Wonder No. 48

[Lara]

I wonder where my biceps went... :Dunno:

[dorrie]

I wonder if your biceps have attached to my hips!! My hips are bulging, like biceps!:D

[Curious]

i wonder if lara waves she will find them? :wink: :p just kidding sweety. that is an old ladies health club joke. the waves after the wave...under where the biceps used to be.

[Lara]

lol :D

Ah Ha!!!

I wonder how the heck they got all the way over there???

Nope, not under there, curious... look >>> :Wave-Hello:

I wonder if I do this a lot they'll come back? :Head-Spin:

[Abasaki]

I wonder if you might not want to do this :Head-Spin: to much... your biceps might pass up your arms and land in your ears....:yikes:

[Curious]

i wonder if you should try this? 1603

but lifting a bigger coffee mug sounds like plan. :D

hehehehe abbie...:Funny-Post:

[Alffe]

I wonder if waves is the same as flapping in the wind?!.....:D

I wonder if my grandaughters will like their manicures and eyebrow waxes this morning....I explained that this is a beauty school we are going to so it might take hours.....

I wonder if I could be having anymore fun! :D

I wonder why they thot Renee Zinwiler..what's her name?..was ugly in Miss Potter and why it mattered!...

I wonder at how suprised they were when I made them look at a trailer of the movie, Chicago.....she certainly didn't look prim and proper in that! :D

I wonder if they really understand the concept of "acting"....;)

I wonder at the "shallowness" of the teen years...yeppers, been there and done that myself..both as a teen and as a parent....ME.ME.ME....

I wonder how we could have gone thru so many pies in such a short time..;)

[KathyM]

I looked into the mirror today and said "You sho is ugly!" Felt kinda bad for hurting my feelings, so I stripped off my clothes and did my Betty Grable "Nice gams" pose. :D

Where'd my butt go? It was there the last time I looked! :eek:

NOW I know the true definition of "Butt Ugly." Oh well, maybe it might grow on me. :rolleyes:

I wonder what's wrong with having an ugly butt? :p

[Doody]

All I know is my boobs went south, then the portion of the body we refer to as waist and hips went south...thighs followed suit (still looking for my knees) and then of all things...my brain went looking for them and NONE of them have come back. :rolleyes:

[Lara]

I wonder if it was Alffe's grand daughters who didn't like the actress in Miss Potter.

I wonder how weird it is to read that, because my daughter hired that movie for me yesterday and I watched the first 1/2 hour and I had to stop because I couldn't stand watching the contortions on Renée Zellweger's face. arrrrrrrrghhh. I wish they'd picked someone else for the role. I really wanted to see the story on film and it was an absolute and total disappointment to me. It mattered to me because the beauty that I'd imagined in my mind about Beatrix Potter evaporated in one moment of grimaces and contortions.

I wonder if you all know that although I was being silly as in funny/silly about my biceps, it is something that astounds me. It was not very many years ago I was working an acreage of land keeping it neat and tidy and safe from fire threats. It was 10 acres but I only really had to work one but the grass grew while I watched it and I had a little wooden settler's cottage and it was necessary to keep trees and shrubs and grass tidy around it. The other 9 acres was mixed grass and bush and I used to get a man and a tractor in to slash that.

So then things in my life changed a lot healthwise and I knew I couldn't keep doing it. I moved to the city where I knew that the children could finish their education. So, basically I stopped doing anything physical in comparison. I just did the usual things, but there was no grass to mow or fields to clear. Then the pain set in. So it's one of those "what comes first" or "use it or lose it" things for me.

What I really wonder is if my biceps disappeared because I didn't use them so much anymore or if they disappeared because of pain or if I'd keep working really hard physcially would I now be pain free and have muscles or would I have collapsed in a pile. hmnnnn.

[ConsiderThis]

I looked into the mirror today and said "You sho is ugly!" Felt kinda bad for hurting my feelings, so I stripped off my clothes and did my Betty Grable "Nice gams" pose. :D

Where'd my butt go? It was there the last time I looked! :eek:

NOW I know the true definition of "Butt Ugly." Oh well, maybe it might grow on me. :rolleyes:

I wonder what's wrong with having an ugly butt? :p

(((((((((Kathy)))))))))

You sound like such a beautiful person in all of the posts of yours that I've read.

