He may play the dumb blond, but he told Andrew Denton that at college he majored in literature. What books, do you think, he likes to read?

Writings of Plato.

I guess the obvious answer right now would be any home remodeling books with pics. and info about "how to's" on getting the look he is after. Do Victoria's Secret catalogues count as literature??

~ Lilo

His degree wasn't exactly in English literature. It was in English and Communication Arts, and heavy on on the Communication side. In 1973, Chris - who loves to do comedic impressions - won an award from the California National Forensics League for "Humorous Interpretration": he performed a scene from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" as Nixon, Kissinger, and the other Watergate names at the time.

Once, when he was a little boy - maybe 6 or 7? - Chris had an acute stomach ache. It hurt so badly, that he had to hunch over to ease the pain. Chris didn't want his mother to know, he knew how hard she worked and didn't want to interrupt her schedule nor have the family incur any medical bills. So he walked around in his bathrobe, hunched over, pretending to be holding a cigar and talking like Groucho Marx. He kept this Groucho Marx impression up for almost a week, until his mother discovered he was hiding a stomach ache and took him to the hospital.

He does not read novels so much anymore. He does read "Architectural Digest" and the PennySaver magazines!

"California National Forensics League"?? Weird!

That sounds like a serious stomachache but I guess he lived through it. Couldn't have been appendix or he'd have died in a week probably.

Anyone know how to change a display name here? Can't find the option.

A.I.A.T,

I can't find anything like that. All I found was the ability to change your

EMAIL address.

So, I'm guessin' (haven't tested it yet) that you can change the email

on your 'offensive' name, therefore, freeing up your original email for a

new, less offensive, name.

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Jumping off tables. Serious abdominal pain. Next, you're going to be

telling us he fell in love with girls at school all the time...making tapes

for them...who didn't like him and were mean to him...until Carol came

along...but she wound up marrying someone else and dying of cancer.

Boohoo...life don't work out his way!

(I'm not really as insensitive as I might appear on this board!

I've been officially infatuated with CHRIS for awhile now.

*smooches all over your broken heart, Chris*)

I got excited when I read Jac's suggestion that he reads Plato (although I doubt that it's true). Deep. Last Days of Socrates is definitely an inspiring read. It takes a bit of discipline to stay with it in the beginning, but its worth it by the end.

That's a lovely story about young Chris SiRE. What a nice boy he must have been. Must have broken his mother's heart to discover that he had been in agony for an entire week. It must take quite a lot of inner resolve to put on a comedy act when one's doubled over with pain. Good one, Chris.

Well, he couldn't have been menstruating...

So, it must have been an impacted colon?

Explains all the bran on the bus.

Ah, good suggestion Kvox. Mod really wants me to change it but I'm damned if I see any such option, so maybe I'll try it the long way around.

AIAT,

Did you get an official "cease and desist" email from them?

Can we see it, too?

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"he performed a scene from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" as Nixon, Kissinger, and the other Watergate names at the time"

This is verified by a testimonial I found on the internet from one of his

classmates...a woman. I posted it on the ezboard some time back...my

scrapbook post.

Just goes to prove that Chris is a very interesting and clever man! Not just a pretty face and wonderful voice! Wow! I loved Plato's writings in the Republic! Very interesting man himself!

Aww,poor Chris! His mom must have been upset when she realized what he was doing to mask the pain. Ouch, Chris! But at the same time, what a sweet way to try to help(in a kid's mind). Yes, he strikes me as a highly intelligent guy who uses humor in times that are stressful. My brother is the same way, and close to Chris's age (grew up in the same generation). I think that's why I like Chris so much. He is alot like my older siter and my brother if they were combined into one person. Not too mention the obvious good looks and talent....and VOICE!

~ Lilo

Gee Gone Fishing, couldn't help but notice you are a bit of a show off yourself!

Seems Gone Fishin's post has been deleted but I do have to agree with it.



Just a note asking me to change the display name even though there is no way to do that. And they didn't seem to have any idea how it could be done either. So I tried your suggestion and it worked but I can't post w/the new name yet because I have to wait for them to "approve" it so I'll keep using the old name until they get on it. Funny, if I could have just stayed unregistered they wouldn't have had this issue, but since this cuts down slightly on the 0.03% of posts that are obvious spam I guess it's a good thing, huh?

