How do you describe "indescribable"?

In response to last week’s question, "How do you describe "indescribable"?", my birthday bud Jon observed, " Incorrectly, I bet. "

My Parrothead friend Sam wrote, "Well, it's like, uh. It's a thing..." to which my sailing friend John followed, "I’m working HARD at this … !!"   And my friend Swany theorized, “indescribable is something that is."

While my dog rescue friend Kate and friend Royce  responded, "indescribably," my Dish friend John summarized it as "                   ."

My wise friend Richard challenged, "Indescribable is the result of a limited vocabulary."

To this, my dad's beach buddy Bob declared, "Love at first sight."  Then my writing and sailing friend Rich described it  "usually with a big ole ear to ear grin."  And my cousin's brother Jack shared, In describing something indescribable, the many sounds, that one hears at a zoo or a gym, can be useful when someone has a limited supply of words. The popular standbys, weee, ahhh, oooo, huhhh  and my favourites mmmm and hmmm."

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

Does the sun come up every day in conversation?   (Courtesy of Steve Martin)

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

Hal

How do we make money from all of this pollen?

In response to last week’s question, “How do we make money from all of this pollen?", my birthday bud Jon counseled, "Just decide it's nothing to sneeze at."    To this, my friend Richard proposed, "Have the EPA charge a fine every time someone sneezes!  They’ll make a mint just from Georgia alone!" 

My dad's beach buddy Bob concluded, "Everything must be pollinated to grow and reproduce,, so scoop it up, can it and sell it to planned parenthood."

While my friend Kelly lamented, "If I knew that, you’d be working for me by now!", my cousin Wes suggested, "be a farmer, florist, pharmacist, drug company or allergist."  My mountain biking friend Ted concurred, "Just ask the pharmaceutical companies!"

Then my neighbor Al shared his personal pollen experience, "Actually, when I was in the beekeeping business that was one of the big discussions. Should we put pollen traps on our hives and sell the pollen. There is a very good market for pollen in health food stores.  It's rather labor intensive and you run the risk of pulling too much pollen, the primary protein source for honey bees, from your hives. On top of that you have to put up with all of those left wing, flower hugging, Green Peace, "Flower Lovers", who keep protesting and sabotaging your pollen traps, and marching around your hives with "Save the Pollen" signs!!

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

                How do you describe "indescribable"?

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

Hal

What is a fair tax?

In response to last week’s question, “What is a fair tax?", my friend Chris provided the following scenario, "Elections should be held on April 16th,  the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.  That would be a fair tax!"

Bruce, my friend in UT had a different perspective, writing, "It's the money you pay every year to walk around exhibits, smell livestock, eat funnel cakes, and go on carnival rides."  Yet my friend Kosol concluded, "It's the tax when you take a taxi.   (or is that a fare tax?)"

My friend Swany concluded, "A fair tax is an oxymoron."  My friend Kelly challenged, "A fair tax is one that can be explained to a 12 year old before their mind wanders AND has a max rate of 10%!!!  After all, as the bumper sticker says, “If 10% is good enough for G-d, it’s good enough for the IRS.”  Kelly then added, "Taxes should not be used to fund the Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts!"

My college roomie John and birthday bud Jon concurred, "It's the one that someone else has to pay."  Yet my dad's beach buddy Bob replied, "The tax on the admission to the White House."

And then my friend Richard provided an example that challenges all fair taxes as he wrote, "The first Monday Night Football game on ABC was played by the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns on September 21, 1970.  The Browns had a wide receiver named Fair Hooker (1969-1974, 129 career receptions, 8 touchdowns; see proof at the bottom of this email). Dandy Don Meredith’s observation was 'I haven’t met one of those yet.'  And so it is with fair taxes."

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

How do we make money from all of this pollen?

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

Hal 

Fair Hooker:  

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/392/06419314/1973ToppsFairHooker.jpg

f the Cincinnati Reds were the first major league baseball team, who did they play?

In response to last week’s question, “If the Cincinnati Reds were the first major league baseball team, who did they play?", my friend Richard concluded, "Apparently a bunch of amateurs!"

My engineering friend Steve suggested, "With themselves?" while my friend Kelly cautioned, "Hopefully not with themselves…"

My dad's beach buddy Bob declared, "The Waterloo Tomahawks."  Then my friend Royce queried, "The questions is did Pete Rose bet on 'em?"

My social media friend Mark wrote, "I think Pete Rose was the leadoff batter in that first game and hit a triple with a corked bat against the Cubs, who are still trying to win a big game? OK, maybe it was the Great Westerns of Cincinnati."

Then my cycling friend Ted explained, "That's the same question as 'If Adam and Eve were the first humans, then who did their children mate with? Either a parent or a sibling? It's an unholy question and should never be asked!"

 

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

What is a fair tax?

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"