Jeff Parr - Plinky Answers

off the scale hot.......

2010-07-06T22:12:24-06:00

If its curry I want it Indian hot, none of the namby pamby made for American tastes garbage, I want a curry that peels the pattern from the plate, a curry that brings the chef from the kitchen to see who ordered it, oh and I'll have that with onion Bhajis and a nan bread, thank you.

I drive a hybrid to help the environment

2009-04-14T23:42:08-06:00

I spent four days at an energy efficiency conference in San Francisco, then I had to rent a car and drive to Sacramento, at the rental office they had a hybrid or a Dodge Charger........save the world or ride roughshod over the dwindling ice caps......sip gas like a shy honey bee or guzzle it like a sailor on shore leave.. tough choice eh?..what would you do ?

2009 Internet Fools' Day

2009-04-05T23:02:39-06:00

A colleague of mine placed an ad on Craig's list for Buttons the monkey, put simply the ad stated that the owner was no longer able to offer Buttons the quality of care that he needed and wanted to give him away free to anyone that could take care of a fully grown chimp.

The accompanying phone number was the victim's cell phone that rang and rang all day...wicked.

My bucket list starts with:

2009-03-31T23:35:51-06:00

1 Buy bucket

2 Make list

3 Place list in Bucket

4 Do things on list

5 Return to bucket and cross off completed items

that was easy...now what ?..

TINTIN !!

2009-03-31T22:35:00-06:00

The Movie is in Production right now, due next year

I think I fancied myself as a young blonde intrepid reporter charging around Europe solving crimes and generally being the most famous Belgian ever .

Which is odd for a dark haired, non reporter from Liverpool.

I get my news from

2009-03-31T22:15:28-06:00

Thank You Marconi..

Good Radio, there's no substitute for it and it can still be found.

ok so you have to trawl through:

light rock, easy rock, christian rock, rock for truckers, county for truckers, country for lonely hearts in the middle of the night, country for gays, country for straights, country for sexually ambiguous but certain about country.. and every now and a gain there is a crackle and a hiss of truly great radio....don't let the stations drift by into contemporary country with a rocky edge or christian rock with a side order of diabolism. In between the garbage there are still radio diamonds to be mined.

Go on twiddle the dial......

Quick fetch the Michael Jackson CD....

2009-03-26T23:52:04-06:00

Play "Thriller" real loud and escape while they are all dancing

Who's been playing with the thermostat ?

2009-02-24T23:21:34-06:00

My Dad would always ask "Who's been playing with the thermostat ?", by far the most inane question ever know to man. Then he would get pissed when I'd say that I love to disassemble it and the reassemble it blindfolded.

Who plays with a thermostat ?

Now I come home, look at the thermostat, look at the kids, and I know, I just know that they've done something to it, I just can't bring myself to ask.

You'll find "Motor Trend, Mormon edition" by the door

2009-02-20T21:13:09-06:00

Bothered by religious doorsteppers ? reach for a magazine...

Motor Trend, Mormon edition
2 young men in white shirts with shiny faces and mountain bikes knocked to bring me some good news, I run inside and fetch the Motor Trend, "Look at this " I say "I'm interested in cars and the car industry, i read about it and i enjoy it, it fulfils a need in me"
My visitors look puzzled and offer a leaflet desinged to steer me to a better life..
"But I don't come round to your house to share my car magazine with you do I?"
The penny has dropped and off the go, I bet that story goes down well at the tabernacle tonight.

Exhibitionist at 10..

2009-02-20T20:58:59-06:00

At a family picnic, aged 10, a kamikazi wasp flew up the leg of my shorts, and set about stinging me through my tighty off-whiteys. My Mom lept up yanked down my shorts and then stomped on them. I looked up from the mangled remains of a brave (or crazy) wasp to see my whole extended family watching in stunned amazement.

They may have forgotten but I still have the recurring nightmare.

Sony Ericsson T700 phone travels with me

2009-02-20T20:50:37-06:00

Great pics from 35,000 ft.

Sony Ericsson T700 phone
It is an updated version of my old phone and I love it,

A day without a cell phone

2009-02-12T20:55:11-06:00

Why do we have them ?, to tell people where we are.
I'm at the airport, I 'm in the lobby, I'm at the meeting...
How did we ever manage before they were invented ?, how would you know where people were ?, more important would things have been that different...

"Hi , yes this is George, ..no, I can't talk right now I'm in a boat...well we're heading to Trenton to fight the British....er, I don't know, hold on I'll ask...yes he says its the Delaware....look I'll call you when I get to Trenton.....love you"

"Hello, this is Paul ,Paul Revere .... er yes it's R.E.V.E.R.E .....sorry ..you'll have to speak up, I'm on a horse...yes it is very late but I get a better rate after midnight...I won't be in work tomorrow..No..something has come up...well I'm warning people.....yes on a horse....I ride along shouting "The British are coming ".... The British... B.R.I.T.I.S.H. ....yes the ones with the accent....well it seemed like a good idea, I didn't have their cell number and the horse needed the exercise..."

Eddie the Roofer says....

2009-02-12T00:28:36-06:00

Car buying advice that works...

Sound Car buying advice from a trusted friend "Eddie the Roofer"

1) No car is worth more than $2,000.
2) Never buy a car that you cannot fit a propane tank into the trunk.
3) Never buy a car that you can't attach a set of ladders to the roof.

He always has nice cars....you don't get this on Edmunds.com !

Watch "The Elephant Man" next time you're home sick

2009-02-10T22:17:38-06:00

"Can you cure me ?"

It's what you look like with a cold,

If I were a superhero, I would certainly wear tights, double gusset with extra ankle support

2009-02-09T23:29:37-06:00

Average man, average man, 2.2 kids and an endownment policy. Camry parked in the drive, when Gotham calls he can drive (well within posted speed limits). 7/24 he's on call, except for Sunday at 11:00 when he goes to church, if you're into crime he's right on time to warn you that your actions could lead to a custodial sentence......look out here goes average man.....

Average-Man... he has a mortgage, he mows the lawn, he can see through tele-sales people who say they are "Just doing a survey", he can jump over a lazy dog, he runs faster than an toddler's nose,

My ideal Super Bowl halftime show would include Half Man Half Biscuit

2009-02-09T23:02:52-06:00

The pies have arrived ...but first ...

Half Man Half Biscuit
Post Punk Indie band from Tranmere, England. They don't travel so the Superbowl would have to come to Tranmere Rovers Soccer field.

In defense of my vice:

2009-02-09T22:47:37-06:00

It is wholesome, it is simple and it gives me great pleasure. It keeps me steady and it helps me to keep a firm grip on things, can't recall when I got started I think a friend passed me a mole grip at a party and it went from there.

Rarely used

2009-02-09T22:33:09-06:00

My birthday (something-teen) I get a ceramic coin collector (like a piggy bank) but in the shape of a spermatoza, yep it's sperm bank. Was never able to re-gift it and it was never stolen as a souvenir (oddly). My son, who is 14 found it and took a delight in it, much to my delight and it now has pride of place amongst his treasures..