Cold Turkey
When Benji’s wife insisted he quit smoking–go cold turkey– he (and she) hadn’t realized quite how tough it would be . . .
There Goes the Neighborhood
Jack could only stand there and shake his head sadly; the new Forest Service signs said the area would be open to ATV’s in the summer and Snowmobiles in the winter. He hadn’t minded the loggers so much, they came, cut and then left, but this had a more permanent feel to it. All he could say was, “There goes the neighborhood.”
Tough Sledding
Kenny was often puzzled by his girlfriend Ginnie’s literal mind. When he told her that their canoe trip down the Kootenai river that spring was going to be “tough sledding,” her response was, “What happened to the canoes?” and “Do sleds float well enough . . . ?”
Anchor Babies
Elaine had been born in Canada, near Revelstoke, B.C., but had spent her first winter in Mexico, in the Gulf of California. Now here she was two years later in Northern Idaho with a bunch of ducklings who were clearly U. S. citizens. She was having an uphill battle trying to convince her friends the little ones weren’t just anchor babies, after all, they didn’t get free school lunches or have medicaid cards. Should she, though, be worried that ICE would come checking passports?. . . . . David, Sf.G.
Love Potion #9
In spite of his bright coloring, Larry had been a flop with chicks, since 1996. He wondered if he needed a little Love Potion #9. . . . . David, Sf.G.
Should’a Made a Right . . .
Some time back, LaVerne and his girlfriend Lucille, from Tennessee, thought that since they didn’t have jobs anyway, they should maybe head up to New York and join the “Occupy” crowd. Maybe they would get noticed by the TV guys and get offered a part in one of “Reality” shows. They didn’t have a GPS, and Lucille wasn’t much of a navigator, so they made a left on US Hwy 2 and ended up in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Somehow, getting to New York or a part in a reality show didn’t seem that important any more . . . . David, Sf.G.