"thursday-one" (31)

[catland]

Originally posted by amoore
Vick, he went for some veggie treats for the party.

this reminds me of a saying from the world's greatest cartoon, "The Tick"

" And so, may evil beware and may good dress warmly and eat lots of fresh vegetables."

Thanks Slick - but lets not replace Richard quite yet. His drinks may be weak but his humor and wit makes up for it.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Originally posted by slick

MOFF: sorry to hear you are feeling "under the weather". Wouldn't you rather be "over the rainbow"??

Anywhere is better than "head in the toilet".

[catland]

ok - some Christmas humor (and it mentions beer so it's a good story for Thursday's)

As we all know, it takes 1 calorie to heat 1 gram of water 1 degree centigrade.

Translated into meaningful terms, this means that if you eat a very cold dessert this Christmas (generally consisting of water in large part), the natural processes which raise the consumed dessert to body temperature during the digestive cycle literally sucks the calories out of the only available source: your body fat.

For example, a dessert served and eaten at near 0 degrees C (32.2 deg. F) will in a short time be raised to the normal body temperature of 37 degrees C (98.6 deg. F). For each gram of dessert eaten, that process takes approximately 37 calories as stated above. The average dessert portion is 6 oz, or 168 grams. Therefore, by operation of thermodynamic law, 6,216 calories (1 cal/gm/deg. x 37 deg. x 168 gms) are extracted from body fat as the dessert's temperature is normalized. Allowing for the 1,200 latent calories in the dessert, the net calorie loss is approximately 5,000 calories.

Obviously, the more cold dessert you eat on Christmas Day, the better off you are and the faster you will lose weight, if that is your goal.

This process works equally well when drinking very cold beer in frosted glasses during the college bowl system.

Each ounce of beer contains 16 latent calories, but extracts 1,036 calories (6,216 cal. per 6 oz. portion) in the temperature normalizing process. Thus, the net calorie loss per ounce of beer is 1,020 calories. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to calculate that 12,240 calories (12 oz. x 1,020 cal./oz.) are extracted from the body in the process of drinking a can of beer.

Frozen desserts, e.g., ice cream, are even more beneficial, since it takes 83 cal./gm to melt them (i.e., raise them to 0 deg. C) and an additional 37 cal./gm to further raise them to body temperature. The results here are really remarkable, and it beats running/jogging hands down.

Unfortunately, for those who eat pizza as an excuse to drink beer, pizza (loaded with latent calories and served above body temperature) induces an opposite effect. But, thankfully, as the astute reader should have already reasoned, the obvious solution is to drink a lot of beer with pizza and follow up immediately with large bowls of ice cream.

[slick]

Originally posted by catland
Thanks Slick - but lets not replace Richard quite yet. His drinks may be weak but his humor and wit makes up for it.

Sorry Catland, I guess I just meant that since the bar is getting more and more crowded that we need a 2nd bartender. At least that's what my head was thinking but the communication didn't get down to my typing fingers.

Sorry Richard, you could never be replaced.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by catland
As we all know, it takes 1 calorie to heat 1 gram of water 1 degree centigrade.

Ooohhhh....I like your reasoning on this!

Bring on the cold drinks and the cold desserts!

[Kiia]

Hi

*peeks in*

May I join you all?


If so, I would like an extra tall, ice cold glass of Sangria, with lime and orange wedges, please.

With this stress, I might want to make that a double.

[slick]

Hi Kiia. Everyone's welcome at Dick's Place. Come on in and make yourself comforable. Catland, we need a drink over here, please and thank you.

Kiia, Catland isn't our usual bartender but she does a "bang up" job when Richard is not here. If you've been lurking you've probably noticed that we have a lot of fun here and each week is a different theme. Because you are new here we won't make you clean up tomorrow morning - sometimes it's not a pretty sight the morning after

[catland]

Hi Kiia - and welcome Only four more posts and you become and official PetTalk Citizen! Here's one Sangria, extra tall with lime AND orange wedges.
Enjoy.

Slick - time for another Pointsettia?

T&P - cold drinks and cold deserts for everyone.

[slick]

Originally posted by catland
Slick - time for another Pointsettia?

**slides down in the booth and falls over**

I don't think so...... I'd better (hic) just shhhtay here for a while (hic)

I think I (hic) need shhhhomting to eat......

Any burgers around???

[gini]

Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom

Oh, and if I can rant for a minute.... The last week in December my boss is going on vacation. That's 3 weeks from now and he's already started on his usual "the place is going to fall to pieces while I'm gone" rampage. Aggrivates the h**l out of me when he does this, and I can't believe he's starting so early this time. So be ready, once those union reports are done I'll be ready for something a lot stronger than some old coke!

Hey, I have a solution for this problem. I think EVERYONE should go up to him and tell him that the place WILL fall apart while he is gone. AND, that everyone thinks he should just cancel his vacation week so that this doesn't happen.

THEN see what he has to say!!



Is this Thursday? OMG, IT IS THURSDAY! My workweek has been pretty busy.

Hmmm, those poinsettia drinks sound good - and look how relaxed Slick looks over there in the corner (under the chair).

Richard just thinks he is on vacation - he can't stand it to be away from all of us....just you watch him walk in the door any minute now!

[catland]

VACATION - NO ONE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING ON VACATION.


Gini - one pointsettia - done

(hee-hee - Slick hasn't caught me sneaking in the extra shots of triple-sec )

Keep posting T&P!

[slick]

Originally posted by catland
(hee-hee - Slick hasn't caught me sneaking in the extra shots of triple-sec )

*wakes up*
Did someone say triple-sex??? Oh, sorry, I guess I was dreaming of Paul Hogan again!!! What am I doing under this chair???

OOOO, sorry Kiia, I'm not usually like this.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by catland
(hee-hee - Slick hasn't caught me sneaking in the extra shots of triple-sec )

Maybe she hasn't caught you, but I think they are definitely catching her!!!

Slick, you OK down there? You need someone to help you to the bathroom, you look kinda....greeennn.....

Who's in charge of the kitchen this week? All this alcohol and not a mention of food except the cold desserts....mmm.....love that ice cream cake with the holiday theme to it. Here Slick, you want some of this while your burger is cooking? Actually, a burger sounds yummy right about now.

(I should really start a new post for this, but that's cheating, isn't it?) Gini, the sad part about doing that would be that he would probably agree with everybody and cancel his vacation! It's happened in the past. He really doesn't take enough vacations - complains that I get more vacation than him, but I told him that's because I take my vacation, unlike him. Anyway, he's pretty much gone for the day, so I'm free!!!!

Bring on those Poinsettias!

[RICHARD]

lol

hi guys!

I have been splitting wood all day...we are taking a break and I decided to look in on you all..

Welcome to the new folks, Find a seat for the semi new folks and
I am opening up a section for all the people doing the 'heavy work'


I am going to sleep like a dog tonight....I knew there was a reason I work in an office.....

I can be replaced easily....

Find a tall goofy guy with a beatles haircut that knows how to work a blender


I love you all.....

back to the work of keeping the house hold warm......I'll make it up to you all later on....



I always thought vacations were for vacationing!!

[Miss Meow]

Byeeeeeeee!!!!!

Have fun - we will be!