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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, don't expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes.
Yesterday was my every-other-Saturday trip to see Grandma and Grandpa. On the way down, the police presence on the freeways was, shall we say, thick. My cruise control was set exactly to the speed limit and i passed several people who were stopped by the officers.
As i was getting up on the spillway bridge, i somehow knew there was another officer up there, instinct, i guess. Sure enough, some hot shot in a truck came whipping around me on the onramp and passed the car parked on the side of the road. When the officer in that car turned the lights on and started moving, i slowed from my already legal pace, as did the three cars near me, and we let the officer by.
Hot shot, as soon as he realized there were lights on that car, put on his hazards and pulled over, he knew he was caught red handed -- er, um, lead footed.
It probably ruined his Saturday, and as much as i wanted to feel sorry for him, i didn't.
Boudreaux had done been savin' up his money fo' years an' years, an' fin'ly de big day come -- he goin' buy hisse'f a sport car!
He go him to de dealer dat he done been talkin' to, an' he get it all done an' take him deliv'ry o' his new li'l honey. He decide on de way home he goin' try it out good an' put it on de big highway, de Highway 90.
He be out dere cruisin' an' havin' hisse'f a good time, an' he don't know dat Officer Gautraux done be out dere. O' course, Officer Gautraux get him on dat fancy radar machine, an' he come pullin' out wit' de light and de siren.
Boudreaux done know when he been caught, so he pull over, and Officer Gautraux come walkin' up an' he say, "Well, well, I done been waitin' fo' you all day!"
An' Boudreaux say, "Mais! I done got here as fast as I could!"
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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files. It is now hosted by River at Drifting Through Life.
Grandma apparently has a new passion for fairy gardens, and has been busy.
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Today is:
Aloha Day -- unofficial celebration of the annexation of Hawai'i by the US
Anniversary of Snick-Snacker's Left Foot -- Fairy Calendar
Awa Odori Festival -- Tokushima, Japan (through the 15th; one of Japan's largest dance festivals, Awa-dance is said to be a "fool's dance", and the saying is "It's a fool who dances and a fool who watches, so if both are fools, you may as well dance!")
Don't Wait, Celebrate! Week -- 2nd full week of August each year; because spontaneous and frequent celebrations are good for you, says Patty Sachs
Fathers' Day -- Brazil; Samoa (a public holiday in Samoa, with a day off tomorrow)
Festival for Hercules Invictus -- Ancient Roman Calendar (through tomorrow; based on an even older Greek celebration of Heracles at the same time of year)
Festival for Venus Vitrix -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Victorius Venus)
Grouse Day/Glorious Twelfth -- England; Scotland (opening of grouse hunting season; because the 12th is a Sunday in 2018, it will actually be celebrated tomorrow)
Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day -- Thailand
International Youth Day -- UN
Joust of the Quintana -- Ascoli Piceno, Italy (reenactment of a medieval jousting tournament)
Julienne Fries Day
Lychnapsia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (celebration of the Birthday of Isis, instituted after the conquest of Egypt)
Melon Day -- Turkmenistan (the country that really loves its muskmelons)
Middle Children's Day -- on some sites, listed as Aug. 14; either way, Middle Children deserve a special day!
National Peacekeepers Day -- Canada (obs. on Sunday closest to the 9th)
National Toasted Almond Bar Day
Osirian Mysteries; Feast of the Lights of Isis -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate, but this is the date the Romans gave it, so who am i to quibble?)
Pakistan Independence Day Parade -- Devon Avenue, Rogers Park, Chicago, IL, US (yes, a Celebration of Pakistan; anything for a party, even another country's Independence Day, right?)
