tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post5429383748723521156..comments2023-08-01T10:02:17.855-04:00Comments on Grumbles and Grins by Karen Bessey Pease: And so, we hear from Jack...Karen Bessey Peasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06338816663941656625noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-46776056433082397172009-10-27T17:42:03.969-04:002009-10-27T17:42:03.969-04:00Okay, ladies and gentlemen! I've recorded ...Okay, ladies and gentlemen! I've recorded 'Address to a Haggis' and sent it to my splendiferous web manager, Karen. (Confusing, yes? I like life that way...)<br /><br />She should have the rcording posted on www.karenbesseypease.com within--well, whenever she's good and ready, I guess! (She's too smart and invaluable for me to nag, you see...)<br /><br />Anyway...check it out, and then give it a try. I'm not leaving 'And so, we hear from Jack' until at least ONE GAG follower gives it a try. I have the BEST bunch of readers in cyber-space...and the bravest! (It's not like you can insult Bobby Burns by totally stuffing up his poem...the man is DAID!)<br /><br />Okay. That's all. I shall be waiting patiently...<br /><br />I shall be waiting.Karen Bessey Peasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338816663941656625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-14746347126895449862009-10-25T05:35:51.915-04:002009-10-25T05:35:51.915-04:00It's five a.m. as I write this, and the stars ...It's five a.m. as I write this, and the stars outside my skylight are absolutely breathtaking. Stunning. And that made me think of my 'Address to a Haggis' contest.<br /><br />Why, you ask? (If you don't ask...if you already KNOW, then you are as awesome as those stars!) See, I was thinking about those stars...those constellations and how much joy and peace I receive when looking at them. I thought about other constellations...most particularly, the Southern Cross, as I'd just read a reference to it in Peter Watt's novel, Papua. That made me think of the southern hemisphere, and the different view of the heavens seen from there. Thinking of the southern hemi made me think of Australia, which made me think of my pal Jack, which made me think of haggis (Lord, that's an image every virile man is going for, I'm sure...hehe) and thinking of that dubious delicacy made me think of this contest.<br /><br />Comprendez? Of course, you do!<br /><br />Not a single entry, so far. Therefore, to try and bolster your courage, I shall make a recording of myself reciting the poem. That's right...abject humiliation, just for you guys! I'll have my web manager upload it onto my website at www.karenbesseypease.com, because I'm not bright enought to figure out if I can put it on my blog. It will make Scots everwhere cringe, I've no doubt. And so, I'll apologize in advance...but someone's gotta be brave, here. And this is Grumbles and Grins by ME. I'll take the lead, but it won't be pretty.<br /><br />If I can do it...anyone can. So please, give it a try. Sometimes, it's kind of fun to make a fool of yourself. That's what I've been telling myself for the last forty years...and it helps. It really does. :o)<br /><br />I'll do it just as soon as I come down off my father's barn roof, although it may not be uploaded until tomorrow, when my web manager comes off her weekend. Check it out, and then come play with me, won't you?<br /><br />Go look at the stars, now, and see where they take you. My gaze took me 10,000 miles. What fun. :o) <br /><br />Happy first quarter moon, everbody. KazA star gazer in Mainehttp://www.karenbesseypease.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-85751017184371524082009-10-14T21:38:42.324-04:002009-10-14T21:38:42.324-04:00I sold an extra copy of The Irregular today! Meth...I sold an extra copy of The Irregular today! Methinks the publisher owes me a commission on that $0.75! When I told a certain lady that this week's 'Observations' column featured my Scotsman-in-Australia pal, Jack, she snatched up a second copy of the newspaper to take home with her. !!! Apparently, he's doubly delicious!<br /><br />Either that, or she's still house-breaking that mangy mutt, Smelly Nellie...Karen Bessey Peasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338816663941656625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-84763172447160524022009-10-14T01:19:15.279-04:002009-10-14T01:19:15.279-04:00Just a quick announcement for any GAG followers he...Just a quick announcement for any GAG followers here in western Maine...