Good Morning Campers and welcome to Saturday!

I know, it took us long enough to get here, but we finally did!  It’s been a LONG week.  Even with one of the days being a holiday!  It didn’t help that I went to yet ANOTHER funeral this week.  A guy that I used to play darts with.  45 ish years old and dropped dead of a heart attack.  Now, truth be told, I think he may have had some heart issues to begin with, but still!  Way too many people are dying lately.  It’s almost as if someone, somewhere has it all planned out.  Gee, ain’t that what we’ve been talking about?

I guess it’s okay when it’s not people you know, but it kind of sucks when it comes to people you are close to.  Makes you start to think about your own mortality and whether you’re ready or not.  I’m right with my Father in Heaven, but I’m not ready.  Not that I’m not anxious to get caught back up with some certain loved ones that I’m missing an awful lot, but some people that I know and care an awful lot about are NOT right with the Lord and need to get that way.  And that has laid a burden upon my soul.  How many of you campers out there are saved?  How many of you have accepted Jesus as your savior?

I know that is not our normal conversational topic, and I’m not going to belabor the point, but look around you at the world we are living in.  You can’t deny that things are coming to a head.  Get yourselves right.  And if you want to talk, you’ve got my email.

Now, …

This next one is from Stephen B. who has this to say about it:  Here are 5 bunnies that I carved for Easter…..(actually done well before time).  One for each of both of my granddaughters, daughter-in-law, wife and one extra.

And this one is: Dragon Sculpture At The Town Hall In The Northern Part Of Marienplatz In Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Disgusted man at a bar: “My girlfriend is such a cheat and a liar. I’ve been going with her almost a year now, and I never would have known she was married until my wife mentioned it just the other day.”

A little old lady buys a pair of parrots, but cannot identify their sexes.

She calls the shop, and the man there advises her to watch them carefully and all would become clear in time.

She spends weeks staring at the cage and eventually catches them doing what comes naturally.

To make sure she doesn’t get them mixed up again, she cuts out a ring from a piece of cardboard and puts it round the male parrot’s neck.

A while later, the local priest visits the old lady. The male parrot takes one look at the father’s collar, wolf whistles, and says, ”I see she caught you at it, too.”

One day a sweet little girl becomes puzzled about her origin. “How did I get here, Mommy?” she asks.

Her mother replies, using a well-worn phrase, “God sent you, Honey.”

“And did God send you too, Mommy?” she continues.

“Yes, Sweetheart, he did.”

“And Daddy, and Grandma and Grandpa, and their moms and dads too?”

“Yes,Honey, all of them, too.”

The child shakes her head in disbelief. “Then you’re telling me there’s been no sex in this family for over 200 years? No wonder everyone is so grouchy!”

We need this menu in more places!!!

I’m wondering if that would really work or not…seriously.

“I can’t tell if those are fairies, lighting bugs, mosquitos with flashlights, or what they are, but I think I ought to burn them out of the sky just to be safe!”

But you did notice that the tag that said “Remove child before washing” was made in China, right?  Although it was written in English … so … I’m not sure where to go with that one.

See, and I think that’s perfectly fine and Mary and Izzy both thought that was the worst thing ever!

QUESTION:

You’re walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, a dangerous looking man with a huge knife comes around the corner and is running at you while screaming obscenities. In your hand is a .357 Magnum and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family. What do you do?

LIBERAL ANSWER:

Well that’s not enough information to answer the question! Does the man look poor or oppressed? Have I ever done anything to him that is inspiring him to attack? Could we run away? What does my wife think? What about the kids? Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand? What does the law say about this situation? Is it possible he’d be happy with just killing me? Does he definitely want to kill me or would he just be content to wound me? If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me? This is all so confusing! I need to debate this with some friends for a few days to try to come to a conclusion. I really need to feel this person’s pain. Uggggggh! Arggghhh!

CONSERVATIVE ANSWER:

BANG!

Even faster than it takes you to type it, my friends.

I had Alexa play all of these for Izzy and I was surprised when she recognized about half of them.  I of course, could sing along with all of them.  Not that that was really a good thing, mind you.  On my music I have all but two of these.  And you can probably guess which two.  Number 2 and 6.  The only reason I have number 9 is that it was the theme to my Junior prom in 1976.  I think.  Why do I seem to remember now that it was something from Cat Stevens…?  Man, it sucks getting old!

A young woman teacher with obvious liberal tendencies explains to her class of small children that she is an atheist. She asks her class if they are atheists too.

Not really knowing what atheism is but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands explode into the air like fleshy fireworks.

There is, however, one exception. A beautiful girl named Lucy has not gone along with the crowd.

The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different.

“Because I’m not an atheist.”

Then, asks the teacher, “What are you?”

“I’m a Christian.”

The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red. She asks Lucy why she is a Christian.

“Well, I was brought up knowing and loving Jesus. My mom is a Christian, and my dad is a Christian, so I am a Christian.”

The teacher angrily says, “That’s no reason.” “What if your mom was a moron, and your dad was a moron. What would you be then?”

She paused, smiled and said, “Then, I’d be an atheist.”

It was a cold winter day. An old man walked out onto a frozen lake, cut a hole in the ice and dropped in his fishing line. He was there for almost an hour, without even a nibble, when a young boy walked out onto the ice, cut a hole in the ice not far from him. The young boy dropped his fishing line and minutes later he hooked a Largemouth Bass. 

The old man couldn’t believe his eyes but chalked it up to plain luck. But, shortly thereafter, the young boy pulled in another large catch. 

The young boy kept catching fish after fish. Finally, the old man couldn’t take it any longer. 

“Son, I’ve been here for over an hour without even a nibble. You’ve been here only a few minutes and have caught a half dozen fish! How do you do it?” 

The boy responded, “Roo raf roo reep ra rums rrarm.” 

“What was that?” the old man asked. 

Again the boy responded, 

“Roo raf roo reep ra rums rarrm.” 

“Look,” said the old man, “I can’t understand a word you’re saying.” 

The boy spit the bait into his hand and said, “You have to keep the worms warm!” 

Just Fairies!

There’s an oversexed lady named Whyte, 
Who insists on a dozen a night. 
A fellow named Cheddar, 
Had the brashness to wed her… 
His chance of survival is slight. 

It is truly amazing what you will find in the Dragon Forest.

