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Hello, I wasn't sure if it would be appropriote to open a new thread for this, but I decided in the end that what Amy had to share, we all should listen to, so I have started a new thread, be sure to listen.
Muppet Central is a place filled with histories, memories, silliness, disagreements, food fights, fun fights, and furious arguments, lives crossing, crushes happening, fan-clubs, fan-fiction, Muffins, Muppets, and more. But Muppet Central is mainly filled with people, people from different cultures and backgrounds, all joined together in a common purpose, to laugh and to make the world a better place. Peoples is peoples. One of these people was Billy's Girl, Amy, who passed away in January 2003.
Kermit the Frog once told us that, "Life is made up of meetings and partings…" - For me, Amy was the first parting I've ever known in real life. It's left a long impression on me.
There are many of you who never knew her, but for those of us who did, she left a lasting impression as a perfectly happy girl who strived to make everyone around her as happy as she. And because I think that she hit on a truth, which she managed to share with us, I have collected together pearls of wisdom, generous remarks, and downright silliness from the MC archives.
Here is the wisdom of Amy…her glass was never empty…
"(I'm) old enough to know better, Young enough to do it anyway!!!"
"For 7 years I had piano lessons and hated the piano 100%. Now that I don't have lessons (for the last 5 years) i love playing the piano."
"I'm usually 100% happy so something had to be done!!"
"My Favourite muppet is Sweetums. If you read other messages you will notice he crops up alot. Some people think I have a crush on him. This is not true!!!
Okay it is true."
"...we can't all be dorks!"
"I had a very cute experience the other day at work. A Five year old kid in the class I sometimes work in was telling me about Kermit the Frog and said that Kermit used to work on the Muppet show but then he got a 'news job' on Sesame Street and decided not to work on the Muppet Show anymore."
"When Grover sings the song about being all by himself… That song just melts my heart.
Whenever I hear it I want to give him BIG hug."
" When I started to cry - or was about too I would put on one of the million muppet videos...because the videos made me laugh I forgot I was feeling so sad."
"It doesn't matter if you are strangely obsessed with the muppets - I think we all are!!!!"
"I feel better already!"
"Hey everyone!!! I want you all to cheer up about this love-thing right now - and that is not an ask, that is an order!!!!
Look at the postitives of not being in a relationship. You don't have to think of someone else all the time, there's a lot less stress in being single rather then being in a couple.
There is someone out there for everyone!"
"Have a great day guys - and keep smiling ."
"I am some crazy pirate called 'Mad Mary Bonney'. Should i put that on my C.V.???"
"Nothing is impossible!!!!!"
"Why don't we use the chainsaw I carry in my bag? My motto is 'Be Prepared' "
"Be glad that was the only part of my cricket skills I was practising on you!!!"
"To eat one muffin is human, to eat a dozen is so divine."
"And some more popcorn and chocolate please. What can I say - I could rival Miss Piggy for the title of 'Miss Piggy'!!"
"Miss Piggy!! She's such a wonderful role-model for women everywhere!!!"
"I'm sure the muppets will get you through college They got me through two years of working in the UK"
"From the mouth of a non-computer person: 'Huh?' "
"Don't panic about the romance thing!"
"it would be better if we had a male stripper. Any volunteers out there?"
"I don't think people think of the Puppet's sexual orientation all that much. The only time love and romance etc comes into it is when you see two of them as a couple i.e. Kermit/Miss Piggy or Flloyd/Janice. In my 21 years as a muppet fan I have never once sat down and wondered about the muppets in that way.
It just doesn't seem such a big deal when it comes to muppets."
"I don't share Diet Coke with people, I keep it all to myself"
"There was a large Cookie Monster touring NZ last week - and I was in hospital so I couldn't go see him at the local shopping mall But i saw him on TV and he looked so cuddly!! I just felt like sharing that with you."
"You are probably going to kill me for this next question but.....
Who is this Bill Barretta you keep going on about?!"
"Everything seems to be somehow connected with Muffins!! "
"Richard Hunt appears a lot in my dreams - Don't Ask!!!!! - because I don't know why he does. But it's usually when I am not well and because he was sick with Aids my mind must somehow connect it."
"I just love guys who are a little out of the ordinary so if I was Jenny i would definatly talk to Kermit
and give him the huggies
"
"My exciting day consists of working with one anti-social 7 year old and one extremely deaf and extremely naughty 6 year old. I also attend tons of meetings discussing why these two children misbehave.
Then I come home to my dog who is both anti-social and suffers from selective-hearing loss. But she is cuter then the kids so it doesn't matter.
