You know it IS going somewhere when....

Subject: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Trevor
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 11:07 AM

You don't feel the need to wipe the top of the bottle before your swig.

You realise that you're both trying not to fart, and then giggle.

The contents of your bookshelves are almost identical.

You have a row but know it's not the end.

Aaaaahhh...

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: MMario
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 11:11 AM

she trips you, strips you and goes to it.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Midchuck
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 11:29 AM

...You both quit bothering to try not to fart...

...You realize the other saw you pick your nose, and don't worry about it...

...The other one can finish most of the filthy limericks you sing the first line to...

Peter.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: GUEST,slob
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 11:47 AM

"Why can't a woman be more like a man"

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 11:53 AM

you stay up all night, your first date, and just talk...still talking after 23 years....

kat

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 12:54 PM

When she says she can't go out tonight but would appreciate it if you'd pick up some beer and come over to help her work on her four wheeler so it'll be ready for huntin on the weekend. Still lookin.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: CarolC
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 01:28 PM

When you can be quiet together for long stretches and it feels good rather than awkward.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 01:48 PM

You mean homosexuals, right ?

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 01:54 PM

I gotta head out and run some errands, so I'll accept the abuse I am about to get for that joke now. No, I don't mean that ALL women can't go ten minutes without nattering, just all of the women I have ever known, with the exception of CC.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Bobert
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 02:07 PM

When allmost everything in the mailbox is addressed to your mate...

When you realize that the prenuptual agreement was "supposed" to have been notorized...

When you have no say in the naming of the new cat you adopted.

When you find that the beer now is kept in the refrigerator in the basement...

When your closet is now acouple of cardboard boxes under the bed...

But... I love ya, honey... Really...

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: CarolC
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 02:26 PM

Wow, gnu, that idea of yours that women talk more than men is so totally different from my experience, I actually didn't get your joke ;-)

Maybe I just attract all of the men in the world who talk more than women. I don't know.

At any rate, I'm going to leave you out there dangling from that limb you got yourself on and let you figure how to get down from it on you own.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Justa Picker
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 02:27 PM

...when she walks up to you as you're coming off of the stage (on a nightime gig) ... and says "wanna have breakfast?"

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 02:52 PM

No problem. I'll just wait til all the women are preoccupied with discussing which mall to go to and slip away, silently.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: CarolC
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 02:58 PM

Mall? What's a mall?

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: JenEllen
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 03:04 PM

When he drives 20 miles just to help you tie your shoes
When you catch more fish or shoot cleaner than he does and he brags about it to his friends
When he brings daisies and not roses
When he helps you fix the four-wheeler (thanks gnu) and doesn't steal your tools
When brings you a gift and says: "I noticed you had all of the books/albums/etc of 'X' except this one..."

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 03:33 PM

Goodness gracious, I'm in love.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: greg stephens
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 03:45 PM

...when your baby don't wear no panties

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 03:50 PM

You know it IS going well, when she says:

MUDCAT...What's MUDCAT? Oh, I just LOVE a man who has a hobby. Gosh it's attractive to sit and watch you type messages to something called Catspaw.

Now That's my kinda gal!

Rick

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 03:51 PM

Threadless drift, Greg.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Desdemona
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 04:08 PM

I'm with kat: talking & laughing & finding you like the same books/music/plays/poems/movies.....

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Mrrzy
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 04:22 PM

You come up with the same movie quote to cover an absurd situation...

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: JenEllen
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 04:29 PM

...and the worse the movie, the better the guy...
"yo, she-bitch, let's go"

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:18 PM

...when she throws herself down upon any available horizontal surface, breathing heavily, and says, "Take me." :-)

- LH

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:21 PM

When it's big and red and says 23 on the front.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:26 PM

Yes LH and Greg, it's going towards an STD, so make sure you're protected. They say every man needs protection....

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:35 PM

Couldn't agree more, Herga! You are preaching to the converted when it comes to that...but these days I am very seldom subjected to such temptations in any case, living such a quiet life as I choose to.

- LH

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:35 PM

LH... that's just a phase. The next phase is, "Take me to the mall. Take me to the ..."

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: greg stephens
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:36 PM

I shall be released

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Desdemona
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:45 PM

LH---you know very well that it's only Big Bill who gets THAT sort of welcome!