Bar Translations

What they really mean…

“No, really, I’m OK to drive.” — I’m wasted, and I am too embarrassed to have anybody see who I am going home with.

“I’m not used to these darts.” — I’m not used to throwing anything smaller than a pool cue when I am this bombed.

“Let’s go out to my car and get some cigarettes.” (male to female) — You would look great face down in my lap.

“You get this one, next round is on me.” — We won’t be here long enough to get another round.

“I’ll get this one, next one is on you.” — Happy hour is about to end…. now beers are a dollar, but by the next round they’ll be $4.50 a pop.

“I haven’t seen you around here for a long time.” — You stuck up little bitch, too good for your old friends??

“Hey, where is that friend of yours?” — I have no interest in talking to you except as a way to get your attractive friend into a compromising position.

“Let’s get out of here.” — I just dumped half a jug of beer into that Harley guy’s helmet.

“Can I get a glass of white zinfandel.” (female) — I’m  easy.

“Can I get a glass of white zinfandel.” (male) — I’m gay.

“Ever try a body shot?” (male to female) — I am even willing to drink tequila if it means that I get to lick you.

“Ever try a body shot?” (female to male) — If this is how wild I am in the bar, imagine what I’ll do to you on the ride home?

“I don’t feel well, let’s go home.” (female) — You are paying more attention to your friends than me.

“I don’t feel well, let’s go home.” (male) — I’m horny.

“I’ve had like 10 beers already.” — I’ve only had 3 but need an excuse to behave this way.

“Who’s got the next round?” — I haven’t bought a round in almost 3 years, but I am an expert at diverting attention.

“Excuse me.” (male to male) — Get the fuck out of the way.

“Excuse me.” (male to female) — I am going to grope you now.

“Excuse me.” (female to male) — Don’t even think about groping me, just get the fuck out of the way.

“Excuse Me.” (female to female). — Move your fat ass. Who do you think you are anyway? You are not all that hot, missy, and don’t think for one minute that you are. Coming in here dressing like a ho…Get your eyes off of my man, or I’ll slap you, bitch, like the slut you are.

“I’m out of here, I have to work in the morning.” — I owe that guy who just walked in the door 100 bucks and have been avoiding him since football season.

“What do you have on tap?” — What’s cheap?

“You go ahead, I’ll catch a cab.” — I already lined up a ride home with your “ex”.

“That person looks really familiar.” — Did I sleep with him/her?

“Can I just get a glass of water?” (female) — I’m annoying, but cute enough to get away with this.

“Can I just get a glass of water?” (male) — It’s 6:00 am and I just stopped drinking an hour ago. Hell, I probably dropped half of my paycheck in here last night, it is the least you can do for me.

“Do you have any Wild Turkey?” — I want to make my friend really sick so we can all laugh at him in the morning.

“I don’t have my ID on me.” (female) — I’m 19.

A veterinarian was feeling ill and went to see his doctor.  

The doctor asked him all the usual questions, about symptoms, how long had they been occurring, etc.,when the veterinarian interrupted him, saying, “Hey look, I’m a vet – I don’t need to ask my patients these kind of questions. I can tell what’s  wrong just by looking. Why can’t you?” 

The doctor nodded, looked him up and down, wrote out a prescription, and handed it to him and said, “There you are.  Of course, if*that* doesn’t work, we’ll have to have you put down.” 

Here’s an oldie but goodie

A man is lying in bed in a Catholic hospital with an oxygen mask over his mouth. A young auxiliary nurse appears to sponge his face and hands. 

“Nurse,” he mumbles from behind the mask, “Are my testicles black?” 

Embarrassed the young nurse replies, “I don’t know, I’m only here to wash your face and hands.” 

He struggles again to ask, “Nurse, Are my testicles black?” 

Again the nurse replies, “I can’t tell. I’m only here to wash your face and hands.” 

The ward sister was passing and saw the man getting a little distraught so marched over to inquire what was wrong. 

“Sister,” he mumbled, “Are my testicles black?” 

Being a nurse of long standing, the sister was undaunted.

 She whipped back the bedclothes, pulled down his pajama trousers, moved his penis out of the way, had a right good look, pulled up the pyjamas, replaced the bedclothes and announced, “Nothing wrong with them!!!” 

At this the man pulled off his oxygen mask and asked again, “Are my test results back??? 

I wouldn’t have thought that a horse funeral would have been that popular.

I returned to my parents’ home to attend a funeral. At the temple, my mother led me to a man who looked vaguely familiar. 

“Barbara, remember Rabbi Green?” she asked as she left me in his company. 

I frantically tried to place him, and suddenly it came to me. He was the kind man who, five years earlier, had officiated at my grandmother’s funeral. 

“It’s good to see you again, Rabbi,” I said. “Though I wish it weren’t always under such tragic circumstances.” 

The rabbi looked perplexed but uttered some words of consolation before he was called away. A few minutes later, I rejoined my mother. 

“Imagine,” she whispered, “after all this time, to run into the rabbi who performed your wedding!” 

Okay, I have to admit that this one made me laugh really hard…and I think it’s because it’s something that I can see myself saying.

8am: Too tired to think.

Noon: Too tired to think.

5pm: Too tired to think.

Midnight: How do dragons blow out candles?

It’s easy really.  We don’t HAVE to shoot flame out of our mouths.  Otherwise it would happen every time we breathed .

Did you hear that the one that was shot down over Alaska may have been a teenie tiny ham radio repeater?  I have a buddy who is a ham operator himself and he showed me an article that said that a group had a balloon in that area that went silent at the same time they shot the balloon down.  And there are a BUNCH of these balloons circling the earth right now.  The repeaters weigh less than a gram including the little sun panels that keep them charged up.

A rabbi and his two friends, a priest and a minister, played poker for small stakes once a week. The only problem was that they lived in a very conservative blue-law town.

The sheriff raided their game and took all three before the local judge.

After listening to the sheriff’s story, the judge sternly inquired of the priest: “Were you gambling, Father?”

The priest looked toward heaven, whispered, “Oh, Lord, forgive me!” and then said aloud: “No, your honor, I was not gambling.”

“Were you gambling, Reverend?” the judge asked the minister.

The minister repeated the priest’s actions and said, “No, your honor, I wasn’t.”

