andy >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, it's fictitious, and in northern Minnesota. Garrison Keillor
>> created it for his public radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion."
>> prairiehome.publicradio.org/
>>
>> I was using Mayberry in my sig, but someone suggested Lake Woebegon
>> because it's in Minnesota. I've only listened to the show a couple times.
>> It's hilarious.
>
>Keillor's books are really fun to read.

Is he the one who wrote, "How to Talk Minnesotan?" I love that book!
I don't do a lot of reading these days, except online. Darned bifocals!

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

zxcvbob >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>I recall the time when I was at a dinner
>party hosted by a friend from Laos. He and his wife prepared a
>wonderful array of South East Asian dishes. At the end of the meal, I
>thought the guests were *supposed* to fart loudly out of respect for the
>host (or maybe the cook.) You can imagine my embarrassment.
>
>At least they appreciated the enthusiasm...

ROFLMAO! You've got real class, Bob.

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

"BOB" >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>There can be only one Mayberry, and it's in NC, but there sure
>are close facsimilies all over the place.

I thought that Mayberry was fictional. Oops!

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> "BOB" >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>
>> There can be only one Mayberry, and it's in NC, but there sure
>> are close facsimilies all over the place.
>
> I thought that Mayberry was fictional. Oops!

It is. The Andy Griffith Show/Mayberry RFD.

BOB

>
> Carol
> --
> Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

"BOB" >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> "BOB" >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>>
>>> There can be only one Mayberry, and it's in NC, but there sure
>>> are close facsimilies all over the place.
>>
>> I thought that Mayberry was fictional. Oops!
>
>It is. The Andy Griffith Show/Mayberry RFD.

Life is just never what you think it is.

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

Dave Smith >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>
>> I've always thought of our town as a northern Mayberry.
>
>My friends call out little town Hooterville. Until a few years ago we used to
>be able to flag the train down.

Cool! Do you bathe in the town's water tower, too?

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

>"BOB" >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>
>>There can be only one Mayberry, and it's in NC, but there sure
>>are close facsimilies all over the place.
>
>I thought that Mayberry was fictional. Oops!
>
>Carol


But Mt. Airy is trying very hard to be Mayberry. I live about 20
miles from there.


--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

The Cook >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>But Mt. Airy is trying very hard to be Mayberry. I live about 20
>miles from there.

What are they doing there?

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

"BOB" > wrote in news:M8%1e.78642$Q83.48335
@bignews5.bellsouth.net:

> LOL. There can be only one Mayberry, and it's in NC, but there sure
> are close facsimilies all over the place.
>
> BOB
>

But have you ever been to Alice's Restaurant? Just down the road from
Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts. Just a way from Great Barrington and a
few stone throws from Pittsfield, right near Stockbridge and mailroute
Interlaken R.F.D.

It was a tiny hole in the wall church, like Arlo mentioned.


My high school was just down the road. As a matter of fact, Arlo Guthrie
was alumni of my high school. And officer Obbie was a real cop! He used
to drive around campus while I attended. He put his son up to try and
infiltrate the drug trade and they found him hung from a tree at the top
of the mountain. Poor guy... putting his kid to do a man's work.

The Berkshire mountains, what a wonderful place!!!

Andy

--
"If you can't do it naturally, then fake it."
- Alfred Hitchcock
Spoken to Ingrid Bergman

Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
:

> The Cook >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>
> >But Mt. Airy is trying very hard to be Mayberry. I live about 20
> >miles from there.
>
> What are they doing there?
>
> Carol

Dear Queen Couth:
Is it proper to ask to the left or right of you first, before asking
those across the table from you to have your finger pulled?

Signed:
Dazed and Confused in Winnipeg

--
No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
Type 2 Diabetic 1AC 7.3, 5.5, 5.6 mmol
Continuing to be Manitoban

Andy wrote:

>
> But have you ever been to Alice's Restaurant? Just down the road from
> Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts. Just a way from Great Barrington and a
> few stone throws from Pittsfield, right near Stockbridge and mailroute
> Interlaken R.F.D.

Dang. I was there about 20 years ago. I didn't know Alice's Restaurant was
there until about an hour later when we were on our way home. The song came
on the radio and the DJ talked about the location. I had to have walked
right by it.


> The Berkshire mountains, what a wonderful place!!!
>

It was beautiful around there.

