tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post8261575751900712148..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Popeye Was RightMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41787132234674412012018-03-27T14:45:51.959-07:002018-03-27T14:45:51.959-07:00I subscribe totally to Ed's analysis. My unfon...I subscribe totally to Ed's analysis. My unfondest memories include eating lunch while my little brother hollered to my my "come and see if I'm constapliated" That, of course, was in the fifties...:(troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33939116568915140612018-03-26T17:56:20.055-07:002018-03-26T17:56:20.055-07:00I heard that episode too - great idea, isn't i...I heard that episode too - great idea, isn't it?otowihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497228997910501944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-51934749326259299852018-03-26T13:50:45.151-07:002018-03-26T13:50:45.151-07:00I've been tempted. I didn't know if it was...I've been tempted. I didn't know if it was really cool or just a fad.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81471967981722306382018-03-26T13:13:13.406-07:002018-03-26T13:13:13.406-07:00I recommend hooking a spiralizer up to your Kitche...I recommend hooking a spiralizer up to your KitchenAid mixer. I'm making butternut squash noodles, zucchini twirls, summer squash too. Sautee those suckers for a few minutes with butter and YUM YUM YUM!! Got the vegetable thing going too, Murr, bigtime. Women of a certain age...Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25622425651906839352018-03-26T11:13:10.181-07:002018-03-26T11:13:10.181-07:00There's a restaurant here that offers lots of ...There's a restaurant here that offers lots of small plates and you have to pay for the plate of bread AND the plate of butter, and I do every time. In fact I'd be happy with the butter and no bread. You be careful with those inner Norwegians and Jews duking it out. You'll end up with herring, for sure.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16683081230529682432018-03-26T11:11:47.501-07:002018-03-26T11:11:47.501-07:00And you can take every jot and tittle of it to the...And you can take every jot and tittle of it to the bank, too.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46866261717838344652018-03-26T11:09:53.013-07:002018-03-26T11:09:53.013-07:00We'll always have sea monkeys.We'll always have sea monkeys.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66250564806557719312018-03-26T10:54:38.064-07:002018-03-26T10:54:38.064-07:00Have you ever tasted butter made from cream as soo...Have you ever tasted butter made from cream as soon as it rises from the milk? It's like ice cream. I'm a bit ashamed to say I had butter as a meal the other day. I made the butter, licked the spatula, licked the bowl, then took another taste from the dish to make sure I had salted it well, then another, then another. My heritage is unclear, but I think there's a Norwegian in thereKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89750371683046338942018-03-26T06:53:08.657-07:002018-03-26T06:53:08.657-07:00 As long as Sea Monkeys are still monkeys, all is ... As long as Sea Monkeys are still monkeys, all is right in the universe. rehabber nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835967683393331776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50776782749231331922018-03-25T13:25:07.312-07:002018-03-25T13:25:07.312-07:00Goodness gracious, what I learn here!Goodness gracious, what I learn here!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005865037308609576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-87581582668114346022018-03-25T10:39:02.188-07:002018-03-25T10:39:02.188-07:00This is everything wrong with religion.This is everything wrong with religion.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38813573120490175432018-03-25T10:25:16.914-07:002018-03-25T10:25:16.914-07:00Next you'll tell me that sea horses aren't...Next you'll tell me that sea horses aren't really horses.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28176985487359400322018-03-25T05:06:08.605-07:002018-03-25T05:06:08.605-07:00And guinea pigs aren't from Guinea and they ar...And guinea pigs aren't from Guinea and they aren't pigs. But we did learn in a nature documentary many years ago that the Catholic invaders of South America declared the capybara a fish. This declaration, made in view of the capybara's liking to slosh around in swampy terrain, qualified the animal (which was somewhat of a dietary staple for indigenous folks) to be consumed on Fridays,Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853238256715757283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12316751266562914432018-03-24T18:38:37.635-07:002018-03-24T18:38:37.635-07:00Oh man, I'm sorry. I had to go back to check t...Oh man, I'm sorry. I had to go back to check that I'd done that. I certainly know koalas are not bears. I guess I'm used to hearing "koala bear." BTW, just to save you having to check--ant lions aren't lions, either.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29445857252822589742018-03-24T18:37:35.947-07:002018-03-24T18:37:35.947-07:00"Success in the bathroom--" so 1950s!"Success in the bathroom--" so 1950s!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32333799899507360582018-03-24T18:36:58.801-07:002018-03-24T18:36:58.801-07:00It's tough. You have to wrap it up with string...It's tough. You have to wrap it up with string and cook it forever.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-63744086400097737182018-03-24T18:36:27.835-07:002018-03-24T18:36:27.835-07:00I just checked, myself. I know I wrote about carib...I just checked, myself. I know I wrote about caribou before. REally early on, say February 2009. We had caribou heart and tongue for Valentine's Day. As one does. Guess I didn't tag it though.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41561667655529231352018-03-24T18:35:26.886-07:002018-03-24T18:35:26.886-07:00It's only been in the last few years that I...It's only been in the last few years that I've found myself going all YUM over vegetables and salads. I don't know WHAT happened. I mean, I'd eat them. But to look at a yam in the store and go Oh baby, oh baby? That's new. That's brand new.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38502609817679601482018-03-24T18:33:00.691-07:002018-03-24T18:33:00.691-07:00Only for you, Simon.Only for you, Simon.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89438296778867492502018-03-24T18:32:44.765-07:002018-03-24T18:32:44.765-07:00I swear by it. Of course, I swear kind of a lot.I swear by it. Of course, I swear kind of a lot.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15602463822766651452018-03-24T18:32:17.905-07:002018-03-24T18:32:17.905-07:00Maybe YOUR people.Maybe YOUR people.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84536273886657869382018-03-24T18:26:22.057-07:002018-03-24T18:26:22.057-07:00Great post, but you made us zoo folks wince. Desp...Great post, but you made us zoo folks wince. Despite the scientific name Phascolarctos cinereus ("ash-colored pouch bear") koalas are not bears. They are marsupials related to kangaroos and wombats. Australians claim that the misnomer 'koala bear' is used almost exclusively by Americans, who learned it from Teddy Roosevelt, after whom the 'teddy bear' was named. FromAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02941282501214572126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-65904208890933384762018-03-24T12:50:50.546-07:002018-03-24T12:50:50.546-07:00"Roughage"! There you go -- it is a perf..."Roughage"! There you go -- it is a perfectly fine word from the 1950s, one that our mothers would use when talking with other neighborhood mothers about their little Johnny's constipation. ("I know that he would have 'success' in the bathroom if I could just get him to eat more Roughage.") As you said, it is so much more descriptive than today's vague Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80572290405365619182018-03-24T11:51:31.593-07:002018-03-24T11:51:31.593-07:00My brother and my partner have assigned honorary m...My brother and my partner have assigned honorary meat status to the potato. I suspect they are not alone. A tomato can sneak in to the exalted category too some days.<br />I don't think burlap get the nod though.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88013230672069346042018-03-24T11:13:14.619-07:002018-03-24T11:13:14.619-07:00I wanted to say something about burlap but the com...I wanted to say something about burlap but the comment thread started by Susannah left me laughing too hard to think!<br /><br />Instead I think I'll check out your caribou and Cheez Whiz labels to see what else is there :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.com