It's quiet today...

“Could it be the innuendo-less board is attracting fewer fun-loving backpackers?

Or is everyone just afraid of getting banned?”

“...too quiet...”

“Quiet...


...We're hunting wabbit”

“...the only sound was the rusted hinges on livery stable door creaking in the wind. A lone tumbleweed rolled across the dusty street. Even the dogs sensed trouble.”

“Suddenly nothing happened! Nothing continued to happen for a full minute, and then...”

“...someone was banned...”

“Psshh! seems like everyone is "on an extended vacation"!”

“..the townfolked peered from behind their dirty windows...”

“still....nothing happened...”

“Nothing happened in such alarming, thunderous waves, that nothingness was redefined! Still, it was nothing.”

“A Minute Passed - Monty Python

John Finlissom: Hesitantly, reluctantly, Helen slipped out of a sling, tight-waisted waspy and stood naked in the moonlight before me. Somewhere a clock chimed three. An owl hooted in the nearby copse. No wind stirred the casement window. She stood in the pale, translucent light on the Persian carpet. A minute passed. Then another. Then, another minute. Then... another minute passed. Then another minute passed. And another. A further minute passed quickly, followed by another minute, when suddenly, a different minute passed, followed by another different minute. And another. And yet another further different minute. A minute passed. I glanced at my watch. It was a minute past. This was it. A minute passed. After a moment, another minute passed. I waited a minute while a minute passed quickly past. And then, a minute which seemed to last an hour but was only a minute... passed.
Announcer: That was "A Minute Passed", by John Finlissom. You can hear Episode Nine of "A Minute Passsed" tomorrow night at a minute past.”

“Nothing! Nothing! Oh, the blank, emptiness of it all!”

“SSHHH! We're trying to hide!”

“Translucent light?”

“You can see right through it.”

“Hey, has anyone heard from Geobeet lately? It is awful quiet without him around.”

“We can't hear him because of the deafening silence.”

“Guess we should take out our earplugs then.”

“I think he's still on the Sods...”

“the voices in my head are drowning out the silence...”

“Come on!!! Lets all getted banned. Who is with me?

Woohoo (holds nose and jumps in)”

“VoicesInHeadAdjust(treebeard, CLevel::Quiet);”

“everyone is passed out in the lime jello pool :)



NAKID!”

“hmmmmmm?

did someone say something?”

“No one said nothing!”

“Was Lyra banned or did she take early retirement?”

“She's just being quiet and free of innuendo...”

“ooooooooooooooh.”

“Hola”

“Is that Spanish, innuendo or both?”

“High Opening Late Arrival?”

“what a quiet nothingness”

“Half of the feckers here have run out of work early huh?”

“Hoo yoo colleng ay fekker, yank loover?”

“It's maybe too quiet.”

“sumptings gonna blow up for sure! Maybe bacpac will start drinking and posting early today?”

“well let's make some noise then. I've been busting my a$$ for weeks and the one afternoon I get even a little bit of slack...it's quiet??

Ok, what can we start up!”

“I'm here...kinda. Sucking on a koolade popsicle :)”

“Today has been busy we did testing for 2hrs this morning and the kids are testy... in another way no pun intended.”

“I am starting to pack my backpack now too...CANT WAIT!!!! :) I am so antsy. This weekend's trip should be awesome, thunderstorms, snakes, yahoos and all.”

“I'm outa class and ready to start the weekend. Need to go home and wash some clothes then get the camping gear in the car cuz maybe this rain will let up. do ya think?


Naw!!! I believe it has rained every Mem weekend since I came to Montana back in '97.

Maybe I'll take the boys on a hike up to Lee Lake (hopefully we won't see any baars this time. (really freaked my oldest out and we were in the car at the time)”

“Did you guys hear the rumors? Birch is pregos!”

“:O Congrats birch. :) Seems to be a lot of that going around.”

“Someone do a streak - errrr, some girl do a streak”

“Congrades Birch...

It's suppose to rain on us in NC too...won't matter much cause even here it rains a lot this time of year.”

“Yep, it is quiet. What happened to, aaah, you know, to what's-his-name?

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No one around here is talking to me. Well, I should have known better___I never should have gotten married to TT.
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“Is that like Married to The Mob? LOL”

“postscript

"I'll never forget what's-her-name...."”

“If you know what I mean. Kinda nice.”

“I may even get into a backpacking discussion if one breaks out somewhere.”