Lockerbie Revisited...

Ever wonder why after 42 years of being in power nobody REALLY knows how to spell Moammar's last name: Gaddafi, Gadhafi, Kaddafi, Kadhafi, Qaddafi or Qadhafi?  Does it have a "el-" prefix or not ? Also, how come he's just a Colonel?  You would think that he's certainly got the power to be promoted to General or Supreme Ruler....   Inquiring minds want to know!

Are you curious why I continue to write this blog?  Sometimes I wonder too.  It does give me a very small creative outlet.  It helps me (sometimes) to release the tensions that build up because of frustrations in the day.  Many times I wish that the blog was better than it is (a good sign).  Apparently, from the comments, I have many more people reading the blog than have signed up as followers.  I don't know if that is a good thing, but perhaps some don't wish to claim that they share my opinions or humor.  I wish they would be more constructive in their comments. 

Just in: Ex-Libyan Minister now claims that Qaddafi ordered the Lockerbie bombing.  Wow, is this revenge speaking or is their proof? What will Britain do about this?  What will we do?  Like I said, we know he's crazy, but we don't have any idea HOW crazy!

I've been wondering something about the lottery.  When (if) you win, they always ask you if you want an immediate reduced payoff or distribution over 26 years.  I'm pretty sure that if you pick the distribution over 26 years that the pot goes into a bank account and your distribution is from the interest.  After 26 years, the account contents goes to the state (?).  If this is true, the lottery started in 1984, so where is all that money ?

An out-of-towner drove his car into a ditch in a desolated area. Luckily, a local farmer came to help with his big strong horse named Buddy. He hitched Buddy up to the car and yelled,

"Pull, Nellie, pull!" Buddy didn't move.

Then the farmer hollered, "Pull, Buster, pull!" Buddy didn't respond.

Once more the farmer commanded, "Pull, Cocoa, pull!" Nothing.

Then the farmer nonchalantly said, "Pull, Buddy, pull!" And the horse easily dragged the car out of the ditch.

The motorist was most appreciative and very curious. He asked the farmer why he called his horse by the wrong name three times.

The farmer said, "Oh, Buddy is blind and if he thought he was the only one pulling, he wouldn't even try!"

What's UP?
I'm sure you will enjoy this one as much as I did.
I never knew one word in the English language that could be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep.
That little, versatile word is UP.

This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.'  It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?  Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?  We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.  We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.< SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">

At other times, this little word has real special meaning.  People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing:  A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.  We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!


To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of  UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary.  In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.


If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.  It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.  When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP.  When it rains, it soaks UP the earth.  When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP.  One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my time is UP!

Oh . . . one more thing:  What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?

U
P!

Did that one crack you UP?

Don't screw UP.  Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book . . . or not . . . it's UP to you.

Now I'll shut UP!