Ha ha it is to laugh... I can threaten you back with Poutine :-)
At 09:30 AM 3/20/03 -0500, you wrote: >So, now that you're on a low-whatever diet, do we have to threaten you with >muffins laced with I Can't Believe It's Not Arsenic? > > >-- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > >: -----Original Message----- >: From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:44 PM >: To: CF-Community >: Subject: Re: History of the Muffins ... VERY LONG >: >: >: Dearest Eri*K*a with a K in the UK with Philip with one L, >: >: Oh, how wonderful !! >: How absotively, posilutely delicious that you posted this !! >: Almost cannot stop laughing. >: OMG, did I *really* invent the lacquered muffin ?!? >: Has it really been _two years_ ?? >: <strains of "Thanks for the Memories"> >: >: gotta admit, though, some of them were crumby, half-baked puns! >: ;-) >: >: -Benny >: Only a little change - here, dear, have a fresh blueberry bran Zen muffin, >: with gobs of TakeControl margarine! >: :-) >: >: >: >: At 11:43 PM 3/19/03 +0000, you wrote: >: >OK. >: >Here it is. >: >Once and for all. >: > >: >The History of the Muffins ... >: > >: >Once upon a time, I posted this to the list: >: >http://www.developer.be/paste/DspPaste.cfm?id=944 >: > >: >Then Gel posted this in reply: >: > >: >>>| From: Angél Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 >: >>>| >: >>>| Thank you. >: >>>| Now I can't eat my blueberry muffins. >: >>>| *sigh* >: > >: >Then someone said they didn't eat muffins or bread ... Carbs and all >: >that, blah, blah, blah ... >: > >: >So then Gel posted this: >: > >: >>>| From: Angél Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 >: >>>| >: >>>| I am slim,trim,and too sexy for carbs to have an effect on >: >>>| me. *runs fingers through hair* *puffs out chest* >: >>>| >: >>>| I can eat whatever I want: >: >>>| a cheesecake a week and muffins in the morning; >: >>>| and I don't put on a pound =) >: >>>| >: >>>| It always gets women quite annoyed when I announce this, >: >>>| and worse yet when they find it to be true. ^_^ >: >>>| >: >>>| *still looking at the muffins and imagining them laced with >: >>>| arsenic* *sulks at Erika* *munches on an individually >: >>>| wrapped snickers instead* >: > >: >Then somewhere down the road Gel posts this: >: > >: >>>| From: Angél Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 3:02 PM >: >>>| Subject: RE: The sitaution with the p3 Orion in China >: >>>| >: >>>| You were a SPY!!?? >: >>>| AND WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU DONE!?? >: >>>| >: >>>| *pokes him in the tummy with a pink haired TROLL doll* >: >>>| >: >>>| OUT with IT! >: >>>| >: >>>| We have ways to make you talk! >: >>>| *eyes Erika with the arsenic and a fresh muffin* >: >>>| >: >>>| Fraulein Erika! Bring out the Muffins! >: >>>| Our dear Chris is....huuuungrrryyyyy.. >: >>>| >: >>>| *adjusts his pink frilly skirt* >: >>>| >: >>>| Why are you looking at my pink frilly skirt like that? >: >>>| Did you not hear the women on the list want to unite? >: >>>| So Fine..we will all be women now until they calm down... >: > >: > >: >Then our favorite Kevin Gilchrist posted this: >: > >: >>>| From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 9:15 AM >: >>>| >: >>>| My vision is swimming with pink tutu wearing muffins. >: >>>| >: >>>| **Been eating too many of the wrong kind of muffins....** >: > >: > >: >Then this the next day: ... >: > >: >>>| From: Angél Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 2:57 PM >: >>>| Subject: gosh why didn't I stay home today.. >: >>>| >: >>>| *streeeetches* >: >>>| >: >>>| *looks about* >: >>>| >: >>>| Its one of those lulls-between-projects days you know? >: >>>| >: >>>| *rests chin on desk* >: >>>| *looks at muffin crumbs* >: >>>| >: >>>| I really should wipe this thing off... >: > >: > >: >AND here is the first mention of laquered muffins ... Made by none other >: >than our very own master punmeister ... Benny! >: > >: >>>| -----Original Message----- >: >>>| From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 11:56 PM >: >>>| Subject: Cowboy and Lesbian >: >>>| >: >>>| (before you start throwing lacquered muffins or anything, I >: >>>| ASKED FIRST <grin>) >: >>>| >: >>>| So, this cowboy is sitting in a bar.... >: > >: >... And insert any inappropriately funny joke here ... >: > >: > >: >Then Michael Smith was up late one night and here's the first documented >: >evidence of me trying to pass a muffin to someone, .... >: > >: >>>| From: Erika L Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 5:38 AM >: >>>| Subject: RE: Women of ColdFusion Unite >: >>>| >: >>>| Mike, You are going to be too exhausted to do your >: >>>| presentations on Saturday!! >: >>>| >: >>>| Shouldn't you be sleeping! <<< here's some of the muffin >: >>>| from Gel... >>>>> >: >>>| >: >>>| <<< ooo wait...that's the arsenic one....>>> >: > >: > >: >And here's evidence of President Todd joining in the muffin fun ... >: > >: >>>| From: Todd Ashworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 5:18 AM >: >>>| Subject: Re: www.cfbabes.com & www.cf-community.com >: >>>| >: >>>| Unlike you, I certify that whatever I do with >: >>>| cfsourcecode.com will be Gel picture free, unless he is a >: >>>| hot people magnet and would tend to draw tonnes of visitors by >: >showing off >: >>>| his sugar glazed muffins ;) >: > >: > >: >And lo and behold there's the infamous Dances-with-horsies post by Gel. >: >Forgot all about that one.: >: > >: >>>| From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 4:15 PM >: >>>| Subject: RE: CS vs BFA >: >>>| >: >>>| So when will be able to visualise a photo of you, Miss >: >>>| Dances-With-Horsies-For-Ten-Years ? >: > >: > >: >So the some time later I post the Froggie Loan joke and Gel tells me to >: >go play with the Horsies .... So Python was born ... >: > >: >>>| From: Erika L Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 5:35 PM >: >>>| Subject: RE: Give the frog a loan and an Easter Egg >: >>>| >: >>>| ** galloping in on her trusty steed, Python....trying to >: >>>| run Gel over ***** >: >>>| >: >>>| "No, don't bite Gel, Python, he can't help it, he just >: >>>| doesn't have a good sense of humor! Maybe if he gives you >: >>>| an apple, we'll forgive him.." >: > >: > >: >And Ben became the second person to receive the Python threat ... >: > >: >>>| From: Erika L Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 3:49 AM >: >>>| Subject: RE: Give the frog a loan >: >>>| >: >>>| LOL..... *** Thinking about letting Python loose on Ben now.... **** >: > >: > >: >The very first post offering a muffin to a newcomer/lurker ... >: > >: >>>| From: Erika L Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 6:26 AM >: >>>| Subject: RE: Math, and books and such >: >>>| >: >>>| !!!** A LURKER !!! **** >: >>>| >: >>>| People, we have a lurker! A lurker on the Babble List! >: >>>| >: >>>| ..... hmmmm.. Gel, should we allow lurkers? .... well. OK, >: >>>| but I think, only if they bring you a muffin every now and >: >>>| then. And some good coffee for Jen, and, and an apple for >: >>>| Python,....and, and an award for Ben!! >: > >: >And this just started becoming a shared community joke amongst all the >: >die-hards .... With others throwing muffins or baking muffins. Favorite >: >flavors were Blueberry then Banana ... Somewhere along they we brought >: >out the cast iron muffin pan as a weapon ... Though this was some time >: >after President Todd and Gel broke the aluminium one ... So I decided we >: >needed something indestructible. >: > >: >I was so involved in the list on a watchful day to day basis, I came to >: >recognize whether people had posted before or not ... So I started >: >pouncing on newcomers and lurkers ... Bringing FULL ATTENTION to their >: >first words and welcoming them with muffins.... >: > >: >Gel is ALWAYS around to tweak an earlobe or three ;) >: > >: > >: >Here he shares his breakfast ... Or does he ... ? >: > >: >>>| From: Angél Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:13 PM >: >>>| Subject: *pulls out muffins* >: >>>| >: >>>| It is early in the morning and I remembered I have to share >: >>>| these out to people.. but I don't quite remember who.. let >: >>>| me check my message history. >: >>>| >: >>>| ooooh look..a blueberry. >: >>>| *munch* *munch* *munch* >: >>>| >: >>>| Hmm..I forget I have the messages from yesterday at home >: >>>| since I didn't come out to work yesterday.. I'll have to >: >>>| check the online archives... >: >>>| >: >>>| mmm..strawberry.. >: >>>| *chomp* *munch* *munch* >: >>>| >: >>>| Damn this net is slow today. We really need to get a better >: >>>| connection. Good thing the office I'm moving to has Direct >: >>>| PC Broadband satellite. >: >>>| >: >>>| hmm..this one looks a bit hard..I wonder.. >: >>>| mmmm*munch* *munch* >: >>>| noff, noff, ithf quitff all riff.. >: >>>| *munch* >: >>>| >: >>>| Ahh here are the messages at last.. >: >>>| >: >>>| So it was Timothy,Rick..and Will was it... >: >>>| Alright here are the muff-.. >: >>>| wait nuh.. >: >>>| >: >>>| !_! >: >>>| Where did all the Muffins go!??! >: >>>| >: >>>| I'VE BEEN ROBBED! >: > >: > >: >Al Gore even turned up in the muffin discussions ... >: > >: >>>| From: Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:19 PM >: >>>| Subject: Gore and Muffins >: >>>| >: >>>| Big Al had a few muffins here in Minneapolis. >: >>>| >: >>>| >: >http://webserv6.startribune.com:80/viewers/story.php?story=678442&word=c >: >j >: > >: > >: >Gel turned Gelien with the muffins ... >: > >: >>>| From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 3:06 PM >: >>>| Subject: Grawwl..rarrkk..*shriek* >: >>>| >: >>>| *scampers across roof,tail swishing left to right for >: >>>| balance* *drops and flips to ground* >: >>>| >: >>>| *leaps over sundry obstacles* >: >>>| >: >>>| *holds up a blueberry muffin in a black,reptillian claw* >: >>>| >: >>>| Grawwl rarrk *chirrup* *chirrup*?? >: >>>| >: >>>| *gobbles muffin* >: >>>| *flees ensuing marine attack* >: >>>| >: >>>| -The Gelien. >: > >: > >: >Then we were going into cloning ... Maybe ... >: > >: >>>| From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:20 PM >: >>>| Subject: Re: Goooood Morning >: >>>| >: >>>| No -- NO!!! Don't clone the evil muffins! Clone the good muffins... >: >>>| >: >>>| It's the evil muffins that work for the terrorists, don't >: >>>| you know that? >: >>>| >: >>>| From: Mike Townend >: >>>| >Good morning from me, me, me and me.... O heck from all of us... >: >>>| >Geez this cloning is easier than making a Pot Noodle... >: >>>| >Now for my evil Muffin cloning plan... >: >>>| >Mwaa haa ha haaaaaa >: > >: > >: >And now for a much more recent post: >: > >: >>>| -----Original Message----- >: >>>| From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: >>>| Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 5:49 PM >: >>>| Subject: RE: muffins >: >>>| >: >>>| MUFFINS???!!! >: >>>| >: >>>| Did someone say muffins? >: >>>| What? Who? When? I want some! >: >>>| GIVE ME MUFFINS NOW!!!!!!! >: >>>| Hot, moist, blue-berry packed muffins topped with great >: >>>| gobs of butter!!! NOW!!!! >: >>>| >: >>>| *** clears throat, straightens hair, fixes clothes ... *** >: >>>| >: >>>| Sorry about that. Haven't had a muffin in a while ... Been >: >>>| a little too busy to bake them and pass them around ... >: >>>| It's really all Gel's fault, he had a muffin one day and he >: >>>| ended up with crumbs all over his desk and behind his desk >: >>>| or something or other ... And he wouldn't share. ;) >: >>>| >: >>>| Well, for all you newbies and lurkers and >: >>>| been-here-a-while-but-not-welcomed-properly peeps, have a >: >>>| muffin, while they're still warm. And if you behave, you >: >>>| won't get bopped on the head with a cast iron muffin pan >: >>>| ... As for Python, well, he's turned out for the winter, >: >>>| living wild for a while. >: > >: > >: > >: >AND I hope that clears up where the muffins came from. >: > >: > >: > >: > >: > >: > >: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