Turning to the third clergyman, the judge asked: “Were you gambling, Rabbi?”

The Rabbi eyed him coolly and replied. . . “With whom?

Another oldie…but not necessarily a goodie.  This one tends to tick-off the ladies in the campground.

During a child birthing class at a local hospital, a nurse says, “Ladies, remember that exercise is good for you. Walking is especially beneficial. It strengthens the pelvic muscles and will make delivery that much easier. Just pace yourself, make plenty of stops and try to stay on a soft surface like grass or a path.”
She turns to the men in the room and says “Gentlemen, remember that you’re both in this together. It wouldn’t hurt for you to go walking with her. In fact, that shared experience would be good for you both.”
The room becomes very quiet as the men absorb this information. After a few moments a man, name unknown, at the back of the room slowly raises his hand. “Yes?” says the Nurse.
“I was just wondering if it would be all right if she carries a golf bag while we walk.”

I’m betting that particular man, name unknown, walked with a limp after that.

A man decided to take the opportunity, while his wife was away, to paint the toilet seat.

The wife came home sooner than expected, sat and got the seat stuck to her rear. She was understandably distraught about this and asked her husband to drive her to the doctor.

She put on a large overcoat so as to cover the stuck seat, and they go.

When they get to the doctor’s, the man lifted his wife’s coat to show the doctor their predicament.

The man asked, “Doctor, have you ever seen anything like this before?”

“Well, yes,” the doctor said, “But never framed!”

Yeah, me two.  Anyway, as I slide into home, that’s the end for this one, my dear fellow campers!  I hope I managed to put a smile on some of your faces!  Until we meet again, may you all be blessed with Love and Happiness.

This one is full of cool stuff.  How do I know?  Because it’s already done and I’m adding the beginning at the end.  Why?  Because when I started this I didn’t have anything to say so I skipped the beginning and just got right to the fun stuff.

And you know what?  I still don’t have anything to say, so let’s get right to the fun stuff!

Fly in amber

A woman joins a country club and one day hears the guys talking about their golf round. She says, “I played on my college’s golf team. I was pretty good. Mind if I join you next week?”

No one wants to say ‘yes’, but they’re on the spot.

Finally, one man says, “Okay, but we start at 6:30 am.” He figures the early tee-time will discourage her.

The woman says this may be a problem and asks if she can be up to 15 minutes late. They roll their eyes, but say, “Okay.”

She’s there at 6:30 am sharp and beats all of them with an eye-opening 2-under par round. She’s fun and pleasant and the guys are impressed. They congratulate her and invite her back the next week.

She smiles, and says, “I’ll be there at 6:30, or 6:45.” The next week she again shows up at 6:30 sharp. Only this time, she plays left-handed. The three guys are incredulous as she still beats them with an even par round, despite playing with her off-hand.

They’re totally amazed. They can’t figure her out. She’s very pleasant and a gracious winner. They invite her back again, but each man harbors a burning desire to beat her.

The third week, she’s 15 minutes late, which irritates the guys. This week she plays right-handed and narrowly beats all three of them. The men grumble that her late arrival is petty gamesmanship on her part. However, she’s so charming and complimentary of their strong play, they can’t hold a grudge.

This woman is a riddle no one can figure out. After the game they decide to have a couple of beers in the Clubhouse.

Finally, one of the men asks her, “How do you decide if you’re going to golf right-handed or left-handed?”

The lady blushes, and grins. “Well I’m ambidextrous,” she replies. “I like to switch back and forth. When I got married after college, I discovered my husband always sleeps in the nude. Right before I leave in the morning for golf practice, I pull the covers off him. If his willy points to the right, I golf right-handed; if it points to the left, I golf left-handed.”

The guys think this is hysterical and burst into laughter. Astonished at this bizarre information, one of the them asks, “What if it’s pointing straight up?”

“Then I’m fifteen minutes late.”

Here’s a great football commercial sent in by Lynn…

THIS IS A FRIGHTENING STATISTIC , PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST WORRISOME IN RECENT YEARS. 

25% of the women in this country are on medication for mental illness. 

That’s scary. It means 75% are running around untreated. 

“Liar, Liar, pants on … Holy Crap!”

One of the main reasons I didn’t have many friends when I was a kid…

A young man wanted to get his beautiful blonde wife something nice for their first wedding anniversary. So, he decided to buy her a cell phone. He showed her the phone and explained to her all its features.

Meg was excited to receive the gift and simply adored her new phone. 

The next day Meg went shopping. Her phone rang and, to her astonishment, it was her husband on the other end. 

“Hi Meg,” he said, “how do you like your new phone?” 

Meg replied, “I just love it! It’s so small and your voice is clear as a bell, but there’s one thing I don’t understand though.” 

“What’s that, sweetie?” asked her husband. 

“How did you know I was at Wal-Mart?” 

Husband and wife had a tiff. Wife called up her mom and said, “He fought with me again, I am coming to live with you.” 

Mom said, “No darling, he must pay for his mistake. I am coming to live with you. 

When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

“Spiders!  I HATE Spiders!!”

That one was worth it simply for the look on her face in the second picture.

A woman was enjoying a good game of golf with her girlfriends. “Oh, no!” she suddenly exclaimed. “Look at the time! I have to rush home and fix dinner for my husband! He’ll be so pissed if it’s not ready on time.” When she got home, she discovered all she had in the fridge was a wilted lettuce leaf, an egg – and a can of cat food.

With no time to go to the supermarket, she opened the can of cat food, stirred in the egg, and garnished it with the lettuce leaf. She greeted her husband warmly when he came home, and then watched in horror as he sat down to his dinner.

To her surprise, he seemed to be enjoying it.

“Darling, this is the best dinner you’ve made for me in 40 years of marriage! You can make this for me any day.”

Needless to say, every golf day from then on, the woman made her husband the same dish.

She told her golf partners about it, and they were all horrified

“You’re going to kill him!” they exclaimed.

Two months later, her husband died.

The women were sitting around the clubhouse and one of them said, “You killed him “We told you that feeding him that cat food every week would do him in!

“How can you just sit there so calmly knowing you murdered your husband?”

The wife stoically replied, “I didn’t kill him.

He fell off the windowsill while he was licking his ass.”

A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people.  It misleads them into thinking they’re entitled to know everything I do.

Some people find fault like there is a reward for it!