I also play sport, write kids stories, read and talk endlessly on the phone"
"clipboards do make good boyfriends because they are quiet (no argueing!) but on the other hand they have beeen known to bite fingers!!"
"kiwi's are better then cats"
"Sometimes we do need time out just to sort out our lives. That's why I am heading to university for the next three years."
"SMILE!!!!!!!!!!
And spend the next weekend smiling!!!!
I spent a good proportion of New Years Day in Hospital so I will join you in the smiling campagin!!"
"Did that make sense outloud cos it did in my head!!"
"'bless us all' is my No 1 (favourite song) especially last year when I was in england and all my family were in NZ. This line that says 'This loving family I hold dear,' used to make me cry."
"Diet Coke? That does the trick every time!! I'm very easy to please. "
What happens to old Muppets? "I thought they went to the 'home for retired Muppets' where they could live the rest of their days in peace and quiet and play games like indoor bowls and their grandchildren could visit them during school holidays..."
"...there are the muppets which are meant to be the muppeters."
"(Richard Hunt would) probably just say.....
'Your face!'
Bless him."
"Cookie crumbs are better then no cookies at all.
especially if the Cookies are chocolate-chip."
"Why don't we all chill out about this whole gay issue!!!!
Personnaly it has never worried me about people who are 'straight', 'Bi' or Gay.
So I be ****** if I am going to spend time worrying about two muppets who happen to share an apartment in NYC.
Now lets get back to some positive muppet chat!!"
"What's the point in having 250 channels if you only use 6 mainly? That's 244 channels you are paying for that you are not using. And if you channel surf all 250 you would spend all your time surfing and no time watching. At least with two channels it's a quick decision about what channel to watch."
"Babe the pig is lovely - with three types of Veges and and Apple Sauce"
"Remind (me) not to drive in America - ever!!!"
"Remembering one thing is better then nothing at all!!"
"They say every cloud has a silver lining and cute male nurses are certainly a silver lining at hospital!!!"
"There is no overall best muppet - I think everyone just has their own favourite whom to them is their best muppet."
"the moose is no longer loose cos they caught it and turned it into hamburgers!!!"
"Thanks for saying I'm not crazy - it makes me feel better!! "
"You had better believe it!!!! "
"I don't think I could cope if I was in the same building as one of the muppeters - and one of the muppets!!!!"
" Don't leave. Us new people have to stay so we can keep alive the legend of those who posted before we came here."
"I still think you are neat-o!!!"
"March yourself right back to Disneyland."
"I wasn't mad at you. I'm one of those people who never get mad at anyone!!!"
"I would love to see Sweetums again!! It's so sad - he doesn't return my phone calls, reply to my letters......."
"I think i will stay home and get attacked by the wild pigs that have taken over the back of our property. Those I can deal with.
Killer Ladybugs I can not deal with."
"...I really, really want to meet you guys!!!!"
"Yesterday at work someone had baked muffins for morning-tea and it reminded me of all of you."
"What a wonderful, healthy ego you have!!"
"I hope they give you a parachute."
"Think of it this way - If your teachers at Art College were any good at art they wouldn't be teaching it. they would be making a living as an artist so what do they know anyway!!!!!!"
"I didn't realise your teachers were world class artists.."
"Wemberly!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"A human zoo? So would I be put in a cage by myself or do you mix species?"
"As for walking round a mountain naked - NZ Girls are pretty tough, I'll just build a snow cave if it gets to cold."
"When I'm at work I sing (The Monster in the Mirror song) to the kids all the time. It would probably be better if I could sing in tune..........."
"I stand corrected - except I'm sitting"
"I guess being a clipboard isn't such a bad idea."
"Honestly, I never made the connection to the rubber chicken."
"Chickens don't make good boyfriends anyway!!! Just trust me on that one
"
"I will play my B-52s album in honour of your exciting news tonight!!"
- And then, finally, here are the last few posts before she left us…first one which left some guidelines to friends at MC (I removed the specific names, because I think it applies to all of us). And then a remark she made to someone going through his own pain at the time that she was in hospital also. -
"I'm going into hospital tomorrow for tests, rest etc and have a few words of wisdom first.
Keep chasing the girl. Keep smiling!!! Be yourself. Don't steal my guy while I'm gone!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Hope you are feeling heaps better now!!! Hospital is so bloody boring!!!!!"
- These are just a few of the things she has said, and the smiles she has shared. We miss her dearly. Here's one final thought which she wrote after spending 26 hours on a plane with some guy kicking the back of her chair once every 5 minutes:
"At least the drinks are free!"