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Amergin
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:50 PM

When she does not beat you when you get her a copy of Christine Lavin's Getting In Touch With Your Inner Bitch....for Valentine's Day......

a very relieved Amergin.......

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: CarolC
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:50 PM

When you both have a lot of fun doing stupid everyday stuff together, like cooking or getting the car unstuck.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Noreen
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 06:01 PM

...when you realise you are both passionate about the same songs *sigh*...

(gnu, you must have led a sheltered life...)

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 06:02 PM

Bravo Amergin. Many have perished where you have tread. She must be a good woman.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 06:05 PM

Yeah, Des, but did you mean Bill Shatner...or Bill Clinton? :-) Something about that name... Hmmmm...

Gnu - Yeah, I know all about that...another good reason why I have chosen not to marry! Actually, the first 20 years of observing my own parents driving each other up the wall was enough to sour me on the idea (and they're STILL together!). My grandparents also drove each other up the wall, on both sides, till death did them part. Seems to run in the family.

- LH

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 06:08 PM

Noreen... Huh ?

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 06:30 PM

Not true, Noreen! Gnu has been exposed to both Resdan and Red Rose Tea on a regular basis, eh?

- LH

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Noreen
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 06:44 PM

gnu, I was referring to your seemingly limited experience of women- I know very few women who conform to your stereotype. Maybe those are the women you attract?

(LH- sorry, but I don't recognise those brands- explain please?)

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Noreen
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 06:49 PM

Oops, sorry gnu- that sounds more critical than I intended... there was a grin implied, honestly! :0)

Noreen

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 07:01 PM

Noreen...

"Limited" ? Tis typical of a woman to assume such.

"Stereotype" ? Love is the illusion that not all women are the same.

LH....

Red Rose ? Wash you mouth out with coffee ! I drink no tea but the finest King Cole Orange Pekoe, from Sussex, New Brunswick. Red Rose is but dishwater in comparison. And don't get me staretd on those f***ing elves with their round bags.

Resdan ? What the hell is resdan ?

baldgnu

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 07:02 PM

Ha! Noreen, Red Rose Tea and Resdan are among an elite and small list of items that are supposedly "only available in Canada"! Both of them were flogged under that motto for years and years on Canadian TV...the Red Rose Tea ads in particular were quite funny.

Resdan is an anti-dandruff product. I've never used it, nor have I spoken to anyone who admits to having used it, but it got a lot of advertising for a few decades there...

Red Rose Tea was immortalized in the TV ads as supposedly being "better than any British tea"! This is very funny, because it's the absolute bargain basement, cheapest, most mediocre tea you can possibly buy. Every cheap Canadian restaurant and greasy spoon has Red Rose Tea as its standard tea of choice. It's wretched stuff.

Now, I know that Gnu is a red-blooded Canadian lad, so I am quite sure that he has consumed enough Red Rose Tea to float the Titanic (assuming the holes were plugged and the stern reattached), and I'm sure he's at least well aware of the existence of Resdan, even if he hasn't used it.

These 2 things alone are enough to confer full manhood and adult sophistication on any Canadian male, eh?

Knowing your hockey statistics and Canadian beer brands helps too, eh?

Does that clear it up?

- LH

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 07:11 PM

Consumed Red Rose? Nay lad, spit out.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Noreen
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 07:16 PM

Explains a great deal, thank you O small raptor.

Noreen

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Desdemona
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 07:28 PM

My parents have been giving each other merry hell lo, these past 54(!) years, with no end in sight; honest to god, they appear to drive each other right round the proverbial twist, but it apparently works for them!

Or maybe they're just very, very heavily sedated....?

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 07:33 PM

Have fun. It's at your expense.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: rangeroger
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 10:34 PM

When you celebrate your 60th wedding anniversary.

My parents did 2 years ago. My Dad said it was 40 years of wedded bliss.

rr

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 11:05 PM

When you know,that you know that you know. I remarried three and a half years ago, and I knew that I knew that I knew less than 48 hours after the first night we went out together. Some things are once in a life time. I'd also like to offer the opinion that common interests are greatly over-rated (although nice.) Common values are more important.

I just watched A Bronx Tale again tonight, and really had to laugh all over again about the Mobster, Sonny's test to know if it's the real thing. Pick up your woman, and lock both doors of your car before you go to the house. When you come back to the car, unlock her door and as you walk around the back of the car, look in to see if she reaches over to unlock your door. If she doesn't, as Sonny said, "Dump her!" She'll give you nothing but misery. My wife passed the test with flying colors. Guess it works.

