tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post115296197909704360..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: SpreeDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153570276440034482006-07-22T05:11:00.000-07:002006-07-22T05:11:00.000-07:00Haha, Mutha. If someone had a crush on me back th...Haha, Mutha. If someone had a crush on me back then I might have taken better care of myself.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153570071054673432006-07-22T05:07:00.000-07:002006-07-22T05:07:00.000-07:00No, no: Geez THAT'S good.No, no: Geez THAT'S good.Muthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172749181642285989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153570002405402392006-07-22T05:06:00.000-07:002006-07-22T05:06:00.000-07:00"The blank page is the Devil's Playground. So's th..."The blank page is the Devil's Playground. So's the open road."<BR/><BR/>Geez that good.<BR/><BR/>Blogger ate my comment when I posted a week ago, so let me repeat: I'm not sure which is the stranger<BR/>The chutzpah you had to be hitchhiking such and not have a stroke,<BR/>or the very good chance that my 20-year-old self would have had a crush on you and your life-threatening antics.<BR/><BR/>Bravo Doug's Mom and Dad! The drinks are on me.Muthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172749181642285989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153113914889916782006-07-16T22:25:00.000-07:002006-07-16T22:25:00.000-07:00O Ceallaigh, a heart-warmig story from a cynical m...O Ceallaigh, a heart-warmig story from a cynical man. Everyone should read that.<BR/><BR/>Jenna, I thought you looked familiar.<BR/><BR/>Aral, I'd love to tell you I'm too smart now. Mostly I just got a car.<BR/><BR/>Laura, it's great to hear from you. <BR/><BR/>Jamie Dawn, more than a year ago when I started doing this I thought of this story. I think I stayed wise for a year and then recorded it anyway. The blank page is the Devil's playground. So's the open road.<BR/><BR/>Hermana, did I leave out the genital requirement again?<BR/><BR/>No confusion, Lammy, most of my friends have been people on the fringe. Good insight, young lady.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Puppybrose. That's four bases and I'm home.<BR/><BR/>Weirsdo, I presume, that's why I didn't bring a camera. If I'd known I'd be a blogger one day it may have been different.<BR/><BR/>Cooper, I spent half a year down there and thought of Mad Max about daily.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153107966325193302006-07-16T20:46:00.000-07:002006-07-16T20:46:00.000-07:00Can't help but think of Mad Max.Can't help but think of Mad Max.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153072139521313252006-07-16T10:48:00.000-07:002006-07-16T10:48:00.000-07:00Own only what you can carry with you; know languag...Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153071250420590352006-07-16T10:34:00.000-07:002006-07-16T10:34:00.000-07:00so, in my haste to A) chide you for your careless ...so, in my haste to A) chide you for your careless choice of company, B) compliment you for your fine story/voice, C) compound the criticisms offered here by everyone else for your foolhardy decision to hitchhike in the first place, i D) failed to commend you on your story's title. Spree? good one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153068166111627842006-07-16T09:42:00.000-07:002006-07-16T09:42:00.000-07:00I see the theme of your stories as well as your bl...I see the theme of your stories as well as your blog and probably your life: You confuse people on the "fringe" with people as "friends".Tom & Icyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184377353312923689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153035332927378502006-07-16T00:35:00.000-07:002006-07-16T00:35:00.000-07:00Oooh! That is one spunky daddy fo sho, FO SHO! I...Oooh! That is one spunky daddy fo sho, FO SHO! I must have taken after his language skills I tell you! And hey, how come he gets to swear and I just get the naughty label without actually exercising my rights to naughtiness? Hmph! I will tell dad on you!<BR/><BR/>Hitch-hiker~ a brother's death wish, perhaps spurred on by naggin bohemian sisters and penguin kin but ha! We win cause here you are and here are we!<BR/><BR/>No <I>idiots</I> here although if being a <I>philanthropist</I> requires a penis, excess weight and no hair then phew! Glad to be a bohemian! Yeah, trying to catch up! It has been a tough week, TOUGH and why did you not miss me I ask?