What is your class reunion like if you were home schooled?

A ponderable with the humor in the vein of Demetri Martin, Steven Martin, in response to last week’s question, “What is your class reunion like if you were home schooled?”, my sailing friend Scott called it a “a Party of One!” which my friend Kevin described as “Very exclusive.” My friend Tracey added, “and the food would be better.”

My friend Richard concluded, “At least you won’t have a bunch of former classmates who will be thinking about how old you now look!” Richard then added, “I recall the great line by O. A. “Bum” Phillips, former coach of the Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans) about Don Shula, coach of the Miami Dolphins: “I don’t know if he’s in a class by himself, but it sure don’t take long to call the roll!” “

My organizational behavior guru friend Marya shared, “I was born into 'redneck' (and proud of it), so I would imagine it would be so exciting to see those cousins you always had a crush on! ;-) “ It may be that my friend Royce was thinking alike when he added that it would be “about as exciting as dating 1 of your classmates.”

My friend Swany and dad’s beach buddy Bob concluded that the class reunion would be “a family reunion.” My cousin Wes noted that the two reunions in one “would be a good deal (value).”

My Caribbean sailing friend Jim announced that he finally had a response to these emails, determining such a reunion would be “boring unless you come from a dysfunctional family.” My college roomie John hoped that “there was a network of families, so you may have a few "classmates".

My videographer sailing friend Ivan described the reunion as a “High. Considering how low class most public schools seem to be, what with the overall decorum, conduct, dress, social graces, etiquette, manners, and use of whatever excuse that is for English, I would say my class reunion would be, at least comparatively High Class. As it was, most of my class was high most of the time, especially in class. Wow, I never realized just how "high class" we really were

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       Why are men’s undershirts sold in resealable bags?” 

        ( from my friend Patrick)

Live well...laugh often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

PS: My sister Ilene made a fascinating observation: This October has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays, all in one month. Yeah for the weekends!

How much can a shoesting hold?

A ponderable with the humor in the vein of Demetri Martin, Steven Martin, in response to last week’s question, “How much can you put on a shoestring?”, several friends shared website answers including cooking on a shoestring, starting a business on a shoestring, and weddings on a shoestring. In line with cooking on a shoestring, my dad’s beach buddy Bob concluded, “Several pounds if they came from McDonalds.”

My neighbor Dick wrote, “Seems like a lot of us are living our lives on "a shoestring budget" nowadays.”

My friend Richard determined, “Usually one shoe is the limit” while my birthday bud Jon wrote, “one foot is the limit.”

My friend Royce determined, “You have to consider if it is a normal cotton 1/8th" shoestring, a rolled and waxed one, a running shoe one that can stretch, a leather one for boots and/or topsiders. There is a myriad of choices before one can determine "how much" you can put on a shoestring.” To this, my friend Chris provided a “complete list of shoe brands and manufacturers:.” However, few sell shoestrings and none provided specs.

Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ”:

         What is a class reunion like if you were home schooled?

Live well...laugh often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to a friend of many of us, Alan, who is homebound for a bit.

How do you know you've received an endless salad?

A ponderable with the humor in the vein of Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin, here are responses to last week’s question, " How do you know you've received an endless salad?," my friend Tracey believes that "you start to feel a little green around the gills. :-X ." My analytics friend Swany was a bit more descriptive when he wrote, "You wake coughing up cherry tomatoes and passing green puffs of fiber."

My friend Royce shared the Bill Clinton perspective, "How do you define 'endless'?" My dad's beach buddy Bob explained, "Not until you see there is no end to the amount of lettuce covering the bottom of the dish." To this, my cycling friend Ted concluded, " After 14 years with my wife Carey, life has been an endless salad!"

My cousin's brother Jack wrote, "An Endless Salad can be interpreted by time or quantity, i.e. 2 hours worth or 20 pounds worth. Since I carry around a few extra pounds and love food, anything endless appeals to me. Note that something has to be pleasant in order to be endless. How about an endless hmmmmm! ?"

Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ”:

       How much can you put on a shoestring?

Live well...laugh often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

Congrats to my wife and her Boobulahs team mates who raised nearly $50,000 for breast cancer research and care in Atlanta. And if anyone wants to hear stories about my completing my first Sprint triathlon, just ask. :-)