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BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2

10 May 00 - 12:10 AM (#225617)
Subject: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: JenEllen

Getting a little slow for old 'puters.... Tavern 1 can be found

Caitrin's tending bar, the guys and dolls are still fighting over who gets the recliner with the Magic Fingers, Sugar Dog is licking faces in the corner booth, and if memory serves...Bert's credit is still good.

The unwanted brassiere pile was getting pretty big, but the lacy ones draped over the lights on the porch make GREAT Chinese Lanterns....

Fair Cait, how's about another round?


10 May 00 - 12:26 AM (#225624)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

JENELLE!!!

I am NOT!!

Oh!! I guess I was!!

Ahem.... It's the KISS ON THE CHEEK BOOTH, kisses from Praise, Susan, or Sugar Dog.

Sorry, we are all out of bedtime kisses, ye'll have to wait for wake-up ones.

Cuz Heartiman, Keeper uh de Sugar Dog Luhhhv Bed, he callin' him de Sugar Dog home tuh bed.

Restuh yuh hafta git ole Mmario tuh wheel in more uh dem recliners, Ah reckon! Specify, now-- do yuh wan' dem Magic Fingers, or no?

Huh, huh, huhh!

~S~


10 May 00 - 10:17 AM (#225779)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Sorcha,

Here ya go, bes' bud--

} : ~ * )

Smackeroonie-oonie-oo!

Wait-- the other cheek--

A matched set:

} : ~ * )

~S~

~S~


10 May 00 - 10:54 AM (#225809)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

In response to an earlier question, here is an approximation of a Sugar Dog.

http://www.akc.org/breeds/recbreeds/tibspan.cfm

~S~


10 May 00 - 11:03 AM (#225816)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Bert

Ah! that was a nice kiss, Praise, just what I needed. Made me feel warm and fuzzy all down to my toes.

Bert.


13 May 00 - 11:51 AM (#227530)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

.... the Little Red Motorhead pulls up in front of the tavern looking for a friend, and finds a Sugar Dog half passed out in a recliner making sense but rather oddly.

Whipping out her diabetic testing kit, she mutters, "Sh*t! Think Sugar Dog mighta got herself too damn sweet!" Jab! Hmmm....

(It's hard to swear phonetically with an asterisk in the middle of the word, but Motorhead is like that.)

Results when available...... you'll hear it here first.

~S~


13 May 00 - 12:07 PM (#227532)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amos

Amos requested that this message be deleted.
-Joe Offer-


13 May 00 - 06:47 PM (#227665)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

SUGAR SUGAR (ba ba bum bum ba baaaaa)AW....HONEY HONEY!!!
Hey folks! Just rolled in from Wilmington this afternoon! On the way back to the car from a used book store, we passed an Irish pub, with CEOL CAINT AGUS CRAIC written above the door. The family continued to walk on, but I stood there lingering, listening to the haunting sound of someone playing a slow air on fiddle inside....one day, my friends, one day...WHOA! Song time--LET'S ROCK!

I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie,
Spendin' my time , spendin' my money,
Feedin' this habit with hard-core Country,
I 'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie

I can't stand to hear the music stop,
I keep droppin' my quarter's in the slot,
I play ever song from A to Z
I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie

Some are dancin' fools,
some are hooked on booze,
some get their fix on an ole bar stool
A hand full of quarters is all I need,
It don't take much to satisfy me

Cause,I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie,
Spendin' my time, spendin' my money,
Feedin' this habit with hard-core Country,
I 'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie

I can't stand to hear the music stop,
I keep droppin' my quarter's in the slot,
I play ever song from A to Z.
I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie

I lose control, I can't say no,
I play em fast, and I play em slow,
I like the sound a Juke-box makes
It' an ole habit that I can't break

I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie,
Spendin' my time , spendin' my money,
Feedin' this habit with hard-core Country,
I 'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie

I can't stand to hear the music stop,
I keep droppin' my quarter's in the slot,
I play ever song from A to Z
I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie

I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie,
spendin' my time, spendin' my money,
Feedin' this habit with hard-core Country,
I 'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie

I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie
I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie
I'm just an ole Jukebox Junkie

--Mbo


13 May 00 - 08:31 PM (#227688)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amos

Mbo, you truly rock!

Praise, no offense intended in that last line! I realize it would be easy to take offense from, looking back, so please accept apologies. Some day I will learn not to write in haste.


13 May 00 - 08:35 PM (#227689)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Peter T.

Whew, Hi Amos, hard fighting those intergalactic wars, isn't it? I sure need a drink. Filing. Saturday night, and what am I doing -- filing! See Under: Bored. CrossReference: Beer Please!!!!
yours, Peter T.