And sometimes,
against all odds,
against all logic,
we still hope.

Hmmm, I found a strange piece of plastic on the floor that looks like it broke off of something, but I have no idea what.  Better save it in the junk drawer until I die.

I’ve closed my dating agency for chickens.

I was struggling to make hens meet.

There should be a law that electric cars can ONLY be charged by wind or solar power.  If you’re giving up fossil fuel, then give it up.

Just a side note,,I dont worry about my mortgage or car payment anymore.

I’ve done the proper forms and  they now, both identify as ‘student loans’ !

Whoo Hoo,,vacation ,,here we come !

UK:  We call it Autumn, from the French word “autompne” and later, the Latin “autumnus”

USA:  We call it Fall because leaf fall down

That awkward moment when you come home, look in the mirror, and think…”Did I look like this ALL DAY?”

And that’s it my friends.  I hope you’ve enjoyed this as much as I have.  Until we meet again.  May God Bless you with Love and Happiness.

Well, now it’s Monday…although in actuality, it’s still Friday while I start this one, so the weekend is still ahead of me.  My time off is still upcoming instead of behind me and I have time to show you guys some pretty cool stuff that has been shown to me!
Pretty cool, right?
Right!
Plus, I just remembered…it’s a LONG weekend.  It’s President’s Day!  That means that if Biden comes out of the White House and sees his shadow, we have 6 more months of inflation.  But…
BUT!!
It’s a REALLY good reason for me to have a paid day off, so who am I to complain.
Although the six more months of inflation kind of sucks. 

So, in that regard, I think we need to start this baby out, get some laughs in, get to talking about stuff, and let’s have some fun.

One Liners from Joe from NJ

• Retirement to do list: 
  • Wake up
  • Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.
    
    
• Common sense is not a gift. 
  • It’s a punishment because you must deal with everyone who doesn’t have it.

• I came. I saw. I forgot what I was doing. 
  • Retraced my steps. Got lost on the way back.

• If you can’t think of a word, say “I forgot the English word for it.” 
  
  
• I don’t always go the extra mile, 
  • but when I do it’s because I missed my exit.
    
    
• I may not be that funny or athletic or good looking or smart or talented……..
  • I forgot where I was going with this.
    
    
• Having plans sounds like a good idea 
  • until you have to put on clothes and leave the house.
    
    
• Life is like a helicopter. 
  • I don’t know how to operate a helicopter either.

Okay, let’s jump into some of the cool stuff.  Here is a GREAT article from our dear Camper Friend Lynn on some of the stupid crap that’s going on right now…

Trains being derailed. UFO’s all over the place. Chickens struggling to lay eggs. Food processing centers on fire. Tons of people dropping suddenly.

Biden blows up Nord Stream pipeline: 400,000 TONS of gas gushes into the sea. Industrial disaster in Ohio: toxic chemicals spewing into the air & water Whales dying off the east coast. Where’s the Save the Oceans/Stop Acid Rain/Save the Whales crowd?

 Buttigieg made no mention of the Ohio train derailment while speaking at a conference this morning but did find the time to say that there are too many white people who work construction. It’s too bad that the people in Ohio currently being poisoned by the toxic fumes the government released into the air are mostly working class white people. They don’t check any of the identity boxes necessary for the Biden Administration to give a damn. Ohio may never recover from this.

Prayers for East Palestine Recently released bodycam footage shows Ohio reporter Evan Lambert getting arrested for doing what big media won’t: Ask real questions about toxic chemicals poisoning people’s water and air and killing thousands of animals. Where is FEMA?! East Palestine, Ohio is undergoing an ecological disaster bc authorities blew up the train derailment cars carrying hazardous chemicals and press are being arrested for trying to tell the story. Oh but UFO’s!

You are looking at a toxic cocktail of deadly chemicals purposefully being burned off in East Palestine after a train derailment. Authorities burned off vinyl chloride, which is toxic & carcinogenic, and released harmful & dangerous hydrogen chloride & phosgene into the air.  

Phosgene is a highly toxic, colorless gas with a strong odor that causes vomiting & breathing trouble & it was used as a chemical weapon in World War I. Hydrogen chloride is a colorless to yellowish gas with a strong odor, that causes skin, eye, nose, and throat irritation.

The vinyl chloride burn occurred near the Ohio River which flows directly into the Mississippi River.  

Thousands of farms may be affected by this.

The EPA sent a letter to the rail company, stating that ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate, & isobutylene were also in the rail cars. “We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open.” 

Amanda Breshears found her chickens dead ten miles from East Palestine. “As soon as they started the burn, my chickens slowed down and they died. If it can do this to chickens in one night, imagine what it’s going to do to us in 20 years.”

There are reports of dead fish in rivers and creeks 5 miles away from the train derailment. 

The East Palestine, Ohio, toxic chemical burn may be the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.

This is more of a concise report than anything I’ve seen in any report, even the classified reports that I’ve seen on my side of the fence.  Nicely done Lynn!  Thanks for sharing with the rest of us!

“I drink to your charm, your beauty and your brains… Which gives you a rough idea of how hard up I am for a drink.”

– Groucho Marx (1890 – 1977),

One of a dozen different secretaries that work for us.

Two mathematicians were having dinner in a restaurant, arguing about the average mathematical knowledge of the American public.

One mathematician claimed that this average was woefully inadequate, the other maintained that it was surprisingly high.

“I’ll tell you what,” said the cynic, “ask that waitress a simple math question. If she gets it right, I’ll pick up dinner. If not, you do”.

He then excused himself to visit the men’s room, and the other called the waitress over. “When my friend comes back,” he told her, “I’m going to ask you a question, and I want you to respond `one third x cubed.’ There’s twenty bucks in it for you.”

She agreed.

The cynic returned from the bathroom and called the waitress over. “The food was wonderful, thank you,” the mathematician started. “Incidentally, do you know what the integral of x squared is?”

The waitress looked pensive; almost pained. She looked around the room, at her feet, made gurgling noises, and finally said, “Um, one third x cubed?”

So the cynic paid the check.

The waitress wheeled around, walked a few paces away, looked back at the two men, and muttered under her breath, “…plus a constant.”

That is one HECK of a bumper!!

His wife had just bought a new line of expensive cosmetics absolutely guaranteed to make her looks years longer.

