Mudcat Tavern - Round 6

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From: alison
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 08:30 AM

It appears to be trivia night......

This has got to win for "which thread has been going on the longest?" (apart from the catspaw ones maybe)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 09:03 AM

Congratulations on a successful establishment, Lonesome! I think the Mudcat Tavern will have a special place in Mudcat lore. And it's a pleasure to be working with you! Thanks for the lift, alison. You know, boss, when I clicked my heels together, I think I got the last cockroach! Good riddance to that!!! Hey, Roger, good deal on the new truck! Should make you feel a little safer on the roads. And don't worry about those deep thoughts. As long as you keep up deliveries & I wipe the tables & bring drinks, we can let the other guys think & dream. There's a worthy place for us, too.

Well, good morning! Roger was too modest to mention it, but he brought us a great new toy--a plexiglass coffee express machine. It grinds, mixes, & delivers your fresh-brew, expresso, cappacino, latte *AND* tells your fortune, to boot! Step right up & give 'er a try! Some of those fortunes get a little more interesting if you add a few words at the end. Catch my drift? No special pastries today, but I do have some of those frozen waffles in the back, if you're hungry. How can I help you?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:16 AM

Yes...Yes....Yes..........

bbc my dear, set me up with a nice exotic coffee, something with a splash of rum..........It's a great day! The Fair One there beat me to it, but I've been watching the "Tavern" here with hope in my heart and wishing for it's success...........and WHY you ask? Well it is a nice, fun, thread that's helped us get past a recent unpleasantness, but for me, it NOW officially goes even one better. Total postings have now surpassed those on the "Catspaw's About to Belly Up" threads!!! Now don't get me wrong here, no one could be more thankful for the overwhelming support, prayers, and outpouring of love that was shown to me, and indeed showed to most of us what this village and it's citizens can be and often is. A wonderful place..............

But do you have any idea what it's like to be the "subject" of such a......uh,I dunno.....an EVENT? It is a relief not to hold such a dubious record as "most postings on one subject." I will be eternally grateful and thankful to all of you, but bless you all for making the "Tavern" a "happening." Interesting that both threads started as a result of a crisis...........ah, hell, let the sociologists figure it out......

Set'em up for everyone who comes in today on me!!! I feel like a weight has been lifted.........Drink up friends.........

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Lady McMoo
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:40 AM

Well many thanks Spaw, I'll take some of the black Irish stuff! Cheers

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Art Thieme
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:41 AM

What a sleazy hole in the wall place this is! These people can't be up to anything wholesome. I just stopped in here to refill the condom machine. (The only job I can get lately.)

Jim Baker
(Tammy's ex-husband -- and to this day I can't get her makeup off the sheets.)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Lady McMoo
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:53 AM

And can't you put something a bit tastier in there this time. The last batch was too chewy by half!

mcmoo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:54 AM

bbc,shh! I told you to keep quiet about the coffee machine, the boss doesn't know about it, I was moonlighting, it fell off the back of a white van, know what I mean?
Love the scarf and earrings,Art, are you doing the fortune telling?
BTW, "Jim", that was the chewing gum machine you were filling, the condom machine is over there, looks like you need a coffee, have a dash of Metaxas in it on me.
When Llanfair gets here we'll try to get our tongues round Sospan Fach [ oh, Gawd, have I given Catspaw an opening there?].
Next time Mick lifts his head above the black stuff tell him there are some good socialist songs on the Liberator site, but then he probably knows them all.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: MMario
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:56 AM

Hey WOW! Y'know, I just popped into the mensroom? They have these really neat balloon dispensers in there!

Is the magic caffiene machine self serve? It's got more buttons and controls on it then my nephews videogame center, not sure I can figure it out....wait, yup, that's it...nope, maybe this one....okay, quadruple expresso-mocha comin' up! yesssssss....

I'm just gonna sit over here for a while. Will it bother anyone if I rehearse a few lyrics? Got a big audition coming up Saturday.