13 May 00 - 09:46 PM (#227712)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Update--

I am really sick and I don't yet know with what, and it most looks like blood sugar problems, so I am monitoring for that and trying to get in to see the doc on Monday.

~S~


13 May 00 - 11:13 PM (#227736)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

Praise, I hope you get better soon.

Amergin


13 May 00 - 11:18 PM (#227740)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amos

Praise, I really hope you get better VERY soon!!!

Peter T., you are an evil genius. I am confident if you get ttired of teaching there is a slot for you on the Trilateral Commission!

A.


13 May 00 - 11:55 PM (#227760)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: GUEST,Dave (the ancient mariner)

Aye, Praise you get better and we are all waiting fer the day you are to throw a big party here at the tavern for ye. {:-*) peck on the cheek from me (I warshed and shaved first) Aye, get well soon Susan.. Dave


14 May 00 - 12:26 AM (#227768)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

Too right! Here's a big ol' hug from Matthew...take care of yourself, ok? We're all hoping for a good prognosis---everyone raise a glass to our Sugar Dog Woman! ARROOOOOO!!!

--Mbo


14 May 00 - 01:30 AM (#227782)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: JenEllen

Sugar Dog, there ain't nothing that a scratch on the belly won't help...where's that SugarDogMan of yours??*bg*

Hope ya get back to your rowdy lil' self here real soon. Love to ya, JenElle


14 May 00 - 01:58 AM (#227789)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Thanks all. Hanging in there. Burning up, awful, and so tired and so wired.


Jen Elle, there's lots of Sugar Dog Men, all it takes to be one is to see the Sugar Dog and treat her right. Now Hardiman, who is the keeper of the Sugar Dog Luhhv Bed, he's one, and he been snugglin' Sugar Dog quite a bit uh some.

'Course more is always hepful when you is all sicked up in de recliner. Reckon some of the other Sugar Dog Men could set a spell, would help. (Hardiman, he don't mind long as dey respeckful an' doan forget where she sleep at night.)

Yas, Sugar Dog do love a nice peaceful lap.

~S~


14 May 00 - 02:08 AM (#227791)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: JenEllen

Well, you just wait in your recliner doll....and here's a hot cuppa to warm your fingers, peppermint lotion for your feet (I can do the duty for ya..I'm dash), and some big fluffy socks to pull on after. Take care, and a big hug to ya.
JenElle


14 May 00 - 03:49 AM (#227801)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Metchosin

hope you're feeling better soon Praise....here's a scrumptious scratch behind the ear.


14 May 00 - 10:12 AM (#227841)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: paddymac

There's usually "A Whole Lotta BSin' Gonin' On" in 'catland libation lounges, but sometimes, if ye listen close, ye can actually learn something. Like, well, ferinstance, Mbo's acute observation of the phrase over the pub door: "Ceol Caint Agus Craic". Sent me scramblin' fer me dictionary it did. I've always love "Ceol Agus Craic", but this was the first time I've "heard" it with "Caint" added. I humble wait fer a "native speaker" to enlighten me, but I 'spect it translates as "Music, Chat and Fun". Marvelous goal in life for any self-respecting pub - especially so here in 'catland. Innkeeper! Pintas fer me and the lad.


14 May 00 - 11:50 AM (#227856)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Caitrin

Hello, all. I just woke up after returning from the prom. I've been out of Catland for a bit because of A.P. Exams...I've hardly been online for more than five minutes all week! Anyway, it's nice to be back.


14 May 00 - 12:20 PM (#227861)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amos

Captain C, welcome home. I wondered why the Enterprise took so long finding a way through the asteroid belt!

A


14 May 00 - 01:04 PM (#227870)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

Another reason is because it is virtually impossible to play The Fields of Athenry on the pipes...well, in the same key for verse and chorus anyway! Welcome back ol' Caitrin! How was the prom and all that jazz?

--Mbo


14 May 00 - 06:36 PM (#227966)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: MMario

Mbo - we all trust you to perform miracles of engineering, not least in the threads...*grin* besudesm who ever said Star Fleet duty would be easy?


14 May 00 - 08:10 PM (#227995)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Biskit

Praise Darlin', I sure hope ya gets ta feelin' better soon dear,I'll say a little prayerferya when I gets down onm' knees t`night. Honey I'm still savin'some neatly folded well worn knickers that was returned to me just incase ya ever wants ta run`em up flag pole .,,Well I'd be honered -Biskit-


15 May 00 - 10:28 AM (#228191)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Update--

Sugar Dog is staying put right here in the recliner section till she goes to the vet Tuesday afternoon to start blood work.

Visitors welcome, and the many prayers expressed in personal messages are accepted with thanks.

Now, who has a lap for Sugar Dog....

