If you haven't done so yet, head to the new digs and pull up a pile of wood shavings.
A law was made a distant moon ago, here
The posts and comments cannot be too hot
And there's a legal limit to the spam here
in Debalot
The Teh may never fly till after sundown
By 8 the morning Vodka must appear
In short there's simply not
a more congenial spot
for Frischmas poet corners
that the kids call
Deb.a.lot.
Update: the transition is not yet complete, so comments here are still okay.
posted by Cthulhu @ 2:13 PM
77 comments
77 Comments:
Halloooooo!
Well, since the pub seems to be empty....
Barkeep! Another round for the house on me!
teh first?
teh, yay!™
teh last (thread)?
teh...hmm...
Damn...moved threads again without telling anyone
I will not miss Blogger!
Jeeze
I can actually put a hyperlink in my bilge without earning a CNE/CNA cert?
Kewl.
Although I think naming the new joint:
"Vacation Bible School"
would have made for some interesting discussions with folks who Googled their way in...
Regards;
How does Dearest Little Debbie Snack Cakes feel about Hawk and the military in general?
Let us find out shall we
Yoda~~
I know...Good times.
I'm eager to see what our new
good times® will be like.
nostalgic teh™
[Glares disapprovingly]
I still haven't gotten my password email for TSW; it's been a couple of hours.
[Looks wistful]
Man...if I don't get it by tomorrow, I'm gonna miss the opening frolic at TSW.
[Sighs]
The piles of fresh wood chips...the first run in the new wheel...a water bottle that's still relatively sanitary...
[Casts eyes downwards]
...and I'm gonna miss it all.
[Raises fist]
Curse you, WordPress!
Tarnation!
fatwa~~
don't worry...you can never be
left behind. After all, at
teh squeaky wheel, all we're
doing is spinning our wheels
:D
teh squeak!™
Fatwa:
Is it that slow email registration again? Yeesh! What ISP is handling that particular address?
Well, I don't even know what I am doing & I got one.
Fatwa -
If you have a junk mail folder, take a look in there.
Fatwa~
This could make good teh funny
for teh daily squeak. I'm
thinkin' a human-interest piece
like, "Left Behind!"...
(clears throat)
Dateline: DHDville--Sept 14
As DHD marked its final hours,
Fatwa gazed around at the
spent bottles of WTF Vodka™
'I feel like a man without a
country,' he mourned.
Due to a computer SNAFU, Fatwa
had become, against his wishes,
the Last Man to leave DHD.
'I wouldn't mind it so much,'
he said. 'Except my compatriots
took everything with them that
wasn't nailed down. No desks,
no chairs,...not even a drop
of WTF™ to be found!'
Nonetheless, Fatwa remained
stoic. He'd found a hobby to
pass the time. 'Thanks to a
deck of cards someone left
behind--one with an extra
joker, go figure--I've been
playing a lot of solitaire.'
And Fatwa's creativity remains
intact: 'I even invented a
new game: I call it batfrisch™.'
Asked about the rules, Fatwa
chucked. 'batfrisch is where
you throw the cards in the
air, and cry out, 'w00t! I win!''
When asked about the prospects
of rescuing Fatwa, an anonymous
source at the DHD Rescue Ministry
answered: 'Rescue Ministry? What's that?'
Your ISP is messed up...
Just sign up for some throwaway account at yahoo or hotmail.
Heck, I could even give you a @tehsqueakywheel.com address
yoda~~
Tahnks! :)
teh squeak c'est chic!™
Sorry I disappeared; had to reboot under OS9 and review a ProTools file with a client.
That breakthru.com email was also slow with the Blogsome registration. Let's see if the WordPress one turns up later; otherwise I'll get a hotmail or gmail account.
Sinner -
Although it would be pretty cool to have a TSW email; I think I use enough of your bandwidth already. I sincerely appreciate the offer!
Tim -
Glad I wasn't drinking a Vernor's when I read that.
If bandwidth gets to be a problem with this hosting account, I will eat a bug.
Yoda -
You are ready to go on the shiny new wheel.
Sinner - would be a virtual bug, or an RL bug?
teh squeak c'est chic!™
Dang it Tim...stop trying to make me snort dinner through my nose!
Sorry Fatwa~~ *^^*
Brenda,
Both!
how do I register to comment at the new site?
Put teh lime in teh vodka and you'll feel better
sinner;
"If bandwidth gets to be a problem with this hosting account, I will eat a bug."
What's the fun in that?
If bandwidth becomes a problem, make Deb eat the bug.
I'm sure there's enough talent here to hack into HER derelict unused bandwidth.
We be cyberpirates, sailing resolutely where mortals only surf, untold riches in plundered bandwidth-booty to unearth.
Regards;
Okay...got a gmail.com account.
Tried registering again at TSW and was told that my name (as it appears here but in uplow) was already registered.
Gaaaaah!
Hopefully that registration will eventually show-up in the breakthru.com account.
Tarnation!
Ottava -
Et tu, MAC-é?
Sigh.
I know what you mean, sbh~
To quote Vasquez in "Aliens":
"WE DON'T LEAVE OUR PEOPLE
BEHIND!"
