Humor
Utilikilts for Christmas
The working man’s skirt, a.k.a. the “Utilikilt” is so liberating, pledges its website, that “your burden will be lighter, your sense of freedom less impaired, and your sense of yourself, will have room to grow.”
I considered these as Christmas presents for the Easterday Construction crew, but I thought it might be a little chilly this time of year. On the website there’s a picture of a guy wearing one while roofing… I thought that might be a little more about our crew than most of our clients would want to see. In any case, I thought it was an amusing idea to put out there.
Merry Christmas
On a lighter note, I’ll give you my top three Christmas movies. Anyone that knows me knows that my sense of humor is a little non-traditional and probably won’t be surprised by this list. Suffice to say I trend toward the humorous over the “heart-warming”…
- A Christmas Story – Okay, okay… there are some heartwarming moments in this, but overall there’s a lot of humor. This movie was adapted from a short story by Jean Shepherd. If you haven’t seen it, TNT runs it on a 24hr loop for Christmas Day. It’s worth a look. It will be on in the background when we’re opening presents Christmas morning.
- Scrooged – I’m not always a big Bill Murray fan and he’s his typical over-the-top self here, but I still enjoy this retelling of A Christmas Carol. Bobcat Goldthwait is even well cast here.
- Bad Santa – This one’s not for everyone and definitely not kiddie fare. If you get the uncut version there’s a lot of violence and language, but there are some genuine laugh-out-loud scenes here. Billy Bob Thorton stars in this, so as you can imagine it’s not a sugar cookie and gum drop movie.
Yeah, well, in reality they all have some sort of redeeming, heart-warming ending, but it’s all done with a bit of humor.
- In closing I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and hopefully Prosperous New Year. May you get your Red Ryder BB Gun and not a pink bunny suit (A Christmas Story) and not
- to the jaw (Scrooged). Hopefully no one steals your advent calendar chocolate either! (Bad Santa)
Merry Christmas!!!
Culver’s New Hovercraft
Tonight at the Culver Town Council meeting the Culver-Union Township Fire Department (CUTFD) received permission to purchase a Neoteric Hover Craft. For those of you interested in some specs, here you go. These are from the Neoteric website: This is a nearly new rescue hovercraft, with only 8 hours of operation. The craft has inline seating for four, and comes with a siren, PA system, 400,000 cp searchlight, red and blue LED light bar, rescue lift system, and stretcher mount. The engine is a 65 HP model with fuel and oil injection.
Personally I was more interested in what they’re going to call the fire fighters that are going to be trained to drive this puppy. After the meeting I suggested the “Air Heads” which Fire Chief Mike seemed to like, but the more I think about it, I think there should be a town wide contest to name the team. As I cautioned Mike, “If you don’t come up with a good name, there will soon be one and it might not be what you want.”
To get the ball started, here are a few off the top of my head:
- Air Heads (The Current Front Runner per Chief Mike!)
- Fire Fans
- Skirt Chasers
- Wind Warriors
- Flame Fanners
- Neo Pyro’s
- Rescue Flyers
- Floaters (Okay, maybe not…)
- …
Okay, so do you have a better idea? Enter yours in the comments if you like.
Stud Finder Quote
“According to every stud finder I’ve tried to use, my walls contain a rapidly shifting network of hundreds and hundreds of studs.”
Germaphobia
I am surrounded by sickness here lately. Becky has been sick this week and is hacking and coughing and snotty when I go home. Will and Kathy are both hacking and coughing here at the office. Kathy has been making fun of me for wiping down my phone after she uses it!
For years I’ve been one of those people that wash my hands in the public restroom and then use the paper towel to open the door when I leave. Touchless is great, where everything is on sensors and my preference is for bathrooms without doors or with doors that open out, but that doesn’t always work. I’m not a big fan of the blower dryers for this reason.
Well, I’ve noticed that I’m apparently not the only one. More and more public restrooms have trash cans near the exit. (Keeps me from having to practice my basketball shot across the room!) I got a little vindication from Commercial Building Products magazine this month when I saw the picture here to the right. It came with the caption, “Mounting paper-towel dispensers near an exit door provides users the chance to protect themselves from any germs left behind by others. The conveniently located waste container makes it easy to keep used towels off the floor.” Good plan!
