Freedom

All we have of freedom,
All we use or know,
This our fathers bought for us
Long and long ago. - Rudyard Kipling

His uniform, it gathers dust,
And yet she keeps it, as she must.
For since she heard the word, bereft,
It's all of him that she has left.

His many medals, multi-hued,
Recall his image, love renewed.
With pride and sorrow, in his stead,
They form a pillow for her head.

Her love was spilt across the sea
To answer calls for liberty.
Though he's been gone for many years,
His memory still ties her to tears.

Parades may form, and troops may march,
Processionals of neatest starch.
And they salute the sacrificed,
Who gave beyond what could be priced.

She'll line her walk with flags again
To honor all the fallen men
And pray for loved ones left alone
With nothing by a granite stone.

She'll lay some blossoms by his name,
Her loyalty thus to proclaim,
And hold his empty hat again
Until she joins the freedom train.

Current Whereabouts: Boat!

Toilet Paper

Fresh from my shower, I stand in front of the mirror complaining to my husband that my breasts are too small.

Instead of characteristically telling me it's not so, he uncharacteristically comes up with a suggestion.

If you want your breasts to grow, then every day take a piece of toilet paper and rub it between them for a few seconds.'

Willing to try anything, I fetch a piece of toilet paper and stand in front of the mirror, rubbing it between my breasts. 'How long will this take?' I asked.

They will grow larger over a period of years,' my husband replies.

I stopped. 'Do you really think rubbing a piece of toilet paper between my breasts every day will make my breasts larger over the years?'

Without missing a beat he says, 'Worked for your butt, didn't it?'

He's still alive, and with a great deal of therapy, he may even walk again, although he will probably continue to take his meals through a straw.

Stupid, stupid man.

Hat tip: Sarge Charlie of Sarge Charlie

Current Whereabouts: Boat!

Distribution

With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies.

So we aren’t heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy.

Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, “Good grief, look how smart I am!”

Must be where ‘Smart Ass’ came from!

Hat tip: Sarge Charlie of Sarge Charlie

Current Whereabouts: Boat!

Psalm 129

The next three days will be jokes from Sarge Charlie. He had surgery on Wednesday and is doing well. Please keep him in your prayers for a speedy recovery, along with his bride Miss Bee who will no doubt wear herself out.

A priest offered a Nun a lift.

She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.

The priest nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.

The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest removed his hand but, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.

The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.'

Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'

Moral of the story: If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Hat tip: Sarge Charlie of Sarge Charlie

California vs. Texas

The Governor is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks his dog.

California:

1. Governor starts to intervene, reflects upon the movie "Bambi" and then realizes he should stop; the coyote is only doing what is natural.


2. He calls animal control. Animal control captures coyote and spends $200 testing it for diseases and $500 upon relocating it.


3. He calls veterinarian. Vet collects dead dog and spends $200 testing it for diseases.


4. Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting bite wound bandaged.


5. Running trail gets shut down for 6 months while wildlife services conduct a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is clear of dangerous animals.


6. Governor spends $50,000 of state funds implementing a "coyote awareness" program for residents of the area.


7. State legislature spends $2 million investigating how to better handle rabies and how to possibly eradicate the disease.


8. Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack and for letting the Governor intervene.


9. Cost: $75,000 to train new security agent.


10. PETA protests the coyote relocation and files suit against the state.
    

Texas :

1. Governor shoots coyote and keeps jogging. Governor has spent $0.50 on a .380 ACP hollow point cartridge. Buzzards eat dead coyote.

Any wonder why California is broke?

An Italian Girl

A woman goes to Italy to attend a 2-week company training session. Her husband drives her to the airport and wishes her to have a good trip.

The wife answers: "Thank you honey, what would you like me to bring for you?"

The husband laughs and says: "An Italian girl!!!"

The woman said nothing and left.

Two weeks later he picked her up at the airport and asked: "So, honey, how was the trip?"

"Very good, thank you."

"And, what happened to my present?"

"Which present?" she asked.

"The one I asked for - an Italian girl!!"

"Oh, that" she said, "Well, I did what I could, now we have to wait for few months to see if it is a girl!!!"