(and YOU know who you are!) <br /><br />Be sure to pick up a copy of The Irregular tomorrow, October 14th, to read 'Snakes Alive' by Jack Ramsay. He is my guest columnist in 'Observations from The F.A.R.M. (Fresh Air and Room to Move)', and I am delighted to have him share a story from Down Under with us folks Up Over. If you have an online subscription to the newspaper, you can also read the column RIGHT NOW--this very minute--at www.theirregular.com. If I did this thingy correctly, just click on my name (the one with all the e's, a's and s's) and the link should take you right there!<br /><br />Thank you!Karen Bessey Peasehttp://www.theirregular.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-15462074512718172092009-10-08T00:16:06.930-04:002009-10-08T00:16:06.930-04:00I haven't received a single recording of '...I haven't received a single recording of 'Address to a Haggis'. (Do Scotsmen really talk to their hot and spicy mush? I must research this...)<br /><br />Don't make me show you that it can be done! I am perfectly content making a fool of myself in good old American English! <br /><br />'Fair fa', your honest, sonsie face...' <br /><br />Sonsie...I wonder if I just insulted some hot and spicy mush? If so, I beg its pardon.Ye Olde English Bloggerhttp://www.karenbesseypease.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-63859078874432122792009-10-03T16:34:51.937-04:002009-10-03T16:34:51.937-04:00Uh oh..hold the line steady there chaps..I think s...Uh oh..hold the line steady there chaps..I think she's onto us. So stiff upper lip...take it like a man and say 'damn you Jerry you may have got me but you'll never take England!'Trevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-49402066840820237712009-10-03T08:58:16.934-04:002009-10-03T08:58:16.934-04:00Trev! I think you've given me a clue, here (f...Trev! I think you've given me a clue, here (for I'm a very curious girl, you know...)<br /><br />You say 'spot on'...isn't that a British phrase? Are you an Englishman? Stiff upper lips get you in MUCH less trouble with those 'maintenance chasers', you know. Take it from me, my friend. This is all part of your education on your road to enlightenment. GAG will straighten you out in no time a'tall! <br /><br />(No Trevs were harmed in the straightening out of this story...)<br /><br />Hehe. I kill me, I really do...Karen Bessey Peasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338816663941656625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-42196715453572419842009-10-03T05:49:49.624-04:002009-10-03T05:49:49.624-04:00Well Karen you certainly know how to hit a man bel...Well Karen you certainly know how to hit a man below the belt.<br />Us blokes do all we can to keep you ladies happy and what thanks do we get.<br />Just vilification. there's just no gratitude any more. Never once has anyone but me paid for the motel rooms and drinks.<br />Maintenance chasers they are Jack spot on there. Just as well we are all alike...United we stand etc..low profile ...hrumph I say to you KBP for turning my reasonable explanation into something so frivolous and also being funnier than me.Trevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-36796968640020972302009-10-02T18:50:40.535-04:002009-10-02T18:50:40.535-04:00Hey! I just saw a Dozycow show up in my 'foll...Hey! I just saw a Dozycow show up in my 'followers'!! Can it be? Dozy-dear?<br /><br />Hehe. Welcome, you gorgeous bovine, you! I'm udderly overwhelmed! (Is there a spell check thingy on here? 'Overwhelmed' doesn't look right...) Oh, well. At least I can spell ****.Karenhttp://www.karenbesseypease.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-8496443048785863652009-10-02T18:08:41.062-04:002009-10-02T18:08:41.062-04:00Hey Trev...I hate those maintenance chasers too......Hey Trev...I hate those maintenance chasers too...following the ambulances all over town and country listening for the popping and wailing. Ugh. Glad we're on the same waves regarding the naughties - that's my thing, friend :-) Heh...men! We're all alike! (see, indoctrination can be a terrible thing...she says it often enough and I start to repeat it.)<br /><br />Kazza, yep, I'll do the caption contest - but you'll be the butt of it, so to speak. Sorry - going through a mean patch these past few hours. Could be the coffee. Or lack of sleep.<br /><br />:)Jack Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18195246414874693777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-51059682437710428702009-10-01T21:17:31.277-04:002009-10-01T21:17:31.277-04:00Cripes! I just had to go through THREE security c...Cripes! I just had to go through THREE security clearances to post a comment to my own blog! Who let the Australian Customs in here???<br /><br />Sheesh...<br /><br />Trev! Hello again. Another stellar poem! <br /><br />Here, my young friend, is a suggestion...