Wednesday Wanderings. #4 Plus Laughter!

Good afternoon everyone! I hope you are all having a great week. This week they began working on our sewer system in the building. The main sewer pipes are old and have been leaking for some time, so the decision was made to replace them. That takes time. Two weeks of time. During this time we have no water and are unable to use any drains in sinks or showers, plus we can’t flush toilets.

The work is expected to be completed by April 6, providing they don’t run into unexpected problems. The last time they worked on replacing our water pipes, the two weeks of work turned into 4 weeks. Hopefully that doesn’t happen this time. It is mainly cloudy again today, though we have had a bit of sunshine for the past couple of hours.

The temperature is presently 30F (-1C) and we did get some snow overnight again, though not much. There are definitely more eagles around now, so that means they are returning from the south. Plus more Canada geese are here as well. There isn’t much bare ground for them to forage for food though, but I guess they will survive okay.

Common Goldeneye reflecting on the river.

There is some open water showing on the lake now and other areas where the ice has become dangerously thin. But the ice never gets very thick on this end of the lake anyway due to the strong current. Spring is coming. Slowly. I enjoy spring. The cold weather goes and the warm south wind blows. Everything comes to life again. The green pops out everywhere. Birds begin to return.

I am looking forward to spring’s arrival. I wasn’t feeling well the last couple of days so I missed posting Tuesday’s Laughter. So, I decided to add it onto today’s post to give you a few chuckles, or maybe some groans. Here we go…

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A mostly-bald man went to his barber, who had a lush head of wavy hair.  He said, “If you could make my head look like yours, I’d give you $5000!”

The barber promptly started shaving his own head.

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Waldo wears a striped shirt because he doesn’t want to be spotted.

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Person #1: Hungary!!!!

Person #2: Then you should probably eat.

Person #1: Maybe I can find something if I Czech the fridge.

Person #2: There is Norway you can find anything in your fridge.

Person #1: You are really Russian out your puns!

Person #2: It is kind of hard to ex-Spain.

Person #1: Really? I don’t Bolivia.

Person #2: Uganda be kidding me! 

Person #1: Denmark my words, you will never find any better puns.

Person #2: Kenya think of anymore?

Person #3: I am surprised you guys didn’t think to look for Turkey in the fridge.

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Temper tantrums: What you should keep to a minimum to not upset your children.

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YOU might be a school employee if you believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, “Boy, the kids sure are mellow today.”

YOU might be a school employee if you encourage an obnoxious parent to check into charter schools or home schooling and are willing to donate the U-Haul boxes should they decide to move out of the district.

YOU might be a school employee if you think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.

YOU might be a school employee if you can’t imagine how covering your students chair with Velcro and then requiring uniforms made out of the corresponding Velcro could ever be misunderstood by the public.

YOU might be a school employee if meeting a child’s parent instantly answers this question, “Why is this kid like this?”

YOU might be a school employee if you know how many days, minutes, and seconds are left in the school year.

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That’s all for today everyone, I hope you have a great day and God bless!

Steve. ©2026 Steve McLeod.