Mudcat Patio Party!

Subject: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Peter T.
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 11:26 AM

Hey gang, It's July!! Time for a Patio Party! I got the Patio Lanterns up -- it ain't dark yet, but they are waiting -- and we got potato salad in the resonator, and we have got Jello on ice in the outdoor pool, and on the record player we seem to have "The Twist". I'll have a Cooke spiked with whatever is going, and welcome Lox and all to the Mudcat. THE PARENTS ARE AWAY!!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: catspaw49
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 11:31 AM

....ohmygawd Peter........You spiked your cook? Has anyone called the cops?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Mbo
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 11:38 AM

A spiked Cooke? How about "You Send Me Into Intoxication"? :)

Ridin' down the road in my pick-up truck
You better get ready 'cause I'm pickin' you up
With a full moon a shinin' and a little bit a luck
We'll run out outta gas and maybe get stuck
We could get lost baby, I don't care
I ain't worried as long as you're there
There ain't no place that I'd rather be
Than next to you, sittin' next to me
No, there ain't no place that I'd rather be
Than next to you, next to me

Barbecue chicken in aluminum foil
Just enough money for my gas and oil
Who needs your shrimp and your caviar?
I'd sooner have you just the way you are
Rich people got their money to hold
A mansion on the hill & diamonds and gold
Well, it can't compare as far as I can see
To sittin' next to you, sittin' next to me
There ain't no place that I'd rather be
Than next to you, next to me

Radio playin' our favorite song
I'll change the station if the news comes on
When the signal ain't comin' in too strong
We'll make our own music honey all night long
If the Good Lord's willin' when we're old and gray
The kids are grown up and moved away
Well, it can't compare as far as I can see
To sittin' next to you sittin' next to me
There ain't no place that I'd rather be
Than next to you, next to me

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 11:39 AM

?The Twist? at my age and weight? The music stops but I don't! We're showing our age if we admit to remembering how to do it!
Damn those mosquitos, light the bug candle
RtS (built for comfort, not built for speed)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 12:11 PM

jayzus! where do you get those mosquitoes? Boeing?

never mind, brought over a bowl of my patented low fat, low carb, low everything except taste, chocolate heffalump for dessert.

Dump you venom in the garbage threads, come party and chat at the patio and bring on the MUSIC!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Peter T.
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 12:28 PM

O.K., O.K. Sam Cooke. There are burgers on the BBQ, and a van came by and offloaded a ton of potato chips. More party, less picky. "It's My Party and I'll MaiTai If I Want To."
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Kim C
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 12:35 PM

Yeee-HAW! I'll get out my fiddle and that watermelon in the fridge. I don't eat the stuff ---- maybe y'all would like some? Watermelon, that is, I don't reckon the fiddle is too tasty. Plus I got a couple Heinekens in the fridge.

What ezackly is a chocolate heffalump?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 12:42 PM

chocolate heffalump is chocolate mousse made in such massive quantities that it's bigger then a chocolate elaphant - and it's a "heffalump" because the taste is too good to believe it is actually really truly a low fat/low carb dessert, and a wee bit because it's also flavored with Bailey's Irish Cream

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Allan C.
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 12:43 PM

I made a heck of a fine (and well spiked!) punch to bring. It was the most beautiful shade of green until the red ice-ring I made began to melt. Now it could best be described as some sort of murky brown mush. But it really tastes great! Honest. Y'all hep yerseves...as they say in the part of the world (West Virginia) which will soon be my new home.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 12:43 PM

I dunno what a chocolate heffalump is, but it sounds good with home made ice cream. It's the Adventure all over again!! Bet Allan and Bill are sick of burgers on the grill!! LOL!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Allan C.
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 12:50 PM

Sorcha, ANYTHING on the grill would be an improvement over all that crap we ate at Sally's Lunch and Betting Parlour or whatever it was in Ferlin's Crossroads, Pennsyltucky or wherever the hell we were. This cookout reminds me a bit of the one in your backyard. Are you gonna bring your band over to play for a bit? Can we coax a song outta your daughter?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: GUEST,Banjo Johnny
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 02:19 PM

I'll jump into my Bermuda shorts and bring over a couple extra Tiki Torches ...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 02:23 PM

mgawd!, I don't think we need to torch her to get her to sing! But I wouldn't mind hearing "summertime".

