Today’s Music: Grinderman – Palaces of Montezuma
What a week! Not just one, but two big birthdays, of two of the coolest people in the sphere!
I was honored when Sooz gave me a blog of the year award, and again with a very inspiring blogger award from Edward Hotspur.
No idea why I got these, but you guys should definitely check out their blogs. (always a high point for me when they post!)
And finally, Surfer Stoke put up a great post about the radio show from hell.
Thanks to them and you, for another great week of stuff to read!
Last week, it wasn’t about the reading, but the writing. We asked you to note down how, after the holidays, you would lose the weight. And wow, you weren’t shy about your methods! Here’s what you said. (As always, my comments spend a lifetime on the hips in italics.)
Stop eating all your chocolates 🙂 Androgoth
(So that’s what happened to all the decorative soaps in the bathroom!)
Forget aerobics and have more sex. I can’t give up cookies. (D. Delicious)
(You realize it’s illegal in 38 countries to have sex with cookies…)
Eat skinny people! I mean, you are what you eat right?? (GiggsMcGill Jill)
(We’ve been over this, Giggles. Deep fried is deep fried, no matter who what you wrap in the batter.)
Lower gravity, or move to the moon. Michelle
(At last – someone who appreciates the weight of the situation!)
Have trampoline sex… x, Becca
(You realize it’s illegal in 38 countries to have sex with a trampoline…)
Book a cheap fare for a cruise on da Nile – what weight? LizzieC
(It’s the riddle of The Sphinx!)
Hey! What are you trying to say? LizzieC
(Umm….Shuffleboard!)
Take off my shoes. That’s all the energy I have right now! (From JohnE.)
(Surely you have the energy to leave more answers!)
y I have right now! (From JohnE.)
(There you go, let it out…)
y I have right now! (From JohnE.)
(Shed the words, shed the weight!)
y I have right now! (From JohnE.)
(Winding down now…)
And repeatedly vote so I can get rid of all these old ballots! (JohnE.!)
(You realize it’s illegal in 38 countries to stuff ballot boxes…)
leaving my dumbells some place from which they can’t find their way home… BK
(*something insensitive about stupid people*)
take down the tree and all the decorations! BK
(What would Clark Griswold say?)
Amputate an arm and/or leg – Carrie Cannibalistic Nerd
(But then how will you answer these pol– Ohhhhhh…)
Eat and puke, twice the flavor, zero calories
(Save it on the way out and you won’t have to cook for a week!)
(No, I didn’t just say that.)
Cut off MY head.10 pounds uselsss weight. Keeping 20 pnd tits ~ Miss R
(You could fashion the ears into pasties!)
Move my laptop to a different spot 3x a day – Benzeknees
(It’s only exercise if you move your lap bottom.)
Implore my metabolism to hang out with Mario Andretti-lindavernon
(Just give it time to digest the idea…)
Run around the streets naked, well maybe? 🙂 Androgoth
(Go slow so everyone can enjoy the view.)
Sexercise! – Hotspur
(STAY OUT OF MY RICHARD SIMMONS TAPES!)
Walk to the car and back instead of being carried… Androgoth
(But think of the workout your bearers will get!)
Walk the 5 miles to work. In 5 feet of snow, even summer. Uphill both ways. BT
(WE HAVE A WINNER!!!)
give up wearing underwear
(How much does a thong weigh, anyway?)
Find the guy that writes these polls and flick him in the forehead 8 times.
(TMWGITU would get angry with you. You wouldn’t like her when she’s angry. (Even though I think she’s adorable all the time!)
Make my friends get fat so I look thin (ner) –Lily In Canada
(Dinner at Lily’s place!!!)
I am going to cut off your head… I wont lose weight, but the world will feel lighter
(Won’t help. I write these polls through my ass.)
Peen. Wait, what was the question? (TwinDaddy)
(Nono, that’s the answer to next weeks question.)
Usually cutting my hair really short lets me lose about 15 lbs. And my husband. Elyse 54.5
(Your husband lives in your hair?)
Picture Donald Trump in a speedo. That will coldcock any appetite. Carrie Rubin
(Trump just lost 15 pounds slobbering over that image.)
