Funny Dick

Every morning for the last few months I would get up and turn on my computer and come here to see what Dick said.

I almost have to wonder--maybe I should just be a hermit and stay away from people and animals. They die when I like them the best.

I bet Dick wil be surprised. When the gates of heaven swing open and he is given a royal welcome, his mouth will fly wide open and he will say, "Alice was right."

I told him God would find him. I think God had him all along --He was on the side of good and that is what counts.

Remember the time he spoke of Margaret Truman?

He said, " I don't like her boobs."

I thought Dick does not talk like that, so I quoted it and asked, "Did you really mean this?"

He said, "I meant books, books, books. The first time I don't proofread look what I posted!"

Dick kept inviting me here and so did E. Don until I came.

They said it was a good board--They were right.

I must work up a loathing for E.Don, that will cause him to live longer.

I do hate Shelagh, Carol, Ann and Betty.

LOL! Alice, you made me cry all over again. I used to check the board last thing at night before I went to bed. When Dick joined the forum, he only posted during the day. When I nearly lost the forum, it was in the early hours of the morning here in the UK. Dick started coming on in the evening to make a final post before I went to bed. I always checked in to see what he had to say and, occasionally, added a reply. He never said why he was doing it, but I knew. I can't tell you how much I am going to miss him.

Shelagh,

I made myself cry too.

Good thing I am not a writer.
Misery would abound.

Sale of tissues would expand.

One of the main reasons I kept my "Sunday Night" thread going was to read Dick's responses regarding my inedible menus:

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Thanks, Ann, for not inviting me for that meal. It would have put me in a hospital for a week.

You folks south of the Ohio River really eat this way, do you? Didn't see a single word about kielbasa, gnocchi, city chicken, sauerkraut balls, goulash, weinerschnitzel, or even strudel or canoli.

I was surprised to find that in certain parts of Northern France sauerkraut is very popular. Restaurants serve it in huge schooners containing enough kraut to feed a large number of people with up to ten varieties of meat on top.
After ordering the smallest thing on the menu, Jackie and I were horrified by the amount of food served us in a restaurant in Amiens. Other diners (none of them overweight) were laughing and offering us advice. We ate maybe a fifth of the food but it was a rousing social evening.

As you say, Don, it's all in the eyes of the beholder. I've had some of that southern cooking and . . .

Ann

Ann,

Good thinking. We all enjoyed that thread.
We all loved Dick's responses.

He was so original and unpredcitable.


YOU HAVE A PM FROM ME!

When I said the Marines at the reunion I went to talked about how if the Marines had wanted their men to have wives they would have issued them one, and that I was considered an "original issue wife."

Dick answered:

"Would have issued them one." I like that. So military.

Did anyone here agree 100% with every single word that Dick uttered?

I didn't, yet I loved the man.

Why?

Because he didn't care if anyone agreed with him.

He seemed to get a kick out of a little controversy.

Once when I disagreed with him I said, " Please don't be mad at me.""

He said, " Alice , I could never get mad at you."

What a guy!

Alice this is not aimed at you.

This is a general comment. Dick liked women. All women. He got on well with women. He conversed with women in a way that made them feel he had a special relationship with them. Only foolish women would think that they had been singled out in any way. Dick liked women; Dick loved Jackie.

I won't have women trying to score points over each other and use Dick to polish their own egos. I respect Dick far too much to allow that to happen.

If you didn't speak out and tell Dick things you wish you had, then tough. It's too late now.

I will start deleting posts/threads if Dick is used in arguments. I simply will not allow it.