MMario

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:03 AM

Hey Mario....nobody cares...go ahead and rehearse those lyrics..........just none of that jumpin' shit....the gold coins are nice, but you're tearin' the hell out of concrete blocks around here and Leej is pitchin' a fit!

....Balloons???.....BALLOONS?????..........Well damn, no wonder...I thought that was about the WORST chewing gum I ever tasted!!! ... Lasted a long while though................. Balloons,huh?.......guess that joke was on me.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:22 AM

This is why I stopped singing in bars. I think I'll join the Unitarian Church!
Rick

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: MMario
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:25 AM

I was a jolly sailor and I fell into the sea
And when I reached the bottom the ship was far away
*gotta remember that's "sae" not "see"*

I was a jolly sailor and I fell into the sea
And when I reached the bottom the ship was far away
I lost my nerve completely. and by god i'd not be here
if a decent little seahorse hadn't whispered in my ear

Swim out, O' Grad-y you have no time to spare
You're standed on the billow twenty miles from anywhere!
If you don't mind your manners there will be one vacant chair
So swim out, O' Grady, swim out!

*need more caffiene*

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:30 AM

Give that man some pusser's rum!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:15 PM

Well, I see you're all settling in nicely. See, as you've seen, the new super-machine *is* self-serve. Knock yourselves out! (Sorry, Roger!) I'm still glad to do table service for those who need a little extra attention. anybody seen Doug lately? catspaw, I second your thoughts on the thread numbers. I'd rather be in the Tavern than the hospital anyday! BTW, make sure you don't swallow that stuff from the vending machines or you may end up there!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:17 PM

Uh-Oh................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: MMario
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:38 PM

*walking the long way around 'Spaw to get to the magical caffiene machine* Did you realize that if you punch enough buttons this stuff comes out almost like caffiene fudge?

bbc? could I have one of those frozen waffles? I'm gonna make me a frozen mocha cappachino sandwich!

As downward I was sinking to old ocean's coral caves
I spied some mermaids winking at me from behind the waves
I made a grab to catch one and a dogfish bit at me
I meant no harm at all, says I. Then "Take my tip", says he

Oh Swim out O'Grady, before I run yer in
For flirting with a mermaid is a very henious sin
As you have no influence, it will surely cost you ten
So swim out, O'Grady, swim out!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 02:04 PM

Hey, MM, would you make me one, too? That's sounds good & I'm pretty hungry!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: MMario
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 02:29 PM

I'd do anything, for you, dear, anything, for you mean...
ooops! sorry, wrong song!

Here's your deluxe frozen mocha capachino waffle sandwich, bbc! *garnished with just a wee teensy bit of brandied whip cream (on the side)*

I met a whale out walking, he was fat and full of fun
And the two of us got talking about the yarn that Jonah spun
He said he'd never heard it, so I told it to him thin(then)
He smiled and said politely as he waved his other fin

Oh swim out, O'Grady, you take me for a flat?
I've a great big swallow but I'd never swallow that!
Believe me, Mr. Jonah was conversing through his hat
So Swim out, O'Grady, swim out!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: MMario
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 04:33 PM

Oh when I reached the bottom where the pearls were growing thick
What should loom up before me but another shipwrecked Mick?
She was a short and fiery red-head and a tear was in her eye
But when I reached an oyster she had strength enout to cry

Oh swim out, O'Grady, this is no place for ye!
I'm the first and only bo'sun at the bottom of the sea
Begorra I'm O'Riley and this place belongs to me!
So Swim out, O'Grady, swim out!