PC Day -- no, not politically correct, personal computer; IBM introduced theirs this day in 1981
Perseid Meteor Showers -- in 2018, peak visibility is tonight and especially tomorrow night; the Celts believed these meteors were due to games being played by Lugh, their sun god
Put Peanuts in Your Coca Cola Day -- and no, i can't figure this one out, but they say don't shake it once you do it; if anyone else wants to experiment with why, let me know the results
Rushbearing -- Macclesfield Forest and St. Stephens Church Forest Chapel, Cheshire, England (ancient tradtion of bringing new rushes, plaited in traditional weaves, to carpet the church and keep it warm, always on the first Sunday after Aug. 12)
Solar Alignment with Teotihuacan, City of the Gods -- ancient when the Aztecs found its ruins, this city's ritual cave aligns with the setting sun today and April 29, also the rising and setting dates of the Pleiades
St. Gracilian's Day (Patron of Bassano Romano, Italy)
St. Murtagh's Day (Patron of Killaria, Ireland)
Vinyl Record Day -- celebrating the tremendous cultural influence of records, on the anniversary of the day in 1877 that Edison invented the phonograph
Zaraday a/k/a Zarathud's Day -- Discordianism
Birthdays Today:
Casey Affleck, 1975
Pete Sampras, 1971
Peter Krause, 1964
Ann M. Martin, 1955
Pat Metheny, 1954
Sam J. Jones, 1954
Skip Caray, 1939
George Hamilton, 1939
William Goldman, 1931
George Soros, 1930
Alvis Edgar “Buck” Owens, 1929
John Derek, 1926
Michael Kidd, 1915
Jane Wyatt, 1912
Cantinflas, 1911
Joe Besser, 1907
Alfred Lunt, 1892
Cecil B. DeMille, 1881
Christopher "Christy" Mathewson, 1880
Edith Hamilton, 1867
Katharine Lee Bates, 1859
"Diamond Jim" Brady, 1856
Robert Mills, 1781
Thomas Bewick, 1753
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Wings(Film, only silent film to win the Oscar for Best Picture), 1927
Today in History:
The last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic Dynasty, Cleopatra VII Philopater, allegedly commits suicide by asp bite, BC30
A conjunction of Venus and Jupiter occurs which may have been what the Bible calls the Star of Bethlehem, 3
Crusaders win the Battle of Ascalon, 1099
Juan Ponce de Leon arrives in Puerto Rico, 1508
Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War, 1676
Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine, the first one to be practical for home use, 1851
Asaph Hall discovers Deimos, 1877
The last quagga, a subspecies of zebra once plentiful in South Africa, dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, 1883
Hawai'i is annexed by the US, 1898
William Somerset Maugham published "Of Human Bondage", 1915
Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge, 1943
The Soviet Union detonates its first thermonuclear weapon, 1953
Echo I, the first communications satellite, is launched, 1960
South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games because of its racist policies, 1964
The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise, 1977
The IBM Personal Computer is released, 1981
Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1992
The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, 2000
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches, 2005
Director of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, announces plans to release remaining Afghan War Diary documents from War in Afghanistan, 2010
President Obama's health insurance mandate from his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2011
The International Olympic Committee announces it will punish athletes who support Russian LGBT rights at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, 2013
LOVE the fairy gardens.
ReplyDeleteAnd rarely feel sorry for anyone who has been pulled over for traffic infringements.
I don't like speed traps, but I do get some pleasure out of a hot shot getting pulled over...especially if it is a BMW!
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with the little fairy gardens. Giggling at Boudreaux again too.
ReplyDeleteWOW! So beautiful fairy garden:)
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of Mr. Singer's machines in my house.
ReplyDeleteUnused, sadly (I really don't care for sewing) but I *could* use them if I wanted to!
I think I can draw some parallels to Cajun culture and Tampa culture.
ReplyDeleteI love it when the jerk gets pulled over and gets a ticket. They deserve it when the put other lives in jeopardy.
ReplyDeleteLove the joke. What a great comeback.
I love those gardens. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Have a blessed and restful Sunday. ♥
I think it is great when someone like that gets pulled over, doesn't happen often enough though.
ReplyDeleteThose fairy gardens are too cute. I see the pieces at Michael's craft store and I am tempted.
One of these days...a fairy garden. I did some with grands years ago.
ReplyDeleteAnother fun Cajun joke and love the fairy garden!
ReplyDeleteHappy Day to you,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I think if you put salted peanuts in a soda drink, the salt will make it more fizzy and it will make it spew all over you. Not that I am a country hick and have ever done that, mind you. HA HA!
ReplyDeleteGreat joke. I like that one about the guy that got pulled over and had the perfect comment. The fairy garden is just terrific. You all have a good week.
ReplyDeleteGreat Boudreaux's joke! Brighten up my day! Ha ha! Your grandpa is very creative. I like his fairy gardens.
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