--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There's a new story emerging, from a very well-known and respected > source, > > which I'm not yet at liberty to divulge (sorry for the tease), which > > dramatically ups the out-of-control ante. Sorry to be so vague, but > you'll > > probably hear it before long. It's a mind-blower. > > > Damn. Just as I was planning to fade in to the FFL sunset. > > The soap opera quality here reminds me of when my first wife was > pregnant with our first son at MIU. All she could do was lie in our > pod room and throw up and watch TV. The only channel we got on our > crappy little B&W TV was ABC: All My Children, One Life to Live and > General Hospital (anyone remember Luke & Laura?). As it was only > during this time slot that she wasn't feeling totally like shit, that > was our "time together." We actually named our son Jaimini, partially > due to Indian saint and (more likely) because there was a cute kid on > one of those damn soap operas named Jamie. > > I did both of our class work (statute of limitations on that one?) and > tried to get her potatoes from the commissary, as it was the only thing > she could keep down. A potato baked in our equally crappy toaster oven. > You wouldn't believe how hard it was to get a few lousy taters. I > showed them her meal card, saying she wouldn't be eating at the > cafeteria and could I have a few potatoes. Suffice it to say I had to > get a friend who had commissary privileges to smuggle the spuds (man, > who knows what the statute is on that one!) > > Anyway, I vowed after all of that, never to watch a soap opera again. > And here I am on FFL. Funnily enough (remember that phrase?) I met a > Scientologist who used to be on one of those shows. He opened his talk > by saying he had been on a soap opera with the most unlikely title and > made us guess. Yup: One Life to Live > > Most likely to tease poster: Nominating Mr. Archer
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