Picoftheweek

Picoftheweek
Waaaaaaaay too many to count...

My Statement

"Let me emphatically say that I am not anti-Facebook (Fleecebook), anti-smart phone, anti-Microsoft, anti-Apple, anti-Google or anti-Internet. I do believe, though, that the consumer is being ripped off of his privacy, identity and purchase history. We are being herded into a Facebook corner where what we "Like" and where we go physically and on the net will be scrutinized and sold numerous times to actually corrode and erode our culture while tempting us only with convenience, high tech and flashing video screens. The unsuspecting consumers need to be aware..." - Gary Lapman

Quote of Note

“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”-W.C. Fields

"For the strength of the Wolf is in the Pack, and the strength of the Pack is in the Wolf." - Rudyard Kipling

"Common sense is not so common. " -Voltaire

“Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, but only character endures.” - Matthew McConaughey

"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him"

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason" - Jerry Seinfeld

"Fleecebook is free, you (and your identity) is the product!" - Gary Lapman


"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." - Eric Sevareid

"'Smart' phones are only smart for the cell phone providers!" - Gary Lapman

"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.” -Albert Einstein

"Technology creates the illusion of companionship without the intimacy of friendship." - unknown

"No worry, there's an app for that..." - Gary Lapman

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Captain Cardiac Reigns...

Well the BP well in the gulf is temporarily plugged.  I hope it holds.  What is really scary is that the large weight of the cap plus the internal pressure of the oil could rupture the pipe.  That kind of a structural failure could be worse that what we had, as there isn't a "defined" way to plug that.


Also, do we have a mini-Toyota-ism going on with Apple ?  Did they really know about the antenna issue long before the phones were shipped to customers ?  I believe that they will recall them, but they have to have a solution ready and shipped to the the AT&T stores before they opt for a swap.

Tonight we are going to see Captain Cardiac and the Coronaries at Chase Palm Park.  I imagine that it will be hot and very crowded, but nonetheless, fun.

Tori and Aidan are going to Red Rock to swim, in spite of the extremely high temperatures there (probably 105).



A 75 year old man went to his doctor's office for a sperm count
test. The doctor gave the man a jar, told him to take it home and
return the next day with a sample.

The next day, the 75 year old man reappeared at the doctor's
office and gave the doctor the jar, which was as clean and empty
as on previous day. The doctor asked what happened.

"Well, doc, it's like this: First I tried with my right hand, but
nothing. Then with my left... still nothing. Then, I asked my
wife for help. She tried her right hand... but nothing. Then her
left... still nothing. She even tried with her mouth, both with
and without her teeth... and still nothing. We even called the
lady next door and she tried with both hands and her mouth too,
but _still_ nothing."

The doctor was shocked. "You asked your neighbor?"

The old man replied, "Yep, but no matter what we tried we
couldn't get the damn jar open!"


NEIL ARMSTRONG'S SECRET
ARMSTRONG'S SECRET, GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU SMILE In case you didn't already know this little tidbit of trivia, it might make you chuckle when you read it.

ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON. HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, "THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN,ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND," WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS.*

BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK "GOODLUCK, MR. GORSKY".

MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGH IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT. HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS.

OVER THE YEARS MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY' STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED.

ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA , WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD QUESTION TO ARMSTRONG.

THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED. MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WESTERN TOWN, HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW. HIS NEIGHBORS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY.

AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY.  "SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"


DMV
A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license. First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test The optician showed him a card with the letters 'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.' 'Can you read this?' the optician asked. 'Read it?' the Polish guy replied, 'I know the guy.'

A RANCHER'S OUTLOOK & COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO LIFE.   
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who's hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama.
The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Obama is a 'Post Turtle''
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him, what a 'post turtle' was.
The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle'.
The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain. 'You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put  him up there to begin with'.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Tumbling Paradigms...

BLOWN AWAY:  For those of you that have ever watched "America's Got Talent" and remember the judges.  Can you even imagine that Piers Morgan is up for Larry King's old job with an interview show on CNN ?  Larry King's interviews are built on the trust of Larry from the person being interviewed.  Can they get that from Piers Morgan given that he frequently comes across as asinine on TV?

BLOWN AWAY AGAIN:  So the state is considering making Neverland a state park.  We can't balance our budget.  We want state employees to work for minimum hourly wage.  Every community is stretching the tax dollars as best they can.  They want the state's tax coffers to cover rehabilitation and maintenance and operation of this eyesore as a park ?  I am blown away with the gubmint's incomparable and idiotic stupidity.

Notice how many, many paradigms of our everyday life are tumbling:  Some examples might include going from analog to digital TV, the beginning of the shift away from gasoline powered cars,  and manufacturing in the US shifting to other countries (i.e. China).  Ones that occurred in the past, going from being hunter-gatherers to purchasing food and meats from suppliers.  We have been depending on the cheaper labor from underdeveloped counties (i.e. Mexico...) which is beginning to wane.  We will have to find some other way to accomplish the same work (i.e. automation).   

