Ok, ok, now I KNOW we've often kidded around about a myriad of fun and zany ways we could all get together. Remember afgrey and I came up with the plan of riding her tractor, adding a big trailer and ALL of us heading to G-mom's to sit in her gazebo? We thought about doggie roasts and earning money mowing along the way, if I recall.

There've been some other good plans, too, I think.

But now really, everyone...I don't think a reunion would ever really work for us.

Just picture this:

We'd all be sitting around the table either talking a mile a minute and absentmindedly reaching for a mouse to click "Add Reply"

OR

We'd all be sitting there in abject silence 'coz there was nary a keyboard to be had!



Well, I know I'd be trying to discretely look at Afgrey and Weezie's hands to get a glimpse of the kind of knuckle triceps it takes to type over 10,000 posts! "And what kind of mighty pinky is that to have hit 'enter' so many times?" is what I'd be thinking.

What about the rest of you? Any thoughts on how peculiar a real face-to-face party might be?

Merme

One thought

If we all sat on the same picnic table, it would collapse and dump us all on the ground. Just picture that now!

LOL

Well, there is NO WAY I could ever do this, unless I could get graemlins to pop out of the top of my head as I was talking. Then, I'd lose track of the maximum 8 count :p because I wouldn't have that "Preview Post" button to fall back on. :rolleyes:



Cindy Faye

We could make "personalized graemlin flash cards"!!!

COOL...LOL!



G-Mom

Well...I can't live without this one,

...and you'd certainly have to have the graphic with the WHIP!

Let's see now...Cindy would be on the ground rolling with laughter with G-mom standing over her with a whip? Guess the whip"pers" are made with feathers!

Dianna

Ohmygosh you guys had me cracking UP with this!

I didn't even remember about graemlins and you've already thought about graemlin posters and flash cards!

I'd be really lost without my spell check as I wouldn't wanna say something if I was spelling it wrong in my head.

But I'd truly like to see G-mom and that whip...

Merme

NUH UH!

I'd have to get me a real whip for that occasion........

G-Mom

gosh, G-mom, I thought you already had one!

*insert merme hiding down behind couch graemlin here*



Merme

I wouldn't want to use the same one on Cindy that I use on George...........

G-MOM!!!!! merme shrieks in laughter.



Merme

And of course Meg would take a picture of everyone and submit it with the caption, "Who are these People?"

We would have to meet in secret- can you see the news cameras taking pics of G Mom and her whip- Merme and her auto dictionary - the flashcards going up and down- the table collapsing--- LORD! Meg flash going off - the scrapbook would be 3 ft thick.... or we could just sell tickets!
Nana

Yeah....tickets! Instead of Monty Python's Circus we could be

The Garden Forum Freaky Friends.

I bet it would make a ton of money! I could be the canned laughter!

All I can say is, I can picture Cindy showing up with her bottle of Jim Beam.... And Lola sitting on one shoulder yelling at her!!!!

And of course Nana would be there with about a million kidlets crawling all over her... sorta like the graemlins that were running up Weezie's arms during the Olympics....

and duckie with her very dry sense of humor slaying all and sundry... (how can such a wet woman duckie have such a dry humor? is what I'd like to know)


Merme

ONLY 3 FT THICK?! What do you take me for? It'd be at least 6ft thick, or perhaps, a mile long?

I would so love to be there for that kinda action.. just to see the use of graemlins without a pc.

Thornius and Nana were so right, Meg: you'd have to be our photo historian!

and wouldn't that be sumpin?

Merme

You all are a riot. It would be an absolute blast!

I could cook for everyone

I was hoping you'd say that, Phoenix!



Merme

We will have to start a list of what everyone can/can't eat and likes/dis-likes

Oh I'm easy enough to please. What is there to ever complain about good food well prepared? Even if it is "different" or something untried before?

AND, I eat anything at any time of day, so I'm not fussy.

People complain about eating with me, though, coz I eat very small amounts and I eat very slowly coz I'm too interested in socializing...

But I guarantee if you put on a feast, I would try to have at least one bite of everything you made.

Just load them tables up!

Merme

EXCELLENT THAT'S WHAT I LOVE TO HEAR !!!!!!
I'll do 3-4 of my most requested dishes and...well heck I'll do 3-4 of everything I have ever made and ones I have yet to attempt

whohoo!!! I will help Merme with the tasting!!

It REALLY breaks my heart that it's impossible for all of us to get together.
I would like for nothing more that to be around you all (physically) and cook for you.
I love to cook. Jeff wants to open a restaurant and have me incharge of the kitchen. He would handle the wait staff. I can see it now...phoenix...part-time chef/full-time florist

I can see it, Phoenix.