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Mbo
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 02:27 PM

Does she do "Summertime"? She can really rip it up on "Sittin' On The Dock of The Bay" though, which fits with our seeming 50's/60's jukebox music theme...

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Jim the Bart
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 02:30 PM

I've got a blender for the frozen margengritas. Can we skinny dip in the wading pool? Sam Cooke is so smooth, but I'm with Mbo on this one - you gotta love that country music on a hot summer night!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 02:38 PM

Well, sometimes we have to Scorch her to get her to sing, but have never had to Torch her. She has a great voice for Torch songs,tho, doesnt' she? Shu-wa, the band would be happy for a gig!! We've only had 2 this simmer (sic), and only one of those paid!! And, if she doesn't know Summertime, she can just durn well learn it!! Or Samhradh,Samhradh, at least. Yo, we need a couple more chairs over here for the banjo players, I know they do Summertime!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: JenEllen
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 02:41 PM

Got a spot for a wounded bird to shake her tailfeathers???

Chocolate MMario? No wonder the skeeters are after you, your blood's too sweet! Try garlic next time.

I've got a pick-up bed full of ice. Margaritas and racing Bart to the pool.....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Mbo
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 02:48 PM

Thanks, I agree with ya, Bart! How 'bout another good country song? Strum strum strum...

First time I felt the magic of her kiss
Was under a Carolina moon
Sweet Southern style, tender but a little wild
For me no other love will ever do

Her voice is like the whisper
Of a warm wind through the pines
Her smile can reach the soul of any man
Her heart is strong, her love is true
And her touch is soft as lace
There ain't nothin' like a woman
With Southern Grace

You should see the way she walks into a room
It's almost like her feet don't touch the floor
But when the chips are down
Her feet are firmly on the ground
I could never ask for any more

She's got me fallin' in her eyes again tonight
Lost in lovin' arms as the world goes by

Her voice is like the whisper
Of a warm wind through the pines
Her smile can reach the soul of any man
Her love is true, and her touch is soft as lace
There ain't nothin' like a woman
There ain't nothin' like a woman No there ain't nothing like my woman
With Southern Grace

Before it can become reality, you have to have a dream...

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 02:57 PM

heck, 'skeeters weren't botherin' me, just I ain't never seen none that were bigger then me before! (Any bug that bites me, dies horribly)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Kim C
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 03:05 PM

MMario, can I have that recipe?! :)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: GUEST,CLETUS
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 03:06 PM

Hey Mr. Peter......Weeuns jez got back frum beein on the roed fer a spell. Weus hopin ta make it big in the portable pottie biznus but we dun went belly up agin. We hadduz a bunch uv problemz an now "Crapper 'R Us" ain't in biznus no mor. We lost our last outhouse when the block we had a holtin the the wheelz dun let go an it went rollin off. It wuz a site ta beholt tho sinz Paw wuzza usin her at the time an he wuzza sittin there trine ta steer it by scoochin his butt back an forth. He wernt doin to bad til he hit that row uv scrub cedar an it started ta flippin. Ennyway we come on home heer an I hope yall woant menshun nun uv thisseer ta Paw when he gitz heer cuz hiz privetz iz still rite sensitive after awhizzin thru them cedar treez.

Ya reckon I cud git summa that ellyfunt stuff? Paw izza bringin sum gud possum stew he made up even tho Cleigh got rite PO'ed at him anda coorz Catspaw dun tookup fer that dam clay possum an Paw burnt the stew a bit whilst Catspaw wuzza yellin at him.

CLETUS

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 03:15 PM

yup, but finding the ingredients is the hard part...

2 boxes instant chocolate pudding (fat free/sugar free)
1 16 oz container fat free whipped topping (fat and sugar free if you can get it, but I've only found it once)

skim milk

fat free and/or sugar free Irish Creme flavoured creamer.