~S~


15 May 00 - 10:32 AM (#228195)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

Climb aboard lassie, I'll look after ye until the vet cures your ill's... They better look after ye, we enjoy your company in the Tavern.. Just think of the party we'll throw fer ye when ye are better...I will spread a nice blanket on me lap and here's alittle pillow fer ye.. There, anything ye need just bark lass and someone'll run and get it... Yours, Aye. Dave (the ancient watchdog)


15 May 00 - 04:20 PM (#228359)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Safe harbor with the harbormaster is harbor indeed, Dave (t'awwwww...)

~S~


15 May 00 - 04:40 PM (#228370)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: JenEllen

Wassamatter womon? You still not feeling any better? What kind of funk have you got anyways? Jus' snuggle down in Dave's lap and sleep it off doll...Luv, JenElle


15 May 00 - 07:28 PM (#228452)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

This recliners a rocker as well so gently does it. Sugar Dawg this a nice gentle Pacific swell kinda rocking..Aye. SSSShhhhh. We'll Roll the old chariot along
roll the old chariot along
And roll the old chariot along
And we'll all hang on behind

A plate of Irish stew wouldn't do us any harm
A plate of Irish stew wouldn't do us any harm
A plate of Irish stew wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind her

We'll Roll the old chariot along
We'll Roll the old chariot along
And roll the old chariot along
And we'll all hang on behind her

A night out with the girls wouldn't do us any harm
A night out with the girls wouldn't do us any harm
No a night out with the girls wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind her

We'll roll the old chariot along
We'll roll the old chariot along
And roll the old chariot along
And we'll all hang on behind her

A pint of Nelsons blood wouldn't do us any harm
A pint of Nelsons blood wouldn't do us any harm
A pint of Nelsons blood wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind her

We'll roll the old chariot along
We'll roll the old chariot along And we'll all hang on behind her

There now she asleep.... Awwww cute aint she.. Aye. Dave


15 May 00 - 09:35 PM (#228502)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Barky

Barky is officially BACK!!! Hey folks, thought my first stop after a couple months AWOL would be the tavern for a nice cool root brewski. My apologies to all, haven't had much time. So... introduce me to this new Sugar Dog!

~Barky


16 May 00 - 02:04 AM (#228592)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: JenEllen

Hey Barks! The Sugar Dog is an incarnation of our lovely Praise. She's been set to howl for a while now, but as of a few days ago, her tail's been a'waggin' slow. Give her a scratch on the ears and tell her every little things gonna be okay....
~Elle
BTW: Glad ta have ya back!


16 May 00 - 09:09 AM (#228681)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

Wooooohaaaa!!! Barky's back!!!!! **dances on table, doing air guitar to Black Hole Sun**

--Mbo


16 May 00 - 09:29 AM (#228697)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

Hello, hello
It's great to see you once again
It's been so long, we were such friends
Long time ago.

Hello, hello
Your smiling face, your warm embrace
We've been apart for too long
It felt so wrong.

Nice to know you're coming over
Nice to know the wait is over

Hello, hello
Is that a smile on your face?
Here's a kiss just in case
This one's for you.

Hello, hello
It's great to see you once again
It's been so long, we were such friends
A long, long time ago!

--Mbo ;-)


16 May 00 - 11:15 AM (#228757)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

Dancing Mbo's? Air guitars? where's the party mates? can I join in. Wonder if the "hornpipes" back infashion? (dont answer that Spaw ye swab) Yours,(right tickled to see ye back Barky lass) Aye. Dave


16 May 00 - 11:23 AM (#228768)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

Sure ye can do the hornpipe! It's a PAAAAR-TAY!!! Should I fire up the Black Bear then, segue into Harvest Home, then the Belfast Hornpipe? Deedle deedle deedle...

--Mbo


16 May 00 - 11:23 AM (#228769)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler

Thread creep:RE: Air Guitars.
Pat Cash and John McEnroe fancy themselves as guitarists. Do you think they played air tennis with their guitars when they were young??
Just a thought...
RtS


16 May 00 - 11:50 AM (#228789)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

Aye Lad, Black Bear would do just fine fer a start...Away! Yours, Aye. Dave


16 May 00 - 12:03 PM (#228804)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Biskit

Aye! tis good t`be back at the ol` mudcat tavern,Ah whats this then a sleepin' sugar dog Aye we'll jus' let'er lie, when she wakes from `er napn we'll see if we caint fin'er some treats eh! Dave ya ol' salt howz th' worl' by ye mate?!


