the original thread is here:
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the previous thread is here:

<H2><font color="plum">Cloudy's Cafe</font></H2>

Come in, be welcome, be comfortable, be yourself

Welcome to Cloudy's Cafe, a place to have a cup of coffee or a good
darjeeling and the finest in conversation and camaraderie.

The proprietor asks that you follow a few simple guidelines:

<H3>this is a real conversation zone, not a role-play zone</H3>

* no flaming; if you disagree with a viewpoint expressed by any patron, please do so in a civil manner

* any topic is fair game, but keep posts to the standards that Ziroc has set for the entire forum, please (ie: foul language is not appropriate and things should be suitable for all audiences)
-a side note from Cloudy: I see this as a place for those short
conversations about a new baby or the latest soccer fiasco, not for things that are big enough to warrant their own threads, by all means give those things the space they need and post separately!

* Please, no one word or smiley posts (Ziroc has declared them 'real spam' and the proprietor doesn't want the reputuation of "good spam" to suffer!)

* do feel free to be serious or silly and enjoy the company of others while you are here. By all means POST if you have something to say, even to start another topic , we can handle multiple chats, we're a CAFE!!! But be courteous and don't disrupt a conversation just to disrupt it.

Come on in! The bar is stocked with coffees, teas, juices and waters from around the world. And purple napkins, of course!

<font color="pink">The lighting is low, the golden oak counters and tables glow with inviting warmth. Near the window, the lighting is brighter, as comfy, plush leather armchairs wait for those who'd like to read a book while relaxing to music or just lazily watch the world go by.</font>

<H1><font color="plum"> PLEASE NOTE </font></H1>

This is a modified reminder that I've posted before in reply to someone asking "can we spam the cafe". It still holds true, so I'm going to repeat it periodically for anyone who hasn't seen it.

Read the first post of the thread, it's NOT a spam zone. If you want to discuss you grades, a problem with a teacher,the weather, your neighbor's new car etc.....etc.. (real life conversations) this is the place. I don't mind a SMALL amount of spam but when the Cafe gets to be 8 pages in one day and it's all one liner pure spam, I have to ask people not to do it because most of the members who would come to talk about their day or things that they want advice or sympathy or cheers on, will not post in that atmosphere. I want you to be comfy here, but not at the expense of other members.

So the answer is NO, I don't want to see page after page of roleplay spam or one liner spamfests that could be done on msn or aim etc. because our goal is to TALK WITH one another , not fill up a cafe in five hours. ;) :D HOWEVER, I'm not gonna jump on anyone for a few of these kinds of things, only if it gets out of hand. :D

Hello all, new cafe? bah, that means that I'll get first post - unless someone else is faster... heh, anyway - how you all doing?

Good morning all!!! How's everyone doing this morning? I personally could use a few more hours of sleep, but otherwise all is good.

LEtsee... It's 7:30... some electricians are gonna' be here at 8:00... somehow I have to take a shower, get dressed, turn off all my electrical appliances and unplug them and make the house look "neat" acoording to my parent's orders, and yet here I am just writing about what I have to do... ... ok I'm going I'm going...

OOOOOh embarrassed. It was not me who just posted in the last issue of Cloudy's when the new issue was here [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img] it was him *points at no one in particular* [img]graemlins/hidesbehindsofa.gif[/img] goes and sulks in corner.

hmmm..10pm here. so whiich mean it's night time here. and over there I guess is morning time right?

* sigh * why can't all the time in the world be the same? ;)

[ 04-30-2003, 08:56 AM: Message edited by: Kakero ]

don;t worry wellard, i'm playing the blonde today too!

anyway i actually posted a question so i'll just repeat myself so no one gets confused and has to read the old thread if cloudy answers it:

cloudy i never noticed before but your sig is the cover to a book i had to buy again. a toddler removed pages from my first copy. have you read it?

Without knowing the Answer Revruby I have always had in the back of my mind that Attalus and Cloudy's sigs came from the same series of books I used to read as a very young kid. the books were Ivanhoe, Black night and *damn temp brain fade*
It would be good to get the answer to a question that as been bothering me for a while. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

P.S. How is that little prawn inside your belly coming along?

[ 04-30-2003, 09:12 AM: Message edited by: wellard ]

it is from a book called conquered heart. could be the print was used with permission for the book and have come from somewhere completely different. the authors name*** escapes me atm, but it's a historical romance novel about the taking over of ireland.

the babe seems fine enough. got me wore out!!!! oh wait that's the babe outside my belly that has me worn out! i can't wait to feel this one move, i love haveing babies!


***just remembered i think denee cody

[ 04-30-2003, 09:18 AM: Message edited by: RevRuby ]

Wellard, that's Kris Kristofferson on the jukebox, singing the initial release of "Me and Bobby McGee." Admittedly, not as good as JJ's cover. RevRuby, I have seen a large print of Cloudy's sig pic, suitable for framing, so it is evidently famous. How is everyone? Had a thunderstorm here last night, and it is beautiful, today, and cooler, 66 degrees.

*tumbles down the stairs onto a pile of homework*

Bah. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

LOL, Lioness, what's the matter? Did Jerome leave his homework on the couch?

HELLO!

My sig pic is called The Accolade and is a painting by Edmund Blair-Leighton, a Pre-Raphaelite artist. [img]smile.gif[/img]

<font color="#fcdbe4">'Morning all, hope everyone is having as nice weather as we are enjoying at the moment, nice cool, slight breeze clear blue skies and a warming sun [img]smile.gif[/img] Just gorgeous...wish I could leave work and go hiking :( </font>

thanks for clearing that up cloudy. and i have to say, darn i was hoping i had found another historical romance reader!

