Who makes these predictions?

            I read an article as to what type of housing Generation Y will want. Generation Y includes those whose ages range from 10 to 30. Apparently, they will have no bathtubs and no interior walls inside their one-room apartments or condos. They don’t like the idea of cutting grass, so yards will consist of patios or balconies.  This is all from a home builder organization sponsored think tank somewhere in 90 foot bunker below the DC metroplex. According to this think tank, whatever that is, 7% of Generation Y wants to walk to work. I don’t think I would base the next twenty years of building on 7% of anything. Furthermore, isn’t “Y” the generation that has never walked anywhere farther than from the TV to the fridge?

Uncle Ed wanted to get some Canadian Bacon... 

The last we heard he was somewhere between

Winnipeg and Ontario, so here's one from the archives.  

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Pink Golf Balls:

            Avon uses pink golf balls, and occasionally a stray sissy ball will wind up in my golf bag. Of course, my cronies never miss a chance to give me grief about it. I’ve often told them, “When I wear lace panties, then and only then, will I hit a pink golf ball.” There came a situation a few years back when I had lost so many balls that the only two I had left in my bag were a nasty old beat up Top Flite and a Crystal Precept, which happened to be a very light red. It could have arguably been called pink, although I still contend that it was a faded red. Now, I’ve never actually seen a red ball, but I’m confident that they exist. On the last hole, I shanked that Top Flite into the weeds. It was hopelessly lost, but I found another ball of disreputable condition. I took my penalty and played on. As we finished, my partners congratulated me. When I asked why, each pulled out a surprise. One had a packet of needles, one had a spool of thread, and the other had a couple of strips of lace. I honestly believe they would have held me to it.

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The cost of fame vs. the value of obscurity:

            For instance, take the case of Tiger Woods and me. We both play golf, and admittedly he’s slightly better at it than I am. But that’s where the similarity ends. He can’t go anywhere without being recognized, and I can go almost everywhere without even being seen. When I go into most any store, clerks look right through me, whereas, he might as well be made of neon. So what made him think he could get away with what he was trying to get away with? All I know is if being invisible keeps me from getting into messes that will cost from 50 to 100 million dollars to clean up, then I’ll take being a nobody.

A Message for those who May be Concerned:

 Ed and Edna have been snowed in since before Christmas and I haven’t been able to get a report. Their neighbor told me that there is smoke coming from the chimney and he could hear Edna raising hell, so I guess things are okay. lb

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The Ice Age:

            The Ozarks has endured yet another major ice storm and we have survived this time without the massive power failures. There were many who couldn’t get out and had no place to go if they could, so they just kicked back and stayed warm inside the house. What are the consequences of this kind of natural occurrences you ask? Well there would be a good deal of lost man/woman hours, some loss of retail sale sales, and higher heating bills. But come November and December the maternity wards at the local hospitals will be booming.

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Ooops:

            Don’t you just love it when a TV personality has a slip of the tongue? A few years back, the ever lovely,   Erin Andrews had just finished interviewing a worried Clemson coach, Oliver Parnell during a Clemson/Duke basketball game. Even though the score was tied at that point Oliver was greatly concerned about the second half. When she sent it back to the broadcast booth she said, “…and that was coach All-Over Parnell…”

Another project:

            Yes, my friends, I have started another project – we’re adding a bathroom. It seems that when you get older you want to have them located in convenient places. And yes, it’s indoors, won’t aunt Edna be jealous – the Johnny’s in the house.  I’ve had a plumber in for the last couple of days breaking up concrete in the basement floor. I have heard many jokes about plumber’s cracks through the years, but I had never actually experienced the sight in all its magnitude. It’s not something one wants to see on a regular basis.

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It’s just a misunderstanding, officer:

            While walking past the courthouse, I heard someone call my name. I looked all around and couldn’t see anyone, so I started on, and I heard it again. It said, “Up here, boy. Look up.” You can bet I was a bit nervous as I raised my eyes toward Heaven. About halfway up the building I saw Uncle Ed’s face looking out of a barred jail window. I asked him what he was doing in jail and he told me, “I was just driving down a back road last night when I saw a sign that said DEER X-ING next 2 miles. About a mile farther down the road I saw a big old 10-point buck standing there looking me in the headlights. So I just X-ed him with my 30-30. Next thing I knew, here I was.”

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 Health food update:

            Rice cakes have long been viewed as a source of something to give your stomach something to do, but give your taste buds the equivalent to a sleeping pill. They are dry, tasteless, healthy, and boring. After exhaustive research, trial, and error I have found the solution to making rice cakes palatable. First, you deep fry them, spread them with real butter and grated cheddar cheese, and salt them liberally. At that, point my friends you have something worth eating.

The word of the month:

            I’m sure that most of you are familiar with the word “hyperbole”. It’s pronounced (hi-perb-o-ly), and it means to exaggerate or super-size. I’ve known the word for years in the spoken language, but I had no idea what it was in the written language. Whenever I would see it in print, my mind would say (hi-per-bowl) and was clueless as to what it meant. The closest thing I could think of was a hyperbolic parabolic or saddle shaped. Anyway, this month’s word brings up the question of relative comparison: if hyperbole means to inflate reality would disperbole squeeze it back to size?

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