Friday Funnies

Hi,

The forecast for tomorrow is 82 with scattered clouds. So now we're in what I call 'winter/summer'. Today there was a ballet class, the car got washed, and I had some more driving insights.

The answer to the math question is: "Nothin' From Nothin'" by Billy Preston. Here's a favorite of mine for the weekend. "I saw her standing on the corner, a yellow ribbon in her hair. I couldn't stop myself from shoutin', 'Look a-there, look a-there, look a-there, look a-there! __ __, __ __, __ __, I can't get you out of my mind." Clues: The title is two words. It's an old-school word for someone of lesser years. The group is named after something that rolls down a hill. Hmm. By the way, this is really old so don't feel bad if you don't know it.

This morning I exercised the dogs. This is something that Lisa usually does, but today I did it. There's not much to it really. Give BamBam the green squeaky toy and she runs around with it and Daku chases her. Sometimes she'd bring it back, I'd throw it, and the chase would begin all over again. There was also some training mixed in but near the end, their attention got scattered. BamBam loves to run. Daku will run if motivated. They each have distinct personalities and working with them together can really make that clear.

This afternoon, while we were driving to ballet class I mentioned that driving was like running an obstacle course. Kind of like a driving game where things pop up and you have to avoid them. After we finished laughing we decided to give the term 'pop up' to all the things that seem to come out of nowhere. It eases the tension when I can add some levity to the situation. While we're on the subject of driving, we've been noticing more and more variations on the colored light theme. The blue LEDs seem to be the most popular, followed by green lights under the car. Today we saw blue, purple, and green on the same vehicle. We're going to get some blue lights, just not sure where they'll go.

After I dropped Lisa at ballet, I went to the car wash. While the car was getting washed I went to a pharmacy run by a couple who speak pretty good English. He studied in Switzerland and has been a great resource. On my walk back to the car wash I had a brief conversation with a police officer who was controlling traffic. It was the usual 'where are you from' thing and he got very animated when I told him I'd been here two years. Oh, controlling the traffic means that he changed the duration of the signals manually. This really seems to keep the flow going during rush hour.

Now it's time for the 'Funnies', sent to me by my friend Alan. Have a Fabulous WeekEnd.

Peace,
Danny

I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.

I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, 'If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead of dinner?'
'No, I had to stop drinking years ago', the homeless woman told me.

'Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?' I
asked.

'No, I don't waste time shopping,' the homeless woman said. 'I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.'

'Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?' I asked.

'Are you NUTS!' replied the homeless woman. I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!'

'Well, I said, 'I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight.'

The homeless Woman was shocked. 'Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.'

I said, 'That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine.'

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