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**arr&bee** · 09-30-2014, 06:14 PM

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa,my man west you tryin to out hustle the man who put the[hust]in the word?good luck with that,now about that flat..you in?

**westgrandboulevard** · 09-30-2014, 06:16 PM

I'm not paying out until someone's paying in.

**arr&bee** · 09-30-2014, 06:24 PM

West someone is gonna payin,i never pay out it's a gift,hehehe.

**westgrandboulevard** · 09-30-2014, 06:33 PM

You could be waiting a long time, Arr&bee. I just know it. [[It's a gift....)

**arr&bee** · 09-30-2014, 07:08 PM

West,west i tell ya what,as a sign of good faith i'm gonna send you an almost genuine imitation forged copy of the magna carta,signed by magna himself.

**arr&bee** · 09-30-2014, 07:39 PM

Where did he go???oh i forgot they go to bed early across the pond,catch em in the morning.

**moe** · 09-30-2014, 08:18 PM

You better watch, R& B: Sal & Rocco are close!!!!

**arr&bee** · 10-01-2014, 12:40 AM

Haaaaaaaaaaa,sal and rocco are two of my best croo..opps-err-ahem-hehe..cronies.

**144man** · 10-01-2014, 07:18 AM

The last few people sal and rocco met are still on crutches.

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-01-2014, 01:46 PM

That's because Sal and Rocco do voluntary work at a nursing home. [[they're good boys to their mothers).

Sal & Rocco are growing older themselves. They rely on zimmers, so their days of making a quick getaway are long gone.

**144man** · 10-01-2014, 04:37 PM

However, the doctor says their last vict-, er clients may one day walk again unaided.

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-01-2014, 05:52 PM

...who, with their last living breaths, will dance on the graves of Sal & Rocco.

**moe** · 10-01-2014, 08:31 PM

Doubt it!!! Sal & Rocco are better dancers!!

**arr&bee** · 10-02-2014, 12:38 AM

Look sal an rocco are good guys,why i remember a little job they did for me once i mean the old lady should've paid for that walker in cash...[don't be sending me no checks]she was warned.

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-02-2014, 02:50 AM

When you're 90, a 'Chinese Burn' is especially painful.

**144man** · 10-02-2014, 12:58 PM

Jai, does your copy of the Magna Carta have a royal seal on it?

**arr&bee** · 10-02-2014, 04:27 PM

Royal seal???[gulp-err-ahem-hehe]umm yeah i can get one on it for ya.

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-03-2014, 03:53 AM

We'd have to throw a fish at the type of seal you'd get for us.....

**144man** · 10-03-2014, 07:15 AM

Westgrandboulevard never could resist a good feed line!

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-03-2014, 07:33 AM

A piranha, in stage makeup.....

**144man** · 10-03-2014, 07:42 AM

Indentured, no less.

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-03-2014, 08:14 AM

Eeeee, bah gum....

[[I bet that doesn't translate too well in the USA....)

**moe** · 10-03-2014, 08:18 PM

Not for a second!

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-04-2014, 05:26 AM

It's an old Yorkshire exclamation.....

**moe** · 10-04-2014, 07:56 AM

Here's a better one: Happy Birthday 144man!!!

**arr&bee** · 10-04-2014, 11:52 AM

Today your birthday?man i gotta let you in on this thing just in...the original almost used second handed hand me down hat worn by johnny appleseed when he was planting all those seedsand because it's your special day i'm gonna give em to ya at only...999%above factory invoice-plus shipping and handling[aww now don't go getting all misty eyed].

**144man** · 10-04-2014, 01:52 PM

Thanks for your good wishes , moe.

Arr&bee, I'm afraid I'll have to refuse your kind offer as I've never heard of Johnny Appleseed.

**arr&bee** · 10-04-2014, 02:22 PM

Ok history lesson johnny app;eseed was a guy who went around planting appleseeds way back in the day..[there are those who say he never existed]but don't listen to them,listen to me and get this rare find....only 150,000% above factory invoice.

