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Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'
-    Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007

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#26 2005-02-21 22:31:00

FlutePicc
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From: Canada
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Posts: 16570

Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

I had a ton of my little ponies growing up.  Still might have a few that were my favourites in the depths of my closet, actually.

And the my little ponies I had never had magnetic feet.  Just big chunks of moulded plastic.  Magnetic feet would have been really cool... opens up a whole new world of possibilities!  Ponies on the fridge, on door frames, the car...

 

#27 2005-02-22 06:56:00

West
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

Only one of their feet is magnetic.  At least my daughters' have only one magnetic foot.  They think it's really neat that their ponies leave footprints on their various magnetic doodle pads.


That's 'cause every one here is just more than contented to be livin' and dyin' in 3/4 time

 

#28 2005-02-22 11:56:00

Talinthas
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From: ryugasaki, ibaraki, Japan
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

i always loved magnetic doodle pads, because i loved the zen-like feel of watching the little iron shavings rise up to stick to the stylus.  i could literally sit there for hours just making abstract designs and listening to the gentle rustle of moving fragments.

 

#29 2005-02-22 18:03:00

hintgiver
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

DEVO wrote:

I didn't even realize My little ponies was still around.  I thought that had died by the mid-eighties...

A lot of toys and shows from the eighties are coming back, My little ponies, Jem and the Holograms, Carebears, Strawberry Shortcake, etc. Children of the 80's are now parents and get a sense of nostalgia when they can buy for their kids the toys they played with when they were little.

What kind of action figures / dolls would we make? Funderling action figures / dolls would probably rake in the cash.


"Good things take time, wonderful things take even longer" ~Edward Grinewich

 

#30 2005-02-22 18:27:00

Marian
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

Wow, I actually want to go back to work now to see if I can make the My Little Pony stick to something. Yes, boys have them, too.

(It was kind of by accident, but the books weren't. And I have to read "Pinkie Pie's Big Surprise" or whatever far too often. :) )

 

#31 2005-02-23 11:08:00

Tad
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

Those readers who don't know Marian's doing childcare may have trouble parsing that last post.

-I- knew, and I still had a few scary moments.

Hiya, Marian.  Miss ya.  Hope life is good at the moment.


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#32 2005-02-23 11:14:00

Stuart
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

Even with that helpful hint, I'm lost entirely.


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#33 2005-02-23 11:27:00

Jim
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

Tad wrote:

Those readers who don't know Marian's doing childcare may have trouble parsing that last post.

-I- knew, and I still had a few scary moments.

Man that clears things up a bit.  I was amused by thoughts of Marian sticking ponies to the company fridge - or scaring the bejeezus out of someone by placing a magnetic hoof over someones harddrive... and was starting to get ideas of my own....

 

#34 2005-02-23 15:28:00

crissy
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Posts: 262

Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

I'm with Stuart.  Completly lost.  Boys have them too?  Have what?  What books?  Oh well.


Dog and Cat: The proper order is kiss me, then go lick yourself. I
cannot stress this enough.

 

#35 2005-02-23 15:36:00

jaded
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

seems to me she's nannying a boy, who has my little ponies (not just girls have them).  seems like him having the actual toys came about accidentally, but him having mlp books was not so accidental.  *shrug*  just my take on it...

 

#36 2005-02-23 21:36:00

crissy
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

ahhhh. . . I see.


Dog and Cat: The proper order is kiss me, then go lick yourself. I
cannot stress this enough.

 

#37 2005-02-24 12:25:00

Marian
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

*giggles* Sorry, guys, didn't mean to cause so much confusion.

So, yes, I watch boys for a vocation, and they ended up with one of their cousin's ponies by accident. Now they have two, though, so they also seem to multiply just as scarily for boys.

And hi Taddums! Miss you, too. I am very lazy online these days. (Even my LJ friends think so, so I'm not just a traitor, promise. :) )

Things are good. I can speak Italian fairly well now, so now you and I can speak in code and no one else will know! Except Italians. And people who speak Italian. But other than that...

 

#38 2005-02-25 02:08:00

rimses
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From: Uqbar
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

ciao, Marian!

*edited because of insufficient italian spelling*

[ February 25, 2005: Message edited by: rms ]

 

#39 2005-02-25 10:09:00

Sahi
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

*waves at Marian*

Yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#40 2005-02-25 12:48:00

Talinthas
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From: ryugasaki, ibaraki, Japan
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

heh.  italian's actually pretty easy to read, if you're familiar with pretty much any other romance or sanskrit based language =)

 

#41 2005-02-25 16:29:00

Tad
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

I was going to type a long summary of all the fascinating things going on around here, but 1) there aren't any, and 2) I'm icing my elbow and it hurts like the dickens (have to do it after basketball) and so I'll be back later.

Don't break anything expensive.


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#42 2005-02-26 02:33:00

Talinthas
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From: ryugasaki, ibaraki, Japan
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

we should hang out, tad, and listen to otherlands in german.  it will at least give you something to talk about when you try to describe the rarefied essence of hyperactivity =)

 

#43 2005-02-26 12:19:00

bumadax
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

OOgaboogabouck.


smile at people

 

#44 2005-02-27 06:22:00

Gigi
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Posts: 4214

Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

Tad, I think it's time for you to make a preemptive strike on your after-basketball pain.  You know, like get some of those Ben Gay patches and slap them onto your knees and elbows.

And maybe down half a bottle of Tylenol.

Heck, maybe you should just wear the ice pack while you play :)


Giggling Lady of Doom

 

#45 2005-02-27 11:27:00

Tad
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

Or wear a diving wet-suit entirely full of cortisone.


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#46 2005-02-27 19:35:00

Susan Queen of the Univ
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

joey (10) and ellie (6) and my husband are riding an elevator in a hotel.
ellie:  what does ph mean?
rob: ph?
ellie:  here where all the buttons are.  all the other ones have numbers.  l is for lobby. what's ph?
rob: well, what do you think it means.
joey:  i know!!  i know!! it's the top floor of the hotel, right?
rob:  yes
joey: i think it means 'pretty high'.
ellie: oh joey!! you're so smart!!


Give me a pair of red pumps, and I can conquer the world.

 

#47 2005-02-28 12:23:00

Stuart
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From: Yorkshire
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

I can remember when I used to play squash about 3 times a week and went to the quack with tennis elbow, the injection was far more painful than the ailment so I stopped playing.  Now I get golf elbow, just a sign of my age.


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#48 2005-02-28 13:11:00

Sahi
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

So what is ph? We only have numbers here.

Yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#49 2005-02-28 13:59:00

Firsfron of Ronchester
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

Sahi wrote:

So what is ph? We only have numbers here.

Yalahii.

My guess: penthouse.

 

#50 2005-02-28 17:41:00

Tad
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Posts: 6981
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Re: DOGBLOG: Valley of the Cute Pink Ponies

"Phar as this elevator goes."


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

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