I'm sure that you are a beautiful person, not just in mind, but body also.

Go back and smile at your mirror, and see if you aren't beautiful!

(I took some pictures of fat me that I was going to post in a series as I lost weight... only they are soooo soooo mean looking... that I don't think I'll ever be able to post them... it's not that I look like the dark side of a building in them, it's that I look so unfriendly... I keep wishing that I'd smiled, despite what I was seeing.)

((((((((((Kathy)))))))))))

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[KathyM]

Aw, thanks CT. :hug:

You outta see MY face. Medical literature describes it as "hideously ugly, at a socio-aesthetic disadvantage, or bloodhound-like appearance." :eek: Can't wait to see the reaction on people's faces when my forehead falls completely over my eyes - hmmm, maybe I'll just hear their gasps and jokes. Hope their funny. :rolleyes:

My face gets all contorted when I try to smile - or take a bite of a sandwich, keep biting my lips instead of the food. My teeth are pretty bad now too. No dental insurance. I'd rather have milk than pretty teeth. :o

Naaaah, I'd rather laugh. :D It makes my heart smile. It reminds me of the time I took my best friend to see the movie "The Color Purple" when it came out. It was the last movie we saw together. Poor thing was so sick at the time, but she really wanted to see it. Glad we went. :)

[Alffe]

I wonder why Lara can spell Renee Zellweger? .........:D

I wonder why my keyboard doesn't have that oomlot thingy...:rolleyes: ok Lara, tell me please, what is that thing above nee in Renee's name called...

I wonder if that's what my grandaughters were trying to say...she kept making faces???????????? Well, she did but I thought the movie was charming. I used to have all of the stuffed animals from her books. :rolleyes:

I wonder also why we seem to lose the strength in our upper arms...at least I think that's what you're talking about...I couldn't pick up and hold a two yr. old.

I wonder if KathyM knows we were posting at exactly the same time.....(((Kathy))) Do you like milkshakes? I loved the movie The Color Purple!

[ConsiderThis]

Aw, thanks CT. :hug:

You outta see MY face. Medical literature describes it as "hideously ugly, at a socio-aesthetic disadvantage, or bloodhound-like appearance." :eek: Can't wait to see the reaction on people's faces when my forehead falls completely over my eyes - hmmm, maybe I'll just hear their gasps and jokes. Hope their funny. :rolleyes:

My face gets all contorted when I try to smile - or take a bite of a sandwich, keep biting my lips instead of the food. My teeth are pretty bad now too. No dental insurance. I'd rather have milk than pretty teeth. :o

Naaaah, I'd rather laugh. :D It makes my heart smile. It reminds me of the time I took my best friend to see the movie "The Color Purple" when it came out. It was the last movie we saw together. Poor thing was so sick at the time, but she really wanted to see it. Glad we went. :)

((((((((Kathy))))))))))

What a mean thing to write, even in a medical way. Just mean.

I'm way tall and have been forever, so I'm used to being considered ugly by many.

I admire your attitude. I really mean that.

I spent years and years wishing I could have a few inches cut out of the bones of my legs...

You have such a beautiful attitude!!!!!!

I just love it. You inspire me!!!!

((((((((Kathy)))))))

[Lara]

I wonder why Lara can spell Renee Zellweger?

I have the DVD in front of me lol

I wonder why my keyboard doesn't have that oomlot thingy...:rolleyes: ok Lara, tell me please, what is that thing above nee in Renee's name called...

I call it an Acute. Acute goes / that way and Grave goes \ that way. Well, that's how I learned it when I attempted to study French donkey's years ago.

I wonder if you can have fun with this, Alffe? You can use the keys on your keypad to make characters if you know the numbers/code. Over on the right of the regular keyboard are all the numbers in their own little section. You press the Alt key which is to the left of the Space Bar on my keyboard and then while holding that Alt key down, you type in the numbers/code for whatever accent or character you wish and then release all the keys at the same time and bob's your uncle. :)

e.g. ß ♀ ╚ ü etcetera :D

To write Renee with the Acute over the e you just type Ren and then press alt key at the same time as 0233 and then the last e which doesn't have the acute character and e.g. Renée and voila!

