Greek tragedian, Aeschylus, did know-according to prophecy. He would have never gone to the circus, surely. Had known he would die by clown-swinging-around-by-the-heels, ![]() If, in 1854, thirteen-year-old William Snyder In the sense of tombstones and, more specifically, I’ve been thinking about Bobby Leach ever since. Nevertheless,ĭepression, heart palpitations, fatigue ? et cetera, Slipped on a banana peel in New Zealand and died-Ĭausing the guilt-ridden peel to seek counseling.īut not only could I not put the Bobby Leach-ĭepressed-banana-peel story into so few wordsīobby Leach had slipped on an orange peel. I was trying to tell the story-in two hundred fiftyĬharacters or less-of British daredevil, Bobby Leach, who,įifteen years after going over Niagara Falls in a barrel,īreaking both knee caps and fracturing his jaw, The angels got me thinking about my tombstone,īut I’ve been thinking about my tombstoneĭepression, heart palpitations, fatigue ? et cetera, Is what I’d write if someone were to draw my tombstone. He never used one word when ten would do … Still, you have to hand it to first place winner, Michelle Deschenes I thought I was a Gilbert when, in response to #520,Ĭorey Pandolph’s drawing of a banana peel Or maybe he was Sullivan in search of a Gilbert. When he drew the angels for this week’s contest: #526. Possibly, cartoonist, Will McPhail, had an idea I have no idea what the man angel is saying,īut I have six-and-a-half days to figure it out. Has a ginormous halo and the woman giant angel They are giant angels and the man giant angel Is talking to a woman angel with an average halo.īut since they’re standing in the clouds, Sorry to break the ice like this, but we’ve all got to come out of our glacier sooner or later.It is better to write of laughter than of tears, There have even been cases of penguin menages a trois, in which two males take turns caring for a particular female’s egg, as well as “penguin prostitution,” in which females get prime nest-building pebbles in exchange for sexual favors. With a breeding adult living thirty years or more, model parents have at least two dozen families in a lifetime. ![]() Once Junior is swimming with the other eleven-month-olds–the penguin equivalent of kindergarten–fidelity is quickly forgotten, divorce is quick and painless, and Mom and Dad get back on the penguin prowl. Is that perfect penguin pair really model parents correctly touted as ideal examples of monogamy? Only as long as it takes to get their little one off the egg, off the ice,and into the frigid Antarctic water, a little less than a year. “In the middle of the afternoon, the postman collapsed and took his last breath on the porch as he was delivering our mail.”ĭoes anyone remember a great film from 2005 called “March of the Penguins” about the emperor penguins of Antarctica making their yearly journey? It reveals that penguin sexuality is not all black and white (forgive the pun). “Uh, did anything unusual happen around here today?” he asked her. Finally, a little after midnight, he slowly drove home. ![]() He stayed in his office all day and worked through dinner. Once more the little girl said her prayers, this time ending with, “And goodbye.Daddy.” The next evening he put her to bed again. Maybe my daughter has a special gift, he thought. The next day the grandfather passed away. “Why did you say the words “Goodbye Grandpa?” The little girl said, “I don’t know. Then she said, “Please bless my father and my mother and all my friends. He told her a story and listened to her prayers. A father put his three-year-old daughter to bed.
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