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"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
J Started conversation Apr 12, 2004
Back from California - land of sparkly sidewalks and falling surfers.
Satisfactory trip. 
I suspect two entries will come from this trip... hopefully.
Anyway, I shall return to my former glory on this site soon. Once the Jetlag wears out... 
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
frenchbean Posted Apr 12, 2004
What 'former glory' would that be Jodan? 
I look forward to it.... whatever form it might take!
Fb
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
J Posted Apr 12, 2004
Why, the glory that drives me to write entries and ignore little comments like that!
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Hypatia Posted Apr 12, 2004
*rolls eyes; sighs deeply*
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
h
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Hypatia Posted Apr 12, 2004
Dang! Almost forgot your veggie for the day. 
h
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
J Posted Apr 12, 2004
No fair throwing it while I'm Jetlagged.
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Hypatia Posted Apr 12, 2004
Tomatoes are extremely healthy....especially for men. They'll help you recover from jetlag.
H
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
J Posted Apr 12, 2004
I *hate* tomatoes... 
By the way, if you wonder about the title of this journal, it's because apparently people in California mistake Ohioans for Iowans all the time. It happened to me. And, by the way, happened to an Iowan.
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Terran Posted Apr 13, 2004
My Dad's cousin is a manager in a San Fransisco Restaurant. You probably didn't go in there (I didn't even go in there when I was over there last year), but I just thought I'd mention it. You didn't happen to meet anyone there by the name of Smith did you?
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
J Posted Apr 13, 2004
No, I don't think so Verc.
But I'm pretty sure I saw a cousin of Pin's.
Pier 39 has hundreds of sea lions. All barking long and loudly, just like Pin.
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Pinniped Posted Apr 13, 2004
Ahem...
For the education of the Black Sheep of the Family, I would like to point out that the Californian Sealion is not a true seal, but an otarine. These creatures are as vacuous as they are sleek. The pin-ups of the seal world, attractive in the company of a beach-ball, but otherwise severely limited.
Us phocoids (or phocids, according to some pedantic sources) may not be quite as decorative, but we are considerably more intelligent. Pinniped himself is by no means an exemplary specimen, but even he is probably capable of outsmarting a sealion, at least on one of his better days.
We accept your apology in advance, Jodan. If you would like to mitigate your shame, may we suggest that you go and say something rude to ~jwf~, whose Nova Scotian neighbours, along with various denizens of Newfoundland and Labrador, are currently engaged in the mindless slaughter of several hundred thousand of our innocent kinfolk.
Yours respectfully,
SYWM (wearing a black flipper-band)
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
J Posted Apr 13, 2004
What? No apology.
You're still related! I have a stupid relative I'd rather not be related to, but I don't go around taking apologies in advance for people mentioning him 
(When I went to Pier 39, I began wondering how I could broach the subject of seals without the result of such a comment from Pin. Didn't work)
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Pinniped Posted Apr 13, 2004
Yeth, you jutht ignore Thpeak, Jodan. He'th got no mannerth.
Did you know that Lion ith a thealion, and ith a clothe friend of Pinnipedth?
We're all pleathed you had a nithe vacation in Than Franthithco.
Ooh. Thorry. Here'th a towel... 
Orchid x
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Hypatia Posted Apr 13, 2004
I expect Pinn and Orchid woud fit in quite well in San Francisco. But I'm not so sure about SYWM. 
H
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
J Posted Apr 13, 2004
They'd be very comfortable in the bay, I'm sure...
SYMN could use some time in Alcatraz
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Hypatia Posted Apr 14, 2004
I'm sure he/she/it would find a way to escape.
Pinniped, does SYWM have a gender?
H
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Pinniped Posted Apr 14, 2004
We've always assumed he's male, though now you come to mention it, there's really no way of telling among all those rolls of flesh.
...Just joking there, Speak. Don't lie on me again, OK?
If you're feeling really masochistic, this was the big fellah's very first appearance : A654040
Pin
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
Hypatia Posted Apr 14, 2004
I did read about him. And even left a comment. He certainly is a big boy.
H
"So you're from Ohio? I've never been to Iowa..."
J Posted Apr 14, 2004
I'm not much for masochism, but I may read it anyway.
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- 3: J (Apr 12, 2004)
- 4: Hypatia (Apr 12, 2004)
- 5: Hypatia (Apr 12, 2004)
- 6: J (Apr 12, 2004)
- 7: Hypatia (Apr 12, 2004)
- 8: J (Apr 12, 2004)
- 9: Terran (Apr 13, 2004)
- 10: Hypatia (Apr 13, 2004)
- 11: J (Apr 13, 2004)
- 12: Pinniped (Apr 13, 2004)
- 13: J (Apr 13, 2004)
- 14: Pinniped (Apr 13, 2004)
- 15: Hypatia (Apr 13, 2004)
- 16: J (Apr 13, 2004)
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