Ed and Elaine Brown's latest delusion

Imalawman · Post by **Imalawman** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:38 pm

Looks like they're making headlines again...

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs ... /304090001

Post by **LPC** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:32 am

Imalawman wrote:Looks like they're making headlines again...

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs ... /304090001

The first sentence says it all:

Ed and Elaine Brown have reviewed the evidence in their federal tax evasion case and have determined that their convictions should be overturned and their case dismissed “with prejudice.”

Anyone who thinks they can judge their own case has a fool for a litigant.

Lambkin · Post by **Lambkin** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:09 am

Imalawman wrote:Looks like they're making headlines again...

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs ... /304090001

Yeah some headlines! Too bad the Browns could not achieve ranking on the top-read stories list this time, but the locals are a discriminating bunch and prefer such gems as "Parking Space Unclear".

Post by **webhick** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:13 am

Lambkin wrote:
Imalawman wrote:Looks like they're making headlines again...

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs ... /304090001
Yeah some headlines! Too bad the Browns could not achieve ranking on the top-read stories list this time, but the locals are a discriminating bunch and prefer such gems as "Parking Space Unclear".

Yep, we suck.

Did you read the story about the "Amazing Goddess". I loved that one when it first broke.

Honestly, we don't really have a lot to talk about up here. There was a really heated topic over a woman who works at the Town Hall in Pittsfield who was demanding to bring her dog into work - despite the fact that one of her co-workers (and boss, IIRC) was allergic.

Lambkin · Post by **Lambkin** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:26 am

webhick wrote:
Lambkin wrote:
Imalawman wrote:Looks like they're making headlines again...

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs ... /304090001
Yeah some headlines! Too bad the Browns could not achieve ranking on the top-read stories list this time, but the locals are a discriminating bunch and prefer such gems as "Parking Space Unclear".
Yep, we suck. :) Did you read the story about the "Amazing Goddess". I loved that one when it first broke.

I sure did, I even liked the mystery mailbox story better than the latest episode of Ed & Elaine.

It reminds me of The Music Man which I am probably misquoting badly:

So what do you do for fun around here?

Well a farmer had a chicken that laid an egg with three yolks, made the paper.

Post by **webhick** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:40 am

Sounds to me like Ms. Sanger-Katz is merely burping out the required Ed & Elaine updates. She must have drawn the short straw.

Just once, I'd love to see:

not actually reported by Concord Monitor wrote: Ed & Elaine: Pigs Fly

As it turns out, pigs can fly. Not the traditional kind of pigs that we call "breakfast", but the pigs that are the fruition of lunacy. Yes, lunacy. Not just any run-of-the-mill lunacy, but the kind that wallows in it's own grandiosity, rolls in it's own self-importance, and eventually takes flight in the form of full-blown delusion. And the best part about a delusional pig is not that it will eventually start attempting to breed with the family chihuahua; but that it likes to pretend that it's an engineer on a run-away train, pick up other delusional pigs along the way, and will eventually run head-long into a mountain.

Post by **LPC** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:25 pm

Lambkin wrote:It reminds me of The Music Man which I am probably misquoting badly:

So what do you do for fun around here?

Well a farmer had a chicken that laid an egg with three yolks, made the paper.

I read story once about a small town in New Hampshire that was described as really not much more than a wide spot in the road, and which was so quiet that the locals still talk about the great dog fight of 1963.

Post by **The Observer** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:33 pm

LPC wrote:
Lambkin wrote:It reminds me of The Music Man which I am probably misquoting badly:

So what do you do for fun around here?

Well a farmer had a chicken that laid an egg with three yolks, made the paper.
I read story once about a small town in New Hampshire that was described as really not much more than a wide spot in the road, and which was so quiet that the locals still talk about the great dog fight of 1963.

I agreed to help my mother locate her birthplace, a place known as Slate Shoals, Texas. As far as she knew it was near Paris and we went there first. After looking around and asking in the various stores at the town square, we encountered one old timer who gave us directions that led out towards and along the Red River. We ended up on a single lane road and after passing through an seemly interminable stretch of woods came out over a gentle sloping hill and a couple of farm houses. As we passed the homes, there was a sign stating "Slate Shoals." I started looking for the actual town on the horizon, although I expected I would only find something in the order of a small post office, filling station or general store. As I passed the last house, I noticed a sign on the other side of the road, facing oncoming traffic. As I passed this sign, I turned back to see what it said. And of course, it did say "Slate Shoals."

Post by **LPC** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:05 pm

The Observer wrote:As I passed the last house, I noticed a sign on the other side of the road, facing oncoming traffic. As I passed this sign, I turned back to see what it said. And of course, it did say "Slate Shoals."

That's also a joke from "Bert and I" by Marshall Dodge.

Farmer sits on his front porch watching the "city slicker" drive back and forth. Finally, the driver stops.

