Author Topic: A bone-chilling tale  (Read 3981 times)

Martin

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A bone-chilling tale
« on: July 08, 2007, 02:14:48 PM »
These past couple of days my hometown has experienced the worst flood we've had for over 30 years. In two days we got two months worth of rain.

Thursday was the worst - people were drowning in their cars trying to get home from work, entire roads were swept away by the violent torrents of water. The city was isolated. The police told us to stay indoors, to not even think of travelling to or from the city. It was like someone was telling us something. It was biblical.

That very Thursday night I defied the weather and went outside to grab some food. I passed by a rock club. A tour bus was parked outside. I checked the posters. The Hooters were playing. Coincidence?

THE END


Richard_From_CHI

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2007, 02:21:59 PM »
These past couple of days my hometown has experienced the worst flood we've had for over 30 years. In two days we got two months worth of rain.

Thursday was the worst - people were drowning in their cars trying to get home from work, entire roads were swept away by the violent torrents of water. The city was isolated. The police told us to stay indoors, to not even think of travelling to or from the city. It was like someone was telling us something. It was biblical.

That very Thursday night I defied the weather and went outside to grab some food. I passed by a rock club. A tour bus was parked outside. I checked the posters. The Hooters were playing. Coincidence?

THE END



Just be thankful it wasn't Hall and Oates.

Dorvid Barnas

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2007, 05:10:49 PM »
Did they dance like a wave on the ocean?

I'm very sorry.

buffcoat

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2007, 11:43:44 PM »
Were they liars in love?  Swept away for a moment by chance?
I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2007, 04:13:05 AM »
In Nevada it is fire season. There has been a fire the last two nights. The air is filled with smoke and its 100 degrees outside. That is bone chilling
Wait... whuuuuuuuuuut?

buffcoat

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2007, 09:49:04 AM »
Here in North Carolina it was really, really hot and muggy yesterday.

I wanted to go play golf yesterday evening, but it was too hot.  Too hot for golf!  That's the real tragedy.
I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

LostInReno

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2007, 02:01:30 PM »
I also agree with not being able to golf it is 104 degrees.
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Laurie

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2007, 02:41:14 PM »
Mini-golf > golf. It's just a fact.

Stan

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2007, 12:56:20 AM »
Mini-golf > golf. It's just a fact.

 Laurie, you have no idea what you are talking about, but I  still love you.
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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2007, 10:54:03 AM »
Stan,

Would an FOT golfing outing be sacrilege, since the Kid says he hates golf?  Would it be like an FOT Tom Waits-Kevin Smith listening/watching marathon?

buffcoat
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Stan

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2007, 12:53:47 AM »
Stan,

Would an FOT golfing outing be sacrilege, since the Kid says he hates golf?  Would it be like an FOT Tom Waits-Kevin Smith listening/watching marathon?

buffcoat


 You sir, are a genius. Why? Because we can bring Tom and make him keep score. How does that happen, you ask? Because we make it a charity event so that we can guilt him into it.

 That's right, I used guilt as a verb, all a part of my Catholic indoctrination.

 Fore!

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buffcoat

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2007, 10:46:28 AM »
Stan,

We could arrange it here in the Triangle area, where I think a close associate of Tom lives (I can't remember whether it's Hot Rockin' Ronny, Philly Boy Roy, Zachary Brimstead, Timmy Von Trimble or Brad Somerstant). 

I'm playing a cool new course this weekend, I'll see if I can arrange it there.  What, I would guess about 50 or 60 of the FOTs - these artist-programmer-urban-hipster types - are fanatic golfers, right?

buffcoat

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Laurie

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2007, 11:24:14 AM »
If there isn't a windmill or a dragon on that course, I'm not golfing it.

Martin

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2007, 12:43:10 PM »
I like how this thread has turned into something positive.

(I recently came third in my family's annual mini-golf tournament!)

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Re: A bone-chilling tale
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2007, 01:34:45 PM »
Pitch & Putt > Mini-golf > Golf

Sorry bout yo flood