Re: OT Orchid

Gordon Lee wrote:
> "Kirby Cook" wrote:
>
> > Gordon Lee wrote:
> >
> > > "Kirby Cook" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Gordon Lee wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > "Mzzz Pnoopie Pnats" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Rob Evans wrote:
>
>
> > > > > > > Your loss.  You missed the truly awful:
> > > > > > > Bumblebees crowd your pistil.  They lurk.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > LMAO! Perfekt sig line!
> > > > >
> > > > > Greetings Ms. Pants. . Wasn't there a band back in the
> > > > > '70s called Bumblebee & the Sex Pistils?  If not, there
> > > > > should have been.  (I voted for you.)  Respectfully,
> > > > >
> > > > > Gordon Lee Great Fritain Royal Memorabilia &
> > > > > Porcelain Throne Emporium
> > > > > I sent you a letter, but my printer ran out of ink.  So
> > > > > what looks to you as several blank pages is in fact
> > > > > several pages of typing, but without the ink.
> > > >
> > > > That would have been the melding of B. Bumble and the Stingers,
> > > > and that other group, right?  Twenty years or so between them,
> > > > wasn't it?  Hi, Mr. Lee.  Hi, P.  Hope your art and life are equally
> > > > smashing.
> > > >
> > > > Kirby
> > >
> > > Greetings Mr. Cook.
> > > .
> > > Yup, at my age I can recognize the tune, but can't always remember
> > > the words, the name of the song, nor the artist(s).  Most of the time
> > > I'm satisfied with just recognizing the tune.
> > > .
> > > I thought about you, Mr. Cook, during the last couple of weeks, with
> > > hopes that the fires didn't get too hot for you.  Evidently you
>
> survived.
>
> > > Good.  (I flew into Phoenix on the 2nd of November.  The hazy ether
> > > over that city looked as if a giant bumble bee wafted grayish-yellow
> > > pollen from a gigantic California flower.  Errrr ... not really.  It
>
> looked
>
> > > like smog caused by smoke from a forest fire.  Anyway, I'm glad
> > > you're safe.)
> > > .
> > > Respectfully,
> > >
> > > Gordon Lee
> > > Great Fritain Royal Memorabilia & Smoke in UR Eyes Emporium
> > > "Pumpernickel" is derived from German words meaning "Devil's fart."
> >
> > Hi, Gord!  We were safe as hou...   we were pretty safe.  After a
> > while, the flames that I could see from my back yard, and the ruddy
> > midnight glow behind the close hills, went away.  I heard that we were
> > under an advisory evacuation order at one point, but I heard about it
> > after the fact.
> > I really liked J. Del Col's response to this thread.  I'd like to
> > think he was just making it up as he went along.  There was a guy in
> > another news group who had a rare and wonderful talent for doing just
> > that.  I think I'd like to try it sometime, but I'm afraid of my own
> > possible disappointment.  Speaking of which (talent, that is), I know
> > you said all your sigs were cadged, but you do, in fact have an awesome
> > talent for the ever-apropos quip.  (sigh)  It's good to see something
> > other than a cross-post in here.  Thanks.
> > And thanks to you, too, P.  Always.
> >
> > Kirby
>
> Greetings Mr. Cook.
> .
> Yes, I am happy that you and yours didn't have any direct contact with those
> flames and that the unheard evacuation advisory was not needed.
> .
> We experienced quite a turmoil during the IzzyBelle Hurricane Party.  That
> naughty lass waltzed right through our neighborhood.  She danced all night
> long and then left without helping to clean up the mess she made.  The first
> thing she did was turn off the lights, and everything else that used
> electricity.  That was a pretty good trick because our power lines are all
> underground.  (One of the first trees to blow over uprooted and snapped the
> lines.)  No big deal.  I can handle that.
> .
> Then she kicked up her heels and flung a bunch of shingles off my roof.  No
> big deal.  I can handle that.
> .
> Leaves blown from the trees clogged the drain outside my basement door.
> Without electricity, the sump pump does not work.  Luckily we discovered the
> water sneaking in under the door soon enough and were able to clear the
> drain before too much damaged was cause in the basement.  (My
> seventeen-year-old son, Mutt, sleeps down there.  The basement, therefore,
> is usually in a mess.  Now, it was just a soggy-mess.)  I can handle that.
> .
> For some reason, IzzyBelle decided to pick up the Lee-mobile off my driveway
> and deposit it upside down in my neighbors' back yard.  No big deal.  His
> yard was saturated with rain making his lawn nice and soft.  The Lee-mobile
> didn't even get a scratch.
> .
> More trees were uprooted and were tossed about, one of which stuck it's limb
> through our living room window.  That didn't upset me as much as it did the
> family of raccoons living in that tree.  Those little critters can cause a
> lot of damage when they get upset.  But not near as much damage when they
> get hungry and start scavenging for food.  Our pantry looked like a
> hurricane hit it after those bandits got through dining.  They must have
> still been a little bit hungry because for desert they chased our cat all
> through the house.  After twenty or so laps through the house, every thing
> was in shambles.  I didn't like that cat anyway.
> .
> I does sound like Mr. J. Del Col possesses a green thumb.  I too, wish I had
> the talent to whip up a story on the fly and make it sound convincing.  I
> guess I'll just settle being a spongy ole cadger.
> .
> Again, I am truly glad you escaped the fires that were pushed around by
> those Santy-Annie winds.
> .
> And oh, btw, no cross-posts, Lee-mobiles, rabid raccoons, nor kitty cats
> were harmed during the typing of this post.
> .
> Respectfully,
>
> Gordon Lee
> Great Fritain Royal Memorabilia & Cat Mustard Emporium
> Even if the voices are not real they have some pretty good ideas.

	Hokey Smokes, Bullwinkle!  What you can handle leaves me speechless! 
I'm so *glad* that you're still around, and I can still enjoy 
communications from the Great Fritain Royal Memorabilia and Cornucopia 
Emporium!

Happily,

Kirby