Illuminati-R-Us

OK, here you go. From my family reunion, it is me and the old lady sharing a yuk, no doubt at someone else's expense. Hmm, simce my sister bought our plane tickets I guess it really WAS at her expense.

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How close was your mental image?

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Image fixed -Lance
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Well poop, why doesn't it work? I got the sumo guy to work. If I paste all that into the address line it will go there and open it up. Maybe it really did break the screen. Or the computer is not willing to be an accomplice.

Is the URL too long or something?

Well, here, enjoy this then. They look a lot like us.

That first one didn't work because the software filters out URLs for images that don't have .gif, .jpg or .png at the end. I just did some admin magic to get it to show up.

You look familiar. Ever do the Michigan Renaissance Festival?

Lance wrote:You look familiar.

Santa? :mrgreen::mrgreen:

I actually imagined you with a little bit more hair. But I did think of you as a bearded guy, just not such a long beard...

Dragon Star wrote:

Lance wrote:You look familiar.

Santa? :mrgreen::mrgreen:

I love that picture, Enzo!!! You and Mrs. Enzo look adorable. Just about how I see you in my mind's eye, only with clothes ;)

I just always thought of his avatar (arrow-toting bear).

Either that, or a stick figure.

--hippie

Enzo, be honest, have you ever been asked to do a fake Santa? Have any children asked you if you were Santa, or addressed you as Santa? The similarities are mind boggling...

And I'm with hippie, I pictured a bear...

Nope, never been to the Ren Fest. Never been to the Ren Cen either for that matter. All us fat guys with beards look alike anyway.

The second photo is us without clothes.

Actually we have to be careful at the nude beach. The Greenpeace people keep hauling us back into the water...

DS, have you any idea how many times I have heard Santa? Rarely a day goes by without hearing it from someone, usually fast food counter people. Long ago, about 1965 or 1966, my fraternity sponsored the fall blood drive on the MSU campus. The theme was "CHristmas in November, give the gift of life." Give blood. I was Santa CLaus. It was funny, I have a photo of me in the SAnta suit fake white beard and all, and my brown beard was showing out from under the fake white one. Got my photo on the front page of the student paper even. I wandered the campus in the santa suit, and we handed out flyers in front of classroom buildings while I went Ho Ho Ho. One perk was that at the blood drive itself I was there a lot to offer moral support. As Santa I got to hold the hands of many nervous coeds. All the girls' crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.

SOmetimes a kid is acting up in a restaurant or a store, and I walk by and look at the kid and just say "Ho Ho Ho." Eyes get big and mouths go shut. It's a great power to have.

One time I was making copies at a Kinkos, and a lady walked in to make her own copies of something. She had a little kid with her, maybe 3 years old. The mom wasn't paying close attention to junior, who wandered over my way. He looked me over and asked, "Are you Santa Claus?" I looked to either side, bent over his way, put my finger to my lips and whispered, "Shhh, it's supposed to be a secret,. Don't tell anyone." Oooh the kids face lit up at that. He ran back and clung to mommy, every so often sneaking a glance my way and sending little secret waves no one else could see. I'd secret wave back. Mom was oblivious.

Eventually mom finished her copy work, grabbed junior by the hand and started out of the area. Twenty feet or so down the aisle, the kid breaks free, trots halfway back towards me, and loudly whispers, "Goodbye, Santa." in his best secret keeping voice. I could see on his mother's face, "Now what the hell was THAT all about?" In 40+ years of wearing a full beard, that was my favorite Santa moment.

Jimmy, the hair you imagined on top has slipped down to the bottom.

In the SMithsonian Museum in Washington DC, they have a set of the old Burma SHave roadside signs that read:

In this vale
Of toil and sin
Your head grows bald
But not your chin
---Burma Shave.

By the way, if the Red Cross holds a blood drive in your area, it really is a cool thing to go donate blood. The needles are sterile, never used more than once, it really doesn't hurt except for the first poke, and it does good. PLus as a blood donor, if you ever in turn need blood, they give you credit for what you donated.

Enzo wrote:By the way, if the Red Cross holds a blood drive in your area, it really is a cool thing to go donate blood. The needles are sterile, never used more than once, it really doesn't hurt except for the first poke, and it does good. PLus as a blood donor, if you ever in turn need blood, they give you credit for what you donated.

