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jack and bill (not jill)

2009-01-21 - 8:57 p.m.


© 2009 by elaine radford

Well, looky what DH found when he removed the old deck. I expected him to say "another blue runner in hibernation" but, instead, it was a perfectly preserved glass that was given away in some Jack Daniels' promotion, probably a Christmas gift box. Way back in the dawn of time, we had a hot tub in the back yard, and we ended many a day by sipping a glass of Tennessee sipping whiskey over ice in the hot tub while watching the stars come out. Apparently, this glass slipped under the deck somehow and was never noticed to be missing. The weird thing is...well...Tropical Storm Bill. The tub and the house sustained mid five figures worth of damage but, hey, Bill never broke that glass.


© 2003 by roger williams

you will believe a hot tub can fly

The FDA has sent out a warning that people and animals should avoid eating foods that contain peanuts and peanut products. Cookie heard J. and me talking about it and he sweetly asked, "Polly wanna a cracker?" which is how he asks for his spoon full of peanut butter. I didn't get him any for a long time after the last scare and finally I broke down and got him a jar, and now I don't know if I will ever buy any again, after this jar runs out. Poor Cookie. Eating peanut butter with a spoon and washing up the spoon afterward in his water bowl is pretty much his best trick.

The other day, the IMOM broke into song, and this is what he sang:

I got a story, ain't got no moral
Let the bad guy win every once in a while.*

And I guess this story doesn't have a moral either. Or if it does, I can't figure it out.

*per der google, this bit of lyric seems to be © Billy Preston

© 2001 by elaine radford

when peanut butter is outlawed, only outlaws will have peanut butter

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