In response to last week’s question, “How do we know this year
is actually new?”, my optimistic birthday bud Jon wrote, “We can only hope”
while my dad’s beach buddy Bob was more optimistic, saying, “Because it has
never happened before that the stock market went up on January 3rd.”
My sailing buddy Kurt added to this with, “Well, the days are getting longer
and soon everything well turn green and new instead of old and grey.”
My friend Tracey declared, “I know it's new because I read it on
the Internet. If it says it on the internet it has to be true!”
My DISH advisor Brett observed, “That's for each to decide on
his or her own. Like happiness and peeing your pants...everyone can
see it but only you can feel the warmth.”
My friend Royce challenged, “According to the Jewish calendar,
the "new" year is almost half over. Ergo, the New Year
really isn't new. However, who cares. According to the Mayans the year
will end on 12/12. Damn! There goes Hanukah.”
What Royce didn’t mention is that 2012 isn’t new because the
Jews had this year 3,076 years ago; the Jewish calendar is in 5772.
One other thought that none of my engineering friends realized
is that we “absolutely” had this year 4,024 years ago, which would be 2012 BC
(or BCE).
Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go
'Hmmm' “:
If swimming is so
good for your figure, how do you explain whales?
Live well...laugh
often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you
smile!
Hal
Happy birthday, Elvis
(yesterday).
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