Hump Day Funny

It is cold and it is snowing. I had an appointment this morning at 8:30 went to Coffee at HyVee with the Lodge Brothers and had a new garage door opener put in. Other than that I really don't have anything that I want to write about.... Well except that I saw a 1934 movie with Marlene Dietrich called The Scarlet Empress It was an interesting movie and Oh my, was Miss Dietrich beautiful and the black and white just enhanced the glow that seemed to come from her. You do have to suspend belief about some of it but really I did like the movie and was glad I had seen it.

A review says,

[The movie has a] "hyperrealist atmosphere of nightmare with its gargoyles, its grotesque figures twisted into agonized contortions, its enormous doors that require a half-dozen women to close or open, its dark spaces and ominous shadows created by the flickerings of innumerable candles, its skeleton presiding over the royal wedding banquet table" (1) It was a visual feast and I enjoyed it

And our weather is a hyperrealist atmosphere also. The snow that is coming down is beautiful with reflecting flakes and is really quite lovely. I do not anticipate that it will be fun tomorrow as we are supposed to have wind and blowing snow. I have a pot roast to make and no reason to go out of the house unless it is to go to Lodge. I may or may not go as I no longer have to go and if the weather is bad I will stay home.

My friend Kurt is on his way to Florida for the funeral of his grandmother. He and his mother and sister are driving. Please keep them in your thoughts. Thanks for stopping by stay warm. Hugs, ARTYAL.

And just for fun here is why you don't mess with mothers.

From Cradle to Ladle

John invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal his mother couldn't help noticing how beautiful John's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between John and his roommate and this only made her more curious. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between John and the roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, John volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Julie and I are just roommates."

About a week later, Julie came to John and said, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, Ive been unable to find the beautiful gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?"

John said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter just to be sure."

So, he sat down and wrote, "Dear Mother, I'm not saying you "did" take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you "did not" take a gravy ladle. But, the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner."

Several days later, John received a letter from his mother which read: "Dear Son, I'm not saying that you "do" sleep with Julie, and I'm not saying that you "do not" sleep with Julie. But, the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now.

Love, Mom.

Lesson of the day: Don't lie to your mother.