my roomate put that at the end of our message on our answering machine while in college. My mom heard it and called me asking if he was gay or disturbed or on drugs. Of course she had never heard of the tick before so my explanation didnt go so far about a stupid superhero who yells out the names of utensils.
DRE > -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 1:01 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Re: funny one... > > > Spooooooooon!!!! > > Timothy Heald > Information Systems Specialist > Overseas Security Advisory Council > U.S. Department of State > 571.345.2235 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Re: funny one... > > > She wasn't "the Empress of the Automan Empire", she was the > "Ottoman Empress". A joke about the Ottoman Empire (which > participated in WW1 and is now (mostly) Turkey) (no bird > jokes, Ben) and the fact that she rules over furniture > (including ottomans). > > Sorry -- I can speak at length about The Tick. I feel sad > when others don't get the joke. :-( Or misspell it, even. > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 8:08 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: Re: Re: funny one... > : > : > : I have several morals... little furry creatures I keep in a > : small cage in the bedroom. They keep me awake nights running > : on that damn wheel. > : > : > : > : "So you're evil... It's always something." > : - Die Fledermause to the Empress of the Automan Empire > : - The Tick - Evil Sits Down For A Moment > : > : :) > : > : > All I can say is................... LOL ................. > : > :) > : > : > -- Pablo > : > : > ----- Original Message ----- > : > From: "s. isaac dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 4:34 PM > : > Subject: RE: Re: funny one... > : > : > : >> Something always seems comes in the way of one or the > : >> other of > : >> those two conditions... I'm comfortable writing and > : >> illustrating, > : >> but nobody's paying my bills for me to be an artist or a > : >> social critic. I could pay my bills defrauding rich > : >> people, > : >> but I'm not comfortable with running from the cops. :) > : >> > : >> Keeps me in the software world. :) > : >> > : >> Isaac > : >> > : >> (who actually does have morals, but likes to poke fun at > : >> them) > : >> > : >> Original Message ----------------------- > : >> Truth be told, nothing much wrong with anything if you > : >> are comfortable > : > doing > : >> it and it pays the bills ;) > : >> > : >> That applies to all aspects of life... :) > : >> > : >> Pablo > : >> ----- Original Message ----- > : >> From: "William Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : >> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:46 PM > : >> Subject: Re: funny one... > : >> > : >> > : >> > nothing wrong with .net if it pays the bills > : >> > ----- Original Message ----- > : >> > From: "Marlon Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : >> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : >> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 4:15 PM > : >> > Subject: funny one... > : >> > > : >> > > : >> > > I was browsing a website this afternoon and I noticed > : >> > > that the site > : > was > : >> > > not rendering correctly in Mozilla. I downloaded the > : >> > > site and the css > : >> > > file and figured out the problem. I sent a message > : >> > > to the design firm > : >> > > telling them of the problem and how to fix it. Ten > : >> > > minutes later I > : > get > : >> > > an e-mail saying that they've fixed it and this > : >> > > question: "are you > : >> > > interested in a web-author position?" :) > : >> > > > : >> > > Too bad that they're a .Net shop..... > : >> > > > : >> > > Marlon > : >> > > > : >> > > > : >> > > > : >> > > > : >> > > > : >> > > > : >> > > : >> > : >> > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > : > Archives: > : > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 > : > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > : > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 > : > : > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up > : > with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > : > http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm > : > : > Unsubscribe: > : http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > : > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 > : > : > : > : > : s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 > : > : team macromedia volunteer > : http://www.macromedia.com/go/team > : > : chief architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > : > : onTap is open source http://www.turnkey.to/ontap > : > : > : > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
