Scott Patterson - Off Topic #36 ~ Spring Is Here!! - Page 17

**Full Throttle** · 08-29-2009, 11:40 AM

Glad someone is warm. Freezing my ass here. The weather is like what we get in October/November. No sun and it rains on and off.

**SPA** · 08-29-2009, 01:20 PM

At this point, I'd take a little bit of dark and cool/cold weather -- if only for a teeny-tiny bit. Maybe one day we will be able to control the weather to each of our individual specifications!!

Tarty History · 08-29-2009, 06:49 PM

I'd love some cooler weather too. Argh. It was 103 F today. I'm melting.

**SPA** · 08-30-2009, 09:58 AM

The air always seem cleaner after an all-night thunderstorm. I'm hoping this cool breeze/slightly unseasonal weather holds up for a little longer.

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Thanx again for all your posting this week. New news helps a long way, that's for sure.

**MNRX Ela** · 08-30-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by SPA (View Post)

The air always seem cleaner after an all-night thunderstorm. I'm hoping this cool breeze/slightly unseasonal weather holds up for a little longer.

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Thanx again for all your posting this week. New news helps a long way, that's for sure.

Hope, everyone has a nice weekend.
And i must agree with Deborah - Thanks so much for all your posting in this week.

**SPA** · 08-31-2009, 08:34 PM

Thanx, sweetie.

It's official for me: Mondays are a drag -- Thank goodness this day is over with. Did everyone at my office decide to spend last weekend thinking up all the questions of the world and write them down so only to ask me about them first thing Monday morning so that I could do something about each? It's been a weird, weird day.

Lua3622 · 09-04-2009, 08:15 AM

Hi guys!

I hope everyone is well and looking forward to the weekend!

Weather forecast for London for the next few days is not too bad and fairly warm, which is just as well because this past week it's been rather nippy and windy...... I nearly lost one of my bonsai trees I had left precariously perched on the window sill!!

Only 8 days to my holiday to New England and I can barely contain myself!!

Great news on the TV front here in the UK

..... Channel E4 is rerunning the Gilmore Girls in its entirety again (3rd time in 16 months) so we can all see Scott everyday (same episode shown twice a day actually) all the way to next January....... yeyyyyyyy!!

**SPA** · 09-04-2009, 08:45 AM

Lua -- I thought you were packing for some kind of small "holiday" (I just love how the British use holiday for "vacation")

If I were you, I'd be on my 5th attempt at packing and/or decisions of what to pack -- I can never decide until the last second what to and not to take -- I always end up taking too much -- ask Lulu can affirm.

**SPA** · 09-04-2009, 11:30 AM

I dare you to read these and not laugh your butt off.

Kids Ideas About Love

Kids, aged 5 to 10, were asked questions about what they thought of love and marriage. Here's what they said:

LOVE AND MARRIAGE:

"If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long." -- Glenn, age 7

"Love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life." -- John, age 9

"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful." -- Manuel, age 8

"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular." -- Mae, age 9

"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." -- Greg, age 8

"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife." -- Tom, age 5

"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date." -- Mike, 10

"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when Dinosaurs is on television." -- Jill, age 6

"One of the people has freckles, and so he finds somebody else who has freckles too." -- Andrew, age 6

"My mother says to look for a man who is kind. That's what I'll do. I'll find somebody who's kinda tall and handsome." -- Carolyn, age 8

"It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." -- Kenny, age 7

"One of you should know how to write a check. Because, even if you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of bills." -- Ava, age 8

"When somebody's been dating for a while, the boy might propose to the girl. He says to her, 'I'll take you for a whole life, or at least until we have kids and get divorced.'" -- Anita, 9

"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough." -- Regina, age 10

"Most men are brainless, so you might have to try more than once to find a live one." -- Angie, age 10

"A man and a woman promise to go through sickness and illness and diseases together." -- Marlon, age 10

"[Being] single is better . . . for the simple reason that I wouldn't want to change no diapers. Of course, if I did get married, I'd figure something out. I'd just phone my mother and have her come over for some coffee and diaper-changing." -- Kirsten, age 10

"Love is foolish...but I still might try it sometime." -- Floyd, age 9

"Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding me." -- Dave, age 8

KISSING:

"When a person gets kissed for the first time, they fall down, and they don't get up for at least an hour." -- Wendy, age 8

"You should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to buy her a big ring and her own VCR, 'cause she'll want to have videos of the wedding." -- Jim, age 10

"Never kiss in front of other people. It's a big embarrassing thing if anybody sees you. But if nobody sees you, I might be willing to try it with a handsome boy, but just for a few hours." -- Kally, age 9

"You learn [how to kiss] right on the spot when the gooshy feelings get the best of you." -- Doug, age 7

"If it's your mother, you can kiss her anytime. But if it's a new person, you have to ask permission." -- Roger, age 6

"It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over you. That's why I stopped doing it." -- Tammy, age 10

"I know one reason kissing was created. It makes you feel warm all over, and they didn't always have electric heat or fireplaces or even stoves in their houses." -- Gina, age 8

"The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that." -- Curt, age 7

"The rules goes like this: if you kiss someone, then you should marry her and have kids with her. It's the right thing to do." -- Howard, age 8

(on seeing a couple kissing) "He is trying to steal her chewing gum!" -- Boy, age 6

GOOD ADVICE ABOUT LOVE:

"Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work." -- Dick, age 7

"Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough." -- Lynnette, age 8

"Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck!" -- Ricky, age 7

"Don't forget your wife's name. That will mess up the love." -- Erin, age 8

"Sensitivity don't hurt." -- Robbie, age 8

"Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash." -- Erin, age 8

"Don't say you love somebody and then change your mind. Love isn't like picking what movie you want to watch." -- Natalie, age 9

**MNRX Ela** · 09-04-2009, 11:37 AM

Great lines, Deborah. Very funny.

Nice weekend for everyone.

lulu1960 · 09-04-2009, 11:59 AM

Pretty good advice if you ask me.

**SPA** · 09-04-2009, 12:14 PM

There's a couple of them in there that has me in stitches:

If falling in love is anything like spelling, it just takes too long.

Thinking that you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it ain't bad.

"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife." Tom, age 5 (now this guy has a mission)

Most men are brainless, so you might have to try more than once to fine a live one (cynical and precious from one girl at the age of 10)

I love Kristen's answer to not changing diapers -- calling her mother to come over for "coffee and diaper-changing" -- is that a Lorelai / Rory moment or what??

And poor Dave (age 8) -- Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I've been trying to hide from it since I was 5, but girls keep finding me!" Is this a Scott Patterson scene or what?

And the kissing one that had me howling is: "When a person gets kissed for the first time, they fall down, and they don't get up for at least an hour." (heeheehee)

They are all cute, but those just tickle me. Out of the mouths of babes.

Tarty History · 09-04-2009, 08:59 PM

These are hilarious!!!

They are all good, but this one is my favorite:

"When a person gets kissed for the first time, they fall down, and they don't get up for at least an hour." -- Wendy, age 8

**SPA** · 09-04-2009, 09:02 PM

This one cracks me up:

Quote:

"One of you should know how to write a check. Because, even if you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of bills." -- Ava, age 8

Ava is so wise at the tender age of 8.

Tarty History · 09-04-2009, 09:18 PM

Tact 101

Quote:

"Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck!" -- Ricky, age 7

Ricky has it all figured out.