Monday, April 8, 2013

It's Just a Joke! Feel Free to Laff!

The best.......er.........blast seat in the house!
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Hello everyone!  Today is Monday, April 8, 2013 and it is a gorgeous day in Denver.  If you are here, you'd better enjoy it quick because tonight brings snow and cold back. Tomorrow's high is expected to reach a smoldering 26 degrees!  That's quite a shocker since we have been getting accustomed to the 70's and *80's.

Well, enough of the weather.  How was your weekend?  Did you do anything? Go anywhere? Buy something new?

I did.  I went on an excursion to the wild frontier of Walmart.  You should have seen the creatures I saw there.
More Walmart People (117 pics)

More Walmart People (117 pics)

More Walmart People (117 pics)

Well, I didn't actually see these people.  These are some pictures of people taken at various Walmart's and posted on a site called People of Walmart   They're fun to look at, but for how much longer?  Americas is a nation of people that get their feelings hurt way too easily.

We used to joke about a lot of things, yes, people included, that we don't dare do anymore for fear of hurting someone's feelings.  My motto is and always has been, "sticks and stones my break my bones but words will NEVER hurt me."  Is that even taught anymore?  When we were children, that phrase helped us to understand that WE WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE A JOKE AND NOT GET OFFENDED BY IT.  Our generation has produced a whole bunch of humor and comedians.

In fact,  I used to aspire to become a comedian myself, but never did follow through with it.  Unless you look at my picture and understand the hilarity of my face.  Go on!  Make me the butt of your joke.  I think it is funny and if it's not funny it is only because you aren't a funny guy or gal yourself.

We learned a lot about comic timing when I was growing up and understand that a joke is only funny because of the way it is presented.  Like this funny guy in the last picture   He's having a ball because he knows that he is making people laugh.

But how long will it be before this generation is gone and nobody appreciates humor anymore?  Will these "Walmart People"  finally be recognized as a race of their own and become offended at the jokes to the point where you could even be fired or sued for finding this stuff funny?


Two pollocks were walking in the woods when they came across a sheep with it's head stuck in a fence.
The one pulls down his pants & does the sheep.
Then he turns to his buddy and said, "Ok it's your turn."
So his buddy sticks his head in the fence.

Okay, you smiled!  You might have even laughed a little.  It wasn't hilarious but it was humorous.  So, tell me, did your get the humor? or did you choose to be offended somehow?  
Grow some backbone, people!  Men!  Let your balls drop!  Women!  Stop it with the holier than thou attitude!  It was only a joke.  Laugh a little.  It will make your day lighter and you happier.

Okay, so I was in Walmart   What did I buy?  Please laugh at this if you wish.  I promise to not be offended.  I think it is funny too.  
I bought my first walker.  It's a rollator actually. One of those with 4 wheels and a seat in the middle of it.
Okay, I was going to post a funny picture of someone who is using a walker  but it appears this territory is open to humor.  I can't find any funny pictures of people using walkers or rollators (which is what I bought) by doing a search on Google.  So, there you go.  Here's an area that can be exploited for humor.  After all, it is largely my generation who is moving into this area and we like funny.
A man was dancing closely with his new girl friend when she said, "Ooo!  Is that your walker or are you just happy to see me?"
There you go!  I've started it, although it is an old joke reworked a little, but let the jokes begin. Try your own wit and see what you can come up with.  Remember, it is an open field so try it.  I promise to not be offended, but be tasteful.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Free at Last! Free at Last!!.....Well, Cheaper Anyway.

Good morning, all!  I hope you are all doing well on this fine day.  The weather is nice in Denver today.  Mostly sunny and temps in the upper 50's are predicted for this afternoon.

I am up early this morning.  I was awokened (?) at 7:30 this morning by a phone call from the installers that are installing Dish TV for me today.  I know that many of you had to work the graveyard shift and many, too, was up much earlier than me.  However, this is early for me since I am retired and have MS.  I tend to sleep later in the day and it takes me a while to get to sleep at night. I'm sure that to some extent, my late sleeping has become an acquired taste over time and I have to say that I do enjoy it.  Still, today I have to be up for the installers to do their job.

Finally!  I am cutting the cord with cable tv and moving my business to the dish!  Comcast has gotten way too expensive and now that I am on a fixed income, it is completely unaffordable.  Enter the Dish.  This afternoon I will have free HD on two tv's, a DVR recorder that works on both tv sets and many more channels to not watch than Comcast has to offer.  I can't wait!

Today is also a special day in that it is also my lovely wife's birthday.  Today she is 29 years old and is more beautiful than the first moment I saw her.  Happy birthday, baby!

Now, on to the wanderings of my mind.

I don't quite understand sour cream.  Granted, I've never even tasted it so I might have a jaded opinion about it, but I can't understand what made someone want to taste it to begin with.  I am guessing that it is made from milk and made from the cream that has gone sour, thus, sour cream.  Now, when milk goes sour I know that only a dummy would drink it.  Essentially, this is the same product; milk is cream.  Milk goes sour and cream goes sour.  When the milk is soured, your throw it out.  When the cream is soured, why would you want to eat it?  You are basically eating soured milk.  I just don't understand.  In an attempt to be fair, I did look up how sour cream is made, but that only confused me more.  Nowhere did it say that sour cream tastes good.  I prefer margarine anyway.




So I called Comcast to get my service downgraded to basic cable so that I can better get my budget inline.  I asked them how much my bill would be after the downgrade.  They might as well have been the cable company in this video because they said it would only lower my bill by $30 a month.  Currently, I am paying $260 a month.  So, guess what I got today.  That's right!  The Dish!  I will be saving $150 a month and I have more programming.