Kindle Forum banner

CAPS-LOCK WEDNESDAY: FLYING EDITION

2K views 35 replies 17 participants last post by  Betsy the Quilter 
#1 ·
THIS WEEK'S CAPS-LOCK EDITION IS DEDICATED TO FLYING BECAUSE MY KID HAS A DOUBLE EAR INFECTION AND I'LL BE STUCK HOME ALL WEEK. SO ENTERTAIN ME!

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO FLY? NATURAL WINGS? PRIVATE JET WITH BEDROOM FOR BOOM CHICKA WOW WOW TIME? JETPACK?

IF YOU COULD FLY VIA THIS METHOD, WHERE WOULD YOU AND WOULD YOU HAVE TO DODGE ANY DANGERS ALONG THE WAY?


---
THIS WEEK'S SNACK IS ZUCCHINI BROWNIES WITH A DARK CHOCOLATE GANACHE FROSTING. IT'S NOT AS HEALTHY AS IT SOUNDS AND IT'S FAR TASTIER THAN THE INCLUSION OF VEGETABLES WOULD IMPLY.
 
#3 ·
NOTHING TO DO WITH FLYING, BUT I'M SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT MINI-DIEM'S DOUBLE EAR INFECTION. I USED TO GET THEM WHEN I WAS A CHILD, AND IT'S NO FUN AT ALL.

ALSO, THANKS FOR THE SNACKS!

P.S. I'VE WANTED TO FLY ON A BROOMSTICK EVER SINCE I SAW THE WIZARD OF OZ FOR THE FIRST TIME. I THINK I WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS OLD. MAN, WHEN THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST JUMPED ON THAT BROOMSTICK AND FLEW AWAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE COOLEST THING I EVER SAW.
 
#9 ·
Colin said:
SPLINTERS!
V.P. said:
YOU REALLY THINK SO? IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE HARRY POTTER KIDS.
(OH, WAIT A MINUTE - THEY HAD SPECIAL MODERN UPDATED BROOMSTICKS, DIDN'T THEY? NOT SURE I COULD AFFORD ONE OF THOSE!)
OH, OW. LET'S CROSS A BROOMSTICK OFF MY LIST OF THINGS TO FLY ON. I DEFINITELY CAN'T AFFORD A HARRY POTTER-STYLE BROOM. :) IT'S ON THE LIST OF POSSIBLES FOR BRAVER SOULS OR THOSE WITH KEVLAR PANTS.

KEEP THOSE ANSWERS COMING.

V.P. said:
NOTHING TO DO WITH FLYING, BUT I'M SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT MINI-DIEM'S DOUBLE EAR INFECTION. I USED TO GET THEM WHEN I WAS A CHILD, AND IT'S NO FUN AT ALL.
...
THANKS. WE HAD A HIGH FEVER SCARE BUT THE ER DOCS GOT IT SORTED AND MINI DIEM SEEMS TO BE RESPONDING TO MEDS NOW SO IT SHOULD ALL BE OK. MINI-DIEM IS IN GOOD SPIRITS TODAY AND SAYS PAIN GONE/REDUCED.

evdarcy said:
I WANT WONDER WOMAN'S INVISIBLE JET! BUGGERS WON'T SEE ME COMING... WAIT IT TURNS ME INVISIBLE TOO RIGHT?
IT DIDN'T TURN WONDER WOMAN INVISIBLE BUT MAYBE THAT'S JUST A SETTING. MAKE SURE YOU'RE WEARING CLEAN UNDERWEAR JUST IN CASE.

Dpock said:
INTOXICATED.
CONGRATS! YOU MADE ME LOSE MY BET WITH MYSELF. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THREE POSTS BEFORE SOMEONE MADE THIS JOKE, BUT IT WAS FOUR. :)

Sapphire said:
I'VE OFTEN SAID I'D BUY A NET-JETS SHARE IF I WON THE LOTTERY.
NOW PASS THE BROWNIES. :p
(EDITED BECAUSE I FORGOT TO HIT THE CAPS LOCK KEY)
CAPS LOCK KEY IS A SACRED PART OF CAPS LOCK WEDNESDAY, AND STRICTLY ENFORCED BY THE MODS, SO GOOD THING YOU FIXED IT.

BROWNIES FOR EVERYONE!
 
#13 ·
I CAN NEVER REMEMBER WHAT ZUCHINI IS AMERICAN FOR, BUT I ALWAYS REMEMBER MY FIRST ENCOUNTER OF THE WORD IN A FAR SIDE CARTOON WHERE JENNY JENNY LIKES ZUCHINI TESTIFIED FOR OR AGAINST HER BORTHER WITH A SIMILAR TYPE OF NAME. NOT A FAR SIDE CLASSIC, BUT I ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ZUCHINI (ALTHOUGH NOT WHAT ZUCHINI IS).

THE BEST WAY TO FLY IS TO JUMP AND FORGET TO LAND. 
 
