Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts-see new thread

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 11:37 PM

LMAO...thanks you guys and gals...he's gonna LHAO when he reads these! Good medicine!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: mouldy
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:58 AM

Anyway, there is nothing wrong with celebrating christmas in January, because before they buggered about with the calendar in the 18th century, Christmas Day was on what is now 6th January. Then of course one has the 12 days of Christmas after that... so if the cross-grained old git can't shift himself out by then, one would only make the assumption that he's become a professional invalid with a nurse fetish!

(Luvya Spaw!)


Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:36 AM

That's right, Andrea! Connie and i were laughing about how they could even wait until Martin Lither King , Jr. day which is mid-January, then there's Valentine's Day, Presidents; Day, we could add on all kinds of special celebratory dates for this!

I forgot to tell you all the most important thing! Tris wanted to stay home alone and so Karen let him and it was so fine, they are doing it again, whilst she is at work over this night. He called her on his ipod in the morning and told her he slept really well and the dog and cat kept him company, plus he knows how to make peanut butter and jelly toast, so all things were right in his world, other than Pat not being there, etc. This was another one of those BIG steps Pat and Karen have helped a remarkable young man, who was to have been a "throwaway" kid, accomplish. Congrats to them all, including brother Michael!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Hawker
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 06:04 AM

Good news all round then! Kat keep up the newsfeed, and thank you for doing it, love and good thoughts still going out to all who need it right now x
Lucy

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 06:23 AM

BP good! O2 okay! Gut gurgles! Eating a bit! Thank you Super Bee!

Great to hear about Tris.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 06:30 AM

yo Spaw.... Karen says you had gassy cramps?


Bile them cabbage down, bro!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu77tX7uDvc

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:33 AM

He'll be out of there before he knows it, and long, long before he's ready. He'll have to cross-dress in scrubs just to get his jollies.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:44 AM

So the Whoes down in Spawville are approaching normal again? Good on you. Good on you Michael for stepping up and filling in for Dad. Good on you, Tris, for peanut butter and jelly toast after a good night's sleep. Good on you, Karen - crap, just good on you. Now Spaw, go home.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:51 AM

amazing news, Kat

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: jacqui.c
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:31 AM

Wonderful news all round. Hurry up and get well Spaw, we all miss you on the 'Cat.

Karen - you are amazing. Here's wishing you all a great time for Christmas and the New Year.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Becca72
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:44 AM

Christ, Jeri! The last place he should be farting is in a bubble!

Course, the only victim in that is Spaw himself. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Amos
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:57 AM

Gassy cramps are a GOOD thing when you're recovering from full-body anaesthesia. A sign of peristalsis starting up again.

Now, that doesn' mean it is a good thing for society at large, but that's not a medical concern...

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Wesley S
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:58 AM

That's GREAT news about Tris spending the night alone. I'm so happy he's growing into an independant young man. Thanks for sharing that.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 11:18 AM

Thought you might like to hear that, Wesley.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: InOBU
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 12:09 PM

SPAW!!!! Lay off them Christmas Beens until you are all healed up!!! And get well soon... we need ya for he night before Mudcat Christmas...
=)
Stay well, dear friend
Lorcan

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 12:32 PM

Indeed Amos. I mentioned early on that I would be awaiting Spaw's fist good dump with a baited breath. So gut gurgles are grrrreat!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,Wys on a Santa Run
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 12:54 PM

But it is time to start the ball-kicking off yet? Like do we have to wait for the starting gun at the Superbowl to drop kick his nuts? Oh wait, we do hockey, not football.... hockey fights surpass Cups.... so that's OK. The Pens will be kicking Caps ass on Jan. 1, and Caps fits into the word catspaw just fine. Capstaw.... nonononono the palindromes and anagrams and spoonerisms (lions, tigers, and bears OH MY) are too much for ole Crimmiss-crazy-strokebrain..... suffice to say we will be "thinking" of him and the whole fam especially on THAT day.

[Kat do not sanitize that message, now-- Pat "reads" me just fine as-is.]

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:40 PM

Farting with style takes practice,
Perfection takes time, its a gift,
You've first got to learn all the basics,
Like pushing one out in a lift.

Those silent but violent are classics,
With friends it's a really good game,
Fart in a crowd at a party,
Then watch to see who gets the blame.

Now once your technique has been mastered,
You'll know what your bottom can do,
But ALWAYS remember - don't push too hard,
Coz one day you might follow through !!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:44 PM

A fart is a musical instrument,
It comes from the island of bum,
It travels down the valley of trouser-leg,
Whilst making a musical hum.
A chemistry student named Tate,
was heard to remark to his date,
"Because of the stink,
a fart is, I think,
just Spaw in a gaseous state."

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,999
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:54 PM

If anyone will be seeing Pat, please let the old fucker know that I seldom pray, but I have been for him, just in case it works. He is a great writer--a humourist who ranks up there with the best of `em. This time of year is the worst to be stuck in hospital--although there is really no good time to be there.

I have never spoken with Karen via the `cat or e-mail, but pass on to her for me that she`s got one helluva man there, farts and all.

Merry Christmas to your family, Pat. I have admired you for many years for a good number of reasons; get yer ass home ya lazy sob.

Best wishes to you.

Bruce Murdoch

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:55 PM

Well done, Dan. You really stink up the place nicely.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 02:08 PM

Q: What is born without arms, legs, or mouth, yet goes roaring through the world until it die?

A: A fart.

