ladies, please don't think this is a rude question...I'm genuinely curious...?

Question

what the hell are you doing reading this?

It's New Years eve, for god's sake.

Yah. I know. Holidays mean nothing to me, either. Hate 'em, in fact.

Doesn't mean I haven't come to like a lot of you. Even though the only way I know you is through two numbers chopped up and reconstructed as communication in a ghastly global village that would have McLuhan spinning so fast that Gore Vidal wouldn't be able to bugger him unless he jumped out of a washer on spin-dry and timed it just right.

SO, to whomever did read this. I offer my heartfelt hope that you salvage as much happiness as is humanely possible from a creepy, scary, depressing world, that still has some magic in it. I don't want the fact that I've made a career out of looking in the wrong places a deterrent to your efforts. Honest.

Maybe that's why I try to make people laugh at it. Whatever. Meant what I said.

All the best. To all of you.

Best I can do. I know it's not much.

to atypical who is perplexed.

Neither is a bad way to be.

But whadda I know?

to sky witch

Thanks. That's all. Hey, What would I be if not alternately obnoxious and charmingly but obviously contrived sort-of pathetic. HORK.

Like your country. Not as much as New Zealand, but hey, I like both of them better than the one I'm in. Doesn't seem to be a place anywhere remote enough to suit me.

But you folks down under have a good sense of humor. Remind me to regale you with putrid tea-hut stories about the South Island or the pictures I took in Perth sometime.

chiermona

Deniis Miller! Yarf. He was my *****. He begged me to f*uck him up the butt in the hope it would make him funnier. Guess it didn't work. David Spade withdrew his application, anyway.

cattledogmum....

Hey, I feel just fine and dandy. And you ain't broke. You're not as big a jerk as I am, and that makes you richer than I'll ever be!

shivers

Hey, what can I say? You're smart, you're funny, and twisted enough to sorta seem to tolerate me.

Keep your side of the world in the best shape you can. I'm doing my best to make a mess of this half.

Live it up!

sibylle

I'm touched by your concern.

Honest. But hey, been trying to do myself in for most of my life. Don't regret a minute of that. What I regret is, well, you'll just have to make what you of what you can.

I'm sorry about your recent breakup. I know better than anybody that it's not as simple picking up and moving on as people - even people that are paid to tell you - make it out to be. It can be. Or it can't. Sometimes something dies and you just have to live without it.

Wish I could be more of a comfort. But giving up is never a good idea.

illegitimi non carborundum

datsleather

thanks for answering. Back at you, too. Would send you a sausage basket if foamy hadn't already eaten all the good stuff.

lobosito

no. don't drink anymore. Have gobbled a couple of pain pills, but hey, what can I say? They TOLD me to take them. You oughta see my leg.

I don't like these here support hose. Well. I only got one of them. But at least I didn't end up drowining under a tree in a drift like this dork that was on the lift in front of me. Ah hoo. such is life. Time for another Darvo, eh?

lobosito

no. don't drink anymore. Have gobbled a couple of pain pills, but hey, what can I say? They TOLD me to take them. You oughta see my leg.

I don't like these here support hose. Well. I only got one of them. But at least I didn't end up drowining under a tree in a drift like this dork that was on the lift in front of me. Ah hoo. such is life. Time for another Darvo, eh?

Thing 550

Weather. Woof. Now here's a real world digital contrast. Warmed up today. Got up to a whopping 9 degrees F on a-basin with a consistent 30 mph wind gusting to 75 mph. Was a HOOT.

I hate hot weather. Why I moved here. The lowest place within ten miles is nearly two miles above sea level.

I'll sleep a bit tonight and get back out tomorrow. There's nothing like it, I swear. Those crazy hippies on the nutso channel are onto something. Not kidding.

You take care of yourself, too, toots, and don't let the heat make you TOO hot.

wkrngrps47

Always keep the wind beneath yer sheets.

Have fun. Best you can do.

