My Son, Andrew
in his Ogden Nash-style-humour
writes:
I've never heard
of Camel Fudge before.
You could have
Caramel Fudge or Hot Fudge and Caramel.
Some people might
think
a flood was “bad
Karma”...hence Karma Floods.
At the Kamloops
Zoo, camouflaged cameras
kept camels fudged
for caramel.
Daily Life
Camouflage
(submitted by an
interested reader)
When Johnny Carson hosted The
Tonight Show (1962 to1992), it was stated that in the privacy of his property
at Malibu Beach, he walked evenings in silence and quiet meditation alone. This apparently was his “therapy” for
insecurities that he had about himself. Many entertainers suffer samely.
A neighbour friend told me
that recently when it became necessary, she bought brown carpet which would
camouflage coffee stains. Smart idea!
Sometimes, when I say, “I'm
okay,” I want someone to look me in the eyes and hug me tight and say, “I know
you're not.” Now, that's a confession,
I've told few. Flippant attitudes often camouflage pain.
A few weeks ago I read, “A
smile is just a camouflage that makes people think you're having a perfect life
(even though you're dying inside)." One never knows what goes on behind closed doors.
My aunt, visiting in Indonesia,
stated that shopping is super cheap and generally high quality. If you see anyone wearing “camo” holding a
machete, don't be scared. They're
probably selling coconuts.
In a gardening magazine at the
hair salon, I read... “Life is a Camouflage” by Diane Benson. It reads:
They know, they just know
where to grow, how to dupe you and how to camouflage themselves among the
perfectly respectable plants...they just know...and I
concluded...weeds must have brains!
Last October when I attended a
Hallowe'en party, I surmised that being unable to identify the person, the mask
could hide both good and evil...and therefore, what is a truth and what is a
lie?
I comment on your statement,
Merle, that animals, birds, reptiles and insects have inbred clever knowledge
of camouflage. So I ask, “Are they
smarter than we humans?”
Bluffs and
Blunders by Politicians
(by Raymond,
an ardent follower of my blogs)
Politicians are known to camouflage their actions with
sole purpose of enhancing their personal lives.
Forgetfulness when
being questioned or testifying.
Misquoting intentionally
an opponent's facts.
Taking words
out of context to misguide listeners.
Truth misconstrued
to sway the public.
Publiclly
attacking another party's representative.
Misrepresentation
with knowledge that it is false.
Violating rules
of professional conduct.
Lying for
strategic advantage.
Deception by
omission of the truth
is as bad as a
lie.
Bribes, kick-backs, scams...whatever you want to call
them...are all prevalent in the political
arenas.
Ted Nugent stated, “The
government is so out-of-control. It is
bloated and infested with fraud... and
with deceit...and with corruption....and with abuse of power.”
“You may fool all
of the people some of the time.
You can fool some
of the people all the time.
But you can't fool
all the people all the time.”
(Spoken by Abraham
Lincoln)
Tom, a
faithful supporter of my writings sends this illustration:
One Hundred
Dollar Bill
It's a slow day in
the small town of Pumphandle and the streets are deserted.
Times are tough,
everybody is in debt and everybody is living on credit.
A tourist visiting
the area drives through town, stops at the motel
and lays a $100
bill on the desk,
saying he wants to
inspect the rooms upstairs to pick one for the night.
As soon as he
walks upstairs, the motel owner grabs the bill
and runs next door
to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes
the $100 bill and runs down the street
to retire his debt
to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer
takes the $100 and heads off
to pay his bill to
his suppler, the Co-op.
The guy at the
Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt
to the local
prostitute who has also been facing hard times
and has had to
offer her “services” on credit.
The hooker rushed
to the hotel
and pays off her
room bill with the hotel owner.
The hotel
proprietor then places the $100 bill back on the counter
so the traveller
will not suspect anything.
At that moment the
traveller comes down the stairs,
states that the
rooms are not satisfactory,
picks up the $100
bill...and leaves.
No one produced
anything; no one earned anything.
However, the whole
town now thinks that they are out of debt
and there is a
false atmosphere of optimism and glee.
And that, my
friends, is how a “government stimulus package” works!
(Watch for Part II in a few days.)
Merle
Baird-Kerr...compiled April 10, 2014
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