elegantlion Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 You know I live in a neighborhood. That doesn't necessarily make me, or anyone else around here, neighborly. It also doesn't strike as someplace you'd call a "hood" either. It's just a name for a place I live. Likewise, the hive is just a name for a place I frequent. It doesn't define who I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 You could carry *anj*'s Really Big Bee Marble in your pocket. For luck, or whatnot. Is that a Really Big Bee Marble in your pocket or.... Nevermind. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 DARN IT, there goes my convention outfit. OK, back to bluefly.com... SWB I guess you'll have to go the Borg Queen route--skin-tight black leather, bald, and with a special machine to take your head off your body. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Is that a Really Big Bee Marble in your pocket or.... Nevermind. :D I was debating about telling *anj* she had some really big... er... marbles. But I resisted temptation. :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I guess you'll have to go the Borg Queen route--skin-tight black leather, bald, and with a special machine to take your head off your body. :D That's a different convention. But I'll bet Cleo could hook you up with a supplier for the outfit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 That's a different convention. But I'll bet Cleo could hook you up with a supplier for the outfit! Would it freak the other conventiongoers out too much if we all dressed in black and yellow, buzzed, headed straight for the WTM booth and stayed there all day? What if we turned a glassy-eyed stare on the rest, and said "Buy the boook, buy the boook, be one of ussssssszzzzzz ..." Not the marketing plan you're going for? ;-) "Buy the boooook. Resistance is futile ...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I guess you'll have to go the Borg Queen route--skin-tight black leather, bald, and with a special machine to take your head off your body. :D Ooooh... sounds like the Matrix. Cool. Maybe we could all plan to swarm a convention and instead of the WTM buttons, everyone could wear black leather! I nominate the HEAV :ack2:convention in VA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Wise Bauer Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Would it freak the other conventiongoers out too much if we all dressed in black and yellow, buzzed, headed straight for the WTM booth and stayed there all day? What if we turned a glassy-eyed stare on the rest, and said "Buy the boook, buy the boook, be one of ussssssszzzzzz ..." Not the marketing plan you're going for? ;-) "Buy the boooook. Resistance is futile ...." I am LAUGHING out loud and my husband wants to know why. Oh, golly, I almost wish you guys WOULD do that. We could put it on youtube. SWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Wise Bauer Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Ooooh... sounds like the Matrix. Cool. Maybe we could all plan to swarm a convention and instead of the WTM buttons, everyone could wear black leather! I nominate the HEAV :ack2:convention in VA. Heather, If I thought I'd ever be invited back, I'd be so tempted. Although I'm not sure that black leather will suit me, four babies down the road... SWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Ooooh... sounds like the Matrix. Cool. Maybe we could all plan to swarm a convention and instead of the WTM buttons, everyone could wear black leather! I nominate the HEAV :ack2:convention in VA. LOL! It's only appropriate that I share a past foot-in-mouth episode in this thread, right? I'd just married into a really big family. One of my many sisters-in-law made a joke about me wearing leather pants for my husband. I laughed and said, "Leather pants?! Aren't leather pants reserved for aging rock stars and hookers?" I later found out that her best 'going out' outfit included leather pants. I have a knack, I tell ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Crissy, I don't think any apologies are necessary. I read it the same way.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Heather, If I thought I'd ever be invited back, I'd be so tempted. Although I'm not sure that black leather will suit me, four babies down the road... SWB Wait though until you are ready to go out in a blaze of glory! I can just imagine the collective gasp on the main concourse where those kids are always playing flutes and trumpets. And about the three kids, it would be fine... you're a runner, right? You stay in shape! I doubt the Civil Air Patrol guys could catch you! :gnorsi: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Am I the only person who just thought the name was cute and the references amusing and unique to this community? No, Kelli! I did think it funny. It's a great example of antiphrasis. (I've been reading my Thinker's Thesaurus today. Surely if I were in a REAL hive I wouldn't do that, I'd just write ITA after Susan's post ;).) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Heather, If I thought I'd ever be invited back... Oh... wait, I get it now... Is that because of the 400th anniversary thing? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Heather, If I thought I'd ever be invited back, I'd be so tempted. Although I'm not sure that black leather will suit me, four babies down the road... SWB Oh, I think with the right cut, black leather covers a multitude of... babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Wise Bauer Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Oh... wait, I get it now... Is that because of the 400th anniversary thing? :confused: I'm sure that's not helping....but in fact I got disinvited the year BEFORE. There's a basic disconnect between HEAV and me in philosophy, I think. But I wish they'd invite my mother back..she really just wants to help parents educate their children. (I do too. But there are some things I feel strongly about that Mom is less concerned with, as long as she can teach kids to read and give mothers the tools they need. Teaching is her passion; she is a real gift to the home school community.) SWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 There's a basic disconnect between HEAV and me in philosophy, I think. But I wish they'd invite my mother back..she really just wants to help parents educate their children. (I do too. But there are some things I feel strongly about that Mom is less concerned with, as long as she can teach kids to read and give mothers the tools they need. Teaching is her passion; she is a real gift to the home school community.) Well, I have always thought that any organization that would voluntarily call themselves "HEAV"... they have a basic disconnect with any thinking person! That is too bad about them not inviting your mom back, though. :glare: I think it might be worth instigating a coup just for that! How rude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Am I the only person who just thought the name was cute and the references amusing and unique to this community? I'm with you Kelli. The other implied meanings never even crossed my mind. :001_huh: I tend to take things at face value and try not to read too much meaning into things that are ultimately not very important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin in Tx Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Don't forget the beehive hairdos - My gray hair would look FAB in one! And we can all wear buttons that say, "SWB Wanna BEE" Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Oh, I think with the right cut, black leather covers a multitude of... babies. We could do black leather jumpers for the less daring among us. I can just imagine how cool it would be if we all marched down to the Richmond convention center dressed in black leather... I think the jumpers might actually make it more scary! If I saw 100+ women in leather jumpers, I would run! :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I later found out that her best 'going out' outfit included leather pants. Sounds like something I would say. My sister and I are always horrified when my mom and her husband head out in leather. And they do... THEY DO.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin in Tx Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Now I am laughing out loud!! Black leather jumpers! And don't forget the homeschooling shoes. Do they come in black leather, too? Goodness, I can hardly breathe!! What is the 400th anniversary thing? What did I miss? You can pm me if you'd prefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 And don't forget the homeschooling shoes. Do they come in black leather, too? Do you think we could find fake nose rings for everyone? I mean, I am sure there are some here who have their own, but I have a fake one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 We could do black leather jumpers for the less daring among us. I can just imagine how cool it would be if we all marched down to the Richmond convention center dressed in black leather... I think the jumpers might actually make it more scary! If I saw 100+ women in leather jumpers, I would run! :leaving: Y'know, this is so incredibly twisted. Leather jumpers? I love it! Where do I get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 How about denim thongs under the leather jumpers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Y'know, this is so incredibly twisted. Leather jumpers? I love it! Where do I get one? Hmmm... They are apparently hard to find. This could be the basic style: or this, embroidered with "Very Well-Trained" But we would need to find a heckofalot of leather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 How about denim thongs under the leather jumpers... Sounds scratchy!:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Hmmm... They are apparently hard to find. This could be the basic style: or this, embroidered with "Very Well-Trained" But we would need to find a heckofalot of leather. :smilielol5: Leather! I can't breathe!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 But we would need to find a heckofalot of leather. Found it! I think it will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Found it! I think it will work. Could we please attach a little stinger to the back? I really want to wear a stinger with my leather. If I have a stinger, I don't need no steenkin' nose ring! Doran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 This is my general opinion and it's not a slam to MFS, but I think people who refuse to post at a site because of it's nickname, or can't see the humor or irony in said nickname, need to get over themselves. Obviously, people have the right to post wherever they want and for whatever reasons, but personally, I'd rather get my knickers knotted over something more significant than whether the site calls itself a hive or not. I support her right to post or not post, it honestly makes no difference to me; I just think it's silly to die on that hill, so to speak. But, que sera sera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I am LAUGHING out loud and my husband wants to know why. Oh, golly, I almost wish you guys WOULD do that. We could put it on youtube. SWB Okay, now I am laughing out loud, because ... can you imagine that on YouTube? I can just see all the anti-homeschooling crowd rushing to use it as evidence that there is just something WRONG with those homeschoolers! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Could we please attach a little stinger to the back? I really want to wear a stinger with my leather. If I have a stinger, I don't need no steenkin' nose ring! Doran Hey, you can customize any way you want. Sort of like those chopper motorcycles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Can we put it to a vote? This is my suggestion for WTM convention-wear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Can we put it to a vote? This is my suggestion for WTM convention-wear: Dang. I used to look like that. With a butt, but that was my body. Dang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Can we put it to a vote? This is my suggestion for WTM convention-wear: Is the foot tattoo optional? I don't mind the leather but I really do not want a tattoo.