Cousin Alma, Hello gal!!! So, you have been lurking! Isn't this wonderful to "see" all our Armstrong friends waking up for the wonderful party! I think in the distant past, if Armstrongs weren't rieving?, they must have been partying! Wow! What a party it will be! Fount ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alma Luper" <alluper@fastdata.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 1:26 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Cyber Party > Hi All: > > This years party has brought me out of lurker mode. Sounds so exciting - > Can't wait to see other parts of the world and have a hen party with some of > the other ol' hens on the list. Let's catch up - family news, gossip and a > nip or two to losen our tongues. I'm in good ol' Arkansas, USA. The > Northeast corner so we can visit MO, TN and MS all within an hour or two the > house. We'll leave my house in Jonesboro and proceed North via Crowley's > Ridge to MO. Of course the trees are in full fall color and we'll have to be > carefull not to run over any very large deer. > > In MO we'll drop in on some little country store in the foothills and buy a > lotto ticket. Scoot over some locals and have a Southern Meal for lunch. > You know the owners wife's been cooking sense daylight....Beans, cornbread > and fried tators. Or on second thought maybe we should pass on the gas I > mean beans ;_> They'll be glad to fix us a good ol balony (bologna for non > southerns) samwich with a slab of onion & or mator. > > We can proceed from there down I-55 right into TN. Over the mighty > Mississippi into Memphis and directly onto Beale Street. There we will enjoy > the Blues at B.B. Kings. Walk around seeing the sites and listening to the > street musicians. A word of advice - those Gold Rolex Watches are a great > buy at 20 bucks. HeHeHaHa Better get two while the gettins good. > > Of course we'll have a wonderful dinner at the Rondevous. World famous for > Bar-B-Que and Ribs. (In my opinion Founts is better). They're hidden in an > alley not far from B.B. Kings so we'll walk over carrying our beer and fill > the alley. All will know we are first class Rievers! Let's try sneaking out > and leaving the last person with the bill - LOL - Fount you better watch the > intake of that Mt Dew or you might find yourself in the corner alone with > someone handing you the bill. We drank all the draft and ate the last rib so > better have the American Express! > > Then we'll take our over embibed selves on to MS and the gambling Mecca of > the South. Tunica, right on the Big Muddy. Once there we will decend upon > the casinos and all win jackpots. We will drink all we want for FREE and > then make 'em feed us. OH the Buffet's... > > Tired Drunk and bloated we can make our way back to my house and wait for > Lotto results. Of course we will become millionaires but that won't change > us a bit. Except for maybe a little guilt over leaving poor Fount with the > Rib bill. Now that we own a couple private jets - where's the next stop???? > > To start the party thought I'd tell a joke: > > Colonoscopies > Physician claims these are actual comments from his patients made while he > was performing colonoscopies: > 1. "Take it easy, Doc, you're boldly going where no man has gone before." > 2. "Find Amelia Earhart yet?" > 3. "Can you hear me NOW?" > 4. "Oh boy, that was sphincterrific!" > 5. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" > 6. "You know, in Arkansas, we're now legally married." > 7. "Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?" > 8. "You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out. You do the Hokey > pokey..." > 9. "Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!" > 10."If your hand doesn't fit, you must aquit!" > 11. "Hey, Doc, let me know if you find my dignity." > 12. "You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?" > 13. "Could you write me a note for my wife, saying that my head is not, in > fact, up there?" > -------------- > Love To All, > Alma > Recipes will follow soon. > >