:)
solidarity w/fatwa teh!™
Ottava -
Just waiting to get my password at the disposable email I've used for years.
Hopefully it'll show-up at some point; took about eight hours for my short-lived Blogsome registration.
patrap -
Go to the new site, click on 'register' (I believe it's on the right sidebar, low on page) and do what seems natchurale.
Gerbil friends -
I'm sure this registration nonsense will all work out one way or another.
But it's nice ya'll (sic) care; I'm touched.
(Aside from the "tiched in the head" part, I mean.)
I didn't think I'd really get [scary music sting] LEFT BEHIND...IND...ind...
Solidarnosc!
You want me to delete the current fatwa account?
fatwa:
"I didn't think I'd really get [scary music sting] LEFT BEHIND...IND...ind... "
No way! Why, i haven't marooned anyone in at LEAST 3 or 4 days.
You'll know I'm going to sail away without you if I give you an accordion, so not only will you die, but you will have the opportunity to annoy the living bejesus out of yourself before you expire.
It's a touching sight, really, a shaggy and unkempt castaway, diminishing in the distance, half mad with boredom, standing alone on a small island, playing an accordion.
Regards;
Fatwa~
I hope you'll forgive my
initiative. But I applied
for a password under username
"Fatwa."
I just received one in a
dormant email account of
mine.
Would you like it?
i meant the movie special.
Gotcha, thanks Ottava.
To be honest, I chortled to myself while I was assembling it. (Because it was sort of immature and obvious from a comedic standpoint.)
But sharing it with my cute, furry rodent pals is the icing in the cake.
And to think I almost didn't bother registering at DHD...
Sinner -
Yes please, kindly, benevolent boss-type person; if you delete the current account, I can reregister using my gmail account, correct?
[Twitches whiskers hopefully]
Tim -
Your generous offer is appreciated, but I think Sinner's gonna be able to "hook me up".
Fatwa~~
Kewl!
triumphant teh!™
[Feigns extreme intoxication]
Man...I jusht love you guysh!
[/drunk]
Well, I am quite fond of all o' ya'll.
(BrendaK - was that proper usage?)
Bilge -
Heh.
The upside of your scenario is that the accordian is also marooned.
Bilge -
Let's not forget concertinas, which were once quite popular with the seadog set.
SBH -
Just my two cents.
Keep that up and you'll be forced to listen to Donald Erb.
fatwa -
No. However, you are good since you've been into the WTF Vodka®, it's been a tough night all around.
(Some one get his keys, we'll drive him over to the new site.)
fatwa:
"The upside of your scenario is that the accordian is also marooned."
Yes...that also occurred, and to think of all the trouble that was gone to to convince the Captain that it was a "flotation device"
Sbh:
"Have you ever noticed that accordian music is universal? You can play the equivilent of cantina music in almost any culture and fit right in. Polka in Argentina"
Yep...joke was on us, y'see.
Turns out that an accordion really IS a "flotation device".
So all those horrid people we ditched on the islands over the centuries were able to paddle back to the mainland, where they were destitute and had to earn their livings from their sole possession...their accordions.
That's why all over the world, no matter where you go, accordion music always sounds like some lonely goober squeezing and fingering his flotation device.
And don't for a minute think that they aren't aware of how irritating it is.
The underlying cause of their abandonment has not really been addressed.
Regards;
sbh -
I am such a heathen, I don't even know what that is.
But I can dance to the beat!
bilgeman -
God help us if they hook up with the mimes (shudder).
Poor hawk -
I resized this avatar for him, but it will only see the light of day for such a short time.
Oops.
BrendK:
"God help us if they hook up with the mimes (shudder)."
That's when I'll be the one alone on the island.
Regards;
yoda:
"Just one last nostalgic note at the old campfire...well maybe not the last note...
Did we set the Root Beer Stand on fire or not?"
PLEASE don't do that. I like the idea of the Frisch haunting the ruins of the old site, picking over the old comment threads and mumbling to herself like a Frisch harvesting aluminum cans from a dumpster.
Almost as heart-warming a mental image as that castaway accordion-player I mentioned earlier.
Regards;
SBH -
Actually, Erb makes Stockhausen positively tuneful by comparison.
Bilge -
We might disagree on many things (not that we ever actually have), but accordians ain't one of 'em.
And don't get me started on the Cordovox, a hellish spawn of an accordian and a vintage '60s Thomas home organ.
No...no...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
sbh -
Yeeeeesss, that explains so much.
If we could breed mimes with accordians (so that the accordian offspring made no sound), that would be a service to mankind.
But we could wind up with mimes that make accordian noises, too.
Perhaps best not to tempt fate.
Fatwa;
"But we could wind up with mimes that make accordian noises, too."
It's been done.
One word:
"Klezmer"
DON'T go there!
Regards;
Fatwa -
A wheezing mime. It's too horrible to contemplate.
Dunno about a greeting card, but there's an accordian lurking somewhere.
sbh:
"Can you send a virtual accordian to Miss Frisch?"