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, glad you weren't shot and all!Miz BoheMiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684634451330079565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153020990328275982006-07-15T20:36:00.000-07:002006-07-15T20:36:00.000-07:00I LOVE that Mom and Dad are getting in on the reac...I LOVE that Mom and Dad are getting in on the reaction to this harrowing tale.<BR/>Your mama stole my comment. I was going to refer you to yesterday's word, but she beat me to it.Jamie Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036600186909466411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153015616474063712006-07-15T19:06:00.000-07:002006-07-15T19:06:00.000-07:00Hi Doug. Isn't it amazing how fast a youthful adve...Hi Doug. Isn't it amazing how fast a youthful adventure can become a near disaster?<BR/><BR/>You've been soundly berated by all your blogging buddies, (and I'm sure its a sign of their undying devotion) so I won't say anything. Besides, I have a few youthful adventures/near disasters in my own past so it wouldn't exactly be fair. :-)<BR/><BR/>I'm just so very, <B>very</B> glad that you managed to walk away!Kyahgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496268340516243071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1153014830610718552006-07-15T18:53:00.000-07:002006-07-15T18:53:00.000-07:00Yikes, Doug. I'm really glad you don't hitch anym...Yikes, Doug. I'm really glad you don't hitch anymore!Lilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068609044580667767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152998889852587342006-07-15T14:28:00.000-07:002006-07-15T14:28:00.000-07:00What about the Princess of Lechery? Does she have ...What about the Princess of Lechery? Does she have a spot in your bio?<BR/><BR/>I have no hitchhiking stories unless you count the time we were coming back from the Shuswap and we pulled over because of something and this hitchhiker came ambling up to the car. "We have company," I said. My friend squealed then slammed on the gas and sprayed the hiker with gravel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152998189723140672006-07-15T14:16:00.000-07:002006-07-15T14:16:00.000-07:00Oh what the hey. Sar injected me with the shamele...Oh what the hey. Sar injected me with the shameless self-promotion bug awhile ago. So I'll tell you <A HREF="http://bloggerparty.com/of_thumbing_poinsettias_hospitality_and_a_soldier_s_conversion_to_islam" REL="nofollow">my own hitchhiking story</A>. It's a little different from Doug's ...The amoebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997830489035965913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152994963404896362006-07-15T13:22:00.000-07:002006-07-15T13:22:00.000-07:00Terry it is different for women. Another (briefer...Terry it is different for women. Another (briefer) hitch-hiking story is this: One of my principles was to flag and women alone on so they would know I didn't expect a ride from them. On a rainy day in Indiana, one pulled over anyway and told me she never picked up hitch-hikers and her husband would kill her but when I flagged her on she figured me for a gentleman. Of course, from there until my destination she kept pleading with me not to disappoint her. It was a long trip.<BR/><BR/>G, secretive kids are easy to raise. Mom didn't know how bad I was until I was good.<BR/><BR/>Well, thank you, Puppybrose. -100 for stupidity +5 for style. I'll still make that deal every time.<BR/><BR/>O Ceallaigh, it was just a guess but idiot savant maybe the kindest name I'll hear today so thanks.<BR/><BR/>Minka, for some reasons my babysitters kept quitting/disappearing.<BR/><BR/>Ariel, nothing could make me prouder than to inspire a fool in a Coen Bros. movie.<BR/><BR/>It was always stupid, Cooper, but it was safer when more people did it. Anyone still doing it is a serial killer or 5 minutes from being the victim of one.<BR/><BR/>Mischievous, Mireille.