OT -- but not really
You just aren't too big on anything where ETIM is concerned are you? I mean, really Suzee. You remind me of the movie, "O Brother, Where Art Thou." You ever see that one? Heck, this whole board reminds me of that movie!
Here's pfrenz and me and SuperBee:
"You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains. You will find a fortune, though it will not be the fortune you seek. But first-- first you must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. You shall see thangs wonderful to tell."
"I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has... vouchsafed your reward. Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation."
Then in steps you and several FREE account holders:
Pete (Suzee): Wait a minute. Who elected you leader of this outfit?
Everett (SOROS): Well Pete, I figured it should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought. But if that ain't the consensus view, then hell, let's put it to a vote.
Pete (Suzee): Suits me. I'm voting for yours truly.
Everett (SOROS): Well I'm voting for yours truly too.
[Pause]
Delmar (FREE holders): Okay... I'm with you fellas.
So now, who's taken over the board?
Everett (SOROS): Well, there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, Pete, but the great Satan hisself is red and scaly with a bifurcated tail, and he carries a hay fork.
Clerk (Suzee #2): As a former practicing Catholic, my opinion is that the Vatican Library sales won't be too high. We'll have those Vatican products in two weeks, but until then, I think these Three Stooges Caskets are wonderful!
Everett (SOROS): Two weeks? That don't do me no good. Hold on, now. I don't want Three Stooges. I want the Vatican products, like most PRACTICING Catholics WILL.
Clerk (Suzee #2): I don't carry quality Vatican products. I carry Fop and Three Stooges.
Everett (SOROS): Well, I don't want Fop, goddammit. I'm a Dapper Dan man and a PRACTICING Catholic.
Clerk (Suzee #2): You watch your language, young fella. This is a public market. If you want Dapper Dan or those Vatican products that millions of PRACTICING Catholics want, I can order it for you, have it in about two weeks.
Everett (SOROS): Well ain't this place a geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere!
And then, once ETIM turns the corner and everyone looks back, this will be the theme song for Pete (Suzee) and Delmar (Free account holders):
I am a Man of Constant Sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
In this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now.
And SOROS, pfrenz, and SuperBee's:
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side
Keep on the sunny side of life
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life
