I don’t have a lot of time this morning, but I did want to post something, as service here has been spotty lately. I’m not sure my subconscious wasn’t at work when I chose today’s classic A&J. I’ve been fighting with my computer lately, plus the mockingbirds have begun their seasonal concert. Except, in reality, they sing about 3 a.m. For hours. I actually have gone downstairs in the middle of the night to flush one from the camellia bush below my bedroom window. I didn’t kill him, but I did scare the bejeebers out of him. Is that a sin?
The Mockingbird’s Shrill
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413 responses to “The Mockingbird’s Shrill”
Of course, I also had “been examined by a nurse [RN, not NP], although not in a professional setting”, for almost 6 decades. She wasn’t much into false modesty, either.
Peace, emb
emb 🙂
I’ve had a (platonic) relationship with a younger female friend for several years who, about two years ago, approached me for help and advice with some serious personal problems she has. (Yes, Ghost can be avuncular. Who knew?) Although we have had plenty of frank face-to-face discussions, I have noticed that it is obviously easier for her to be forthcoming about very personal details via text messages.
Denise, did I miss something? How was your windshield cracked? And yes, I too hate when that happens. I have a $500 deductible on windshields in my coverage. (Nicks for nothin’, and your chips for free.)
Ghost, “I want my MTV!”
We lived on a stone road as a kid and never had our windshield cracked. Have had to replace several windshields in the last 15-20 years.
I’ve been a guinea pig for any number of students, interns and residents, because the VA facilities I use are all teaching establishments. Once, when I was hospitalized, I was examined by a group of three students, one at a time (The others waited outside so that they wouldn’t know what the others had done.) and each one came up with things to check that the others hadn’t. All in all, a very nice way to pass the time.
Steve, they have been making better stones the last two decades.
Sand: Could it be because of Rock and Roll?
Steve and Sand, maybe it’s Chip and Hail?
Got to move these refrigerators, got to shift these color tv’s!
Perhaps it’s because the “Stone” is more apt to miss the mark these days, especially the “Rolling” variety. Jann had best get his checkbook out. Especially after basically just telling his (irresponsible) responsible employees to “Go and try not to sin any more.”
Here’s a song with real meaning for the Rolling Stone, and any other irresponsible news media/reporter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6nCdlyuJ6g
Dang, yall are funny today! I have enjoyed the Bachelor party, guys. Can women join in? Would anyone like to hear about breast exams or pelvic exams? Other than Ghost who no doubt owns a white jacket to play doctor in.
They won’t see anything that they haven’t seen before and they won’t see anything that hasn’t been seen before. It would be a different story if I was 16 but that was a long time ago. As the old man said ” It takes me all night to do what I used to do all night.”
Jerry, you dont sound happy. It was a joke, darling.
I found and posted on FB an old newspaper clipping of my now 40 yr old niece of an event that she attended and they took a picture of her on a horse. The article mentioned several of the prices and one of them was a black and white radio. One of my younger relatives got a nice chuckle out of the fact that they were giving B/W TVs.
I told him that that was nothing, in my day they gave away B/W radios.
Either they did not get my sense of humor or they believed me….
Tell him you can remember when there were only AM radios and you only got stereo at home if you had a record player that would play that. I saw an article on the Consumerist website last year that showed a Radio Shack ad from the 1980’s, with the story being that a smartphone now replaced every gadget in the ad.
http://consumerist.com/2014/01/17/the-smartphone-has-effectively-replaced-all-the-technology-offered-in-this-1991-radio-shack-ad/
Jackie, women are welcome to join any party I have anything to do with. But how did you know I have a white lab coat?
I read a few years ago that more breast tumors are initially detected by women’s significant others than by the women themselves. As a female comic once said, “When you take a shower with your boyfriend, your boobs will get really, really clean.”
Gee, I miss quadrophonic and I remember AM Stereo was supposed to be the next big thing. .. .what y’all were talking about a little ways up – I had about a dozen Baylor students look at my cornea dystrophy and they actually took photos for I guess, textbook use.
Either that, John, or they do some very strange scrap-booking.
Just a wild guess, Ghost. Mine have more stones probably than that gravel road yall were discussing. Not visible of course.
1991 was the year I got my first cell phone (a Nokia “bag phone”) I used mostly in my Toyota Cressida, the only auto I ever owned with a sunroof and without rear-wheel-drive. And the year Radio Shack was one of my favorite places to shop. Thus began an almost 25-year journey to my current do-it-all iPhone.
Yay, Braves! [Tomahawk Chop] Undefeated on the year! 🙂
OF: Soon? emb
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
I have a cracked windshield….and it’s been that way for four years….and all it took was a couple of “stray” pellet shots…but what counts is that I can still see, the road 🙂 , same road I’ve driven for the past 20 some years. What I don’t like is at times, I will catch the sun’s rays through the cracked glass and a prism will ‘catch’ my eye….”squirrel” 🙂
I bet, before the “game” tonight…I’m asleep…..any other wagers?
later….
good night, Jackie…..sleep
Belated thanks to Our Humble Author for posting a Sunday comic that is not available at GoComics. My paper does not carry A&J on Sunday (yep, I tried…) and back in 2006, I was unaware of any online archive.
All that to say that I realized I had never seen this mockingbird saga before. So thanks again.