March 3, 2008

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:53 am

Spud wrote:Power Ballad? No, not that I can recall.

Anyway, the local NPR station never called me back about following up on the Mr. Potato Head collection, so I though I might as well post the original call-in session:

http://www.mightyoctothorpe.com/music/p ... lector.mp3

SPUD

Good interview. I played it for my wife because she loves collecting stuff too. She thought your story was great. Unfortunately I mentioned that you have posted pics of your studio with your shelves for your Mr Spuds and she insisted that I look for them to show her. I gave up looking after about 2 minutes.

Post by **Spud** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:50 am

Just for you, Billy. Well, you and the wife:

SPUD

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:59 am

Photo number two is my new desktop background. Sweet!

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:25 am

Holy obsession batman.

I collect shot glasses. My argument is that they are useful and I don't really have that many.

My cats broke 6 of them in their first two years.

bleh, more useless drivel here.

Billy's Little Trip · Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:08 pm

Spud wrote:Just for you, Billy. Well, you and the wife:

SPUD

She loves them! But now she is asking me to make similar shelves for her crap. 8)

Q. How many years of marriage does it take to realize that I should just keep my mouth shut?

Post by **Spud** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:55 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote: Q. How many years of marriage does it take to realize that I should just keep my mouth shut?

btw, there is no point in making that a question of the day, as you already know the answer.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:39 pm

Spud wrote:
Billy's Little Trip wrote: Q. How many years of marriage does it take to realize that I should just keep my mouth shut?
btw, there is no point in making that a question of the day, as you already know the answer.

Indubitably.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:03 pm

Märk wrote:
Reïst wrote:You're confused. A 'power ballad' was when a rock/metal band did a sappy, usually acoustic song (or starting acoustic and building up into poofy-haired, posing, rawk and roll glory)

The whole genre was rather nauseating. A good example- Poison's Every Rose (Has its Thorn). Don't look this song up if you've never heard it, some things are better left unheard. You *will* vomit, I guarantee it.

Hmmm. Maybe it's good that I missed the whole power ballad music phase. I've heard that the 80s were just bad all around.

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:46 pm

Reist wrote:I've heard that the 80s were just bad all around.

Then you've heard wrong. Except maybe about the power ballads.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:28 pm

Spud, I notice a severe absence of Optimash in your collection.

Post by **Spud** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:37 pm

Well, first, that's not my whole collection. But yeah, I am sadly lacking in both the Optimash and the Darth Tater. Feel free to send them to me. Anyone.

SPUD

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:06 pm

Do they have a Spuds McKenzie?

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:38 pm

Spud wrote:Well, first, that's not my whole collection. But yeah, I am sadly lacking in both the Optimash and the Darth Tater. Feel free to send them to me. Anyone.

SPUD

They had some Optimash down here a couple of weeks ago. I'll head over to Toys R Us on the weekend and see what I can dig up.

Billy's Little Trip · Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:18 pm

sausage boy wrote:
Spud wrote:Well, first, that's not my whole collection. But yeah, I am sadly lacking in both the Optimash and the Darth Tater. Feel free to send them to me. Anyone.

SPUD
They had some Optimash down here a couple of weeks ago. I'll head over to Toys R Us on the weekend and see what I can dig up.

Potato....dig one up. Eye totally get it.

Billy's Little Trip · Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:24 am

jimtyrrell wrote:Photo number two is my new desktop background. Sweet!

knee jerk, I feel the same. Good pic.
so...

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:21 am

Those potato heads are cool, but it looks like they all share the same thyroid condition. Hope they're ok.

Billy's Little Trip · Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:36 am

Paco Del Stinko wrote:it looks like they all share the same thyroid condition. Hope they're ok.

It's not a thyroid condition, it's a tuber. *budump bump*