This ribaldry attributed to Henry VIII.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bill D
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 02:17 PM

I WAS glad, several years ago, to meet Pat & Karen and Tris, and I have hopes of doing so again when it doesn't have to be just 2 hours at a restaurant.

Get well and stay well, my friend.... there's much more to share.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 02:37 PM

Rap... good thing Hank was a king on accounta he'da never got ta Just For Laughs. Like they say, "Don't give up yer day job."

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:09 PM

didn't write em Gnu, don't know who did but they are appropriate for Spaw the grand fart master of Ohio

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:14 PM

I haven't yet had the opportunity to meet Pat, Karen and Tris, but am hoping that I'll be able to do so once I've escaped the day job next year... meanwhile, all best wishes!

Kitty

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:35 PM

Well, Dan... they are Spaw inspiring.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:47 PM

A fart can be quiet
A fart can be loud
Some leave powerful
Poisonous clouds

A fart can be short
Or a fart can be long
Some farts have been known
To sound just like a song

Some farts do not smell
While others are vile
A fart can pass quickly
Or linger awhile.

A fart can create
A most-curious medley
A fart can be harmless
Or silent, but deadly

A fart can occur
In a number of places
And leave everyone
With strange looks on their faces

From wide open prairies
To small elevators
A fart will find all of us
Sooner or later

So be not afraid
Of the invisible gas
For always remember
That farts too, shall pass
But none have that have linger
have come close so far
It the one that hit mudcat
by the old master Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:51 PM

old dude? You all right now? I am starting to worry.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Noreen
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:57 PM

Much love and hugs for Pat and Karen- and for Kat for keeping us all up to speed with the news.

Some nervous moments there- all passed now, we hope!
xxx

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: maeve
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 04:02 PM

Celebration clouds are rising from the Mudcat!

Good teamwork, Spaw, Karen, Michael, Tristan, and Connie!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 04:05 PM

There's a joke in that "clouds are rising" but I think it's best left alone. Well said m.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: maeve
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 04:16 PM

Yes, gnu. I left it understated, yet still a tribute to the brilliant off-gassing of Mudcat's clever humorists...and their inspiration, Spaw.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 04:57 PM

Good pictures, Bill. Again, I'm struck by Pat's uncanny resemblance to Paul Williams. I wonder if Spaw's version of Close to You would compare to the original?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 05:17 PM

"Close to You"? Spaw would never do such. How could you even say something so vile? I am aghast, nay, worse.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,999
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 07:54 PM

katlaughing has been a gem in all this. Thank you, kat. Ya done good, gal.

BM

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:07 PM

Aw, shucks...I am breathing better, thanks! (Sometimes empathy sucks!)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:47 PM

I posted this sometime back on the News of Note thread, home of quirky articles

==================

Patently odd: thunder-stealing grundies and ...

    Australia is home to many quirky inventions, and they're worth $12 billion a year to the economy.

    It's those SBDs - silent but deadlies - that give us away. But the telltale smell of a secret gas alert could be a thing of the past thanks to a unique Australian innovation that has just hit the shelves.

    The designer of 4SKINS, Gilbert Huynh, says although odour-neutralising fabric has been used in sportswear for years, his range of men's undies is the first time the material has been used in intimate apparel.

    "Everyone has experienced those awkward situations and I thought that it would be great if you could let one off and no one could smell it," Huynh says.

    After extensive trials - with friends and family - Huynh launched 4SKINS this month and says interest in the innovation has been beyond expectation.

    "I'm amazed at the number of women who are buying them for their boyfriends or husbands," he says. "We have actually had more women buyers than men."

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Janie
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:33 PM

Hey, how about organizing a flash mob to celebrate? Let's take a head count. How many can fart on cue?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 11:11 PM

more good thoughts from away down here

stop hassling the nurses and get home 'Spaw!!

slainte

alison

PS - guessing the bug is MRSA - Medication resistant staph aureus - really common in hospitals these days unfortunately

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 11:17 PM

I was guessing that also. Unfortunately, it's all too common and difficult to cure. (Unlike C. Difficile, which responds to fecal transplants.)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 12:32 AM

"Get well soon buddy",      from my dick to god's vagina.

Here are some holiday pics exclusively for spaw

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/max.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/santaleaks.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/grinch.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/beeker.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 12:33 AM

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/grinch.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: mouldy
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 04:03 AM

A sweet little rhyme...

"A burp is just a little wind
That comes right from the heart.
But when it takes a downword turn,
It comes out as a fart."

Old as the hills, and what every kid learns at school.

"Where e'er thee be, let thy wind go free, for to hold it in be the death of 'ee. Church or chapel - let it rattle!"

(My gastro-enterologist brother in law says there's a lot of good advice in that last one. Burbled something about diverticular disease....)

C'mon Spaw - I've run out of fart encouragements.

Andrea xx

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: BlueJay
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 04:13 AM

Thanks, Kat.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 08:53 AM

I know it must be terribly hard for Spaw and his family and friends... Merry Christmas when you all get to celebrate it together and I hope The New Year brings health and happiness in a big way.

garygnu

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 09:45 AM

Ol' Ben Franklin wrote a book called "Fart Proudly." It's still in print, and perhaps Spaw needs a copy.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:01 AM

Yes, Rap. I expect his copy is pretty worn out.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:25 AM

BlueJay! Good to see you. Boy, it's like ol' home week around here!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 01:00 PM

300 GOOD THOUGHTS!!!!!! Ook! Ook! Don't let go of that grapevine!

- Chongo