Monday, November 9, 2015

Good morning crew,

It's gettin' 'bout that time. It's the second week in November and pretty soon we're going to be getting snow. That means one of these days soon I need to rake the leaves.

When I was a kid my dad had me out in the yard raking leaves every weekend from mid-September to the first week in December.

I'm not quite that compulsive. I feel giving the lawn one good clean-up is really all it takes to keep the house from looking like it's abandoned.

And a few leaves give the ol' homestead a rustic, kind of fall feel. I like to think of them as decorations I don't have to pay for.

j03s1L1c, any hour I don't have to spend with a rake in my hand is a good investment of time, as far as I'm concerned.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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"It was announced that China officially ended its one-child policy this week, and will allow parents to have two children. Over the next few nights, the only thing that will be 'made in China' is love." -Jimmy Fallon

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"A drunk woman in Nebraska had to be hospitalized this weekend after she broke into a zoo because she wanted to pet a tiger and wound up being bitten by the animal. When asked how she's doing, the woman said, 'Not GR-R-R-REAT!'" -Seth Meyers

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"I've been trying to say 'I love you' more often, starting this morning. I said it to my family before I left the house. And then to my barista. And then to her manager, when the barista complained that one of the customers was making her uncomfortable." -Stephen Colbert

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When our second child was on the way, my wife and I attended a pre-birth class aimed at couples who had already had at least one child. The instructor raised the issue of breaking the news to the older child. It went like this:

"Some parents," she said, "tell the older child, 'We love you so much we decided to bring another child into this family.' But think about that. Ladies, what if your husband came home one day and said, 'Honey, I love you so much I decided to bring home another wife.'"

One of the women spoke up immediately. "Does she cook?"


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After years of wondering why he didn't look like his younger sister or brother, a young man finally got up the nerve to ask his mother if he was adopted.

"Yes, you were son," his mother said as she started to cry softly. "but it didn't work out and they brought you back."