Non Sequiturs

Freshly mown hay has an aroma that is vastly different from tequila. It’s almost a 7 on the scale where tequila is more like a 3. But if you really want something that has a funny aroma, try licorice mixed with Castrol motor oil. I had some on a salad one day and I had people from several tables away leaving their seats and heading for the door. Must have been the day of the bombing. Either that or the fact that the A/C was on fire.

Brazil no longer exists.

Should we do something?

Haven’t a clue about the issue.

Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons will save use all!

Gradually the sun sank below the horizon as it is wont to do in the late afternoon. Soon the rain began to fall as it is wont to do during thunderstorms that crop up just after sunset. Soon the birds started dive-bombing the cat in the front yard as they are wont to do when she eats their eggs.

Life goes on and there’s no getting over it.

“Hampster Huey and the Gooey Kablooy” is my favorite book.

Pole dancing should be an Olympic event.

The Poles are out to get us.

Only one person can save us.

Sadly, he’s retired.

Friction-free bearings have long been the Sorcerer’s Stone of tool and die men. They work with their implements in hopes that some day they’ll finally master the elusive device. Probably as soon as they do, BB manufacturers will get there first with the patent and they’ll be everywhere and cheap.

I’d stay out of tool and die work if I were you.

But not in the south. Anyway, you’re conveniently ignoring the fact that the 9.27 from Glasgow Central via Shotts arrived 11 minutes late that day. “Etymology unknown!” you cry; the passengers on that train would have a few things to say about that!!!

Perpendicular is a good place for ladders, but they won’t stay there unless held up by support mechanisms which tend to render the ladder bulky and hard to manage when placing it atop the carrier. Thus, slightly off perpendicular is preferred, thereby eliminating the need for the extra equipment.

Never be sorry you didn’t take your ladder. A good motto for any fireman these days.

He deserves recognition for the sincerity of his beliefs on international treaties on continental shelves, if not the relevance of those beliefs. It all goes to show that Banquo could have got away with the Housing Benefit fraud if the Minsk results had come in on time.

South Africa 1st inns: 342 (Kirsten 130)
England 1st inns: 307 (Butcher 77)
South Africa 2nd inns: 164 for 5 (Kirsten 60 lbw b Kabir Ali, Kirtley 2 for 28)

Finding the right type of porcupine for porcupine almondine can present its fair share of problems. First is where to look when they’re not in season. Next is how to lure them into the sack. Last but not least is where to put them so they don’t damage the furniture until it’s time to dequill them. (Contrary to popular opinion Ny-Quil is not helpful in this process).

Check your local pet shop for large hedgehogs then go to the hardware for a few hundred ten penny nails. Then proceed directly to the recipe since you have effectivley constructed a de-quilled procupine as far as cooking is concerned. Since the recipe requires pureeing the meat anyway, who’s to notice?

Dennis Healy’s eyebrows; can anyone beat that?

Little by little we made our way into the cave and found a huge cavern with an underground waterfall and a deep pool. Using the lights on our hats we looked around under the water in the pool and found what must have been several dollars worth of pennies. I think I was the first to speculate that we weren’t the first ones to find this cave.

The others just laughed and ate their sandwiches.

Then we went home and watched some TV.

Of course*, we now accept that the 1950s campaign to ban yellow ski-wax was inspired by fans of none other than Thomas à Beckett![ i]Cherchez la femme* my friends, cherchez la femme.

*Bear in mind the words of Ovid: gutta cavat lapidem (the drop wears away the stone).

Cowardice is not usually associated with lions nor bravery with hyenas, but that’s too bad. It works out in the wild that not all lions are all that brave, and the typical hyena is much more of a hero than cartoons make them out to be. I think we need some new cartoon heroes like Henry Hyena who goes around kicking the living shit out of Louis B. Lion.

Get this scene: it’s a subway late at night and several young thugs are about to mug this little old lady on crutches.

Then the subway train goes into a tunnel and the lights go out. Then you come out of the tunnel and the punks are gone.

Who’d pay for tickets to something like that?

My djembe is gathering dust.

It’s actually quite good at it! I’ve started letting it clean behind the computer and under the bad and everything! My only complaint is that its battles with the dust bunnies are keeing me awake when I’m at work.

Potato skins taste great with cheese and bacon… Mmmm

The Douglas Fir was not named for Kirk or Michael. Nor was it named for Fairbanks or Sirk. It was named for the man who battled Lincoln in the famous debates and the reason was that Lincoln was born in a log cabin that he built himself out of Douglas Fir logs. He had Babe the Blue Ox to help and he used Davy Crockett’s ax to chop them down and Jim Bowie’s knife to make the grooves in them. Betsy Ross fixed his supper on an old stove that had been brought over on the Mayflower for a room in Kenosha Wisconsin, but the wagon carrying it broke down on the Lincoln place and he used it his whole career. He had some tea off that stove before going to the Ford Theater that fateful night.

No telling what would have happened if that wagon had made it to Kenosha.

My rabbit’s breath smells like rabbit food.

The interesting thing about the Baader-Meinhof gang was that the female members were all highly intelligent and highly educated (to doctorate level in one case). But the chief, Andreas Baader, was just a boorish jerk.
Why do intelligent women fall for psychopaths?

Hey, I’d quite like to run with this…damn