Thanks, buddy At least I have no debts or anything so I can take a few blows. Gotta have an income though...

Gosh, mirocu. I had no idea of the job and company woes on your end. I so hope you find something soon that you like and keeps those septims coming in! I'd hate to see you have to turn to dungeon diving to turn a bit of gold.

Thank you, my friend. I´m sure things will pick up again. Not sure how at this moment though...

Wow, I only thought I saw it in the movies. So apparently there was this couple in Zimbabwe, Africa, who decided to get some intimate action in the wilderness . . .

Long story short, a lion stalked them, attacked the woman and killed her!

True story!

That's insane! Predators strike during a moment of weakness, though...

Holy crap, has anyone heard from KoB???!!



But seriously, being eaten by a lion, yikes.

Earlier today, yeah, he messaged me. Apparently the jerk is hopping from resort to resort XD He doesn't have wifi at the one he's at right now, but he said he might at the next one. Apparently when he goes other places he catches wifi. He also told me to calm down XD

You've gotta be pretty brave to hook up in Africa anyways with the strong possibility of contracting HIV.

Another interesting fact is that you're much more likely to be killed by a hippo than a lion.

Yes. Yes you are, lol. Them thangs are MEAN!

They look so cute and harmless, lots of people don't know how aggressive and territorial they are, which is probably part of the problem.

Everyone knows lions are dangerous so people avoid them.

As a rule, I don't like anything bigger than me.

Or faster.

Or can fly.

Or has sharp teeth and claws.

Basically I draw the line on anything that isn't a normal household pet.

I've worked around horses extensively and it is my belief that they're dumb, dangerous, and prone to panic. I don't like them or anything else large enough to kill me by kicking or crushing me.

Horses fall under the no-no list. For some reason, I've always been around horses that bite. I've been nipped, but never bitten full-on. And I don't plan on it.

I have had several friends injured by horses either dragging them or going off in the stall while the person was working on them. I got stuck taking care of a big two year old that had put 8 grooms in the hospital, one died of his injuries.

They all had cross-tied him in the back or corner of the stall to work on him - one startle and he'd come up hard against the ropes and go nuts. They'd be pinned against a wall or have to pass his flying hooves to get out of the stall, and he wouldn't settle down as long as the cross-ties were jerking against him.

I figured I'd do the opposite and hope it worked - stuck his head out the door and let his tie dangle loose to the ground. The two times he startled I was able to shoot out under the webbing and wait out his tirade, (which was shorter lived because he wasn't fighting anything but himself alone in the stall). I guess I lucked out, was the only groom he didn't manage to injure. He stepped on my foot once, that was it.

@ Mirocu - Good luck for your own situation, sometimes a company folding is taken over by a larger one and they keep the employees intact.

Speaking of getting injured by larger animals... I think my husband sprained my pinky. I was putting my.phone in my pocket and he threw up his arms, thinking for some weird reason that the movement of putting my phone in my picket equaled hitting him, and his forearm smashed into my pinky, knocking my phone out of my hand. It's swollen. If ice doesn't help, Ima be angry XD

From the morning funnies:

I told my girlfriend to go get me the newspaper. “Don’t be silly,” she said, “borrow my iPad.”

That spider never knew what hit him!

@Liz - Sorry about your swollen phone and pinky.

@ Grits - Thanks for the morning chuckle!

BAHAHAHAHA!!!

my finger is okay, I think. I do a ton of lifting at work and if I can't lift, then I lose my value

Glad your finger isn't worse, Liz. If all else fails you can always tape it to the one next to it and, uh, lift with your legs?


Also, Happy Pi Day everyone!! Or at least everyone who writes today as 3/14!

That would be... interesting to see, lol.

Dammit, don't lift with your legs, do it with your back! And when you're lifting things, hold your breath! Don't you know the body makes its own oxygen when it's working!

I can see my future post now: "Thanks for the advice, Colonel! You gon' pay my hospital bills now??" XD

What can I say? I'm a helper!

I thought Grits said "if it falls off you can tape it to the one next to it, lol."

Well, duct tape does fix anything, after all. Even limb loss!

You are just...SO PRETTY, mALX!! XD

I've been injured twice by horses. Once a stirrup broke and left be being dragged for 20+ yards by one and the other time I was thrown off.

I've never gotten on to another since then. They're dangerous.

Horses are only good for two things; glue and hotdogs

Being dragged was my biggest fear, much worse fear than being thrown (although I wasn't excited about being thrown either). I never did get dragged (thank goodness) - got thrown off dozens of times, but only got hurt once from it.




GAAAAAAH! I love horses !!!


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Sorry

Buffy better not hear this.

Wops

And frozen readymeals.

Some British humour, right there.

Which will probably need explaining to every non-Brit Google Tesco's horsemeat if you're interested...

Although my local coffee shop enjoys it. The owner's had a different appalling pun up everry week since it broke...

Is it horse? Neigh lad...

Out of date? And they're off...

etc etc

Meals with no added Shergar?.. ...

Someone decoded it would be great fin to take an entire bottle of dishwashing liquid and pour it down the aisle. Not "Oops, I spilled this" but empty the bottle up and down the aisle and I can't even find the bottle.

Man, that guy sounds like he's flogging a dead ready meal.

Gee...Stop horseing around would ya?... ...

Here have some (Red)rum and raisin ice cream...

Snuggles is watching a kid's show and successfully identifies three objects in a row.

Me: "Alright! high-five!" -holds out hand-

Snuggles: -sticks face in my hand-

Me: "That's not-wait, what??"

Hmm...

Coffee Shop. Smoffee shop.

Drastic times call for drastic measures...

Meet my new friend

C'mon fingers, type like a drunken wind. Wait, that didn't sound right...

I prefer the warm, calming winds of Malibu.

Nice bottle, I'd have to keep that and stick a candle in it!

Ah, but I have the skull on my desk - both for easy reach and terror motivation

Although I keep having to fight the urge to pick it up, and go "Alas, poor Vodka, I knew him well..." each time I take a sip*...

Drink some more, and give the empty bottles out for Christmas presents, lol.

"You drank my present???"

I'd be happy with the bottle either way - Awesome looking thing!

Thanks to British tax rates, I need the bleedin' contents to myself, to get over the shock of paying for it in the first place

ROFL!

Ahaha!

I have never NOT seen a child cry when grabbing the hot rack of an oven.

I now smell of wet cat...

Popped out the front door for a cig, and next doors cat charged in out of the rain at rocket speed, before I knew what was happening, and demanded to be played with.

How could I refuse?

I'm sure it's descended from some secret tribe of Ninja's somewhere... Ninja Cat Stealth Attack!!!