Memorable or Not?

           As reported by the AP, a gentleman in the Netherlands wanted to make his marriage proposal memorable. The short version is ---I'll leave it up to you.

   The longer version is this. He hired a crane to lower him so that he would be outside his girlfriend’s bedroom window when she woke up in the morning. That could be a little creepy, but we’ll let it pass. This window was on the second and top floor of an apartment building. In the process of getting lowered into position the crane tipped over and the boom went through the roof of an adjoining apartment. The man was able to jump clear so was not injured.

     In the process of righting the crane, the crane tipped over again, bashing in the rest of the roof on that same apartment. Six adjoining apartments had to be evacuated.

     Two things we can learn from this. When you hire a crane, make sure the crane company hasn’t tipped over any of their cranes lately. And if they have, see if they’ve put the crane upright without hurting themselves or anybody else.

     In spite of all this, the girl said, “Yes.”

     So was it memorable? Absolutely!

Can Decency Be Legislated?

Laila Kearney has reported, via Reuters, the following. It seems that many people are now having their pets tattooed and pierced. This has become so prevalent that the state of New York has passed a law banning the practice.

Some examples: “Gothic Kittens” were for sale on the Internet. These cats have piercings down their necks and spines.

Or the Brooklyn idiot who had his pit bull tattooed while the dog was having spleen surgery, then posted the results on social media. That may be one dog to avoid when he comes out of the anesthesia and looks in a mirror.

The fine if convicted is up to $250 and up to 15 days in jail. So even though the law has good intentions the deterrent is nothing.

This brings up a question we will not go into now, but the question is: Can decency be legislated?

Why people would do this is beyond me. My first thought when reading about the fines was that instead of money, they should do the same thing to the pet owners that the owners did to their pets. But after thinking about it some, I decided that the owners had probably already had this done to themselves.

Now an inconspicuous and classy tattoo on a human I can understand, and though I have none myself would not be opposed to one. But to be inked all over like some New Zealand Maori warrior is something else, unless of course you are a New Zealand Maori and have a reason for the tattoos.

Piercings are something else. (I’m excluding ears.) I’ve yet to see one that didn’t look like it was about two more bacteria from being septic. They leave me feeling a little queasy. Especially if the pierced person is serving me food, or trying to talk around a pierced tongue or lip. Nose piercings make me think of the way we handled the bulls on the farm. A nose ring was one good way to get their attention and control any impetuous antisocial behavior. And because they were in the wide open spaces of a farm the extra flowing mucus this nose ring caused was of little consequence.

Drunk or Not?

    Persistence is usually an admirable thing. But maybe not always. In Vermont, a man drove his pickup truck off the road and got it stuck. He couldn't get it back on the road, so he went home and got another pickup to help extricate the stranded one. He managed to drive the second truck off the road and get it stuck as well. 

        So now he has two vehicles stuck and what does he do? He goes home and gets his ATV to pull out the trucks. And guess what happens? You’re right. He drives the ATV off the road and gets it stuck also.

     Now for the big question - - - - Do you think there was any alcohol involved any place in this scenario?

    If you answer was “Yes” give yourself a pat on the back.