Ceramic figurines called ‘caganers’ of US President-elect Barack Obama are seen at the Santa Llucia Fair, on December 2, in Barcelona. Statuettes of well-known people defecating are a strong Christmas tradition in Catalonia, dating back to the 18th century.
MjL => Sorry ... I didn’t mean to feature “poop” two days in a row but it would seem to have a high priority on the AP photo site.
In a small Southern town there was a “Nativity Scene” at the church that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. Lots of townsfolk had been pressed into service. The volunteer fire department supplied the wise men and the shepherds. There was no time for a rehearsal so the preacher had told everyone to get their lines from the bible.
Well, Christmas Eve came. The play went great until the the wise men entered. There was a hush as these three came in, wearing their coats and fire hats, dragging a length of hose.
The preacher slapped his forehead and muttered. But there was nothing to do but proceed.
After the play, he rounded on these fellows. “How stupid can you be?” he asked.
After he stormed out, one of the firemen looked at the other and shrugged. “Dangit.” he said, “We done jus like he said. We read it in the bible. There it were: And three wise men come from a far.”
I got a text message and an email from friends yesterday. They were sharing their sympathy for the way Governor Baloney-vich was extorting me for that US Senate seat. It was all over the news about how he had been arrested for trying to get personal gain through this appointment. I’m just glad I cancelled my check before the Feds showed up!
I recently bought some Ultraseal to put in my tires. I have a couple on the Blazer that have slow leaks and I am hoping this stuff will seal them up. In order to put it in I have to take the valve core out of the valve stem and I couldn’t find the tool to save me. So I went to Menard’s to get one. The clerk I talked to was completely baffled so I gave her a long and thorough description of what it does and what it might look like. Still no light went on for her so we went looking all over the store wherever tire pumps, air gauges, etc. might be found. We finally found one in the bicycle section and she just lit up she was so happy to have found it for me. She was actually bouncing up and down she was so pleased and it really made my day that she could be so thrilled about finding something new in the store for a customer. You just don’t often see that much genuine good cheer in a store clerk.
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