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Now Thats A Rain!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Yes, that's more like it. Lawns and Gardens will be happy campers today. But, now I have to get my wife to come and get me since I biked to work this morning.

If you love live theatre and your travels just happen to include New York in the not too distant future, then I highly recommend... "IN THE HEIGHTS"...which won at 2008 Tony award for best musical. It's at the Richard Rogers Theatre on Broadway. Talk about energy.

I had to chuckle at this one this morning...

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 Ignatieff and his bid to be the PM of Canada.

The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, he's 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, and 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'.

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