If you all don’t know this by now, us Plotmonkeys are hunkered down for our semi-annual plotting retreat in Julie’s home town of Tampa, Florida. So, you’ll have to excuse our absence this week because we’re working very hard to plot out the stories we’ll be writing in 2009 — though we will be stopping by to read your comments when we get the chance.
Today I’m going to leave with you a few funny things to ponder. If you know the answer to any of these, please share your thoughts! :giggler
EVER WONDER …
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don’t you ever see the headline ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?
Why is ‘abbreviated’ such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do ‘practice’?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why didn’t Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!
Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
If flying is so safe,why do they call the airport the terminal?
And now, just for fun, I’m sending over a few of my hunks to keep you all entertained. Don’t wear them out too badly! :dominatrix:
Have a great day everyone! :devilbanana
Janelle Denison finds it hard to believe that it’s been nearly 25 years since she first started writing romance novels. At first, it was a way to pass idle time while her husband worked swing shift, but before long it became an obsession to get published. Luckily, she kept at it (it took her over 5 years to get that first book published!) and is now a Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, and USA Today Bestselling author! Now, after selling over 45 plus novels, she finds that her Plotmonkey pals help to keep her stories fresh and unique, and she can’t imagine writing a story without their input. Janelle lives in Oregon with her husband, Don, along with two teenage daughters that keep life interesting.
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It’s 9 am an no one is commenting????
I, for one, don’t open my mouth when I put mascara on. I do stretch my neck like a giraffe though.
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It’s 9 am an no one is commenting????
I, for one, don’t open my mouth when I put mascara on. I do stretch my neck like a giraffe though.
Hope you are enjoying the warm weather and doing lots and lots of plotting!!
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The first one is due to the fact that our skin has pigment, but our hair doesn’t.
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Hmm… Thanks guys for bringing us a little of your cold weather!!!! I’m excited to know that my 3 other favorite authors are in town!!!!
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Hmm i wonder if they’ll visit International Mall.
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I’m flying into Tampa Wednesday. I’ll wave at you guys, :wave:
I’d answer some of the questions involving semantics but the explanations are long and boring and I haven’t had enough coffee to stay awake while typing them.
I do have a question about the picture though. Uhm…The names? Do those belong to the hunks or the *cough* “HUNKS”. Talk about “product placement”…
With only two days left to get the family organized for my absence, I need to get busy. Happy plotting! May your bunnies be fuzzy, your ninjas stealthy and your pirates all look like Orlando Bloom. (Sorry, not a Depp fan
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Some answers to a few of the questions this morning:
Sheep don’t shrink when it rains because their wool is unprocessed–no dyes. It’s all natural. Basically from the sheep to the loom. I have a sweater made of unprocessed wool that I got in Seattle several years ago. It still has a few pieces of grass or twig in it here and there from the field. I wash it in the washer with a cup of shampoo in cold water. When I take it out, it smells like a sheep that’s been out in the rain. :-) I hang it up to dry. It isn’t itchy, scratchy or anything like a regular wool sweater would be. I love it. It’s very, very warm and extremely comfortable.
Doctors “practice” medicine because it’s not an exact science.
We have melanin in our skin and melanin in our hair. Sunlight darkens skin because it triggers the production of melanin to protect our skin from harmful UV rays. It lightens hair because the UV light triggers the breakdown of melanin in our hair making it lighter.
The word Terminal has a variety of meanings ie. airport terminal, in electronics, telecommunications and computers, in science, terminal velocity for instance is maximum velocity…
An apartment is called an “apartment” because it is a self-contained housing unit that is part of a building.
Have fun plotting, ladies!
Cher :freezin :freezin
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Thanks for the eye candy.
You has some questions???
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Love the questions Janelle, some of them made me laugh!
I hope you Plotmonkeys are not only plotting great books for us to read but having a good time doing it. You will keep us informed, right?!
The “hunk” second from the right looks like he thinks he looks tough!! For me he is failing!! They all look way young, does that mean I am way old? Oh no!!
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Ummm, yeah, so I’m too busy drooling to even contemplate your questions…sorry
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I’m like ev in the way I put on mascara without opening my mouth. Those hunks are very nice and the two on the left have definitly distracted me from actually answering any of the other questions.
I hope you all have a good time doing your plotting.
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Dibs on the guy on the far left w/ the tattoo!
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Thanks for the eye candy! I totally open my mouth when I put on mascara.
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Love the questions Janelle, some of them made me laugh! and thnaks for the hunks
I hope you are all warm and
