On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 David Strike <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On Monday, November 18, 2002 6:37 PM, Poe Lim wrote:
>(snip)
>>I've managed to get some onto Yahoo; they are not full sized, as
>>Yahoo cuts them back unless you pay for Premium service. The link is:
>> http://photos.yahoo.com/poelim/
>
>Mate!  I particularly like the shot of Sylvia, Helen and Julian! (It's
>a pity that the incence holder that Bob presented to Sylvia is not
>completely in picture, but the look on Julian's face is priceless!) :-)))

I had a good cackle over that pic but the one that really had me ROTFLMAO
was the one titled 'Julian with Sylvia's gift'.

>I do note that a couple of (ugly) aliens seem to have temporarily
>taken over the bodies of Birdo and myself!  (That must have been
>after sampling the Moonshine!)  :-))))
>Strike

For sure, twas the Moonshine at fault there Mate ;-)

Reef Fish <[log in to unmask]> then followed up with:
<snip>
>At this point, I feel obliged to divulge what THE GIFT was.
>I had learned from a Tweaty Bird that Sylvia likes incense.  So, I
>brought her a few samples of Asian Indian incense on sticks.  But then
>she would need an incense-stick holder ... at which point the idea of
>Kross-Kulcha came to mind.  I had saved, from my travel to Cozumel
>over the years, a prize piece of hand-carved Onyx, in the shape of
>(and perhaps larger than a REAL one <BWG>) what I called a "Mayan
>pecker" (for lack of a better descriptive term), in erect position,
>with a hole on top -- which I presume CAN be used to hold incense
>sticks.  :-))  It's a piece of art that Michalangelo hadn't thought of.
>
>I hope Sylvia will find good use of it, in WHATEVER way she
>sees fit!   :-)))))

Well, thinking back now .. did not take long for someone to cover up that
incense holder with a table napkin. I laughed every time someone went to
move it out of the way then suddenly drew their hand back when they
realised what was hiding underneath. We sure had a few laughs that
afternoon. Hey, just had an evil thot .. that would make a great door stop
for the front door. Just imagine how fast the hawkers and other uninvited
door knockers would make a hurried exit if they spotted that near the
welcome mat ;-)
Viv