Friday Funnies

Hi,
Well, memories are intact. As my good friend Michael put it: 'Lighters are held high and everyone is swaying', and we're singing along to "We Are The World". Quincy Jones produced the all-star cast of singers and he actually had a sign above the entrance to the studio saying 'Leave your ego at the door.'
For the weekend, it's time to start getting sentimental. "__ __ __ __ in all the old familiar places, that this heart of mine embraces all day through..." Hint: It's an old one that gained popularity during WWII and proves that sometimes good things happen as a result of war (not many). Rather oblique, I know.
There were two thing I was going to tell you about. I remembered both of them. (amazing) First, the visit to the new school for C-Bass. It's a Charter school that's K-8 and modeled after a school he attended for pre-school. It's based on the idea that a school should be a democratic society where students get to have a say in what happens during their day and how things are done. Each class has a meeting every morning to decide what they're going to do. Text books are used as references and there is very little homework. Older students mentor younger ones and can visit their classes. It's quite an interesting concept and it's too bad it doesn't go past the eighth grade.
The other thing was the 'sign up adventure' with Skype. When you join, you're ask to chose a screen name. Of course I picked Gratidude as my first choice. That was rejected. We found a window that lets you search the world for matches and we found another one. Bummer. Then I figured there couldn't be another Thaifunk. Wrong again. Oh, the pain. To find out you're not as unique as you thought. At least the guy who's Thaifunk is Thai. I had to go deep to trick the masses. So, my Skype name is 'merakthai'. Actually, it's three words: Me Rak Thai, which means Me Love Thai. Clever huh? So, Skype me sometime. The only thing about all that is that one must be on-line and 'available'. Guess you'll just have to check.
This would have been out earlier, but we just got back from LAX and breakfast. We took Norm and Irena to stand in a long line at South West, and then stopped to feed. (Ha) On our ride to the airport, the subject of packing and excess came up. Norm told us we could keep things in his empty attic if we need to. We just discovered the door in the ceiling that's connected to a ladder. Very interesting. We'll certainly be climbing those stairs.
Hey, its Friday and that means it's time for the 'Funnies'. Have a Great WeekEnd.

Peace,
Danny


LITTLE OLD LADY DRIVER
Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, an AZ
State Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 17 MPH. He thinks to
himself "This driver is just as dangerous as a speed er!" So he turns on
his lights and pulls the driver over.

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies -- two in
the front seat and three in the back -- wide eyed and white as ghosts. The
driver, obviously confused, says to him, "Officer, I don't understand, I
was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem?"

"Ma'am," the officer replies, "you weren't speeding, but you should know
that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other
drivers."

"Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit
exactly...seventeen miles an hour!" the old woman says a bit proudly.

The AZ State Police officer, trying to contain a chuckle explains to her
that "17" was the highway number, not the speed limit. A bit embarrassed,
the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.

"But before I let you go, Ma'am, I have to ask...is everyone in this car
OK? These women seem awfully shaken and they haven't muttered a single peep
this whole time," the officer asks.

"Oh, they'll be alright in a minute, officer. We just got off highway101."


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