I could have gotten Bingo in one hour, straight down the middle! And this is the first time I've ever seen whoopie pies at Town Meeting! Ha! I think someone made them on purpose, in response to VPR. 😆
I had to look up Carhartt and Whoopie pie; upon reflection I supposed that “fence viewer position” was the job name for a person charged with inspecting said structures. —Alan P.S.: Do attendees partake of the comestibles before, during, or after the business meeting? Or whenever they feel like it? P.P.S.: I suppose there might be very imaginative suggestions for plow truck names. Do they change yearly to proveide some variety?
Mencken wrote as follows about the difficulties of good men reaching national office when such campaigns must necessarily be conducted remotely:
The larger the mob, the harder the test. In small areas, before small electorates, a first-rate man occasionally fights his way through, carrying even the mob with him by force of his personality. But when the field is nationwide, and the fight must be waged chiefly at second and third hand, and the force of personality cannot so readily make itself felt, then all the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre—the man who can most easily adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.[52].
Response on previous thread.
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DeleteDandy bingo card!
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I could have gotten Bingo in one hour, straight down the middle! And this is the first time I've ever seen whoopie pies at Town Meeting! Ha! I think someone made them on purpose, in response to VPR. 😆
DeleteI had to look up Carhartt and Whoopie pie; upon reflection I supposed that “fence viewer position” was the job name for a person charged with inspecting said structures.
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P.S.: Do attendees partake of the comestibles before, during, or after the business meeting? Or whenever they feel like it?
P.P.S.: I suppose there might be very imaginative suggestions for plow truck names. Do they change yearly to proveide some variety?
Second cataract surgery tomorrow. Prayers requested. XOX
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Prayers ensuing, puddle! & hearts ;
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And a blast of confidence vibes.
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ReplyDeleteIn this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
H. L. Mencken [Click]
I was not familiar with this quotation from the Bad Boy of Baltimore.
----Alan
Another Mencken bit, from his Wikipedia entry:
DeleteMencken wrote as follows about the difficulties of good men reaching national office when such campaigns must necessarily be conducted remotely:
The larger the mob, the harder the test. In small areas, before small electorates, a first-rate man occasionally fights his way through, carrying even the mob with him by force of his personality. But when the field is nationwide, and the fight must be waged chiefly at second and third hand, and the force of personality cannot so readily make itself felt, then all the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre—the man who can most easily adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.[52].
^^^^ Alan
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