Make the pudding according to directions, using half skim milk and half flavoured creamer.

It can be made with other flavours of creamer or if you don't care about the fat and sugar and calories, use some of the "real stuff".

I came up with this for parties with my "faire family" as being about the only dessert I could come up with we ALL could eat. Even when I can't make it totally fat/sugar free the carbs are reduced enough (and volume increased by the whipped topping) that those on the stricter diets can have a "decent" serving without problems...

Just before firm set, stir in softened whipped topping.

it's not "free" but greatly sugar/fat reduced; how much so depending on what brands you can find. And it tastes sinful.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Allan C.
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 03:21 PM

I'm all for a good dose of country music for starters. But lets try something with some moving lyrics, like:

Get On Up
Esquires
(Moore/Taylor/Sheppard)

Ooh, ooh ooh, dit-dit-dit-do
Ooh, ooh ooh, dit-dit-dit-do
Get on up (get on up)
Get on up (get on up)
Now get on up (get on up)
Now get on up (get on up)

How can you sit yourself down for a rest
When you know that I'm trying my best
To dance with you, girl (get on up)
To dance with you, girl (get on up)

So get on up (get on up)
On the floor (get on up)
Get on up, now (get on up)
And dance some more (get on up)
Get on up (get on up)
Let's boogaloo (get on up)
Get on up, now (get on up)
Just me and you (get on up)
[repeat chorus]

Da da da da da da

Hey you (get on up)
Over there (get on up)
Get on up, now (get on up)
Don't go nowhere (get on up)
We gonna dance, dance, dance
We gonna dance, dance, dance
The boogaloo (get on up)
Too (get on up)

We're gonna do the Monkey (the Philly Dog too)
We're gonna do the Jerk (just me and you)
We're gonna dance, dance, dance
We're gonna Shing-a-ling
We're gonna do the Thing
Tonight
Dit-dit-dit-do

So get on up (get on up)
And sock it to me (get on up)
Get on up (get on up)
And rock it to me (get on up)
So get on up (get on up)
And sock it to me (get on up)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: GUEST,Ditzee Lee
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 03:28 PM

Wow! Like totally cool, is there like, ummmm, a, oh yeah, like a beach at this partee? Like ya know, me and my friends, like we'd like, ya know we were like THE state champions of beach volley ball last year, until like, well, Jennifer's parents like totally freaked out 'cause, like, ummm, we went on an oveniter, ya know? And, like oh well, this looks like a fun place, what's that? Ewwwww...you want us to swim in the jello? Ewww! Like that is so totally gross! I dunno, like are you all abunch of hippies or somethin' from the 60's, like wow, man, peace and all that, like I saw this dude, ya know, Austin Powers, like is that what is goin' on here? Ohmygawd...oh like I think I know that guy over there! Like I think he's like the one that was in the convertible and wanted to like eat the poodle or somethin', yeah, ummmmm...remember, like, ya know...this is so totally weird, like I am startin' to freak out a little here, guys, like, like Blair Witch, ya know, like this is that daysha voo thing, or whatever you call it, like ya know...this is just too weird oh man...do you gotta coke or sumpin', like I am just totally freaked, man, like ya know????

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 03:36 PM

Ditzey! Long time no see!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: GUEST,Santa Claus
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 03:42 PM

AHA! So Cletus, this is what your up to? I hire you for the simple job of Head Elf at the North Pole, and did you ever show? Nooooo! I had to take Morticia in your stead! So this is where I find you, lighting up bears and partying? Well! Ooh it must be Christmas in July! Pass Santa a pina colada, yes, there's a nice girl. Hey, who want's to see my jiggle like a bowl fulla jelly? Uh-HUH!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Amergin
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 03:56 PM

You hired Morticia? Oh boy....there goes Christmas this year...so where's the beer?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Kim C
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 04:10 PM

thanks MMario! Here in the great Metropolis of Nashville we have an overabundance of grocery stores, and even some of them in the redneck part of town where I live actually have some pretty cosmopolitan goods, including Guinness.