...and that sums her life in a moment…her glass of optimism was never half empty.
--
Muppet Central is a place filled with histories, memories, silliness, disagreements, food fights, fun fights, and furious arguments, lives crossing, crushes happening, fan-clubs, fan-fiction, Muffins, Muppets, and more. But Muppet Central is mainly filled with people, people from different cultures and backgrounds, all joined together in a common purpose, to laugh and to make the world a better place. Peoples is peoples. One of these people was Billy's Girl, Amy, who passed away in January 2003.
Kermit the Frog once told us that, "Life is made up of meetings and partings…" - For me, Amy was the first parting I've ever known in real life. It's left a long impression on me.
There are many of you who never knew her, but for those of us who did, she left a lasting impression as a perfectly happy girl who strived to make everyone around her as happy as she. And because I think that she hit on a truth, which she managed to share with us, I have collected together pearls of wisdom, generous remarks, and downright silliness from the MC archives.
Here is the wisdom of Amy…her glass was never empty…
--
"(I'm) old enough to know better, Young enough to do it anyway!!!"
"For 7 years I had piano lessons and hated the piano 100%. Now that I don't have lessons (for the last 5 years) i love playing the piano."
"I'm usually 100% happy so something had to be done!!"
"My Favourite muppet is Sweetums. If you read other messages you will notice he crops up alot. Some people think I have a crush on him. This is not true!!!
Okay it is true."
"...we can't all be dorks!"
"I had a very cute experience the other day at work. A Five year old kid in the class I sometimes work in was telling me about Kermit the Frog and said that Kermit used to work on the Muppet show but then he got a 'news job' on Sesame Street and decided not to work on the Muppet Show anymore."
"When Grover sings the song about being all by himself… That song just melts my heart.
Whenever I hear it I want to give him BIG hug."
" When I started to cry - or was about too I would put on one of the million muppet videos...because the videos made me laugh I forgot I was feeling so sad."
"It doesn't matter if you are strangely obsessed with the muppets - I think we all are!!!!"
"I feel better already!"
"Hey everyone!!! I want you all to cheer up about this love-thing right now - and that is not an ask, that is an order!!!!
Look at the postitives of not being in a relationship. You don't have to think of someone else all the time, there's a lot less stress in being single rather then being in a couple.
There is someone out there for everyone!"
"Have a great day guys - and keep smiling ."
"I am some crazy pirate called 'Mad Mary Bonney'. Should i put that on my C.V.???"
"Nothing is impossible!!!!!"
"Why don't we use the chainsaw I carry in my bag? My motto is 'Be Prepared' "
"Be glad that was the only part of my cricket skills I was practising on you!!!"
"To eat one muffin is human, to eat a dozen is so divine."
"And some more popcorn and chocolate please. What can I say - I could rival Miss Piggy for the title of 'Miss Piggy'!!"
"Miss Piggy!! She's such a wonderful role-model for women everywhere!!!"
"I'm sure the muppets will get you through college They got me through two years of working in the UK"
"From the mouth of a non-computer person: 'Huh?' "
"Don't panic about the romance thing!"
"it would be better if we had a male stripper. Any volunteers out there?"
"I don't think people think of the Puppet's sexual orientation all that much. The only time love and romance etc comes into it is when you see two of them as a couple i.e. Kermit/Miss Piggy or Flloyd/Janice. In my 21 years as a muppet fan I have never once sat down and wondered about the muppets in that way.
It just doesn't seem such a big deal when it comes to muppets."
"I don't share Diet Coke with people, I keep it all to myself"
"There was a large Cookie Monster touring NZ last week - and I was in hospital so I couldn't go see him at the local shopping mall But i saw him on TV and he looked so cuddly!! I just felt like sharing that with you."
"You are probably going to kill me for this next question but.....
Who is this Bill Barretta you keep going on about?!"
"Everything seems to be somehow connected with Muffins!! "
"Richard Hunt appears a lot in my dreams - Don't Ask!!!!! - because I don't know why he does. But it's usually when I am not well and because he was sick with Aids my mind must somehow connect it."
"I just love guys who are a little out of the ordinary so if I was Jenny i would definatly talk to Kermit
and give him the huggies""My exciting day consists of working with one anti-social 7 year old and one extremely deaf and extremely naughty 6 year old. I also attend tons of meetings discussing why these two children misbehave.
Then I come home to my dog who is both anti-social and suffers from selective-hearing loss. But she is cuter then the kids so it doesn't matter.