She sat in front of the mirror for what had to be hours applying the “miracle” products. Finally, when she was done, she turned to her husband and said, “Honey, honestly now, what age would you say I am?”

He nodded his head in assessment, and carefully said, “Well, judging from your skin, twenty. Your hair, eighteen. Your figure, twenty-five.”

“Oh, you’re so sweet!”

“Well, hang on, I’m not done adding it up yet.”

Old guy comes home in the middle of the day, finds his young blonde wife standing in the middle of their deluxe apartment wearing a red G-string, 7 inch steel heels, and the whole apartment is flooded. 

“What happened here?” he asks. 

“I think the waterbed busted,” says the trembling wife. 

Just then a naked guy floats by. 

“Who’s that?” demands the husband. 

“I dunno. Must be a lifeguard.” 

Only the rightful king can … blah, blah, blah.  Yeah, I know.  But, I’m gonna pawn the bloody thing cause I need the money!

This one is called New Jersey and it’s from Joe from NJ.  Surprising, right?

A girl says to her date, “You’re in for a real treat. I’ve been told that I have a body like New Jersey.” 

So, her date grabs her waist and asks, “What’s  this?” 

She replies “Middlesex.” 

He grabs her butt and asks “what’s  this?” 

She replies,”Freehold.” 

Then he grabs her breast and asks “what’s  this?” 

She replies,”Point Pleasant.” 

Finally, he reaches between her  thighs and says, “I guess this is Cherry Hill?” 

“No”, she replies, “That’s  Eatontown.” 

The guy gets so excited that he pulls down his pants and says,  “Welcome to Wildwood!”

I guess you have to have been from there to get it.

A girl says to her boyfriend, “I read a study that said 90 percent of all men masturbate in the shower and the other 10 percent sing.” 

“Really?” said the boyfriend. 

“Yes,” said the girlfriend, “and do you know what song they sing?” 

“No,” replied the boyfriend. 

“I didn’t think so,” she said. 

Here is another GREAT story.  This one from WWII.  Sent in from Joe from NJ.  A bit of a read, but well worth it!

What a great story and some fantastic pictures.  Thanks brother.

The new librarian decided that instead of checking out children’s books by writing the names of borrowers on the book cards herself, she would have the youngsters sign their own names. She would then tell them they were signing a “Contract” for returning the books on time.

Her first customer was a second grader, who looked surprised to see a new librarian. He brought four books to the desk and shoved them across to the librarian, giving her his name as he did so.

The librarian pushed the books back and told him to sign them out. The boy laboriously printed his name on each book card and then handed them to her with a look of utter disgust.

Before the librarian could even start her speech he said, scornfully, “That other librarian we had could write.”

Here’s another oldie, but goodie…

An old Italian Mafia Don is dying and he called his grandson to his bed. “Grandson I wanna you lisin to me. I want for you to take my chrome plated 38 revolver so you will always remember me.” 

“But grandpa I really don’t like guns, how about you leaving me your Rolex watch instead.” 

“You lisina to me, soma day you goin a be runna da bussiness, you goina have a beautiful wife, lotsa money, a big home and maybe a couple of bambino. 

Soma day you goina coma home and maybe finda you wife in bed with another man. What do you do than? Point to you watch and say TIMES UP?”       

Paddy goes into a plumbers and buys a bath. 

The next day he returns and tells the manager the water keep pouring out. 

“Did you put the plug in?” the manager asks. 

“Oh for Pete’s sake’ says paddy, ‘you didn’t tell me it was electric.’ 

The notion that you can simply “identify as” whatever you wish, and that everybody must instantly accept it and play along 100% without asking any questions, is possibly the stupidest idea in modern society.

My kid wants me to tell China that they should have camouflaged the balloon by painting it blue with clouds and stuff, and since she’s not wrong I’m wondering, do I write a letter or is there a phone number I can call.

Ever since the price of eggs has gone up, chickens have been acting uppity.

“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king.  The palace becomes a circus.”

~ Turkish Proverb

There is not too many times that this next one can be shown.  Even if it were to be run twice in every episode.

1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel. 

2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. 

3. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle. 

4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. 

5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. 

6. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No one knows why. 

7. A 2″ X 4″ Stud is really 1-1/2″ by 3-1/2″. 

8. During the chariot scene in ‘Ben Hur,’ a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston’s wearing a watch). 

9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries…) 

10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants. 

11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 

12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000. 

13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver. 

14. The name ‘Wendy’ was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded ‘Wendy’ before. 

15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. 

16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??) 

17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm. 

18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA.’ 

19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby. (And that is a more accurate description) 

20. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola. 

22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet. 

23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand. 

24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. 

25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. (???) 

26. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 

27. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, “Elementary, my dear Watson.” 

28. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing! 

29. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher. 

30. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries. 

31. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. 

32. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

A woman was taking an afternoon nap.‍

‍When she woke up, she told her husband,‍  “I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace. What do you think it means?”‍

“You’ll know tonight,” he said. 

That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it to find a book 
entitled “The Meaning of Dreams.”

There was an elderly couple who in their old age noticed that they were getting a lot more forgetful, so they decided to go to the doctor. The doctor told them that they should start writing things down so they don’t forget.

They went home and the old lady told her husband to get her a bowl of ice cream. “You might want to write it down,” she said. The husband said, “No, I can remember that you want a bowl of ice cream.” She then told her husband she wanted a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream. “Write it down,” she told him, and again he said, “No, no, I can remember: you want a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream.”

Then the old lady said she wants a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top. “Write it down,” she told her husband and again he said, “No, I got it. You want a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top.” So he goes to get the ice cream and spends an unusually long time in the kitchen, over 30 minutes. He comes out to his wife and hands her a plate of eggs and bacon.

The wife stares at the plate for a moment, then looks at her husband and asks, “Where’s the toast?”

The graveside service just barely finished, when there was a massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance…
The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, ‘Well, she’s there.’

And that’s it my friends.  Love and happiness to you one and all.

Well, it’s finally Saturday and I finally have a day off!  At last. And I plan on spending my day with you guys.  I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my day off.

Okay, truth in advertising…today is actually Thursday…Thursday night to be exact.  How could it be Saturday already if you were actually reading this on Saturday?  Actually, I will be spending my day on Saturday with you, but it will be working on Monday’s episode.  See how that works?