Remember when milk was delivered  to each house?  
Remember how every gas station had someone to check your oil, tires and wipe your windows ?
Remember when doctors made house calls ?
Remember when you could trust a politician ? A banker ?  A stock broker ?  A real estate agent ?
Remember when steel was made in the US ?
Remember when you'd miss a call if you weren't home to get it on your family's phone ?
Remember when stores gave out trading stamps that could be redeemed for small appliances  ?
. . .

There's probably a lot more, but I've been conditioned to believe it was PROGRESS, so I may not have noticed.





Casual Fridays..
Week 1 - Memo No. 1

Effective this week, the company is adopting Fridays as Casual Day. Employees are free to dress in the casual attire of their choice.

Week 3 - Memo No. 2

Spandex and leather micro-miniskirts are not appropriate attire for Casual Day. Neither are string ties, rodeo belt buckles or moccasins.

Week 6 - Memo No. 3

Casual Day refers to dress only, not attitude. When planning Friday's wardrobe, remember image is a key to our success.

Week 8 - Memo No. 4

A seminar on how to dress for Casual Day will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the cafeteria. A fashion show will follow. Attendance is mandatory.

Week 9 - Memo No. 5

As an outgrowth of Friday's seminar, a 14-member Casual Day Task Force has been appointed to prepare guidelines for proper casual-day dress.

Week 14 - Memo No. 6

The Casual Day Task Force has now completed a 30-page manual entitled "Relaxing Dress Without Relaxing Company Standards." A copy has been distributed to every employee. Please review the chapter "You Are What You Wear" and consult the "home casual" versus "business casual" checklist before leaving for work each Friday. If you have doubts about the appropriateness of an item of clothing, contact your CDTF representative before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Week 18 - Memo No. 7

Our Employee Assistant Plan (EAP) has now been expanded to provide support for psychological counseling for employees who may be having difficulty adjusting to Casual Day.

Week 20 - Memo No. 8

Due to budget cuts in the HR Department we are no longer able to effectively support or manage Casual Day. Casual Day will be discontinued, effective immediately. 





Pilot wisdom
Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death ... I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing! (Sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location Kadena AFB, Japan.)

You've never been lost, until you've been lost at Mach 3. (Paul F. Crickmore - test pilot)

The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire. ---From an old carrier sailor

Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.

If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.

When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.

Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.

What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.

Never trade luck for skill.

The two most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are: "Why is it doing that?", and "Where are we?"

Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.

Airspeed, altitude, and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.

A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is prevarication.

Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!

Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries

Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.

When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.

Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day.

Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII: When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slowly and gently as possible.

The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. (Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot)

A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum. (Jon McBride, astronaut)

If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible. (Bob Hoover - renowned aerobatic and test pilot)

If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it; ride the bastard down. (Ernest K. Gann, author & aviator)

Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.

There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime. (Sign over squadron operations desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970.)

If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.

Basic Flying Rules. Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.

You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal."  



 

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Much More of the Same...

Is this the first day of Summer ?  It sure looks like it.  An absolutely gorgeous morning so far.  (My taxes at work!).

I read that the there is a shortage of good news.  The newspapers and websites are clogged with only bad news.  On top of that, doesn't it seem like there is more bad news this year that usually ?   I know that I'm ready for some good news.  It always appears to be overshadowed, though.  Sports have been a source of good news, depending on your perspective of course.  Elections have been a good source as well, but definitely that one is short lived.


Doesn't it seem as though we have so many sources for data, and so many people are connected, that any bad news grows so quickly.  Perhaps it is better that we don't all know all the news all the time as soon as it happens.  Perhaps it is better to have a vacation from newspapers and the internet occasionally.