I also play sport, write kids stories, read and talk endlessly on the phone"
"clipboards do make good boyfriends because they are quiet (no argueing!) but on the other hand they have beeen known to bite fingers!!"
"kiwi's are better then cats"
"Sometimes we do need time out just to sort out our lives. That's why I am heading to university for the next three years."
"SMILE!!!!!!!!!!
And spend the next weekend smiling!!!!
I spent a good proportion of New Years Day in Hospital so I will join you in the smiling campagin!!"
"Did that make sense outloud cos it did in my head!!"
"'bless us all' is my No 1 (favourite song) especially last year when I was in england and all my family were in NZ. This line that says 'This loving family I hold dear,' used to make me cry."
"Diet Coke? That does the trick every time!!
I'm very easy to please. "What happens to old Muppets? "I thought they went to the 'home for retired Muppets' where they could live the rest of their days in peace and quiet and play games like indoor bowls and their grandchildren could visit them during school holidays..."
"...there are the muppets which are meant to be the muppeters."
"(Richard Hunt would) probably just say.....
'Your face!'
Bless him."
"Cookie crumbs are better then no cookies at all.
especially if the Cookies are chocolate-chip."
"Why don't we all chill out about this whole gay issue!!!!
Personnaly it has never worried me about people who are 'straight', 'Bi' or Gay.
So I be ****** if I am going to spend time worrying about two muppets who happen to share an apartment in NYC.
Now lets get back to some positive muppet chat!!"
"What's the point in having 250 channels if you only use 6 mainly? That's 244 channels you are paying for that you are not using. And if you channel surf all 250 you would spend all your time surfing and no time watching. At least with two channels it's a quick decision about what channel to watch."
"Babe the pig is lovely - with three types of Veges and and Apple Sauce
""Remind (me) not to drive in America - ever!!!"
"Remembering one thing is better then nothing at all!!"
"They say every cloud has a silver lining and cute male nurses are certainly a silver lining at hospital!!!"
"There is no overall best muppet - I think everyone just has their own favourite whom to them is their best muppet."
"the moose is no longer loose cos they caught it and turned it into hamburgers!!!"
"Thanks for saying I'm not crazy - it makes me feel better!! "
"You had better believe it!!!! "
"I don't think I could cope if I was in the same building as one of the muppeters - and one of the muppets!!!!"
" Don't leave. Us new people have to stay so we can keep alive the legend of those who posted before we came here."
"I still think you are neat-o!!!"
"March yourself right back to Disneyland."
"I wasn't mad at you. I'm one of those people who never get mad at anyone!!!"
"I would love to see Sweetums again!! It's so sad - he doesn't return my phone calls, reply to my letters......."
"I think i will stay home and get attacked by the wild pigs that have taken over the back of our property. Those I can deal with.
Killer Ladybugs I can not deal with."
"...I really, really want to meet you guys!!!!"
"Yesterday at work someone had baked muffins for morning-tea and it reminded me of all of you."
"What a wonderful, healthy ego you have!!"
"I hope they give you a parachute."
"Think of it this way - If your teachers at Art College were any good at art they wouldn't be teaching it. they would be making a living as an artist so what do they know anyway!!!!!!"
"I didn't realise your teachers were world class artists.."
"Wemberly!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"A human zoo? So would I be put in a cage by myself or do you mix species?"
"As for walking round a mountain naked - NZ Girls are pretty tough, I'll just build a snow cave if it gets to cold."
"When I'm at work I sing (The Monster in the Mirror song) to the kids all the time. It would probably be better if I could sing in tune..........."
"I stand corrected - except I'm sitting"
"I guess being a clipboard isn't such a bad idea."
"Honestly, I never made the connection to the rubber chicken."
"Chickens don't make good boyfriends anyway!!! Just trust me on that one
""I will play my B-52s album in honour of your exciting news tonight!!"
- And then, finally, here are the last few posts before she left us…first one which left some guidelines to friends at MC (I removed the specific names, because I think it applies to all of us). And then a remark she made to someone going through his own pain at the time that she was in hospital also. -
"I'm going into hospital tomorrow for tests, rest etc and have a few words of wisdom first.
Keep chasing the girl. Keep smiling!!! Be yourself. Don't steal my guy while I'm gone!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Hope you are feeling heaps better now!!! Hospital is so bloody boring!!!!!"
- These are just a few of the things she has said, and the smiles she has shared. We miss her dearly. Here's one final thought which she wrote after spending 26 hours on a plane with some guy kicking the back of her chair once every 5 minutes:
"At least the drinks are free!"
...and that sums her life in a moment…her glass of optimism was never half empty.
Heaven has gained a special angel.