So, regardless of what episode it’s on, I’m still spending my time with you guys, my favorite campers in the whole, wide world!

So, let’s stop wasting time and get to it!

“Women should be obscene and not heard.” 

—Groucho Marx  (1890-1977)

Me: Exactly

I am becoming increasingly worried that there isn’t enough anxiety in my life 

A woman parked her brand-new Lexus in front of her office, ready to show it off to her colleagues. 

As she got out, a truck passed too close and completely tore off the door on the driver’s side. 

The woman immediately grabbed her cell phone, dialed 911, and within minutes a policeman pulled up. 

Before the officer had a chance to ask any questions, the woman started screaming hysterically. 

Her Lexus, which she had just picked up the day before, was now completely ruined and would never be the same, no matter what the body shop did to it. 

When the woman finally wound down from her ranting and raving, the officer shook his head in disgust and disbelief. “I can’t believe how materialistic you women are,” he said. “You are so focused on your possessions that you don’t notice anything else.” 

“How can you say such a thing?” asked the woman. 

The cop replied, “Don’t you know that your left arm is missing from the elbow down? It must have been torn off when the truck hit you.” 

“OH MY GOD!” screamed the woman. 

“Where’s my tennis bracelet?” 

♪♫”Sitting on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away.”♫♪

A man was driving along in his beat up old dodge, when suddenly it broke down. He was parked on the side of the road trying fix it, when a Jaguar pulled up in front of him and offered to help.

After a few minutes the two men obviously weren’t going to get the old car going again, so the Jaguar driver offered to tow the Dodge to the nearest garage.

A few minutes later the two had hitched up the old Dodge to the Jaguar, and they agreed that if the Jaguar driver was going too fast, the man should blow his horn and flash his lights to get him to slow down.

With that the two men got into their cars and the Jaguar driver started to pull away with the Dodge behind it.

At the first traffic light, a Ferrari pulled up beside the Jaguar and started to rev his engine provocatively. As soon as the light turned green the Ferrari and the Jaguar hit their accelerators and took off. Before long the cars were racing at over 120 mph.

As the cars speed along, they passed through a police speed trap. The officer couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the three cars go by, and he decided that he couldn’t catch them all by himself, so he decided to radio for help: “You won’t believe what I just saw! I saw a Ferrari and a Jaguar doing 120 mph side by side, and a beat up old Dodge behind them flashing his lights and blowing his horn trying to get by!”

Stephen sent along the following caption for this amazing balloon picture above:

I drove 15 miles watching the weather balloon after it was shot down before I noticed it was bird crap.

Nice job, Stephen!

It’s 3:00 A.M. and Goldie wakes up to see her husband pacing the floor.  “Morris, why can’t you sleep?” she asks him.

“You know our next door neighbor, Sam.  I borrowed $1000 from him, and it’s due tomorrow morning and I don’t have the money.. 

I don’t know what I’m going to do.” Morris replies. 

Goldie gets out of bed and opens the window.  “Sam,” she shouts, and several times more, “Sam, Sam.” 

Finally a very groggy Sam opens the window opposite her and yells back, “What, what is it…it’s 3 AM, what do you want?” 

Goldie says, “You know the $1000 my husband owes you? He doesn’t have it.” 

She then slams the window shut and turns to Morris and says, now you go to sleep and let Sam pace the floor.” 

A Couple of Sentimental Poems

FEMALE POEM
I want a man who’s handsome, smart and strong.
One who loves to listen all day long.
One who thinks before he speaks,
One who’ll call, not wait for weeks.

I want him to be gainfully employed,
And when I spend his cash, not be annoyed.
Pulls out my chair and opens my door,
Massages my back and begs to do more.

Oh!  For a man who makes love to my mind,
and knows what to answer to “How big is my behind?”
I want this man to love me to no end,
And forever be my very best friend.


MALE POEM
I want a deaf-mute nymphomaniac,
with huge boobs
who owns a liquor store and a fishing boat.
I know this doesn’t rhyme and I don’t give a shit.

“Holy Crap, he’s got Billy!  I told you we shouldn’t have stolen his magic goat!  Didn’t I say, leave the damn goat alone?  Didn’t I?”

Once a young boy was watching his mother take a bath.

As she got out to dry off, he notices her upper torso he asks “Momma what are those?”

She replies “Son those are my breasts,” as she turns her back to him he asks “Momma what is that?” she replies “Son that is my derriere.”

As she turns to slip on her robe he spies her nether region and asks “Momma what is that?”

She replies “That son is none of your business!”

Later the boy is playing by the kitchen door, and the father comes in from work hungry.

The father hollers toward the kitchen to the mom, “Hey honey, what’s for dinner?”

She replies “None of your business.”

The son shaking his head says “YUCK!”

The problem is, that is so difficult for people to do.  If they can’t enjoy it, they feel like NO ONE should enjoy it.

That works for me, because that’s the best they had at the time!

Why is it a wife can buy her husband a lawn mower for Christmas, but if he buys her a vacuum cleaner, it’s a death sentence?

When you understand WHY that makes perfect sense, then you are on your way to being a happily married man.

Probably not the only clue, either.

Doug and Tammy were having a very heated argument.

Tammy shouts at Doug, “You don’t deserve a woman like me.”

Doug retorted, “Yeah, well I don’t deserve arthritis either, but I got that too.”

The little sexy housewife was built so well that the TV repairman couldn’t concentrate on his work. Whenever she came inside the room, he’d jerk his neck right out of joint to look at her.

When he’d finished she paid him and said, “I’m going to make a . . .well . . . unusual request. But you have to first promise me you’ll keep it a secret.”

The repairman quickly agreed and she went on. “Well, it’s kind of embarrassing to talk about, my husband is a kind, decent man and he has a certain physical weakness, a certain disability, and now, I’m a woman and you’re a man . . . “

The repairman could hardly speak when he said, “Yes; yes!”

“And I’ve been wanting to do it ever since you came in the door…”

“Yes; yes!”

She continued, “Would you help me move the refrigerator?”

Swampy Marsh, the young Australian father-to-be, is waiting anxiously outside the maternity ward where his wife is having their first baby.

He is pacing the floor when the nurse comes out and says, “You have a little boy, Mr. Marsh, but you had better go out and have a cup of coffee, because there may be another one.”

