I was very taken by a recent Comment by Pink:

QUOTE

I can imagine Zeus arriving on earth and announcing "Take me to your Leda."

UNQUOTE

There are many others but where are they?

So, let's make a Collection by placing your favourite(s), here.

Many thanks.

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 19 Apr 2004 23:07 PDT

Aha!

A visitation from the Good Lady herself.

Madam, we are honoured.

Had we known, we would have laid down a Red Carpet ...

Well, OK then, it would have been a very muted sort of Red ...

More like Pink, actually.

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 19 Apr 2004 23:15 PDT

I have been advised that the Good Lady might actually be invisible on
a Red Carpet, particularly if she's wearing her ruby slippers.

Just imagine how embarrassing it would have been if she had stepped
out of the limo and had disappeared.

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 27 Apr 2004 11:00 PDT

Is this THE LOT?

Surely NOT!

What else have you got

To increase the pot?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 27 Apr 2004 11:16 PDT

>> I have been advised that the Good Lady might actually be 
>> invisible on a Red Carpet, particularly if she's wearing 
>> her ruby slippers.

Don't worry, Bryan; as soon as I open my eyes, I'll be visible again. 

Unless I've been hitting the bottle. ;-D

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 27 Apr 2004 12:03 PDT

Whew, Pink, Thanks!

I've stopped worrying ...

Until I think of something else to worry about ...

Bryan

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 29 Apr 2004 11:01 PDT

I wonder how might it be possible to jack this Question up on everybody's lists?

Surely, we are seriously overdue for some new gems?

Many thanks!

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 29 Apr 2004 21:59 PDT

Time to close.

My thanks to one and all!

Hmm... a Google Answers search on "Comment by pinkfreud-ga" returns
6028+ results. This may take a while. :)

Dear PB , 

A difficult task indeed - more than 6028 posts - and all of them are
basically gems of some kind.

"If you're hanging around with Professor Harold Hill, watch out for
Marian the Librarian. She's a sadder but wiser girl. Or maybe a lager
Budweiser girl. Something like that." 
(SOURCE: Pinkfreud, on 16 Apr 2004 09:57 PDT, " Re: Learning a Musical
Instrument using the 'Think System'"
<http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=331302>).

hah! but this could be even better than the notorious 1,000 comments!

In the question "Why do men have nipples?"
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=329846
the pinkster commented
"It always seemed to me that if women's breasts are called 'mammaries',
then men's should be 'daddaries'."

Here's a link from which to begin this research:
http://answers.google.com/answers/search?q=%22Comment+by+pinkfreud-ga%22

Subject: Re: Modelling the Universe through standard model to
present day solar system.

From: pinkfreud-ga on 26 Mar 2004 16:00 PST 	 
To have that much detail, this would probably have to be an
actual-size model.

Where would we keep it? ;-)
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=317285

We seem to have encouraged her with this thread.
She's posted a couple of new gems just today:

Subject: Re: what r u doing?
From: pinkfreud-ga on 18 Apr 2004 15:51 PDT 	 

Since you've chosen the category "Business and Money > Accounting,"
I presume that this question is asking us to account for ourselves.

However, I've often heard it said that "there's no accounting for
women," so I'll leave this unanswered.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=332254

It is probably not widely known that the Pink One was recently sounded
out about her willingness to run for the Nigerian presidency.

As you would expect, she handled this tricky question with the skill
that we have to come to expect from the best politicians:

QUOTE:

If nominated, I will not run. 
If elected, I will not serve.
If served, I will not eat.
If eaten, I will not digest.
If digested, I will not nourish.

UNQUOTE

There was a supplementary ...

'Does it also mean that if you smoke, you won't inhale?'

Since I only smoke if I am set on fire, this is a hypothetical
question. Unfortunately, I don't have a hypothet, so I'll won't be
able to proceed. I have a similar problem when confronted with
pornography. Where do folks get the pornographs on which to play this
stuff, anyway?

Search Strategy: 328349 (with the usual Disclaimers)

Pink's advice on Mooney airyplanes (#327009)...

QUOTE:

Don't covet those planes, folks.

Remember: "The love of Mooney is the root of all evil."

UNQUOTE

I sincerely hope that the person concerned has followed these words of
wisdom but, alas, nothing has been heard from him since he set off on
his attempt to break the solo flight record from from Mukilteo WA to
Baghdad. It is understood that he was sponsored by the CIA and that he
was transporting several kegs of Moonshine Liquor as a peace offering.

AIR A PARENT 
 
The Googlebird lays her eggs in the air,  
But the Googlebird's mate is always there  
To cache the eggs in a cup.  
The Googlebird's body is upside-downed,  
So she can't distinguish 'tween sky and ground,  
And her down is downside up.  
The Googlebird's egg-drops are seldom planned.  
She lays them free-form, you understand:  
Loose as a goose, and free and breezy,  
The Googlebird likes 'em "ova easy."   

The unavoidable no. 161982

PG...you left out the preface to that verse:

"I shall take this opportunity to give some exposure to a bit
 of my doggerel (or is it birderel?)"

It suddenly occurred to me that the good lady might be so embarrassed
by this Tribute Question that her face has turned red.

And, should that be the case, how can folks tell where her hair stops
and her face begins?

Here's another collected today from 332379:

Many thanks for your kind words! I would blush, but we all know that
red-haired persons do not blush -- instead, we 'rediate'. ;-D

I like Pink's answer to my question about whether Researchers and
Commenters ever fall in love and if so, since it's forbidden to
exchange personal info here, how do they manage to get together?

