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Posted by: Ted at 06:42 PM | category: Square Pegs
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I only eat ketchup on two things: tater tots and grilled cheese sandwiches.

Posted by: Ted at 05:30 PM | category: Square Pegs
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1 Only if you eat with your left hand.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at September 26, 2005 05:46 PM (ics4u)

2 I don't think so.
I eat Kechup in my Mac & Cheese, but at least I gave it up, putting it on steak......

Posted by: Blogeline at September 27, 2005 07:50 AM (YMz4J)

3 That depends. Is it Heinz-Kerry ketchup?

Posted by: triticale at September 27, 2005 08:33 AM (96P4G)

4 I can understand it on tater tots--but ketchup on grilled cheese...? YUCK!

Mayo. Gobs of it. The REAL kind, not that hideous Miracle Whip crap.

--TwoDragons

Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at September 27, 2005 09:33 AM (cYpnI)

5 I like mayo (or better yet, tarter sauce) on my french fries--does that make me Canadian?

Posted by: Susie at September 28, 2005 10:30 AM (a0oF7)

6 Susie, with mayo is how the Germans eat pommes frites. Tarter sauce sounds good.

Denita, I like mayo, even on a cheese sandwich, but not grilled cheese. Yuck!

Posted by: Ted at September 28, 2005 10:53 AM (blNMI)

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Posted by: Ted at 10:23 AM | category: Square Pegs
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I was watching the Weather Channel coverage of Hurricane Rita, and they've got a reporter located in Sulphur, Louisiana. He was saying that the eye would pass right over or just to the west of them, and another reporter mentioned that the guy was "four for four" this season.

Four hurricanes, four assignments, four times he's been right near where the eye comes ashore.

If Jeff Morrow ever visits your town, get the hell out.

Posted by: Ted at 10:02 PM | category: Square Pegs
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And thank goodness I'm not! Otherwise, folks would be bugging me to explain the goofy gas prices around here.

This morning, my wife called me on her way to work to let me know that a certain gas station in our area was priced at $2.54 a gallon. Across the street is another station that we occasionally use, priced at $2.59. Anticipating a rise in prices, I gassed up the truck at the cheaper place.

This afternoon my wife noticed that the first place had raised prices by a penny, to $2.55 a gallon. Meanwhile, all the way across the street, the other place jumped prices by twenty cents.

I haven't a clue. Maybe their distributor is sticking it to them and they're just passing along the price increase. I can believe that because their prices are insanely volatile compared to most brands in the area, and they're not always more expensive than everywhere else. But if they're trying to take advantage, they're the dumbest businessmen on the planet, because people remember stuff like that, and I'll bet that even when prices stabilize again their business will be down.

We tend to have cheap gas in this area compared to most. What's a gallon going for in your burg?

Posted by: Ted at 08:03 PM | category: Square Pegs
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Had a minor dental emergency a couple of days ago that required a trip to see the dentist. I'm pleased to announce (as if anyone cares) that *my* dentist is back from maternity leave and I'm very very happy about that.

So anyways, things went good yesterday and I have a quick followup scheduled for this morning, after which I'll go in to work late and probably stay busy there until this evening (end of the fiscal year coming up fast, don't'cha know). I'll see y'all tomorrow, most likely.

If you see a guy with only half his face working, and a big string of bloody drool hanging off his chin, say hi. It ain't me, but he's probably having a bad day and could use a kind word.

Posted by: Ted at 07:47 AM | category: Square Pegs
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What'cha think?

Posted by: Ted at 06:37 PM | category: Square Pegs
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1 very nice.

Yours?

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at September 20, 2005 06:59 PM (ics4u)

2 Now come on Stephen... Those can't possibly be Ted's legs...

Posted by: Tim at September 20, 2005 08:11 PM (bw/kd)

3 You realize, of course, that you've set yourself an impossibly-high standard there.

Posted by: CGHill at September 20, 2005 08:42 PM (tEfsQ)

4 I like.

If you could somehow add this into a Werner Von Braun image it would be even better.

Posted by: The Maximum Leader at September 20, 2005 09:21 PM (zHoql)

5 I like.

Posted by: JohnL at September 21, 2005 02:51 PM (YVul2)

6 Legs and a haystack. What's not to love?

Posted by: Tuning Spork at September 21, 2005 08:02 PM (gGUnj)

7 so, your a leg man?

BTW, you're dating yourself w/the cyd charisse reference.

Posted by: michele at September 22, 2005 09:17 AM (0cwiO)

8 No, actually I'm a butt man, but I can appreciate a good pair either north or south from there.

Dating myself? I'm timeless. Besides, I love old movies, so who's to say I don't know her from late night TV?

Posted by: Ted at September 22, 2005 10:58 AM (blNMI)

9 Your birthday girl kicks the crap out of this one Ted. But then, that's just the me talking.

Posted by: shank at September 22, 2005 10:49 PM (jfEhX)

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Supervisor: What happened at the meeting?