Swampy turns a little pale and leaves. Some time later he phones the hospital and is told that he is the father of twins, but the nurse cautions, “There is another on the way, so call back later.”

At that Swampy decides that coffee is not strong enough, so he goes to a bar and has some beer.

When he phones the hospital again he is told that the third baby has arrived and a fourth is on the way. White-faced, he stumbles to the bar and orders a double scotch.

Twenty minutes later, he tries to phone again, but he is so drunk that he dials the wrong number and gets the recorded cricket score.

When they pick him up off the floor the recording is still going strong: “The score is ninety-six all out,” says the voice, “and the last one was a duck.”

At work, my dad noticed that the name of an employee was the same as an old friend.

He found the man’s e-mail address and sent him a message.

When Dad received a reply, he was insulted and fired back another e-mail: “I have put on some weight, but I didn’t realize it was that noticeable.”

His friend’s hastily typed message, with an apparent typo, had read: “Hi, Ron. I didn’t know you worked here, but I did see a gut that looked like you in the cafeteria.

So much truth in that!

So, murder is essential healthcare?  Wow!

You think that sounds crazy?  They are ALREADY talking about it!!!  Just like being able to shut off your electricity, your bank account, all kinds of stuff, if they don’t agree with your posts, your opinions, or how you behave in public.  ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT!!

No kidding!!!

Three Irishmen, Paddy, Sean and Shamus, were stumbling home late one night and found themselves on the road which led past the old graveyard.

“Come have a look over here”, says Paddy, “It’s Michael O’Grady’s grave, God bless his soul, he lived to the ripe old age of 87.”

“That’s nothing”, says Sean, “here’s one named Patrick O’Toole. It says here that he was 95 when he died.”

Just then, Shamus yells out, “But here’s a fella that died when he was 145 years old!”

“What was his name?” asks Paddy.

Shamus lights a match to see what else is written on the stone marker, and exclaims, “Miles, from Dublin.”

Hey, me too!

A foursome is waiting at the men’s tee while another foursome of ladies are hitting from the ladies tee. 

The ladies are taking their time and when finally the last one is ready to hit the ball she hacks it about 10 feet, goes over to it and hacks it another 10 feet. 

She  looks up at the men, who are watching, and says apologetically, “I  guess all those fucking lessons I took this winter didn’t help.” 

One  of the men immediately replies, “Now, you see, that’s your problem. 

You should have taken golf lessons instead.” 

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, 

but the realization of how much you already have.

Well, lots of stuff coming up on Monday.  Things I wanted to put into today’s issue, but I ran out of time.  So, until we meet again, may God bless you with Love and Happiness.

Well, I’ve got really nothing to say and no time to talk if I want to get this issue out, so my apologies for not having a lot to say with this one, but enjoy the laughs.

This is from Joe in NJ and it really touched me.  Thanks Joe.

1. My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be painful: remember that before you get me.

2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

3. Place your trust in me — it is crucial to my well being.

4. Do not be angry at me for long, and do not lock me up as punishment.

5. You have your work, your entertainment, and your friends. I only have you.

6. Talk to me sometimes. Even if I don’t understands your words, I understand your voice when it is speaking to me.

7. Be aware that how ever you treat me, I will never forget.

8. Remember before you hit me that I have teeth that could easily hurt you, but I choose not to bite you because I love you.

9. Before you scold me for being uncooperative, obstinate, or lazy, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I might not be getting the right food, or I have been out too long, or my heart is getting too old and weak.

10. Take care of me when I get old; you too will grow old. Go with me on difficult journeys. Never say: “I cannot bear to watch” or “Let it happen in my absence.” Everything is easier for me if you are there, even my death.

I found this and thought I would share to remind us all to treasure the humans and dogs in our life 🙂

Short notice, but a friend of mine has two tickets for the Super Bowl in Glendale, AZ at State Farm stadium Sunday Feb 12.
They are box seats that he spent $5,700 a piece for which includes transportation to and from the stadium, open bar, and a pass to the winners locker room.
What he did not realize was last year when he purchased them that this is the
same day as his wedding.
If you’re interested, he is looking for someone to take his place. It’s at St. Paul’s Church on North Avenue at 3 pm.  Her name is Ashley and she is 5’5 and about 110 pounds. She is a good cook and enjoys the outdoors.

“Hey!  Shut the damn door!  This is private!”

Philosophy of sex

 

“I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.”

–Tom Clancy

 

“You know “that look” women get when they want sex? Me neither.”

–Steve Martin

“Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.”

–Woody Allen

“Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.”

–Rodney Dangerfield

“There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women.

Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL.”

–Lynn Lavner

“Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.”

–Matt Barry

“Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.”

–George Burns

“Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant.”

–George Burns

“Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships.”

–Sharon Stone

“My girlfriend always laughs during sex —no matter what she’s reading.”

–Steve Jobs (Founder, Apple Computers)

“My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.”

–Jack Nicholson

 

” Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.”

–Barbara Bush (Former US First Lady — and you didn’t think Barbara had a sense of humor)

Divorce, Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet.

–Robin Williams

“Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.”

–Roseanne Barr

“Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.”

–Billy Crystal

“According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful.”

–Robert De Niro

“There’s a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what’s the problem?”

–Dustin Hoffman

“There’s very little advice in men’s magazines, because men think, I know what I’m doing. Just show me somebody naked.”

–Jerry Seinfeld

“Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and just give her a house.”

–Rod Stewart

God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.”

–Robin Williams

Walking can add minutes to your life…

• This enables you at 85 years old …
  • to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $4,000 per month.
• My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60.  
  • Now he’s 97 years old and we have no idea where the hell he is.
• I like long walks, …
  • especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
• The only reason I would take up walking is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
• I have to walk early in the morning, … 
  • before my brain figures out what I’m doing.
• I joined a health club last year, spent about 250 Dollars.  
  • Haven’t lost a pound.  Apparently, you have to go there!
• Every time I hear the dirty word ‘exercise’, …
  • I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
• I do have flabby thighs, …
  • but fortunately my stomach covers them.
• The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, … 
  • they’ll say, ‘Well, he looks good doesn’t he.’
• If you are going to try cross-country skiing, …
  • start with a small country.
• I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years …… 
  • just getting over the hill.
• We all get heavier as we get older, because there’s a lot more information in our heads.  
  • That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

AND… 

• Every time I start thinking too much about how I look, 
  • I just find a pub with a Happy Hour and by the time I leave, I look just fine.

