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David Cordell

Lowell. this is how I remember it.

The zing team

of pro football

the roaring, soaring Texans

Join the yell

for the AFL 

with the roaring, soaring Texans!

Every spine-tingling

ring-a-ding-a-ling

leather poppin' play has ZING!

Dallas

Texans.

Big D's team.

Rack'em.

Texans.

ZZZZING!

The Dallas Texans!

----

Probably weren't two lines of "roaring, soaring" though.

David Wier

David C:

I agree about the commercials in the game. Lackluster at best. I thought a few were "cute", if I were to use that word and since I'm a guy I don't. :)

But then, I remember one in particular that blew me away and will make me remember June 30 of this year - a NEW Indiana Jones movie!!  I know that probably many of you are "jonesed-out" but that particular series is one that I really like - even the one most people had a "tumbs-down" for - the crystal skull episode. There's just something about that series that I really love and, for the last two episodes, I really thought I'd seen the last. Then I saw Harrison Ford on Cobert about a week ago and his age really showed through. I really thought, at that point, that of course, we'd never see another episode - but then.......  :)

I can't believe I'm gushing so much about this (and him). I guess he must be my favorite actor, now that I think about it.

David Wier

Jerry:

that leg.....

I'll bet there were equal amounts of tape and novacaine (or the like) in it in the second half - IMHO

David Wier

Sorry - one last Super Bowl mention....

Someone on TV mentioned the historic part, being that there were 2 black quarterbacks playing each other. Excuse me for not paying attention, even though I was rooting for KC (being from the Dallas Texans and my daughter having graduated from Tech), that Mahomes was 'black'. I know now that he is bi-racial in that his mother is white and his father is black, which doesn't bother me in the least, but why does that make him black?  And, in the same way, why is Meghan Markle considered black? Until they mentioned it in the news, I never knew. 

My point is - if you are half of one race and half of the other race,  why on earth does that make you one or the other, and why are points made for them?  We're all humans - brothers and sisters (in Christ) - supposedly equal, at least under the Constitution. I just believe that too much is being made about the subject....

Now - off my soap box for now....

Wayne Gary

David W

I looked up Nikki Haley who announced her run for Republican President. The news reports her as a "person of color" since she is of Indian (Aisa) desent. My guess that since the liberals wamt to degrade European (white) as being "privilaged, and racist they have to point out if a person is not "white"  They want to call an milti racial as "black" and not milti-racial or African American or African/English american. They want to expose a non-racial society yet they want to use race in describing everyone.

My take as a racist, English,Fremch,Irish Scot American and possibly some Seminole from days of Jamestown colony. (tongue in cheek)

Martha Mize (Mareth)

Happy Birthday, Daryl Summers, we miss you!

Lowell Tuttle

D C...thanks for those lyrics.  Now they've been in my head a few more days...Zing!

DW  I saw that HF interview on Colbert.   He did look slovenly slop gut odd ballish.   But, if you watch past interviews with Harrison Ford, he has always been slovenly slop gut odd ballish.   I think it's a put on...

But he did fail to come up with a couple of words from memory...like I do...

I had to stop this ppost and go back out to your post, and then back in, because as I started this post about Harrison Ford, I forgot his name...

That reminds me of my Dad.   At the dinner table, he would ask one of us three kids (Lowell, Lawrence, and Joan) to pass the butter or something.   He would say "pass the butter, lll...jj...lll   uh  u hhhh what's you name.."

I often call my son by my brother's name, and visa versa.   I've done it for years...

And that reminds me of Ron Kinnamon of our YMCA Day Camp Days.   If you want to be successful as a coach, counselor, or other mentor type job, work very hard to memorize names of your kids.   And, don't use nick names...  He had us write a report on each kid, even if it was just a few words, on a 3x5 card and keep it in the camp box when we counseled in Y Day camp...

Nuff here said...

Wayne Gary

Raquel Welch died today at 82. Was quite a bombshell when we were young.

Steve Keene

David,

They dropped the domestic violence charge against the bum coach yesterday.  I guess they had to wait until his wife's nose went back to normal size.

David Cordell

Last movie I saw with Raquel Welch was Tortilla Soup. Good movie, and her portrayal was a lot of fun..

Wayne Gary

I read in The Dallas Morning News that  Raquel Welch was a model for Neiman Marcus and a waitress at the old Cabana Hotel in Stemmons before moving to CA and becoming a star.

David Cordell

In case you haven't noticed by now..... what to expect in your 70s.

https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/ss/slideshow-what-to-expect-in-your-70s?ecd=wnl_spr_021623_remail&ctr=wnl-spr-021623-remail_lead_title&mb=CmGFVfKILSEotGxExWuWkmdEpmNqbUHLxTdCcjERF5s%3D

Bob Davidson

We watched Failure to Launch the other day. There is a scene where Terry Bradshaw is naked.  I am happy to report that after forty years of dilligent exercise, I finally have a body that matches Terry Bradshaw's.  Unfortunately, it's not his body forty years ago.

UTube has old Dick Cavett shows.  Raquel Welch was one of my favorite guests -- in addition to being beautiful, she was witty, very bright, and extremely personable.  One of the shows I particularly remember was when she and Janis Joplin were on together and talked about their childhoods.  It was sad that poor Janis was such a child.