Moral of the story: Don't challenge a woman, they are dangerously intelligent!

Hat tip: Babs of Beetle's Memories 'n' Ramblings

Eureka!

"And thus, dear students, we have arrived at the formula for understanding women." (click on photograph to biggify)

Hat tip: Duffy L.

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Tall and Handsome?

Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, surely I can't look that old? Well, if you have then you'll love this one.

My name is Alice and I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his DDS diploma on the wall which bore his full name. Suddenly I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name that had been in my high school class some 30-odd years ago. Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on way back when?

Upon seeing him though I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate.

After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended Morgan Park High School.

"Yes, yes I did. I'm a Mustang,' he gleamed with pride.

"When did you graduate?" I asked.

"In 1975. Why do you ask?"

"You were in my class!," I exclaimed.

He looked at me closely.

Then that ugly, old, balding, wrinkled faced, fat-assed, gray haired, decrepit, son-of-a-gun asked...

"What did you teach?"

Hat tip: Babs of Beetle's Memories 'n' Ramblings

Current whereabouts: Boat!

Control

Hat tip: Babs of Beetle's Memories 'n' Ramblings

Current whereabouts: Boat!

Coarse Language

An old nun who was living in a convent next to a construction site noticed the coarse language of the workers and decided to spend some time with them to correct their ways.

She decided she would take her lunch, sit with the workers and talk with them. She put her sandwich in a brown bag and walked over to the spot where the men were eating. She walked up to the group and with a big smile said: "Do you men know Jesus Christ?"

They shook their heads and looked at each other very confused. One of the workers looked up into the steelworks and yelled out, "Anybody up there know Jesus Christ?"

One of the steelworkers yelled down "Why?"

The worker yelled back, "His wife's here with his lunch."

Stolen from: Phil of Phils Phun

Current whereabouts: Boat!

Osama and Heaven

After his death, Osama bin Laden was allowed a short visit in Heaven.

There he was greeted by George Washington, who proceeded to slap him across the face and yell at him, "How dare you try to destroy the nation I helped conceive!"

Patrick Henry approached and punched Osama in the nose and shouted, "You wanted to end our liberties but you failed."

James Madison entered, kicked Osama in the groin and said, "This is why I allowed our government to provide for the common defense!"

Thomas Jefferson came in and proceeded to beat Osama many times with a long cane and said, "It was evil men like you that provided me the inspiration to pen the Declaration of Independence!."

These beatings and thrashings continued as John Rudolph, James Monroe and 66 other early Americans came in and unleashed their anger on the Muslim terrorist leader.

As Osama lay bleeding and writhing in unbearable pain an Angel appeared.

Bin Laden wept in pain and said to the Angel, "This is not what you promised me."

The Angel replied, "I told you there would be 72 Virginians waiting for you in Heaven. What did you think I said?"

Hat tip: Sheila of The Ad Master

Twitter Hop Thursday

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Hurrying Home...

This video was taken in April the day after Safety Day in Rio Vista. We were hurrying home because there was a storm heading our way. We've learned if there are small craft advisories that we like to have our boat in the shed. We made it with about 30 minutes to spare. See that look on my face as hubby is taking yet another picture/video of me? He's only taken God knows how many. Most of our yacht club looks at him this way as well. He's always got that camera in someones face. All part of being the club photographer.

Fail...

I got a kick out of the above photograph as I met a dog this past weekend that reminded me of this photograph. I'm sure he would have chewed up his training material too. Evil little hairball.

Now the person that put the sign on this gate doesn't have a clue. I'm just hoping that this person will never procreate.

Hat tip: Babs of Beetle's Memories 'n' Ramblings

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The Crocs...

Two Crocodiles were sitting at the side of the swamp near the lake. The smaller one turned to the bigger one and said, "I can't understand how you can be so much bigger than me. We're the same age; we were the same size as kids. I just don't get it."

"Well," said the big Croc, "what have you been eating?"

"Politicians, same as you," replied the small Croc.

"Hmm. Well, where do you catch them?"