<br /><br />Try keeping a 'low profile' more often, and you'll avoid 'child maintenance' issues, altogether! There's a good lad. Don't say I never gave you any sound advice! Grumbles and Grins is more than an entertainment medium, you see. I, your humble hostess, aim to solve the world's problems, one teensy profile at a time!<br /><br />;o)Karenhttp://www.karenbesseypease.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-65171218121897681062009-10-01T21:09:57.900-04:002009-10-01T21:09:57.900-04:00Hey, Ramsay! Nice to 'hear' from you! An...Hey, Ramsay! Nice to 'hear' from you! And thank YOU for the 'Scots Idiot' contribution to GAG.<br /><br />Also, thanks for clearing up the 'hag-eye' question...I think. Hot and spicy mush, ay? You don't work for the Scotland Board of Tourism, do you? I know you made ME want to jump the pond to try their most excellent cuisine! :o(><br /><br />And Jack, thanks for looking for that blue shirt. I hope you find it. <br /><br />P.S. Ten foot python! Come on, man! I know writers are allowed some literary license, but are you sure it's not closer to six inches? And lard? Give me a break...<br /><br />P.P.S. You ARE going to enter the caption contest, aren't you? I can write a mean poem! Really, I can! I'll bet I could even write one in Gaelic (pronounced by the Scots as 'gah-lick') if you win! The more, the merrier, Pal. Just go to the 'Silent Predator' blog posting down below, somewhere. (Where's my down-pointing arrow??? Does anybody know? I hate these computers...)Karenhttp://www.karenbesseypease.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-85202039210231869702009-10-01T20:46:16.976-04:002009-10-01T20:46:16.976-04:00Jack..I like those sort of poems where you think i...Jack..I like those sort of poems where you think it's going to be something naughty and it isn't.<br />like..<br /><br />Mary had a little lamb<br />She kept it in a bucket<br />And every time it jumped the fence<br />The bulldog used to chase it..<br /><br />Kazza,..Just for you would develop a profile but too many women are after me for child maintenence so prefer to keep a low profile.Trevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-472906014521147202009-10-01T17:48:27.367-04:002009-10-01T17:48:27.367-04:00There was a young haggis called Enus
Who had a rea...There was a young haggis called Enus<br />Who had a really long... <br /><br />Probosis...For dredging ponds, you dirty crew :)<br /><br />Thanks for posting the article, Kazza. Sorry - should I call you 'Karen' here? Hm...too formal. Kazza it is, then.<br /><br />A haggis (pl = haggii (hag-eye, I tells ya!)) is best described as very tasty mush. Serve it hot and spicy. All us Scots like hot and spicy. We gave curry to the Indians, you know. <br /><br />And I'm heartened to hear/read that almost every community on this dear planet has its equivalent of the lopsiders. I'm equally heartened that 'Anonymous' can spell ****.<br /><br />I'm off to see if I can find a blue shirt for next week. Then I have an appointment with a tub of lard and a ten-foot python. Ah, snake season...who'd ever ban it!?Jack Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18195246414874693777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-34179533249801901992009-09-30T22:41:16.004-04:002009-09-30T22:41:16.004-04:00Yay!!! I tried it and it worked! I am getting so...Yay!!! I tried it and it worked! I am getting so SMAHT! Give it a whirl!<br /><br />Thanks. Karen (aka Mrs. Grins)Karen Bessey Peasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338816663941656625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-9165330350945212932009-09-30T22:39:51.897-04:002009-09-30T22:39:51.897-04:00Oh, there's something I wanted to call attenti...Oh, there's something I wanted to call attention to. I'm not sure this 'comments' section is the proper venue, but it's a start.<br /><br />Next week, October 4th-10th is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week. In addition, Monday the 5th is National Blue Shirt Day. If you think of it, please wear a blue shirt that day to show your support for the 'STOMP Out Bullying Campaign'. This campaign is focussing on reducing bullying and cyber-bullying, decreasing school absenteeism and truancy (often due to fears of bullying), educating against intolerance, and deterring violence in schools, playgrounds and communities across the country. And, because bullying is not confined to America's borders, I encourage any of my friends 'from away' to join in supporting all the good people who are working to stomp out bullying! <br /><br />Because we are human beings, and it is in our nature to find our place on society's ladder, there will always be bullies. There will always be those who are easily victimized. But I truly believe that with attention to the issue, education starting at a young age, and vigilance on the part of responsible teachers, parents and care-takers, we can greatly reduce the instances of bullying. I look forward to the day when it is 'cooler' to be kind and tolerant than it is to be a bully!