Fluffy and George on Jack-o'-Lanterns

 

 



The U.S. Dept. of Energy

claims that jack-o'-lanterns

are contributing to global

warming.

 

 

 

 

 

 







Let me guess.

All those little candles

inside the pumpkins

burning at the same time

super heat the earth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. Pumpkins decaying in

landfills make methane which

is now considered more dangerous

than carbon dioxide.

 

 

 

 

 

So you can't compost them.

  Because of methane.

  Can't eat them.

Methane.

 

 

 

 

 

Yep.  More dangerous

than greenhouse gas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We seem to be painted

into a corner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good thing the

globe is round.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pop Culture Frenzy, Round 39

Welcome once again to Pop Culture Frenzy.  Today's question involves the whereabouts of a snake named Elvis.  Some Floridian harboring a death wish has been harboring a Cobra.  On or about September 1st the Cobra escaped.

A couple days later, snake boy reported the missing Cobra.  Soon, folks in Orlando tread with trepidation, school children were denied recess.  Snake fear specifically, and in general, reached new heights thanks to a guy who let his highly venomous pet go on walkabout. 

About a month later, the Cobra turned up and was corralled by animal control. Where was the snake finally found?

Bryan?

 

Behind the wheel of a Ford Cobra?

 

 

 

Hostmaster:  incorrect. 

Fluffy?

 

 

 

 

 

In the company of a gang of sewer alligators?

 

 

 

 

Hostmaster:  incorrect.

Cyndi?

 

 

 

 

 

In a child's backpack?

 

 

 

 

Hostmaster:  incorrect.  You have to wonder if this guy will get in trouble for endangering people and inconveniencing children.  He was charged by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission for waiting more than two days before reporting the snake missing.  He has pled not guilty.  If it goes to trial, perhaps Elvis will be called as a character witness.

 

 

Where was the snake called Elvis found?

Bryan?

 

 

 

 

 

Working in a pet store in Kalamazoo?

 

 

 

Hostmaster:  incorrect.

Molly?

 

 

 

 

 

Hiding in a squirrel's nest? 

 

 

 

Hostmaster:  incorrect.

Fluffy?

 

 

 

 

 

In a laundry basket waiting

 to be charmed out of a pile of clothes?

 

 

 

 

Hostmaster:  close enough.

 

 

 

 

Here's what happened.  A woman living about a half mile from where Elvis the Cobra escaped, was doing some laundry in her garage.  She heard a curious hissing sound.  Upon investigation, she discovered the missing snake coiled and annoyed under her dryer.

 

Animal control officers caught the snake but it was too large for their snake cage so they put it in a cat cage.  Elvis is said to be somewhere between 8 and 10 feet in length.

 

So ends another round of Pop Culture Frenzy.

 

 

 

 

 

Round 39 

Fluffy/Molly  17

Bryan/Cyndi   15

 

 

 

 

 

They Found Me

There are many things about living in suburbia that I do not miss.  For instance, the common occurrence whereby a car stuffed with people parks on the street. The people pile out.  After a brief huddle, they break into pairs and each pair heads off in a different direction.

That's right.  Jehovah Witnesses doing their thing.

Now that I am living rural, I figured the JW wouldn't bother bothering me anymore.

Not so.

Even though my house is some distance from the road, indeed, is barely visible from the road, still they came.  A car stuffed with people. 

I saw the car and went out to see who they were.  The car was pulling away.  A young man in the passenger seat told me they left me a pamphlet.

Sure enough.  There was a pamphlet on the back porch.  "Where can we find answers to life's big questions?" asks the pamphlet in bold letters.

On the next page, you are invited to visit the JW web site for the answers.  JW don't even bother to talk to us non JWs anymore.  They've got a website!  Must be quite the time saver.

The car stuffed full of JWs drove away before I could ask each one of them for their home address.

I was thinking of showing up uninvited at each of their homes and leaving a Rosary on their back porch.

Day Laborers

There are many grasshoppers and crickets and spiders to be eaten. 

It's a big job.  The staff can barely keep up.

 

 

 

 

 

Some neighbor ducks came over to help out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This turkey work crew came out of the woods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later, the neighbor ducks headed back across the road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The turkeys went back into the woods. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The staff went to the break room.