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
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