<br /><br />To read more about this subject and some of the campaigns that are related to it, please click on my underlined 'Mrs. Grins' logo accompanying this comment. If I did it right, it will take you to Sue Scheff's blog posting earlier today.) <br /><br />Remember, Monday...blue shirts! Thank you!<br /><br />And on this same subject...to read an excerpt from Grumble Bluff, please see that little light-blue column on the right-hand side of the screen. (Unless you're over there...then it would be on your left...)Mrs. Grinshttp://sueschefftruth.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-78118117553211716682009-09-30T22:20:09.364-04:002009-09-30T22:20:09.364-04:00Hello, Anon. (Are you the same Anon I've corre...Hello, Anon. (Are you the same Anon I've corresponded with before? If so, welcome back. If not...couldn't your parents come up with a more original name? Heh. Sorry...there were FIVE Karens in my class in school--I'm a little touchy about the subject of original names...)<br /><br />I really think Jack should answer the question regarding haggii. That is, most definitely, a species native to Scotland, and therefore is totally outside my area of expertise! (YES!!! I DO SO have an area of expertise! I'll let you know when we've hit on it!)<br /><br />Anyway, perhaps Jack will pop in and give us the low-down on that great Scottish mystery. <br /><br />And hey! If anyone will recite Robert Burns' 'Address to a Haggis' and email it to me, I'll send them an autographed copy of Grumble Bluff! (Just the FIRST one to send me a recording, mind you...a gal has to make a living and can't give 'em ALL away!)<br /><br />Okay...work on that spelling, won't you?Karen Bessey Peasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338816663941656625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-71271264866257665882009-09-30T07:02:39.326-04:002009-09-30T07:02:39.326-04:00errr, meant fooled and haggii...least I spelt ****...errr, meant fooled and haggii...least I spelt **** right!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-26663170201975562222009-09-30T07:01:35.137-04:002009-09-30T07:01:35.137-04:00I get that Jack was flooed, but what the **** is a...I get that Jack was flooed, but what the **** is a haggie?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-46399102296726345972009-09-29T08:22:09.501-04:002009-09-29T08:22:09.501-04:00Ah, Trev...you do bring a smile. Was it not you w...Ah, Trev...you do bring a smile. Was it not you who wrote the poem in the comments section of 'Innocent Until Proven Crazy'? That one was a masterpiece, as far as I'm concerned!<br /><br />I enjoy your participation here on GAG...do you not have a photo you could post along with your name? Let us get to know you a little better? Would you like to become a 'follower'? There are absolutely no benefits from doing so, as far as I can tell, but it would make me feel good...and really, what's more important than that?Karenhttp://www.karenbesseypease.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-59154937842957695632009-09-29T03:10:23.850-04:002009-09-29T03:10:23.850-04:00There was a young cougar from Maine
Whose lopsided...There was a young cougar from Maine<br />Whose lopsided legs gave him pain<br />When he got flipped around<br />His face hit the ground <br />And the sidehill winder kicked his ass once againTrevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-84036810736892570582009-09-28T19:46:03.858-04:002009-09-28T19:46:03.858-04:00Isn't it, though? It actually reminds me of o...Isn't it, though? It actually reminds me of one of the peaks on Borestone Mountain in Elliotsville Township, Maine. We don't have snorkel-nosed pond dredging mountain haggii on Borestone, though. We've got 'sidehill gougers'. Wild, wicked critters who are as fast as all get-out...unless you can catch them and flip them around. Legs are shorter on one side, you see, so if you can flip them side-to, they can't run, they just tip over. Our Mt. Blue, of course, has the infamous sidehill 'winder' though...you've gotta spin them in the opposite direction of the 'gouger' to achieve the same result, as they are a freak of nature. The legs on the OPPOSING side are shorter, you understand...<br /><br />Did that answer your question, Trev???<br /><br />:o)> Grrr.Karen Bessey Peasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338816663941656625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525954039279807738.post-56898564466020519352009-09-28T18:28:18.505-04:002009-09-28T18:28:18.505-04:00Nice hill...Nice hill...Trevnoreply@blogger.com