A fire fighter is polishing a fire engine outside the station when he notices a little girl next door in a little red wagon with little ladders hung off the side and a garden hose tightly coiled in the middle. The little girl is wearing a fire fighter's helmet and has the wagon tied to a dog and cat. The fire fighter walks over to take a closer look,
"That sure is a nice fire truck," the fire fighter says with admiration.
"Thanks," the girl says.
The fire fighter looks a little closer and notices the girl has tied one wagon leash to the dog's collar and one to the cat's testicles.
"Little Partner," the fire fighter says, "I don't want to tell you how to run your fire truck, but if you were to tie that rope around the cat's collar, I think you could probably go a lot faster."
The little girl pauses for a moment to think, looks at the wagon, at the dog and at the cat, then shyly looks up into the fireman's eyes and says......
"You're probably right, but then I wouldn't have a f*cking siren now would I ?"
Thursday, June 12, 2003
This is the fairy tale that little girls should have been reading a long time ago !
Once upon a time,
in a land far away,
a beautiful, independent,
self-assured princess
happened upon a frog as she sat,
contemplating ecological issues
on the shores of an unpolluted pond
in a verdant meadow near her castle.
The frog hopped into the princess' lap
and said: Elegant Lady,
I was once a handsome prince,
until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
One kiss from you, however,
and I will turn back
into the dapper, young prince that I am
and then, my sweet, we can marry
and setup housekeeping in your castle
with my mother,
where you can prepare my meals,
clean my clothes, bear my children,
and forever feel grateful and happy doing so.
That night, as the princess dined sumptuously
on a repast of lightly sautéed frog legs
seasoned in a white wine
and onion cream sauce,
she chuckled and thought to herself:
I don't phucking think so.
Once upon a time,
in a land far away,
a beautiful, independent,
self-assured princess
happened upon a frog as she sat,
contemplating ecological issues
on the shores of an unpolluted pond
in a verdant meadow near her castle.
The frog hopped into the princess' lap
and said: Elegant Lady,
I was once a handsome prince,
until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
One kiss from you, however,
and I will turn back
into the dapper, young prince that I am
and then, my sweet, we can marry
and setup housekeeping in your castle
with my mother,
where you can prepare my meals,
clean my clothes, bear my children,
and forever feel grateful and happy doing so.
That night, as the princess dined sumptuously
on a repast of lightly sautéed frog legs
seasoned in a white wine
and onion cream sauce,
she chuckled and thought to herself:
I don't phucking think so.
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Going back to what I was talking about … cause I kinda lost my train of thought and got side-tracked …
I tend to be very anal when it comes to pronouncing Japanese words. Just ask Ghost. I went to visit in January of ‘98, the year the Winter Olympics was at Nagano, Japan. My beef was the way NAGANO was pronounced. It was driving me nuts to watch newscasters, who by the way should have been doing their job and researching the correct way to pronounce NAGANO, pronounce said city as NAGA NO. It is pronounced NA GA NO. The same way people were irritating me by the way they were saying karaoke. It is not pronounced carrie oh key. It is pronounced kah (as in car) rah oh ke (as in kay). Do we have it now?
With that off my chest, I bid you a good night.
I tend to be very anal when it comes to pronouncing Japanese words. Just ask Ghost. I went to visit in January of ‘98, the year the Winter Olympics was at Nagano, Japan. My beef was the way NAGANO was pronounced. It was driving me nuts to watch newscasters, who by the way should have been doing their job and researching the correct way to pronounce NAGANO, pronounce said city as NAGA NO. It is pronounced NA GA NO. The same way people were irritating me by the way they were saying karaoke. It is not pronounced carrie oh key. It is pronounced kah (as in car) rah oh ke (as in kay). Do we have it now?
With that off my chest, I bid you a good night.
Yeah, I’m still here … just been busy.
Ok, for the past year I’ve been brushing up on my Japanese for the Japan trip that was supposed to happen this October with Chris and the marching band. Because of the whole SARS thing going on they’ve decided to do something else. So, the Band Director informed us at the latest band booster meeting that they are putting in their application, along with an impressive resume, to perform at a halftime show for either the Denver Broncos or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in October. They’re looking to perform a Monday night game that falls on the kid’s two week break in that month.
I really feel for you, WryGuy. I have been fortunate to have all three of my children sleep through the night beginning at the age of two months. Jonathan is the only one who has problems sleeping when he is sick. He takes after his father who had bronchial asthma when he was a baby so when Jonathan gets sick, usually on the second and third night are the worst.
An early congrats to Chynakat and her family on the upcoming arrival of her new daughter. I went to checkout that virtual nursery website and I thought that was pretty neat. I’ll be looking for Cassidy when the day comes.
Hope all is well with you Angel. I have some film that needs developing and I’ll have some pics to share when I get them. Kisses to the girls for me!
Some good news for now. The biopsy I had a few weeks back were cancer free … thank God. That’s all I need was more stress. Geez … getting older really sucks sometimes.
Anywho … Jonathan is glaring at me and I need to entertain him so I’ll be back soon …
Laters …
Ok, for the past year I’ve been brushing up on my Japanese for the Japan trip that was supposed to happen this October with Chris and the marching band. Because of the whole SARS thing going on they’ve decided to do something else. So, the Band Director informed us at the latest band booster meeting that they are putting in their application, along with an impressive resume, to perform at a halftime show for either the Denver Broncos or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in October. They’re looking to perform a Monday night game that falls on the kid’s two week break in that month.
I really feel for you, WryGuy. I have been fortunate to have all three of my children sleep through the night beginning at the age of two months. Jonathan is the only one who has problems sleeping when he is sick. He takes after his father who had bronchial asthma when he was a baby so when Jonathan gets sick, usually on the second and third night are the worst.
An early congrats to Chynakat and her family on the upcoming arrival of her new daughter. I went to checkout that virtual nursery website and I thought that was pretty neat. I’ll be looking for Cassidy when the day comes.
Hope all is well with you Angel. I have some film that needs developing and I’ll have some pics to share when I get them. Kisses to the girls for me!
Some good news for now. The biopsy I had a few weeks back were cancer free … thank God. That’s all I need was more stress. Geez … getting older really sucks sometimes.
Anywho … Jonathan is glaring at me and I need to entertain him so I’ll be back soon …
Laters …
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