"Don't Open That"

Don't Open That, Said My Wife

At first glance, the picture appears to be a can of Purina dog (Puppy) food.  If you look close enough, you can see that the label doesn't quite fit the can properly.  In reality, the can had soup in it. 

I was getting ready to heat up some soup for dinner, and when I reached into the pantry to get a box of crackers, I noticed two lonely (and old - probably outdated) cans of dog food and had a funny thought.  So, I snagged a knife, removed the soup label and threw it in the trash, carefully removed the dog food label and affixed it to the can with a piece of invisible tape.  I put the now unmarked dog food can back in the pantry, out of sight.

I had the bowl and crackers out already, so when I started opening the can, my kids saw me and kind of freaked out.  My wife said "Don't open that" and didn't seem to happy when I continued.  They seemed surprised when I poured it out, but then they all got grossed out when I licked the spoon clean. 

Of course, I had to show them it wasn't dog food, and they all laughed pretty hard (the kids laughed harder than my wife did - go figure).   I get the feeling my boys will probably do something like this down the road - but hey, funny is funny. 

Enjoy your meal...

Get Me Out of Here

Get Me Out of Hear Here

 While cruising around in the Chino Hills Library trying to find a new author - and by the way, that's not very easy, you have to do some homework before you leave the house - I had to use the Catalog Search computer to locate a book.  After finding what I was looking for, I reached over and grabbed one of the little miniature golf pencils as well as a piece of scratch paper, so I could write down the Dewey Decimal number.  The first one I grabbed had writing on it already and it was too funny to pass up, so I took it.  It is below:

This made me laugh - partly because of the hear with the scratch out (no erasers on the golf pencils!), partly because of what it said - but I was impressed that he or she made the correction.  It must have been a fairly young kid, whose Mom or Dad forced him or her - okay, I'm going to say it is probably a "him" - to go to the library for an extended period of time.  I can almost picture the poor kid who felt like being in a library was being trapped.  Hopefully someday, he or she will appreciate what a library has to offer.

Mullet Guilty of Hair Crimes

Okay, sometimes these things write themselves.  Earlier today, an Amish man named Samuel Mullet (seriously!) was just sentenced to 15 years for hair (hate) crimes.  Apparently he dispatched 15 of his "hair posse" to cut the hair and beards of some folks in other Amish groups.  You can read about it here. So far there has been no reaction from Billy Ray Cyrus or Joe Dirt. 

Adios...See You in 30 Days!

This one struck a nerve with me, because I see more and more adolescents who don't believe they have to show respect to anyone.  In this case, a judge is setting bond for a young woman who was arrested for possessing Xanax.  She obviously doesn't think it is a big deal, and proceeds to act like a petulant fool.  Not a good idea considering she's talking to a judge.  To quote someone I once knew "Big Mistake".  Watch it unfold here...

Do Not Fly Over The Gun Range

I saw this sign as I was driving back from downtown Los Angeles the other day, on the 60 Freeway, near the Whittier Narrows Dam area.  It was painted on the side of a wall (looked concrete, but I was passing it at about 70 mph, so forgive me if I'm wrong) in huge block letters:  Do Not Fly Over The Gun Range.  So I'm thinking that there must be a small airport nearby.  Okay, after about 30 minutes of Internet searching, I figured it out.  Turns out there is a small r/c plane airport nearby, which looks kind of cool on an earth map.  It is for both remote controlled and "line controlled" airplanes.  It is called "Knights of the Round Circle" and you can check it out here. The airport runway is on one section, then there are small circle areas for the controlled planes.  I haven't seen any of those planes in years. 

Okay, I really didn't expect to get this deep into my little sign story, to the point where I would go off and try to figure out everything about it, but in the end, my curiosity to to me.  Good for the story.  So, the sign is there to warn r/c airplane owners not to fly over the gun range.  Makes sense.  Can you imagine being at that gun range when someone accidentally flies their little plane over?  The willpower it must take to not try and shoot at the plane has to be too much for some people.  Apparently it is, hence the sign.  It'd get kind of dicey if that was to happen.