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Looks like we have four winners...The Commissioner, Dwight, Bruce Condello and Taylor

Simple and to the point, I like it.

I'm still trying to figure out how you have enough time to consult with clients that are all over the world, put together a magazine bimonthly, build a new home AND write books. I'm beginning to believe that you have been cloned. I wonder if you've ever been spotted in two places at once?

(chuckling...) It's a challenge.
You know...this book probably needs an explanation. I'm headed to the blog....and then to church....

Very nice... G/L with it

Whoppee, I can't wait to start getting my collaboration rolaties!

I have the trophies. I just need a photo to personalize them!

Congratulations, Bob, on your latest accomplishment.

On a side note, I'd like to have my book signed as follows:

"Dear Sunil, please enjoy my new book. I wanted to use one of your suggested titles, however, I knew that your hard-nosed & heavy-handed bargaining for royalties would leave me in the negative as far as cash flow, therefore I had to select another title."

Are you going to charge him to use your name in the autograph?

No, never, never.

(from the movie, Fletch)

Geez I suck ! I can accept losing to : The Commissioner, Dwight, and Taylor...but Bruce ! aaarrrggghhhh, it's bad enough he whips my butt with Bluegill, now this !!! I may never recover.

Then again, that puts me right there with Sunil feeling better already !

Nice job Bob, when can we buy it ????

I expect the book to be available at the conference.

If he gets time to sign it at the conference, he will dang sure be in two or more places at once.

Dave, when I look at Bruce's BG, it's not about the pond. FOr a moment or 2, it's all about the fish!

You know Bob, he does raise some real purty trotline bait

Not exactly a rapier like thrust, but funny as heck, sorry Bruce.

kudos to DD1.....yes, funny....its a heck of a lot more rapier than my wit, which is analogous to the bull in a china shop....or maybe more like stepping in a big wet cow pie.

unfortunately for me, the clever mr. condello has my number any time he wants it

Bruce Condello – Those photos should work great for trophy personalization. I will work very hard at having the trophies ready for the Convention.

I apologize for the delayed reply and the grief you have had to endure. That trotline bait comment was brutal and insensitive. Being a moderator you are expected to have broad shoulders, I hope the big bucks are worth it!

Dwight I already have them in suitable form on the slide show along with Furhead Wheel Chock (the fish trap). It will make old big shoulders smile.

ewest - Big Head Sally tried to get in through the triple pane window when she saw that cute 'Household Traps' pretty boy!

Now she is all messed up, as you changed the photo. She is

Ok Ok I don't want Big Head Sally mad as she might take it out on you.

She was through the first pane, working on the second…… purrin’ now, though

I gotta know Bruce, how much did those BG weight?

bz -

I think those BG would have averaged 1-12.

I think those BG would have averaged 1-12
The terse reply might not bode well for those of us who besmirched the beloved bluegill. Take heed and least we not bait him again.

...woe is the pondmeister that shuns the retaliatory BG anger that simmers deep within. Forget not of their brethren RES and the global fear they instill like that of a thousand huns.

The redears are preparing a huge offensive as we speak.

Bruce the RES are offensive they don't need to plan one. BTW I have thier (RES) pics also on the slide show but I can't put them next to the BG as a fight would start.

Piranha Anna the mad Redear.

Bruce grew those long arms in self-defense, to keep the Redears away from his face and head. As you see, he still gets nipped on the thumbs occassionally.

If you guys keep teasing me I'm going to get FatMcB to block for me and I'm gonna run an end around on you guys at the conference. You'll never tackle me!

Bruce, I knew you had a very active acting career from previous threads but never had you pegged for that FREAKY looking Burger King guy.

Eric.....

Bruce, I didn't realize a part time dentist could pull off such a great run hauling a bucket of BGs

Some of my best friends are redears.

bucket 'o' bluegills......crackin me up russ

Bob i think you made a really great choice with the book title i do beilve the book is going to be great can't wait to read it.

Taylor, you mean he hasn't let you read it yet?

No Dave, I don't get to read it untill it comes out which is supposed to be when his convention is.

Does the gif. file that I posted move for everybody else, or just for me?

Oh, it moves me.

Looks just like Leon Lett, except this time he scores....

What on Earth is chasing the bucket of chicken? It looks like half a hotdog with arms and legs.

I honestly have no idea, but I think it might be Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer.

Yes, but only after the requisite ingestion of Captain & Coke.

On a serious note I wonder if Mr. Lusk would make some signed copies of his new book available for the non conference attendees. I would like to have a signed copy and since the conference is in the middle of tax season I can't be there. Perhaps I could bribe one of the attendees to get me a signed copy.

Only on the Pond Boss forum can we go from

"The winner of the book naming contest is..."

to

"What on earth is chasing the bucket of chicken?"

Are you implying that we have short attention spans?

it even moved for me on dial-up (after a bit of a download period)

I thought it was Krusty the Klown after that bucket of BGs. :p

Badgers Talk about attention span!

Dwight...that is so stupid....I started tappin' my foot.

Brettsi - I figured you would get a kick out of it, if anyone would! There are a lot of other toons at that site too.

Those people have, "Too Much Time on My Hands" - Styx.

Baagers?...We no need no steekin' baagers.

Well, if ever a segue existed into my story about Styx...this is gonna be it. I'll try to keep it brief.
They started out as TW4 on the far south side of Chicago. Dennis DeYoung (keyboard/vocals) was making ends meet during their rise to glory, so he worked as the music teacher at my Jr High School. Yep, my 7th grade music teach was Mr. DeYoung. I can still remember him playing his Eminee chord organ at the teacher's desk, trying to teach us and influence us with Brahms, Bach, and Beethoven. My first rock concert was Styx...I mean TW4 playing a freebie in our Jr High gym.
A couple years later, I would go see them in concert at the local high school gymnasiums. The rest....history.

The closest I got to fame was being Suzanne Summers' chauffer for an evening. She looks like she weighs about 63 pounds. I used to volunteer for Lincoln General Hospital's "Star Night" as photographer and errand boy. I also drove Bill Cosby, Natalie Cole, Lee Ann Rimes and Mark Chesnutt.

OK, I just had a Badgers moment...
I downloaded it and turned up the speakers and subwoofer pretty strong to prepare for the jahm, mahn. I knew Donna-ski was relaxing on the couch in the adjacent room, watching TV and waiting for the washing machine to complete it's cycle in the utility room. LET THE BADGERS BEGIN!
Donna-ski jumps up off the couch like she's on fire and flies by me toward the washing machine. She stops half way and looks back at her mature, distinguished hubbie doing the Brettski Boogie to a heart-pounding rendition of Badgers. Without a break in my choreographed Badgers stage show, she looks at the monitor, calls me one of my precious pet names, cursing the stupid video for making her think there was something seriously wrong with the soon to explode washing machine during the spin cycle.
Gosh, I love her.

Brettski - In 1981 the triple-platinum Paradise Theatre album spawned two Top 10 singles - Dennis DeYoung's "The Best of Times" and Tommy Shaw's "Too Much Time on my Hands" - STYX was rewarded with their first and only #1 album.

My personal favorite is "Boat on the River", though, I enjoy most of their music.

I missed the whole Badger moment. Sorry for my ineptitude..............

...ya had to be there; no worries. I am busy, now, installing the Badger jam into all the smoke alarms.

Did you notice that sometimes there are 10 Badgers and sometimes 11, always one snake though!

Badger Ringtones.......

No offense...but the visual of Suzanne Summers' at 63 lbs killed this thread

Eastland - Another perfectly good thread ditched by the Dooms Day Doctor!

Eastland, I did a security gig for Bo Derek once and she was about the same weight, a very tiny woman, well mostly.

Okay, I guess I can fess up to you guys.

Back in the late '50s and early '60s, I was Arthur Godfrey's mistress and bore his love child. I gave the baby up and he was adopted by a very nice Italian family in the Midwest (or was it the North Central states?) who raised him as their own.

A couple of years ago, a private detective found him for me and I am delighted by the man he has become. I believe he got his acting ability from his biological father, but I am proud that he apparently inherited a propensity for telling whoppers from me.

Here is a picture of my and Arthur's son. Do any of you know him?

Sometimes I wonder if you guys are insane -- oh that must be the effect of the Badgers popping up in the middle of the football field to trip up Krusty the Klown just as he gets close to the bucket of BGs , all the while Dr. Doom is stalking the sidelines yelling " This is The Best of Times" at the top of his lungs.

I'm either scared FOR Dwight, or scared OF Dwight.

I just can't decide which.

DADDY!!!!!!

That is "Stumpy Jack Gallus" . I thought he was in prison for shine runnin !! What's he doing with a firearm ?

You can't keep a Gallus down.

O.K....claim to fame. I once passed a doobie with B. J. Thomas at Miss. State(moo U). Well..actually, I passed the doobie from him to someone else. I was the liason. It was not lit, and if it were, I wouldn't have inhaled.
"I have never had cannabis with that woman".

I am a little off this evening.....

Gail and I went shopping today. I figured 2 store stops, lunch at the Bloody Bucket, and then back to normal.

I was very wrong and have re-learned a lesson form many years ago.

I should have listened to Brodrick Crawford when he said, "let your wife go shopping while you stop at the Bloody Bucket”.

awlright.....my turn.......i've gotten private messages from bruce condello AND bob lusk .......

