I sense some tension beginning to build in this topic. Here's a bunny with a pancake on his head.

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Well, you're nearly as cute as Cristina (a high compliment), so go for it!

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Mox, as a Redneck East Texan would say, "Ah dun laft so hard, I'se sicka laffin'!" But I really wanted to see an aardvark with a relapsing fever. I am surely not alone in this. Help, please.

there...2 more picks added

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Cute -- you, and as a couple!

why thank you. What a gentleman you are. Nick is a gentleman too. Romance and chivalry is dead here in scotland.

Wish I could help. I don't think even my 1337 internet search sk1llz can uncover such a beastie.

"Why, thank you, Dear," he responded, flatteredly. Thinking about how everything is relative, be happy that romance and chivalry are all that are dead in Scotland. In Ecuador (and Peru, and Mexico, and parts of Colombia), many men are "machos," and their wives' lives are a living hell. I met two couple-friends of my fiancee's down there in Ecuador; one husband spent our ENTIRE DINNER soliloquizing on how awful, ugly, worthless, and undesirable his wife was... and she was sitting RIGHT THERE! The other husband applies a complete double standard (the Macho standard) of behavior in his marriage. I really wanted to throttle both guys and tell them how lucky they were to have such sweet, lovely wives, but that's the culture down there. My fiancee says that no Ecuadoriana over age 30 will put up with such behavior, which is a large reason that she and her girlfriends want to marry Norteamericanos.

I kid her by telling her about my housework (aargh, urgh, orgh) on Sundays. I tell her, "After the second load of laundry is put away, I can resume being a Macho."

Ok, well i just got off the USCIS misinformation line with a guy who was very nice at least. He said according to his locater system, my case had transited to an adjucator on approx NOV 28th. he said once they get it they are SUPPOSED to finish with it in 30 days. he said they give them that much time since they will get 100 to 150 cases at a time. He said give it 2 more weeks. it was luck of the draw if your case was on top of the piles or on bottom.

taken with a grain of salt....

Chris

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Mox, you have risen to hero and crashed to goat in the space of two posts. I would like, accordingly, to see a goat (a Horned Highlands ONLY, and reconfirm the correctness of the breed!) with a parrot custard (shaken, not stirred) atop its head. Please do not disappoint your public in this crucial matter!

okay now that's made me really angry. I have done part time voluntary work in a womens shelter here in glasgow. I've seen the effect of drunken, drugged up or just plain abusive partners.

There is no excuse for treating women as second class citizens. Your fiance is lucky to have a caring man as yourself. I'm sure you will have a long and happy future together.

Hang in, man.

Wasn't it Thomas Paine who said, "If we do not all hang together, we shall assuredly all hang separately"?

A Russian parable: For as long as he could remember, the ox was yoked and walked out to the field every day by the farmer. One day the farmer came to the ox and said "the czar has set you free. You must leave." The government gave the ox his own yoke, some land, and some seed. The ox never wanted to plow again, so he destroyed the yoke. Then he was hungry, so he ate the seed. As the winter set in, he sold his land to buy some hay. One day the farmer came across the ox, who was cold and starving. He said "I can let you work for food, but I cannot pay you." So the ox went back to his former master (who was called "boss" now) and spent the remainder of his life pulling the plow and eating the farmer's hay.

My lot in life is to provide bunnies with pancakes on their heads. I fear I might suffer the ox's misfortune were I to shed this yoke, yet wind up where I started in the first place.

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okay now that's made me really angry. I have done part time voluntary work in a womens shelter here in glasgow. I've seen the effect of drunken, drugged up or just plain abusive partners.

There is no excuse for treating women as second class citizens. Your fiance is lucky to have a caring man as yourself. I'm sure you will have a long and happy future together.
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Husband #2 refuses to help at all with housework, and, should his lovely wife dare take a night out with her girlfriends, he lets fly with the accusations: "Where have you been? You've been cheating on me!"

At a party at my fiancee's crib, he got drunker than a skunk, and he had to be carried out by both arms. I had tried very hard to show him that one could perform even one little household task (I grabbed a broom, used it, then exclaimed "I am still a Macho!" but he was too pixilated to notice. My fiancee reports that nothing has changed, damn it.

Even my future in-laws are in that mode. Dad-in-law-to-be insists on a full, freshly cooked meal thrice daily -- leftovers not permitted. For myself, I'd just be happy if someone else opened some cans for me.

You are very sweet, Debz, and you make me glad to be stuck in visa limbo!

hahaha. Mox...you always manage to cheer me up. I love the bunnies with pancakes.

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OK, then; be a good egg and provide an ox with a yolk on its head. I am not yoking about this serious request. :)

Heh thanks! I lived in Scotland for 3 years (2 of my kids were born there), so happy to cheer up one of my former hosts.

@TBoneTX: Sorry to be so hard boiled about it, but omelette'ing you know I shell only do bunnies and pancakes.

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If we now end this mutual pun-ishment, it's ova! All ova!

If my rudimentary skills with high technology are working, here's a mouse with halitosis. If not, here is not a mouse with halitosis.

Huh. Well that was over easy.

arrrrg....too many puns! I'm off to bed...g'night all.

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This is your fried brain. This is your fried brain on eggs...

Night debz!

