Evil proliferation of useless junk.

Rather than spamming each of you en masse with this e-mail, I thought I might share it on my Blog where you can easily opt not to read it.

Though I'm often puzzled why spamming is such a big deal... Sure, it's sorta annoying, but you should just delete it. It's rather easy. That, or get Gmail. I think between Gmail and me knowing how spammers get my address, I have cut off any unwanted spam.

Anyways, the spam:

IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor
call the local township administrative office to request the
removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason:
"too many deer were being hit by cars" and he didn't want
them to cross there anymore.
This one was from Kingman, KS.
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IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE:
My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco.
She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said
he was sorry, but they only had iceberg.
And he was a Kansas City chef!
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IDIOT SIGHTING:
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport
employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage
without your knowledge?
To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how
would I know?
He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's why we ask."
Happened in Birmingham, Ala.
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IDIOT SIGHTING:
The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross
the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged
coworker of mine when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I
explained that it signals blind people when the light is red. Appalled,
she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing driving?!"
She is a probation officer in Wichita, KS
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IDIOT SIGHTING:
At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who was
leaving the company due to "downsizing," our manager commented
cheerfully, this is fun. We should do this more often." Not a word was
spoken.
We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.
This was a bunch at Texas Instruments.
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IDIOT SIGHTING:
I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back
into itself and for the life of her couldn't understand why
her system would not turn on.
A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff's office no less.
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IDIOT SIGHTING:
When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to
pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it.
We went to the service department and found a mechanic working
feverishly to unlock the driver's side door. As I watched
from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door
handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I
announced to the technician, "it's open!" To which he
replied, "I know - I already got that side."
This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, Mississippi!

They walk among us ... AND REPRODUCE!!!

I especially appreciate the last one, of course.

If you did not laugh out loud to at least one of these, you've either heard them before, or should check your pulse...

"These are the jokes people!"

Oh, and I often find that many of you put out the book that you are currently reading. I usually don't because most people don't care, and it gets wierd when I don't finish the books that I read. Like I've been cutting my way through the Bible for about five or six months now... But I am intending to read this one from stem to stern: Plato's "The Republic". I highly recommend it. It's in my library, as well, naturally. I find the argument style very intriguing because it reflects my own and several others. It's a series of dialogues (thus far) of Socrates and several of his friends intent on understanding the truth and nature of "justice". It's an incredible insight into the culture as well, since Sophocles is the author of these dialogues. And this has much to do with everyone.

And yes, I do find it in me to read books occasionally. Ha, ha. I just find that reading articles and thoughtful items is more fulfilling. But since "The Republic" is a set of dialogues, the only thing I find difficult about my translation is where the "he said" stuff sits. It doesn't flow as conducively as possible in my opinion.

But I encourage you all to read it at some point in time. You don't have to be a nerd, or a reader. These sorts of things have EVERYTHING to do with EVERYONE. This is life. You all deal with the just and injust on a daily basis, whether you term them as that or not.