Cleaning Out My Meme Files

The picture above is apropos of absolutely nothing. So is every word below.

I've previously explained my stance on memes. The short version? I simultaneously like them and hate them. You can read the reasons at the link. If you plan on tagging me, you should definitely take note.

Be that as it may - and may it as that be - here are three memes. Now that I'm getting them out of my brain, maybe I'll be able to remember more important stuff.

The first comes from Crazy Cath over at Cath's Cradle. The usual rules seem to apply, so I won't list them.

(A) Four places I go over and over:

Well, this seems highly personal, but OK.

1 - The bathroom at home.
2 - The men's room at work.
3 - The men's room at TD BankNorth Garden
4 - A convenient alleyway, if need be.

I must admit I was surprised by Crazy Cath's answers. She always seemed much more genteel and ladylike, but here were the places she named:

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses,
DS-Kid's school,
Mum and Dad's home,
and garden centers.
Any garden center, over and over again.

CC, it sounds as though you have a problem. If you were a man, I'd suggest having a look at your prostate (well, having someone else look at it, as it wouldn't be easy to see it yourself) but since you're of the female persuasion, all I can do is recommend you get to your OB/GYN before the folks at those garden centers discover what you're doing.

(B) Four people who e-mail me regularly:

1 - My Mom.
2 - My Uncle Jim.
3 - Tara.
4 - Fred.

After naming them here, they'll probably never e-mail me again.

(C) Four of my favorite places to eat:

I eat foods, not places. This makes no sense at all, unless this is some sort of oral sex thing we're talking about. If so, I'm not one to eat and tell.

(D) Four places I'd rather be:

There's only one: Lurking in the bushes outside of your window. As a matter of fact, I'll be there later tonight.

(E) Four TV shows I could watch over and over:

If you've got one TV show you could watch over and over, what do you need the other three for?

(F) Four people I think will respond:

Respond? To what exactly? My loving caress? A post-hypnotic suggestion? A plea for money made through the mails by a charitable organization? I need much more information before I can answer this.

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That takes care of Crazy Cath. Now on to Angie, over at Gumbo Writer

Here be the rules:

1 - Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56.

2 - Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences.

3 - Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the closest.

4 - Tag five other people to do the same.

As I said to Angie at the time I was tagged, page 56 of what I was reading didn't have any text. It just had photos of naked women. Therefore, I decided to wait until later to do the meme.

(I know this is disappointing to a number of you, but get a grip. Better yet, let go of the grip. That might solve the problem.)

Well, here's what's closest to me, now that I've finally gotten around to it:

Great Government Goofs, by Leland H. Gregory, III

Page 56 details the story of a person who only had initials for a name, similar to K.C. Jones of Celtics basketball fame (the K.C. stood for nothing other than K.C.)

"(here is the story of) R.B. Jones. R.B. decided to enlist in the army and to alleviate any problems with his name he courteously wrote it as "R(only) B(only) Jones." From that day on, his dog tags, his assignment forms, and even his discharge papers were issued under the name "Ronly Bonly Jones."

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And that takes care of Angie. Now on to Sarah.

As with Crazy Cath, the usual rules.

7 things I plan to do before I die

1 - Well, first, I'm going to finish this m