Say “Eff it, I’m over 30” and eat another cupcake. Nom, nom, nom. Quirky
(That can still work for you! (Ex-Lax makes frosting, right?))
I am going to eat like a fiend to GAIN the weight I lost putting up RP ~ Red.
(Wouldn’t it be easier (and less messy) to just eat like a really hungry person?)
wait until its back is turned, then hide behind a rock. Sucker. – calahan
(Umm…that rock you’re hiding behind is my gut…)
find peace. no, not THAT kind of piece, but, soul peace. sheesh. (Addie)
(Wouldn’t you prefer a piece of peac-a?)
Lose weight? Fuck that! Mardi Gras starts Jan 6. GIMMIE KING CAKE!!! Alex A.
(If you find the baby jesus, you have to come up with the answers for the polls in February!)
…jaywalk. More. JOTS
(In New York, it’s like Frogger!)
take a cruise (Frank)
(How do all those buffets help lose weight?)
I think training for a marathon should suffice! (words&otherthings)
(But wouldn’t you eat more during an All In The Family marathon?)
What holiday weight?! My jeans shrunk! KJ
(Seems to be an epidemic of that this time of year…)
Go on a vodka liquid diet. With vodka. And ice. Snaap
(Don’t you know how any calories there are in ice?!?)
Take the batteries out of the digital scale! GingerSnaap
(Sure, the scale is where you’re keeping the batteries. Mmm Hmm…)
Congratulations to Brain Tomahawk for this weeks winning answer! And from the offered choices, the most popular was Wait – is this another “break a resolution” poll?. So congratulations to all you lucky, confused people out there!
I’ve noticed that the days have started getting visibly longer. Today, the sky won’t be dark until about 5 pm! For me, that means we’re well on our way on the uphill climb to spring. But why wait? Why not take advantage of it now?
That’s this weeks poll.
Answer soon, answer early. But answer by 2359 EST on 17 Jan, because that’s when this one ends.
And if you write in an “other” response, leave a way to identify you, and I’ll link back to you next week.)
Well, that about covers it, except for the video.
This one is out and out stolen from Elyse at fifty our and a half:
And to be topical for a moment, here’s a quick explanation of the financial issues in Europe.
Have a great weekend, and see you ’round the ‘verse!
These make my Friday’s better!! I’ll be sure to throw in my 2 cents for next week. (Of course, I read them more for your comments!!) 🙂
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Thanks Susan!
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for these.
(You realize that complimenting these posts are only going to make me keep doing them, right? 😉 )
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That was the ultimate goal. 😀
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Hahaha look! damn.. how did that happen?
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oh i think you might have taken best this week (no offense BT) with the comment about cutting off your head wont help because these comments come from your ass… I didn;t just laugh I snorted and THEN laughed… that was a good one…Have a great weekend and… 😉 say hi to TMWGITU for me..
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Thanks LizzieC! After staring at the responses for hours, I was kind of happy to come up with that one.
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classic – lol..priceless more like 🙂
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Check you out, all the way at the top!
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I know right? like twice in a month long period of time… i am getting good..or was it longer? oh who cares still twice in ..oh that was last year huh? well i am still happy. so really it means i stayed up all night and happened to be staring at the inbox when you went live.. except that one time 6 months ago? I woke up early 😉
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I hope that you can make it into
My New Space Lizzie, I have been
careful not to leave any naughty
Zombies and Skeletons around so
you should be fine 🙂
Geoff was aka Androgoth
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do I know how to get there? I tried before but I am a little slow on the uptake sometimes… I would very much like to visit..so do not think the lack of my presence willful …
i maybe tied up and not able to get there but that is doubtful..
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I will try sending you an invite Lizzie 🙂
If that doesn’t work then just click on my
name here and a window will open to
show that my Space is Private… Then
you just click on Request Access and I
will get an email to let me know 🙂 Then
of course I will open the gates and you
can enter my New Space 🙂 Wicked…
Wicked as in, Great 🙂
Geoff aka Andro
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Eleven is good even the second time … but it also means I will delay my use of Elyse’s great find. Loved the economics lesson! Enjoy your weekend!
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Thanks Frank! Hope you get some danicng in this weekend.
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Odds are good for that!
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Funny answers to the polls this week, Guapo! Enjoyed the videos (elevator guys – toooo funny!) Happy Friday!
