Re: Who's up for a PICNIC?

Please explain what caused you to write this and then post it. It caused
me to look at your other posts and they were relatively normal.

On Aug 16 2005 2:56 PM, joe.powell wrote:

> I like small parties, say a max of 6, and I can get crazy but mostly I
> limit my fun. I've played bingo in Omaha and my girlfriends think I'm a
> stud but they love when we talk and I holdem. And we like picnics!
>
> Every hand is a sandwich. Some taste like a turd and others like mom's
> apple pie. Some are like fresh cream that turns to chunks. Others seem
> light fare but turn into a feast. Pocket AA are a filet mignon sub, KK
> a great steak and cheese, QQ a half pound burger, and JJ and AK fresh
> salmon and shark. All these are like old friends--I love to see 'em but
> we don't hang out often. For them I'll throw 3 or 4 logs into the
> barbecue pit. TT 99 AQ AJ and KQ are flirtatious ladies that I buy 2
> drinks. Sometimes they love me sweetly but I often don't get their
> number. I donate 2 pickles for ATs KJs QJs if I'm early to the picnic.
> If I only got these hands, I'd have a big smile until I realized we
> were playing pinochle. If I'm late to the picnic but first to open the
> bag, I'll throw in 2 marshmallows with 88 77 A9 KJ KT QJ and QT. I'm
> generally a decent person, but, if I've found that button my girlfriend
> bit off and no one else is looking, I'll try to steal my blind friends'
> meatballs with 66 Axs A4 K9 Q9s and JTs. I don't feel bad doing this
> because I generously donate to the Poker Foundation.
>
> Of course, if one or more friends are a circus act, I'll watch their
> zany antics more than join in. I love to fly on the trapeze--but only
> with a net. Or if my friends are acting overly Victorian and tight with
> their crumpets, I may gambool with mine a bit more because as my
> grandpa once said "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any
> pudding." Oh wait, that's from "The Wall" but he did say "Immature
> poets imitate; mature poets steal." No that was T.S. Eliot. Oh well. If
> my friend is like Jon Favreau in Swingers who won't stop calling his
> ex, I don't keep betting on him leaving the party unless things turn
> out nicely for me.
>
> So what do you do when you find these in your sandwich, especially when
> it's a bunless turkey with a J T or 9 and a higher card? When do you
> pass the mustard and when do you munch? Some could say "it all depends"
> and I would say "life is a peach, eat it before it rots" and introduce
> my friends the circus clowns. I'd also make it simpler, what if this is
> your FIRST sandwich in this seat at this picnic with new friends?
>
> I just want the strategy that gives me more chips because, as my 4-year
> old niece, a true philosopher in the making, said (talking about french
> fries) "I like more". When choosing a limit, I keep in mind the Chinese
> proverb "He who steals chickens as a child will steal cattle as an
> adult."
>
> I'm working on this song: "Three coins in the fountain, each one
> seeking happiness, thrown by three hopeful gamblers, which one will the
> fountain bless?" I'd like to thank my inspirations, Frank Sinatra,
> Princess Vespa, and Bullwinkle. Look for me on American Idol. My stage
> name is Howdoya Doody.
>
> I hope to see you at the picnic! I'll bring the wienerschnitzel and
> electric koolaid. Please coordinate people and don't all bring pork
> rinds and boloney.

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