Dear Lingbert,
Some of my favorite songs include Green-Eyed Lady, the Rocky theme, the Price is Right theme, Sleepwalking, "Black" by Jag Panzer, Sisters of Mercy's "Floorshow," "Isn't She Lovely," "I Can't Go For That," + many more.
Dear Ethan,
My parents think Romney is the only good candidate and they are praying for him to win.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh probably my favorite song is Minnie Riperton's "Adventures in Paradise."
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear Abbott,
"As is well known, the return of the beloved does not correct the loss of the beloved"
y/n?
― s. morris, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear S.,
To the meager extent I understand that lil' free-verse triplet, y. It is a bad idea to get back with a lovah with whom you have previously severed ties. However, I feel losses in this life will seldom be directly corrected.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
Should I get cable TV?
― brownie, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear brownie,
If you watch TV more than two hours a day, or if it costs $35/month or less, you should get cable TV.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
A.,
I should learn an instrument. Guitar or piano?
Wanko
― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
what would be a really good question to ask you?
Thanks, StanM
― StanM, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear wanko,
Learn the piano. Do not learn the guitar. Learn the piano.
Dear Stan M.,
Certainly not "have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal lord and savior?"
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
what are your five favorite rap songs?
― and what, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
Should i stay at work late today so i have more money for booze next week or leave on time and booze tonight?
― carne asada, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear Abbott, Is there any kitchen use for leftover solids after getting the juice out of a carrot, or does it go into the compost bin?
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
dear abbott
where is my scooby doo valentine? i am checking the mailbox everyday, to no avail.
yours, in anticipation, xjustine
― Rubyredd, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
-- carne asada, Wednesday, October 3, 2007 4:13 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
i already know my answer to this one
― and what, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
Abbott, what is and what's answer to this one?
― brownie, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:19 (5 years ago) Permalink
Daer Abbott
Who can make the dance ram?
― blueski, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
Hey, I really love this song too! And I love the whole Adventures in Paradise album, though I think "Love and It's Glory" is even better than the titular song, it's so melodramatic and full of passion. "Come on Aliya, carry your bride, take her where the sky meets the see!" Do you like that one?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 21:16 (5 years ago) Permalink
I will ponder your query about my five favorite rap songs. As I am not in High Fidelity I do not have a prefab five list. Favorite right now is The Roots' "Water"...a more through reply will come soon.
Dear carne asada,
Go for the cheaper drunk tonight and have more quantity. I elected not to work extra and bought an affordable 1.75 L bottle of Evan Williams ($16), acceptable in coke and as shots followed by some other beverage (water prevents the hangovers).
Dear Mr. Hardy,
If you have a pet guinea pig, they will eat any leftover veg or veg components with glee. They are a lot cuter and more satisfying than mulch piles. However, do not feed them carrots or carrot byproducts exclusively because they are starchy and can lead to anal impactions, which are a pain for bpoth master and pet to remove.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 21:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear brownie, IS = helpful was to relieve anxiety attax. This one is was not were. It will be by this time tomorrow.
DAREST Blueski,
Gance rammed by three-year-olds who are uncoordinated or Andrew W.K.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
What church are you an abbott of, and where can I subscribe to your newsletter.
HOOS
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
post script
happy hour alone c/d
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear Mr. HOOS GRANDE,
I am a ULC reverend so I could baptize you as the church I once tried to start. It was called What Pies Regrese. It was about taking shots, we talked about Tom Sawyer's fake funeral. We also took shots (of alcohol). There was only one session. Maybe What Pies Regese needs to have a general conference .
p.s. Happy Hour alone is the best thing in the world, esp. if it is at your own house.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
As I am not in High Fidelity I do not have a prefab five list.
zing :(
― and what, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
Record stores are boys' clubs, dude.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
dear abbott,
how many dumplings should i eat today?
bell_labs
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear Ms. labs,
I think 4-7 dumplings sounds perfect.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear Abbott:
My son is the proud owner of 2 gently used guinea pigs - he's read all kinds of literature about them, and considers himself quite the expert, but what advice do you have for a budding piggie owner that might not otherwise have been covered by generic online websites?
Love,
Luna
― luna, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear Luna,
I am glad he has guinea pigs; they are thick-skulled furry peanuts that only love! 1. Parsley has the highest vitamin C content of any vegetable. It's also cheap and keeps a while in the fridge: a perfect cavy snack. 2. No matter what any site says, do not try to introduce two males who have not been raised together. It will only yield violence, injury and competetive peeing. 3. Don't try to teach guinea pigs tricks, they are too simple to learn them and won't enjoy it. 4. You can line the bottom of the cage with thrifty nickel classifieds/free weeklies because most inks are soy inks these days and will not hurt the cavies. You will not need to spread near as much bedding in the cage. It saves money and bedding.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
5. Don't get extremely guilted out by sites that say you need like 6 square feet per pig in their cages. That is simply unfeasible in many houses and if they are getting a lot of personal attention (which if you have a boy, they probably are), it does not matter so much.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
ever since I was three I knew that something was something different in my sexual preferences, as time went on I realized that I liked anime babes and Hentai. Ever since then I have been looking at anime porn and such, I`m not attracted to real girls that much. If I see a girl naked I won`t like it but If I see hentai I`m all in for it. Since I`m a christian I`m wondering if God made me thid way for punishment or something, I don`t blame him at all. He didn`t have to make me anyway so I thank him for simply making me. Anyway is it normal for me to like anime babes or not? Should I tell my parents or hide thid decret from them? I`m looking at this HOT anime babe in her bra and panties and I`m hard as heck! But is this a sin?