#17 ·
Mercia McMahon said:
I CAN NEVER REMEMBER WHAT ZUCHINI IS AMERICAN FOR, BUT I ALWAYS REMEMBER MY FIRST ENCOUNTER OF THE WORD IN A FAR SIDE CARTOON WHERE JENNY JENNY LIKES ZUCHINI TESTIFIED FOR OR AGAINST HER BORTHER WITH A SIMILAR TYPE OF NAME. NOT A FAR SIDE CLASSIC, BUT I ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ZUCHINI (ALTHOUGH NOT WHAT ZUCHINI IS).

THE BEST WAY TO FLY IS TO JUMP AND FORGET TO LAND.
I THINK IT'S CALLED A COURGETTE ELSEWHERE? GREEN SUMMER SQUASH THAT CAN GET UP TO A METER LONG. VERY MILD FLAVOR.

NOT THE DEVIL, THAT'S BROCCOLI. OR MAYBE ARUGULA, WHICH IS AT LEAST FUN TO SAY.
 
#20 ·
evdarcy said:
I WANT WONDER WOMAN'S INVISIBLE JET! BUGGERS WON'T SEE ME COMING... WAIT IT TURNS ME INVISIBLE TOO RIGHT?
OKAY, I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT THE BROOMSTICK. IF EVDARCY GETS WONDER WOMAN'S INVISIBLE JET, THEN I WANT THE BATPLANE!

(COME TO THINK OF IT, I'M GOING TO ASK BRUCE WAYNE TO THROW IN THE BATMOBILE AS WELL. IT'S NOT LIKE HE DOESN'T HAVE PLENTY OF THEM TO SPARE. LET'S SEE, THERE'S THE COMIC BOOK VERSION, THE 1960'S TV SHOW VERSION, THE MICHAEL KEATON MOVIE EDITIONS, AND ALL THE BATMOBILES FROM ALL THE OTHER MOVIES MADE SINCE THEN. I'M FIGURING THAT THE BATCAVE MUST BE GETTING PRETTY CROWDED BY NOW. IN FACT, BRUCE WAYNE WILL PROBABLY HEAVE A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN I OFFER TO TAKE ONE OF THEM OFF HIS HANDS...)
 
#21 ·
BATMAN'S PLANE IN THE DARK KNIGHT RISES.

KDIEM, THE SNACK SOUNDS WONDERFUL, ALTHOUGH I CANNOT INDULGE. MADE ME THINK OF THE YUMMY CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD MY MOM MADE. OUR GARDEN PRODUCED A TON OF ZUCCHINI SO YOU HAVE TO FIND THINGS TO DO WITH IT. I HOPE YOUR LITTLE DIEM IS FEELING BETTER. EAR INFECTIONS ARE AWFUL.

AT MAMA STORTINI'S HERE IN SEATTLE, THEY SERVE HOMEMADE PARMESAN ZUCCHINI STICKS. YUMMITY YUMMERS.

OOPS, THIS THREAD IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT FLYING?  :p
 
#23 ·
Jeff Tanyard said:
DON'T BE SAD, JEFF. I BELIEVE YOU CAN FLY AND YOU'RE NOT A LIZARD PERSON UNLESS YOU THINK THAT'S COOL.

HERE, HAVE ANOTHER BROWNIE.

V.P. said:
OKAY, I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT THE BROOMSTICK. IF EVDARCY GETS WONDER WOMAN'S INVISIBLE JET, THEN I WANT THE BATPLANE!

(COME TO THINK OF IT, I'M GOING TO ASK BRUCE WAYNE TO THROW IN THE BATMOBILE AS WELL. IT'S NOT LIKE HE DOESN'T HAVE PLENTY OF THEM TO SPARE. LET'S SEE, THERE'S THE COMIC BOOK VERSION, THE 1960'S TV SHOW VERSION, THE MICHAEL KEATON MOVIE EDITIONS, AND ALL THE BATMOBILES FROM ALL THE OTHER MOVIES MADE SINCE THEN. I'M FIGURING THAT THE BATCAVE MUST BE GETTING PRETTY CROWDED BY NOW. IN FACT, BRUCE WAYNE WILL PROBABLY HEAVE A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN I OFFER TO TAKE ONE OF THEM OFF HIS HANDS...)
DIDN'T THE BATMOBILE TURN INTO SOME KIND OF FLYING PLANE-CAR? OR WAS THAT JUST THE BAT-MOTORCYCLE?
 
#25 ·
V.P. said:
I THINK AT LEAST ONE VERSION OF THE BATMOBILE COULD FLY, BIT IT WASN'T AS COOL AS THE BATWING. :)
I'M NOT CERTAIN "COOL" DESCRIBES DARKWING, BUT OK. THEME SONG'S A LITTLE CATCHY.


DISCLAIMER: DARKWING DUCK IS TOTALLY DISNEY'S PROPERTY, NOT MINE.

EDITED TO FIX BROKEN LINK.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top