Better than that, once we find out which prison Frisch has been confined to, I'll send one to the convictette in the cell next to hers, along with a carton of Lucky Strikes to ensure at least an hour of practice a day.
regards
Bilge -
"Klezmer"
Gevalt!
BrendaK -
Years ago I dreamt that Marcel Marceau was screaming at me at the top of his lungs. I believe that's the only time in entire my life I've awakened myself by laughing.
fatwa -
That would certainly do it!
Yoda;
" But a job in the boiler room on your ship would be a world of good for her. I suspect she hasn't seen hard work in her life."
I suspect you may be right about her work history, but a ship is no place for Frisch.
As Minister Hosedragger so aptly outs it:
"She shits where she stands"
And so much of being a seaman consists of being a good shipmate.
Those who are not good shipmates have often found themselves marooned, without benefit of an island or an accordion.
And that is no joke.
Regards;
Yoda,
We sure made 'em take teh notice!
And, yeah~I'm with you on this:
those EdAbbers pretty much just
said, 'a pox on both your houses.'
We're gone. teh deb™ is gone.
Works for me. I mean, *moi*.
Bilge,
I like the Lucky Strikes idea:
Back in the day, Steve Dunleavy at the NY Post actually took up a collection for donated cigarettes to send to that Joel Steinberg guy.
Dunleavy called the fund: "Keep smoking, Joel!"™
Am I the only woman in America who doesn't think Aston Kusher is good looking? 'Cause, and I'm sure Demi Moore disagrees, he looks like a twerp to me.
BrendaK -
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! THAT HORRIBLE AVATAR!
[Scurries away behind the refrigerator in abject, rodent-y terror)
Dang~~gotta run :(
Well, I hope tehre might be
a few more hours to squeeze
in here in teh a.m.
Otherwise,...
fare tehe well, fine site!
fare tehe well, fine peeps!
teh!™
Deleted 2 Fatwas
I wish the real kind were so easily removed...
Sinner -
Well, we have the good fatwa.
Sinner -
Thanks much...I'll try registering again right now.
And I heartily second your sentiments re the real thing.
Back shortly...
[Gerbil-shaped cloud of dust left hanging in the air]
I am so glad to find I am not alone.
sbh -
I still can't figure out how to properly file my nails. When I have any to file, that is.
You are not alone.
Hmmm;
TSW keeps closing down comments and login keeps prompting me to change passwords...which do no good.
I can take a hint.
I'll just sit here in my little open boat and practice with my bagpipes until I die of old age.
Night all.
I am too pooped to pop the frog out of the lettuce.
G'night, gerbils!
Sinner -
I'm all squared-away re TSW registration; cheers!
Teh YAY®!
[Throws self happily against side of cage]
I'll shoot you an email from my new gmail addy.
Fellow genus Gerbillus compadres -
It is a bit odd to me that I feel bittersweet about leaving here tomorrow. Intellectually, I know very well that it is only a virtual place. Nonetheless, my feelings are real.
It's where we all met; I've had a surprising amount of fun here. Some marvelously weird chemistry has occurred and a delightful little community popped-up from the digital ether.
This is where it all started...and nothing's really ending tonight; it's simply the conclusion of Phase 1 of whatever we're creating together.
We've got a big, new cage to break-in. There will, no doubt, be many more self-important douchebags to skewer. Snarking to be done. Tech problems to solve.
And even more adventures!
So let's drink a toast to DHD; our alma mater.
And a second toast to TSW; we're movin' on up!
Plus, BrendaK should be just about primed to start dancing on the tables.
PAAAAAAAAAAARTY!
And we don't have to clean-up after this one.
WOOOOOOOO FREAKIN' HOOOOOOOO!
SBH -
Of course...I'd never do that to Sinner; nor would anybody else.
I just got a little overly enthusiastic.
[Shrugs shoulder
LAST ONE IN THE BIG PILE OF SHAVINGS IS A STINKIN' JERBOA!
Hawk -
That sounds very encouraging; my thoughts will be with you and your family Monday.
The Major, too.
tonight, tonight
won't be just any night.
tonight we'll have a new gerbil cage.
Tonight, tonight
When we shut off the light
We'll be moving to our second staaaaaage!
Hawk -
That email has been flaky lately (if you read earlier in this thread).
The project in question is coming along; a little more involved than I first thought.
The following is rebroadcast from this monring's thread for your edification:
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Dear Gerbils and Gerbilettes -
The audio project alluded to earlier in the week is still on the boards, but it's turning out to be more involved than I'd first thought.
In the meantime, since I do not wish to be accused of shirking my sworn duties (and because it's Frischmas), here's some quick and dirty aural snark:
The TEH-TV Sunday Night Movie
I'm going to err on the side of caution and say POSSIBLY NOT WORK-FRIENDLY
Audio geeks: I used a wee bit of pitch change on one of the voices.
Music once again courtesy of the Fatwa Arbuckle Dead Projects Archive®.
Snidely yours,
F. Arbuckle
Minister of Propaganda, DHD
Folks -
I'm turning in; see you all tomorrow at...
Teh Squeaky Wheel
See y'all over there!
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