By the way, you guys ever get up to Maine-away?

Merme

About 2 years ago we made our way up to Ogunquit.
We are planning,at some point,to make another trip.

Ogunquit is really close to where I live, Phoenix. Just about a 40 minute drive straight up the highway. Ya can't miss us.

and...I've got a tiny, tiny grill with a dome top just aching for somebody to fire it up....

In the off season, when the rates go down all over the state, we love it when people come up, have dinner, and then sit around outside while we just keep adding wood to the fire and sweaters on our shoulders and listen to the night unfold, particularly if there is a breeze blowing in from the sea...

Merme

Well then,That sounds GREAT 40m min up the highway you say.

I bet we have the same grill

Oh I'd let you cook to your hearts content, Phoenix then turn you loose to go walking on the beach for a bit while I cleaned up. We are only about 4 blocks from the sand...

The kid 'n I are always ready for a good time, truth to tell. You guys would be most welcome.

Merme

So if I have my small grill, and you have a similar one, that would be Grills #1 and #2 for the wild reunion to go with all those picnic tables we are collecting. Now...where to drum up some more?

And I just solved the issue of not being able to communicate without our 'puters in front of us.

Afgrey could paint table cloths to look like a computer at each place mat setting. So we'd all still have that technological feel to the converstaion!

Howz that?

Merme

P-E-R-F-E-C-T!!!!!!!
I think It will be a BLAST!!!

And the computer like place settings is a great idea!!

I don't know if I would be able to let you clean up by yourself though.

Oh, people...I've had a rough day, and needed to sign in to the forum have have a good laugh.

This made me roll in the floor...
Thank you, Thornius. THAT made my day!
(...at poor Meg's expense!)
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...that's the first thing I got when I returned from Lexington today...Lola was MAD because when I left (she had to go to her cage) I told her I'd be right back.
Then..."I'll be right back!!! Huh!"



Ahhh...gotta love Meg and those Common Mystery Thing posts!

Cindy

You know families move all over the world and get together every once in a while for family reunions. I just don't see why we cannot seriously plan one! Given enough time, we could accomplish anything. Of course it would have to be in the fall when our gardens don't need as much daily work.

well, i think merme started this to make me feel guilty. see, i'm going through sc (going to catch dixie angel) then stopping in maryland (can you say loz?) and ending up in pa at my mil's (uh, hisgal...) and she is trying to shame me in to hitting ny (weezie) then going on up to maine to see her and the kid

anyway, wish i could... nice pipe dream...

Great dream. I'd do the same if I could.

Have you figured out if it is going to be on the way up or on the way down, Jiffymouse? I can't wait to meet you!

Dianna

I've got George's "Super-Deluxe" grill...it would count as #3 AND #4... I've also got 3 tables to use.

I'll help you out with the cooking,Phoenix. I cook for a large group of people every 2 weeks and have been head cook/manager of quite a few restaurants I LUV to cook!

G-Mom

I will provide the music discs and system for entertainment purposes. I would love to hear you all sing!

Dianna

Cindy and I could sing the theme song to "Thelma and Louise"!



G-Mom

Oh G-mom, I was HOPING you'd volunteer to cook also, using that Splendid High-Tech Top O' The Line Grill That Probably Even Rocks Babies To Sleep While Washing Dishes! And what dya mean, it would be Grill #3 and #4? I'm thinking it is probably more like Grill #3 through #10.

Hot diggity!!!

And Dianna, the entertainment value of having our very own KJ on the scene would be a gift beyond words.

I for one would like to hear G-mom & Afgrey sing that theme song, among other things.

I'm guessing many of us here have good voices although a few have claimed not to have one. But we could get 'em going just fine.

Merme

It has been my experience that EVERYONE can sing. Some just haven't found THEIR song yet.

Yep, it would be fun to get together, sing, and party. I am sure we would all be talking away as if we had known each other all our lives.

Dianna

The "among other things" would be a LOT more entertaining, I assure you!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

OMG, that's too funny! you haven't heard anyone in my family try to sing. hahahaha. I think we're all tone deaf or something.

Meg, not knowing HOW to sing is very different than not being ABLE to sing!

In all my years of teaching music, I only met one person who truly could NOT sing. He spoke. I could not get him past speaking into singing. He'd learn the words and the rhythm but could only SAY them and not SING them, no matter what.

He really COULDN'T hear the differences in pitch...it all sounded monotone to him and so that is what he repeated.

That's true "tone deafness".

Fortunately, the majority of people can hear a simple tune and recognize it again later. If you can do that, you can sing.

Merme

Believe me, any music teacher would have thier hands full with our household. :rolleyes: Marissa speaks the words to the songs. Alex mumbles them. I lipsynch, cuz my voice is less than appealing when applied to song.. Steve probably has the best of us.. but even he has limitations.