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Thank you, whitelady. For some reason, this week was harder than usual. (Lots of staring at empty screen space.)
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It is an honor to have you steal from me, Guap!
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The pleasure is mine Elyse!
(And I’ll keep that fine brooch that was left on the coffee table as a token of your esteem!)
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I tried to work that in my comment, but it seemed so tacky.
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It’s the Friday Foolishness, Elyse. Winter home of tacky.
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You have to admit that taking the batteries out of the scale is an outside of the box solution. Very clever.
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It ws very clever, Shouts. I just didn’t realize the kids were calling those battery powered aids a “scale” these days.
hehehe
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Grinderman – now you are talking – by the by a henge is a poorly spelt hinge.
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Wait – so the Druids were just bad spellers, GfB? Does that mean they were really…droids?
So much is clear now. So much…
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Yes – Big Bird From Sky Take Away My People……
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Woohoo! Thanks for the nod. Glad you appreciated it, not like the kids these days with their newfangled telephoning machines – do they have an appliance that will keep them off my lawn?!
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actually, there’s some kind of new-fangledness that will keep them from leaving their houses! Some kind of cell…and x-box or something.
Whippersnappers.
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And of course just sent one in for next week and forgot to link back to myself….apparently I’m brand new!!
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Oh,I do that all the time, Susan. Sometimes, I’m amazed I remember to post!
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Thanks for making me feel better!! 🙂
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Oh, you misunderstand – I was trying to scare you by pointing out the road you’re now on! MUAHAHAHA!!! 😉
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Aw shit….hahaha
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OMG! The elevator skit is TOO FUNNY! Thanks for that – I needed a laugh this morning.
Hey, If you haven’t seen “Silver Linings Playbook,” yet, then I think you should see it. You’ll get some laughs — I thought it was funny.
Have a great weekend!!!
Lisa
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Thanks Grippy! (And thanks again Elyse.)
If it’s still playing around here, I’ll try and catch it. Otherwise, I’ll add it to Netflix as soon as it’s available.
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You’re the best, EG! Have a GREAT weekend! 🙂
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Aww, I’m just this guy, Natalie. Thanks, and you too!
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Only works with lap bottom… good one! And muffin top, I guess… Have a great weekend!
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Oooh! Muffin top! I should hire you to write the comebacks, Laura!
Hope you’re having fun this weekend.
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Guap, where did you get the picture of me without my armor on? Take it down immediately!!
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I can’t take it down Twin, but I can always link it back to your Match.com profile if you think it will help…
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Comments like the one to Twindaddy are NOT helping me get any work done….I’m still laughing!! 😀
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I can try and help you get your work done, but I can’t see that ending well…
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It would most likely end in many beers and zero productivity. I see that as a win-win. 🙂
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GOOD LORD! Are you hiring?!?
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I told you I would find you a job!! 🙂
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Ah, perhaps I just needed the right music…now I feel better.
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Uh, no. My wife might get upset about that…
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Hahahaha, the elevator sounds so annoyed. Thank you for bringing to my attention that I, too, received an award from the Hotspur. Sometimes it’s hard for me to keep up!
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In a just world, you’d be flooded with awards, Nicole.
And you’d have finished editing by now.
*drums fingers on table*
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You flatter me, Guapowitz. And I know, I know…::turns away in shame::
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I still don’t know if my snide ‘other’ comments are getting through, but I keep trying anyway. But I do enjoy reading what the clever people say…
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Sadly, this is the only way to get “clever” into my blog, PMAO.
Are you not seeing your answers here? I include all the ones in Other. (In a year of doing this, I’ve deleted one answer.)
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I am not. But maybe I am doing something wrong.
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How was your week, Guap? Love your posts but want to hear more about you. 🙂 TGIF!
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Thanks Asplenia.
Saw this comment when it came in, and I’ve been thinking about it since. Working on another post now.
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Very funny elevator skit!!
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I’ve also been known to yell at an elevator a time or two,Alex….