Ever wonder what a group of each animal is called ?
Antelope:        A herd of antelope
Ant:             A colony or An army of ants
Ape:             A shrewdness of apes
Baboons:         A troop of baboons
Bacteria:        A culture of bacteria
Badger:          A cete of badgers
Bass:            A shoal of bass
Bear:            A sleuth or sloth of bears
Beaver:          A colony of beavers
Bee:             A swarm, grist or hive of bees
Bird:            A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds
Boar:            A sounder of boars
Buffalo:         A herd of buffalo
Buck:            A brace or clash of bucks
Caterpillar:     An army of caterpillars
Cat:             A clowder or clutter of cats
Cattle:          A herd or drove of cattle
Chicken:         A brood or peep of chickens
Chicks:          A clutch or chattering of chicks
Clam:            A bed of clams
Cobra:           A quiver of cobras
Cockroach:       An intrusion of cockroaches
Colt:            A rag of colts
Cow:             A kine of cows (twelve cows are A flink)
Coyote:          A band of coyote
Crane:           A sedge or siege of cranes
Crocodile:       A float of crocodiles
Crow:            A murder of crows
Cub:             A litter of cubs
Curlew:          A herd of curlews
Cur:             A cowardice of curs
Deer:            A herd of deer
Dog:             A pack of dogs
Donkey:          A herd or pace of asses
Dove:            A dule of doves
Duck:            A brace, paddling or team of ducks
Elephant:        A herd of elephants
Seal:            A pod of elephant seals
Elk:             A gang of elks
Emus:            A mob of emus
Ferret:          A business or flensing of ferrets
Finches:         A charm of finches
Fish:            A school, shoal, run, haul, catch of fish
Fly:             A swarm or business of flies
Fox:             A skulk or leash of foxes
Frog:            An army or colony of frogs
Geese:           A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) of geese
Giraffe:         A tower of giraffes/giraffe
Gnat:            A cloud or horde of gnats
Goat:            A herd, tribe or trip of goats
Goldfince:       A charm of goldfinches
Gorilla:         A band of gorillas
Goldfish:        A troubling of goldfish/goldfishes
Greyhound:       A leash of greyhounds
Hare:            A down or husk of hares
Hawk:            A cast or kettle of hawks
Hen:             A brood of hens
Heron:           A hedge of herons
Hippopotamus:    A bloat of hippopotamuses /hippopotami
Hog:             A drift, or parcel of hogs
Horse:           A team, pair or harras of horses
Hound:           A pack, mute or cry of hounds
Jellyfish:       A smack of jellyfish
Kangaroo:        A troop or mob of kangaroos
Kitten:          A kindle or litter of kittens
Lark:            An ascension or exaultation of larks
Leopard:         A leap (leep) of leopards
Lion:            A pride of lions
Locust:          A plague of locusts
Magpie:          A tiding of magpies
Mallard:         A sord of mallards
Mare:            A stud of mares
Marten:          A richness of martens
Mole:            A labour of moles
Monkey:          A troop of monkeys
Moose:           A herd of moose
Mouse:           A mischief of mice
Mule:            A barren or span of mules
Owls:            A parliament of owls
Otter:           A romp of otters
Oxen:            A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen
Oyster:          A bed of oysters
Parrot:          A company of parrots
Partridge:       A covey of partridges
Peacock:         A muster, pride or ostentation of peacocks
Peep:            A litter of peeps
Penguin:         A colony,parcel or huddle of penguins
Pheasant:        A nest, nide (nye) or bouquet of pheasants
Pigeon:          A flock or flight of pigeons
Pig:             A litter of pigs
Plover:          A wing or congregation of plovers
Pony:            A string of ponies
Porpoise:        A pod of porpoises
Quail:           A covey or bevy of quail
Rabbit:          A nest of rabbits
Rat:             A pack or swarm of rats
Rattlesnake:     A rhumba of rattlesnakes
Raven:           An unkindness of ravens
Rhino:           A crash or herd of rhinos
Roebuck:         A bevy of roebucks
Rook:            A building or clamour of rooks
Seal:            A herd or pod of seals
Sheep:           A drove or flock of sheep
Snake:           A nest of snakes
Snipe:           A walk or wisp of snipe
Sparrow:         A host of sparrows
Squirrel:        A dray or scurry of squirrels
Starling:        A murmuration of starlings
Stork:           A mustering of storks
Swallow:         A flight of swallows
Swan:            A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge of swans
Swift:           A flock of swifts
Swine:           A sounder or drift of swine
Teal:            A spring of teal
Tiger:           A swift or ambush of tigers
Toad:            A knot of toads
Trout:           A hover of trout
Turkey:          A rafter of turkeys
Turtledove:      A pitying or dule of turtledoves
Turtle:          A bale of turtles
Walrus:          A pod of walrus
Whale:           A school, gam or pod of whales
Viper:           A nest of vipers
Wolf:            A pack or route of wolves
Woodcock:        A fall of woodcocks
Woodpecker:      A descent of woodpeckers
Zebra:           A herd,zeal or dazzle of zebras

Mommy Dearest!
As I was trying to pack for vacation, my 3-year-old daughter was having a wonderful time playing on the bed. At one point, she said, "Mom, look at this," and stuck out two of her fingers.

Trying to keep her entertained, I reached out and stuck her fingers in my mouth and said, "Mommy is gonna eat your fingers!" pretending to eat them before I rushed out of the room again.

When I returned, my daughter was standing on the bed staring at her fingers with a devastated look on her face and tears down her face.

I said, "What's wrong honey?"

Sad and broken up she looked at me and said -
"Mommy, where's my booger?

Just wondering
How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign?
How do you get the "Keep off the Grass" sign on the grass?
How do you get off a non-stop flight?
How do you know when you've run out of invisible ink?
How do you throw away a garbage can?
How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
If a jogger runs at the speed of sound, can he still hear his Walkman?
If a pig is sold to the pawn shop, is it considered a ham-hock?
If a turtle lost his shell, is he homeless or naked?
If athletes get athlete’s foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?
If blind people wear dark glasses, why don't deaf people wear earmuffs?
If corn oil is made from corn, where do we get baby oil from?
If I save time, when do I get it back?
If rabbits' feet are so lucky, then what happened to the rabbit?
If Superman is so smart why does he wear his underpants over his trousers?
If swimming is good for your shape, then why do the whales look like the way they do?

