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Either that, or one of the parties spiking his drink with a bit of Everclear. Hard to tell sometimes… ;)</p>
<p>Excellent point!</p>
<p>Funny, I thought maybe someone had gotten into my rotgut bourbon or that mad dog stuff… Can we afford grain alcohol in here, or does someone brew it at home and bring it in in a pail?</p>
<p>Hey-- bhappymom-- you only have credit for TEN posts? Woman, you gotta get out more! You might be spending too much time in the parent cafe! But if you do go out for a stroll, stay awaaaaay from those political bloodbaths. You’d think that discussion would die down a bit in lieu of the “my freshman is coming home for thanksgiving with a quart sized ziploc bag of toiletries and a lawn and leaf sized bag full of dirty laundry” threads.</p>
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Dunno, jym, SA has its own hazards…Don’t tell anyone, but I heard that vb was goin’ around… ;)</p>
<p>jym626 - I rubbed my eyes in disbelief that someone’s child was coming home with a zip lock bag wearing a fig leaf…wahhhh :p</p>
<p>Oh yeah, maybe if I am successful in launching DS & DD from the nest I will venture out of SA…'til then I’m stressed nuf …but thanks :)</p>
<p>BHappyMom -no worries. you and the funny fairy are always welcome despite her hygiene issues.</p>
<p>alu-
Are you guys still celebrating?? Hope everyone is still doing the happy dance at your house!</p>
<p>Took the pledge (again) and am once again going cold turkey on the politics threads.</p>
<p>In the virtual SA world, my 15 year old Rutgers sweatshirt fits just fine thank you, and is currently being worn with pride.</p>
<p>Reminded that I was not spending enough time in SA when I picked the letest REI catalog and the first thing I saw was “men’s marmot sharp point jacket”. Sorry but $199.99 is way too much to clothe those critters. And how would they maneuver the zipper?</p>
<p>Resisting the urge to throttle my 8th grade S. He is applying to the local creative & performing arts HS and seems to be going out of his way to sound as boring and typical as possible. “Experienced 40 of the 50 states, including Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, mountains, Death Valley and both Oceans” becomes “I like to travel.” Doesn’t understand differentiating and selling himself. </p>
<p>My two kids couldn’t be any more different from each other. Miss my D…</p>
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If any more people take the pledge, we may have to build an addition to SA…it’s the only nonpolitical thread left in the cafe these days…<em>sigh</em> Maybe the marmots’ energies could be harnessed into a small but mighty building crew, with those capfuls of rotgut offered as incentive?</p>
<p>I am still celebrating - I got to see the game just before I came over to China. Who knows what S is doing, I get 7 words per night from him on goodbye calls:0.</p>
<p>I think we should start an addition. Sort of a detox facility, only it’s detox from politics. In fact, it is required on entrance to stay completely intoxicated for 7 days to help you on your 12-step program. You can choose your drinks, and they have them on the wall accessible by hoses, labelled scotch, bourbon, red wine, soju, sake, etc.</p>
<p>Marmots can build it. We will pay them in jackets from REI…</p>
<p>Can I hide in here during Thanksgiving? We’ll be with my husband’s cousins, and their political views, which they love to discuss ad nauseum, are the opposite of mine. Personally, I think there are a lot more interesting things to discuss than politics. Like the college admissions process.</p>
<p>Yes, firefly. I think we will have a Thanksgiving Day special in here. Cousin-free zone, we’ll call it. We don’t have to call it a Politics-Free zone, as the entirety of Sinners Alley is politics free. ARE YOU LISTENING EVERYONE? POLITICS FREE.
<em>calms down</em></p>
<p>Exactly, jmmom. Thanks for bolding it too.</p>
<p>304 pages with no:
-politics
-college advice
-debates
-& no tab ever presented</p>
<p>but we have plenty of
-laughs
-irreverence
-reminiscing
-dancing
-rescues from page 2 hell
-slime
-complaints about neighbors, KsFH, odd parents, etc
-menopause
-stories
-‘pictures?’
-celebration
-comfort
-booze</p>
<p>And only about 12 minutes with a sticky at the top of the cafe!</p>
<p>I think SBMom has just composed our Sinners Alley ad. We will run it during Super Bowl telecasts. All we need are the pictures. A few well-selected snapshots of slugg’s family of origin in sleazeville, Nevada should do it. No one will be able to tear himself away from the TV screen. Maybe a coupla pair of shoes to attract the female viewership.</p>
<p>ROFLOL – You’re all invited to the Sleazeville Christmas parade. It’s a 1970’s vintage Ford pickup with double exploding gas tanks hooked up to a flatbed. All of the village idiots pile onto the trailer along with “Aunt Gick,” the town mannequin, and they drive down Main Street throwing broken mini-candy canes and sat-on Halloween candy at the kids, a.k.a. the little bastards or “linoleum lizards.” :D</p>
<p>I would like to add blasphemers to SBmom’s list of what we have plenty of in SA. It’s those godless Klingons and the Wookies that stink up the place. :)</p>
<p>Oh, and we also have plenty of:</p>
<p>marmots</p>
<p>Because in SA, we get the job done. We may not give college advice, but if any of our faithful are being mistreated at the hands of the admissions power elite, we get mad as heLL and we are not gonna take it any more. Sending in the marmots takes care of our business. Yes it does.</p>
<p>Hmmm, I’m wondering if we need to cut off the MD20/20 and switch to an alternative product. If there is so much ethanol in MD20/20 are we being environmentally wise in drinking up the alternative fuel for our automobiles?</p>
<p>What will we have left for our SUVs? 
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<p>:)</p>
<p>Anyone buy some new shoes? :D</p>
<p>Also plenty of imaginary but wholly possible creative endeavours.</p>
<p>NYABM anyone?</p>
<p>So as not to be like a 7th grade club, that means Next Year At Burning Man, for anyone who has not read the entire thread. </p>
<p>Love the Christmas parade in Slugg’s Land O’ Origin…Can that be for the TV commercial for the Alley? Jmmom, I think you have the Google ad done. Then SBMom’s list of plenty provides our meta-tags. Moot can explain what I mean because I am not completely sure:).</p>