Driver: "Fahmeh, how do ah get to East Millinocket?"

Farmer: "Doncha move a goddam inch!"

Post by **Judge Roy Bean** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:52 am

The Observer wrote:...I agreed to help my mother locate her birthplace, a place known as Slate Shoals, Texas. As far as she knew it was near Paris and we went there first....

If one wishes to find any town or municipality name in the Great State of Texas, I would refer one to any number of earlier (i.e., circa 19th century) editions of Webster's.

In it, simply select a page at random, close one's eyes, draw one's finger to a previously undetermined point, then rest your eyes on the nearest bold-captioned word.

There may surely still be, or at least there probably was, a town of said name in the State.

Weathervane · Post by **Weathervane** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:45 pm

Judge Roy Bean wrote:
The Observer wrote:...I agreed to help my mother locate her birthplace, a place known as Slate Shoals, Texas. As far as she knew it was near Paris and we went there first....
If one wishes to find any town or municipality name in the Great State of Texas, I would refer one to any number of earlier (i.e., circa 19th century) editions of Webster's.

In it, simply select a page at random, close one's eyes, draw one's finger to a previously undetermined point, then rest your eyes on the nearest bold-captioned word.

There may surely still be, or at least there probably was, a town of said name in the State.

I substituted my 1973 Webster's New Collegiate.

Tell me Judge, where is Ramadan, TX?

Post by **Prof** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:09 pm

tommygun wrote:
Judge Roy Bean wrote:
The Observer wrote:...I agreed to help my mother locate her birthplace, a place known as Slate Shoals, Texas. As far as she knew it was near Paris and we went there first....
If one wishes to find any town or municipality name in the Great State of Texas, I would refer one to any number of earlier (i.e., circa 19th century) editions of Webster's.

In it, simply select a page at random, close one's eyes, draw one's finger to a previously undetermined point, then rest your eyes on the nearest bold-captioned word.

There may surely still be, or at least there probably was, a town of said name in the State.
I substituted my 1973 Webster's New Collegiate.

Tell me Judge, where is Ramadan, TX?

Just outside of IRAAN, TX. ENLIGHTENMENT is near BUDA, TX.

Judge Roy can also probably name the suburbs of DIME BOX. Unfortunately, Odessa is not anywhere near Kiev.

Weathervane · Post by **Weathervane** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:17 pm

Way back when, a friend and I were driving through Alabama when we noticed a sign for Headland.

Two things came to mind...

1. I bet all the guys are happy in this town, and...
2. P***yville can't be far from here!

Lambkin · Post by **Lambkin** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:37 pm

CaptainKickback wrote:And let us not forget Coalinga (in CA) which got its name from the fact that it was originally Coaling Station A, or Coaling A.

It's spelled Coalinga but it's pronounced "Cowschwitz" due to the enormous feed lots.

Weathervane · Post by **Weathervane** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:17 pm

Lambkin wrote:
CaptainKickback wrote:And let us not forget Coalinga (in CA) which got its name from the fact that it was originally Coaling Station A, or Coaling A.
It's spelled Coalinga but it's pronounced "Cowschwitz" due to the enormous feed lots.

Do the cows schwitz in the woods?

Post by **Demosthenes** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:38 am

Here's a shocker. The government doesn't think that the rest of us should have to bear the cost of the Brown's transcripts:

http://www.cheatingfrenzy.com/brown164.pdf

Post by **webhick** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:48 am

Demosthenes wrote:Here's a shocker. The government doesn't think that the rest of us should have to bear the cost of the Brown's transcripts:

http://www.cheatingfrenzy.com/brown164.pdf

That made my day. ::sniff:: ::sniff::

I guess all that bragging that Ed does to the papers, etc. is coming back to bite him in the patootie.

Post by **Demosthenes** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:01 am

And Elaine no longer has any use for that taxpayer funded public defender...

http://www.cheatingfrenzy.com/brown162.pdf
http://www.cheatingfrenzy.com/brown163.pdf

agent86x · Post by **agent86x** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:14 am

Demosthenes wrote:And Elaine no longer has any use for that taxpayer funded public defender...

http://www.cheatingfrenzy.com/brown162.pdf
http://www.cheatingfrenzy.com/brown163.pdf

Somehow I bet that attorney is getting a better nights sleep tonight....

Post by **webhick** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:23 am

agent86x wrote:Somehow I bet that attorney is getting a better nights sleep tonight....

You'd think, right?

Let's flip the coin. Maybe he's sleeping worse because he's waiting for the "Body of the Lord" to sue him for giving legal advice, since according to the voices in their heads, being a lawyer doesn't qualify him to say anything about law. Or sue him for being removed from the case and thusly obstruct her ability to get fair representation in court. Or sue him for wearing a navy blue tie on Thursday, which gives credence to the fringe on the flag which....oh bother.