re: Tiger Tales: True Confessions, Brushes With Fame & Infamous Tiger Escapades!

Ms. Sue's Story Time:

New Orleans - 2001

I sat on a street corner in the French Quarter sketching old buildings and pedestrians. Last night on Bourbon Street I ran out of money while partying with my best friend. I awakened this morning with the realization that I needed to eat and pay for 3 more nights at the famous India House Hostel, so I decided that I would sketch the French Quarter around St. Louis Cathedral and sell my drawings to tourists for $15 - $20 per drawing. It was around noon and I had made enough money to afford two more nights at the hostel. I needed a bit more money for a third night's stay in the hostel and for food and drink. I continued to sketch.

Soon, a couple walked by and stopped for moment to look at my drawing. They liked it and forked over a $20 bill after chatting with me about my background and upbringing in the State of Missouri. The couple walked off with my sketch and disappeared into a cafe.

I gathered my sketchbook, pencils, and backpack and walked to the back of St. Louis Cathedral to take a break and enjoy a small bowl of turtle stew that I had purchased from a street vendor.

I finished the turtle soup and decided that the small cemetery located behind the cathedral was the perfect subject for a drawing. I pulled out my sketchbook and pencils and quickly put line on paper.

A short time passed. A few tourists strolled by, each smiling or nodding approval at my dedicated work. A few wanderers made smalltalk and then carried on their merry way.

The day was hot. The French Quarter was a mess of sweaty people, each looking for the next place to grab a beer or hurricane, eat a small meal, or view masterpieces in an obscure art gallery - all wishing to escape the sun.

I turned and looked down the alley toward Jackson Square and noticed two very pretty college girls walking along the cobblestones toward me. They sat down in the shade of a cemetery tree directly across the alley from myself and fanned themselves to cool down. Sweat glistened on their skin, their hair damp from humidity. They were beautiful.

I smiled at the girls and said, "Wow...it's hot!" They both smiled and immediately began to quietly talk to each other. They giggled a couple of times.

"Do you mind if I sketch you?"

The girls looked at me and one shrugged her shoulders as if she couldn't understand me. The other girl asked me something...in French. I realized that they were foreigners and I didn't speak their language, nor they mine.

I held up my sketchbook and pointed to myself. "Artist...I'm an artist."

They nodded and seemed interested.

"Can I draw you?" I pointed to the girls and then my sketchbook.

They both smiled, straightened their posture and slightly posed. The girl who a moment before attempted to speak to me in french nodded her approval. I put line to paper. The french girls quietly giggled...

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kills is killing me with the cliff hanger. New Orleans. Foreign girls. Drawings.

I'd ask ya to explain that one but I'm sure it's a matter of national security and I'd get a very redacted version.

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Bogie00

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I have so enjoyed your humor and charm on this board.

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Likewise!!

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You were Wendy keeping a watchful eye on the Lost Boys. I never quite decided on Peter Pan. But have now concluded he has to be SoCalMizz! Captain Hook was easy, none other than our own Mizzoukills! Slight plot twist: our CH has lovable alters

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Perfect analogy!!! There are several possibilities for Peter Pan, could be SoCalMizz, or zou_keeper, or MizzouSECetc..... But I'll go with your choice! And if Kills is Captain Hook, I'm going with ATX for Smee, the evil first mate. Maybe Coastie is Tiger Lily? :rotflmao:

Glad you've come out of the lingerie closet with me! We're gonna have some fun, girl!

When I was in 6th grade, my father took a year to work for the NSF in DC. Knowing we would only be there a year, we took full advantage of DC in terms of sightseeing and doing things you can only do in DC.

One weekday, my mother packed up me and my two brothers, hopped the bus at the corner to the Metro at the Pentagon and into downtown DC. We proceeded to the office buildings for Congress and had a cordial handshake meeting with the ever-accommodating statesman John Danforth. We boarded the Senate subway to head over to the Capitol. They were very small cars and I sat down across from an affable elderly man who engaged us in polite conversation. He poked me in my stomach with his cane and said,"How are you, son?" I replied I was fine and smiled sheepishly. That man was Barry Goldwater.

This has been "Brushes with Greatness" with the808bass.

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I haven't banged tom berringer or had a run in with mexican drug lords but I have hang-over-puked in the pentagon next to Rumsfeld while he was taking piss. He got a kick out of it. No more corona's, ever again.

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Was Rumsfeld an innocent bystander or part of the over indulgence?

Never did I use any form of the verb "to bang" in my story regarding Tom (Moore) Berenger! ....SolCal, Mizzeaux and SM2 tales had tail revealed.....not mine!

I am also wondering if your conclusion regarding Filipino women and body hair was a result of a legitimate scientific study? Some chicks will use wax anywhere.

Semo,

I like your choice of fans for the characters of Smee and Tiger Lily. I also considered zoo_keeper and Mizzeaux for Peter Pan, before ultimately selecting SolCal. I think SM2 is perfect for the part of the crocodile. I am taking liberties with the storyline, because our crocodile isn't out to get Captain Hook, but instead targets miscreants on the SecRant board. Can't you just hear him going "tick tock?"

I really like your idea of creating avi and sig pic to designate your persona of Wendy in Never Land. Would love to see that!

I have to catch up on reading the last three pages of this thread. I am exhausted from trip and need to get some sleep. My problem is when I read these "tiger tales," I get the urge to respond. So it is detrimental to my rest. (What happened to the laughing emoticon? I need to express the stage before falling on floor with laughter....as I am too tired to go that extreme.) Imagine a laughing face emoticon here. :)

Killz will finish his N'awlins French Quarter story soon. I know everyone is patiently waiting...

Sincerely from Beyond the Grave,

ZouAnimal

As the infamous Captain Hook, here are some of my best lines (From what I can remember. My days as a pirate were long long ago):

"No, child, Your mother wants to read to you every night in order to stupefy to sleep, so that she and daddy could sit down for three measly minutes without you. And you mindless, inexhaustible, unstoppable, repetitive, and nagging demands: He took my toy! She hit my bear! I want a potty! I want a cookie! I want to stay up! I want, I want, I want, me, me, me, me, mine, mine, mine, mine, now, now, now, now!"

"Can't you understand, child? They tell you stories to shut you up."

This message goes out to all you conscientious Mizzou fans who are doing your part to keep America strong!

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If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today! If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you would have $33.00 today. If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you would have $0.00 today. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for the recycling refund, you would have received $214.00. Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily &recycle. It is called the 401-Keg. And, as a bonus... A recent study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that, on average, Americans drink 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means that the average American gets about 41 miles to the gallon! Makes you damned proud to be an American!

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The rest of the story?

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Killz will finish his N'awlins French Quarter story soon. I know everyone is patiently waiting... Sincerely from Beyond the Grave, ZouAnimal

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