Thursday, October 26, 2017

Blog Readers' Observations

Childhood Recollection
At my grandmother's house in Brantford, I had a slide, a swing set and a wading pool”.
I perceived that the slide was teetery...and was therefore fearful of it tipping over when I was at the top due to a high center of gravity. I believe it was my Dad who had a bright idea of putting the bottom of the slide in the wading pool, supposing that it would be pleasureable to slow my descent to earth by displacing a small amount of water.

And my grandmother tied the garden hose to the top of the slide, that I might hydroplane over the film of water...and thus experience a much greater gravitational acceleration. I quickly learned that the rate of descent, coupled with my size and weight, exceeded the vertical challenge of the burms, thus causing a significant risk of sliding over the edge.

Furthermore, the water had sufficient depth to absorb and displace my kinetic energy, thus allowing my tailbone to impact the bottom of the pool upon landing...and not allowing my back to sufficiently clear the bottom edge of the slide, causing more aggravated discomfort.
So I played more on the swing set!”

With “Tongue in Cheek”
in response to my posted article re Las Vegas Ignites My Ire!
It's a good thing alcohol control is so effective at preventing drunk driving, otherwise innocent people would be killed by drunk drivers. I'm glad nobody ever drives 'drunk, due to its being illegal'.

And it's a good thing we've never had a mass shooting here in Canada, like the shooting that never happened at General Brock High School. And wasn't there one at McGill University?

And it's a good thing child pornography is illegal, or someone like Mike Rafferty might kidnap, rape and kill an eight-year-old girl. Thanks to it being illegal, he had no access to such media.
There is no such thing as a law that criminals obey!

And there is no such thing as a gun-free-society. Even if you had one, history has shown that such societies precede a totalitarian government that genocides the part of the population that disagrees with said government. And a dubious government with such aspirations will always tout gun control following such an incident.

And in the case of Edmonton, they refuse to call it what it is: an act of guerilla warfare, perpetrated by a foreign enemy soldier, who thinks he is at war with us.

And in the case of Las Vegas, an act of guerilla warfare, perpetrated by an American, who is guilty of high treason by serving a foreign enemy to make war with the United States.
If they just call it what it is, and treat it accordingly, it's all very simple!”

You Are Condemned!
A man was in New York on a business trip and decided to head to a bar for a drink. Standing outside the bar was a nun holding a tin cup. As the man threw a few bucks into her cup, she launched into a long tirade about the 'evils of alcohol'. She went on and on about how alcohol was tearing apart the fabric of society...how it was the root of all the city's problems!

Slightly annoyed at having to listen to the nun, the man told her, 'Listen, Sister, I work hard for my money...and sometimes at the end of a long day, I like a drink or two. That doesn't make me a bad person. I have a wife I idolize and two wonderful kids at home...I provide for my family...I volunteer my time to several local service clubs...and I contribute regularly to various charities.
Yet you stand here and condemn me
just because I drink the occasional glass of scotch!'

The nun was slightly taken aback and replied, 'I see your point, my son, and I apologize if I offended you, but alcohol is such a powerful demon, that all who consume it are doomed!'

There you go again,” said the man. “How can you make such a sweeping statement? Have you ever TRIED alcohol?” 'Of course not,' gasped the nun, 'the evil alcohol has never touched my lips!'

Do you really think that one glass of booze can change you from a devout nun to some kind of evil degenerate?” 'Well, I really don't know...' she replied.

I'll tell you what ~ come into the bar with me and I'll buy you a drink. One drink! I”ll prove to you that 'evil' is not inside the glass...it's inside the person.”

Oh, I could never be seen going into such a den of iniquity...it's out of the question! However, your comment about 'evil' residing in the person, rather than the glass, is intriguing. I must admit, you've aroused curiosity in me.”
Well, let's go inside and settle this situation.”
No, my son, I could never enter such a place...but how about this? Take my tin cup with you and fill it with this 'scotch' you mentioned. Bring it out to me...and I'll try it.”
You're on,” said the guy.
The nun removed all the change and handed him the tin cup. He went into the bar and said to the bartender, 'Two scotch-on-the rocks...and could you put one of them in this tin cup, please?'
The bartender sighed and said,
Is that darn 'nun' out there again!?!”

God as Inventor!
A colour cartoon shows a woman walking along a flagstone path in a flowering park garden. Two men, one with a cane, sit together chatting...on a bench. “When you think about it...God has to be the best inventor of all time. He took a rib from Adam and made a loudspeaker!”

Compiled by Merle Baird-Kerr...October 25, 2017

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