The English Language at it's Best.....(& race results)

I've been meaning to write about a couple funny happenin things but haven't made the time to sit down...an insurance advertisement on the radio was the last straw and I decided I couldn't procrastinate any longer.

I've heard it a couple of times and it always makes me chuckle to myself. It starts out by saying
"No one wants to think about everything that could go wrong, but that's our job...we watch the weather and crop prices and...we want to be there to lend a hand, a strong back, or even just a shoulder" ...Farmer's Insurance



I highlighted the last part because although it is their finishing line I think it is hysterical! Think about it! What do they mean by a shoulder...why a shoulder to cry on of course! First of all, thanks alot insurance agency for the 'shoulder' and secondly, who is going to use the shoulder of the insurance man to cry on!!!!! Common - that is hilarious! :-)



Speaking of insurance, dad and I (mostly dad unfortunately) recently bought a new horse trailer. It's a 2007 Trailer T 3 horse bumper pull and we think it will do a marvelous job of getting me to Florida and back safely. The day after we brought it home, Dad called into our insurer to add it. The Vehicle Number is 4JUBL17287N0327... so as he was talking to the lady any time he would come to a letter he would say "a - as in animal" or such thing. a very common practice. What got my attention was the 'as in...' examples he used! started off normal - J as in John. then U..as in United States (funny that he said States as well...) and then B (i don't remember B so it must have been 'boy' or something normal...then L as in Lamb - not too bad - then Dad says "N....PAUSE...very obvious pause...as in...ready....no you're not...but I'll tell you anyways - N as in NAPOLEON! I can almost imagine the gal trying not to laugh out loud (no offense dad :-) Someone my age might have thought of Napoleon because of the recent film "Napoleon Dynamite" - but Dad was thinking of the History Book Europe guy - random at least!

Last funny thing for this blog. Mom went to Hawaii for a week and Dad and I were left here :-( We made it through just fine but Dad did see a mouse at the beginning of the week so we put out some traps. Then, towards the end of the week, I was washing dishes in the sink and i heard...something. As i listened I decided it was coming from - inside the wall! A mouse? well it didn't really 'squeak' more like a very small drill - so i thought 'a loud termite' (OK i can be random too) but Dad/I figured maybe a beetle. When mom got home i pointed the sound out to her as well. It would start, get louder and quieter and then stop, etc. She too said "maybe a beetle".



A couple of days later i heard mom exclaim "Uhhggggg! I found the mouse!" I went to the kitchen to find this small watermelon (or what's left of it) in the sink...stinking the room to high heaven! It was sitting right by the wall and when the gases would leak out of the rotten fruit they would whine and hiss :-) I couldn't smell anything when it had been sitting on the counter and you couldn't see the white spots, but as soon as she moved it, it was obviously rotting!



Speaking of strange noises...these little cuties caught my attention the other day. They were up in the loft of the barn (a feat to get to in itself) and then they were down alongside the wall - in a cubby about 1 1/2 ft deep and about the same long. Anyways, they are too young to make it through the winter healthy so...if you know anyone that wants one they are free!!! (and very very tame considering they'd never seen a human before!)



(i attempted the 3.1 miles in 21 min...got .26 mile down the rode in 96 seconds and realized #1) i was running more like 5.5 min miles instead of 7 and #2) I'm out of shape and #3) 21 minutes is a long time to run fast :-) ...but i might try again...remember if at first you don't succeed...TRY TRY AGAIN!)