This was great! Who are these folks?
What was this about? Nobody in our crowd could identify the guy or the message.
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 Evelyn |
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(07/05/08 10:24 AM) Administrator |
This was great! Who are these folks?
What was this about? Nobody in our crowd could identify the guy or the message. |
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(07/05/08 10:46 AM) |
First one looks like J. Edgar Hoover... not sure who the man is, though...
The second one -- he was in the Gloucester parade, and the sign on the rear of his trike said "100 years old" so I think it just may be a really old guy riding in the paprade, just 'cuz he can. I sure as Hell hope I can if I ever reach that age! To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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(07/05/08 10:55 AM) |
My mom said that second guy was going to be her inspiration during her next spinning class, he did great uphill!
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(07/05/08 11:01 AM) |
I thought the man on the bike was trying to show how many credit cards and offers get sent to us- and all the advertising done to entice us ("19.95";
"call now") and how we fall into it even when we cant afford it..... just my take on it.
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(07/05/08 11:13 AM) Administrator |
Ohhhhhh.............J. Edgar and Winston Churchill perhaps? Nahhh.....close, but (ahem) no cigar.
banker, that's something along the lines of what I was thinking, too. I didn't think he looked anywhere near 100, but hell, if he's that well preserved, no wonder he can ride in the parade. I'm thinking my next goal is to join the lawnchair drill team...... We really should start thinking seriously about a CAO float for next year. Can you imagine the possibilities??? Ho...ho...ho......... |
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(07/05/08 11:31 AM) |
I didn't think he looked anywhere near 100, either, but that's what the sign on the back of his trike said...
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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leftwingnut |
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(07/05/08 11:32 AM) |
You decide...
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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(07/05/08 11:41 AM) |
The couple is the Smiths of the Hardware Smiths. Nice folks!
Dad From Hell
" "You're gonna miss everything cool and die angry."
(comedian Patton Oswalt berating a heckler)
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Evelyn |
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(07/05/08 11:45 AM) Administrator |
Damn! Thanks, Dad. They were great in the parade last night. My favorite store, too.
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(07/05/08 02:05 PM) |
I'm thinking my next goal is to join the lawnchair drill team...... ~ EvelynWouldn't that be a hoot? Been thinking about it for a couple of years. One of the better items in the parade, IMO. Bagpipes and Middle School Band, too. Only things that have no power of choice are perfect. Nature is, man isn't. |
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leftwingnut |
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(07/05/08 02:06 PM) |
I could see doing the lawn chair thang...
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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o Realist o |
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(07/05/08 02:18 PM) |
I'll try to find out the prerequisites to joining... It would be so fun!
Only things that have no power of choice are perfect. Nature is, man isn't. |
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(07/05/08 02:40 PM) |
As far as I know, you are required to be a descendant of Dr. Brown, the physician who had a practice in house at 5 corners. It is part of their traditional 4th
of July reunion.
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Evelyn |
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(07/05/08 03:35 PM) Administrator |
No kidding, Mazzie. There are other such teams around in other parts of the country I know. (There's a lawn chair drill team and the better known briefcase
ones out in SF.)
Well, hell, LWN and Realist, we could have a CAO contingent for sure! OR we could think up something totally our own, but along the same kind of funky lines. ?? |
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(07/05/08 03:55 PM) |
Evelyn wrote: Agreed -- this is NOT the only lawn-chair brigade out there... no reason we couldn't have two... better yet... brainstorm something original... the CAO mouse brigade? Laptop brigade? Insult brigade?
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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Evelyn |
here's one of the lawn chair drill teams that cracks me up...... | ||
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(07/05/08 06:13 PM) |
'Puter keyboards with neck straps .... and smiley face masks ....
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Evelyn |
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(07/05/08 08:28 PM) Administrator |
Roxie wrote: And all other emoticoms.....love the keyboards on straps!
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o Realist o |
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(07/05/08 10:04 PM) |
We have to do some kind of "antic" to get the crowd laughing and clapping...jump through hoops? Jump rope? Tar and feather carefully chosen
individuals? Have a cookout in the back of someone's flatbed truck?
Only things that have no power of choice are perfect. Nature is, man isn't. |
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(07/05/08 11:16 PM) |
Mazzie, Dr. Brown's daughter, Carol, was in the lawn chair brigade.
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gooscv |
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(07/05/08 11:30 PM) |
I beleive it's Mr. Smith, from J.Raymond Smith Hardware!!
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