**moe** · 10-04-2014, 04:13 PM

PT Barnum, westgrand and 144man?

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-04-2014, 04:49 PM

Indeed!...very Barnum & Bailey, Moe....

[[I made some shortbread for 144man's birthday. Would you like one.....?)

**144man** · 10-04-2014, 06:58 PM

I don't understand the tins of shortbread assortments. There are different shapes, but they all taste the same. Am I missing something?

**moe** · 10-04-2014, 09:48 PM

Front and center westgrand!!!

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-05-2014, 05:14 AM

I think the different shapes were made at different times in history, perhaps for different purposes.

I make my shortbread, with additional semolina, in 'petticoat tails' [[a large circle, divided into segments, and originally designed to be eaten with wine) but there are also 'shortbread fingers' [[slightly daintier to eat and display, but am unsure if there is actually less or more shortbread than in the petticoat tails), and the small, shortbread 'rounds'.

Shortbread can be easily made in other shapes, for special occasions such as Christmas.
I expect it could be made in a capital 'M' for Motown, or Moe.....

A variation of it is Caramel Shortbread, with three layers - first the original shortbread, then caramel and, on top, milk chocolate [[sometimes called 'Millionaire's Shortbread')

I have yet to encounter a Low-Fat, or Low-Calorie Shortbread....

**arr&bee** · 10-06-2014, 12:36 AM

Shortbread,tallbread it's all dough to me.

**moe** · 10-06-2014, 07:39 PM

But mighty tasty!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-07-2014, 04:20 AM

Is it readily available where you are, Moe?

If so, I guess it's made over there, or is it imported?

**moe** · 10-07-2014, 05:40 AM

A coffee shop near my house makes it fresh on occasion. I don't think it holds a candle to anything from your neck of the woods. So imported it is!!!!!

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-07-2014, 05:53 AM

Really? I sniff a market opportunity.....

How about ' Hotsville : the little kitchen on West Grand Boulevard' - ?

**arr&bee** · 10-07-2014, 06:49 PM

Hey that's good,you guys fill up on shortbread and then get over here and buy these wonderful products...bon appitete.

**moe** · 10-07-2014, 07:42 PM

That little kitchen on West Grand Boulevard can make shortbread & the shortbread can make a tidy sum for you..............
No need for your stuff, R&B!

**arr&bee** · 10-08-2014, 12:52 AM

MOE SURELY YOU JEST,I GOT BARGAINS GALORE...[just go down to the dark end of the street and wait til dark].

**moe** · 10-08-2014, 05:34 AM

For what, R&B?

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-08-2014, 06:13 AM

I'm familiar with Crime Prevention, but this sounds more like Crime Encouragement.

**arr&bee** · 10-09-2014, 12:45 AM

West stop trying to frighten moe she can handle herself,now moe do you have a fake beard and dark shades..good you're all set,now just look for the lady with the tattoo on her forehead that reads..bargains over here.

**144man** · 10-09-2014, 11:48 AM

I've just started on statins. How much more shortbread am I able to eat now?

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-09-2014, 02:53 PM

In that case, there is no overdose, as long as you just keep taking the medication.

**arr&bee** · 10-09-2014, 06:08 PM

Hey west,you a doctor now???hehehe...144man you don't need no meds just a sip of this wonderful elixur and all your aches will melt away...literally.

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-09-2014, 06:29 PM

I'm a qualified practitioner of temperamentalism and sentimentalism.

Plus, I'm a good cook and too totalled to be completely tee total.

**arr&bee** · 10-09-2014, 06:32 PM

Too many big words,you english like big words,we americans are lazy and like small words...temperamentalism???

**westgrandboulevard** · 10-09-2014, 06:39 PM

We invented English. You Americans were pleased to learn it, and then altered it.

Temperamentalism is a behavioural disorder. 10% temper, 90% mental. A high percentage of drivers are afflicted by it.