"Down the other side of the swamp near the parking lot by the Capitol."

"Same here. Hmm. How do you catch them?"

"Well, I crawl up under one of their Lexus cars and wait for one to unlock the car door. Then I jump out, grab them by the leg, shake the shit out of them and eat 'em!"

"Ah!" says the big Crocodile, "I think I see your problem. You're not getting any real nourishment. See, by the time you finish shaking the shit out of a Politician, there's nothing left but an asshole and a briefcase.

Hat tip: Jeni Down River Drivel

Current Whereabout: Returning to Willow Berm then home.

Lessons #3

Confessions of a Cashier is another site I visit on a fairly regular basis. The Cashier's profile reads, 'I'm just an innocent cashier stuck in a world of irritatingly annoying people I like to call Customers.' That should give a good hint on what you're going to find on this site. Reading the daily happenings of this cashier makes me sure that I would never, I repeat never, be a cashier. Check out Just Say NO! and Another Crappy Kid Story.

That Guy Over There...bored musings, observations, and ramblings of a guy who thinks he's more important than he is... has a great post about his alarm clock. He's one of those guys that can sleep through the alarm and has moved it across the room for more than just that reason. I had to laugh out loud as I sleep as well as he does. Check out 'dear bed, f**k you..'

WildClips is another funny site that does lots of well...wild clips. This clip features Reverend I. M. Jolly, classic comedy from one of Scotland's finest. A oldie but Goldie! Scotch and Wry was a Scottish comedy show broadcast on BBC ONE Scotland and starred Rikki Fulton. After two series, in 1978 and 1979, the program continued as a regular part of the channel's Hogmanay celebrations between 1980 and 1992. See if you can find that the reverend is jolly in Hullo Again.

The Offended Blogger has a post about her latest top 13 most popular search terms list from Google. Many have done this on a regular basis and I always get a kick out of those searches. Check out The “In-Query-ing Minds Want to Know!” Offensive . Go ahead, you know you want to.

On Stupidation "High Radiation of Stupidity" I found the most intelligent conversations. This guys online chat with his friends and particularly his uncle cracked me up. If you want to read three very intelligent conversations then check out Chatting for the Intelligent.

Current Whereabouts: Stockton Yacht Club.

The Funeral

As a bagpiper, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man who had no family or friends. The funeral was to be held at a cemetery in the remote countryside and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there.

As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost and being a typical man, did not stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late. I saw the backhoe and the crew who were eating lunch but the hearse was nowhere in sight.

I apologized to the workers for my tardiness and stepped to the side of the open grave where I saw the vault lid already in place.

I assured the workers I would not hold them up for long but this was the proper thing to do. The workers gathered around, still eating their lunch. I played out my heart and soul.

As I played the workers began to weep. I played and I played like I'd never played before, from Going Home and The Lord is My Shepherd to Flowers of the Forest . I closed the lengthy session with Amazing Grace and walked to my car.

As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I overheard one of the workers saying to another, Sweet Jeezuz, Mary 'n Joseph, I have never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.

Hat tip: Babs of Beetles Memories 'n' Ramblings

Current Whereabouts: En-route to Stockton Yacht Club

Bottle of Wine

A woman and a man are involved in a car accident on a snowy, cold Monday morning; it's a bad one. Both of their cars are totally demolished, but amazingly neither of them is hurt. God works in mysterious ways. After they crawl out of their cars, the man is yelling about women drivers.

The woman says, 'So, you're a man. That's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but we're unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should be friends and live in peace for the rest of our days.'

Flattered, the man replies, 'Oh yes, I agree completely, this must be a sign from God! But you're still at fault...women shouldn't be allowed to drive.'

The woman continues, 'And look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune. She hands the bottle to the man.

The man nods his head in agreement, opens it and drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman.

The woman takes the bottle, puts the cap back on and hands it back to the man.

The man asks, 'Aren't you having any?'

The woman replies, 'No. I think I'll just wait for the police.'

Women are clever, evil bitches. Don't mess with them.

Hat tip: Babs of Beetle's Memories 'n' Ramblings

Twitter Hop Thursday

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Remember...