My chapter of the National Honor Society had a blood drive last February, and we're planning to do it again this year. Last year I was five months too young to donate, but this year, I'll be able to do it. I did get to give out stickers saying "Be nice to me! I donated blood today!" and signed people in, though.

I've gotta rememer to rope Jimmy into it, too...

--hippie

Just reading that put a big smile on my face, you're my favorite impersonator now!

PLUS, give blood - free juice and donuts.

I can't give blood, I have low blood pressure...I would pass out within minutes.

Eat chinese food a day or two before... Lots of MSG and Soy Sauce... You won't have low blood pressure for a couple of days afterward.

If you have time to spare, plasmapheresis (sp?) is more useful. They centrifuge your blood, give you back the red stuff and keep the plasma and various lumpy bits. It takes about 3/4 of an hour and you recover faster since all you have to replace is liquid not cells and liquid.

It is possible to have very useful platelets etc. even if you are a common blood type.

Time restraints mean I can't do it anymore but for my numerous years at uni I did this every 4 weeks. They ran out of awards after a while.

Lets hear it for O Rh D Pos and all you other types out there!

Yea?

I'll have to keep that in mind...

Excellent picture, dude.

Enzo wrote:PLUS, give blood - free juice and donuts.

Can't, I'm blacklisted for at least 2.5 years, ending next July at the earliest. . .

Count me in as also having pictured the avatar.

hippietrekx wrote:

Enzo wrote:By the way, if the Red Cross holds a blood drive in your area, it really is a cool thing to go donate blood. The needles are sterile, never used more than once, it really doesn't hurt except for the first poke, and it does good. PLus as a blood donor, if you ever in turn need blood, they give you credit for what you donated.

My chapter of the National Honor Society had a blood drive last February, and we're planning to do it again this year. Last year I was five months too young to donate, but this year, I'll be able to do it. I did get to give out stickers saying "Be nice to me! I donated blood today!" and signed people in, though.

I've gotta rememer to rope Jimmy into it, too...

--hippie

Ehhhhhh!!! NO!!!! NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!!!!!! eVil!!! Not gonna happen! Needles = my biggest fear = giving blood very scary!!!!!!!!!! = I won't do it.

St. Jimmy wrote:

hippietrekx wrote:

Enzo wrote:By the way, if the Red Cross holds a blood drive in your area, it really is a cool thing to go donate blood. The needles are sterile, never used more than once, it really doesn't hurt except for the first poke, and it does good. PLus as a blood donor, if you ever in turn need blood, they give you credit for what you donated.

My chapter of the National Honor Society had a blood drive last February, and we're planning to do it again this year. Last year I was five months too young to donate, but this year, I'll be able to do it. I did get to give out stickers saying "Be nice to me! I donated blood today!" and signed people in, though.

I've gotta rememer to rope Jimmy into it, too...

--hippie

Ehhhhhh!!! NO!!!! NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!!!!!! eVil!!! Not gonna happen! Needles = my biggest fear = giving blood very scary!!!!!!!!!! = I won't do it.

But... *I'll* be there...

--hippie

And if you survive, perhaps she will give you a little something afterwords...

Khrushchev's Other Shoe wrote:Can't, I'm blacklisted for at least 2.5 years, ending next July at the earliest. . .

Have you been having sex with men from an African country?

Have you been in jail in the past year?

Have you had a tattoo done in the past year?

teri tait wrote::shock:

Have you been having sex with men from an African country?

Have you been in jail in the past year?

Have you had a tattoo done in the past year?

No, no, and no.

Khrushchev's Other Shoe wrote:

teri tait wrote::shock:

Have you been having sex with men from an African country?

Have you been in jail in the past year?

Have you had a tattoo done in the past year?

No, no, and no.

Well, that's a relief. . .

My favorite question is the one about the brain membrane transplant. I always have to say, "Ewwwww, NO!!" instead of just "No"

teri tait wrote:Well, that's a relief. . .

My favorite question is the one about the brain membrane transplant. I always have to say, "Ewwwww, NO!!" instead of just "No"

There are a number of questions I don't even understand, but I figure if I had had whatever condition/procedure it is, I would know about it :P But I'm blacklisted for travel to places where malaria is found. . .