LOL, I do read them, I just didn't get my sig from one! :D :D

Hey StormyMystic [img]graemlins/wavey.gif[/img] (whenever you get in).
I'm going crazy here. Want nothing more than to run outside and play in the nice weather and never come back :D :D Anyone care to join me?

Calthy walthy you snugglebunny honey-cuddley-aaaaaaaaangel! You never told me you were back online sweety!

No...*peers around tumbling pile of GCSE IT coursework* It was me!
*Oils the floor between the couch and the door*
*Adds wheels to couch*

hi guys! [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

anyway.. well fortune smiles at me.. err not really.. somehow.

i have summer classes (yes it is fun) in math... crappy? maybe. but this morning i just ate the test alive... i have never felt so good about a math test since... since... good morning! evening!

Afternoon, all. Kat, do you have to be so..., er, demonstative? It's un-English. MagiK, our weather is gorgeous, here, too.

Attalus, I think you have it wrong and Kat is being very British. Don't you remember the words from the song

"Rude Brittania, Kal-ti-a oiled the floor. The couch has wheels, now she is out the door."
I hear that they sing this song at most public events.

I thought it was, "God save our Kal-ti-a/ Long live Mrs. Cae-le-this/ God save our Kat/ Send her censorious/ Fey and mischievious/ Long to spam over us/ God save the Kat."

*goes on a Texan hunt*
We're on a texan Hunt/ We're on a texan Hunt/Don't call us/ We'll call you/We're on a Texan Hunt

"Texas our Texas! All hail the mighty State.
Texas our Texas, so wonderful and great!
Boldest nad grandest, outshining all the rest"

I'd go on but I think you get the idea. :D

And I thought it was:

I am a Kaltia
I spam all day
I type real fast
And my hair is frayed!

[She is a Kaltia
She spams all day
She types real fast
And her hair is frayed!]

[img]tongue.gif[/img] :D [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img]

[ 04-30-2003, 02:17 PM: Message edited by: Night Stalker ]

*sigh* To the tune of "Punk Rock princess-Something corporate:
Maybe when the room is empty, maybe when the bottles full,
maybe when the door gets broke down love can break in.

Maybe when I'm done with thinking, maybe you can think me whole,
maybe when I'm done with endings this can begin.

If you could be my punk rock princess I could be your garage band king.
You could tell me why you just don't fit in and how you're 'gonna be something.

If I could be your first real heartache I would do it over again
If you could be my punk rock princess, I would be your heroine.

Maybe when your hair gets darker, maybe when your eyes get wide,
maybe when the walls are smaller there will be more space.
Maybe when I'm not so tired, maybe you could step inside,
maybe when I look for things that I can't replace.
I never though you'd last, I never dreamed you would.
You watch your life go past, you wonder if you should.

My own version-Geek Teen Angel

Maybe if you left your bedroom, maybe if you tidied up
Maybe if you stopped calling yourself Legolaslover56

Maybe when you've learned leet speak, maybe when you've progressed
Maybe when you've learned javascript, then you'll be someone else

If you could be my Geek Teen Angel I could be your HTML tutor
You could tell me why you just don't fit in, and how you're gonna learn trollspeak

If I could be your first broke keyboard I would be it over again
If you could be my Geek Teen Angel I would be your M-S-N

Maybe when you leave your bedroom, maybe if you tidied up,
Maybe if you wore clean clothes, deodorised
Maybe when I'm not so abstract maybe you could teach me l33t
Maybe you could wear jewellry
Maybe you could go out clubbing, maybe you could hand in homework
You could maybe be somebody, you could fit right in

Texas? TEXAS?!? Only two things I know come from Texas ..... steers and queers!

And I don't see any horns on your head! [img]tongue.gif[/img]


In fact! It's FLAMING! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

LOL, Lioness is gonna love this.

"I'm an Old Cowhand" lyrics by Johnny Mercer

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande
But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tanned
I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow
Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how
I sure ain't fixin' to start in now
Yippee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande
And I learned to ride before I learned to stand
I'm a ridin' fool who is up to date
I know every trail in the Lone Star State
'Cause I ride the range in a Ford V-8
Yippee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande
And I came to town just to hear the band
I know all the songs that the cowboys know
'Bout the Big Corral where the dogies go
Cause I learned them all on the radio
Yipee i oh ti-ay! Yippee i oh ti-ay!

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande
Where the West is wild all around the borderland
Where the buffalo roam around the zoo
And the Indians run up a rug or two
And the old Bar X is just a barbeque
Yippee i oh ti-ay!

Well Sarge, I guess I left my horns up your $#*%. By the way, I'm still kinda sensitive about being gelded.

I believe in calling a gelding a gelding.
"OI, ANTRYG, NO BALLS!"

Marriage is a horrible horrible thing.

And sociologists wonder why GenX has "commitment" issues .....

Marriage is a horrible horrible thing. </font>[/QUOTE]It is, but I don't understand what this has to do with you having no balls [img]smile.gif[/img] :D :D :D

Ooooooh.... look what i found... [img]graemlins/yankees.gif[/img]

This is by far the most beautiful smilie i've ever seen. I'm sure Lioness fully agrees with me on this. :D

Marriage is a horrible horrible thing. </font>[/QUOTE]It is, but I don't understand what this has to do with you having no balls [img]smile.gif[/img] :D :D :D </font>[/QUOTE]When you get married, show this thread to your husband. He will then explain it to you based on personal experience.

Is it a pair of underpants?

No, Kat, that is the cap monogram for the (baseball) New York Yankees, of which it has been said, "Don't bet against the damned Yankees, you'll lose money."

Is it a pair of underpants? </font>[/QUOTE]If that's what you see in it, then yes.... it's a pair of underpants. Now quit smoking that crap, or at least pass it on to me. :D

It's the New York Yankees logo silly. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]