I wonder if that's what my grandaughters were trying to say...she kept making faces???????????? Well, she did but I thought the movie was charming. I used to have all of the stuffed animals from her books. :rolleyes:

I wonder. Maybe. I admit to bias. I'm not fond of her acting really. It wasn't so much making faces. I love facial expressions because I think that's all part of being a great actor but that actor just always seems to over do them. It's maybe just a Lara and Alffe's grandchildren *thing*. Maybe no one else noticed? lol I do find it interesting that they thought the same thing.

Here's a Windows - Alt Key Numeric Codes site. Have fun! :D
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html

[Alffe]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Well this is gonna drive me crazier than I already am! :D
there are no numbers on the right side of my keypad...the only numbers are at the top..1 is under !, 2 is under @, 3 is under#...etc.

When I hold down the alt key (after typing Ren) it won't let me type in 0233.

I have a laptop...does that make a difference? I did put the key site in my favorites because I'm going to bed but am determined to try again tomorrow.:confused:

And right after I master this I'm going to learn to scan. :rolleyes: :winky:

Did I say thank you? :D

[KathyM]

It's natural for kids to question strange faces. I was terrified of my relatives in Finland because they looked like monsters and I couldn't understand what they were saying. I had nightmares about them for years afterward, to the point where I only said I was Danish. Didn't want to think about those "monsters."

Hey, I didn't know it was an illness.

It's the adults that tick me off when they mock, joke, and treat people like vomit.

Mom used to be a model during WWII - modeled dresses and furs. She was very vain about her looks. Whenever I'd take mom out in public, people would gasp "Look at that lady!" Then they'd start to speculate and make jokes, at mom's expense.

I'd tried my best to wheel her out of earshot, but I know she heard them ridicule my poor unwanted mother. It had to be absolutely humiliating.

I was in the bank one day standing in line. A little girl was with her mother in front of me. I LOVE to play peek-a-boo with kids. She kept peeking at me, so I gave her my usual introductory smile to start playing the game.

As soon as I smiled, she tugged on her mom and said "What is wrong with that lady?" Mom turned around and looked at me, then told her daughter it was not polite to stare at people. She kept peeking around to stare, so the mother scolded her.

In a restaurant, a mother moved her baby's stroller to the other side of the table because she saw me looking at her baby. Gave me a dirty look. I only wanted to comment on how beautiful she was. Oh well.

I try not to smile at children anymore - don't want to scare them, or **** off their parents.

[Lara]

:eek:

gosh, I wonder if my comment about an actor overacting with her facial expressions has been taken the wrong way?

I wonder if Kathy realizes I was talking about a movie and an actor's acting skills and not talking about any one else who may have unusual facial expressions? I would never do that. I have a family of people who have tics and stereotypies and would never dream of making fun of anyone in that regard.

I wonder at the sequence of this thread and how it's weaved.

I wonder why it feels as if I'm walking on eggshells a lot lately and now I feel really badly that my comments about a movie may have been taken the wrong way.

I wonder if anyone else might know how to do the accents and characters on a keyboard with no numerical setup like Alffe has at home. I think there's a way to do it in Control Panel somewhere but am not sure.

*sigh

[Spanish Moss]

I wonder how charmed I was at Lara's phrase "hired a movie"...it made me smile and remember how lovely her voice sounds...

I wonder if Lara waould be interested to know that I am actually reading a book called "Stop Walking on Egg Shells"...

I wonder if Alffe would like to adopt a few more grandaughters...sounds like so much fun...

I wonder that I have heard comments about Renee Z's looks elsewhere...maybe the poor dear is just aging less gracefully than some...but I did like the movie because I just love her stories...so many nice memories

I wonder if others sometimes have to think hard at how to make a statement into a "wonder"

I wonder if I can wish you all a good day as I dash off to work....

