He did his quiet duty for 405 years, barely moving. Little is known about his private life, but some say he worked many years for the Postal Service.
Now he's dead. Ming The Clam is no longer with us. Read about it HERE. According to Wikipedia, Ming died during an "evaluation"....meaning that he was cut in half so his rings could be counted. He bothered no one for over four centuries, until a bunch of meddlers snatched him from his bed to expose his gerontological secrets.
I've been sitting on this sad news for a long time. I can't hold it in any longer.
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I'm crying tears of lemon juice and tabasco.
Question: what do Ming the Clam and Barack Hussein Obama have in common? Answer: neither has a backbone.
Fredd, they both know about the same about domestic and foreign policy, too, but hey ...
Rhod, you have got to quit pouring over these wonkish topics. For the love of God and sake of all things decent, man!!
DC, I'm in the early stages of a story about Frenchmen afflicted with OCD. They wash their hands up to once a day.
(There's a rumor about that Scunnert knew Ming intimately. He met him on Skye when Ming was there on holiday in 1848 - Scunnie was just a young socialist.)
Wetzy, fried with the stomach and neck is the best way.
Fredd, Ming also had better advisors.
Ooooh, oooooh, I have a better one: what do Ming the Clam and Obama have in common? The longer they sit around in the Oval Office, the more they stink.
(insert rim shot here)
Bastirds !
New England Clam Chowder (serves 12)
1 dozen chowder clams
2 qt stock white stock, or fish stock
1 cup celery leaves
1 small onion, chopped
8 oz salt pork, diced and blanched
1-1/2 lb potatoes (3 large) 1 qt diced, peel and diced
2 lg onions, peel and diced
6 oz flour, all-purpose, 1-1/4 cups
1 qt milk, boiled
salt and pepper, to taste
This is the difference between Ming the Clam and Barack Hussein Obama - Ming has the potential to make something of himself. Obama, no.
I defer to LL, he has nailed the differences between Ming and the Bamster.
However, LL's chowder recipe needs some work: I see not a speck of butter. I just happen to be a disciple of Mo's Clam Chowder, available only at four or five spots up and down the Oregon coast, to include Florence and Lincoln City. They add so much butter to their New England style chowder, you start clutching your chest just reading the menu....
Rhod, I am so glad you were finally able to talk about this. Secretia has indeed done wonders for you.
If you really want to know the difference between the clam and the sock puppet, you are going to have to cross-sectiom him too.
In the name of science, of course!
(I have a second-hand Stil chainswaw I could donate- the chain is a bit stuffed, but hey- it will get there eventually)
Ming the Clam is only the beginning, as you all at GNN know.
Unless we are all univited to a White House State Dinner (without invitations of course--it's OK, we gotta guy!)
Sorry Ming the Clam is no longer with us. He coulds been the go-to-guy!
Well, he was certainly more attractive than Bob, just Bob!
I knew that I could count on Goomba readers for support in this.
DC is missing as usual, when it comes to the important things.
He's always outside walking his rat when you need him.
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