Archives for 2015
Divine Guidance It's
not that I don't try.
I do. It's just
that humans are so thick.
They just don't get it, where "it" is any blindingly obvious
message. Maybe I should just bang 'em upside the head with a
two-by-four before trotting out my best instructional materials.
You know, get their attention.
I'll give you an example.
How to Keep a
Scorpion from Stinging
"Unconscionable!" fumed Rey. "They must be stopped!"
Jowly Annie and the
Sheep A
hungry wolf pack once came upon a
herd of sheep. The sheep seemed an easy mark, and the wolves duly
set
upon them, chomping and chowing down at will. Until an itinerant
dog
happened along and drove the wolves away.
Math Problem Train
A leaves Capital A at 1:37 a.m., traveling at 92 miles
an hour. Train B leaves Capital B at 2:15 a.m. on the same day (let's
make it easy), traveling at 120.7 kilometers an hour (but not that easy). Train A and Train
B are on course to collide head-on, destroying both trains and killing
all the passengers on board.
Of Cats, Pigs, and Pokes Puglio
purported to be a purveyor of pork, although he had never owned a pig,
or even seen one up close. What he did
have was a foul-tempered, evil-smelling, one-eyed, shred-eared,
cantankerous old villain of a tom cat. Called Old Tom, of course.