Rectum Wins
One day the different parts of the body were having an argument to see which should be in charge.

The brain said "I do all the thinking so I'm the most important and I should be in charge."

The eyes said "I see everything and let the rest of you know where we are, so I'm the most important and I should be in charge."

The hands said "Without me we wouldn't be able to pick anything up or move anything. So I'm the most important and I should be in charge."

The stomach said "I turn the food we eat into energy for the rest of you. Without me, we'd starve. So I'm the most important and I should be in charge."

The legs said "Without me we wouldn't be able to move anywhere. So I'm the most important and I should be in charge."

Then the rectum said "I think I should be in charge."

All the rest of the parts said "YOU?!? You don't do anything! You're not important! You can't be in charge."

So the rectum closed up.

After a few days, the legs were all wobbly, the stomach was all queasy, the hands were all shaky, the eyes were all watery, and the brain was all cloudy. They all agreed that they couldn't take any more of this and agreed to put the rectum in charge.

The moral of the story?

You don't have to be the most important to be in charge, just be an asshole! 

Monday, July 12, 2010

Bobbing For Pig's Feet....

Run-Don't Walk:  The 14th Annual Redneck Summer Games are currently running.  Where else can you wrestle in mud, bob for pig's feet, play horseshoes with toilet seats, serenade with armpit noises,  and drink yourself into oblivion while floating in the river.  The big question in everyone's mind is....  Is this a family reunion ? ?


Hard to get moving this morning.  I think I need more sleep than I'm getting....

Every time I say that is was a weird day at work, I feel weird saying so. It is like all focus of management is on other tasks that I'm not involved with.



A woman is in the bar of a cruise ship and asks the bartender for
a Scotch with two drops of water. As the bartender gives her the
drink she says,  "I'm on this cruise to celebrate my 80th birthday and it's
today."

The bartender says, "Well, since it's your birthday, this drink's
on me."

As the woman finishes her drink, the woman to her right says,
"I'd like to buy you a drink for your birthday too."

The woman says, "Thank you. Bartender, I'll have a Scotch with
two drops of water."

"Coming up," says the bartender.

As she finishes her drink, the man to her left says, "I'd like to
buy you one too."

The woman says, "Thank you. Bartender, I'd like another Scotch
with two drops of water."

"Comin' right up," says the bartender.

As he gives her the drink, he says, "Ma'am, I'm dying of
curiosity. Why the Scotch with only two drops of water?"

The woman replies, "Sonny, by the time you're my age you've
learned how to hold your liquor. Water, however, is a whole
different story."



Two guys from New York City were in heaven for about a year. One was a preacher, the other a taxi driver. One day the Lord was making his rounds when the preacher asked Him if He had a minute.

"Sure" said the Lord. What's the problem?"

"Well" said the former parson, "I'm not very happy here in heaven"

"Why not?" asked the Lord.

"Well, I don't like to complain Sir but that taxi driver is getting better treatment than me and I don't think that's right since I preached your word on earth very faithfully for 52 years"

"Well son," said the Lord, "truth is, when you were doing your work, most folks were sleeping.
But you know when that man did his job, they were praying!" 



There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.


DICTIONARY FOR WOMEN'S PERSONAL ADS:
Adventurous.................Slept with all your mates
Athletic......................................No tits
Average looking...............Has a face like an arse
Beautiful...........................Pathological liar
Contagious Smile..................Does a lot of pills
Educated...................Was fucked to bits at Uni"
Emotionally Secure......................On medication
Feminist..........................................Fat
40-ish.............................................49
Free spirit....................................Junkie
Friendship first..........................Former slut
Fun..........................................Annoying
Gentle...........................................Dull
Good Listener................................Autistic
Large lady.................................Hugely Fat
New-Age............................Body hair problems
Old-fashioned..........................No BJs or anal
Open-minded.................................Desperate
Outgoing........................Loud and Embarrassing
Passionate...............................Sloppy drunk
Poet.......................................Depressive
Professional....................................Bitch
Romantic.......................................Frigid
Social.....................Fanny like a clowns pocket
Voluptuous...................................Very Fat
Wants Soul mate...............................Stalker
Widow........................................Murderer

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Bozo ?

Most bizarre:  This morning about 9:30, we were bombarded with thunder and lightning!  I had no idea that a thunderstorm was approaching.  This is July ?  I thought is was strange that we got some raindrops yesterday as well.  Now it is warming up and the skies are getting blue- who can figure ?


So BP is putting on a tighter cap ?  Where was it the first time ?  Why are they so ill prepared ?


Congratulations to Spain on winning the World Cup!