You agree with Gone Fishing huh? Maybe you are the same person? No? If not, maybe you all should do something interesting yourselfs instead of putting down other people!!!

LOL, great detective work sweetie. Anyone who agrees with each other must all be the same person. Oh and of course they're all just jealous of you, right?

And isn't Mrs. Grubenhoff's history class so totally lame? And did you hear about Jeannie and Joe after 3rd period in the girl's bathroom? AS IF! And Susan got her nails done and omg!

Ha ha ha!

Miss CC I dont think Gone Fishin meant it in a nasty way but dont be ashamed to show off honey, we dont get famous people where I live in Oz (not enough fancy shops or nightlife Im afraid) so everyone's posts who know famous people are a good laugh.

Kitty
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Oh I don't get mad, Kitty! I get even! Even if it's in a nice way like this



Or like this!



Just messin' with ya Gone Fishing and AIAT (think that name is rude though)!

Well, Gone Fishing ... if that excited you ... you'll do backflips when I tell you I got that tidbit from a reliable source many years ago! True dinks!!

cool!

~ Lilo (I love an intelligent man!)

So far only advantage I've found to the compulsory registration is the "ignore user" option.

Was there something nice I should wait for before I click it on?

AIAT,

I keep hoping that the people on my ignore list will post

something worth reading...but...alas...they don't.

So, the IGNORE option is a good one.

It doesn't keep you from reading it if you want to out of SHEER

CURIOUSITY!

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Another advantage to registering is Instant Personal Messages!

PM me anytime!

So did you see this message? Am I still on your ignore list - I hope so!!

Kitty

Kitty, lol...


I am confused about the name thing, can't you just register with a new name and can the other one? Is there something here I am not getting, which wouldn't be surprising.

Where's the ignore button located? Don't have a clue about that either.


Suzy

Ok, SUZY!

Click on My Controls up there^^^ above 'Chris the Book Worm'.

On left is a menu of options. One of them says "Manage Ignored Users"

Click on it and type in the users name and add them to the list.

Voila!

You can ignore me if you want, it won't hurt my feelings!

I dont think you can just go in and change your name, which is silly you should be able to. And I just like to stir KVOX up about being on her ignore list, and I have no idea where the ignore button is either, didnt even know it existed!

Kitty
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Well, I don't get any option at all to change the name but interestingly, Mod says she gets the option on the left side of the control panel under "personal profile". (I think, not reading the message right now.) I haven't actually tried the ignore option, just noticed it but Kvox, I'm confused, if you're ignoring someone, howcome their messages still show up for you? I thought ignore made them invisible, like on AOL boards.

I had a look to see how you can change your name and nothing comes up under mine either.

Kitty

Well, I did go the whole route of registering a different name and I just tried logging into it and it logs me in but still tells me I don't have permission to post yet, so...Heere I am!

Hmmm...

No, this isn't AOL. I think you're referring to chatrooms and the aol messenger service which is a whole nother animal.

Messageboards are designed to give people an opportunity to post and be read. So, it wouldn't make sense to ERASE something like it didn't exist. I like the option of being able to read individual posts.

I could use the service to IGNORE everyone. Thereby, not seeing any post. I would only see those posts that I click on.

Or, I could use the service to have communication with a certain group and avoid interacting with the public....like Google seems to be doing.

No, I meant when you post on message boards that are within AOL you can say "ignore user" if someone really bugs you and then you never see their posts at all, they become invisible to you. Still don't get how ignore works here, I may have to try it to see.

Angiekay is on my ignore list...amongst others.

Yet, if someone chooses to, they can REPOST her message by quoting it.

Like you did in your post, AIAT.

So, what's the use? It makes things flow a little more smoothly for me,

personally.

Another option is not to see user's avatars and signatures.

Another options is to go LO-FI and not interact at all. I tried that for

awhile, but I'd go hi-fi anyway.

Interesting. I'll have to try some of the various options and see how it feels that way. There's a couple I could put on ignore.

It's nothing personal.

I just notice a pattern forming in their replies.

I think I'm developing a pattern, too.

She's in Real Estate: Blah blah blah

Me: Could you expound on that?

SiRE: Blah Blah Blah

Me: Ya, people suck sometimes...but it's kind of funny.

SiRE: Blah Blah Blah

Me: The solution is simple!

Mmmmmmmmmmmm....????

Kitty

I don't know about everyone else, but I am confused!! And it wouldn't be the first time!!