I hope someone remembers to bring a bottle opener to this shindig.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 04:13 PM

*putting cell phone down* I just ordered up a tanker truck of {insert your favorite beverage here}! Kendall has his biopsy results! And the results iz GOOD!!!!! Why don't some of you ladies go drag him down here to party?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: catspaw49
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 04:22 PM

KIM.......WHICH redneck part of town?

Hi Ditz.....I see you found Cletus. When the two of you are finished there, I want to point out that that's citronella you just poured "on the rocks." The real stuff is down in the punch bowl.....and could the two of you have somebody else get it for you....in a glass? And Cletus, Paw is somewhere down at the sewage plant wanderin' around again and mumbling. I think that Possum stew he made is backin' up on him, so when you can, go down there and get him before the damn sheriff shows up at my place.

I'll try to get back later, but the Reg boys are all sick from eating those head cheese sandwiches that Buford made them. After that experience a couple of years back, I thought he'd lay off them.........

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Peter T.
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 04:48 PM

Um, CP, could you try and keep the boys from the wall to wall carpeting in the living room. BEFORE THE PARENTS LEFT THEY GAVE ME STRICT ORDERS THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED THE LIVING ROOM WAS OFF LIMITS. ESPECIALLY THE NEW WHITE SOFA. I COULD LIKE BE IN MY ROOM UNTIL THE PENSION KICKS IN. Could you do your best, huh????

yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 05:12 PM

Reg, Reg, and you, what's your name? okay Reg, yeah, just carry that thang right out here....oops! Well, they don't really need TWO doors coming out onto the patio, right? Now put it down there next to the Watch out for the punch......... bowl....

uhmmm, peter? Do your folks like the splash tie dye look in furniture?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 05:24 PM

Lonesome EJ enters, hauling 4'x4'x6' block of blue glacial ice Now folks, using only a standard screwdriver, a ball peen hammer, a pair of nail clippers, and a Trader Vic's swizzle stick, I will render from this block of ice a full scale model of "Banjo emitting splashing catfish", erstwhile known as the Mudcat Cafe logo. I intend to work with such speed and efficiency, that anyone sitting within 30 feet of the sculpture shall not suffer from the heat of the July sun, but instead will be showered and bathed in the cool crystalline fragments that are the by-products of my work. Those of you drinking icy cool drinks, please remove the little umbrellas to clear a path for a shower of glacial crystals that will keep your glasses so cold they'll be hard to hold in the naked hand.

And now, if someone will be so kind as to cue up Orange Blossom Special....I begin.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Peter T.
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 05:27 PM

THEY WERE ALSO REALLY -- WHAT IS THE WORD? -- EMPATHIC, NO, EMPHATIC!!, THAT'S IT -- ABOUT THE PRIZE ROSES IN THE GARDEN. SO BE EQUALLY CAREFUL THERE, HUH, GUYS?

yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 05:32 PM

Hey, speakin' of great recipes, whatever happened to the Great Mudcat Dessert Cookbook that Liz was working up? Thre was some great stuff in there!! Somebody go drag Liz out of the pool, and tell her to get to work!! I'll have another glass of punch here, please. Uh, Reg,if you're gonna be the wait-person, could you shower first? What's that? You are not a person? Well, blow me over, what are you, a possum hunter???

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Mbo
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 05:35 PM

Oooh, Orange Blossom Special! Yes! And then can we morph into "Daytripper" like ELO did at Long Beach in '74? Can we, huh huh, can we?

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Morticia
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 05:41 PM

any of you guys seen the boss? only we got a consignment of these lego bricks turned up and one of the reindeer chowed down and now he's not looking so good and a couple of the elves are building something that I think has nuclear capabilities and, well,all manner of bad stuff is going down. What? Have a drink and forget about it? Well, I dunno what the fat guy's going to say but I could use a break, so okay. No-one tell him though, right?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Kim C
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 05:48 PM

Spaw, that would be Antioch, near the airport. Was mostly farmland 20 years ago but is now catching up with the rest of the sprawl, except that our Krogers don't have sushi bars like the ones in the more chichi parts of town, like Green Hills and Belle Meade.

heehee You ain't been here in awhile, have you? heehee We have pro football and pro hockey and indoor flush toilets too! heehee But the schools are suffering - go figure.