I'd just like another one of those waffle/caffiene sannnnwiches pleese!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:12 PM

Mmmmmmmm...that tasted great, MM! I think I've got enough energy for the rest of my shift now! I think you'd better stop at two, though. Something between the caffeine & that brandy whipped cream makes for a pretty potent combo! Hey, guys, you oughta try these!!! Whip up your own creations in our spiffy new machine & don't forget to pick up your fortune!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:14 PM

Psst...bbc... better start de-caffeinating MMario's mochas. He said he's got over 200 verses to that song, and plans to increase the tempo on each one.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Llanfair
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:21 PM

Hi, how are you all? I've seen the words to Sospan Fach, and I can tell you how to pronounce them, but I'm not 100% sure what they mean. I'll have a frothy coffee from the new machine, please (os gwelwch yn dda). What exactly is latte, I don't think we have it here. Anybody singing yet? I've just been looking at the photos, what a good looking, jolly bunch of people I get to talk to these days. Is Max very young, or does he go to the gym a lot, with a plastic surgeon as a close personal friend? Iwish I could meet everyone, and if I hear of ANYONE being in Wales and not visiting me, Ishall be very, very cross. Hwyl, Bron.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:45 PM

well, llanfair..we DID have a Mudcatter visiting Wales just last month..Lorriane doesn't post often, and I think her family's whirlwind tour kept them from searching out folk..*smile*..(but we DID get a grand report on the beauty of the country...and some WOWs about the roads with stone walls on each side, leaving only inches of room when passing trucks/lorries)

and while I'm here, I'll have a Welsh beer!.St. David's Porter from Felinfoel brewery..yum!....and maybe belt out a verse of "Old Time Religion" thet Art's post reminded me of..

"We will follow Jim & Tammybr> Get a condo in Miami
Pay no tax to Uncle Sammy
....and it's good enough for me"

"Gimme that old time religion......

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:25 PM

Oh Gawd...whadda' day........bbc ain't around is she? She's after my ass....wants to beat the tar out of me in the jello pit......and I'm still all stove up from Jeri and that damn catapult.

Just left that 100 Best thread and I'm really losin' it......Man I hate those things........Ineed a monster brew here Leej...don't matter what.....Hey Bill, glad to see you, you old curmudgeon....I'm lookin' forward to the FSGW man...........GREAT BREW LEEJ.......it's what???

Look I'll check you all later.........Do I hear bbc????.......Whoa Mama...gotta' go guys.........

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:40 PM

Don't blame me, you're the one that put your butt in that catapult - I just thought it would be fun to send you for a loop for a change!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:54 PM

Just wait til DC.......we're gonna' do some loops alright...oh,yeah...you can bet some old whizzed in Army boots on that!!!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: ddw
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:20 AM

Did anybody notice that right after the name of this thread in the REPLY thingy it says HELP. Wonder why..... :-)

ddw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:31 AM

Hey, Bron! Nice to see you! Rumor has it Max is 27. I'm not sure about latte, but I think it's coffee & milk mixed together. Can someone field that question?

Is catspaw hiding around here somewhere? You can come out, spaw. I couldn't stay mad at you. Let's just sit down at a corner table & have a comparative chat about parenting. I'm sure, after enough time, we can see eye-to-eye or at least glass to glass.

Hey, folks, last call for me tonight! Anybody need anything? That new machine sure is fun! LEJ, I guess it helped to limit MM's caffeine intake, although that song was pretty fun! See y'all tomorrow!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:42 AM

OK, a latte is a shot of espresso mixed with steamed milk (no foam). A cappucino is a shot of espresso mixed with steamed milk about 1/3 to 1/2 foam. An Americano is 1 or 2 espresso shots on top of a cup of hot water. Flavorings (amaretto, vanilla, chocolate, hazelnut etc) are often added to caps and lattes.

Yes it's true. I own the world's only combination Radioshack/Coffee bar. I'm not kidding, Catspaw.

LEJ

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 02:39 AM

Then what in the hell is a mocha? --seed

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 03:51 AM

Mornin' all. Tanker load of (can this be correct? That's what it says on the docket), amaretto latte flavour jello?
I don't suppose the machine does Greek coffee ( the sort you have to chew at the end)?
No? Well I'll have a zesto Nes sketo with a drop of 3-star in it.
My God,I can't see anything,it's right , too much alcohol does make you go blind!
What eclipse?
Oh, that's better, what a shock . I better have a large one to recover.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 08:33 AM

BSeed, mocha is chocolate flavored coffee. You can dump some chocolate syrup into a cuppa, or use hot chocolate mix instead of creamer. I'm mildly addicted to iced mocha, with whipped cream on top.

