Speechless?...No....But I have the feeling I'm at the Pearly Gates and someone is reading a list of my whatever for the Grand Poobah.......

You've done a great job there Alice. As Rick said, much of this gets used less and less as newcomers come along, but it's often replaced by some other silliness such as we witnessed yesterday in the truly hilarious "Exotic Dancer" thread, started appropriately enough by El Swanno.

At this point too, a newcomer can get the craziness drift by reading the entire collection of Mudcat Tavern threads, originally stated by Leej for the purpose of kinda' "regrouping" after a very nasty little period.

As far as some other things.........well, I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm not......Let's see...

The whole business with Cleigh O'Possum started as most of these things do, quite innocently. Rick said he had a rosewood kazoo and in the process of chiding him about it, I threw in a real "throw-off" line about wanting an animal shaped ocarina but was holding out for one where I could blow up a possum's ass. It was the most ridiculous thing that occurred to me at the time.....then Barbara Blessings chimed in that she'd try to make one and the rest is Mudcat history.......how was I to know? I think the first possum reference was between Bert and I prior to that and was in regards to a possum having an ospenis. I don't know which threads these are on because I wasn't trying to develop a "Mudcat Icon".......just make a bad joke!!!

There are some that are used which I did push, simply to "jab" a bit at the 'Catter or some trivial element of their personality.......I wouldn't do it if I didn't love them and they should know that. Like Jeri and the "clams and hooters" crap, bbc and the "overprotective Mother," or poor Peter T. and that stupid "Waylon Heron" BS. I know they wish the crap would go away, and it often does...for awhile.....and then I'll throw in a reference just to needle them a bit. Maybe I had bad early toilet trainig and it's the only way I show how I really feel......(Great Psychobabble).....actually, I just enjoy doing it.

Any others??? Oh yeah, I DID NOT start the condom thread...Art did... as a way to end the "boilerplate" threads we'd been running and it backfired, to say the least.

Gawd I love the 'Cat!!!!!!

Spaw