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Saturday, July 23, 2011

My Little Haikuthon

Some thoughts and ideas in haiku form.

Elegant words
A true prophet
Blogger Bolted

Are you laughing?
A game called life
Deadly serious.

Devolution not evolution
None are getting smarter
God told them so!

Black ice Yellow snow
Red skies Orange clouds
Weapons make Rainbows

The Internet is a road
A whole new world
A road I never knew

The storm screams
The weatherman tells of its presence
Such Invaluable news

Clean energy future
Built on dirty past
Carbon tax the musical

A Haiku for NOWT
Many elegant words
Murdoch has Pressed
From their phones

The truth is out there
But we are not
It's raining
#XfiledHaiku

Black ice
Yellow snow
Red skies
Only a 5% reduction
carbon price Haiku

Composting
Decay for Life
Gardening
Gardening Australia Haiku

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Retired Husband

A long but funny story told in the first person.

After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to K-Mart

Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out.

Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse.

Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from our local K-Mart:

Dear Mrs Harris,

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store.

We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store.

Our complaints against your husband, Mr Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras:

1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.

6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.

8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.

9.. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.

10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.

11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the ' Mission Impossible' theme.

12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.

13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'

14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'

And last, but not least:

15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.

Top 10 things Said by Arnold Alois Schwarzeneger

(yes Alois is real midddle name)

10. “We didn’t get to da chopper in time.”

9 “Come with me if you want to live”

8. “I like you so I’ll kill you last?”

7. “I’ll be back!” (for at least two sequels!)

6. “It’s not a Tumour!” (its my chin!)

5. “You can’t trust these guys!” (no not Cyberdine the Republicans)

4. “Are you Sarah Connor?” (to vending machine in California Govs Office)

3. “Don’t be such a girly boy!” (advice to George Bush Jnr)

2. “Are you John Connor?” (to water cooler in California Govs Office)

1. “Hasta la vista baby!” (traditional greeting to Cal Govs domestic staff)