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Zoe's Love Slave wrote:

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Originally posted by Z:
Should have chosen a name like mine, then. How much shorter can it get? Z is just my favorite letter, and I'm too lazy to add the ""o"" to make my real life nickname, which manifested since my friends were also too lazy to use the full version of that, ""Zoe.""

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How interesting! :) "

Elvis didn't even drink tea when he was still alive. perscription tranquilisers, bourbon and meths: that's a man's drink."

Bat-Mite wrote:

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Originally posted by D. McDonagh:
Elvis didn't even drink tea when he was still alive. perscription tranquilisers, bourbon and meths: that's a man's drink.

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I once saw a story on TV, a true story about Elvis. He was so adicted, that one day he ran out of drugs and the pharmacy was closed, so he visited the pharmacist at his home, he entered his house and bought the drugs the guy kept in his cabinet.

I really don't know how to make this tea related, I just thought it was a nice Elvis story to tell."

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Originally posted by Zoe's Love Slave:
How interesting! :)

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I take it you two are not related?



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Zoe's Love Slave wrote:

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Originally posted by TyphoidDave:
I take it you two are not related?

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Hey, I may live in Kentucky, but that old stereotype doesn't apply in THIS case.

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Z wrote:

"LMAO!!!!

No, Zoe isn't my real name anyway. And I live in Texas."

Z wrote:

"And I actually have no Elvis stories, beyond that my ex-stepmother always ranted about how she met Elvis in Vegas, but she was diabetic and took way too much insulin (sp?) so was always hallucinating.

And, I just hit the 100th post. Whoo! Since somebody screwed up the computer, I can't log into anything but Vertigo, for some reason. And talk to friends on AIM, one of which is typing a really, really, lame ""love letter"" to me from 7th grade a guy gave me that I let her keep.

Nothing to do with teabags? You bet! But I'm just that bored.

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Roxane wrote:

"I have horrible memories of a trip to Florida. My Gran kept me in doors all holiday and the only thing I could do was watch the Elvis special which was repeated *all* holiday...

But I got introduced to iced tea which was nice. :) "

People don't hallucinate from hypoglaecemia, do they? If they do, I've been swindled somewhere..."

Lord_Savaunt wrote:

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Originally posted by Z:

Nothing to do with teabags? You bet! But I'm just that bored.

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Well actually about 50% of the stuff found on the teabags thread has donthing to do with teabags. So well put away the demon seed mace, call off the hell hounds and let it slide.

Besides any day now we'll have homework again (devil willing) and I need to be ready for my studies. I think I might do a paper on what would happen if you mixed Elvis' soul with the soul of 20,000,000,000,000 dead tea leaves."

matrixport wrote:

"Well here's your Elvis/tea connection. Just to keep it all within topic of course:


ELVIS’ SEARCH FOR GOD
By JESS STEARN with Elvis’ Close Friend and Spiritual Confidant Larry Geller
Greenleaf Publications- Tennessee
Copyright 1998
Isbn 1-883729-07-6

Page 53
Elvis pored over the Bible and the books Larry brought with him. Elvis would make sure he had extra copies of The Impersonal Life, which he would give away to the girls who thronged around him. But with it all, Elvis, after months of heavy reading, was the same Elvis, still working in his purpose, still pondering his relationships with his twin and his God, still feeling that his life was drifting with one idiotic movie after another. “My eyes are burning from all the books you’ve given me, Larry, and I don’t feel any wiser. Actually, I’m more confused than ever.” Larry had been through it. “It takes time, Elvis. You’ve been jamming too much into your head to quickly. It hasn’t had a chance to settle in. You’re not a computer. You can’t program yourself like a machine to produce the higher awareness you need to communicate with the Lord.”

Doubt was written in Elvis’ handsome face. He held up a copy of The Impersonal Life. Then why do you have me reading and re-reading all this stuff?” “You’re planting the seeds. Let them grow. It is told that a pupil complained to his master, “Master, I have done my daily meditations. I follow all the rules. I obey your instructions. Why, then, am I still in darkness, no closer to God, after I have applied myself so faithfully?” the master brought out a teakettle. He filled his pupil’s cup and kept pouring even as it overflowed. As the pupil watched the tea brimming over the cup, he could no longer restrain himself. “It’s already full. No more tea can go into the cup.” The master smiled. “Exactly. Like the cup, you have no more room inside. So you must empty your cup. Get rid of your ego and make room for God. You want a soul mate who is at the spiritual level you seek. But you’ve got to be ready.”


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matrixport wrote:

"And just because this was too irrestible:

ELVIS PRESLEY

According to The Great Food Almanac by Irena Chalmers, the last food that Elvis Presley ate was four scoops of ice cream and 6 chocolate chip cookies.

