tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post4816586479864502167..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Don't Go In The BasementJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-85964604416661857522008-06-08T10:57:00.000-04:002008-06-08T10:57:00.000-04:00Petroleum, Donnybrook, and Mucus LakeI thought tho...<I>Petroleum, Donnybrook, and Mucus Lake</I><BR/><BR/>I thought those were three of Meghan whatsername's kids that Tbogg used to write about.<BR/><BR/>My thinking re modern meteorological technology is that it's enabled the hairstyles* to be wrong with much greater precision than they used to be.<BR/><BR/>*The local papers just profiled the latest weatherspokesmodel to hit the scene hereabouts, jackdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113600776477358833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-41388302536596183672008-06-07T20:35:00.000-04:002008-06-07T20:35:00.000-04:00I dunno, anon, I once heard a Reno station predict...I dunno, anon, I once heard a Reno station predict a hurricane off the coast of Indiana. And is Obama's nomination really cause to give up weed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-66956533228241689952008-06-06T14:02:00.000-04:002008-06-06T14:02:00.000-04:00heydave, a hurricane in Iowa would be like a hurri...heydave, a hurricane in Iowa would be like a hurricane at sea. Nothing vertical to help you.<BR/><BR/>I understand from those who know that it's bad - both from the grass's POV and the mowing machinery's - to mow wet grass.<BR/><BR/>DR, were the bottoms of your trousers rolled when you were downstairs? Great garden pix, btw.<BR/><BR/>Now that the Dem chosen one has been elevated in his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-86783285671603626242008-06-06T10:27:00.000-04:002008-06-06T10:27:00.000-04:00For a curious city dweller, you sure know some fol...For a curious city dweller, you sure know some folksy ways: I've seen that weather predicting rock deal out here at a gas station in Ioway. If the rock's been blown away, the instructions went on, it's a hurricane.<BR/><BR/>As for lawn care, if you don't mow prior to a rainy spell, that shit's just gonna grow and grow into knee-high rain forest and be much more challenging to mow.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-84023449776242339462008-06-06T09:14:00.000-04:002008-06-06T09:14:00.000-04:00Seems much more like Delillo around your house tha...Seems much more like Delillo around your house than whatsizname, Eliot.ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311657745784284706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-26003116690720848782008-06-06T00:52:00.000-04:002008-06-06T00:52:00.000-04:00They should just retire the computers and videotap...They should just retire the computers and videotape your knee. Quiescent, and the viewer can safely plan that picnic. But if the fleshy hinge is throbbing, then he better get the loved ones and livestock down to the southwest corner of his swampy basement, 'cause there's a twister a'comin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-40667442884522891362008-06-05T18:32:00.000-04:002008-06-05T18:32:00.000-04:00First, why cut the grass before it rains? (Curiou...First, why cut the grass before it rains? (Curious city dweller).<BR/><BR/>Second, when I was a kid in the NYC area, it rained everyday for about a month and one-half. Every single day the local weather guy got it wrong. Miserably, Bush administration wrong.<BR/><BR/>Finally, some local smartass, sent him a rock with instructions to set it outside, when the rock was wet, he would be able to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-48914548537284138272008-06-05T13:20:00.000-04:002008-06-05T13:20:00.000-04:00While I sympathize about the weather plights, I'm ...While I sympathize about the weather plights, I'm starting to think entropy is just gonna kick our asses anyway. I mentally envision the little boat that will shelter me and the accompanying Scotch and cigars as I float away on my own waves of ennui.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-6401696606600387872008-06-05T11:48:00.000-04:002008-06-05T11:48:00.000-04:00I've done some fairly extensive research into weat...I've done some fairly extensive research into weather forecasters over the years, and I've determined that they're all troglodytes who live exclusively underground. I finally reached this conclusion in NYC some years ago when the local trogs were announcing possible snow flurries with a maximum accumulation of less than 2 inches. At the time of the announcement there were 12+ inches on the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com