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22 Feb 08 - 03:06 PM (#2269775) Subject: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Rapparee We do! The Giant Squid only checks into the Tavern and there just ain't many little squids running around the Cafe. If more squids don't start showing up I'll have to start jiggin' for them. And why not? Squids are cute and cuddly and more loyal to you than, say, a cat. |
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22 Feb 08 - 03:08 PM (#2269778) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Amos It's all fun and games, isn't it Rapaire?-- until the flying monkeys attack. Then we'll see who gets all serious. A |
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22 Feb 08 - 03:10 PM (#2269780) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie A swift kick in the tentacles, makes them let you go, while they look for a hankie to wipe their eye. G. |
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22 Feb 08 - 03:13 PM (#2269782) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: SINSULL Talk to BatGoddess. She has the largest collection of squids in all of New England. |
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22 Feb 08 - 03:16 PM (#2269784) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Emma B who could resist those pleading big eyes? awwwwwwww |
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22 Feb 08 - 03:25 PM (#2269789) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Emma B it's just a problem when they grow up |
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22 Feb 08 - 03:39 PM (#2269795) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Peace Second worst case of crabs I ever saw. |
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22 Feb 08 - 04:18 PM (#2269828) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Severn But they're so cuttly! |
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22 Feb 08 - 04:20 PM (#2269829) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Georgiansilver Especially when they are octogenarians |
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22 Feb 08 - 04:24 PM (#2269837) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Slag Is it them squids is so cuddley or them crabs what be so scuttley? |
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22 Feb 08 - 04:25 PM (#2269839) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Stilly River Sage Boys will be toys. |
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22 Feb 08 - 04:25 PM (#2269840) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie Are squid not ten tentacled? Oi waiter, ten ton of calamari for table 8 please! G |
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22 Feb 08 - 04:32 PM (#2269846) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Charley Noble The best supply of flourescent foot-long squids I've found are in a tackle shop in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. They're designed for tuna jigs but they make great as party favors, and in a pinch could be used as a condom. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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22 Feb 08 - 04:38 PM (#2269853) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Cluin Is that ink you squirted me with or are you just happy to see me? |
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22 Feb 08 - 04:47 PM (#2269866) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie I use them for sea fishing Charlie, they're called Muppets Giok |
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22 Feb 08 - 04:54 PM (#2269872) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: McGrath of Harlow The squids are all right. |
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22 Feb 08 - 05:08 PM (#2269882) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Cluin Don't expect to attract more sqids around here without some sort of inducement like some plankton-laced drinks or some flashy lights to mesmerize the squidettes. After all, squid pro quo. |
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22 Feb 08 - 05:52 PM (#2269918) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Geoff the Duck You might get squids jigging, but with all them legs, they have real trouble with a waltz. Quack! GtD. |
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22 Feb 08 - 05:54 PM (#2269922) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie Dancing Squid G |
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22 Feb 08 - 06:35 PM (#2269953) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Rapparee Picture in your mind squid starring in "Riverdance".... |
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22 Feb 08 - 06:37 PM (#2269955) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Bill D I think "more squids" should be 'squid'...I hate it when the dictionaries are ambivalent . |
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22 Feb 08 - 06:44 PM (#2269963) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Emma B been done Rapaire :) |
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22 Feb 08 - 06:44 PM (#2269964) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie Ill Cephalopoda are sick squids then? |
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22 Feb 08 - 06:54 PM (#2269979) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Rapparee Only if there are a half-dozen of them -- six sick squids. |
