We can rarely say what the outcomes of our actions will be, especially in the long term.
One might plan, for instance, to cover a lot of people in glop and aim a camera on them as they rush headlong into a swamp. The outcome you want is to come away with wonderful and hilarious video entertainment for a television show.
Somehow, though, you forget that the effect of a lot of people running into an area not usually traveled by large numbers at once has more to do with the people than it has with the amount of Costco brand canned dog food they’re wearing.
And your plan goes phut. (a word I credit to P.G. Wodehouse, and well done sir!)
On the other hand, that’s the short term. That swamp race goes on til night, y’know. And ‘long term’ might just take it’s own sweet time…
Me, reeking of DEET (skeeterBgone) and I’m sure they’d all flee. Except the nematodes. Oh gods the nematodes. Wear TIGHT leg underwear with no gaposis in front and you can survive the nematodes… hehehehe.
What is Dusty doing with that golf cart? Honest, first thing I’d do is wash off the dog food, and after becoming Ms Swampthing, head for the exit. Why aren’t they doing the run at night? Made it more fun….
I don’t know how to feel about that. Ms. Swampthing had a habit of losing her shirt.
I still have jugs, so you’re fine if you like that… And I am of the age that I don’t care if you look or not. Look at your own risk. Good luck on finding brainbleach afterwards.
C sized man boobs… good luck with your own brain bleach.
As long as you don’t have a matched set of moobs, front and back. I have ‘People of Walmart’ pictures that will scar you past all hope of brain bleach.
The last paragraph says that it does go on all night. It has to. Maybe swim through the swamp to get some of the cheap dog food off.
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WOW! Greg managed to leave Allan speechless. chuckles
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Dusty Trayles – creating problems other people have to clean up after since 2003.
yep, even WILDLIFE IS SCARED of our rambunctious attitude and rather go give THEIR TWO SCENTS TO Dusty it seems.
the golf cart WON’T save you Dusty. lol
I’m curious about the P.G. Wodehouse reference. Where is it from? I’ve tried a few times over the years to read Wodehouse (My man Jeeves, etc) Any recommendations to start?
I think I actually started with The Jeeves Omnibus, which collected most, if not all, of the Jeeves and Wooster stories. In the later stories (he wrote into the 70’s I believe) he re-used storylines and it seemed like entire scenes and blocks of dialogue. His early stories were brilliant. His facility for making you stop and realize the way people use language thoughtlessly tickles me completely. I’ve read some of his other stories- lots of English countryside and monied gentry and golf, golf, golf. It’s all kind of Downton Abbey as filtered through WKRP in Cincinnati. There are plenty of audiobooks, and some of them are fantastic. Make positive you’re listening to an unabridged version, and one that’s read by an enthusiastic English person. Once you’ve got a handle on his main characters and a few of the peripheral associations, you’re good to dip into any of his stories anywhere. If you suddenly realized you’re reading a story where he’s ducking out of sight of someone from an earlier story… well, you can go find the earlier one or, what the heck, read on and piece it all together as you go. Wodehouse tried to keep everything readable whether you caught the earlier appearances of Tuppy or Stilton or Aunt Agatha or whomever.
If you like Wodehouse then you’ll probably love Thorne Smith, who is best known for “Topper” and “Topper Takes a Trip” (and the many movie versions thereof). Man had an incredible gift for playing with language and poking affectionate fun at the mores of the time. Most of his work was written and set in the early 20th century so prohibition and the burgeoning auto culture played large parts in the books. His book “Turnabout” has also been the basis of a few movies and one TV series (husband/wife body swap). My personal favorite is probably “Nightlife of the Gods” but there are others in close competition.
Enjoy!
Huh! Just read through his Wiki page to verify the titles and found that he also wrote the “The Passionate Witch”, which was the basis for “Bewitched” TV series! The things you learn…
Here’s the Wiki link for those who are interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorne_Smith
BTW, now my chrome browser is having the problem others were reporting, with my contact info not being retained.
When the herd is stampeding, get the #@%& out of the way!
If you had a Stampede of humans running towards you, wouldn’t you run away too?
Uh, sorry y’all. I farted.
As long as you didn’t eat any of my 15 alarm chili, we’re good and you’ll survive.
Annd the insurance is maxxed out..