Touch today. Last one was July 31.

they keep everything secret in front of each other

called NVC today and got through.. been 10 days since approval.. They said they dont have our case yet.
no surprise, but thought I would give it a shot.. I would be happy if they got it before Christmas.

Received hard copy NOA2 yesterday..... CSC put the wrong damn Consulate on it.... totally different country! I swear! Called them today they said for me to fax a letter to their "emergency number" (now that IS funny). So I did...... waiting again.

Also called NVC cuz I was freaking out that they might have already rec'd my petition and forwarded it to Ghana instead of Nigeria (What was I thinking??? lol) but anyway... they said not to worry because they don't go by the NOA2 on where to send it, they send it to the country of finace' residence..... novel idea! Thank goodness!

This process is just entirely too stressful!

Heh... tell me about it... though looking at your timeline I have nothing to complain about...



Mox you are officially hired as chief entertainer and pic-finderer Totally random but put a smile on my face despite the lack of info on USCIS *and* the fact I have to be up in 6 hours to go to work



Well... it sounds like they like to take their time... but at least you know it is with someone now... Hopefully... Fingers crossed it's not that salty...



Gratzies!! Let's hope it brings fantastic news for Christmas - I am sure it will!!!

Hey Jeraly....i was just wondering something. Maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems you are always saying "Thanks" to people when they announce their news. I've noticed that you always write "Gratzie" when someone has good news. Doesn't it mean thank you? Maybe I'm just a moron. or I missed a memo somewhere..hahaha

Hey Jeraly....i was just wondering something. Maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems you are always saying "Thanks" to people when they announce their news. I've noticed that you always write "Gratzie" when someone has good news. Doesn't it mean thank you? Maybe I'm just a moron. or I missed a memo somewhere..hahaha

It's bugged me for a while that I just couldn't understand what you were saying. Sorry, just curious..

Ohhhhh!!! Wait. i get it now. Just never seen anyone say it like that.. Duh.... sorry..hehehe

No - I think it can mean thanks in Spanish if you spell it right but I've kind of adopted it from a Congratulations>congrats>grats>gratz>gratzies thing Don't ask me why - I couldn't honestly tell you... there are prolly lots of people out there thinking I am really rubbish at Spanish (they would be right) or thanking them for their NOA2, Visa approval, interview date etc

Hummmph. Still waiting. Bah.

Double bah!

Land sakes, Verleen... a touch, with website updated! Obviously the result of my same-day call to an ImmigOff who actually cared. The ones in Nov. & Oct. didn't, because all I got then was lies, stonewalling, excuses, and "why are you calling us when you KNOW that we don't give a crap."

Now, maybe we will see whether there's any true action or whether it goes on the bottom of someone's stack of 100-150 applications. Wouldn't it be consistent with my (our) entire experience if, after all this time, they see the need for an RFE?

The only solution is to begin drinking immediately and heavily; "anaesthesia by beer," I once heard it called. But, I don't drink, so that idea sucks.

Thought for the Day: In April, do anaesthesiologists await the arrival of the Ether Bunny? If he doesn't show up, will the Pancake Bunny? (Mox?)

T-B.

we got our hard copy of the NOA2 yesterday

Sigh...still waiting.

Congrats!

I have impressed upon my fiancé how important it is that it be kept in a SAFE PLACE

God I needed that! Thanks mox!

Our case seems to be one of those that they pick at random to go over with a fine tooth comb. K1's before and after us all approved but ours sits on the desk of an examiner at CSC. Apparently just came back from "outside investigation agency" (FBI?). Maybe all this is due to my security clearance? Waiting sucks but it is what it is. We are still well inside their processing times so I am not worried yet... just frustrated.

Oy. That is what I *did not* want to hear. :\

OMG Mox, are you my long-lost twin brother? I posted Pancake Bunny in the Canada off-topic thread yesterday because I needed a laugh, and I hadn't seen you post this!
When I just saw this I almost spit my coffee out

Jundp? Is that really you? OMG! I haven't seen you since...well...you know, since mom decided she loved me more and put you on a bus to Canada. But hey, water under the bridge, right? So how ya been?



(dang, just realized this joke falls flat because you're only an "honorary" Canadian. )

smart azz

Well, thank God Pancake Bunny brought us back together. Now, if you post Ceiling Kitty, I know we're related (or have the same bizarre sense of humor).

And just to put things back OT: this whole waiting thing sucks. Not that anyone here understands that

*I* don't understand that; I LOVE the waiting

I was so sad when we got our NOA2; it meant the waiting was drawing to an end

still got a few months though, so I won't despair yet

I think the monobrow is depriving you of much needed oxygen.

I don't like the wait, but I like most of the people I'm waiting with.

I think you're being Captain Literal

Yeah, I've been trying to think of a good VJ/Ceiling kitty. Hmmmmm....

I was an impatient person before this.......after all this I think I've done a lifetimes quota of waiting. We should all never have to wait again.

I want $1m NOW!!!! ....... nope doesn't work!!

*Ahem.* Colonel Literal.

there's no such thing


the rankings go:

Captain Literal

Commodore Literal

Grand Poo-bah of Literal


and that's it

Shoot. I bought an official "Colonel Literal" ID Card from that guy on the street. I've been had!