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22 Feb 08 - 06:55 PM (#2269980) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Amos A sick Cepalopodia is nothing to be taken lightly, but small potatoes compared to a sick Semper tyrannis. |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:03 PM (#2269986) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie I prefer Semper Fidelis G |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:04 PM (#2269989) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Charley Noble John, your "Muppets" are truly weenies compared with the Shelburne, Nova Scotia, ones. Those "squiglies"are about 12 inches long. Cheerily, Charley noble |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:16 PM (#2270000) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Emma B Take your partner ..... |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:18 PM (#2270003) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Sorcha Semper Fi me arse, John. You'd much prefer the Highland Regiment, perhaps even to real squid! |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:21 PM (#2270005) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie That's an octopus he's wrestling with, not a squid. G |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:29 PM (#2270010) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Emma B don't get TOO friendly....... |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:45 PM (#2270017) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Bat Goddess Squid are decapods not octopods -- mostly. I prefer to collect anatomically correct (moreor less) non-edible squid for my collection. Bait squid (also made out of rubber-like substance) have fringes rather than tentacles. But I've got some in my collection (thanks, Sins) along with cuttlefish, a couple octopus, and a lot of squid ranging from very realistic rubber ones, rhinestoned squid jewelry, ceramic chopstick rests, and, of course, a wonderful kitchen whisk that not only looks really cool sitting on the shelf, but is the BEST whisk I've ever used. Also have a lovely carved wooden netsuke thanks to my sister and a neat squid writing implement as well. Oh, and silver squid earrings. Why doesn't anyone make squid lawn ornaments?!? Yard squid! Linn |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:48 PM (#2270019) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Bee-dubya-ell Just say "YES!" to squid and "NO!" to anchovies. |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:52 PM (#2270022) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: SINSULL I thought you had a squid footstool, Linn? No? |
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22 Feb 08 - 07:56 PM (#2270023) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: bobad Pardon my pedantry but: "Although we talk of tentacles, squid specialists distinguish between true tentacles and arms. All octopuses have eight arms, which they use to crawl along the sea floor. Squids and cuttlefish also have eight arms but in addition have two much longer tentacles, which can be shot out to grab prey." http://www.abc.net.au/science/ocean/monsters/tentacles.htm |
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22 Feb 08 - 08:27 PM (#2270038) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: maeve All squidding aside, Linn, cuttle up with octo pusses tonight. It's a co'd night, sea? That'll tide you over until morning. |
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22 Feb 08 - 08:43 PM (#2270048) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Charley Noble Well, let's elevate this thread to the erotic: click at Your Own Risk! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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22 Feb 08 - 08:58 PM (#2270057) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Slag Squids SUCK. Anchovies rule. |
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22 Feb 08 - 09:05 PM (#2270067) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Joe_F Charley: But those are *octopuses*, which are well known to be more lascivious than squid. Some years ago some undersea explorers took a movie of a homosexual encounter between octopuses of different species. A still from it was published in _Science_. I suppose, as with sheep, it is the kind of thing it would be nice to be able to say you'd done, especially if they suck. |
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22 Feb 08 - 10:05 PM (#2270090) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Sorcha Look, let's get this straight. Anchovies are just nnnnnaaassssstttyyyy. OK? |
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23 Feb 08 - 12:37 AM (#2270125) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Padre As a retired 'squid' from the United States Navy,I take great umbrage (or is that umbrella) at any insult to the noble squid. Padre (HMCS [FMF] USN retired) |
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23 Feb 08 - 01:34 AM (#2270137) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Stilly River Sage Wow, Charley--does that fit in a bedside drawer, do you think? Does it run on batteries? ;-> |
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23 Feb 08 - 02:14 AM (#2270142) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Slag ALL squids suck. ALL octopie suck. ALL White fish suck. ALL sturgeon suck. It's what they do. |
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23 Feb 08 - 06:50 AM (#2270207) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie Is that a tentacle in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me? |
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23 Feb 08 - 09:40 AM (#2270270) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Rapparee It's a tentacle. |
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23 Feb 08 - 10:59 AM (#2270317) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Charley Noble There's a sucker-lover born again every minute, to paraphrase old P.T. Barnhum. Of course even the original quote attribution has been challenged: "'There's a sucker born every minute' is a phrase often credited to P.T. Barnum (1810 – 1891), an American showman. It is generally taken to mean that there are (and always will be) a lot of gullible people in the world. However, when Barnum's biographer tried to track down when Barnum had uttered this phrase, all of Barnum's friends and acquaintances told him it was out of character. Barnum's credo was more along the lines of "there's a customer born every minute" — he wanted to find ways to draw new customers in all the time because competition was fierce and people bored easily. While some sources claim the quote is most likely from famous con-man Joseph ("Paper Collar Joe") Bessimer,[1] it was actually uttered by David Hannum, spoken in reference to Barnum's part in the Cardiff Giant Hoax. Hannum, who was exhibiting the original giant and had sued Barnum unsuccessfully for exhibiting a copy and claiming it was the original, was referring to the crowds continuing to pay to see Barnum's exhibit even after both it and the original had been proven to be fakes." Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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23 Feb 08 - 11:06 AM (#2270320) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie There's also W C Fields 'Never give a breaker an even suck' or something like that :) G |