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It has been suggested that Elvis' last words were ""I'm going for a ****, Ginger..."""

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Originally posted by matrixport:
And just because this was too irrestible:

ELVIS PRESLEY

According to The Great Food Almanac by Irena Chalmers, the last food that Elvis Presley ate was four scoops of ice cream and 6 chocolate chip cookies.

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The ice cream was amphetemine-free.


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Sterk wrote:

"36 pages...THIRTY-frikkin-SIX!

I waded through that menu of scatter-brained insanity just to tell you all I enjoy the community as much as the book.

I've filtered information about Dr. Who (Tom Baker was the KING), Eddie Izzard (Je suis le president de Burundi), Elvis, Terry Pratchett (can't wait for Night Watch), Tang, Freud (with lemon and honey), OK Soda, Coffee Enemas, Anna Kournikova, Americans in Paris, Football, the Winter Olympics and, yes, even tea.

I've learned a lot about you folks in those pages--and if any of you find yourselves in Portsmouth, New Hampshire...the Guinness is on me.

With Earl Grey chasers.

Great job all.

-Sterk"

EARLY POST TEA / LATE POST TEA

'The British Post' was originally dispatched from England to Colonists in India, and was supposed to be a kind of newsletter from home, with the major news stories of the month and a long-winded society section, which interested itself with marriage announcements and garden parties. There was also a regular page entitled ‘India Welcomes’ which heralded the imminent arrival of new colonists.

The Post later set up an office in Delhi and was published every day, apart from Sunday. Predictably, It began to focus less on the goings-on in Great Britain and more on the life of the Englishman abroad. The society part of the paper soon became dominated by an obituary section, which was sub-divided into the most common forms of death among the colonists, beginning with those who had been unfortunate enough to die of Dysentery and ending ominously with ‘other causes’. All too often, the deceased had guested in the ‘India Welcomes’ column only a few months earlier.

During the wood pulp shortage of the 1850s the owners of The Post were unable to secure sufficient quantities of paper and resorted to printing their news sheet on a substitute made from pulped tea leaves. They soon noticed that street vendors were boiling the pages in their kettles to make tea. The then editor reportedly purchased a glass and complained that the tea had a dark greasy residue, which he took to be the liquefied newsprint.

With the end of the wood-pulp shortage, The Post was, once again, printed on normal white paper. However the broad centre sheet of The Post continued to be made from pulped tea leaves, although nothing was printed on it because of concerns regarding health. The sheet was perforated and could be torn into several small rectangles, each the equivalent of what would now be one teabag.

Towards the end of its existence the paper began the introduction of a breakfast tea in its morning edition and a variety of afternoon teas for issues that were published later in the day.

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""All my friends are soldiers
and they are getting drunk
Oh, Johnny come and save me
I believe my luck has sunk.""

- Jeffrey Lee Pierce"

Welcome Sterk! Congratulations on reading this thread and escaping with your sanity intact. Although you may find that staying in a darkened room for a few days would be a good idea.

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Sriad wrote:

"Well, that was certainly an adventure.

It's 4:00 in the morning, so I'm going to bed. I'll be sure to post any tea dreams I have in the morning.

And welcome back, Backwards7."

porlob wrote:

"I realize everyone else has moved on from the topic of Elvis, but I haven't been on in a while... Did you know that Elvis shares his birthday with David Bowie, Stephen Hawking, AND myself? Pretty good company he's in there, eh?

Also, I can't rave enough about the book I'm currently reading: <ahref= ""http://http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375703764"">House of Leaves</a> by Mark Z. Danielewski... I have to bring it up even though it's not Luci or tea related (except inasmuch as tea comes from/consists of leaves, and Lucifer also has a strange gateway that leads to another realm). Has anyone else read this tome?

That is all...

-Patrick"

Tea in China and Japan is called ""cha"": if its Eastern tea its given an honorific and called ""ocha"", but itf its Western tea its called ""kocha"". In Russia, its called ""chai"", and its given no honorific because they prefer vodka.

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Bat-Mite wrote:

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Originally posted by porlob:
I realize everyone else has moved on from the topic of Elvis, but I haven't been on in a while... Did you know that Elvis shares his birthday with David Bowie, Stephen Hawking, AND myself? Pretty good company he's in there, eh?

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I got Howard Stern, Sporty Spice, the fat republican guy who has that radio show, the actress that played the owner of the bar in Cheers, and I think that kid from the 6th Sense, ya know, the one who sees dead people.

Darn, that sucks.

Luckily, we capricorns do not believe in that kind of stuff, so there, HA!"

Hey, I'm a Capricorn too!

I got Sade and Debbie Allen. Woo. Hoo."

Invisigoth wrote:

"I've got Gene Kelly, Barbare Eden, Tex Williams, Shelly Long (Cheers connection, Bite-Mite), Rick Springfield, River Phoenix, and Louis XVI of France.