I want to sit next to the guy doing the ice sculpture!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Noreen
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 05:55 PM

Mbo- amything you like, darling, it's a paaarty! Another glash of punch? (hic)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Jim the Bart
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 11:46 PM

Somebody order a pitcher o' Orange Blossom Specials? And there's a guy out front ringin the bell who says somebody ordered a dozen pizzas - 10 cheeze, one pepper only (or somethin like that), one aunt jovie, and one halva. I'll pitch in a buck three eighty. . .Who's singin' the Hank Williams over by der? I think I gotta go to the bathroom. . ."I Can't hep it, if I'm still in luv witchoo. . ." I'm just gonna lay down in the pool and catch a couple z's. Great party.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: alison
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 12:48 AM

Romm for an Irish / Aussie type...someone throw a few prawns on the barby.......

I've seen some of these American party movies.... so who's game for some nude volleyball??.........

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Amergin
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 01:16 AM

Well, I'm feeling kinda homesick tonight...anyone mind if I recite sing something? You don't? Well, just get those oranges ready to toss at me just in case you want me to shut up...Hey where's my Guinness? Oh there it is... Well here goes....

Wish I Was Back Home...

Chorus:
I wish I was on the River Kootenai
I wish I was among those northern hills
I wish I was on the River Kootenai
I wish I was back home…

Walking down the street past the closed up shops
Snuggling against the cold in the snowlit night
Hands stuffed into pockets, hiding from the chill
Hood blanketing the head, fighting winter's bite

Frozen shoelaces flap around with each step
Smoky tendrils of fog escape the twitching lips
Snowmen standing by the sidewalks greeting
Greeting passersby with outstretched wooden fingertips

Chorus:

Slogging across the sodden lawn, snow receding
Dandelions poke their heads up embracing the sun
Birds come back north to raise their families
The Kootenai singing on, rambling down her run

The rain clouds shift and congregate in prayer
Darkening, crying out in joy at the coming spring
The farmers work their fields, riding the tractor cats
The birds bring out their flutes to play "On The Wing"

Chorus:

Schools out, kids across the street playing baseball
Birds dance on the limbs as their kids leave the nest
Bees whistle as they pollinate, spreading the nectar
The sun reaches out its arms caressing the rivers breast

The piper from Creston leading the annual parade
The huckleberry pies sit on the table in patriotic glory
Swimmers dive beneath the clear depths of Deep Crick
Listening to the water whistle its endless story

Chorus:

The geese cry, flying towards their southern refuge
The leaves turn brown, rotting from their treetops
The flowers sink down, hiding from the coming cold
The windows pound in the impact of the raindrops

The schoolyards bellow with the laughter of children
Down the valleys the cold wind begins to blow
Guns roar in the hills, hunting for elk and deer
Firewood is gathered in preparation to the coming snow

Chorus:

Amerginhidingfromanangrymob...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Sorcha
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 03:03 AM

I just wish I were back home,but where I want to go home to does not exist anymore,because you can't ever really go home. Sorry to put a damper on the party, I'll go to sleep now. Somebody play me "Home Sweet Home", and when I learn it, I will play that Orange Blossom Special. Don't hold your breath, though. I consider it on a par with Rocky Top.........luv ya'll, and g'nite, Gracie. Carry On.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Rex
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 11:04 AM

Orange Blossom what? Anyway Sorcha, I can cover "Home Sweet Home".

Rex

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 11:32 AM

*sniff* Amergin tha wass yust buyutafool! *weep

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Kim C
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 01:02 PM

Aw, here, now, let's have a hankie. There, that's better.

Who's for a shandy?!!?