[Curious]

i wonder if it's like over acting? what renee z does with her face sometimes? method acting? i will say that movie she was in that she won the oscor..can't remeber the name..with nicole kidman...her acting and facial expressions fit the charator imo.

i wonder if lara knows i feel the same way? those eggshells are awful pokey sometimes. we might just need to put our shoes on and wade right in..huh lara? :hug:

[Alffe]

I wonder if I can say that it's all my fault because I was talking about how kids just toss out the word ugly and I wondered if they understood about acting and how shallow teens are (it goes with the territory) and that struck a chord with our KathyM who tried to explain how much her life is effected on a daily basis by her appearance caused by her rare illness. How's that for a runon sentence. ;)

Anyway...I still can't make an Acute..:D ...and I have to get two sleepy heads up to get on the road and return them to their mom...who is a lot like Lara...self less and charming. :hug:

[KathyM]

Lara (and everyone else) - it's perfectly okay. This is a place to talk openly. I'm not talking about anyone here. If we ever met on the street we'd still be friends, and you wouldn't entertain your friends afterward by mocking me. You wouldn't call the police to have me removed.

I'm referring to people who don't know me, people who judge others based solely on their physical appearance. I'm referring to all those TV programs, commercials, news reporters, and politicians. Apparently it's wrong to have an ugly face and butt - and it's VERY wrong to be ugly. If you're ugly, you receive the death sentence. God forbid you're ugly AND loud - then they'll execute your family too. That way, they'll never have to see any ugly faces ever again. Then all the shiney happy people can live happily ever after and never think of us again.

People risk their lives and cut themselves up in order to avoid becoming one of us. Maybe they think they won't get into Heaven if they're not wearing their masks, pretty dresses and sweet perfume. Maybe they think God won't accept them if they're barefoot and naked.

I'm so thankful I'm not famous. I'm so thankful no one is hiding in my bushes hoping to take a shot at my ugly butt to show the world. :rolleyes:

[KathyM]

THIS is why I love my husband so much and don't want to lose him....:(

My MIL said when he was around 5 he saw a funny looking blind woman stumbling around with a cane on the street. He said "Mommy what is wrong with that lady?" She responded "She's blind, son, she can't see where she's going." His response: "Can I give her one of MY eyes?" He was serious and really wanted to know why not because he had one to spare.

I'm so thankful he's brave enough to share his eyes with me. :hug:

It cracked me up when my co-workers thought he was the scum of the earth. Too funny. It cracks me up when people throw racist remarks at him. Too funny. :rolleyes:

[Alffe]

Your husband sounds like a wonderful man Kathy. He makes you happy so he's great in my book.

Mr.Alffe and I will have been married 50 years next Feb. and there were times when we couldn't stand each other. :o But the good times have far out numbered the bad..I think that's life in the married lane.

I however, could not tolerate anyone saying that someone I love is the scum of the earth. And there is nothing funny in racist remarks. I think you have chosen to laugh rather than cry. Another of the many reasons I love you.

[Doody]

(((Kathy)))

and

(((Lara))) I always have to smile when I see Lara take something personally which is a lot. I think we need to build up Lara's self-esteem or keep telling her, until she finally believes us, how wonderful she is! Silly girl. :hug:

I wonder that I have to take time to have my tires balanced and aligned before I leave in September because my car pulls really hard to the right. Knocking on wood constantly for a safe and uneventful trip. :o

I wonder if you would have LOL'd at Granddoody's physical checkup yesterday. LMAO! The doctor, which is a lady, was checking his little boy private parts. He grabbed her hand, pushed it away and said "No." She laughed and told him she had to check his little boy parts and started to do so again. He once more pushed her hand away and said, "Uh uh!" It took several grabs before she completed the task. LOLOL!

I wonder that she didn't chastize them for not breaking his nite nite bottle yet. She's very nice, but she wants him off his bottle. The kids are like..."Yeah, sure...when monkeys fly."

I wonder how I manage to go broke only a week after payday...and I mean broker than broke. :rolleyes:

I wonder if Alffe still watches the Young and the Restless because I haven't seen it in a coon's age. Used to watch it on SoapNet at night, but they changed it's time to 11 pm and I can't stay up that late if I want to function at work the next day.

[ConsiderThis]

Lara (and everyone else) - it's perfectly okay. This is a place to talk openly. I'm not talking about anyone here. If we ever met on the street we'd still be friends, and you wouldn't entertain your friends afterward by mocking me. You wouldn't call the police to have me removed.

