[Rhodes22-list] Working - humor (was necking - humor)
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Mon Sep 29 22:57:21 EDT 2008
So, are we to hope you find it tasteful.
You DID leave yourself wide open...
elle wrote:
> I was lucky enough to be one of two chaperones to accompany the Advanced Marine Bio kids to Forfar Field Station on Andros Island, Bahamas for a week.
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> Andros is the only island in the Bahamian chain that has 'sweet' water. Ships from Nassau travel several times daily to Andros to carry water to Nassau's resorts.
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> In the 'primitive' bathrooms on Andros were signs, imploring the occupant to conserve water:
> "If it's brown, flush it down; if it's yellow, let it mellow."
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> (I'd mention my hope that this is not a tasteless posting, but that just makes it worse....)
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> elle
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> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)
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> --- On Mon, 9/29/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
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>> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Working - humor (was necking - humor)
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 4:43 PM
>> My step=father, when I was a teen, owned a wrecking yard. Of
>> course,
>> folks frequently asked about borrowing tools so they could
>> pull parts.
>> He had a sign up that said:
>>
>> There are certain things
>> We hold dear in this life.
>> Like to the tools of the trade,
>> and the sweet little wife.
>>
>> So please,
>> don't ask to borrow our tools,
>> And we won't ask to borrow your wife.
>>
>> This was right next to Ft Hood, and invariably a GI would
>> offer "You
>> know, I really need that wrench, can you go take a look at
>> my wife?"
>>
>>
>> Joe Babb wrote:
>>
>>> Ben's posting of "The Hook" story
>>>
>> reminded me of a humorous sign that my
>>
>>> dad and I ran across years ago
>>> while hunting for an access to fish on one of the area
>>>
>> lakes.
>>
>>> -------------------
>>> Private Property:
>>>
>>> No Hunting
>>> No Fishing
>>> No Necking
>>> No Nothing
>>>
>>> You're lost, go home
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> kinda takes care of all possibilities.
>>> Joe
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