So this old couple, walk into the Mayo clinic...

So this old couple walk into the Mayo clinic, and gave this impromptu performance...yes, its really cute. Watch!

No Reaction to the Reaction

Hello to my nine wonderful readers! I'll bet most of you didn't even know about the reaction boxes at the bottom of each blog entry. They read Funny, Interesting and Cool. Only one of my readers has been regularly checking items with the mark, and when I ask him, he thought that others might not have realized that you don't have to be signed in, to check an item.

I guess the gist of this is, if ya' like it; check it!

1956

In 1956, the U.S. Population reached 166.7 Million on January 1. 1956 was the year the British gave up the Suez Canal. Two Liners the Swedish Stockholm and the Italian Andrea Doria collided off Nantucket leaving 50 dead or missing. 1,652 were rescued! Elvis performed Heartbreak Hotel, Don't be Cruel, and Blue Suede Shoes on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town show.

There were crack downs on the growing amusement of "panty raids" where rowdy collegians would appear en mass at dorms and collect underwear. 58 were expelled at the University of Kansas for such an activity! It was the final season of I love Lucy. Chet Huntley and David Brinkley began a 14 year association as anchors of the NBC Nightly News.

Grace Kelly wed Prince Rainer II, Arthur Miller married Marilyn Monroe. Peyton Place first appeared in print. The Yankee's and the Dodgers met in the world series. Rocky Marciano retired undefeated. Guys and Dolls was king at the box office. And young master Patrick Thomas Galligan came into the world at 6:39 p.m.!

1956 what a year!

Arrr!

Avast ye swabs. Tis only 208 more days til "Talk like a Pirate Day"! Arrr! Here be the day when all lubber's and wenchs, can talk like a pirate, all day long.

Aye maties, tis been seven years since Dave Barry himself, mentioned it in one of his wonderful rants, in the pages o' some rag paper! What fun you'll have ordering up a grog and using a pick-up line like: "Pardon me, but would ya mind if I fired me cannon through your porthole?" Arrr!

So bilge rats, be warned, September 19 be "Talk like a Pirate day!"

Arrr!

Too Much Snow!

Well, did you get hit with a foot of snow too? Last night we we're dumped on with over a foot of new snow! (Thank goodness, I left Milwaukee early in the day!) The weather said 3-5 inches of snow, with some flurries Monday! Well, the snow was higher then the top of my snow blower, and it looked like none of my neighbors had even tried to go to work.

So Toni and I, cleared the driveway, made some tea, and are now set to ride out the storm with a good hot meal, and a movie! ;)

Another Fan Film

Hi everyone. I know I've told you many times, how I love to discover Fan-Films on the Internet. Here are a couple of clips, from a fan production that recreates the look and feel of the old Saturday Afternoon Serials. I love promoting the efforts of amateur film makers! This One is called Thirty Second Doom! Check 'em out.

Toni say "Hi" from Washington D.C.

Hey gang, Pat here. Toni called to say hi from Washington, D.C., where she's attending the Annual Toy Safety Conference. Legislation, rules and regulations change so often, Toni's hard-put, to keep up with the changes. She will be coming home tomorrow night. (Thank goodness!)

Meanwhile, its awful lonesome at the household! *Sigh*

Spending my time with the Venture Brothers

Hey there, yeah, I know I haven't posted a lot this month! Having the pneumonia has really taken my activity level down a notch or two. I have spent a lot of time lounging, and watching lots of TV. Most of which has been spent viewing the misadventures of the Venture Brothers.

This crazy cartoon show had me laughing out loud, (again). I love the creative genius of the show!

Hand writing explained

Sarah was up to her old tricks at the "Tea Party" convention; whining about how the President uses a prompter! (Maybe, its because shes too dumb to use one her self.)

Or maybe its because the old methods, the one that got her through college serves her better! Why learn something when you can write it on your hand?

(STILL) Sick!

Hi all, Pat here with a sick bed update. What a bad weekend. I was sick all weekend long. I had to call in sick for work last night, and I'm still sick today. I do go to the doctor in the morning, so naturally, I'd lay you odds that by morning, I'll start feeling a tad better.

Toni takes such good care of me! I'm a lucky guy!

Under the weather!

Hi, there guys! Yeah its Pat here, and I am sickier then a dog! I don't know what I got. Only that I got it Friday night, and its been getting worse all weekend long!

Hope your doing better then I, and enjoy the Super-Bowl!

Thanks Dan ;(

Tonight is the last night that Dan Gallagher and I work together at the paper. Dan has been working for the Kalamazoo Gazette for 27 years. Friday is his last day. I will miss him and his keen sense of humour!

He gave me these and I thought they were a good example of Dan's sense of humour.

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his rotund size from too much pi.

I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

A rubber-band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

No matter how much you "push the envelope", it'll still be stationery.

A grenade thrown into kitchen in France will result in Linoleum Blownapart!

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana!

I wondered why the ball was getting bigger. THEN IT HIT ME!

A small boy swallowed some coins an was taken to the emergency room. When his grandmother ask how he was, a nurse replied: "No change yet"!

Thanks Dan! I'll miss ya'!