I'm referring to people who don't know me, people who judge others based solely on their physical appearance. I'm referring to all those TV programs, commercials, news reporters, and politicians. Apparently it's wrong to have an ugly face and butt - and it's VERY wrong to be ugly. If you're ugly, you receive the death sentence. God forbid you're ugly AND loud - then they'll execute your family too. That way, they'll never have to see any ugly faces ever again. Then all the shiney happy people can live happily ever after and never think of us again.

People risk their lives and cut themselves up in order to avoid becoming one of us. Maybe they think they won't get into Heaven if they're not wearing their masks, pretty dresses and sweet perfume. Maybe they think God won't accept them if they're barefoot and naked.

I'm so thankful I'm not famous. I'm so thankful no one is hiding in my bushes hoping to take a shot at my ugly butt to show the world. :rolleyes:

((((((((Kathy)))))))))

I've been having you in my thoughts so much. I need to thank you for that because you lift my thoughts to what's higher.

I saw the greatest telly program when I lived in London about these convicts who were given plastic surgery. Apparently there are certain facial characteristics that tend to exist in convicts.

So a whole set of convicts were given plastic surgery...

and after a lot of years, I forget how many, those people had not committed more crimes, or very very few of them had.

I just thought that was remarkable.

What that reminds me of is how apparently babies get their first signals from their mums and others who hold them, and if those people look at the baby happily, smiling at what they see, then the baby gets the feeling that he/she is liked and Okay.

So maybe when people don't ever get that, then they act out with crime, or some of them do.

I think the number of people who rise to Kathy's level is small. Mainly because society as a whole reacts against them...

[ConsiderThis]

It's natural for kids to question strange faces. I was terrified of my relatives in Finland because they looked like monsters and I couldn't understand what they were saying. I had nightmares about them for years afterward, to the point where I only said I was Danish. Didn't want to think about those "monsters."

Hey, I didn't know it was an illness.

It's the adults that tick me off when they mock, joke, and treat people like vomit.

Mom used to be a model during WWII - modeled dresses and furs. She was very vain about her looks. Whenever I'd take mom out in public, people would gasp "Look at that lady!" Then they'd start to speculate and make jokes, at mom's expense.

I'd tried my best to wheel her out of earshot, but I know she heard them ridicule my poor unwanted mother. It had to be absolutely humiliating.

I was in the bank one day standing in line. A little girl was with her mother in front of me. I LOVE to play peek-a-boo with kids. She kept peeking at me, so I gave her my usual introductory smile to start playing the game.

As soon as I smiled, she tugged on her mom and said "What is wrong with that lady?" Mom turned around and looked at me, then told her daughter it was not polite to stare at people. She kept peeking around to stare, so the mother scolded her.

In a restaurant, a mother moved her baby's stroller to the other side of the table because she saw me looking at her baby. Gave me a dirty look. I only wanted to comment on how beautiful she was. Oh well.

I try not to smile at children anymore - don't want to scare them, or **** off their parents.

Gosh, how very deeply sad, not to smile at kids any more.

My mom used to model fur coats in the small town I'm from. That was when I was little. (as in not-very-old)

I remember in London when I was a silversmith and used to polish things and get really sooty looking, and on the way home on the bus people would move away from me. (I'd never realize how I looked till I got home and looked in a mirror.)

I think the reason people attack me so much when I talk about my privy pit problem, is that they feel in some superstitious way that by distancing themselves from me, by saying it's my fault, that they protect themselves from something like that happening to them.

When people react that way, then there's no use in telling them that I did everything that was humanly possible...

because they are bent upon blaming me...

that is wearing.

I wonder why we have such a huge desire to fit in, to comment on the beauty we see... to be shot down as a result.

??????

[KathyM]

LMAO Doody :D

When my son was 5, I took him to one of my favorite pediatricians because he was really sick. I'd known Youssef since he was green behind the ears, and his office was right down the street.

The doc looks closely in my son's face and sternly tells him. "If you don't take this medicine, I'm going to have to give you a shot up your nose. The needle is VERY long, and it's VERY painful." He then turned to me and winked.

My son took his medicine and got all better. He really enjoyed his visits with his docs.

