So, yesterday was Mother's Day in the UK. It turns out that we are dangerously out of touch. Here, Mother's Day is not celebrated until May, so we had none of the usual reminders and as a result, we missed it. Sorry. We do still love you Mums.It turns out we had about fifteen inches of snow after the last fall and it is falling steadily again now - we may get another couple of inches apparently. With the equinox just 24 hours away, winter hasn't done with us yet.
As we were sheltering from the winter the other evening we saw a bit of Kate and Leopold. Not by any stretch a great film, but one quote made me laugh and led me to discovering a little bit about an American poet. I thought I would share two very short works by Richard Armour (often wrongly attributed to Ogden Nash apparently) for those, like me, ignorant of his work.
The one from the film:
Shake and shake
The catsup bottle
First none'll come
And then a lot'll
The catsup bottle
First none'll come
And then a lot'll
And:
Nothing attracts
The mustard from wieners
As much as the slacks
Just back from the cleaners
Apparently shear thinning is responsible for the former, as for the latter, Finagle may be, but as Hanlon would have it: Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice. Or if you prefer: If you were eating a hot dog in clean trousers, you only have yourself to blame.
The mustard from wieners
As much as the slacks
Just back from the cleaners
Apparently shear thinning is responsible for the former, as for the latter, Finagle may be, but as Hanlon would have it: Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice. Or if you prefer: If you were eating a hot dog in clean trousers, you only have yourself to blame.
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