.........and still my wife doesnt quite understand my fascination with this "chat room" as she calls it......while i honestly claim it as my new found source of practical knowledge and science of course......

My wife called it a "chat room" as well. I almost went out of my mind trying to convince her of the significant difference between a chat room and a "forum". I told her a chat room is where people talk in real time, about nothing.

A forum is were people post a thought or opinion and check in periodically for feedback, much of it of a valuable professional nature.

I am right, aren't I??

You are right, Bruce. A chat room is just real time idle gossip; you know, like wives do when we are trying to read the latest informative post on this highly focused forum. :rolleyes:

I ask you. Is there any question that the forum is a far more sophisticated form of education and idea exchange than the lowly chat room? Just peruse the list of topics discussed in this single thread as evidence of forum superiority!

Topics List:

A pond building book naming contest, with results
Discussion about large Bluegill and their cousins
Trotline bait tips
Rapier like thrusting tips
Stepping in a big wet cow pie comparison
Household traps review
Big Head Sally’s aggressive tactics and problem resolution
Running bucket of chicken be chased, but not caught life lesson
Attention span discussion
A badger, mushroom and snake video
A discussion of famous rock bands and famous people as they relate to individuals life experiences
63 pound women commentary
Insanity and fear discussion
Examples of ineptitude and forgiveness
Thread ditching example
A brief biography of “Stumpy Jack Gallus”
Doobie passing and Mushroom tea sipping
Shopping with your wife tips.
A discussion of the relative merits of forum versus chat room environments

Extremely impressive!!!

I just now realized that you're right. This is a life lesson. :p

Convoluted logic can be a good thing!

I would like to hear Brettsi elaborate more on ineptness and forgiveness.

ewest and Sunil could have a debate; ewest on the side of insanity and Sunil on the side of fear. That would be interesting!

:p

I was so pumped to stock HSB this spring until I witnessed the true effects of Hybrid Vigor and now it scares me to death.

ROFLOL!

Like the old margarine commercial, "It's not nice to fool (with) Mother Nature!"

"What did I tell ya about postin' stuff that Dwight doesn't understand, Possumpuss! Why I outta..."

"Bruce, Eric...CHEESE......nyah-ah-ah-ah-ah!"

B-ski, like that vise screw, you're twisted.

ROFLOL !!! Classic Brettski. I was wondering how long into winter we could go without our fix of Stooges. I needed one to pick me up after Dwight's warning post about the guy going through the ice. This thread has a place in the twisted funnies. How did a such a simple thread announcing a winner get this insane. It must be the people - oh am I looking in the mirror.

Some of you folks are ruining the credibility of this forum. It is becoming more like a..chatroom of pre-teens. :p To the funnies with it, Ewest, arbitor of all things funny!

Burger first I need confirmation that this thread equals the catfishin on the river thread !!! :p

Ewest, it is definitely a keeper.

Ewest, it is definitely a keeper.

ewest - Where is the funnies cache stored? On multiple secure servers, I hope.

Dwight it is all here in different threads. Some of them are linked /collected at the link below which we refer to as the PB funnies. Contrary to reports I am not the decider of all things funny and anyone can post links etc to the funnies.

http://www.pondboss.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=002291;p=1

i'm crushed ewest

So this is where we were last January!

I was wondering where my prize is for the Book Naming Contest. I returned to this thread to see if I did something wrong in the redemption phase of the contest. I think someone just forgot about me....

Anyway, I read through the whole thread and was reminded what a thoughtful, knowledgeable and insightful bunch we are, especially in the month of January!

No book yet?

If not then I'll PM Mr. Lusk. This may have been the source of negative karma plagueing the forum in November.

Either that or it was the lack of a dancing banana.

No book yet. I should have mentioned this earlier and averted all the Forum's woes. The dancing banana was a great band aid solution, but now that it is gone, how long before.....?

My experience with Karma is mostly with the bad kind, and it always comes back at the most inopportune time.

We all need to remain vigilant out there!

I just notified Bob. I'm sure it was just an oversight. Actually if you don't hear anything in a couple of days (he's always got tons of stuff going on), then you should contact Kathy at world POND Boss headquarters. Tell her you want it autographed.

Are you going to the conference this summer? That would be a good time to get the book as well.

Sorry to say, the Conference is at the same time as our main "up nort" family fishing vacation.

This trip is scheduled a year in advance. It has been going on since 1970. My mother who is 86 continues to fish most days on the trip. She is kind of frail and needs help getting in the boat, but she is a crappie fishing fiend. 2" tail, 1/16oz jig, 4 pound test on an ultra light rod&reel and she is happily catching big crappies for hours.