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Today's Link
The Dackel Princess

Today's Saying
No matter how long or how you tickle a dead horse it still won't get up- James Lanyon ( Sayings on the economy)
Today's Picture
And Winter Goes On-March 10

Sometimes I wonder if the people who write TV adds realize what they are saying to people who are as skewered as I am.
Do they understand that their add which is supposed to sell a product causes me to promise myself I will never use it.
Now I don’t watch a lot of TV just my two soaps and what comes on during my breathing treatments but I have seen enough to put four products on my never use list.

Lets start with that stupid coffee. People drink it and then they have to rush out , climb up on the roof and scream about it. Not just one nutty person but a whole neighborhood so it has to be the coffee. Well folks I am afraid of heights . I am not about to do or drink anything that will cause me to climb up on the roof. I guarantee you that. Scratch one coffee.

Then there is that gum commercial. The idea is this is a gum whose flavor lasts forever. I might buy that gum. But how do they sell it? A poor guy is walking down the street chewing the gum. They have a goat hit him till he spits out the gum and they grab the gum and run away. But it gets worse. In the next commercial the guy hasn’t learned his lesson and is still chewing the gum so they send this bruiser to hit him in the gut to make him spit out the gum. They grab it and run away. Now I don’t know about you but my life is rough enough I am not buying or chewing a gum that is going to get me socked in the stomach or hit by a goat. No way. Scratch one gum.

Now I’m a grandpa and a sucker for commercials with grandparents in them. In an air freshener commercial they show people getting ready for a visit from grandma. They spray the house with this brand air freshener. Then grandma comes. She smells the air. She ignores the grandchildren who want to be hugged. She smells the curtains. She ends up on her knees smelling shoes. Oh! II love my grandkids . I want to hug them ( nobody else just the grandkids) . I do not want to get down on the floor smelling shoes. My son would be calling nursing homes looking for an opening for me. Trust me I do not want that air freshener any where near me. Scratch one air freshener.

Finally there is the insurance add. I really do want an insurance company that will save me money. I do want one that has been in business for a long time. I want one that can be trusted. What I don’t want is one with a crazy or senile CEO. In this add the CEO is going to show us trust by falling back and having a gecko catch him. The end result has to be smashed gecko and such a talented one. What a waste. I can’t buy insurance from a company with such an idiot CEO. Scratch one insurance company.
TV adds are so helpful in teaching me what not to buy.

News from Pigeon Falls

The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal
Never has there been a little town with so many happy people. All the snow has gone and the tulips are coming up faster than ever. People are walking around smiling and singing. There is not a cloud in the sky.

Petrovich’s microfilm reader suddenly started to work again and he translated a driblet at record speed then posted a copy at the town hall. Here is that driblet, number 500:
Again I was in the city of the birds
Everybody was happy
The winter passed away
Good things happening
Flowers bloomed
People sang
It was wonderful
The little man clapped his hands and laughed.
If only it could last forever.
Seldom do I have such nice dreams.
Today I don’t need a drink.

Several more people bought rub off lottery tickets and won everything from a Florida Vacation to a $1000.
The clinic reported that only regular scheduled visits were taking place. Nobody was calling in sick and the waiting room was empty because everybody was being seen on time.
After School Tommy UK and Tammy walked hand in hand obviously very much in love again.
Life in Pigeon Falls could not be better.

Wrap UP

It was an interesting day. It started with very low temperatures and high winds. The neighbors put their garbage out early and it blew all over our yard. In the afternoon I went to my lung Doctor. I had a test and discovered there had been a slight improvement in my lungs since the last visit six months ago. This was good news for two reasons until now every visit had seen more loss of function. I didn't lose any. This is the first time I gained. Praise God.
When I came home I visited all those who left comments yesterday . Then it was off to Church. Great fellowship and a great service. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA

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