DOOLEY Observed: You had to be there .................

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd

"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.

If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....

When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

You had to be there .................

Today was our monthly visit to the lab at the hospital for my wife to have her blood work done. I was sitting in the waiting room alone while she went into the lab. I was sitting there watching "The View," with no sound on, which almost made it bearable. The show is not too bad if you don't have to listen to them talk.

Anyway, I was sitting there and I heard a faint, "Hey, how's it goin?" I looked around, the room was empty, and then I heard it again, "Hey, how you doin?" Well, I was sitting next to a gigantic fish tank, one inch thick glass, L shaped, probably six foot in length. And I looked, and there was this bluish gray fish, looking at me, well, what to do, I asked back, "Was that you?"

"Yea, ain't nobody else in this room, how's everything goin with you?"

"Not too bad, but, how do you do that. You are in water behind glass, and I hear you talk."

"I'm telepathic."

"Oh. Ah, how do you like it in there?"

"It ain't too bad, gets a little boring, just swimmin around, no place to go, really nothin to do but watch that TV all day. I generally nap during The View and Doctor Oz. Don't know how you guys can listen to that stuff."

"Hey, I don't, I'm stuck here waiting for my wife, no controller, at least no sound, I don't listen to it at home."

"Yeah, I seen you in here before, there was always other people, so I didn't want you to look bad, you now, talkin to a fish an all, kinda crazy."

"What's with that big fish, he just sits in that corner, nose to the glass, looking out, is he Ok?"

"We're not sure, you know, a while back they put some new fish in here, and Igor, that's what we call him, well he used to swim on your side there, back and forth, back and forth, and these new guys came, he switched sides, an now, he just stares, not sure what he's lookin at."

"Maybe its the salt water."

"No, we all came from salt water, I lived down near the Bahamas, nice down there, a guy came by with a net one time, swoosh, and here I am in Newark, Ohio, fifth floor of the hospital, just swimmin round and round."

"Why doesn't that big guy eat all the little ones?"

"Good question, we kinda figured he was a vegetarian or somethin like that, he ain't tried to eat any of us, ya know, he's kinda big and could do it if he tried, so we don't mention anything to him about it."

"Here comes my wife, I gotta go, we'll be back in a month, catch you then."

"Don't care for that phrase, "catch you," you know what I mean, a see ya later will do."

"Right, see you later."