I have to say, dw, that Betsy has a good point, although I probably would have said it differently. I don't feel that you are asking us to be her therapists, but you are asking us to take special action the next time Susan expresses her anxieties in thread.

I'm sorry that Susan got upset, but I don't see why the members of this thread should feel that we are responsible.

I'm sorry that Susan got upset, but I don't see why the members of this thread should feel that we are responsible.

Yes, this.

Ditto.

The thread is dead, but I must share share share the extreme dorkish cuteness of Paul's new game with the Squeak.

Because it is both dorkish and cute.

Step One: make the sign for kiss from across the room.

Step Two: rush towards the baby saying, "KISSES! Kisses for the Squeakaboo!"

Step Three: cover baby face in kisses.

Lillian thinks this is the best game ever, beating out Dance, Monkey Dance and Pull Pete's Finger for thrills and chills.

too. cute.

Plei wants to kill me DED. I say she's a big meanie--hoarding all that adorable for herself.

Inventing dumb games is one of the best parts of being a parent.

Also, continuing to have an excuse for a belly. Well, if you're the mother.

Though I tried to spin disposal of excess Halloween chocolate as a noble and self-sacrificing reason for its continued existence.

Lillian thinks this is the best game ever, beating out Dance, Monkey Dance and Pull Pete's Finger for thrills and chills.

Bwah! Okay, you'll have to teach me the sign for kisses so I can play this game with her.

I would have guessed 'human.'

But I, who have gone toe to camel toe with one, know the truth! Camel's comfortably taller, and haughtier too, with the possible exception of Haughty Mick.

In my world, baseball, music and haircuts like carrots.

For me, every animal in the entire world likes carrots. Though some need the proper presentation, like pre-digested inside a rabbit.

Lillian thinks this is the best game ever, beating out Dance, Monkey Dance and Pull Pete's Finger for thrills and chills.

I agree with Lillian. I want to list it on Boardgamegeek.com.

I have learned that there were camels in New Mexico at the turn of the (last) century. Apparently the Army imported a bunch of them, and a camel trainer, from Egypt, and set about using them instead of horses between Texas and California. This is mid-1800s. They were brilliant, but the Civil War happened and the project was cancelled, and the camels were released into the wild.

What really pinged my imagination was the Egyptian camel trainer, who left his home, came to the Territories, and never returned.

Hajji Ali, a.k.a. "Hi Jolly." There is a monument near Quartzsite AZ.

Raq, I think it was a little before your time, and it wasn't that good, but there was a movie: Hawmps!. It was like "F Troop," with camels added. Had Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle, and Jack Elam, among others.