Sarcastic Fringehead!

[Carol P.]

Hey! Whole stole my topic? This is the Sarcastic Fringehead topic, not the freakin' Mink discussion topic. For crying out loud, go get yer own topic! We're talking more 'mink' than 'sarcastic fringehead' here because of you. C'mon - who did it? Fess up.

Lou

My, my, my.  You're being very sarcastic.   

[MAK]

Hey! Whole stole my topic? This is the Sarcastic Fringehead topic, not the freakin' Mink discussion topic. For crying out loud, go get yer own topic! We're talking more 'mink' than 'sarcastic fringehead' here because of you. C'mon - who did it? Fess up.

Lou

My, my, my.  You're being very sarcastic.   

He's been watching that video too much!

[dale]

So, Lou..'dja hear the one about the sarcastic fringehead and the mink?
A sarcastic fringehead and a mink go into a bar. Mink says to the huge, tattooed male bartender, "Hey, Lucille ...

[Bobbie Ireland]

The American mink is native to North America (I don't know about South America), but I think there is also a European mink.  There are lots of members of the same family (mustelid, I think) native to North America: short-tailed weasels - a.k.a ermine, long-tailed weasels, fishers, pine martens, badgers, otters, wolverines, black-footed ferret etc...I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot.  They're rare enough that I always get excited to see any members of that family, though it is hard to warm up to a voracious carnivore that you know is preying on the other cute critters we like to watch.
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Thanks for that, Patti. I did not know that re the mink being a North American native. I guess this is the whole question of introduced species, isn't it? Ireland's mustelids include badgers too - they get a bad rap as the possible cause of bovine TB. Our rarest is probably the pine marten... and yes, the excitement of seeing my one-and-only one a while back was sensational! Badgers sometimes go wandering down the lane beside us... and stoats have also been seen to frolic there too. They love the stone walls... (and the bunnies, for different reasons...). Not worried re the fact that one creature is the prey and another the predator. But the poor old "Irish" mink, I fear, is the wrong critter in the wrong place.

[Bobbie Ireland]

Hey! Whole stole my topic? This is the Sarcastic Fringehead topic, not the freakin' Mink discussion topic. For crying out loud, go get yer own topic! We're talking more 'mink' than 'sarcastic fringehead' here because of you. C'mon - who did it? Fess up.

Lou

OH, noooooo, Lou! Looks like I just "infringed" on your topic!!! Ooops!

Slainte!

Bobbie

[Donna]

Hey! Whole stole my topic? This is the Sarcastic Fringehead topic, not the freakin' Mink discussion topic. For crying out loud, go get yer own topic! We're talking more 'mink' than 'sarcastic fringehead' here because of you. C'mon - who did it? Fess up.

Lou

OH, noooooo, Lou! Looks like I just "infringed" on your topic!!! Ooops!

Slainte!

Bobbie

Yeah well Bobbie, you better "HEAD" on out of here before Lou wakes up!
 

[Bobbie Ireland]

Hey! Whole stole my topic? This is the Sarcastic Fringehead topic, not the freakin' Mink discussion topic. For crying out loud, go get yer own topic! We're talking more 'mink' than 'sarcastic fringehead' here because of you. C'mon - who did it? Fess up.

Lou

OH, noooooo, Lou! Looks like I just "infringed" on your topic!!! Ooops!

Slainte!

Bobbie

Yeah well Bobbie, you better "HEAD" on out of here before Lou wakes up!
 

 

[Lou]

My, my, my.  You're being very sarcastic.   

Aha! The guilty one speaks first. Carol the Topic-Stealer. Yep, I got you now. Now, get outta here and go create a mink topic.

Lou

[Lou]

So, Lou..'dja hear the one about the sarcastic fringehead and the mink?
A sarcastic fringehead and a mink go into a bar. Mink says to the huge, tattooed male bartender, "Hey, Lucille ...

I did hear that one Dale. And I think that the joke is certainly within the boundaries of this topic. (Unlike another certain mink post from another certain person which ONLY speaks to the mink.)

Lou

[Lou]

OH, noooooo, Lou! Looks like I just "infringed" on your topic!!! Ooops!

Slainte!

Bobbie

Don't worry Bobbie. According to the rules of topic etiquette, section 18.4, subsection C, it's only the FIRST person who creates the tangent that is at fault. Sort of like the first person in a convoy making a wrong turn; everybody behind him (or HER in this case) just naturally follows.

Lou

[Patti from Kentucky]

OH, noooooo, Lou! Looks like I just "infringed" on your topic!!! Ooops!

Slainte!

Bobbie

Don't worry Bobbie. According to the rules of topic etiquette, section 18.4, subsection C, it's only the FIRST person who creates the tangent that is at fault. Sort of like the first person in a convoy making a wrong turn; everybody behind him (or HER in this case) just naturally follows.

Lou

And when I contributed, I at least modified the topic somewhat so that anyone following it might not be misled into thinking that we were still talking about a fish.

Patti

[dale]

And when I contributed, I at least modified the topic somewhat so that anyone following it might not be misled into thinking that we were still talking about a fish. Patti

SOME of us are in fact still talking about a fish. Nonstop.
So this fish goes into a bar, plops himself down on a barstool.
Bartender says, "what can I get you?" No...wait...
Bartender says, "Hey! No fish allowed in this bar!"  No...

[Carol P.]

Sorry.  Leaving.   

[Carol P.]

—Synonyms
2. biting, cutting, mordant, bitter, derisive, ironic, sardonic.

and why is the Fringehead considered to be sarcastic?  What does a fish have to do to be called sarcastic? I guess they do bite.  But what caused them to be bitter?  Did they lose a loved one and now they're just plain bitter?  I don't think they cut their food, since they don't have any hands to hold a knive.  Although they do have big mouths.  Maybe the other fish make fun of them and that's why they are bitter and sarcastic.  Hmmmm.  Things to think about.    

[MAK]

Carol when do you see your therapist again!