Dog3 wrote:
> "Kilikini" > wrote in
> :
>
>
> ROFL... Mother, Father (Back from his home in West Van) Steven and I
> got so drunk on martinis (yes the real ones) a few years ago at
> Christmas. You would have to know my mother. Black dress, pearls (She
> is like a Sears commercial where she's painting a room perfectly
> dressed) I still had my Scotties then and we had just gotten Missy.
> We got absolutely disgusting and crude. We were not couth. We had a
> ball just sitting at the dining room table.
>
> Unfortunately that's when mother started feeding Missy snacks under
> the table. That is how Missy learned to beg. Then she made all the
> dogs hamburger in the morning. I could have killed her. She knew
> better but was hung over and decided to do me a favor and feed the
> kids. Well, she paid the price. The dogs got sick all over her white
> carpet. 5000 square feet of it had all kinds of spots. I was so hung
> over I refused to clean it.
>
> Then her schnauzer puked on her bedspread. That's the day Marti quit.
> The dog had puked 2 times on the spread and Marti was tired of
> cleaning it. Mother nursed her Marti until she died. Marti was mean,
> she made us do our own laundry, make our beds and do all kinds of
> housework.
>
> Ob Food:
>
> I wonder if I can have a Reuben (not with the egg salad)before I
> start this low carb diet

Damn, you made me laugh at your post! I sprayed beer on my monitor.
Thanks, I think.

Don't have the Reuben! If you keep saying I want this before I start low
carb, you're gonna keep saying it every day. Start now. I fully did as of
Saturday because I keep having constant kidney and bladder infections. I
was told by a woman with the same problem, that if you eliminate carbs it
should help cure it because I could be borderline diabetic. I dunno. My
hubby is a low-carb freak anyway, so, guess that's where I'm headed.

I haven't had potatoes in months and I'm a potato freak. No pasta in, oh, 6
months at least and no bread for about 8 months. If I can do it, you can
too.

kili

zxcvbob > wrote:
> I
>thought the guests were *supposed* to fart loudly out of respect for the
>host (or maybe the cook.) You can imagine my embarrassment.
>
>At least they appreciated the enthusiasm...
Gator stands and applauds - for a long time.

Dog3 wrote:
>
> How does one turn milk blue?

Plug its nose so it can't breathe. (You walked right into that one)

Carol

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:08:09 GMT, Dog3 >
wrote:

>
>I wonder if I can have a Reuben (not with the egg salad)before I start this
>low carb diet

No bread. Corn beef on a plate, kraut on top of that, then cheese,then
dressing. Nuke until hot. Depending on the amount of cheese, and
dressing , very low carb.

Pan Ohco

jmcquown wrote:
> Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> > "jmcquown" >, if that's their real name,
wrote:
> >
> >> I worked with someone (not from a different country) who would
take
> >> a huge bite of food and then start talking. Drove me nuts. I'd
> >> look anywhere except at her because I really don't want to see her
> >> mouth full of food. She is perfectly proper in every other sense
of
> >> the word, down to making sure her slacks (even jeans!) are pressed
> >> and never a hair out of place. But put a plate in front of her and
> >> she'll take a bite and then start talking. EEEEK! But no, I
never
> >> said anything to her. I don't have to live with her or watch her
> >> eat every day. In fact, when we go out to lunch these days, I
make
> >> sure she's sitting beside me so I can look at the other people
> >> across the table instead
> >
> > Now, remember, Wayne says I have class.
> >
> > I used to work with a woman who always asked what I was eating for
> > lunch, while I was chewing it. Every day. Every damned, stinkin'
> > day. One day when she asked, I just opened my mouth and showed
her,
> > then walked away. She never bothered me again.
> >
> > Carol, the Queen of Couth
>
> Oh, I had a guy like that at the office, too. Drove me nuts. What
did you
> bring for lunch? He'd lean over my shoulder to check it out.
> Jill

Jill, whenever a guy leans over your shoulder to "check it out" he's
checking *them* out.

Sheldon

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> > "jmcquown" >, if that's their real name,
> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I worked with someone (not from a different country) who would
> take
>> >> a huge bite of food and then start talking. Drove me nuts. I'd
>> >> look anywhere except at her because I really don't want to see her
>> >> mouth full of food. She is perfectly proper in every other sense
> of
>> >> the word, down to making sure her slacks (even jeans!) are pressed
>> >> and never a hair out of place. But put a plate in front of her and
>> >> she'll take a bite and then start talking. EEEEK! But no, I
> never
>> >> said anything to her. I don't have to live with her or watch her
>> >> eat every day. In fact, when we go out to lunch these days, I
> make
>> >> sure she's sitting beside me so I can look at the other people
>> >> across the table instead
>> >
>> > Now, remember, Wayne says I have class.
>> >
>> > I used to work with a woman who always asked what I was eating for
>> > lunch, while I was chewing it. Every day. Every damned, stinkin'
>> > day. One day when she asked, I just opened my mouth and showed
> her,
>> > then walked away. She never bothered me again.
>> >
>> > Carol, the Queen of Couth
>>
>> Oh, I had a guy like that at the office, too. Drove me nuts. What
> did you
>> bring for lunch? He'd lean over my shoulder to check it out.
>> Jill
>
> Jill, whenever a guy leans over your shoulder to "check it out" he's
> checking *them* out.
>
> Sheldon

That's hilarious Sheldon.

Elisa
>

"nancree" > wrote in news:1112153796.498834.169560
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> I don't know, so sue me.

Uh-oh. trademark infringement... Sue(tm)!



Andy