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Gasp! Sputter! Choke! Oh my goodness....This is one of the funniest things I have read in a while!!! Crissy, you are going to have to do some serious photoshop editing if you want to see me in that outfit! But, I think all of us showing up at the convention with those on would be so funny. And I'm laughing about the marbles. And the leather (notsomuch laughing about the thongs, though!) Susan, I have heard both you and your mom speak at different conventions and you are both wonderful, but I think you take after your Dad. I had a great conversation with him at the booth. He isn't afraid to speak his mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Crissy, I don't think I can pull that outfit off with any authority. But, I will be happy to show up in my pleather jumper (in deference to my vegetarian son), replete with stinger on the back. If we're going to go the YouTube route, here's an idea? What could be more hivish than an impromptu musical? http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/30/food-court-musical-music-and-lyrics/ Lots of stuff rhymes with Bauer! and Hive! and Leather! You guys can take it from here.:lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaNY Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Personally, I really haven't given much thought to the "Hive-mind" theme. I come here to share ideas, learn things, get advice about hs'ing topics, etc. I'm here for the *content* of this board, not any nicknames that might be associated with it. People have the right to come here, or not, for whatever reason that seems fitting to them. However, I can't help but comment that *if* a person were to stay away due to fear of something as trivial as that, they really, truly need to get over themselves. Sorry, but that's being a tad too arrogant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaNY Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 No, you're not alone. It doesn't bother me, but those kinds of things rarely do. :001_smile: Life is too short. EXACTLY!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin in Tx Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I just *KNEW* someone was going to come up with something like this! I was betting on linksalot to be the first to the draw, though! Congratulations, Crissy - HILARIOUS! If I showed up in that, though, the only film you'd get for youtube would be of the convention hall clearing out. Quickly. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 ooh! I can do that! even after 5 kids! i noticed the little stinger! my catwoman outfit isn't leather, but nobody's gonna look THAT close..... and SWB --you can do it too. I just need a tad bit of spandex underneath, lol. I'll go for a fake tattoo. can't make HEAV, but what about Arlington? They'd probably kick me out, what with their cute color-coordinated dresses.... http://homeschoolbookfair.com/contact-us.html "SWB Wanna Bee" ...lol! and LEATHER jumpers???? that's just....wrong..... Can we put it to a vote? This is my suggestion for WTM convention-wear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Crissy, I don't think I can pull that outfit off with any authority. But, I will be happy to show up in my pleather jumper (in deference to my vegetarian son), replete with stinger on the back. If we're going to go the YouTube route, here's an idea? What could be more hivish than an impromptu musical? http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/30/food-court-musical-music-and-lyrics/ Lots of stuff rhymes with Bauer! and Hive! and Leather! You guys can take it from here.:lurk5: :rofl: The costume! And the musical! I. Am. Dying. Here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 ...and I wanna purse like this: http://jessperna.com/images/covers/pregnant_bumble_bee.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelroper Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I can't handle this-- :hat: :D:eek::smilielol5::svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Well, I have always thought that any organization that would voluntarily call themselves "HEAV"... they have a basic disconnect with any thinking person! Personally, I've always thought that exact thing. Seriously? Heav? What the heck? And :lol: at the leather jumper idea AND Crissy's desired uniform. I think a group of hsing moms in leather getting thrown out of a hsing convention would make great publicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needleroozer Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Oh my goodness! This is not the thread to be reading at 2:30 in the morning! I keep laughing out loud, and trying not to wake the entire household! What a hillarious riot of a thread this turned out to be!! :lol::D:rofl::smilielol5::thumbup::laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Oh my goodness! This is not the thread to be reading at 2:30 in the morning! I keep laughing out loud, and trying not to wake the entire household! What a hillarious riot of a thread this turned out to be!! ...until I got to Heather's post with a picture of a perfectly lovely denim jumper (as far as denim jumpers go, that is...) and her comment, "We'd have to find a heckuvva lotta leather, though". Something about that just made me laugh out loud.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Not a thread to read when you first wake up either! Good thing I hadn't gotten my coffee yet. To BEE or not to BEE, that is the question. (we just need a bee smilie now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 or this, embroidered with "Very Well-Trained" :smilielol5: There's a convention here next weekend. I hadn't planned on going, but now I really, really want to, just in case anyone shows up dressed in black leather. I guess if enough of us showed up dressed this way there might be some confusion as to what type of convention we're attending. Ahem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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