Not up for nude volleyball, but may show my tattoos after I have a coupla drinks. (Don't tell Mom!)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Amergin
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 01:03 PM

Well, what are you drinking then?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 01:05 PM

KimC, I'll match yer tattoos and raise ya one!**BG**

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Allan C.
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 01:09 PM

I don't have any tattoos yet but after following Alison's lead, I'll show you where I plan to put one.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 01:42 PM

*screeching in on a red MG convertible Hey, everybody! I heard there was a party! (Oops- sorry about the roses.) I heard music all the way from the Interstate and just had to check it out. Besides, the smell of chocolate is irresistble!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Mbo
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 01:49 PM

I ain't got any tattoos to show, but I do have two green dots, one on each knee, where I stabbed myself (accidentally) with a very sharp pencil 10 years ago. Similar color of an old tattoo. Well what do you expect from a careless 11-year-old budding artist?

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Amergin
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 01:53 PM

I got a smiley face tattooed on the back of my right hand between the thumb and the forefinger. At least I can please some one once in a while....

Amergin

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 02:02 PM

*grabbing handfuls of rose petals and showering everybody with them*

wheeeeeeee! *turns green* I think I moved too fast....or sumfin'....there a chair handy?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Jim the Bart
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 02:08 PM

Sorry bout that. That's why I don't drink anymore, hardly, well just a little, sometimes. That's probably why I don't get invited anywhere anymore, either. Can somebody turn that sun down? My hurt is heading. . . What a great party.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 02:31 PM

(brushing rosepetals out of her hair) I'll have whatever MMario's having! Hey, 1L, if no one will play nude volleyball with you, want to help me see if we can get anyone to play a game of Twister- clothing optional, of course!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Morticia
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 03:08 PM

*Mops up Mmario with tail of her shirt* You okay now honey, or shall we lay you in the jello pool until things come back into focus?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Kim C
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 03:53 PM

I'll have another serving of that chocolate heffalump, please.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 04:17 PM

LEJ chisels at ice sculpture, still pondering how Mbo could have accidentally stabbed himself in BOTH knees. Another of the Mudcat's many conundrums, he decides. The ice shards are bursting into the hot air like a crystal geyser all around him, throwing a rainbow across the friends gathered on the patio. He pauses for a moment in contemplation, takes a bite of his Chocolate Hefalump, makes a final smoothing cut on the sculpture with his Trader Vic's swizzle stick, then stands back.

Voila! It is finished! Now, where's that nude Twister Competition? Here, hand me that bottle of Wesson Oil!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Biskit
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 04:26 PM

Biskit sits near by under the canopy just watching the fun and enjoying himself.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 04:54 PM

*launches into an inspired rendition of "Itches in me Britches"*

OHHHHH I wish they'd do it NOWWWWWWWWW!

Hey there! LOOK! LEJ made the catfish CROSS-EYED!!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Amergin
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 04:57 PM

Is that what it is? I thought it was supposed to be a donkey....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 05:44 PM

It's an abstract rendering, alright? Jeez. Critics.Placing right hand on red dot

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Morticia
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 08:17 PM

You know I could have sworn I saw the boss playing poker with a couple of really dubious- looking guys called Reg, over in the corner by the tie-died furniture ( nice look there, Peter).It couldn't have been, could it?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 08:27 PM

Left foot... blue

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 08:32 PM

Too tired for a Patio Party. See me snoozing under that bush on soft ground?

But if Amos shows up, somebody wake me up for a dance, we will do the Schmielzo Polka. (If I am not awake, somebody post my steps for me!)

~S~

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Biskit
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 09:18 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! -Biskit-

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 09:26 PM

I think Biskit just fell into the pool...or something. (right foot GREEN, people!) Uhmm, does barbecue sauce come out of white velvet seat cushions? And does anyone know anything about roses? They grow back if you break them off at ground level, right? (Left hand YELLOW!)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Susan A-R
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 09:43 PM

Here are some key lime pies with tequila whipped cream on em. Hmmmmm, nice tatoos. I'll go for a rum and tonic, and some hard core fiddling. I think that nude volleyball might be a real, um, bust.