16 May 00 - 03:47 PM (#228959)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

Pull up a pint and sit down Biskit Ol'pal. Take the load off yer feet, relax and enjoy watching these young un's have fun.. Guess you've been on some long distance hauls lately? have'nt had the pleasure of your company fer a bit mate. Yours, Aye. Dave


16 May 00 - 04:37 PM (#228985)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Update--

Doctor sez Sugar Dog is all wore out an' her regulatory systems is shot to hell. Blood sugar metabolism likely big part of it. Blood drawn for every test possible, and there'll be a heart function one next week too. Awww. You need a heart to live, huh?? Specially if you is a Sugar Dog.

I am good for about 3 hours a day of whatever needs to be done. The rest.... laps, live and virtual. Sponge time. Tavern laptime is a big help, and I highly recommend it, along with continued tavern music therapy for maximized healing.

The doctor's prescription till tests are back? More lap time. I think I could get used to it.

Biskit, could you just arrange those knickers on my recliner, I'll wad them up for a nice nest till a lap comes along.... had the best, I think, with Dave, ye could all learn a lot from Dave's lap.... zzzzzz....

Mm hmm, tunes, I agree, bears. Big Black Bears.

zzzz....

~S~


16 May 00 - 04:50 PM (#228996)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Bert

Hi Barky, How's things down on your farm?


16 May 00 - 07:11 PM (#229056)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Caitrin

Prom was lots of fun, Mbo. My friend John and I got to impress everyone with a swing dance. We even managed a flip in that crowd!


16 May 00 - 07:12 PM (#229057)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

Must have been quite a sight! Watch yer head!

--Mbo


16 May 00 - 08:55 PM (#229098)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Barky

Hey! We should host another Mudcat Prom! That was fun! (After Saturday, of course!) So how were the decorations, Cait? I remember @ the senior prom last year, the deco was fabulous! I got to go with one of my buddies, whos date ditched him at the last minute. Come to think of it, I might be doing that again this year!

~Barky


16 May 00 - 09:07 PM (#229103)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

More Mudcat Prom? Wooo!

--Mbo


17 May 00 - 12:39 PM (#229366)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

Phew...just popping in fer a minute before my 5-hr ceramics class starts...how are ye all? Hey don't forget Mudcat Radio tonight! BTW I saw a senior show poster on the door here at the Fine Arts Center...it was funny, it said "Surgeon General's Warning: Quitting Art School May Reduce Serious Risks To Your Health" HA HA!!!

--Mbo


17 May 00 - 03:50 PM (#229474)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Let's see... Recliner, aye... kibbles, aye. Sunshine and fresh air, aye... water, aye. Music, aye! Knickers nest, aye... friends and family, aye.... what else was that the vet said I needed... vitamins... tomorrow... oh yes, laps. More laps. Nonstop laps. Laps all day, laps all night. Laps, laps, and more laps.

Don't see any laps...

Laps? Any laps available for Sugar Dog?

~S~


17 May 00 - 03:57 PM (#229479)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

Will mine do?


17 May 00 - 03:58 PM (#229481)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Bert

Come and sit on my lap Sugar.

Bert.


17 May 00 - 04:15 PM (#229493)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Ooooh! Two offers at once!

Mmmmm... Amergin. Yours would indeed do, and handsomely.

Bert. I dunno Bert, don't you have radio to dash off to shortly?

OK. Bert it is, till Radio Show time, then he'll have a guitar to manage anyway. Then Amergin! Yeah! Amergin during the radio show! OK Amergin?

Sugar Dog hops up... mashes Bert around til he's just right (he's so cute when he giggles!), gets settled in, and.....

zzzzzzzzzzzzz.......

~S~


17 May 00 - 04:21 PM (#229496)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

That'll be ok, Sugar. I'll be here waiting.


17 May 00 - 04:22 PM (#229499)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Awwwww.....

Write it in after radio then, write me right into your lap!

~S~


17 May 00 - 04:55 PM (#229527)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

Ok, I'll just draw myself a pint of Guinness or two or three in the meantime.


17 May 00 - 05:30 PM (#229544)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Sorcha

Woo-hoo, lotta lapping goin on in here, seems to be plenty available, tho. Sure hope you up to chasin Frisbees real soon, now, Sugar Dog. And don't ya know, that chocolate is pure poison to dogs........hope you get all OK real soon.


17 May 00 - 06:13 PM (#229553)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

**Mbo, with his clothes covered in clay and copper dust after a long day, staggers in, and with his usual right eye twitching, he drops on the floor** Pleeeeeze are there any nice gals around to drag me under a table?

--Mbo


17 May 00 - 06:18 PM (#229556)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

I'm on lap duty again tonight Sugar Dog so when everyone else gets tired, I'll still be around; and I have a few more verses to rock you with.. Yours, Aye. Dave


17 May 00 - 07:35 PM (#229589)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: TerriM

Praise tells me there's lots of sympathy and cuddles for those of us frail beings with health problems, would that be right? I could certainly use a lap and lots of the kind of kindness that makes me cry just at the moment.Actaully a pint of Guiness and a small malt whisky wouldn't come amiss either. And somebody tell Cleetus that the brand of moonshine he's passing round will make you go blind ( my mother told me something completely different, do you think she doesn't know about moonshine?)