Once you get over the hill, you'll begin to pick up speed.

If it weren't for STRESS I'd have no energy at all.

Whatever hits the fan... Will Not Be Evenly Distributed.

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some, like me, just don't have any film.

I always know... God won't give me more than I can handle. There are times I just wish He didn't trust me quite so much.

Dogs Have Owners ~ Cats Have Staff

Never be too open-minded, your brains may fall out.

Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian. Not any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.

By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.

Learn from the mistakes of others. Trust me... you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. I've tried!!

Hat tip: My sister ♥Debbie♥

Don't Touch Me!

An older couple is lying in bed one morning. They had just awakened from a good night's sleep.

He takes her hand and she responds, 'Don't touch me.'

'Why not?' he asked.

She answered, 'Because I'm dead.'

The husband asked...'What are you talking about? We're both lying here in bed together and talking to one another!'

She said, 'No, I'm definitely dead.'

He insisted, 'You are not dead. What in the world makes you think you're dead?'

'Because I woke up this morning and nothing hurts.'

Hap tip: My sister ♥Debbie♥

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Before I was a Mom

Before I was a Mom,

• I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
• I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
• I never thought about immunizations.
  

Before I was a Mom,

• I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on.
• I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
• I slept all night.
  

Before I was a Mom,

• I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots.
• I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
• I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
• I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
  

Before I was a Mom,

• I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.
• I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
• I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
• I never knew that I could love someone so much.
• I never knew I would love being a Mom.
  

Before I was a Mom,

• I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body..
• I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
• I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
• I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
  

Before I was a Mom,

• I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
• I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
• I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.
  

Happy Mother's Day!

Lessons #2

Jennifer over at Dust Bunny Hostage has a great post (My my my, how things do change) on the different approach parents and grandparents take to children. Parents tend to be very strict with their kids whereas grandparents tend to be more lenient. This is so very true. I was laughing all the way through her rant. I could so relate as I had the very same rant back in the day. Before grand-babies that is.

I was cruising through different humor sites and found a really funny video on With A Smile. A voice recognition elevator that just didn't get these two guys. I laughed so hard I was crying. This technology is surely something we will see at some point. The accents are what's going to be the toughest part to overcome. Enjoy Elevator Fail.

Over at Makes You Laugh I found another funny video about underwear, and in some cases the lack of underwear. I got a big kick out of folks moving out of the way when they dropped their pants. I think I would have been laughing my behind off if I'd have been an actual passenger. Enjoy Uncensored No Underwear Subway Ride

At I Do Things So You Don't Have To I found I Love Karen Carpenter (in a Non-Sexual Way) so you don’t have to. It is a humorous and sad look at the difference between then and now in music. It really got me to thinking about a potential modern day Karen Carpenter and well, I'm still thinking.

Mike Ashley of It Occurred To Me is an excellent writer and I follow all his intriguing stories. His current story is Butterfly Dreams. However he also does a lot of funny stuff too. His site is "R" rated so it's pretty dicey at times, but I got a real kick out of his post titled Don't Say This In Bed.

Current Whereabouts: Boat

Apples and Wine

Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt.

Instead, they sometimes take the apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy.

The apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.

Now men... men are like a fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to enjoy with dinner.

Hat tip: Babs of Beetle's Memories 'n' Ramblings

Current Whereabouts: Boat

Color is Good

Yesterday I went to the doctor for my yearly physical.

My blood pressure was high.

My cholesterol was high.

I'd gained some weight, and I didn't feel so hot.

My doctor said eating right doesn't have to be complicated and it would solve my physical problems. He said: Just think in colors. Fill your plate with bright colors. Try some greens, oranges, reds, maybe something yellow, etc.

So I went right home and ate an entire bowl of...

and sure enough, I felt better immediately. I never knew eating right could be so easy!!!

Hat tip: My sister ♥Debbie♥

Twitter Hop Thursday

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Three Wishes

A woman was out golfing one day when she hit her ball into the woods. She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap. The frog said to her, "If you release me from this trap, I will grant you 3 wishes."