Say, who is that out in the yard having a Loooong conversation with the reflecting ball?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: alison
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 09:54 PM

Hey Allan watch what you're doing with that foot.... right hand red.....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: bflat
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 10:02 PM

I want to bring the best baked beans this side of the Hudson River. you will follow me home for these. Then we can gather together and sing: "Beans beans the more you eat the more you...." Honestly, yummy is the only word. Can I come to the party?????

bflat, who doesn't get out much.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 03:52 AM

Hey, can some of you guys come and help get Mick outta the rhododendrons? I dunno how it happened, the tie-die sofa just sorta tipped back and he's too heavy for me to manage alone.
RtS

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Allan C.
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 09:09 AM

Uh...that's not my foot, Alison. But what I can't figure out is how I can get the ball over the net while keeping my right hand on the red spot. It is my serve, isn't it?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Peter T.
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 09:28 AM

****PHONE RINGS*****

"Hi, Mom, hi, how's it going....That good....Oh, quiet, quiet. I have been working through the second volume of Proust and it is going well, if pre-World War One France is your....ummm, the noise? Maybe the TV. I was watching Louis Rukeyser on Mutual Funds....No, no, I think you should stay a couple more days....you want to come back tonight?????....Gosh, Mom, just think of all that travelling time....what? Yes, I'll water what's left of the roses -- I mean, the roses, all the roses, figure of speech Mom.... Ok, Bye Mom. (phone clicks, dial) Hello, Operator, can you connect me with an airline....No, just one with flights out of here....Thanks, I'll wait.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Morticia
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 09:48 AM

Roger......maybe if we put his Guiness over here he'll kind of stretch for it and .......ooops, no, sorry Mick, I wouldn't dream of touching your Guiness ( damn, no-one told me he gets vicious). Apparently Santa just lost all the elves and the workshop to some guys called Reg and this guy called Cleetus tells me he's my new boss and now in charge of all things Christsmassy.........this isn't good, is it?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Kim C
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 10:12 AM

Ow! Obviously I'm not as flexible as I used to be. Can someone help me up, here?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: MMario
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 10:22 AM

SANTA
CLETUS!!! This cannot be for real...who spiked the punch? What'll it be next, dancind crocodiles? elephants in tutus? Big Mick and Koko engaged?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Kim C
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 05:22 PM

Well, y'all, this has been tremendous fun but I'm going out of town for the weekend so I'll catch ya later. And remember, don't tell Mom about the tattoos!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 06:11 PM

AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who spilled chocolate heffalump on the Twister b
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!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Mbo
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 06:23 PM

Mo Oasis time! I'm yer shakermaker!

Shake along with me!! Shake along with them! Shake along with me!!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Sorcha
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 06:42 PM

Right hand YELLOW!! That was me, there watching the reflector ball, trying to figure out some important Trancendental stuff. I believe I sag a little much for the volleyball game, but I'll wrassle Praise in the pool! Allan, that was TOO your foot!! I seen your foot, and I know it when I sees it!! Sandals, jeez........4-2-2 got the gi-tar back so they are gonna play us a tune, here.

Oh it is loverly to sit in the shade of the Ice Sculpture, and I doan care what it is......could be a heffalump, maybe?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 08:46 PM

Biskit splashed me.

That guy is always waking me up!

When is the knickers auction?

~S~

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Susan A-R
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 09:10 PM

Hmmmm, perhaps if we got all of the Regs, Santa, and a few other folks to heave on this sofa we could . . . Ooops, guess it kinda lost whatever spring it once had. Maybe if the FAIR ONE were to play Twister . . .

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Sorcha
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 11:59 PM

Let's just put the sofa in the pool and then we can all sit on it to watch the Knickers Auction. Praises' are up first. Run 'em up the flagpole, friends!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 12:03 AM

....damn..always late to the GOOD parties...*sneakin' over and dribbling Mazola oil on the twister board and removing clothing*....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: momnopp
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 12:06 AM

Pass the chocolate giraffe, mouse, rhinocerous, whatever please. Chocolate's my very favoritest - how did you know?

