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<p>[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 352547, member: 12965"]Wow! I thought I asked too many questions but for once, I got more than I asked for and I loved it! </p><p> </p><p>Your Comment - "I thought better of doing the famous boardinghouse reach because I figured I would get nailed." - reminded me of a old joke that goes something like this and pertains to explaining to a child why they should eat the food they put on their plate:</p><p> </p><p><i>When I was growing up, we, my mom & dad and four brother's & sisters, didn't have a lot of money and there wasn't a lot of food on the table so we always ate what we put on our plates cause it wasn't a whole lot. But one Sunday, after we had all eaten, there was one piece of chicken left and everyone was eyeballing it but no one had the nerve to go for it. Then, at that very moment, the lights went out and there was this blood curdling scream . . . . When the lights came back on, there was my little brother, who was sitting closest to the chicken platter, holding the last piece of chicken in his hand, with 6 forks sticking out of it.</i></p><p> </p><p>That's what I pictured with your boardinghouse comment.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks for taking us to the coin show with you!</p><p> </p><p>Ribbit,</p><p>Toad <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 352547, member: 12965"]Wow! I thought I asked too many questions but for once, I got more than I asked for and I loved it! Your Comment - "I thought better of doing the famous boardinghouse reach because I figured I would get nailed." - reminded me of a old joke that goes something like this and pertains to explaining to a child why they should eat the food they put on their plate: [I]When I was growing up, we, my mom & dad and four brother's & sisters, didn't have a lot of money and there wasn't a lot of food on the table so we always ate what we put on our plates cause it wasn't a whole lot. But one Sunday, after we had all eaten, there was one piece of chicken left and everyone was eyeballing it but no one had the nerve to go for it. Then, at that very moment, the lights went out and there was this blood curdling scream . . . . When the lights came back on, there was my little brother, who was sitting closest to the chicken platter, holding the last piece of chicken in his hand, with 6 forks sticking out of it.[/I] That's what I pictured with your boardinghouse comment. Thanks for taking us to the coin show with you! Ribbit, Toad :)[/QUOTE]
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