Catspaw, was that a threat? Should I tremble in fear? Should I bring my banjo to the Getaway for self-defense? I can't play it very well, which makes it even more dangerous. Maybe I'll just buy a bodhran - I hear there's no waiting period in NH.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: MMario
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 09:24 AM

Gee, sorry I didn't do the other 196 verses, but I fell asleep right after the second waffle caffiene sandwich...

Limiting my caffiene usually puts me into a coma - all brain functions shut down...which is dangerous as I only have a 1/27th share of the communal brain cell as it is...

and NOW I find I've forgotten the middle verses to Old Maui....drat! Learn one, forget two...I'd say old age was galloping up on me, except I been this way since I was twelve...

MMario

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 09:35 AM

Morning All...........

Yeah, give me one your exotic coffee blends there ... your choice ... not one of the frothy ones though, something stronger ..... Just push the button on the left huh? Okay......this machine's kinda' noisy........HEY, there we go....looks great, smells great........(sip)...(THWUMP)......Hey Zim, help me off the floor here...damn I can't focus..just steady me a minute.........yeah, that's better. LEEJ, What IS this stuff???? Label above the button is awful small.......uh, ..Pan something or 'nother.......PANTHER PISS???? ARE YOU HUFFIN'ME???........Do you serve this up at Radio Shack too? Probably makes the customers ignore the 36/36 warraanty, 36 Feet from the store or 36 Seconds of Operation--Whichever domes first.......Can I just have a glass of grapefruit juice maybe?........So another state with no Bodhran waiting period......It's a tough lobby they've got, but something's got to be done.....All those senseless accidental drummings every year....not to mention the Drive-Bys........Kids are carrying bodhrans to school..........and those bumper stickers drive me nuts...."You Can Have My Bodhran Only After You Pull It From My Cold, Stiff Drunken Fingers"........say what?....we sell them HERE???......figures.......

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Lady McMoo
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 10:57 AM

Not to mention that modern innovation ... the tuneable bodhran. Hey ...isn't that a contradiction in terms?

mcmoo

(OK I admit it ...I own one too but homemade and non-tuneable ...but I swear I don't play it ...honest...)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:01 AM

Hey, catspaw, you already heard about my surprise? Harpgirl & moonchild got together & sent us a couple of cases of grade A Florida grapefruit. We can halve them or squeeze 'em for you! Guess you want yours juiced. Comin' right up! Then, you & I are going to sit down & hash out this mothering business. It's either a chat in the corner or a roll in Roger's amaretto latte (and that's an offer I don't make to just anyone!!!). Which'll it be?

LEJ & Jeri, thanks for those detailed coffee definitions. LEJ, how does your Radio Shack coffee machine compare to our new one here? I'd be curious to drop by sometime.

Yes, Roger, you got that order right. Our wrestlers' tastes are becoming rather refined around here. Yeah, I heard about that eclipse; you're ok! And, yes, believe it or not, the machine does Greek, Turkish--you name it! Truly incredible what technology will do for you these days!

OH, MM, I'm sorry! I didn't realize you had a medical challenge! In future, we'll keep that caffeine coming. We want that 1/27th fully functional!

Well, am I up-to-date? OK, who needs help?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: MMario
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:24 AM

Who needs help? You dare to ask that HERE?
There's enough here to keep a psych... Oh, you meant.....*never mind*

Cold caffiene, hot caffiene, solid or fluid, with or without carbonation. Caffiene, it's a food group!

now, what WAS that parting song I wanted to learn? *mumble*

Silently, silently, see the leaves falling
Overhead as they fly, hear the geese calling
Summer is past, and the warmth ebbs away
As light leaves the sky, at the end of the day

Remember the days when the sun shone so brightly
Merry the songs, and the dancers stepp'd lightly
Laughter rang out, always fresh, always new
And each way we'd glance there were comrades so true

Silently Silently, see the leaves falling
High overhead, now hear the geese calling
The circle must turn, we must all travel on
Night it must come before we greet the dawn

Old friends and new friends, we gather this evening
To say our farewells for we soon shall be leaving
Raise up a toast as we all bid "Adieu"
For when we next meet, then shall warmth rise anew

Gently and Quietly, let the leaves fall now
Plaintive and distant, the wild geese call now
Winter must come, but so shall the spring
With the warmth and the joy that true friendship brings.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:03 PM

MM, where's that song from, and what's the tune? The song doesn't appear to be in the database.

