Good old American Ingenuity....

Hello My Readers~

Today I saw a great example of good old American Ingenuity:

A man had rigged on the back of his bicycle, a platform on which to carry a simple, small lawn mower. He was wheeling that vehicle of his down the sidewalk like he was on a mission, dammit!
It made me laugh, not only for the contraption, but for his, "get out of my way, I've got a job to do" demeanor.

He was saying to anyone who watched (yeah, I know, I mixed senses--it was intentional): "Don't whine to me about not being able to make money. Nosirree, I've got this here lawn mower, and, dag-nabit, I intend to make some money mowing lawns. Deal with it!"

Good for him!

From Out Of My Mind-
PamBo

Another Stupid Remark

We've all read the stupid things that people say and stupid answers they give to questions that travel the internet.

Well, I always thought that those stories were made up by some dude in an ivory tower somewhere with nothing better to do than make up stupid stuff and send it travelling all over the world.

Until the other day.....

This happened at Walmart. I was in the baby section looking at baby Cubs shirts for my daughter's first boy, due in July. I wanted a newborn size and couldn't find it. Then I thought that it would be fun to get her a maternity shirt that said something like, "Future Cubs Player Inside" or the like.

I looked around to find the maternity secion. I saw a middle-aged male Walmart employee standing there so I asked, "Where is the maternity section?"

He gave me a puzzled look for a second then said, "The ladies........?"

Now, I could be mean and stop right there...making you think that he was really that stupid, but to be fair, I'll finish the story:

I know I had the dumbest look on my face for a few seconds, while thinking, "no, I want the MENS maternity section, you idiot!"

In those few seconds, I watched a look of utter horror come over him. He dropped his face into his hands, burst out laughing and said, "I can't believe I just said that!"

We both got a big laugh out of it. I told him, "....ooohhhh, you know THIS story is going to go out over the internet as one of the stupidest things said..."

He was still laughing when he told me he didn't blame me for spreading it around. He then went over to a couple of his co-workers, (one a woman) and told them the story. You could hear their laughing practically all over the store.

I still get a good chuckle when I think about it. Spread this one around!
From Out of My Mind--
PamBo