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Plain... Maybe no one more modest than you..

"But I live in Humble... I have friends in Humble.

And sir... you are not humble."

(sorry for stealing from Lloyd Benson in the vice presidental debates of 2000)

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Plain... Maybe no one more modest than you..

"But I live in Humble... I have friends in Humble.

And sir... you are not humble."

(sorry for stealing from Lloyd Benson in the vice presidental debates of 2000)

I lived close to Humble. I was off 1960 and I-45. Westador.

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Plain... Maybe no one more modest than you..

"But I live in Humble... I have friends in Humble.

And sir... you are not humble."

(sorry for stealing from Lloyd Benson in the vice presidental debates of 2000)

:eek::lol::mellow: Steve-that was great!! (Whew, I would've never come up with Benson's name tho!)

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Plain... Maybe no one more modest than you..

"But I live in Humble... I have friends in Humble.

And sir... you are not humble."

(sorry for stealing from Lloyd Benson in the vice presidental debates of 2000)

You accusin' me of being Quayle, man?!? Because I call spell much more worser than Mr. Quayle!

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Of course I'm not accusin' you of being a Quayle. You know exactly how many "E"'s are in the word Potatoe :blink:

Besides, even to call you Quayle is a compliment about your ability to survive (stay with me here)...

Quayle sounds like Quail - the bird that Dick Cheney likes to hunt. They are such smart birds that, if you let them out of a cage in the middle of a group of hunters, they can trick the hunters into shooting each other!

(OK... that was a long way for a very bad joke.... I am sorry) :)

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Of course I'm not accusin' you of being a Quayle. You know exactly how many "E"'s are in the word Potatoe :blink:

Beth - Quayle spelled it "potatoe"; thus Steve's joke above!

Quayle sounds like Quail - the bird that Dick Cheney likes to hunt. They are such smart birds that, if you let them out of a cage in the middle of a group of hunters, they can trick the hunters into shooting each other!

That was good, actually!!! My nuclear family's anti-gun. My parents used to joke about how people needed guns to watch out for the "killer quail" so it was esp applicable to me!

(Everyone-Pls don't get into the 'right to bear arms' mess. I was just telling a personal story!)

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Beth - Less than 2 weeks til surgery! Figure out now what Protein Shakes you can tolerate er stomach. Get it? har har. I didn't take into account just how much I would need for 3 weeks of liquids so I've gone shopping more than I had intended to. My two cents.

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SnT & Beth - not sure if i mentioned this, but my FAVE Protein shake is muscle milk... it is pretty high in fat / cals but it's very filling.... i drank it daily when i was working my ass off at the gym....

regular = 2 scoops - 300 cals 12g fat 32g Protein

lite = 2 scoops - 195 cals 6g fat 25g protein

(personally, i'd just do the regular for the variety)

if you dont want the regular, they do have a 'light version'

the regular version has a BUNCH of flavors - my fave was probably peanut butter/chocolate and Mocha Latte...

cake batter was WAYYYY too sweet

the light has fewer flavors and i've never tried them, but i've heard they are good!!

i bought mine thru Bodybuilding.com - CytoSport Product Listing - On Sale! Lowest Prices For CytoSport! FABULOUS customer service, fast shipping and good prices... (not affiliated, just happy customer)

but i know Vitamin Shoppe also has it - im sure GNC does too...

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