BTW, anyone interested in what famous people were born on their birthday can find out at:
www.historychannel.com

These were just the guys on the list that I recognized. Not bad for sorry old 08-23.

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""When Marx said, 'Religion is the opiate of the masses,' he never envisioned television."" - Anonymous Friend"

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Originally posted by Johnny Bacardi:
Hey, I'm a Capricorn too!

I got Sade and Debbie Allen. Woo. Hoo.

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Add Ethel Merman, A.J. Foyt, Dizzy Dean and (most cool, even though I thought Ghosts of Mars was crap)John Carpenter.

What a diverse group."

Nobody of any interest has ever been born on my birthdate.
However, I have read House of Leaves, and Porlob's dead right. One of the best horror novels ever written, I'd have said."

Sterk wrote:

"11-21: me, Goldie Hawn, Voltaire, Tom Horn--and the Nuremburg Trial.

All potential tea drinkers.

-S"

Vagabond wrote:

"I've no idea if famous people are born on my birthday. My stepbrother is, though, 12 years and 3 birthdays behind me.

Year after next I turn 7. Lucky me! But at least I'll never hit 40.

Anyone can be assimilated into the Dave Collective. If merely requires four Daves and sufficient quantities of alchohol. (Though for certain types of gatherings, one may substitute caffine, including tea.)

The greatest accomplishment of the Dave Collective here in E-Town was assimilating a very attractinve young woman with a tendency to wear PVC.

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11 November - LEST WE FORGET

""One head. One brain. Good. Quick, get duct tape!""
-a freind, after a 30-hour drive accross five states looking for a hotel."

Rama Bonn wrote:

"I share birthdays with Ellery Queen, Bela Legosi, Mickey Mantle, Tom Petty, and Snoop Dogg;

but no luscious young actress for whom that would be a great opening line.

And I'm older than Bill Gates by six days.

Rama"

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Originally posted by Sterk:
11-21: me, Goldie Hawn, Voltaire, Tom Horn--and the Nuremburg Trial.

All potential tea drinkers.

-S

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Me too, incidentally. Which year? I'm 1969.

I didn't know that about Voltaire. He's a hero of mine.



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Sriad wrote:

"Well, I've had a nice cup of some Celestial Seasonings thing to help me cope a little. Folks who share my birthday include Hillary Swank, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lawrance Fishburne and Anita Hill.

I havn't read House of Leaves, but I'd like to recommend Carrion Comforts by Dan Simmons. Best novel about psychic vampires I've ever read :) "

strafenkinder wrote:

"Teas and Birthdays, the sequel to Children and Monsters where all the dead characters from past storylines converge for a cup of Rooibos tea and discuss the celebrities they share their birthdays with.

And Happy Birthday, Mike!!!!!!!!"

Is it Mike's birthday?

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Lord_Savaunt wrote:

" Well I don't know if I share any birthdays with any celebs. I do recall some cool things that happened that year though. John Wayne passed one, Popeye turned fifty, Killing Joke (one of the coolest bands ever) got together.

And of course it was the final year before the end of the world. The following year the world was destroyed and recreated. Everyone on it was copied and no one was any wiser. Oh dear I've said too much.

By the by if it is Mikes birthday then congrats."

Papercut Fun wrote:

"Happy Birthday Mike...if it is your birthday. If not, we'll just make it an honorary birthday. A headmaster of your stature probably deserves 2 per year. Just think how spry you'll look at 100."

Sterk wrote:

Happy Birthday to the man who holds Lucifer's leash...if possible.

And Typhoid--1973.

-S

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Originally posted by Sterk:
Happy Birthday to the man who holds Lucifer's leash...if possible.

And Typhoid--1973.

-S

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Ah, 4 years out.

Is it really Mike's birthday or is this just a scurrilous rumour?



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It's definitely his unbirthday. A very happy unbirthday to you, Mike! Now pour a cup of dormouse tea.

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SEAHORSE IS."

arockalypse wrote:

"Hmm... I'm not sure what celebs share my birthday, but I do know that my 34th great grandfather was William The Conqueror (a great grandfather before him was a fresh chap wielding a battleaxe aptly named ""Ethelred the Unready""). Were William and Ethelred tea drinkers? I'll ask at the next seance or the next time I'm on ""Crossing Over With John Edwards"".

So what other tea-drinking historical figures are we related to?"

Mike Carey wrote:

"Too kind, guys. Too kind.

9th of Feb is my birthday - which puts me in the company of Carmen Miranda, Gipsy Rose Lee and Alice Walker. Pretty good company, all things considered."

Papercut Fun wrote:

"Does this mean I don't get to jump out of the cake? Darn it, these tassles were expensive to rent!"