Chester, the local straw boss who thought that Damian was stalking his sister, challenged him with, “Wheat are you doing?”
Damian’s reply, “Barley making it,” gave Chester no comfort, as he thought, “There isn’t a grain of truth in anything that guy says. I hope he gets combined with the rest and sent to the mill, ground to flour, and made into Twinkies or Little Debbie Snack cakes”. . . . . David, Sf.G.
Bobby and Jeanie had been high bidders on eBay and while stretching their budget, it seemed to be a very good price for their own mountain, especially one that included a whole National Park They had paid through PayPal but for some reason the title deed seemed to very slow in coming, in fact, they hadn’t even seen the preliminary title insurance policy. They hoped there weren’t going to be any problems. . . . . . David, Sf.G.
Edith had been invited by the girls at the office to join them for a drink one afternoon, but she was trying to complete the inventory audit and told them, “Sorry, I’m buried.” . . . . David, Sf.G.
The old timers living around Mount Rainier swear that Al Gore was not born in Tennessee as claimed, but was delivered by aliens from another galaxy one bright cloudless night. The story has it that the alien spacecraft, after Al’s delivery, ended up in Area 51, and neither NASA nor Al are disputing the claim. . . . . David, Sf.G.
Culturally it was probably unavoidable; her parents saw no other possibility of calling her anything else but Rose. If only they had broadened their horizons just a little and thought of Sue, Lily, Gwendolyn, even Twyla Jane, life would have been better . . . . David, Sf.G.
Like alligators (everyone else has crocodiles and caimans), rattlesnakes are found only in the Americas. Huey wondered where they got their rattle, and after several difficult months and the freedom of information act, he was able to discover that the rattles were grown in a covert organic rattle farm in Oregon and drop shipped to each rattlesnake several times a year, no charge, courtesy of the government. Now, the sequestration and lack of funding made it seem likely that the program would be cut, and another unique North American species would become ordinary. . . . . David, Sf.G.
