tim e.- when asking a codriver if I can switch lanes
why- tim e. gave me the wonderful answer' "try it..." on the golden gate bridge one evening..I did.

my mother- when I see a car I don't know of...
why- on a trip with the family, my mother driving, my dad copilot, the three older siblings in the back seat, and me in the wayback with the sleeping bags, my mother trying to show her "car-saavy" announced to my dad, "Look George! It's a Finny"
She had misread the name plate which read "Fiat" and we all laughed for hours, calling all sorts of things Finny for the rest of the trip...

keyboards and typing

I HAD TO BUY A NEW KEYBOARD FOR MY LAPTOP!
IT CAME FROM HONGKONG....
ALL THE TIME I THINK OF THESE POOR WORKERS, MAKING THE MOST MUNDANE DEVICES FOR OUR NEEDS, AND WONDERING- DO THEY EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS THEY ARE MAKING THESE LITTLE THINGS FOR????
does the fact that almost everyone in the usa has their own computer even register with these people???
I feel guilty every time i buy something made in mexico or china, yet almost everything is now made in one or the other, and even if you buy "made in the usa" the components
are all made in china or mexico.....and they hardly get paid for their work...
I think every company that shifts work to foreign lands should pay a tax, that would be
refunable if they find american workers to take over the work done elsewhere.
I mean- money or cost be damned! pay american workers a decent wage and they will make anything!!

teachers

Mrs. Corry- when I see a kid getting his hair cut at the barber.
Why- she was my seventh grade english teacher. She would sneak up behind some poor soul
while carrying-on with the lesson (usually the dude would be half asleep) and she'd mention to the class"by the way- have any of you seen a crow jump a fence?" just as she said that, she'd grab his hair at the nape of his neck and yank it upwards!The student would stand up screaming in pain
and the whole class would be laughing at him.

so I look at these kids getting haircuts and think----mrs corry won't get them!

MORE PEOPLE AND THINGS

SPYDER-EVERY TIME I'M PUTTING NAILS IN MY POUCH
WHY- HE TOLD ME THIS JOKE: two dumb-as-dirt fellas are building a house, one says,
"jeez-half of these nails have heads on the wrong ends! should I throw them out?"
the smarter of the two replied, "boy are you daft? Those nails are for the other side of the
house!Put them in a different pile."

mike-every time I shoot pool
why-we played 10 second/shot every sunday...buckeye speed pool

mudd and yane- when fishing
why-they caught a jet ski while surf-casting---hilarious!

my gandma-when I eat prunes
why-she gave us prunes every morning to "make your movement.."

vic smith-every time i eat an orange
why-he loved to sing "oranges with a peeling, that's what I have today..." instead of blues with a feeling.....he thought it was so clever!

may west-wh en i eat a grape
why-she asked for a peeled grape, and i swear it can't be done....

MORE PEOPLE

MRS.FURAY- WHEN I PULL MY SOCKS ON
WHY: "NO WONDER YOUR SOCKS HAVE HOLES IN THEM, DON'T YANK THEM ON, PUT YOUR TOES IN, THEN ROLL THE SOCK UP YOUR FOOT!"

PAUL- WHEN I TIE MY SHOES
WHY: HE NEVER COULD MAKE HIS BOWS HANG TO THE SIDES, THEY'D BE
PARRALLEL TO THE TONGUE, UNTIL HIS 30'S, WHEN HE DISCOVERED WHY...

MY MOM- WHEN SHAVING
WHY: "I THINK YOU LOOK BETTER WITH A MOUSTACHE..."

JUST A FEW MORE....

EVERYDAY

EVERY DAY I THINK OF SOMEONE BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THEY ONCE SAID TO ME:
EXAMPLES......
HAROLD-WHEN I USE THE TOILET
WHY: BECAUSE I ONCE HAD TO SETTLE AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN HIM AND HIS WIFE ABOUT-WHICH WAY THE TOILET PAPER ROLL GOES INTO THE HOLDER-WITH THE
LEAD HANGING DOWN FROM THE TOP FRONT OR FROM THE THE BACK....

TOM- WHEN I COME TO A STOP, WITHOUT DOWNSHIFTING:
WHY: "I'D RATHER PAY FOR SOME NEW BRAKES THAN A NEW CLUTCH"....

UPS-WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN....
WHY: THEY ADVISED THAT ALL YOUR ROUTES GO CLOCKWISE TO ELIMINATE LEFT TURN WAITING...

ERIC-WHEN MAKING COFFEE
WHY- HE TOLD ME HE HAD BEEN UP ALL NIGHT TRYING TO FIGURE WHY MY POT
WOULD OVERFLOW (MY STUPIDITY)....

ARE THERE PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT CROSS YOUR MIND DAILY?
ADD SOME....