Bozo the Clown. Do we really need "the Clown"? Are we going to confuse him with Bozo the Tax Attorney? Bozo the Pope? - Jerry Seinfeld



 
An Outsider in a small Texas town around Christmas time, saw a "Nativity Scene" that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. But one small feature was all wrong: the three wise men were wearing firemen's helmets.
Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, he left. At a "Quik Stop" on the edge of town, he asked the lady behind the counter about the helmets.
She exploded into a rage, yelling, "You darn Yankees never read your Bibles!"
The Outsider assured her that he did, but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the Bible.
She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and riffled through some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in the guys face she said, "See, it says right here, 'The three wise men came from afar.'" 







More You Might Be A Redneck If...
Your pocket knife often doubles as a toothpick.
You have refused to watch the Academy Awards since "Smokey and the Bandit" was snubbed for best picture.
The rear tires on your car are at least twice as wide as the front ones.
You think that Dom Perignon is a mafia leader.
You think a Volvo is part of a woman's anatomy.
You've been too drunk to fish. Jack Daniel's makes your list of "most admired people".
You won't stop at a rest area if you have an empty beer can in the car.
Your wife has a beer belly and you find it attractive.
Your house doesn't have curtains, but your truck does.
You consider your license plate personalized because your dad made it in prison.
You have been fired from a construction job because of your appearance.
You need an estimate from your barber before you get a haircut.
You have flowers planted in a bathroom appliance in your front yard.
Your mother comes outta the bathroom and says, "Y'all come look at this before flush it!"
You go Christmas shopping for your mom, sister, and girlfriend, and you only need to buy one gift.
You consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food.
You consider a three piece suit to be: a pair of overalls, a plaid flannel shirt and thermal underwear.
The fifth grade is referred to as "your senior year."
You have 5 cars that are immobile and a house that is!
Your gene pool doesn't have a "deep end."
Your belt buckle weighs more than three pounds.
Your beer can collection is considered a tourist attraction in your home town.
The most serious loss from the earthquake was your Conway Twitty record collection.
You have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.
In tough situations you ask yourself, "What would Curly do?".
Your child's first words are "Attention K-Mart shoppers!".
You can belch and say your name at the same time.
The UFO hotline limits you to one call a day.
You hit a bump in the road and lose half of your worldly possessions.
Thanksgiving dinner was ruined because you ran out of ketchup.



Getting old
Two medical students were walking along the street when they saw an old man walking with his legs spread apart. He was stiff-legged and walking slowly.

One student said to his friend: "I'm sure that poor old man has Peltry Syndrome. Those people walk just like that."

The other student says: "No, I don't think so. The old man surely has Zovitzki Syndrome. He walks slowly and his legs are apart, just as we learned in class."

Since they couldn't agree they decided to ask the old man.. They approached him and one of the students said to him, "We're medical students and couldn't help but notice the way you walk, but we couldn't agree on the syndrome you might have. Could you tell us what it is?"

The old man said, "I'll tell you, but first you tell me what you two fine medical students think."

The first student said, "I think it's Peltry Syndrome."


The old man said, "You thought - but you are wrong."

The other student said, "I think you have Zovitzki Syndrome."


The old man said, "You thought - but you are wrong."

So they asked him, "Well, old timer, what do you have?"

The old man said, "I thought it was GAS - but I was wrong, too!"

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Just Beautiful in Ojai

Going to Ojai today to visit the sun and get some great Italian food at Osteria Monte Grappa.  I guess the weather fooled me again, as it is just before 11:00 and the sun is out in force here at home.  I was just getting tired of the continuous gray-ness.  This is not the norm for this time of year.  I have to admit that it is more welcome than the triple-digit heat in the East, though.
I finished reading "The Lost Symbol" last night.  I have to say that I enjoyed it tremendously, almost as much as "The DaVinci Code". There were many plot twists, but both Terre and myself both figured out the biggest eventual twist in the plot, long before it happened.  Maybe that is good, or maybe it is bad that we figured it out before it happened.


Monte Grappa was fantastic.  I would highly recommend it.  Afterwards we went to see the "Last Airbender" in 3D.  We were all disappointed.  The plot needed work, as did the acting, dialogue and casting.  It was a mess.

What in the world were you doing
A Blonde airhead goes for a job interview in an office.
The interviewer starts with the basics.
"So, Miss, can you tell us your age, please?"

The blonde counts carefully on her fingers for half a minute before replying "Ehhhh... 22!"

The interviewer tries another straightforward one to break the ice.
"And can you tell us your height, please?"

The young lady stands up and produces a measuring tape from her handbag. She then traps one end under her foot and extends the tape to the top of her head. She checks the measurement and announces "Five foot two!"

This isn't looking good so the interviewer goes for the real basics; something the interviewee won't have to count, measure, or lookup.
"Just to confirm for our records, your name please?"

The airhead bobs her head from side to side for about ten seconds, mouthing something silently to herself, before replying "MANDY!"

The interviewer is completely baffled at this stage, so he asks -
"What in the world were you doing when I asked you your name?"

"Ohhhh, that!" replies the airhead...
" I was just running through that song -
'Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear...' "





The Difference Between Small Breasts and Large Breasts

Women with big breasts…

..can get a taxi on the worst days
..have a neat place to carry spare change
..have always been the centre of the arts
..make jogging a spectator sport
..can keep a magazine dry while laying in the tub
..usually can find leftover popcorn after a movie
..always float better
..know where to look first for lost earrings
..rarely lack for a slow dance partner
..have a place to set their glasses when sitting in an armless recliner

Women with small breasts…
..don’t cause a traffic accident every time they bend over in public
..always look younger
..find that dribbled food makes it to the napkin on their lap
..can always see their toes and shoes
..can sleep on their stomachs
..have no trouble sliding behind the wheel of small cars
..know that people can read the entire message on their t-shirts
..can come late to a theatre and not disrupt an entire aisle
..can take aerobic class without running the risk of knocking themselves out.



A blonde woman goes to the post office to buy stamps for her Christmas cards. She says to the clerk, "May I have 50 Christmas stamps?"

The clerk says, "What denomination?"

The woman says, "Give me 6 Catholic, 12 Presbyterian, 10 Lutheran and 22 Baptists. "

Friday, July 9, 2010

Finally...Friday....

Today couldn't have gone by fast enough for me.  I'm going to pass on any comments today, so that I don't paint myself into a corner.

 


A distraught senior citizen
A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office.
"Is it true," she wanted to know, "that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so," the doctor told her.
There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied,
"I'm wondering then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked 'NO REFILLS'." 





After closing time at the bar, a drunk was proudly showing off his new apartment to a couple of his friends. He led the way to his bedroom where there was a big brass gong and a mallet.

'What's up with the big brass gong?' one of the guests asked.

'It's not a gong. It's a talking clock,' the drunk replied.

'A talking clock? Seriously?' asked his astonished friend.

'Yup,' replied the drunk.

'How's it work?' the friend asked, squinting at it.

'Watch,' the drunk replied. He picked up the mallet, gave the gong an ear-shattering pound and stepped back.

The three stood looking at one another for a moment.

Suddenly, someone on the other side of the wall screamed, 'You asshole! It's three-fifteen in the morning!




The Husband Store!
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch. … You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. . On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord. The second floor sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking. “Wow,” she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework. “Oh, mercy me!” she exclaims, “I can hardly stand it!” Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.

Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
 







Hammer time
A man was in court for a double murder, and the judge said, "You are charged with beating your wife to death with a hammer."

A voice at the back of the courtroom yelled out, "You bastard!"

The judge continued, "You are also charged with beating your mother-in-law to death with a hammer."

Again, the voice at the back of the courtroom yelled out, "You son of a bitch!"

The judge stopped, looked at the man in the back of the courtroom, and said, "Sir, I can understand your anger and frustration at this crime, but I will not have any more of these outbursts from you, or I shall charge you with contempt! Now is that a problem?"

The man at the back of the court stood up and responded, "For fifteen years, I have lived next door to that bastard, and every time I asked to borrow a hammer, he said he never had one!"


 

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Almost Friday, but Not Quite....

Is Facebook addictive ?  Read this and come to your own conclusion.

You think the Russian spies will be punished for their failures when they return home ?  I feel sorry for their kids.  First, to find out that your parents are spies, and then to find out that you have to go live in Russia, learn Russian and go to Russian schools...(oh shit). 




Guess that poor woman in Iran is going to get stoned to death for adultery.  Apparently, nothing is done to the guy, even if he's married.  Nice place!



What does a Redneck divorce and a tornado have in common?

No matter what, somebody's losing trailer



I know everyone . . .
Dave was bragging to his boss one day, 'You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them.'

Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, 'OK, Dave, how about Tom Cruise?'

'No drama boss, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it.'

So Dave and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door, and Tom Cruise shouts, 'Dave! What's happening? Great to see you! Come on in for a beer!'

Although impressed, Dave's boss is still skeptical.

After they leave Cruise's house, he tells Dave that he thinks him knowing Cruise was just lucky.

'No, no, just name anyone else,' Dave says.

'President Bush,' his boss quickly retorts.

'Yup,' Dave says, 'Old buddies, let's fly out to Washington .' And off they go.

At the White House, Bush spots Dave on the tour and motions him and his boss over, saying, Dave, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a cup of coffee first and catch up.'

Well, the boss is much shaken by now but still not totally convinced. After they leave the White House grounds he expresses his doubts to Dave, who again implores him to name anyone else.

'The Pope,' his boss replies.

'Sure!' says Dave. 'I've known the Pope for years.'

So off they fly to Rome.

Dave and his boss are assembled with the masses at the Vatican when Dave says, 'This will never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope.'

He disappears into the crowd headed towards the Vatican .

Sure enough, half an hour later Dave emerges with the Pope on the balcony, but by the time Dave returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics.

Making his way to his boss' side, Dave asks him, 'What happened?'

His boss looks up and says, 'It was the final straw - you and the Pope came out on the balcony and the man next to me said, 'Who the heck is that on the balcony with Dave? 



The Blonde Painter
A blonde is hired by the highway department to perform basic labor. On her first day the foreman tells her that her job is to paint the lines that divide the lanes of a highway.

On her first day, the blonde paints four miles of lines! The foreman thinks this is fantastic!

On her second day the blonde only manages to paint 3 miles of dividing lines. The foreman thinks this is not as good as her first day, but still very acceptable.

On her third day, the blonde only manages to paint a mile and a half. The foreman is becoming concerned.

On her fourth day the blonde only completes a meager half mile. So the foreman calls her into his office and talks about his concerns.

He says “On your first day you knocked out four miles without a problem but after 4 days you on managed a half mile! What seems to be the problem?”

The blonde looks at him and says “Well, on the first day the bucket of paint wasn’t so far away”.



The Little Old Lady
Toward the end of Sunday service, the Minister asked, ' How many of you have forgiven your enemies? ' 80% held up their hands. All responded this time, except one small elderly lady.

"Mrs. Neely? Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?"

"I don't have any," She replied, smiling sweetly.

"Mrs. Neely, that is very unusual. How old are you?"

"Ninety-eight," she replied.

The congregation stood up and clapped their hands.

"Oh, Mrs. Neely, would you please come down in front and tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years and not have an enemy in the world?"

The little sweetheart of a lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, and said, "I outlived the bitches."

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Happy Birthday!

This should be a fun evening, celebrating Terre's birthday.  I hope she likes her presents.... 

A fellow at work is about to turn fifty and he is wondering whether he should have a midlife crisis or not.  I tried to explain to him that that isn't something that you decide- it just happens or not.  I suggested he work on a Bucket List to see if he really needed a crisis or not.

We try to avoid thinking about our eventual demise.  Creating a bucket list helps to put your life and its accomplishments (or lack of) in perspective. 

I have a petty resentment (nah!).  Have you noticed lately that websites WANT you go be their friend (or "like them") on Facebook?  I have clicked on numerous links lately, like to get coupons, and they want me to get on Facebook to get them. I just refuse.  I got a Facebook account to check out my daughter's page.  The damned thing is a time sucker.  Everyone spends HOURS updating their page and looking at everybody else's.  WHatever happened to privacy ?  In the first week, I got almost fifty freind requests.  Most of them were from friends of friends of friends of friends of people I don't want to talk to anymore, or never did.  What an affront!  Not only on privacy (currently numerous suits against Facebook for revealing information), but also on generating guilt!  What will people (my fiends) think if my page is lacking this or that ?  What if I don't accept this louse for a friend?  What will he think, or his friends think ?   PUH-LEASZ!!






On A Recent Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • The East Coast is suffering from a terrible heat wave. Wall Street bankers are jumping out of windows just for the cool breeze on the way down.
  • Queen Elizabeth is visiting New York City for the first time since 1976. I understand she’s trying to help them recruit LeBron James.
  • Back in 1776, Americans were fighting to escape British rule, these days we’re fighting to escape British oil.
  • Iran has banned the mullet. Today, the state of Kentucky broke off all diplomatic relations with Iran.



Two golfing friends were about to tee off, when one fellow
noticed that his partner had but one golf ball.

"Don't you have at least one other ball?", he asked.

"Nope, I only need one ball."

"Are you sure? What happens if you lose that one?"

"This is a very special golf ball. You can't lose it, so I don't
need another one."

"What do you mean you can't lose it! What happens if you slice
your shot and the ball goes in the lake?"

"That's okay, this special golf ball senses when it's under water
and it puts out a steam of bubbles. I'll be able to retrieve it.
You can't lose this ball"

"Well what happens if you hit it into the long rough?"

"No problem, you see, this ball can detect the long grass and it
sends up puffs of fluorescent smoke. I'll be able to see it
easily. You can't lose this ball"

Exasperated, the friend asks, "Okay. Let's say our game goes
late, the sun goes down, and you hit your ball deep into the
trees and it gets lost among the bushes and shrubs?. What are you
going to do then?"

"That's okay too. You see, this special ball can sense the
darkness and it makes a beeping sound. I'll be able to get it
back - no problem."

Finally satisfied that he needs only the one amazing golf ball,
the friend asks,

"Hey, where did you get a golf ball like that anyway?"

"I found it."



A Jewish businessman was in a great deal of trouble. His business
was failing, he had put everything he had into the business, he
owed everybody it was so bad he was even contemplating suicide.
As a last resort he went to a Rabbi and poured out his story of
tears and woe.

