[Rhodes22-list] Ms. Cittadino, Rod's furry, feathered and friends ...

[Robert Skinner]

Rummy, neither can I.  Some guesses as to the reason:

You rarely say anything that someone can disagree with?

Your gentle nature turneth away wrath?

You are so clearly able to deal with situations that he
does not want to dishonor you by offering assistance?

He long ago grew tired of defending you and now regards
you as a lost cause?

This reminds me of a story...

The foo bird was rare, and inhabited only a small island
in the South Pacific.  The natives both revered and
feared that bird, for its feces were voluminous,
malodorous, and sticky as Hell.

The offal was so tacky that it was used as a snare to
catch other animals.  When they touched it, they became
completely tangled up in it, and eventually perished
from lack of food and water.

As you probably anticipated, an unlucky sailor was
wrecked on the shore of the island, and wandered about,
looking for help.  During his perambulations, a foo
bird unloaded on him as he walked under a tree.

Naturally, ignorant of the nature of the stinking
substance, he tried to remove it.  Hearing the
thrashing about, a passing native came to investigate.

Our tangled sailor implored for help, and found to his
delight that the native spoke perfect English.  "If the
foo shits, wear it," he said, and melted back into the
jungle...

/R O'N

R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Rober,
> I don't think I can recall a single instance where Ed has stuck up for  me.
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 12/19/2008 12:02:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  Rober
> t at squirrelhaven.com writes:
> 
> Say, Ben  -
> 
> Actually, this is one of Ed's more gentle corrections.
> He left the  baseball bat at home this time.
> 
> May as well get used to it.   Trading insults with him
> can get pretty confusing, as he is sometimes does  not
> differentiate between kindness and verbal abuse.
> 
> He is  absolutely unrelenting in protecting the honor
> and/or good/correct names of  his/our old friends.  It
> is a good thing, though a bit rough on new  members at
> times.
> 
> Suck it up, and have a joyous  solstice!
> 
> /Robert
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Benjamin  Cittadino wrote:
>> My apologies to the Ellners. I assumed Ellner was a  screen name for 
> Eleanor.
>> I have looked at the original post which does  not identify Rod or Mary or
>> anybody else. You know I am relatively new  here and I want to thank you for
>> your very kind correction of my  inadvertant error. 
>>
>> I will try to do a better job of  memorizing every vague and gender neutral
>> name on the list, since I  have nothing better to do.
>>
>> Is it possible for you not to be a  jerk for the few days around Christmas 
> at
>> least?
>>
>> Ben  C.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tootle wrote:
>>> Ben C. said,  "I have no doubt of Ellner's bonafides, but she may be a
>>> victim  too."
>>>
>>> Drinkin' on the job?  Or just out to insult  everyone?
>>>
>>> It is Rod Ellner... whose wife signs  hereself as Mary when she posts to
>>> the list... in case you have  not noticed... 
>>>
>>> Ed K
>>>  Attachment:
>>>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p21083865/carrot.jpg  carrot.jpg 
>>>
>>  
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