Me: Bullshit.

Supervisor: No, really, I need more than that. Didn't you take notes?

Me (handing over a page and a half of meeting notes): Read for yourself.

Supervisor (reading carefully): What bullshit.

Me: Echo Echo.

*I made this up. Think of it as a composite of the last 100 meetings I've been to.

Posted by: Ted at 06:18 PM | category: Square Pegs
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In today's society we hear often about inclusion, so with that in mind, I'd like everyone to join me in song:

Kum-bah-yArrrr, me mateys! Kum-bah-yArrrrr!

Kum-bah-yArrrr, me mateys! Kum-bah-yArrrrr!

Kum-bah-yArrrr, me mateys! Kum-bah-yArrrrr!

Shiver me timbers, Kum-bah-yArrrrr!

Keel-haul the sinners, mates! Kum-bah-yArrrr!
Keel-haul the sinners, mates! Kum-bah-yArrrr!
Keel-haul the sinners, mates! Kum-bah-yArrrr!
Shiver me timbers, Kum-bah-yArrrrr!

There the beastie be! Kum-bah-yArrrr!
There the beastie be! Kum-bah-yArrrr!
There the beastie be! Kum-bah-yArrrr!
Shiver me timbers, Kum-bah-yArrrrr!

I'm sure a fine crew such as yourselves can add a verse to the tune, no?

Posted by: Ted at 04:23 AM | category: Square Pegs
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Hey, sometime last night Rocket Jones got its 250,000th visitor!!!

Kind of amazing, considering posts like the one above, eh?

Posted by: Ted at 10:03 AM | category: Square Pegs
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Ignore the brilliant comedy for the moment and admit it, this brash and brassy redhead had some genuinely fine gams.

(click for super vitameatavegemin size)

Posted by: Ted at 06:08 AM | category: Square Pegs
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September 19th is Talk Like A Pirate Day! Arrrr, ye scurvy dogs.

I be thinking of ordering one of these for meself.

Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirates life for me...

Posted by: Ted at 07:15 AM | category: Square Pegs
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I'm sorry that it now costs you $180.00 every time you need to fill your gas tank, but that's the consequence of your decision to buy that oversized off-road vehicle for your daily commute on the interstate.

Just like your attempt to improve your gas milage by accellerating from zero to sixty in 6.3 weeks has a consequence - the rest of us think you're an asshole.

And get the hell out of the fast lane if you won't do at least the speed limit. Owning that monster makes you special all right, but 'special' has taken on a whole new meaning.

Posted by: Ted at 06:06 AM | category: Square Pegs
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From the Ottawa Citizen (via Cream of the Crock):

That is not to say government has not failed. (Celebrities also underperformed, and Sean Penn should probably resign.)

Lots of good stuff to read at the Crock.

Posted by: Ted at 05:20 AM | category: Square Pegs
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According to Vincent Creel, spokesman for Biloxi, Mississippi Mayor A.J. Holloway:

"A whole new market, people who had been looking at Florida to retire, were going to come here to escape the hurricanes."

Katrina is a short-term setback. They'll be fine in the long run.

Posted by: Ted at 11:31 AM | category: Square Pegs
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...and he's tall and skinny as a rail, and he has this enormous Yosemite Sam moustache. It looked like someone had duct taped a pekinese to one end of a popsicle stick.

Posted by: Ted at 05:45 AM | category: Square Pegs
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1 You vile jerk--couldn't you have posted a spew warning? Now I have laundry to do. Dang.

;-)

--TwoDragons

Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at September 12, 2005 01:55 PM (uLpok)

2 Wouldn't it be presumptious to post my own warnings?

Glad I gotcha though. LOL

Posted by: Ted at September 12, 2005 04:03 PM (+OVgL)

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TV analyst Randy Cross said this about Denver quarterback Jake Plummer:

"Plummer is the Billy Graham of the NFL. He can make 70,000 people say 'Jesus' in unison."

LMAO

Posted by: Ted at 04:20 AM | category: Square Pegs
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I filled up yesterday after work and paid $2.99 a gallon.

This morning as I passed the gas stations on the way to the rocket launch, the prices were all $2.89 a gallon. Dang.

Posted by: Ted at 06:52 PM | category: Square Pegs
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I just thought of the perfect line to use next time Sears calls me:

The only reason I'd ever set foot in a Sears again is if my house is underwater and I need someplace to loot.

I'd probably preface that with a "Ma'am", 'cause I'm a gentleman like that.

Posted by: Ted at 05:14 PM | category: Square Pegs
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Rachael got her work/study assignment. She's working for the Drama Department, mostly at the campus theater.

That's like asking a mermaid to be a lifeguard.

Posted by: Ted at 08:31 AM | category: Square Pegs
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