17 May 00 - 07:54 PM (#229601)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Lonesome EJ

Terri, you take this Guinness while I help you into the hot tub here. Don't panic. It's full of Jello...There! Not bad when you get used to it.


17 May 00 - 07:56 PM (#229602)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Biskit

Yep there be lapsaplenty matey....Praise I was otherwise distracted when you wasa lookin' fer a lap, I'll just keep these ol` knickers rumpled jus' the way ya likes'm, jus' in case ya needs'm -Biskit-


17 May 00 - 09:00 PM (#229622)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

Free lap available fer those that needs it right here in me rocking recliner...
A night out with the boys would'nt do her any harm
A night out with the boys would'nt do her any harm
Oh a night out with the boys would'nt do her any harm
And we'll all hang on behind

We'll roll the old chariot along
We'll roll the old chariot along
We'll roll the old chariot along
And we'll all hang on behind

A tot of whiskey hot would'nt do us any harm
A tot of whiskey hot would'nt do us any harm
No a tot of whiskey hot would'nt do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind

We'll roll the old chariot along
We'll roll the old chariot along
We'll roll the old chariot along
And we'll all hang on behind


17 May 00 - 09:37 PM (#229638)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

Now that Dave has finished his song. I'll just draw another pint to oil my throat and recite this little bit that I got here:

One Hand on the Bulwarks

One hand on the bulwarks, one hand on the cigarette, watching the fog creep back from the shoreline, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot. I am watching the whales dance on the ocean crests, singing their celebratory songs of life, songs of their travels, songs of those that have come before.

One hand on the bulwarks, one hand on the cigarette, feeling the greasiness of dirty clothes brushing against clean skin, with each roll of the boat, each shift of the legs, each lifting of an arm, each turning of the head. You can't wash your clothes they say, have to conserve fresh water they say, it's only four days they say. AAARRGGGHHH!!!! The griminess of it all!!!

One hand on the bulwarks, one hand on the cigarette, hearing the gentle roar of the diesel engines reverberating throughout the vessel, vibrating the steel decks, the bulkheads, the portholes, the crew as the beached stern of the New Carissa slowly descends from sight.

Got an open lap available....

Amergin


17 May 00 - 09:51 PM (#229643)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Whooooooooooosh-sh-sh..... just back from a short trip out back to TCB, Sugar Dog piles into Amergin's lap, indulges in a moment of determined cheek-licking, and settles in to watch the Tavern fun.

Biskit, no stranger to under-the-table maneuvers, had apparently dragged Mbo to his rest from which resting place, from time to time, we hear a faint balladic whisper

TerriM and Dave, in the next recliner, are just getting comfy for a bit of purely platonic and therapeutic snuggle time. Dave has shaved again and TerriM is weeping softly with no particular pain in mind, just at the relief of landing at safe harbor. Dave doesn't mind because whatever her tears' cause, it's no fault of his and when a lass needs a good weep, why not?

Sugar Dog can smell Biskit still, but he was in and back out so fast she missed him while TCB. But it seems he may have kidnapped Sorcha with her complete cooperation... sniff-sniff... tasting the air.... yep. Sugar Dog can SMELL the wild cackle Sorcha let out when she realized she could hop a ride with Biskit and take a nice, loooooong trip!

Sugar Dog 'bout used up her remarkable powers of observation and reportage, so (scrunch-wiggle-lap adjust) settles down for a nice nap amid all the noise, safe and snug among friends.

~S~


17 May 00 - 11:24 PM (#229686)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

Here I am with the sugar dog in my lap, a pint in my hand, giggling from the licking and the wriggling, one arm around her as she settles in for her nap, careful not to spill my beer (can't have that), watching the goings on around me, thinking on what Aine's next Challenge will be....

Amergin


17 May 00 - 11:53 PM (#229700)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

(plipp!) A drop of beer lands on Sugar Dog's paw. She absently licks it off in her sleep.

Mmmmm....zzzzzz...

Amergin reaches over for the conveniently-placed wheeled tray table Spaw sent over from the Neil Young Center, pulls it over, and sets down the beer.... reaches into the pullout tray for the Notepad, and begins to scribe a song....

Yep, that adjustable tray height JUST FITS over Sugar Dog, sleeping happily below while songs dance over her silky caramel-colored head, and she begins to dream... of another Tavern, in another time.... The Mudcat Tavern Enterprise...

