Rambling Thoughts and Observations

Today I don't feel much like composing complete, coherent sentences, but I do want to share the following with you. Some are quite useful little things I've learned over my many years and some are from first hand experience or things I've seen.


  1. If you're planning a romantic evening, forget eating broccoli or bananas
  2. Don't use a toothpick to clean your ears
  3. Don't dunk your false teeth in your wine;it drastically changes the bouquet
  4. The amount of toilet paper used us directly related to the dispenser's distance from the toilet
  5. If your're going fishing, don't drink prune juice that morning
  6. If you're going on a trip, don't wear white pants. In fact, don't wear white pants if you're doing much of anything
  7. Fettucine Alfredo is not an Italian wine 
  8. Apertif is not a Russian dish, nor is it two teeth
  9. Central heat is nice but you can't cuddle up in front of it
  10. A wooden spoon placed over the top of a boiling pot of most anything keeps it from boiling over
  11. Advise your children against taking their pet goldfish to bed with them
  12. Try to store your Fixodent in a different area from your toothpaste. Come to think of it, don't store your Fixodent next to your Preparation H either
  13. Even if you dip fresh garlic in chocolate syrup, you'll still belch and have bad breath
  14. There must be something to drinking wine, eating garlic and olive oil; look at all the healthy old Italian men
  15. Don't move furniture when you're barefooted
  16. Contrary to what men may believe, baldness is not necessarily a turnoff, but a long shank of hair hanging down one side is
  17. When laundered money is referred to, it does not mean the bills you find in the dryer when it stops
  18. It is not advisable to sit front row center for an event if you've taken a diuretic
  19. Every woman wants a knight in shining armor but most wind up having to polish it

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THREE SQUARES

All this to-do about toilet paper has brought to mind various experiences pertaining to that life essential. Right now I am sitting two rooms away from an open package of lavender scented toilet paper, the only kind my son could find, with a scent that is so strong I will not have to spray for as long as this stuff lasts. Anyone who thinks they can cause the smell of our body function to disappear is operating under a delusion. Ain't nothin' that really covers it up. Back to the subject at hand; the first thought that came to my mind in the midst of the tp frenzy was my husband telling me one thing they instructed him to do when he was in the Air Force. He was told that they could use only three squares of toilet paper per visit. Evidently there was someone outside the stall handing it out. Which memory then connects to our drive up the autobahn through Germany many years ago. They have handy rest stops on the way and we pulled in to one to use the facilities. Right outside th...
Read more

HALLOWED EVE?

Well here it is, almost Halloween 2020, one that will be completely different from any others thanks to the current pandemic. I don't know anything about Halloween in other countries but here in the U.S. it's been a big deal. I would like to share with you some of my past adventures which happened on the "Hallowed Eve".  When I was very young I belonged to the Girl Scouts and in those days we didn't have to go around peddling candy. We did all sorts of interesting and constructive things and even had campouts. On one overnight campout outside of town, I remember sitting around the campfire listening to Rocky Reagan tell ghost stories. He was a real rancher and a master story teller. I think that was on a Halloween but even if it wasn't it would have been appropriate for that time. They were wonderful tales. Look him up. He wrote some interesting books about Texas and ranching. The first Halloween experience I remember occurred when I was in junior high. A bunc...
Read more

TO BE AN ONLY CHILD

 I think I told my readers, if there are any, that I am an only child. Little did I realize growing up that that would allow me to have a few interesting adventures as an adult. Today I have decided to share some of those with you and I hope I am not repeating any stories. I will try to keep them in chronological order but that may be impossible for me. I start by reminding you of my flight from New Orleans to Athens, Greece. That's a tale you may find in my blog of June 30, 2019, so I won't retell it now. After that I flew to Washington D.C., which I wrote about on May 18, 2019. These are trips that I made alone and somehow managed to come away unharmed.  Then there was the trip to Mexico City before things like email and all the other rapid communication stuff existed. I took some papers containing our shipping company business to the capital for a fellow to sign because at that time there was no way to have that done electronically. Of course when I arrived in Mexico City I...
Read more