Random Thoughts 17: Here we go again.
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Last Friday during the blizzard, we decided to go out to dinner with neighbors. I went to their house to pick them up. I turned sharply as I was backing out of their driveway and almost hit a blue SUV with an ISU window sticker. That would have made things awkward in here.
Minnesotans generally don't think of Minnesota as Minnie. Minnie is Minneapolis - at least on the old Twins logo it was:
Minnie and Paul
When referring to the state, it is more often referred to as Sota.Minnesotans generally don't think of Minnesota as Minnie. Minnie is Minneapolis - at least on the old Twins logo it was:
Minnie and Paul
I keep it straight by using guerilla pruning to describe my stealthy pruning of the neighbors shrubby growth at the end of the alley that blocks our view existing the alley. I sneak down and do it when they aren't home. Gorilla pruning would be me just walking down there, pounding my chest and ripping the stuff out with my bare hands and tossing it into their yard. Man, "gorilla" that would be more fun!
Some refer to it as **** and **** as well. But one thing it is never called is "Florida of the North". As an Iowan I'd rather have Iowa called **** and **** than that.
Kinks, man, Full on Kinks.
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman
'Cause compared to the sun that sits in the sky
Compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies I am an apeman
Nikki is really desparate -- she just sent another message to Richard via my phone about that women's program. They've all shown as 319 area codes although that means nothing.
Gorilla You're a Desperado
Song by Warren Zevon
Big gorilla at the L.A. Zoo
Snatched the glasses right off my face
Took the keys to my BMW
Left me here to take his place
I wish the ape a lot of success
I'm sorry my apartment's a mess
Most of all I'm sorry if I made you blue
I'm betting the gorilla will, too
They say Jesus will find you wherever you go
But when He'll come looking for you, they don't know
In the mean time, keep your profile low
Gorilla, you're a desperado
He built a house on an acre of land
He called it 'Villa Gorilla Now'
I hear he's getting divorced
Laying low at L'Ermitage, of course
Then the ape grew very depressed
Went through Transactional Analysis
He plays racquetball and runs in the rain
Still he's shackled to a platinum chain
Big gorilla at the L.A. Zoo
Snatched the glasses right off my face
Took the keys to my BMW
Left me here to take his place
As crappy as this weather has been this year, I'll take a little Florida of the North for a little while.
I must admit that was what I immediately thought of when I read that post.
On RAGBRAI one year a buddy of mine decided to sing Darling Nikki for Karaoke. He was worried about what Mrs. Velo's folks would think (they were driving the bus for us that year). He should have worried more about what the locals in the small town bar we were in would think.
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