Meg

Meg,

Go sing in one of those big~metal mailboxes...
You'll sound wonderful!!!!!
The aucoustic's are awesome in there...

Even the Graemlins want to party

Party on, graemlins!

...and THANKS, Weezie! :rolleyes:
I'm sure the neighbors enjoyed watching my rendition of Pat Benetar's "Treat Me Right" in the mailbox today.

Afgrey ~ Maxi got such a kick out of your musical graemlins!

And Triss, I think you are right...out of all of us, the graemlins are probably the most willing to have a good time on the spur of the moment. All it takes is a "click" to get them going!

Merme

For Maxi.....

Oh afgrey, you shouldda seen the look on Maxi's face when I showed him that. It was as though he wished he could take it off the screen and hold that tiny guitar player in the palm of his hand like an itty bitty treasured pet.

And of course, it reminded him to tell me AGAIN he wants to get a mohawk!

Merme

Those musical graemlins are too cute!

Cindy,
How did it sound????
Pretty cool???

I always sounded awesome in one of those..
Outside of one, :p Nasty!!!

If he does, you GOTTA post a picture!

Yeah, man...I sounded good!
...and I was playin' the air-guitar while singing.

Glad the neighbor got rid of that wasp nest under the mailboxes!

diana, i'll be calling you tomorrow... listen for the phone...

I have to go check my mail...wondering if I can sing in my big huge farmer mail box? I used to be ok, but from non-use I don't know how to control my voice anymore. I slide around in different octaves. I sang tenor in high school.

Here's a thought on where to have the reunion...


just a thought!

:p
Tooooooooo funny!!!

Actually I figured with keyoard placemats and maybe tap shoes on, we would all feel quite comfortable.

or maybe we could all play spoons while we're talking?

Fernie ~ did you see my sister Nancy/Blooming's suggestion of Dianna providing the clicking sounds for us?

But I certainly could teach everyone how to play spoons, too. Maxi's classmates always love it when I bring enough spoons for everyone to class on his birthday. I sing a silly song I wrote for the class so everybody can join in making a great racket with the spoons and singing along on the refrain before we dive into the cake and ice cream.



Merme

Vanessa... That is great!

Note to self: Bring spoons to the "Family Reunion" and see if Merme will teach me how to play.

Dianna

Vanessa...Those pictures were TOO good!

...glad you included the one with the phones, because I am highly skilled at having to get up during EVERY post to answer a phone or two.

That was just too funny!

GREAT idea,Vanessa

We'll have to make sure there is room for...ROFLMBO!

How'bout...One Bourbon,One Scotch,One Beer...by George Thourogood

G-Mom

Oh, yeah!

"Well, I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when...
I been drinking bourbon whiskey, scotch and gin..."

And, don't forget David Allen Coe...

...and we'd have to sing "Margaritaville" for Bill, even though he wouldn't show up!

Here's one we could sing special for the event!Sung to the tune..."Down by the Lazy River",by the Osmond Brothers..

Down at the Garden Helper


What are ya doin' tonight?
Ya got no place to go.
If you feel like getting friendly,
Why dont'cha come along with me?

Mighty fine out tonight,
Getcha mouse and hold it tight.
We can take it nice and easy,
you know it won't be long till we'll be, we'll be.....

Down at the Garden Helper,
come as you please.
Down at the Garden Helper,
one big family.
If you're all alone,
you won't be long.
Just bring your keyboard and type along.
Down at the Garden Helper,
everybody follow me.

Better make up your mind,
let's get the show on the road.
We're gonna have a party,
come along or you'll be sorry, sorry.

You know there's plenty of room,
They'll help your yard be all abloom.
We can get nice and cozy,
why don'tcha come along and mosey....

And down,
I said down,
come on down,
I'm goin'....

Down at the Garden Helper,
come as you please.
Down at the Garden Helper,
one big family.
If you're all alone,
you won't be long.
Just bring your keyboard and type along.
Down by the lazy river........
Everybody follow me!

G-Mom

THAT ROCKS! ! ! ! ! ! !

That would be a sight to see!

Dianna

I hope you have the soundtrack for that one, Dianna!

If she doesn't,I can make a copy off of the album.

G-Mom

You know, one of these days, a Garden Helper "get-together" is really going to happen.

I'll be there.

I would try to get it if I don't have it before the reunion. Like G-mom, I know I have it on an album somewhere. I loved Donny Osmond when I was a teen-ager!

I would try my darnedest to be there. I want to meet everyone in real life. I might just have to take up traveling like Jiffymouse!

Dianna

Great song G-Mom! Love it.

So the first step is planning WHERE.