Jerry

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 02:28 AM

Gnu - Now don't take personally what is simply universal Canadian culture. Are we not Canadians? We are, eh? We can't let the Americans think they've got All the idiots, eh? So, like, if ya call yerself a true Canadian you've, like, got to drink Red Rose Tea sometimes, eh? Cos it's, like, only available in Canada, eh? This is when yer not drinkin' coffee or beer...

I was, like, defending you, dude...

But you CAN'T not know about Resdan! Geez, maybe they didn't run the ads in New Brunswick, but Ontario TV was polluted with them for years and years..."Only Available in Canada" they would repeat proudly.

I tried using some on the dog once, just as a test. All his hair fell out the next day, and he started, like, acting very weird. I recommend not using it, except to lubricate infernal combustion engines when they seize up, eh? You can save a bundle on oil, man!

I wouldn't let it get around that you didn't know about Resdan, though. That would be like not knowing who Wayne Gretsky is, eh? Impossible! :-) Rent some Don Cherry tapes, and chill out, man!

Talk about thread drift... *

- LH

* (note: the above text is a joke, as are all my previous posts which led up to it. I don't normally take like that.)

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: alanww
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 04:58 AM

When you can't stop talking to each other - before, afterwards and even sometimes in between peaks of passion ...

... sad am I without you ...
Alan

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 05:16 AM

...when he stays over, you talk and talk and talk and then sleep, and then he gets up the next morning and bakes scones for breakfast (with bonus points for not using weighing scales or a baking bowl).

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 05:21 AM

When you're in the bath, door unlocked, and he comes in for a pee and you're cool about it!

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Escamillo
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 05:24 AM

.. when you realize that the next anniversary is #30 ..

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 05:27 AM

When you make a complete fool of yourself and he stays calm and helps you through it. One in a million?

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Trevor
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 06:09 AM

The one thing that worries me is when you've known that it's going somewhere loads of times, and it hasn't.

Actually, that's not really true is it, 'cos every relationship gives you something, even if it's just a splitting headache and the experience that tells you that eventually 'you know it IS going somewhere...' will probably turn into 'you know it's going nowhere...'

Anybody read 'The Bridge Across Forever', by Richard Bach? Call me romantic old sucker, but I believed it. It was a real bummer to discover that Richard and Leslie split.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: CarolC
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 09:47 AM

No! Say is isn't so! They were my only hope. When did that happen?

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: CarolC
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 09:48 AM

(Well, not really my only hope. But still... )

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 11:50 AM

Ah but Trev There's No Such Place As Far Away

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 12:30 PM

Well, I'm sure Richard and Leslie had a great time before they split, and learned whatever was there to learn. It was a very inspiring book.

I remember Buffy Sainte-Marie saying in an interview that she's been married 3 (or 4?) times...and that each marriage had been great for as long as it lasted that way. She obviously had no hard feelings or regrets about the past, and was thoroughly enjoying her present situation, and looking forward to the next adventure. Now, that's what I call wisdom! I wish I was that wise...

The ultimate test of love is found within oneself. The beloved for which people search waits patiently inside them. Most just keep looking for it outside themselves.

- LH

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: CarolC
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 12:59 PM

Ahhh... Go suck a lemon, LH!

(*G* Just kidding. But it's still February and spring has already arrived here in the form of Redwing Blackbirds and a Dandelion, no less, and I'd rather be thinking about not being alone for a change. Call me crazy, I don't know.)

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 05:58 PM

They stroke your back and after a year or more, it still feels like little cattle prods all over your body.......

You share a kiss that still makes your insides flip over.

LTS

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: CapriUni
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 11:33 PM

Just a thought: every relationship leads somewhere, but few go where we expect them to.

Some just lead around a corner (some send us 'round the bend!)

And some go on for miles and years...

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 12:24 AM

Yeah, Carol...I've had those moods now and then too...

Liz - Good description of the "tinglies" there...

- LH

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: Trevor
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 03:18 AM

Well, Guest, there's a book to keep under your pillow when someone's not with you, eh?

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 06:32 AM

You think it's stopped going anywhere and then suddenly, just a few words from him and you're on cloud nine all over again.

Subject: RE: You know it IS going somewhere when....
From: kendall
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 11:12 PM

When she makes me laugh right out loud.