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“Eat skinny people! I mean, you are what you eat right??”—They’re all great, but I really loved this one. Very clever indeed. 🙂
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Giggs’ was my favorite answer, too, actually. 🙂
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Step away from the deep fryer, Carrie! 😉
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Hi,
A good laugh for the start of the weekend, and I like your choice for the videos as well, the second one is from the ABC in Oz, they are on every week and always a good laugh. 🙂
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The first video of them I saw was one called “The Front Fell Off”, Magsx2, and I laughed myself silly at it.
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I loves your Friday mash ups.
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Thanks Addie. though I think of them more as car wrecks…
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Only on holiday weekends near the Holland Tunnel.
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I’m glad somebody’s seeing the days grow longer. It just seems to get colder and gloomier here–we’re having an unseasonable cold snap.
Grinderman? Good choice. I knew you were eclectic, but I didn’t figure you for a Nick Cave man. Have you heard “The Ship Song?” You probably have, but if not, give it a listen. It’s not to everybody’s tastes (and very different than Grinderman), but I think it’s lovely.
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It’s probably easier to notice here Smak, since we have steeper changes from season to season.
Going to check out The Ship Song.
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As usual, good foolishness, Guap. Just got our power back from a day of snow and wind. Hope you have a good weekend!
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Hope the power stays on, and you have a fine weekend of warmth and wine, Rogue!
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I like the music…listening to it right now. I love your blog, El Guapo! A breath of fresh air today!
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Glad you enjoyed the song, Bumble!
Yeah, my blog kind of grows on you.
I’ll send the removal instructions soon enough.
(It involves tequila.)
(No wait, that’s the writing of it…)
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Hey don’t forget to check your invite El Guapo
or you won’t be able to get into my New Space 😦
I like these posts for your Friday Foolishness 🙂
Have a wicked
evening and be good 😉 lol
Geoff
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It’s an excellent space, Geoff.
Hope the rest of your weekend was fun!
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Thank you El Guapo, hey call in whenever
you like but just watch out for any wayward
looking Nymph’s… Hey hold on a minute, I
haven’t even added any of those yet, well
not enough anyway for your liking, I mean
my liking 🙂 lol
Have a great rest of
weekend my wicked friend 🙂
Geoff
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But really, is there any end to the liking of nymphs?
(at least, I hope not!)
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Well no, actually it was a really stupid thought, okay time to grab some right now and make sure that they are suitably dressed, we can’t have naked ladies running around my new Space now can we? Or is that another silly idea? 😦 lol
Have fun El Guapo 🙂
Geoff
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I have come here and made a comment. I’ll come back later, after a few drinks, and make another. We’ll compare, and see how I do!
Guapo, you deserve that award, and don’t let anyone tell you you don’t.
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Thanks so much Hotspur!
I think you saved the next comment for the wine…
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I sobered up, and now I’m making another comment! Hooray for lucidity!
Lucidity! You got some splainin to do!
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If there’s ‘splainin to do, it isn’t really lucid…
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That was a play on your comment prompt.
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Ohhhhhhh… 😉
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Though it does bring to mind red balls, huh.
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If you see one about toes and coffee…..I forgot to add my name to it…..not the sharpest knife in the drawer!!
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Ha! I’ve made a note, and you will be credited.
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Thanks….I’ll try not to be so obtuse next time!! 😉
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How many years pregnant was that dude? Just wondering…..
And the grindermen, very cool stuff. Not to harsh your mellow or anything, but you, handsome, have been served.
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Oh yeah? Well…well…Hell, thanks Cayman!
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My Foolishness and Friday are complete. Oh Guapo My Guapo, Brain Tomahawk’s answer rules.
Diggin the videos -snort-.
For future reference it isn’t really a henge. In Olde English this translates as Shrubery
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Ah, but can it be cut down with a herring, Miss B?
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I ate too much chips and junk food on holidays, and now I regret it…
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Best cure for that is more junk food,and napping on the couch, ristinw!
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I think I’ve lost my touch – it’s been so long since I’ve had a creative response to one of your polls. But I still love reading all the answers from the more creative people out there!
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I love reading your answers to these polls, Benze – the funny ones and the serious ones.
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Holy! I never realized you were like… uh… so friggin popular! Had I known I would have combed my hair before visiting you, what will people think? I’m so disheveled. I’m so embarrassed… *runs out of the room hiding her face under a Wal-Mart bag*
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I think people just pop in to make sure I’m not wandering into their neighborhoods, Marie.