When you come to Chicago, if I'm able to get out a little - wanna have a slumber party? I spent the night with Eggnuts, Qhugs, and Gina one night in a hotel, and we nearly killed each other laughing. :D

[Alffe]

I wonder if Chicago is ready for the party animals.............:D

I wonder if Doody will be suprised to hear that I gave up The Y&R soap...it got so stupid I just couldn't stand it anymore.....

I wonder if Doody will remember to bring warm jamies cause we keep our house really cold...:p

I wonder if Curious knows how much I appreciate her friendship...:hug:

I wonder how Goofy is.....:hug: and wren..:hug: ..and abbie ..:hug:

[Doody]

When you come to Chicago, if I'm able to get out a little - wanna have a slumber party? I spent the night with Eggnuts, Qhugs, and Gina one night in a hotel, and we nearly killed each other laughing. :D

LOL! I was trying to figure out what in the world eggnuts, qhugs and gina were! I thought, hmmmm, must be some local food/drink they have there. Then decided, it must be people, LOLOL!

I wonder...that would be fun. But I'm trying to figure out how all 3 of us (Kathy, Alffe, me) could all be together at the same time. If I come a day early and stay in that motel you suggested, poor Alpo would be left out and then she'd cry and have a hissy fit and pull my ears when I get to her house.

:D :D :D

I wonder that I remember it's cold at Mr. & Mrs. Alffe's house and that's peachy keen with me!

I wonder about what I read in the March/April issue of Midwest Living magazine at the hospital yesterday. (Went there to make an appointment at pain clinic for SI injections on the 24th.) Anyway, it lists top midwest destinations, and one of them is American Countryside Farmers Market in Elkhart! I wonder if that's the one Alffe took me to. No, can't be, cause it said it opened in May. http://www.amishcountry.org/

I wonder that we keep getting sprinkles of rain. Big rain went south of us yesterday and we just caught the edge of it, darn it. Need rain. :eek: It's sprinkling as I speak!

I wonder if anyone else is into this summer's Big Brother. It's like Will & Grace - I get all excited when it comes on. Cept this year they are having a lot of turmoil on BB. Mr. **** (they call him Evil) certainly likes to use the F word a lot and really yells at a lot of people. Howsumeber, I'd like to see him and daughter Danielle go all the way to the end. I bet he'd give up winning for his daughter.

I wonder at how awful it must have been at daughter's last night. They stopped THE BOTTLE and had major fit. She even said I might not want to come for my Friday night movie night. :( Poor little guy has to give up his nite nite bottle.

[Doody]

HMMMMMM, LOLOL! I wonder that my post wouldn't let me say the name ****. I'll give you a hint. It rhymes with Rick. In fact, **** is often the short name for Richard. LOLOL! Glad my name isn't ****. I'd be deleted all over the board. :D

[Alffe]

I wonder how I got back in the loop I'd been left out of....:eek:

I wonder if Doody remembers that I am a south shore person...I do not drive in Chicago and I thought you decided that I'm more trouble than I'm worth...or words to that effect....:D

I wonder if Doody would kindly pm me or email about what day we are talking about here...Sunday? Monday? or always....remember that GREAT song???

Won't you tell me when,
we can meet again
Sunday, Monday or always.

I wonder what Cooper is barking at..............he barked all the way thru Firehouse Dog...we couldn't hear a word of it...good thing we love him. :p

[KathyM]

Doody

Yep - People from Braintalk - hope their still people.

I can't make any guarantees either, so I'd hate to have Alffe make the drive here twice. Seems kinda silly, 'specially since the only reason you're passing through is to get to Indiana. We'll all see each other when you come back to the city. My cabbie has offered to drop me off and pick me up for free. :D

It would have to be a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing - so Alffe, you're officially invited to crash the party. :D

I'm also concerned about your level of energy. You might not be able to keep up with me, and I'll wear you out. :p Might even talk you into sneaking out and exploring the woods and tasting rainbows. :D

I'd hate to send you off on the road all spent up - like Roadkill. :D Then there'd be nothing left for Alffe to tear into. We can't leave her hungry, ya know. :D

It's completely your call. Believe me, I understand exhaustion and the need to get a good night's rest. :hug: You gotta work, I get to play. :p