I get the nasty feeling that I've been a bad influence on you, Phil old boy.
You really need to stop smelling those pine trees from up so close. It's
having a strange effect on you. And they'll never be able to prove that
whole cutting down the pine tree thing on me. Never, I tell you.
Lion who walks bow-legged now
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 9:31 PM
Subject: Mash
> Speaking of Mash, can anybody remember the Mash where Frank Burns comes up
> with a new mouse trap? He goes through this long explanation of how it
> works and it is a contraption that has an arm the comes down and taps the
> mouse on the shoulder after he sees himself in a mirror, or some crazy
> thing? Anyhow, I got to thinking about that reading Chris's explanation
of
> how he re mastered Brad's song and suddenly realized that's why I have put
> off learning how to record like that. I understood the words Chris used,
I
> just ended up totally amazed that he could remember it all. Then I
> remembered that mash show with Frank Burns making the mouse trap and
somehow
> the two things made sense and that's what scares me. It must be the
season
> or something because somehow, after having a huge family fight last night
> and loosing the argument, this is what I get for being 51 years old and
> trying to win an argument with a 21 year old, I realized it must be the
> smell of Christmas trees or something in the air. Did you hear about the
> guy they caught who, some place in the northern United States, cut the
topes
> off of pine trees so they would look like Christmas trees and shipped them
> to the East coast and sold them? He shipped 27,000 trees he cut out of a
> national forest. I could just see this guy climbing these tall pine trees
> here in the mountains of Colorado and hanging from 70 or 80 feet off the
> ground and cutting off the top 8 feet of 27,000 trees. Man, somebody
should
> hire that guy because he is a busy little beaver and can really put out
the
> work. And to think my sister said I was mentally ill two years ago and
said
> I should be put into a psych hospital. Maybe I'll start my own movement
> called CFJ and start selling necklaces and bracelets with CFJ engraved on
> them. Better yet, I could start doing Christian tattoos that have a cross
> and CFJ printed in the tattoo. Say, that is some idea I just had. I have
> an office with a separate entrance for prayer sessions here at the house.
I
> could do tattoos on the side and make a fortune. Oh, what does CFJ stand
> for? Well, you know, the WWJD What Would Jesus Do thing that was so
popular
> for awhile? CFJ is my version of it. Crazy For Jesus. Far out, man. I
> knew that LSD would catch up with me eventually and to think they said it
> would never pay off, too. It just shows to go you how people can be wrong
> even though they think they are right. Can you dig it? While I'm on the
> subject, do you know what Midwestern hip farmers say instead of far out?
> Farm out. That joke alone proves I am crazy for Jesus. I'm going to see
> that sister tomorrow, she is my oldest sister, and tell her about my new
> ministry and see if she will be the first person to sign up for a CFJ
> tattoo. She is 62 years old but I bet she joins up. I wonder if there is
a
> way I can do tattoos via email. If so, using pay pal and a collection of
> two billion spammed email addresses, I could be rich over night. Merry
> Christmas.
>
> Phil.
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