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Tuesday’s Chatter. #1
Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday! Today it’s cloudy with a bit of a north wind and cooler than it has been. It’s noon and the temperature is 25F (-4C). However, it’s about to get much colder day by day until we hit the weekend. On the plus side, there is no snow on the ground and none in the forecast for us either. However, in northeastern Ontario they will be getting a major snowstorm with more than a foot (30+cm) of snow.
Also, west of us they are also getting snow, though not as much, around 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15cm). But, to be honest, if it’s going to be as cold as the forecast suggests, it is better to have snow on the ground. Snow acts as insulation, keeping the frost from going too deep and freezing water pipes and causing other problems as well.
I have used the bird pic above before, but in this one his head is tilting differently.
Speaking of shopping. I went shopping yesterday morning, which is normal, I nearly always go shopping Monday morning. What isn’t normal is when nothing weird or funny happens to me. It’s nice when nothing happens, but it isn’t normal. Yesterday I was looking for toothpicks, which they always have in the baking section. I checked over that aisle carefully, twice. No toothpicks. So, I tried to find someone who works there.
Now, they have a lot of employees at that store, but trying to find one when one is needed, well, that can be hard. And when I do find someone I’m usually told that is not their department. But I digress. I did finally find someone stocking shelves and he informed me that toothpicks are over with the garbage bags. Why didn’t I think of that? After all, they will end up in the garbage, so it makes sense. Sigh. He was right, the toothpicks were with the garbage bags.
A fall scene of cattails by the lake.
One time I was looking for a particular brand of lotion, my skin gets very dry in the winter and I have tried many brands of lotion, but only one that really worked well for me. They had changed the aisles around and I couldn’t find this lotion. Am I allowed to say the name of this product? I never know and I don’t want to get in trouble, but it’s a great product anyway. I asked, which was my mistake. She directed me to an aisle and I went there.
It was all shampoo. Dozens of different kinds of shampoo. Some for men, some for women, some can be used by both. Some for short hair, some for long hair, thin hair, thick hair, light colored hair, medium colored hair, dark colored hair, red hair, blond hair, curly hair, straight hair. Dozens of different fragrances for both men and women, some with no fragrance. I found one for me and left.
An old look at one of my bear visitors up a tree.
It wasn’t until I got home that I remembered I was supposed to buy lotion, not shampoo. Sigh. I got to the checkout yesterday and was in line for 5 minutes while she finished with the man ahead of me. Once he was through she told me she was closing and I had to go to another checkout. Now, seems like she could have told me that right away so I would not have wasted time standing there. I sighed and went to the other checkout.
Only one lady ahead of me but her shopping cart was full and actually overflowing with stuff. When I saw the checkout person I groaned a bit, he is the slowest in the store. But no other checkout was open. I waited and waited. The first checkout lady returned and called people to her. Three ladies behind me went over there and all 3 made it through the checkout before I even got my items on the counter. Sigh.
A white-tailed deer, buck, reaching for some tasty leaves.
To make matters worse, this was the third week in a row that this has happened. However, if these things didn’t happen, I would have less to talk about. So, there is a plus in all of this. Kind of. Including a mix of pics today, hope you enjoy! Anyway, I hope you all have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. ©2025 Steve McLeod.
Muffin’s Funnies! #44
Hi, hi to everyone today and a big Meow also!😻 My human go shopping this morning. I ask him what happen. He say nothing much. oooo, must be something good happen. I ask again. He say he go to checkout person and she say closed now, so he have to go to different one with big lineup, but nothing much happen. I ask again, but he say need to wait while he make list. Maybe he write post of adventures shopping. oooo, must be some good stuff. I ask when he write post. He say he not know. I swish tail.😾 His eyes get big. TOMMORROW! He say, I write it tomorrow! That better. 😹 You hear it here first for first time. Now for some fun funnies for today!
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A man entered a pet shop, wanting to buy a parrot. The shop owner pointed out three identical parrots on a perch and said, “The parrot to the left costs $500.”
“Why does that parrot cost so much?” the man wondered.
The owner replied, “Well, it knows how to use a computer.”
The man asked about the next parrot on the perch.
“That one costs $1,000 because it can do everything the other parrot can do, plus it knows how to build websites.”
Naturally, the startled customer asked about the third parrot.
“That one costs $2,000.”
“And what does that one do?” the man asked.
The owner replied, “To be honest, I’ve never seen him do a thing, but the other two call him boss.”
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Those who get too big for their britches, are sure to be exposed in the end.
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A friend of mine tried to annoy me with bird puns. I soon realized that toucan play that game.
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RULES FOR EDITING PART 1
1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments. 11. Contractions aren’t necessary and shouldn’t be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
14. One should NEVER generalize.
15. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
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I went to Magician’s School but flunked the final exam. They were all trick questions.
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There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years, dirt doesn’t get any worse.
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Sometimes you might feel like no one’s there for you. But you know who’s always there for you? Laundry. Laundry will always be there for you.
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A man has to attend a large convention in Chicago. On this particular trip he decides to bring his wife. When they arrive at their hotel and are shown to their room, the man says, “You rest here while I register. I’ll be back within an hour.”
His wife lies down on the bed. Just then, an elevated train passes by very close to the window and shakes the room so hard she’s thrown out of the bed.
Thinking this must be a freak occurrence, she lies down once more. Again a train shakes the room so violently, she’s pitched to the floor.
Exasperated, she calls the front desk and asks for the manager. The manager says he’ll be right up. The manager (naturally) is skeptical, but the wife insists the story is true.
“Look, lie here on the bed. You’ll be thrown right to the floor!” the woman says.
So he lies down next to the wife. Just then the husband walks in.
“What are you doing here?” the husband asks.
The manager replies, “Would you believe I’m waiting for a train?”
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Well, that all for today everyone. I hope you all have great week!
Muffin. 😽 ©2025 Muffin McLeod.
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