And I can almost guarantee you’re more sheveled than I am!
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Oh how I’ve missed the craziness.
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Pull up a chair and grab a plate, Absurdity. Plenty to go around!
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Those must be the most original weight loss techniques I’ve ever heard of 🙂
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Alas, the FDA approval process for these methods is slow indeed, Hugger!
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Oh, herro.
Go!!!
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Ha! Got there before you tagged me.
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Even better! Hahahaha.
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If you whisper to me what you eat for breakfast…I won’t tell a soul……
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Apple Jacks!!!
Usually sugary cereal for breakfast on Sundays.
(I’m such a child, Jots.) 😉
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Somehow I knew it involved SUGAR…which explains…
a lot! If your energy and wit were inject-able to others…
I’d push my way to the front of the queue to get me some! …XXOOOX…in a good admiring way….
..
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How did it get to be Sunday already? So much for my resolution to get here on Friday. I might need to start calling in sick once a week so that I can give my favourite bloggers the attention they deserve…
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And now it’s Monday, and around we go again, Delicious!
I’m touched by the sentiment! But plese, if you take a day of, go out and play, and tell us the tale in a post!
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Dammit,Guapamole. I don’t know how to answer the question… or even what it is. I think a part of my brains fell into my Guineas stew tonight. Lend me a hint?
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Ha! I actually had to go back and reread teh question, Underconver.
Just wondering what you’re going to do with all the extra sunlight now that the days are getting longer (in the northern hemisphere).
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Oh… see, the poll didn’t show up on my tablet. It is all making sense now. Don’t I look like a world-class idiot? (I am not that stupid all the time.)
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I had to take the lift down here El Guapo
but luckily there is a rocket booster to zoom
me back to the top 🙂 Courtesy of Binky 🙂
Hey have you ventured
into Wombania yet Guap 🙂
Geoff
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Ha – I thought you’d like it down here in the depths!
Hoping to spend some time there this evening
Have a great morning on your side of the world!
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Thank you El Guapo, it has been snowing today and the temperature has dropped to -8 so a bit on the nippy side 😦 I could do with a nice Vampire wench to warm me up a little, actually an orgy of wenches sounds a lot better 😉 lmao
Have a fune evening Guap 🙂
Geoff (Cant get used to writing my own name 🙂 lol)
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Oh, and I’ll be over to check your latest too, of course. 😉
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Brilliant 🙂 You are
welcome anytime 🙂
Geoff
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Just trying to catch up from a few days AWOL. Catch ya ’round the Net!
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Hope the snow and cold is easing off on you, John.
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The cold’s not too bad, thirties to forties. We’re supposed to get some mix of stuff tonight, but otherwise dry. Hope you’re keeping warm!
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First time I’ve visited here and I survived to return another time.
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We don’t kill anyone here, Hudson. Just confuse them, and send them back out into the world, possibly a bit puzzled, hopefully with a smile on their face.
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am as baffled as it gets already, an happy being so….if you can put smile on someone’s face than you must be doing it right
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Shit, I’m so late here. How many entries did Erickson put in there? I do like Brain Tomahawk’s answer. Walk uphill both ways, with only flimsy shoes, and those buckets of water you have to haul from the local well! And thank you again for participating in my birthday blast, Guap!
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Happy (belated) birthday,Weebs!
I think the crowd is split between BT and Giggles this week…
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Ok, just checking in. I’ve been staring at the Food Baby picture for five days now, and I’m ready to poke my eyes out. My first foray into Foolish Friday, and I’ve have writer’s block (or more appropriately, one-liner block) for the first time in my life. I think I am moving into “inane territory” and will add my 2-cents worth tomorrow. As for the previous responses, I thought BT’s walking in snow was a classic.
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I saw your answer and am already trying to coax my weathered brain to supply a response, Maddie!
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You don’t need to!! We can try again next week. 😉
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…And away we go!
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Keep the extra fat for awhile, and hope it comes in handy for hibernation. That answers both last week’s question and this week’s question. Sorta. Whenever I think of Stonehenge, I think of Spinal Tap…
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Yes, but Spinal Tap had a pocket sized henge, L&L.
Synchronicity that I was reading yours while you were reading mine…
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