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23 Feb 08 - 11:13 AM (#2270324) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Amos "I think I'm glad to see you," he replied tentatacively. A |
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23 Feb 08 - 11:18 AM (#2270329) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Stilly River Sage Just so those squids don't get their tentacles on any spatulas. |
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23 Feb 08 - 11:30 AM (#2270341) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Les from Hull Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming! |
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23 Feb 08 - 12:01 PM (#2270371) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Bill D That's easy for YOU to say! |
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23 Feb 08 - 12:10 PM (#2270378) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Charley Noble Tentacle sex between squids is absolutely fascinating. If you're deeply interested, read this article: Click at Your Own Risk! Fascinating, and there are even graphics! But don't try this at home! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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23 Feb 08 - 01:12 PM (#2270425) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: bobad "Tentacle Sex" - good name for a band. |
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23 Feb 08 - 01:18 PM (#2270429) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Stilly River Sage Amazing--I also learned that various primates can remove lids from jars and bolts in cages. Lots of screwing going on on that page! |
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23 Feb 08 - 01:52 PM (#2270451) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Bat Goddess The footstool is an octopus, alas. I also have a crab footstool and a lobster one. (All acquired at the same wonderful yardsale.) As for eating, I love anchovies (or "sewer trout" as we lovingly refer to them as), oysters (or "sea phlegm" colloquially) AND squid cooked or marinated any which way. Linn |
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23 Feb 08 - 02:07 PM (#2270460) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Emma B However did I miss International Cephalopod Awareness Day 8 October 2007? Click here for Octopus Wrestling, the Happy Giant Squid Day e-card and much more.... |
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23 Feb 08 - 02:13 PM (#2270463) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Emma B the un shellfishness of squids |
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23 Feb 08 - 03:37 PM (#2270509) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Bat Goddess Alas, the "unshellfishness of squids" is an octopus. My squid whisk is here -- in a different color than the one I have, and not the best picture (I'm still looking -- but I found some other cool non-squid items while searching) -- squid whisk Linn |
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23 Feb 08 - 03:43 PM (#2270510) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Bat Goddess Oooh...better picture -- better squid whisk And, at a manufacturer in Brunei (minimum order 5,000 sets) I found a really neat entirely different style blue silicone whisk. Now all I have to do is find someplace that sells it (by the set). Linn |
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23 Feb 08 - 03:43 PM (#2270511) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Rapparee So, this spermatophore is kinda like one of those cans that has something jimp out when it's opened. Imagine the lady squid's surprise: "Hector, you practical-joke-playing bastard! I'm knocked up because of YOUR stupid joke!" |
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23 Feb 08 - 03:47 PM (#2270514) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie I learned semaphore in the boy scouts. G |
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23 Feb 08 - 04:06 PM (#2270518) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Rapparee Yes, it was designed to allow you all the pleasures of communicating with girls with none of that messy touching and stuff. |
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23 Feb 08 - 04:10 PM (#2270520) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: John MacKenzie It was at their request not mine, Rap |
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23 Feb 08 - 05:18 PM (#2270557) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Cluin Peanut butter Jelly Time! Jelly Time! Jelly Time!... Click at your own risk. Is this REALLY what you want around here, Rap? Consider carefully, please. |
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23 Feb 08 - 07:09 PM (#2270620) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Rapparee My God! That's Amos!!! He's being fornicated by a squid!! |
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23 Feb 08 - 07:59 PM (#2270661) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Joe_F That's the first time I've seen "fornicate" as a transitive verb, except in root sense "provide with arches". |
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23 Feb 08 - 07:59 PM (#2270662) Subject: RE: BS: We need more squids around here! From: Bill D Whatever it is, we gotta get BatGoddess one for her collection! |