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152993606662063102006-07-15T13:00:00.000-07:002006-07-15T13:00:00.000-07:00puppybrose: yup, he dances. Ballroom, with a spec...puppybrose: yup, he dances. Ballroom, with a specialty in Tango. xoxomireillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012296353550408831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152992058910163722006-07-15T12:34:00.000-07:002006-07-15T12:34:00.000-07:00I don't hitchhike but I hear it as quite the thing...I don't hitchhike but I hear it as quite the thing back in the day. Stupid, even back then. <BR/><BR/>To hitchhike in the land of indigenous / subverted Australians can be dangerous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152991151302906312006-07-15T12:19:00.000-07:002006-07-15T12:19:00.000-07:00oh G I'm so glad you mention the Coen brothers! ho...oh G I'm so glad you mention the Coen brothers! how well they fit here. they don't always kill their fools, actually, the fooler one is, the more chance they have to stay alive in a Coen movie.Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152991059111336972006-07-15T12:17:00.000-07:002006-07-15T12:17:00.000-07:00Hi g, hi Actonbell and Hi Daddy! I felt it was abo...Hi g, hi Actonbell and Hi Daddy! I felt it was about time that sense entered the family :) We need a full-time babysitter for Doug alone! :)<BR/>But now that I have seen his picture, I am less worried. He looks like he can take a few blows!Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152989606245872102006-07-15T11:53:00.000-07:002006-07-15T11:53:00.000-07:00HITCH-HIKER, n. If my mother found out, see DEAD ...<B>HITCH-HIKER</B>, n. If my mother found out, see <B><I>DEAD BODY</I></B>. And <I>my</I> mother knew <I>everything</I>. Said so herself. Of course, growing up in the Boston area, there were dead hitchhiker stories on the radio and TV nearly every day. So Mom's job wasn't all that hard.<BR/><BR/>Doug, that was a part of Australia I never found out much about. Of course I was in Melbourne. And the Brits had wiped out the Victorian first peoples decades before. And I was on the academic staff of a university. Ah, the tame life of the professional marine biologist.<BR/><BR/>Did you know going in that the "reservation" story would be <I>precisely</I> the one that would save your bacon with these dudes? If so, with apologies to Pascovers Senior, I'd scrap DF. <I>Idiot savant</I>, maybe ...<BR/><BR/>:)The amoebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997830489035965913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152989169201298542006-07-15T11:46:00.000-07:002006-07-15T11:46:00.000-07:00by the way... in reading through the comments, the...by the way... in reading through the comments, the one thing no one's mentioned was your wonderful oral presentation of this alarming/alaruming tale. am i the only one unaware of your gift for accents? i mean, really... he writes! he sings! he does accents! (but can he dance?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152988952482752082006-07-15T11:42:00.000-07:002006-07-15T11:42:00.000-07:00Doug - you may be thinking of putz (although yutz ...Doug - you may be thinking of putz (although yutz would be a little more PG). When your Mama read this story she plotz-ed (as it sounds may have occurred more than once or twice raising the like of you).Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152988672842403212006-07-15T11:37:00.001-07:002006-07-15T11:37:00.001-07:00What a fun tale you have to tell. And it was rela...What a fun tale you have to tell. And it was related so calmly - ~sigh~ what a guy. The only two times I've hitchhiked, were two times too many. One was by a kidnapper van with no handles on the inside of the doors, and the other was a pervert in Hollyweird wearing no pants... !!! It's a different story for girls. I learned my lesson.tsduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457805824149563737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152988647587901722006-07-15T11:37:00.000-07:002006-07-15T11:37:00.000-07:00Puppybrose, this what we're like in the good times...Puppybrose, this what we're like in the good times.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, TLP, I guessed wrong that she was following up on dad's. And you're right, I'm now an occasionally-do-well son.<BR/><BR/>Joel, thanks. With my parents as yours you can cuss a lot.<BR/><BR/>Jenna, hold on. You have a stand on lechers? Not a lot of princesses in my autobiography.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1152987757775130352006-07-15T11:22:00.000-07:002006-07-15T11:22:00.000-07:00Sigh. Look at you throwing a wrench in my plans, D...Sigh. Look at you throwing a wrench in my plans, Douglas. What am I do now? I will pine away instead. Yep. I'd ask to be adopted but then you can't be my lecherous "uncle" and we know my stand on lechers. Huzzah!<BR/><BR/>Do you know what this story needed even though I loved it? A Princess!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com