~S~


18 May 00 - 12:02 AM (#229706)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

**While Mbo snores soundly crumpled up in the doorjam**

--Mbo


18 May 00 - 12:54 AM (#229724)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

Gently moving the sleeping lass to a comfortable spot in his recliner, the ancient mariner picks up the sleeping Mbo and puts him in an unoccupied recliner in a warm spot in the corner... Poor Lad!! alone and tired out... wonder where the lassies went? Well cant leave a shipmate on the deck in stormy weather... Night all! I'm off to the lighthouse on Mudcat Island, gotta work on me sport fishing boat I just bought.. TTFN, Aye.

Oh whiskey is the life of man
Whiskey Johnny
Oh I'll get whiskey when i can
Whiskey for my Johnny

Oh whiskey hot or whiskey cold
Whiskey Johnny
Oh whiskey new or whiskey old
Whiskey for my Johnny

Oh whiskey killed my dear old dad
whiskey Johnny
And whiskey drove me mother mad
Whiskey for my Johnny

Oh whiskey made me pawn me clothes
Whiskey Johnny
And whiskey gave me this broken nose
Whiskey for my Johnny

Bye mates catch you all in another tavern night...


18 May 00 - 01:03 AM (#229726)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Aye, indeed, float that boat!

And watch out for otters!

~S~


18 May 00 - 01:09 AM (#229729)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

Not to mention selkies.


18 May 00 - 01:19 AM (#229732)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

Selkies are mates of mine, and otters are my pals too! We're all Seafarers mates; and its time this chairborn warrior returns to his natural element. (miles away from cities and yuppies)Yours,(waiting fer the day)Aye.Dave


18 May 00 - 01:38 AM (#229737)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Sail away, matey, sail away!

They have recliners and laps on them boats Dave? Shipboard mascots?

~S~


18 May 00 - 01:47 AM (#229741)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

Mine is an "old gal" seaworthy, but like her owner a bit obsolete...Not built fer comfort, but will keep you alive in a rough sea.. Got a polar bear for crew; and a friend who wants to learn navigation in exchange for carving a figurehead and name boards for her... Yours, Aye. Dave


18 May 00 - 04:04 AM (#229776)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

I listen to the gentle snoring of those around me, of Sugar Dog yelping in her sleep chasing cats, rabbits, or whatever strikes her fancy, as I scribble into my notepad, softly singing out my words as I go along...

Into My Thoughts

I hear her voice calling to me in my sleep Swirling in my head the whispers softly creep Into my thoughts....

I see her standing before me in my dreams Unclothed and dripping from the river streams Into my thoughts.....

I hear her sing her beann sidhe songs Wailing and crying the whole night long Into my thoughts....

I feel her creamy breasts touching me Caressing my skin everytime she breathed Into my thoughts.....

I taste her mouth as her tongue entered mine Knowing the dreams are being left behind Into my thoughts....

I smell her sweet sweat filling my lungs I arise and know that you are now gone Into my thoughts....

Amergin

I finish my pint and lean back closing my lids and gently drift off to sleep, to the music of the snoring........


18 May 00 - 05:06 AM (#229783)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

Here let me try this again, but only with line breaks:

Into My Thoughts

I hear her voice calling to me in my sleep
Swirling in my head the whispers softly creep
Into my thoughts....

I see her standing before me in my dreams
Unclothed and dripping from the river streams
Into my thoughts.....

I hear her sing her beann sidhe songs
Wailing and crying the whole night long
Into my thoughts....

I feel her creamy breasts touching me
Caressing my skin everytime she breathed
Into my thoughts.....

I taste her mouth as her tongue entered mine
Knowing the dreams are being left behind
Into my thoughts....

I smell her sweet sweat filling my lungs
I arise and know that you are now gone
Into my thoughts....

Amergin


18 May 00 - 07:23 AM (#229809)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: TerriM

That is lovely,Amergin! Woken up from my nap feeling much better and not nearly so sorry for myself now.Thank-you everyone.I shall quietly go and make tea for those of us awake and maybe wash some of the jello off, while I'm there.Anyone free to scrub my back?


18 May 00 - 09:20 AM (#229840)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Sugar Dog wakes and shakes tail out back to TCB. Comes back in and sez, "TerriM, Ah ain't much fuh scrubbin', but try jes' shakin' that Jello off! Uh huh, jes' lahk a wet pup! Shake it, baby!"

~S~


18 May 00 - 12:03 PM (#229929)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: TerriM

Honey, if I was in any shape to shake anything I wouldn't be hanging round this here tavern in the day time, I'd be at work like any other sober, solid citizen!


18 May 00 - 12:14 PM (#229945)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

TerriM, maybe I can help. I'll write you clean.

... Sugar Dog has been splashing around in the Sugar Dog bath out back, y'know, kinda like a birdbath, but for Sugar Dogs, bigger.

