"In Washington DC, Ernesto passed a variety of women and men wearing plastic inverted cones on their heads. Curious, he asked a bartender at the Dubliner why these folks were wearing inverted cones on their heads. The Ethiopian-American lady replied: “To keep Congress from scratching their ears.” (edited 10/7)
A conversation about the Guvmint and coyotes on a rural back road that took place between my daughter, Cait, and myself resulted in the following: The white lines, bordering the shoulder, painted on the outside of American highways are to keep coyotes from entering into the roadway. The Guvmint forbids coyotes to cross the white line. So, some of us believe coyotes stay off remote highways impressed by the Guvmint’s pragmatic sense of policy. (edited 10/7)
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