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
I've noticed they eat the shit out of parsley - good! They're both girls, so we're good there. Do they get bored? I feel sort of bad for them being stuck in the cage all day with not too much to do. Also, do they EVER like being picked up? I don't think they were played with much by the girl who owned them before him, so they mostly squeak and run away.
― luna, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
It would be awesome if luna's questions were about hott anime babes.
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
They just like to scatter and scamper away. They are prey animals with no option for fight reflex so most any nearby motion = flight mode. Once you've picked them up, though, they do enjoy being held. Some like having their sides stroked, some behind the ears, and some like having their chins scratched. Most all of them dislike having their butt/oil gland touched and the bridge of their nose.
If they have each others' company it is unlikely they are bored, though it's good to give them some outside the cage time, even if they are not used to being held. If I don't have time to hold my little guy or such, I usually just lay a towel down in the empty bathtub and let him play in there. It gives him a chance to run around and have a little change of pace.
Dear iiiijjjj,
You need to retake eighth-grade Boner Hiding class. Tuck it behind the waistband of your undies. Then go to your parents and whip it out and ask how you can get rid of it. Liking anime baebs is not a sin, however.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
My dearest Abbott,
The rain continues without cease, and the men complain of numerous ailments and the quality of their boots. Our retreat from Hamilton's position has been perilously slow, and men are lost at every turn. Bergson fears desertions, but I am told we are merely losing men to mud, hunger, and infection; they straggle behind the march and collapse, quickly lost to us behind the curtain of the advancing mortars. It is true that a leader's fear can travel down the ranks, but it is equally true that the men's fear can cycle up them, just as the gangrenes assailing their tired feet may eventually reach their hearts. With every inch of rain, a knot of worry builds in my breast, whispering to me that I may never again see the wide prairies and sun-baked adobes of my home. If god grants me not the blessing of returning to you, I ask only that you offer what consolations you can to my mother and sisters.
My question is: does this saber look better if I wear it like this, or tie it around more like this?
Yours, etc.,
― nabisco, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:43 (5 years ago) Permalink
Ma chère Abbott,
Que reste-t-il de ces beaux jours?
Veuillez agréer, Madame, l'assurance de mes sentiments distingués
M
― Michael White, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
CDearest nabisco,
Godspeed to you in these hours of tribulation. Your saber will look totally bitchin' if you just carry it in your non-dominant hand all the time and swing it around like a barely-coordinated loon. Everyone loves a wildcard. The place where you carried your saber can then be used for a picnic satchel to carry a very dignified meal: a bottle of red wine with crystal goblets, a round of firm and savory cheese, two poached eggs, Two jiggers of finely aged scotch, a fresh aubergine, and kumquats from a first-fruited sapling.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
If they made a movie about your life, who would play you?
Peace.
― caek, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
Liebe Herr White,
Deise Tagen kann nicht am Luft sein. Die Futur ist eine große Null.
Danke,
die traurige Abbott
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 23:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear caek,
Why is it the only person I can think of is Paul Giamatti? That is wildly inappropriate. I would like to be played by Lillian Gish, were she not dead. Trying to think of a suitable living actress my age is vexing. I am truly drawing a blank. If they hired Sarah Silverman to play me, though, the casting director would get their ass spanked until it was beetroot red, which would later blossom into beetgreen colored ass bruises.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 23:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
lily taylor duh
― and what, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 23:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
ethan OTM
― Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 23:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
Abbott-
did you ever hang out with my friend Ashl3y?
-gr80
― gr8080, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 23:45 (5 years ago) Permalink
President Bush: great president or greatest president?
― Viceroy, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 23:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
How does it feel?
Kind regards, Bob
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 4 October 2007 00:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
Hey Abbott,
Why do you hate Led Zeppelin?
Yrs, Max
― max, Thursday, 4 October 2007 00:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
hey abbott,
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holla atcha boy,
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 4 October 2007 00:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
you are avoiding my question. my heart is broke.
xRR
― Rubyredd, Thursday, 4 October 2007 01:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
Pip pip. Jolly good. As you were. Carry on.
― Aimless, Thursday, 4 October 2007 01:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
Haha, I was reading nabisco's entry in the Ken Burns Civil War doc narrator voice even before I knew what it said (the opening salutation did it)!
And surely Julia Stiles would star as Abbott.