PINK:  "I'm sure it could all be worked out, if the motivation were there.
You know the old adage, "Love will find a way." Or, in the case of
milkmaids, a whey. Blessed are the cheesemakers. ;-)

>> It suddenly occurred to me that the good lady might be so embarrassed
>> by this Tribute Question that her face has turned red.

>> And, should that be the case, how can folks tell where her hair stops
>> and her face begins?

My dear Bryan, you should know by now that I am a redneck. If the face
matches the neck and the hair, I shall have a well-coordinated outfit.
Give me a pair of ruby slippers, and I'll be reddy for anything. :-)

An Easter Greeting : 
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=327574

Here's a little Easter funny:

They're going to make a movie about the Easter Bunny. The title role
will be played by Rabbit De Niro.

Here's another from # 332258, in response to the Question 'where ru going?'

I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm
I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band
I'm going to camp out on the land
I'm going to try an' get my soul free...

Or, then again, maybe I will just go on down to the local fish market,
to try an' get my sole free.

#44559
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=44559

"I wanted to do a little research on this question, but I nodded off,
and when I woke up I found that the alligators in the sewers had
removed my kidneys and replaced them with cookies from Neiman Marcus."


#45067
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=45067

"The more childish sorts of puns aren't particularly painful, since
they are not yet full groan. ;-)"


#293747
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=293747

"Bryan,

  You missed a good opportunity for a bad joke here. If I'd posted this
  question, rather than entitling it "List all the Dukes in Britain in
  1920," I would have gone with "Put up your Dukes."

  ~Pink (who never makes a childish pun, but waits till it's full groan)

Hi, Bowler

Back to your brilliant best!

It's amazing just how quickly this stuff leaves my memory ...

I just appreciate your giving it a jog.

All the Best

Bryan

(By the way, did I ever discover a friendlier name for you? Please remind me!)

Bryan,

"A friendlier name?" 

Well, I don't know if my name is all that friendly.  Although I'm
thinking of legally appending a -ga to the end of it.  But, you may
call me whichever name you find the friendliest.

*** (also known as Bowler-ga)

BTW

#56200
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=56200

"It is my suspicion that Mr. Charles Cabbage (who purportedly wrote
the page linked above) is not, in fact, a cabbage, but is a human
bean."


#65778
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=65778

"Many thanx for the five stars, Gran. I sprinkled 'em on my evening
bowl of Lucky Charms, which made this sugary treat even more Magically
Delicious than usual.

As one who eats breakfast at any hour of the day or night, I am quite
a cereal killer: I was thinking about dumping some "Sweet Simplicity"
hare remover on the Trix rabbit, but that's another depila story..."

Hi, Harry (Bowler)

I've always called you Harry in my own mind because I used to know a
chap called Harry Bowler.

He was a delightful soul who always wore a bow tie which even among us
English is rather unusual.

Of course, if you are a She rather than a He, then it could be Harriet.

Many thanks for the further Pinkisms.

Warmest regards

Bryan

Bryan,

I think it's been established that I'm a he (at least my wife thinks
so).  I've been waiting to reveal my name for when I become an
"official" researcher.  But that doesn't seem to be happening any time
soon so maybe I'll hint at it in a future comment/question.  You're
only hint now is that it is not Harry.

Hi, Again, Hieronymous (aka Bowler-ga)

Many thanks for the clue ...

I bet that you are amazed that I've solved it already, right?

All the Best

Bryan

(And I sincerely hope that you are soon accepted as a GA Researcher.)

Hello Pinkophiles

Here are two more:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=333514

I have never met a woman, beautiful or otherwise, who was truly
random. Most of us have some sort of a pattern. Otherwise our
component parts won't stick together.

Picasso admired the chaotic;
The lines of his art are psychotic.
His wackier moods
Produced angular nudes
Which geometry fans find erotic.

I wonder who can find the most Pinkerisms on the same question.

QUOTE

The best way to seem taller is to stand
on a stack of books. ;-)

UNQUOTE

:-)

Oh poo! Every time I try to post a quip here, it turns out someone
else has already beaten me to it.

But I certainly do want to join in in lifting a (virtual) glass of
champagne to GA's answer to Dorothy Parker.

(Believe me, Pink: not even the Algonquin Round Table gang could have
kept pace with you. You're the best!)

And they keep a-coming in:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=311255

Thanks for the verses! I am tickled Pink! :-D

My favorite customer, schmooz,
Asks questions I cannot refuse.
I see one, I grab it.
It's now quite a habit;
Addictive, but safer than booze.

Hi, Nancylynn

I have searched exhaustively but I cannot find any trace of Dorothy
Parker ever having asked a question on GA.

Possibly, it was removed because of inappropriate content?

Please show your Search Strategy.

Many thanks!

I wonder if they use barking powder to make doggie biscuits. :-D
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=242291

Ooo, sublime added the one I was going to use. I'll look for another!
crabcakes

It does occur to me that someone should answer this question ...

Otherwise, I suspect that, if it expires, it will accept no more Gems.

Am I right?

PLEASE SOMEBODY .... ANYBODY ...

probonopublico-ga:

You've got until May 18th before it expires, so there's still a couple
of weeks before that happens. Shouldn't be a problem for you to
collect a few more gems first, before asking a Researcher to help you
embed this question for posterity!

Bryan wrote:

"Hi, Nancylynn

I have searched exhaustively but I cannot find any trace of Dorothy
Parker ever having asked a question on GA.

Possibly, it was removed because of inappropriate content?

Please show your Search Strategy."

Uh, I'm supposed to come up with a screamingly funny retort here,
right? . . . Uh . . . Hmmm . . . PINK: I need you to come to my rescue
-- again!! (Bail me out, girlfriend.)