The woman freed the frog. The frog said, "Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes -- that whatever you wish for, your husband will get 10 times more or better!"

The woman said, "That would be okay." For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

The frog warned her, "You do realize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis, that women will flock to."
The woman replied, "That will be okay because I will be the most beautiful woman and he will only have eyes for me."

So, KAZAM - she's the most beautiful woman in the world! For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world. The frog said, "That will make your husband he richest man in the world and he will be ten times richer than you."

The woman said, "That will be okay because what's mine is his and what's his is mine." So, KAZAM she's the richest woman in the world.

The frog then inquired about her third wish, and she answered, "I'd like a mild heart attack."

Hat tip: Frank of Foxxfyrre's Honk'n'Holl'r

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Opening Day Pictures!

This is a shot of hubby and me. We were headed toward the Golden Gate Bridge on Opening Day on the Bay. Look at that calm water. It was a perfect day.

This is a shot of the award we were given. On the right is PICYA Commodore Reginald Smith and on the left is PICYA Vice Commodore Linda Breninger.

If you want to see all the pictures of the event CLICK HERE.

Things I've Learned

Karen of Karen & Gerard Zemek does a 7 Things I Learned This Week every Friday. I really enjoy that post and decided I would do one similar. Mine will be on goofy stuff though. You know things that make you snort your soda out of your nose. Yeah, that kind of goofy.

Great Gift Ideas for the Mother-in-law on Mother’s Day

My buddy Glenn of Man Over Board has a very twisted sense of humor. Just one of many fine traits, but his post on gifts for your MIL on Mother's Day had me rolling. I'm hoping he really likes his MIL. I've not met my MIL and my husband and SIL refuse to let me meet her. I'm thinking that anyone of these gifts would be suitable for my MIL. This is just three of the many ideas he posted.


Please God. No More Mops In Love

Don over at Beyond Left Field is another of my favorite reads. Don is always politically correct (not) and everything is about him. He pokes fun at just about everything and anyone. In this post he's got two videos, one is funnier than heck and the second is done by folks smoking crack. I really like this one - E*Trading Baby 2008 You decide on this one - New Swiffer Commercial - Baby Come Back. I can see why he tossed his Swiffer and replaced it with a sponge mop.

The Grocery Store Walk of Shame

Then there's Kathy of The Junk Drawer. She doesn't know that I lurk on her site from time to time. Well, she had me rolling on the floor with her trip to the grocery store. If you know Kathy you know that if anything weird is going to happen it will no doubt happen to her. You just need to read how very difficult it was to buy a jar of pickles.

I’m Feeling Sassy!

Jen of Redhead Ranting is another favorite stop. Jen can weave a very good story about anything. In I'm Feeling Sassy she is jazzed about everything. Spring, her new venture Tribal Blogs, and a great package in the mail. She received what she called a Sassy Sampler, and then proceeded to revamp the packaging. It made me laugh out loud. Even though she admits she has the attention span of a gnat (impressive huh?) and that she gets distracted easily, she's a funny read.

Friday Follow - New Friend Friday

Lydia of Still On The Verge Confessions of a Madwoman (And a Mother of Four) posted a cartoon that really cracked me up. As we get older gravity does take over and this cartoon just said it all. To see her cartoon and have a good laugh click HERE. There is always something fun going on at Lydia's.

Mo I’ve got a splinter!

Babs of Beetles Memories 'n' Ramblings is another favorite site. I especially like all the funny things that happen with these two. Some really dumb stuff, and they just laugh. They laugh about everything. I think it's very refreshing to find two people that can find humor in everything. Check out this three ring circus over a SPLINTER. Here's a couple of posts about Spaghetti Bolognese that cracked me up: I’ve eaten in some funny places, but… and Everything comes to those who wait!

A Lot of Pride for Hand(less) Clap

Just My Two Cents of Teeming With Stupidity And Weirdness posted a video of a very large gal that can clap without using hands. Go ahead and use your imagination. I'm sorry but I laughed out loud. Then I wondered why anyone would do such a thing. Feeling brave? It's 20 seconds of well...weirdness. Fat Girl Laughing.

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