― nickn, Thursday, 4 October 2007 01:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dear Grady,
Yes I have and she and her husband are the coolest, funnest smartest people we've hung out with or met in a long time. My fiancé loves them too. Muchos gracias.
Dear Viceroy, Dalek Sec: great dalek, or the greatest dalek?
Dear max,
I do not hate Led Zeppelin so much as I have been forced to be around people who I hate who worship the Zep. Whatevs. Hence the negative connotations. I can't relate to their Zeppitude-love because the only song I truly truly love of theirs is the first one on that album w/the great cover of everyone holding that obelisk-thing, and they just want to listen to fucking Dazed and Confused for the eight gajillionth time.
Dear Rubyredd,
My sincere apologies for my sloth and ignorance. I have the valentines here on my desk, no less, but I got all intimidated and when you suggested a boffo envelope that will leave yr roomies in shock/awe. FWIW there are letters to my congressmen, stamped & all, that have just been sitting on my coffeetable for three days and they're re: a very important concern to me.
― Abbott, Thursday, 4 October 2007 02:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
first 3 vols of the Segar Popeye books. Sooo stoked.
best strip ever
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Monday, 21 January 2013 21:51 (3 months ago) Permalink
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 21 January 2013 21:56 (3 months ago) Permalink
uh, let's try that again:
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 21 January 2013 21:57 (3 months ago) Permalink
hey babygirl jus wanna let u kno that I'm playin Earthbound for the first time in like 6 yrs and it makes me be thinkin baout one Abbott
yr babygirl,setvie D
― Yo! MTV La Tengo (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:00 (3 months ago) Permalink
Abbott,
More comics, please!
― mh, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:03 (3 months ago) Permalink
Dear Abbott, what do you think Ness would be like if he grew up? I like to pretend he wd be like me.
― Yo! MTV La Tengo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 04:31 (3 months ago) Permalink
http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Games/Mother2/What-do-you-think-Ness-grows-up-to-be
― an old penis drawing is now "new and notable" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 05:10 (3 months ago) Permalink
is it snowing?
― железобетонное очко (mookieproof), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 22:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, I took the kiddos out in the snow today and they pretty much flipped out. Most had never seen it before.
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:37 (2 months ago) Permalink
"MISS! LOOK! I got HIT! By a SNOWBALL! Oh my God, I can't feel my hands."
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
awesome
― железобетонное очко (mookieproof), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:57 (2 months ago) Permalink
I will be near Tucson the first week of April. I would like to meet you! Would you like to meet me?
XOXO
― quincie, Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:26 (2 months ago) Permalink
*crosses fingers*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 February 2013 04:11 (2 months ago) Permalink
Children, they're the worst.
― Nhex, Thursday, 21 February 2013 04:12 (2 months ago) Permalink
Dear Quincie, Most defs yes! I like that I meet most ILXors by them drifting through AZ.
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Thursday, 21 February 2013 22:05 (2 months ago) Permalink
I love my town. I am getting two days off work so kids in the school district can participate in rodeo festivities. I am using this rare weeknight off to go see a free showing of "Before Stonewall" at The Loft, w/the directors in person afterwards for a Q&A. Thanks rodeos.
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Thursday, 21 February 2013 22:15 (2 months ago) Permalink
rodeos!
― :C (crüt), Thursday, 21 February 2013 22:18 (2 months ago) Permalink
RODEOS
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Thursday, 21 February 2013 22:19 (2 months ago) Permalink
<3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 February 2013 22:21 (2 months ago) Permalink
Here is the sign that greets the pop. 428 town where I lived from ages 7-12:
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Thursday, 21 February 2013 22:22 (2 months ago) Permalink
Yay Abbott! Yay rodeos! Does your ILX e-mail work? I'll get in touch.
SCOOTER RIDE PLEEEEEEASE???
Also my goal is to ride mucho mechanical bulls (or real ones, if available) while traveling through TX/AZ/Mexico, so if you know of any, let's DO IT.
― quincie, Friday, 22 February 2013 05:44 (2 months ago) Permalink
Ha! Scooter ride YES. I hope your head is the same size as mine so you can wear my spare helmet.I'll look into the robobull scene.
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Friday, 22 February 2013 17:24 (2 months ago) Permalink
when we make our annual pilgrimage to minnesota we always go to the state fair and at the state fair we ALWAYS go to the high school rodeo, it is so fucking classic...
― Great Ecstasy of the Woodborer Steiner (Jon Lewis), Friday, 22 February 2013 17:29 (2 months ago) Permalink
Mr Veg and his friends dropped acid and went to a rodeo in Red Bluff once -- one of the bulls got out and knocked over the bleachers while they were sitting there tripping balls
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 22 February 2013 17:43 (2 months ago) Permalink
Who here has witnessed the rodeo halftime freeform stylings of Mr. Tommy Turvey? (Soundtrack is urgent & key):
― multi instru mentat list (Jon Lewis), Friday, 22 February 2013 17:47 (2 months ago) Permalink