Comes in all wet and happy, finds TerriM STILL covered in Jello! "Nobody scrub you off, yet, honey?" sez Sugar Dog.

"No!" sez TerriM, "Can you believe it?"

Sugar Dog gives herself a good shake, sez, "TerriM, jes' do like dat!"

TerriM, she giggle, an' say, "Oh Sugar, wish I could."

"Wal OK, then, girl, Ah hep you out mahseff. Hol' still now... "

An' Sugar Dog commence to whoosh 'roun' an' 'roun' TerriM, who by now is LAFFin? Cuz Sugar Dog, she scrub TerriM herseff wit' dat wet fur, whooshin' all 'roun' dat girl till she all cleaned UP. An' SHINY? Dat girl is as shine as shine do get. FINE shinin'!

TerriM, she step on over tuh de closet and lookie! In wit' all de footie-sleepers an' other comftables, a big ole fluffy coupla robes. Uh huh. TerriM, she pick her JES' de right color and wrap herseff all 'roun'.

Sugar Dog LAFFin? She go out for anuthuh bath! An' lick off summa dat Jello she now have stuck on her! An shake off all de water drops when she come back in! Uh huh! Gets the place all wet, shakin' lahk dat!!

Now TerriM all set up back in de recliner, an' Sugar Dog, she wore out. She jump up in TerriM lap an' say, "Now how 'bout we bofe stay put and jes' set ourseffs?"

~S~


18 May 00 - 12:26 PM (#229956)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: GUEST,Mbo_at_ECU

Ahhh...dog washing time!!! Man...I only handle cats..

--Mbo


19 May 00 - 01:47 AM (#230365)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

Terri, glad you liked it. Since Sugar Dog put me on the spot last night had to write something. Glad you're feeling better today. Get all the jello off?

Amergin


19 May 00 - 10:19 AM (#230494)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: TerriM

All clean of jello, now covered in dog slobber, but what the hell! Mbo, you ever tried to bathe a cat?? You need full body armour and a stun gun and you still come out looking like you spent the night with a bag of over-excited roofing nails!


19 May 00 - 11:02 AM (#230516)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: MMario

OUR cats bathe each other, and "dry bathe" in alfalfa (they roll on the hay bales)...

BTW - YPPAH YADHTRIB! to the Sugar Dog!!!!!!


19 May 00 - 11:09 AM (#230518)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler

OK barkeep, the weekend starts here, set 'em up! Has that PeterT been in? If he does come in tell him Waylon's turned up in Scotland fronting Project Heron at:http://www.stir.ac.uk/infoserv/heron/
RtS


19 May 00 - 11:37 AM (#230534)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Mmario,

Foow! Foow! KNAHT OUY!

LOL, or is that LOL?

Definitely OAMLFTOR!

~Sugar Dog


19 May 00 - 12:05 PM (#230546)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Mbo

Yeah Terri, I know ALL about holding cats when they get a bath! Our kitty Boo fights both tooth and claw, yet I always seem to come out unscathed. I'm also the only one who can nab her when she's bad, her remonstrances never faze me, I can tease her even when she's in a scratching mood, and still get away with it...that's why my family calls me "The Kitty Police"! Ooooh oooh! Recliner spinning contest time!!! Yes!

--Mbo


19 May 00 - 12:15 PM (#230556)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: MMario

Mbo - lemmee sniff that Iced tea you're drinking, I think someone may have spiked it...or did you get it from Long Island?

But I haven't had a recliner spinning contest in years...did you ever have piano stool twirling contests? The trick was to twist it right out of the socket yet maintain your balance so it spun on top without tipping over...while still sitting on it...most spins won!


23 May 00 - 02:52 PM (#232589)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Update:

Good results today on echocardiogram.

Endocrine results expected this week.

Self-care changes beginning to pay off, slow but sure.

Reading good holistic health materials to refine plan.

Research info is beginning to come in, and is powerful support to being in charge of being a good patient or doing good healing.

Home computer is no more, except when Hardiman brings home laptop. So am e-communicating from work.

Messages, cards, flowers, assistance... have been pouring in and have beenSUCH


23 May 00 - 02:54 PM (#232591)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

oops, flying thumb disorder...

and have beenSUCH ....

... have been SUCH a help that when there is nothing else doing, I just curl up in Jesus' lap and have a good cleansing cry at the marvelousness of good friends and strangers.

Wrote a song about it I will post later.

BTW, I am also sleeping a LOT.

~S~


23 May 00 - 03:16 PM (#232605)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler

Glad you're on the mend, Susan. I was worried when you were refreshing (without "REFRESH") all those threads that you might be falling into a coma and trying to get a message out!
Your medication probably doesn't allow you to have a drink so I'll have one for you (still at work for nearly an hour)to toast your good health. When you're recovered I can get back to being my sarcastic self!
RtS (perhaps the NYCFTTS can run a program for compulsive refreshers!) :0D


23 May 00 - 03:27 PM (#232612)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

RtS!

