Got ‘The World’s Best Clean Jokes? book for Christmas. Hope you haven’t heard these. ? What do you have if you’ve got 20 rabbits all in a row and they all back up one step? A receding hare line. ? If at first you don’t succeed, stay away from sky diving. – Milton Berle ? […]
I want to thank Isabel Triest, and the coming Thanksgiving calendar, for giving me material for another Jottings. Isabel and her husband, Ed, owned the Sunoco station on S. Washington and Lincoln Streets in Oxford for quite a few years. Recently, she sent me a clipping about ‘grandma’s apron.? I relate it to my mother […]
Before Detroit was Detroit, it was what the Anishinabeg tribes called, Bending River. Prior to the 1600s there were no native settlements along this stretch of river. Instead it was a meeting ground — a place where the Council of Indian Chiefs met to settle tribal difficulties. 1701: Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac established Fort […]
Men just don’t know what to do when they get sick. All men! Some men? Me! In the first place, men never get sick. Men are men, therefore immune from physical and psychological shortcomings. Thus, there is no reason for us to even try to remember what our mothers did for us when they thought […]
A brief chronological look of Detroit Before Detroit was Detroit, it was what the Anishinabeg tribes called, Bending River. Prior to the 1600s there were no native settlements along this stretch of river. Instead it was a meeting ground — a place where the Council of Indian Chiefs met to settle tribal difficulties. 1701: Antoine […]
A while back Michigan State defeated Big Ten opponent Iowa in a football game in East Lansing. The Big Ten Network televised the game. I do not know who was responsible for getting the play-by-play announcer, and I guess it doesn’t matter. She failed terribly. That’s right, they put a woman behind the microphone for […]
Jottings will return after the new year . . . until then, be safe, be merry, be loving.
Enjoyed the contrast in Class D football teams in the State playoffs last month. Crystal Falls Forest Park vs New Lothrop. CFFP is over 11 hours drive from Ford Field in Detroit. They spent first night in Mt. Pleasant. I believe they have 95 in high school, with less than 20 suited for the game. […]
‘Why couldn’t they play cards on the ark?? ‘Because Noah stood on the deck.? – – – o – – – I hear there’s a clause in Obamacare that makes doctors sterilize needles before giving a lethal injection. Cost: $15 million. Economists have forecast nine out of the last five recessions. It ain’t my fault […]
It’s Christmas time. Joy to the world. Hip, hip Hooray! Let there be light. Not just any light. Christmas lights. Everywhere. This is my time of year. I like the shopping (spending). I like the giving. I like the partying. I like it to be snowing, and I try to smile through the entire season. […]