RM95 -- Bring Ed back, baby!!! I can't believe that show could go off the air!! that bums me out they would even consider that! Manny -- what a nice thing to say...thank you so much.
You guys know me...could I be born on a less appropriate day? WORKERS UNITE!!! (...and get back to work, you slackers!) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64719-2003May1.html World Marks May Day, Violence Flares in Berlin By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - German riot police clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in Berlin and violence was expected in other European capitals at rallies marking the May Day holiday Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of workers and protesters took part in largely peaceful May Day rallies round the world, though scuffles were reported and some demonstrations on the public holiday included criticism of the U.S.-led war on Iraq. Authorities in London, Berlin and some other capitals were ready for disturbances after past protests turned violent. Berlin police were out in force, with some 7,500 on city streets braced for battles with anarchists after 27 police officers and an unknown number of assailants and bystanders were injured in three hours of clashes overnight. "It's quiet right now, but it's possible there will be further violence," said Berlin police spokesman Ralph Gizinski. The violence erupted without warning toward the end of a peaceful protest by about 4,000 people in the Mauerpark, in the Prenzlauer Berg district where the Berlin Wall stood. A group of 200 anarchists hurled bottles and rocks and shot fireworks at police, who charged the group, arresting 97 of them. Violence in the area lasted three hours, with street barricades set ablaze and some shop windows smashed. The German capital has been marred by May Day clashes between anarchists and police every year since 1987. Last year rampaging youths caused extensive damage, setting luxury cars and bus shelters on fire.
A conservative lawyer who digs Ben Folds Five? How great is that! Sounds just like me...except that lawyer part. Anyways, Happy B-day MM!
Happy Birthday Max! And remember, it is not the amount of exclamation points you use, but whether you have enough hot air to blow out all your candles.
So here's the thing... Gandhi was once a lawyer. And he was cured. I still hold out hope for you, MM. On this birthday of yours, in honor of your parents procreating, and to congratulate you on surviving this long, I went out and tried to drum up some business for you....walked behind cars pulling out of parking lots...ordered lots and lots of McDonald's coffee, even though Idon't drink coffee...looked for bottles of Coke with suspicious things floating around inside, and then chugged them...broke and entered into people's property who didn't have adequate safety measures, like short fences surrounding pools, or inproper lighting above stairs...went up to several large men and yelled "Latet in herba est!" into their startled faces...trailed around behind the mop-up boys in a few grocery stores, waiting for a wet spot on the floor...looked for any bottles of medicine whose safety seal looked a little dubious, and immediately knocked the entire contents back...put bacon in my pockets and went whistling past the owners of less than tranquil dogs... And I am sorry to say, I came up empty. Zilch...nada...well , aside from a few bruises, a caffein high that'll keep me awake until I'm retirement age, the odd pending criminal charge, a new and persistent 'girlfriend' named Irving, a ban from all the local grocers for suspicion of making advances to their young male staff and shoplifting birth control pills, a really weird feeling in my stomach, a mysterious rash, and pants that look like linguini that is... So the question I have for you is this...With all the mental and physical hardship suffered on your behalf, can I sue you? Joking...except about the rash...Have a great day, bud. Happy Birthday. Oh, and Iwanted to tell a lawyer joke, but it's better in person. So many of my lawyer friends feel the compulsion to pretend that they actually like lawyer jokes that it's amusing to push their bluff to the breaking point, but I'd have no visual with you, so I'll skip it. And yes, I made this long on purpose...I know how you hate my usual brevity...
Geez, MadMax... 29 and a lawyer. (sigh) Now, if you were only a Democrat! (j/k!... sort of ) Have a terrific birthday!
again, guys...thanks! i really appreciate it macbeth -- please keep that rash to yourself...and remember, there is no one who thinks less of lawyers than i do!
a not-so-subtle reminder that there had better be a Happy B-Day FF thread in about a weeks' time, or there'll be hell to pay...
