Subj : Re: Todays Blooper
To   : Barry Martin
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Oct 24 2020 21:03:00

Barry,

 BM> Hmm: wonder if that's why mine is chiming all the time?!

  My EAS alert went off for the "Amber Alerts" (Child Abduction 
Emergencies).

 BM> That would be w--.  That is just w---.  It would be not quite right!

  I may not always be right, but I'm never wrong...and I thought I was
wrong, but I was mistaken.

 BM> Not always an understanding of English but interpretation.  Lots of
 BM> regional terms in the U.S. which make sense in one part of the country
 BM> but might not in another.  "I'll meet you by the bubbler."  <other
 BM> scratching head>  Water fountain - those things one used to be able to
 BM> drink from in public!

  At one of the overseas hotels, the English translation was "Guests are
invited to take advantage of the chambermaid". <G>

 BM> Off-hand with billing I don't know of any regionalisms.  LIS in an
 BM> earlier message, without seeing the publication I couldn't make any
 BM> direct suggestions other than putting the information in a separate box
 BM> and make the address large enough.

  But, some folks still can't follow directions.

 BM> We just discovered why the rats moved in: they though you were one of
 BM> them!!

  I am having a heck of a time to get Terminix back to remove the dead
critters. They are so busy right now.

 DS>   Damn...that's probably why the rodents showed up last year. :P

 BM> Wee-hee! Cousin Daryl done invit us'ns!!

  <grumble!><curse!><swear!>

 DS>   On the rail lines, if the signal is "dark", you have to stop
 DS> the train, and contact the dispatcher to find out if it's safe to
 DS> proceed.

 BM> Makes sense; glad they don't have car drivers do that!!

  They do it whether the lights work or not.

 DS>   While not totally clean shaven, the hair and beard are far
 DS> shorter than they were.

 BM> Dummy: winter's coming and you'll be chilly until it grows back!

  It can grow pretty quick...especially the beard.

 BM> That was my Mother watering her plants!
 DS>   Or the plants complaining, and that's why they were called
 DS> "impatience". :P

 BM> Nag nag nag!!

  NBC -- The Nagging Brat Committee. <G>

 BM> Actually good for the agent trying to save you time and money.  Some
 BM> would just enter your route, take your money, and go on to the next
 BM> customer on hold.

  I preferred to do the southern route.

 BM> Cue Carley Simon: _Anticipation_.  ...Oh, that's ketchup, nevermind!

  Now, I need to go get some White Castle Cheeseburgers, or the chicken 
fries I have in the icebox.

Daryl

.... Aquamortis: To continue watering a plant weeks after it has died.
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