Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations 2009 Pond Boss Conference Tag Line

JHAP, your probably right - just trying to be helpful...........

Hello all... and thank you for the input on the tag line. WOW! Please keep the ideas coming... some very intersting options are
being presented... you guys are a creative group!

We'll be reviewing your ideas at the end of this week.

Gayle
Editorial Assistant
"ond Boss" Magazine

Gayle, edit your signature.

"Strategies for Healthier Ponds"

2009 Pond Boss Conference
Big Cedar Lodge, Branson, MO


"The best in pond management gathered to give you the best pond possible."


"We're talkin' ponds, fish, and friends."

PondBoss,the greatest crazy people from around the world

Amen and THANK GOD for that!

Maybe we should add something about PB Forum members' legendary infinite patience with "rooks" like myself?

Pondboss conference 2009
"Come for the Lepomis sexing, stay for the otolith dissection"

That one gets my vote.

Ding ding ding, I think we have a winner!

Let's break it down for one scenario.

You're in your late 30's or early '40s. Things between you and your spouse have gotten a little old, maybe boring, and the love life isn't what it used to be. There's no time to talk anymore, and when you can, it's "did the boy take a poop today?" or "is the kid's nose still running?" You know, basically no intelligent or stimulating conversation.

So you see this flier "Pondboss conference 2009
"Come for the Lepomis sexing, stay for the otolith dissection."

You are on it like a cheap suit.

I don't know guys. It seems that a tag line like this would really bring in some undesirables, you know some real freak show types. I think that when you compare that to our membership roster you'll find

oh, ok I see what you mean here.

Alright JHAP here are some others

"If you go to only one pond management magazine sponsored conference this year...make it this one"

"Pondboss III....more pond nuts than you can shake a secci disk at"

"Just when you thought it was safe to neglect your private waters POND-CON III"

"Pondboss III....more fatheads than a forage pond"

"Pondboss III....now with 20% more McButterpants"

"Pondboss III...learn how to eradicate green sunfish for once and for all.
[And how to kill a lot of other fish as well]"

Yolk,comments about green sunfish can be hazardous to your health when JHAP is around

Yolk, Yolk, Yolk, I seem to spend much of my time putting out fires that you and Rainman seem to be so fond of setting lately.

And need I remind you that none other that the distinguished Bill Cody praised the use of Green Sunfish at Pond Boss Conference II during a magnificent presentation and even went so far as to display our artistic and well thought out logo, not one but two times during the presentation.

I can see that I am going to have to move you and Rainman from the "Mere Irritant List" to the "Blasphemous Offender List." You have been warned.

You are getting close DJT, I think you are getting very close.

"Mere Irritant List"?

That's the nicest thing anyone's said about me all month!

Nah, you ain't a rook. You've been here an entire year (to the day). Happy one year Pondboss anniversary, by the way!

For myself, I think the animosity towards green sunfish is probably rooted in jealousy, perhaps mixed with a sense of my own inadequacy. You know, one of those Clark Kent/Lex Luther type deals.

Back when I first started posting, I was amenable to reconsideration of my prejudices against Lepomis cyanellus, came to appreciate some of the qualities that I had previously overlooked, and was even carried away to the point that I proposed a subgroup dedicated to the enjoyment and advancement of the species, modeled after BISA, and created in a spirit of warmth and camaraderie with like minded individuals on the West Coast:

"Reckless Enthusiasts of Cyanellus Trying to Utilize Murderous Sunfish"

However, this effort generated no interest or support, and was dwarfed by the adulation that met the creation of the GSA. I think that's when the bitterness began, although it could have been just after that when the 5" greenie bit my left nipple while I was swimming in the pond.

Rainman?

So let it be written; So Let it be done.

Yolk, We are glad that you recognize that it is your jealousy toward the magnificent Green Sunfish has caused this animosity. Admitting that you have a problem is the first step towards curing the problem.

In addition you must realize that the GSA could not allow your subgroup, "Reckless Enthusiasts of Cyanellus Trying to Utilize Murderous Sunfish", to gain any stronghold. If you consider the plight of Large Mouth Bass groups you will realize that too many groups dedicated to one species of fish causes a dilution of effort and resources. It is one thing to have one group threaten you with extortion or kidnapping or senseless bodily harm - that is downright scarry. But if 5 or 6 groups threaten you in a similar manner after a while the threatened individual has a dimished sense of fear. Therefore the GSA was forced to ensure that your splinter group never came to fruition. Surely you must see that this was a practical business decision on the part of the GSA and you cannot take this action personally. Building a Deathstar takes an enormous amount of resources and don't get me started about the operational costs. Our insurance premiums went through the roof last year when, while at TomG's shop for a simple tune up, he took the Deathstar on a "shake down run" and managed to burn his neighbors farmhouse to the ground. And try to hire a hit man these days, all they want to talk about is employee benefits, do they get dental and vision coverage, when are they eligible for the 401(k), how many holidays a year do they get off. We couldn't allow the creation of multiple groups - this would have diluted our revenue stream. So you can see it was merely a business decision.

Oh and by the way "Operation Purple Nurple" was merely designed as a warning, no serious harm was intended. If we wanted to hurt you we'd have sent in a 10" GSF and selected another target.

These last few posts have cleared up a lot of things for me.

Clearly, that plan could only have been devised by a fiendish genius like "Rear Admiral" JHAP.

I'm not certain that I like the sound of that title Theo. Perhaps it is just that I'm overly sensitive right now because I have my first ever Colonoscopy scheduled for next Wednesday.

"You're gonna put the camera WHERE?"

just dun that JHAP....no biggie. The prep' is the only thing memorable.
What you do need to know, though, is that they use a sodium pentathol type anesthesia. I can't remember the the name of the actual drug, but it does knock you out far enough that you won't remember a thing. If you're "chatty", the nurses and Doc will remember.
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This thread might help you to prepare

It wasnt a shake down or a burned house,I blew that idiot clean off the planet.