tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post6822039311639171035..comments2023-09-01T09:05:27.990-05:00Comments on The Moon Topples: Another day in the neighborhoodThe Moon Toppleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12717446064777879248noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-5006703289800062942007-04-19T22:44:00.000-05:002007-04-19T22:44:00.000-05:00SilverN: Amazing that we have a bustling tourism i...SilverN: Amazing that we have a bustling tourism industry, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Susan: So long as it doesn't remind you of the chorus of "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover."<BR/><BR/>And thanks for not spilling the beans when you come by about what my next post will be, since you've probably read it already and all.The Moon Toppleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717446064777879248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-90360481484044204032007-04-19T20:05:00.000-05:002007-04-19T20:05:00.000-05:00Maht, this episode reads like lyrics straight out ...Maht, this episode reads like lyrics straight out of a <EM>Simon and Garfunkel</EM> song.<BR/>I'm thinking <EM>America</EM>...<EM>The Dangling Conversation</EM>, you know... :)<BR/><BR/>(I've just seen your comment on the time zone. True. We're 11 hours ahead!)Suzan Abrams, email: suzanabrams@live.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818807164881810296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-7875343890682313862007-04-19T18:44:00.000-05:002007-04-19T18:44:00.000-05:00Don't you just love rubbing in your not working st...Don't you just love rubbing in your not working status in your friends faces? I love doing it. He!<BR/><BR/>The frisking story is much better than any of the cop stories I have...I must get out to Chicago more often.Nikki Neurotichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699784181113365713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-28611385700722178362007-04-19T17:00:00.000-05:002007-04-19T17:00:00.000-05:00SilverT: I'm pretty sure the police around here do...SilverT: I'm pretty sure the police around here do not stop for mere drunkenness, and in any case the kids in question were not misbehaving visibly or audibly before the event.<BR/><BR/>Minty: I can relate to that. To my knowledge, though, lake rats have yet to steal my car stereo or break a window.<BR/><BR/>Ver: We don't have anything like your "bank holidays" here. Half of May off for no good reason? The American system would collapse under such a thing. And thanks for saying nice things abbout the writing.<BR/><BR/>RTS: I'm sure it's all interconnected in some way. Strange world indeed.<BR/><BR/>GT: I thought I was the anglophile here, but then I log in and see you saying "phone you back" and calling me mate. Who's the limey bastard now?<BR/><BR/>KJ: Thanks! I hope we'll see you again.<BR/><BR/>Julia: Red velvet, with cream cheese frosting. It was really quite good.<BR/><BR/>Suze: Nice to see you here again. Miss you guys, too, but frankly working all the time leaves my brain unable to write much. Hence the parole. Except I can leave the state.<BR/><BR/>Julia: Is it a problem with my site? Anyway, glad you're willing to take such a step just to visit little ol' me. <BR/><BR/>Tiny Olive: Garfield comics, such brutal slices of real life themselves...<BR/><BR/>I did get to eat the cake. Perhaps they realized that I am an honest man and therefore unconnable.<BR/><BR/>I am heartbroken that I missed the first ep of season 4. Sounds like you didn't care for it though?The Moon Toppleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717446064777879248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-65799348841004625882007-04-19T16:22:00.000-05:002007-04-19T16:22:00.000-05:00I can imagine the whole scenario being played out ...I can imagine the whole scenario being played out as some kind of elaborate con job, you know, like Hustle (the ones with Mickey Bricks, not the new ones).<BR/><BR/>Everyone (the cops, drug dealers, lookie-loos, even one of your cats) was in on the scheme to get your slice of cake! Oh my gosh, the cake! Think back now. Did you actually eat the cake during the *****, or was the cake prematurely swiped from your table by a bus boy that looked like your cat? Maybe that's why you didn't describe what kind of cake or how it tasted. Hmm?<BR/><BR/>I'm just saying. It could've happened… It always happens in the Garfield comics that way…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-78475783465400352042007-04-19T11:03:00.000-05:002007-04-19T11:03:00.000-05:00BTW, I can't view your blog on my normal connectio...BTW, I can't view your blog on my normal connectional lately, so I've used the faffy and expensive dial-up espesh. I don't do this for just any old blog you know!