Left foot blue.

OUCH! Who does this shoulder belong to, anyway?

I think I'll just lounge over here in this pool of - of - of, um, licks fingers lime goo. . .

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Sorcha
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 12:16 AM

I am buying a one way ticket outta town first thing in the morning!! Think I am staying around to meet Petey's 'rents? I don't have "STOOPID" tattooed on my forhead, nuh uh. Right foot BLUE! Bill D, get your hand outta my peg box.......ooooops. Sorry, luv.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: alison
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 01:54 AM

Hey Susan..... I AM HERE!!!!!!..... I'm over here underneath Allan C and on top of a lot of chocolate heffalump that someone slopped onto the twister board...... I supoose we're going to have to lick all of this off to see the colours again... but for the time being...... left hand chocolate!!!

anyone see Mick?.... how fast can you run Allan????? *grin*

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Big Mick
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 07:21 AM

The patio gate flys open and the biggest Mick in the village comes striding across the patio carrying all the fixing for a seafood buffet................. Jayzus but I heard there was a party going on.....about time after all that other silly shite.....Clear me a spot for the food.....Anyone seen THE FAIR ONE? Over at the volleyball game? OK.......WHAT???? WAIT A MINUTE......THEY GOT NO CLOTHES ON.....AND ALLAN C. IS ON TOP OF THE FAIR ONE!!!!!!!! Prepare yourself, Lad...I am going to give the word communion a new meaning for you....sit still FAIR ONE, and I will lick..er, clean that off you in a minute...Damn, and I really like Allan, too, but Oh well, there will be more shrimp to go around............

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Allan C.
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 08:01 AM

Whoa, big fella! I should tell you that I bruise quite easily. I'm innocent, I tellya. What with the spilled heffalump and the Mazola oil I have absolutely no control of where I am or who I happen to be on top of. (Whispers to Alison: Thanks, luv but I gotta go - self preservation and all that sort of thing, you know.) Get yerself over here and give it a go and you'll see what I mean. Just give me a moment to get outta the way. (And he quickly rolled sideways and found himself eyeball to painted toenail which led his eye to a smooth, well shaped leg...) Hey! Who put the inflate-o-date in here!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: GUEST,Santa Claus
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 08:35 AM

Well geez, now look! You made me spill beer all over my imported snowman boxer shorts! Mrs. Claus is gonna throw a hissy-fit when she see's this! What a durn minnit...If CLETUS is taken over the North Pole...I hope he isn't doin' the nasty wife my old lady! And if he is, well he's gonna get a BIG surprise come Christmas morning! Best time to try out our new Killer-Bees-In-A-Can toy! HO HO HO HO!!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 10:47 AM

Things are getting a little out of hand now, first of all the Reg boys get nekkid then they fall down on the buffet table. Look Reg has got strawberries stuck up his arse (ass). It's OK, Reg, I've got some cream for that
RtS ("joke" stolen from a cartoon seen recently!)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 11:46 AM

Come on over here, Allan, I'll save you from Big Bad Mick. Just as soon as I get this chocolat off my-
Hey! Reg! No thanks! I didn't ask for any help---
HELP!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Allan C.
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 12:09 PM

Thanks, Animaterra. That was a narrow escape. Now, it appears that you missed getting a bit of that chocolate off...r-i-g-h-t there! ...Oops. Sorry! Got carried away for a moment. Wow! That tastes really good!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Amergin
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 12:17 PM

Hey, Allan, what're you doing with my inflatable? Get your grimy hands off it!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Mbo
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 12:25 PM

Whoo, glad I decided to sit out that game! It's turning into a sticky fracas!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Allan C.
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 12:27 PM

Pfffftwhzzzzzzzzzzzzz Too late! I was trying to pull it out of the path of Big Mick.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: Amergin
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 12:31 PM

Oh well, thanks for trying....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Patio Party!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 12:38 PM

I'll bid on Santy's knickers!

Should be worth more with the beer included!

~S~