Yeah, make it Rusty Nails! Just pour some on ole Sugar Dog, she can lick a drop off her paw!

Regarding the refreshing flood of yesterday.... that was just so the Multiple Willies would drown, sinking to the bottom of the Mudcat Shoals of their own weight!

I love Willies, too, but one is enuff for this Sugar Dog!

~S~


23 May 00 - 04:03 PM (#232636)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Where better to post this than in the thread where I found more laps than I had ever dreamed possible?

I'll leave it here for the day someone else needs a lap and there are no Mudcatters present at the Tavern to hop into the recliner and snuggle up. See, it is a plaque, hanging right over the recliner section.... it reads:

IN JESUS' LAP

1 In Jesus' lap is always Truth
And truth in love is told.
In Jesus' lap is peace and life,
No story is too old.


CHORUS:
In Jesus' lap I love to lie
And lie there when I can.
In Jesus' lap where I was born
When to His lap I ran.

2. To Jesus' lap will I return
When buffeted by storm.
To Jesus' lap my soul does fly
When cold heart I would warm.

3. From Jesus' lap I'll pray for you,
And bless you in your way.
From Jesus' lap, love, I can see
You, clearer every day.

4 In Jesus' lap, His loving arms
Encircle what He's won.
In Jesus' lap, oh! lay me down
When I my race have run.


By Susan Hinton
(On her birthday)


23 May 00 - 08:42 PM (#232792)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Amergin

That's a lovely song, Praise. I'll just hang out at the bar, since I don't see anyone tending the bar, I'll just draw myself a pint of the black stuff, watch the foam rushing to the top, mmmmmmmmm.

Amergin


12 Oct 00 - 09:53 PM (#317741)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Please indulge me in another round of this thread. If it gets a lot of action I know someone will make a Part Three.

A critter called Sugar Dog makes her first appearance in the Part One thread on this:

http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=21011&messages=141

In these threads, as we got to know Sugar Dog, we also found out what is a Sugar Dog Man. And that's why I am refreshing this.

A dear Sugar Dog Man from our parish died today-- Ernie. So since I didn't get to say goodbye, I thought maybe I would just toast him here. His widow is also a sugar dog, Marguerite. She is blind and as Amos said to me today, and I paraphrase cuz I don't remember it accurately, she must be in a deeper darkness now. I said, I dunno, a sugar dog will amaze you most of the time, she's already so far ahead of me that I could not begin to imagine how she is in this, now. Strong I know, and taking her tears in their season head on, from what Hardi said after going to see her.

So-- raise a glass to Ernie and Marguerite, a love that kept two people together body and soul throughout life's infirmities, lives lived in the Lord, and a way of seeing people that has magic and joy and fun in it.

And JenEllen-- aaaahhhHHHH-ROOOOOOoooohhh!

~Susan~


13 Oct 00 - 01:54 AM (#317891)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: CarolC

Part One


13 Oct 00 - 03:45 PM (#318259)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Kim C

Praise, if you can be a Sugar Dog, can I be a Whiskey Cat? :)


15 Oct 00 - 02:22 PM (#319319)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Posilutely!

Still toasting the soul of the later Ernie Dowell. Hymnsinging in his honor in the hymns thread.

~Susan


16 Oct 00 - 04:06 PM (#320059)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Kim C

and a big Meeeeeowwwwww to Ernie and Marguerite.


16 Oct 00 - 04:53 PM (#320104)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Kim, if it takes being either a Sugar Dog Man or another sugar dog to see the Sugar Dog, then I must be another whiskey cat myself, and if so I am at least 12. And you then would be another sugar dog, in addition to the Whiskey Cat.

Hmmm... I do know some Whiskey Cat Men, too... explains a lot!

The there's WonderGoose and DandyGander. Another story.

~S~


16 Oct 00 - 05:36 PM (#320151)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Kim C

Does that make me a Sugar Whiskey Kitty Pooch? :)


16 Oct 00 - 05:54 PM (#320184)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Mash.


16 Oct 00 - 06:04 PM (#320204)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: Matt_R

In an interstella burst
I am back to save the universe


16 Oct 00 - 06:05 PM (#320207)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Sugar Dog she wag all over!

~S~


16 Oct 00 - 06:18 PM (#320232)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

Ladeez an' Gennemen... please would you be so kind... gather up your things and prepare to head over to MUDCAT TAVERN 3....

~S~


16 Oct 00 - 06:48 PM (#320271)
Subject: RE: BS: MUDCAT TAVERN 2
From: wysiwyg

CLICK HERE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SUCH TAVERN