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979321535612745986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-53565329692600995162007-04-19T11:02:00.000-05:002007-04-19T11:02:00.000-05:00Little did the five teenagers realize that they we...Little did the five teenagers realize that they were to be the subject of "blogger fodder". <BR/><BR/>Loved the title of this entry too... brought to you by the letters "M" and "T".<BR/><BR/>Oh yes. Since when does a novel warrant parole? Missing you already. (still inside the walls but living somewhat vicariously through your unique take on thangs)<BR/><BR/>Your former fellow daywork prisoner.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07821230715822919983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-63811112288880745222007-04-19T11:01:00.000-05:002007-04-19T11:01:00.000-05:00Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cops, drugs busts - whatever. I ...Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cops, drugs busts - whatever. I wanna know about the cake! Chocolate, victoria sponge, lemon drizzle? Moist? Cripsy? Iced? <BR/><BR/>Cake.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979321535612745986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-38326631373785552722007-04-19T09:32:00.000-05:002007-04-19T09:32:00.000-05:00hello, i've jumped over from ces' blog and enjoyed...hello, i've jumped over from ces' blog and enjoyed reading this post. you've done a fine job of writing about a unique slice of life. i just wanted to tell you that!<BR/><BR/>:)kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-5626737887251524552007-04-19T09:09:00.000-05:002007-04-19T09:09:00.000-05:00Mere coincidence, I think, Man Topples about the l...Mere coincidence, I think, Man Topples about the lost cell connection. I didn't even hear your complete sentence before the line went dead, so I didn't get all that you said. I do know that we were winding down our conversation and I was having trouble breathing here at work, so I didn't phone you back. Sorry mate.<BR/><BR/>I would have loved to seen the photographs that were never taken yesterday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-67570161072217699852007-04-19T08:42:00.000-05:002007-04-19T08:42:00.000-05:00Do you think there might be a connection between t...Do you think there might be a connection between the frisking, the cake you were brought and the fact of the line going dead when you were talking to goodthomas? Strange world, Mr. Moon, and getting stranger. Me too.Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-27317203175702819402007-04-19T08:41:00.000-05:002007-04-19T08:41:00.000-05:00Going outside to smoke? What sort of uncivilized c...Going outside to smoke? What sort of uncivilized country is that? I'm joking. I'm really enjoying these daily life posts. There are some really funny lines in them and then there's just some really good writing. Hope you're enjoying your empty time, I have three and a half days left (boo hoo - well apart from the fact that half of May is bank holidays so I'll stop complaining).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533913253403252799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-77039027636392504572007-04-19T07:36:00.000-05:002007-04-19T07:36:00.000-05:00Maht-There is never a shortage of interesting visu...Maht-<BR/><BR/>There is never a shortage of interesting visuals for Chicago residents, is there?<BR/><BR/>I used to live in Uptown right by the Aragon, and there was always some <I>serious</I> action around there. But I loved living there.<BR/><BR/>I was more afraid of the lake rats than of my neighbors... Really...<BR/><BR/>***Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33218373.post-77263813991701241782007-04-19T07:33:00.000-05:002007-04-19T07:33:00.000-05:00We see similar scenes in Merrie Englande too. Only...We see similar scenes in Merrie Englande too. Only the other day, we spied one such from our vantage point in the cafe round the corner from Tigger's workplace (it was Omelet Day aka Friday, you see).<BR/><BR/>Three very drunk persons, one male and two female, were cavorting about around the telephone kiosk outside the law courts. Not one but two police cars arrived and a number of officers emerged to frisk the Inebriated Trio.<BR/><BR/>The police found nothing of interest to them and finally decamped, leaving the Inebriated Trio to continue cavorting around the phone box and passing bottles back and forth.<BR/><BR/>We feel a lot safer and freer knowing that our police don't arrest anybody unless they really have to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com