All right, it is a little early, but I am calling party time! Mr C- the usual please??????

No bull for me!

Mr. C, I'll take my usual double Glenmorangie on the rocks, water back.

I'll try some of that artichoke dip, too.

Here's to Kansayaku's future! May it be happy, healthy, and professionally rewarding. Good luck!

All right.... Let's kick them heels up!!!

Maria one usual coming right up; pbrinker a double your way Sir and that water back will be an Evian to honor kansayaku!!

Hey, Maria you gonna ride the bull??

Mr. C, could you send a Monkey's Lunch over to zaibatsu for me?

Just in case,
Ingredients:
Liqueur (banana) 1 oz.
Kahlua 1 oz.
Fill with milk
Thanks!

Can I keep the monkey??

Is that Spinach Artichoke Dip??? Better rustle up some more 'cuz I love that stuff! Better just give me a Diet Coke as I have to play dinner music for a fund raiser tonight and I better be able to read my music.

Aw, sure I will! After a few more, OK? So I don't feel the pain...

Look who the wind blew in -- Me -- Mimosa sounds perfect

ALM -- (glass raised) Here's to the best year ever

K. -- Wow, you got guts my friend. Congrats. (glass raised) don't look back

The dip is yummy.

You're the best Mr. C.

In case you can't tell, the dip has a couple (thousand)cloves of garlic in there....you may want to warn your loved ones before you smooch them up!!

*Hey Boomermom, what are you playing tonight?? The diet coke is on Tiny...music soothes the savages eh?
*Maria-enough playing around now...let me give you a hand(push)up there. You're gonna want to hang on real tight now.
*EllenA-I'm so glad you could make it, want to watch Maria fall off the bull with me??

So...a Catholic Priest, a Rabbi, and a Baptist Pastor walk into Cleabatsu's and the bartender says, "Is this a joke?" Yes, it's old but keeps coming back to me. Glenlivet, neat, with a couple of George Strait tunes. Thanks!

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"BAMM"

I think he meant that they (together) would watch me fall off the bull.

"Ahhhhhhh!! CRASH! OUCH! Oh my lordy lord!"

Well, that's enough for me! I think I will just cling to my barstool in the corner.

Now, just how am I going to explain that one to my old man???

ROFLOL!!!!! (If you only could have seen me at the Holiday party last year...Dawnie would have been proud, albeit without duct tape! )

Great booze! Thank you, sir, may I have another? I have to go do my weekly update in a few minutes, and I want to be in the right frame of mind.

Oh, and some more dip please. Especially since ther's all that garlic in it.

C - I need a dark beer or three. The folks over in the home theater thread didn't like my musings and have kicked me out. That's ok, I would not want to be anywhere I am not wanted. They are so touchy--will you also send some drinks or sedatives over there. They've even got Ken admonishing me. I think they are tiny TV intolerant!

Mr. C, what happened to Maria, she's become invisible!

Five Stages Of Inebriation

Stage 1 - SMART
This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject in the known universe. You know you know everything and you want to pass on your knowledge to anyone who will listen. At this stage you are always RIGHT. And of course, the person you are talking to is very WRONG. This makes for an interesting argument when both parties are SMART.

Stage 2 - GOOD LOOKING
This is when you realize that you are the BEST LOOKING person in the entire bar and that people fancy you. You can go up to a perfect stranger knowing they fancy you and really want to talk to you. Keep in mind that you are still SMART, so you can talk to this person about any subject under the sun.

Stage 3 - RICH
This is when you suddenly become the RICHEST person in the world. You can buy drinks for the entire bar because you have an armored truck full of money parked behind the bar. You can also make bets at this stage, because of course you're still SMART, so naturally, you will win all your bets. It doesn't matter how much you bet because you are RICH. You will also buy drinks for everyone that you fancy, because you are also the BEST LOOKING person in the world.

Stage 4 - BULLET PROOF
You are now ready to pick fights with anyone and everyone, especially those with whom you have been betting or arguing. This is because nothing can hurt you. At this point you can also go up to the partners of the people whom you fancy and challenge them to a battle of wits or money. You have no fear of losing this battle, because you're SMART, you're RICH and Hell, you're better looking than them anyway!

Stage 5 - INVISIBLE
This is the final stage of Drunkenness. At this point you can do anything, because NO ONE CAN SEE YOU. You dance on a table to impress the people whom you fancy, because the rest of the people in the room cannot see you. You are also invisible to the person who wants to fight you. You can walk through the street singing at the top of your lungs because no one can see or hear you – and because you're still SMART you know ALL the words."

I think we've all been there and done that!

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I think they are tiny TV intolerant!

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LOL!

Right now I am bullet-proof. What on earth do you mean, INVISIBLE??? Never happen my friend, never.

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Hey Boomermom, what are you playing tonight??

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It's for the local Ambucs and their "November Harvest" to raise money for more trikes for handicapped kids or something. Anyway, cash bar opens at 6:00. I will be tinkling the ivories with Jim Brickman tunes. (Once they get a few drinks they won't know what I'm playing anyway.) Hey, maybe I should send them over here first!

Well I have cleaned out my office and turned in my keys so I am out of here. Thanks to all for the warm wishes and to Mr. Clean for the Evian. You guys are the greatest.

And Z - stand your ground friend; your beliefs may not be shared by all but they are yours and worth the effort you put forth to maintain them.