Hey! This is the meaning of this JUNK blog. This really is a worthless piece of junk that I've hung on to for years. Gee, isn't that all of this blog? Haven't I said this same line before? Did I make this when I was 5 and gave it to my mom? Is that why a have a slightly soiled paper plate with a black marker eyes and eyebrows and then torn (not cut) through the middle. Hey, then I marked on the mouth line. Why would I keep this? I know, it was something we did at camp when I was 9. That's why right? I have a sock puppet that I used for puppet shows from way back when.. Why the PAPER PLATE? HOW OLD ARE YOU? YOU SHOULD THROW OUT ALL OF THIS "DERBIS" . (PA spelling)

A long long time ago, when I first found the net, I ran into a community. This community decided to have gatherings. I went to a gathering in Memphis, TN and was introduced to some long standing catch phrases whenever I see some of those good friends. (Hey, look at my logo and whose server am I on, connect the dots, you'll figure it out.) One thing was a bit from the Brit TV show "A Bit Of Frye And Laurie" which parodied a long running Brit game show. I'd never seen it, but the humor of this bit was very funny. Years later, I saw the show they parodied and BINGO. (Just Hugh *laurie* Toob the word "Sloblock" and you'll know WTF.) The other was a teensy cartoon where the animation was cheese but the plots were funny as hell. The characters were kids and they all swore like truck drivers. I'm speaking of the first time I lost my lunch laughing at "South Park". It's been running ever since and keeps producing the biting satire and humor.  Well, by the second or third year of this "gathering", there were even simpler characters on this show that were meant to portray all Canadians. I'm speaking of Terrance and Phillip. They were nugget heads after my own heart because they lived for the art of the fart. Farts are funny. I'm so juvenile.

So, why? Paper plates? At one of these "gatherings", there was a guy who was extremely eager to let everyone know what was playing in the video room. (Used for watching Anime and Disney Crap and Star Trek Duckman)  Well, something was playing in this room that was very very important for this "town crier" to come out and bellow "We're showing Star Treck Duckman up next.." We had just had a free pizza party. We stuffed ourselves with some cheap ass pizza and pop and were generally having a good time but "Star Trek Duckman is playing in 10 minutes, come on, you're going to miss it." I think it was more a plea that he didn't want to be alone watching a mildly funny parody of Star Trek starring TV's George Costanza (you know, the bald guy from that show about nothing? )

This started happening seemingly every minute on the minute. So, someone had a black marker and we grabbed some paper plates and hastily made T&P heads. And then we hung out in the hall behind this guy and whenever he talked, we held up our plates and mocked the guy. Of course, he had no idea. We hid the plates if he looked behind. Geeze. Guess you had to be dey? The crowd started paying attention, snapping photos and laughing and asking questions to keep it happening longer.  It was then I noted that the decor of this particular hotel had two chairs with semi-circle pads to sit upon, and mad genius that I was, indeed I took the pads off the seat and made a giant T&P without a face (wasn't that a Billy Idol tune?) I flapped it when he spoke and we all fell about the place.

Am I now quoting classic rock lines? Okay I'll stop. Junk Blog.  -Ric