Friday :: 03 July 2009 :: 09:41 PM
175 days to Christmas!
An Old Lady And A Little Boy
There was an old, old, old, old lady
And a boy that was half past three
And the way that they played together
Was beautiful to see.
She couldn't go running and jumping
And the boy, no more could he
For he was a lame little fellow
With a thin little twisted knee.
It was hide and go seek they were playing
Though you'd never guess it to be
This old, old, old, old lady
And the boy that was half past three.
- Gertrude (Mrs. Arthur) Isaacson
- circa mid 1970s
- photo 1986
Random Humor: Only In Alaska
The day after losing his wife in a diving accident, a man answered his door to find two grim-faced Alaska State Troopers.
"We're sorry to call on you at this hour, Mr. Wilkens, but we have some information about your wife."
"Tell me! Did you find her?" the man cried.
The troopers looked at each other. One said, "We have some bad news, some good news, and some really great news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Fearing the worse, an ashen Mr. Wilkens said, "Give me the bad News first."
The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found your wife's body in Kachemak Bay."
"Oh my goodness!" said Mr. Wilkens, overcome by emotion. Swallowing hard, he asked, "What's the good news?"
The trooper continued. "When we pulled her up she had two five-pound king crabs and a half-dozen good size Dungeness crabs on her."
Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded, "If that's the good news, then what's the great news?"
The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow."