The company claimed the drilling and fracking was perfectly safe, but then fire appeared on the surface of the swimming pool. The company blamed it on a teenage prank–pouring charcoal lighter fluid on the pool and lighting it–but not everyone was convinced.
Jim Bob (pictured), even though a Texan, had never really liked country music. His real love was Tchaikovsky–Swan Lake, etc. After band in high school, a degree in music from the University of Phoenix (on line), and finally taking a doctorate in modern classics from Juilliard, Jim Bob was hoping for a job with a major orchestra, maybe in the percussion section where his natural talents lay.
Gary (pictured) hated conflict and would just try to fade into the background rather than argue. When his girlfriend started in on him about being out late with the boys again, he just tried the old “exit stage left” routine, but he could hear her shouting in the distance, “There you go again, skulking away , unwilling to have a simple conversation!”
Some thought the Texas Gulf Coast flat and featureless; Toby was just glad there were no unsightly mountains or skyscrapers to clutter up a good sunset . . .
Giselle thought they were overreacting; she loved the little fluffy feathers on the back of her head, but she didn’t think of them as “breeding plumage”. She was still looking for a boyfriend, hadn’t yet had a kiss, and the girls she knew were calling this “breeding plumage?” What ever happened to not kissing on the first date?
Belize’s Parliament, after hearing that the cold snap in the midwestern US reached all the way to Texas, decided to send some foreign aid. They figured 50 lbs of Habanero Peppers should take care of Texas and part of Oklahoma. Maybe Honduras and Guatemala could chip in to help Minnesota and Wisconsin.