I just realized that I’ve been married over 25 years and my wife has never had laryngitis. What a rip-off.

“Come sit on my lap little girl and tell me what you want for … Valen … or … um … Christmas.  Yeah, Christmas.”

“Sir, your daughter says she loves me, and she can’t live without me, and she wants to marry me.”

“And you’re asking my permission to marry her?”

“No, I’m asking you to make her leave me alone!!”

A man complained about having had two unhappy marriages.

His first wife divorced him and his second wife wouldn’t.

My friend, Diane, was chatting with her brother, Charles, a business executive who had retired last year.

While discussing the joys of his new leisure time, Charles remarked that he had been compelled to give up skiing, a sport he had enjoyed for many years. “Afraid of injuries?” Diane asked.

“Well, now I am,” he responded. “Before I could drag a cast into work and still do my job, but now I’d be messing up my golf game.”

I think my brother is crazy. All day long he makes lines of chick peas, black-eyed peas, English peas, and crowder peas. 

Then he just sits there and looks at them. 

When I asked him why, he said he was just … minding his peas in queues. 

A man goes to the doctors feeling a little ill.

The doctor checks him over and says, “Sorry, I have some bad news, you have Yellow 24, a really nasty virus. It’s called Yellow 24 because it turns your blood yellow and you usually only have 24 hours to live. There’s no known cure so Just go home and enjoy your final precious moments on earth.”

So he trudges home to his wife and breaks the news.

Distraught, she asks him to go to the bingo with her that evening as he’s never been there with her before.

They arrive at the bingo and with his first card he gets four corners and wins $35.

Then, with the same card, he gets a line and wins $320.

Then he gets the full house and wins $1000.

The National Grid comes up and he wins that too getting $380,000.

The bingo caller gets him up on stage and says, “Son, I’ve been here 20 years and I’ve never seen anyone win four corners, a line, the full house and the national grid on the same card. You must be the luckiest man on Earth!”

“Lucky?” he screamed. “Lucky? I’ll have you know I’ve got Yellow 24.”

“Damn!” says the bingo caller. “You’ve won the raffle as well.”

This is SO COOL!  And the stuff that science fiction is made of:

Stephanie sent us this Great story.  Thanks Steph!

She was young. She was slender. She was waiting tables at a little joint. The kind of cafe you’ve seen a hundred times before, in every small town backwater from here to forever. 

They served bathwater coffee. Shingle toast. Hamburgers fatty enough to cause aortic embolisms. 

The waitress wore red shoes. Ballet flats. They were scuffed and faded leather. She always wore red shoes because they were her trademark. Ever since girlhood. 

Growing up poor does something to a kid. Growing up during a Great Depression rewires the human brain. Whenever this girl had extra money, she bought shoes. And they were always flagrant red.  

She was not yet 16. But she was like all the children in her generation, mature, many years before her time. 

She was tall and elegant. A young Katherine Hepburn comes to mind. Maybe Bacall. Her dark hair was pulled back so that her long neck showed. She looked like a queen among mortals. When she walked, every eye followed her.  

There were several workmen sitting in a booth. They were difficult customers. They made her life miserable. They complained about their orders. They sent their food back to the kitchen multiple times. 

She did her best to serve them with charm and grace, but she kept making mistakes. The restaurant owner was called. He took the cost of their meals out of her pay. He gave the girl a scolding in front of everyone. 

And that wasn’t the worst part. The worst part was the disgruntled men in the booth tipped her one penny. 

One. 

She cried until her makeup ran. One penny was worse than getting spit at. 

But this is life. You couldn’t stop working just because you got your feelings hurt. The workday must go on. This was a Great Depression. Money didn’t grow in the backyard. There were no such things as cigarette trees or big rock candy mountains.  

One of her customers that day was a navy man. He was wearing his service whites. Dixie Cup hat. He was carrying a heavy duffel sack. He looked sunburned and tired. He was on leave. 

She waited on him. The man said he’d seen what happened earlier. He had seen how difficult the other customers had behaved. She started crying all over again, despite her phony smile. 

“Don’t worry about me, sir. I’ll be okay.” 

The navy man spoke something to her in a foreign tongue. It sounded like Italian. Or maybe Spanish. Or something like that. It sounded to the girl as though he were speaking an old proverb. Or an ancient blessing, maybe. 

His bright eyes were glazed with emotion. And his lower lip was quivering. “Don’t let them get to you, kid,” he said. “People can be so mean.”

She thanked him and went about her work. 

That same evening, the young woman went home to her apartment. She was married. Her husband was a guy in the Air Corps. He looked good in his uniform, and she thought he had a cute chin. She had gotten pregnant six minutes and four seconds after her wedding vows

They had a good life. They lived in a little garage apartment on a shaded street. She had a maple tree. A tomato garden.  

At sundown, there was a knock at her door. It was the same navy man. Same service whites. Same sailor’s cap.  

He had a cardboard box under his arm, all done up in brown paper and string.  

“They told me you lived here,” he said. 

He gave the box to her. Inside was a pair of new, red shoes. Ballet flats. Patent leather. Shined to a mirror gloss. There were four more boxes just like it. All shoes. Stacked like cinder blocks on the porch. 

“What’re these for?” the young woman asked. 

“To make up for that penny,” he said.  

Fifty years later, I would hear this story along with my cousins, who all sat cross-legged on the carpet of an old mobile home. We listened to an old storyteller at work. Then, one of us interrupted and said, “Did that story really happen, Granny!?” 

Katherine Hepburn just smiled and tapped the ash on her Winston. “The Navy is a marvelous organization,” said the woman in the red shoes. 

Happy 247th anniversary to the United States Navy.

It sure is.  Thanks again dear Stephanie.

After ordering a sandwich to go, the guy asked me if I wanted some “walking bacon.”  This was three strips of bacon separate from the sandwich, for me to eat while I walked away with the wrapped sandwich in my other hand.  This Is Genius!  All stores need walking bacon.

I can’t pick up my dogs prescription because I can’t remember her date of birth.  They won’t tell me it because patient privacy.  She’s a dog.  She won’t tell me it either.

And that’s it for today.  Love and happiness to you all.