Janalu Jeanes (Parchman)

I just read that Fetterman checked himself into a Washington DC hospital, I think it was Walter Reed, because he is experiencing depression.  I don't see how he is going to make it work in DC.  He hasn't given himself enough time to heal from his stroke last May.  Seems to me his wife is pushing him into his new role, because she is eager to be a Washington socialite.  She is a piece of work, don't you agree?

Fetterman will probably have to go home and rest, maybe at his parent's house, where he can have peace from his ding-dong spouse.

I also just heard Biden try to read his scripted notice to all Americans about the objects we shot down.  He surely convinced me that he is totally 'on top' of it all, and that we can rest assured that all is well!

CHEESES!

David Cordell

'OK, Take Us To A Different Leader,' Say Exasperated Aliens After Trying To Communicate With Joe Biden

U.S.·Feb 15, 2023 · BabylonBee.com

WASHINGTON, DC — An envoy of extraterrestrial beings stifled their frustration and asked to be taken to a different leader after their initial meeting with President Joe Biden left them confused and exasperated, sources say.

"I guess he's not the leader they were expecting," said an insider who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "It was the classic sci-fi movie scenario, with the aliens arriving and telling us, ‘Take us to your leader.' We quickly set up a meeting with President Biden, and things went downhill from there."

"The aliens were already asking why we kept shooting down their peace offering balloons containing Hickory Farms cheese and sausage gift baskets," disclosed another source present at the meeting. "But I guess it really started to get bad when the lead alien put out his hand to greet the President, and Joe bent down and bit the creature's finger."

Reports indicate that relations between the two sides only grew worse after the President began speaking. "The best we can tell, Joe had one of his typical verbal gaffes," the source said. "He said something that was totally unintelligible to us, but apparently, it sounded like some sort of horrible slur in the aliens' language. The aliens were offended, voices were raised, Joe may have messed his pants…it was a train wreck. Err, sorry, poor choice of words."

At publishing time, the aliens were reportedly already asking to be taken to a third leader after only spending 5 minutes trying to talk to Kamala Harris.

Wayne Gary

David C,

I saw this Babylon Bee yesterday and thought it funny but decided to let you send it.

Steve Keene

Bob,

Raquell looked pretty good on a poster but my favorite was Farah Fawcett.  Shawshank Redemption's Andy knew the right gals to put him in the mood to get his rocks.

The last I heard the aliens say was "Take me to a looter, we'll see your leader later."

P.S.:   I have a body that looks like Baron Harkonnon in Dune.  If I don't get more exercise I will soon look like Jabba the Hut.

Steve Keene

Russ,

Happy Belated Birthday!

Jim Bedwell

Chief Cherokeene (aka Chief Jabba the Butt),

Thanks for sharing as always - I know that sounds inSINcere but whatever.....

Yet, even tho he went to Tech (not as bad as A&M though, but still the mother of all brothers of a different mother), I would take an injured Mahomes over a healthy Dak ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!!!

And Tech should have been named Prairie View A&M - oh wait, somebody already has that name - NEVER MIND!

Chief Agonizer

Russ,

Happy belated birthday as well!

Wayne,

Yeah, when Raquel was living in the Dallas area, she and I were an item before I dumped her.

Wayne Gary

Jim,

Was Raquel your baby sitter and you had fantasies?

Jim Bedwell

Wayne,

I don't remember, but I sure wish Chief Jabba the Butt would pay it forward on some brain surgery!!!

Lowell Tuttle

I "woke" up this morning and read one of my carrier's dashboards for me.   One of the entries was a homeowner policy up for renewal.   I cringe when I look at these renewals with the increases.   Freeze, rizing cost of construction, rising re insurance costs.....homes getting older...etc...blah blah

So I see this one homeowner rate went up 35%.  I review the data and re rate the policy looking for a better deal, if there might be one.

First thing I do is google the property.   There it is, not for sale, but an aerial photo of the house including back yard. 

Right in the middle of the back yard?   Trampoline.   

That shuts off about 90% of the carriers from taking this.   That photo will be on line for ages probably.  

Don't trampline your back yard...advise your friends...

Wayne Gary

I just heard the 17 yr shooter inEl Paso mall was taken down by a Licensed gun owner.  The shooting was a result of an argument in the food court.

Russ Stovall

Steve:

Thank You Steve   It was a good one.  Each day we wake up is a good day at our age. 

David Cordell

I don't believe that these stories are true, but they are funny. Pehaps Bob D or someone else can relate a funny incident in court.

LAUGHING IN COURT

How do court stenographers keep a straight face?

These are from a book called "Disorder in the Court" and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and published by court reporters, who had the torment of staying straight-faced, while the exchanges were taking place.

_________

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?

WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

___________

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?

WITNESS: No, I just lie there.

___________

ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?

WITNESS: July 18th.

ATTORNEY: What year?

WITNESS: Every year.

___________

ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?

WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which

ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?

WITNESS: Forty-five years.

___________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep,

he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

___________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS: He's 20. Very close to your IQ.

___________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: Are you shitting me?

___________

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?

WITNESS: Getting laid.

___________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: How many were boys?

WITNESS: None.

ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?

WITNESS: Your Honor, I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?

___________

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?

WITNESS: By death.

ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?

WITNESS: Take a guess.

___________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?

WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.

ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?

WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male.

___________

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition

notice which I sent to your attorney?

WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

___________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?

WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.

___________

ATTORNEY: ALL of your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you attend?

WITNESS: Oral.

___________

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?

WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM.

ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?

WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.

___________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?

WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.