Bbc, you probably ought to take it easy on 'Spaw - I don't think he can take any more physical exertion, frail and dainty flower that he is. Even the coffee's beating him up now.

Folks, I didn't mean to imply bodhrans were inherently evil. "Bodhrans don't kill sessions, people kill sessions." In the hands of the skilled, like our own Barry Finn, they are magnificent, and serve to keep the peace as well as - BAM - kick the music up a notch. In untrained and irresponsible hands such as mine, they are havok-wreaking implements of destruction.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Bert
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:14 PM

bbc, gimme a half grapefruit with a slurp of Grand Marnier on it and a Sunday Morning Coffee.

Ah! just what I needed.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:20 PM

Hey, Bert, what was that--Sunday morning coffee? Have I missed something? I thought it was Wednesday! Maybe Lonesome'll know.

Jeri, I just talked to spaw & he seems to be recovering nicely. He'll love that dainty flower stuff, I'm sure!

Yes, MM, I knew I was asking for trouble, but someone had to say it!

LEJ, do you have Grand Marnier for Bert?

Hey, has anybody seen Big Mick lately? I think he's working too hard again!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Bert
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:26 PM

A Sunday morning coffee is coffee with lots of sugar, usually with cream and with a generous slurp of Jim Beam. I know it's Wednesday but I need one NOW!

I think Big Mick is on Vacation.

Bert. (The greatfroop was delicious)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:34 PM

Gotcha, Bert. Comin' right up! Sure sorry you can't make it to anna's Saturday. I was hoping to see you there!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: MMario
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:38 PM

Which song would that be Jeri?

Take one of them grapefruit halves, a pinch of brown sugar, some marischino cherries and run it under the broiler until....THAT's just right! Anyone want one while I got the broiler fired up?

MMario

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:38 PM

Hi there folks. Mornin' MS. Beebs, can I get 2 gallons of caffeine before I start teachin' autoharp and dulcimer? Thank you.
Rick

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:51 PM

MM, the song you were just singing, that went:
"Silently, silently, see the leaves falling
Overhead as they fly, hear the geese calling
Summer is past, and the warmth ebbs away
As light leaves the sky, at the end of the day"

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: MMario
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 01:00 PM

oh - THAT one.....sorry, it's one I wrote last year.
October 6th to be exact...

tune not available unless someone is willing to transcribe by ear....

it's not that I'm unwilling to share - I just don't know what notes I'm singing, which makes it very difficult to write down what I'm doing....)(and the only way *I* can transcribe is to count lines on sheet music)

which is why it isn't in the DT db.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 01:24 PM

Hey, Rick! Any special form you want that caffeine in? And is it for here or to go? Hope your day goes well. I hear you're a heck of a good teacher!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Bert
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 01:34 PM

bbc, I know I'm going to miss you all but I can't get out of this Company picnic. I got 'volunteered' to run a paper aeroplane competition.
Sing a song for me out on the dock.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: bbc
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 01:56 PM

Wiil do, Bert. Catch you next time!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 02:05 PM

MM - AHA!!! Absolutely beautiful song!

If you had a microphone and a .wav recorder on your computer, you could e-mail me (my address is on bbc's page) a file of you singing or playing the tune, and I could transcribe it in ABC and try to figure out how to do a MIDI. I'd love to learn this!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 6
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 02:51 PM

To Go Beebs, and I appreciate the compliment, but I think I just have great students.
Rick