Bijou....

ah hell what can I say? Did you hear the one about the Greek Fisherman, The Irish Drunk, and the jewish banker....?

I hope not. It's not funny.

But I'll tell you if you ask.

stormsinger1

congratulations. Honest. Never heard it called a hahoo, but hawhooo the hell am I to juggle the jargon?

Best day of my life was watching my daughter being born. I made up the worst in the years that came after.

Mrs. Wolf

I guess I only got one shot at the balls dropping. Been making a mess ever since. Now I'm just waiting for the sun to come up on just another day and be as crazy as these bones allow.

I need all the advice I can get. I never have enough stuff that I'm not using to give away.

be good. Aw hell. Don't be. Just don't blame me for how it turns out either way.

Bingbing

I just done this to draw out the humanity I knew was in all of you.

Maybe. Yeah. I could be happier. But I've had more than anybody in his right mind could have ever hoped to have an managed to be miserable.

But the fact that there is nothing you can do doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the sentiment, nor accept it in the spirit it was offered.

Goldfish

well, it's a beautiful night here. Can't see the cars on the other side of the parking lot. Looking at another eight inches of new powder on top of a GOD KNOWS how high base. When the sun's up, I'm oughta here.

zucchini

starting to sound like a broken record. But the only thing that's 104 around here is the bottom of the coffee pot.

It's funny though. Nobody- and I mean nobody - gripes about the cold here. Winter is what everybody lives for. Even though I've had frostbite on the back of my right hand, my cheeks and the end of one ear, I'll NEVER go back to a temperate climate. Let alone a hot one.

But make the best of where you is. And the best of what is apt to be a pretty crazy year. Thanks.

dierdre...

missed your words around here a lot.
Sorry you haven't felt well.

Communication often is the double-edged sword folded in the middle so both of the sharp edges face the person who wields it. Doesn't stop people like me from holding it up to a mirror and blaming it for the bad results.

take care. Feel better. Have a good year.

laela

I know. Hard to figure, ain't it? Can't find the beauty till to wade through the ugly. Can't say I've done the best job of pulling myself out of the former.

Doesn't mean I wish the same on you.

Was the point of the message. But don't you - or anybody else - waste your time - trying to make me see the light, or see the sense in trying. For all you know, I already have, or will never be able to.

You're smart and funny and I always read what you write. And I have learned from it. Hope that means something to you. Best I can do.

Answer 1

You seem like a real asshole, kind of like me, if we had to meet in real life, i would definitely feel tempted to bust your irritating face up.

Answer 2

Happy New Year to you too!! It's almost 3 am here and I cannot sleep---I was out all night and I'm exhausted but so energized at the same time---bah! Anyways, hope the first day of the New Year is great for you (and to all the other GWS'ers)!

Answer 3

It's New Year's Day in Melbourne, Australia, and the current temp where I am is 40 C (104 F) and it is too darn hot to do anything else!! (Yes, I know there's a cool change coming, but it hasn't reached me yet!)

Happy new year to you too.

Answer 4

hahahahahahaha....hahahahah...lol...thanks for the chuckle...and more of the same to you!!

Answer 5

Same to ya bud! :)

Answer 6

It's well into New Year's day here in Australia, and it's hot, hot, hot.

Those long cold winters up north seem to make even barking lunchboxes just a little wilder.

Get some sleep, take care of yourself and see you in the New Year!

Best wishes :-)

Answer 7

did you have a drink already?

Answer 8

right back at u

Answer 9

What I want to know is, what is Dennis Miller doing trolling Yahoo Answers on NYE?

That's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

Answer 10

perplexed

Answer 11

It's new years day here in Australia and I'm still half asleep and a touch hungover(I celebrated at home because I couldn't get a baby-sitter, how sad is that?), but I've got things to check up upon, GWS is just a sideline.
Happy new year btw :D
Barking lunchbox, if you're feeling down, you can tell us you know, we won't judge you, ok?