When he had finished, the Rabbi said, "Here's what I want you to
do: Put a beach chair and your Bible in your car and drive down
to the beach. Take the beach chair and the Bible to the water's
edge, sit down in the beach chair, and put the Bible in your lap.
Open the Bible; the wind will rifle the pages, but finally the
open Bible will come to rest on a page.  Look down at the page
and read the first thing you see. That will be your answer, that
will tell you what to do."

A year later the businessman went back to the Rabbi and brought
his wife and children with him. The man was in a new custom-
tailored suit, his wife in a mink coat, the children shining. The
businessman pulled an envelope stuffed with money out of his
pocket, gave it to the Rabbi as a donation in thanks for his
advice.

The Rabbi recognized the benefactor, and was curious. "You did as
I suggested?" he asked.

"Absolutely," replied the businessman.

"You went to the beach?"

"Absolutely."

"You sat in a beach chair with the Bible in your lap?"

"Absolutely."

"You let the pages rifle until they stopped?"

"Absolutely."

"And what were the first words you saw?"

"Chapter 11."



Two Tough Questions

Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who
Were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had
Syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?


Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.


Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts.
Here are the facts about the three candidates. Who would you vote for?


Candidate A.

Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist
He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.


Candidate B.

He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in
College and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.


Candidate C

He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an
Occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.



Which of these candidates would be our choice?



Decide first... No peeking, then scroll down for the response.





Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.





And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:

If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.





Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone. 






A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics?'

Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:

I am the head of the family, so call me The President.

Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government.


We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.

The nanny, we will consider her the Middle Class.

And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.

Now think about that and see if it makes sense.'

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.


He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.

So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep.


Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny..

He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now. '
The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.'

The little boy replies, 'The President is screwing the Middle Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit.'
 

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Back to the grind...

A friend of mine was expressing some dismay at going in for his first colonoscopy.  It reminded be of a hilarious  column by Dave Barry on the subject.

This is weird:  Apparently, there is a 70's board game which contains similar scenarios as today's oil spill!  How strange is that!!



Kudos to the judge that sent Lindsay Lohan to jail for ninety days.  It is well overdue for celebrities to live within the law's constraints.  Hopefully it will make her a better person and clean up her act for good.



FUNNY PHOBIAS:
• Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing

• Aerophobia- Fear of swallowing air

• Anablephobia- Fear of looking up

• Anemophobia- Fear of wind

• Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers

• Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern Lights

• Barophobia- Fear of gravity

• Basophobia- Fear of walking

• Blennophobia- Fear of slime

• Bogyphobia- Fear of the bogeyman

• Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting

• Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors

• Chaetophobia- Fear of hair

• Chionophobia- Fear of snow

• Chromatophobia- Fear of colors

• Chronophobia- Fear of time

• Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks

• Cibophobia- Fear of food

• Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed

• Dendrophobia- Fear of trees

• Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body

• Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom

• Eosophobia- Fear of daylight

• Ereuthophobia- Fear of the color red

• Geliophobia- Fear of laughter

• Geniophobia- Fear of chins

• Genuphobia- Fear of knees

• Geumaphobia- Fear of taste

• Heliophobia- Fear of the sun

• Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words

• Homichlophobia- Fear of fog

• Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep

• Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish

• Ideophobia- Fear of ideas

• Kainophobia- Fear of anything new

• Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down

• Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables

• Leukophobia- Fear of the color white

• Levophobia- Fear of objects to the left side of the body

• Linonophobia- Fear of string

• Logophobia- Fear of words

• Melanophobia- Fear of the color black

• Melophobia- Fear of music

• Metrophobia- Fear of poetry

• Mnemophobia- Fear of memories

• Octophobia- Fear of the number 8

• Ommetaphobia- Fear of eyes

• Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams

• Ophthalmophobia- Fear of opening one’s eyes

• Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish

• Panophobia- Fear of everything

• Papyrophobia- Fear of paper

• Peladophobia- Fear of bald people

• Photophobia- Fear of light

• Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking

• Pogonophobia- Fear of beards

• Sciophobia- Fear of shadows

• Selenophobia- Fear of the moon

• Siderophobia- Fear of stars

• Sitophobia- Fear of food

• Sophophobia- Fear of learning

• Stasibasiphobia- Fear of walking

• Trichopathophobia- Fear of hair




Things to learn before I die

1 - Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

2 - If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."

3 - There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

4 - People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

5 - You should not confuse your career with your life.

6 - Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

7 - Never lick a steak knife.

8 - The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

9 - You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

10 - You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

11 - There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.

12 - The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.

13 - A person who is nice to you but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)

14 - Your friends love you anyway.

15 - Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

16 - Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the c*** (not the best) out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

17 - A husband will never get the last word in an argument, due to the fact that anything he says is actually the start of an entirely new argument!

18 - Phrases to live by "Please, Thank you, and YES DEAR!"

19 - I believe in equality and women's lib......but instead of changing postman to post person, how about tackling........menstruation, mental illness, menopause, etc......it seems to me that we are picking only the nice ones to change!