Thus cometh Pun # 6,then a surprise (no fear)

 Pun # 6

"Sea captains don't like crew cuts" 

Thus endeth pun #6  and now listed below is the surprise.

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by Dallas Paparazzo

Pun # 5 in the series.

 #5   "A hangover is the wrath of grapes". 

This afternoon, I got a chance to see first hand, the beginnings of the new Silver Line on the old Cottonbelt Railroad route. It is immediately north of the Addison Transit Center. While there, I walked over to Addison Circle  got some copies made from a Big Ten Boiler Maker. I had on my Ohio State Championship t-shirt and my Michigan baseball hat. The owner of the place where I got the copies made, picked up on that right away. In additional, his wife is also a photographer and he sells her prints in his business. They were quite good. After leaving there, I walked across the street and had lunch on the patio of EL Rincon Mexican Kitchen and Tequila Bar.  The food was excellent and the service was exceptional. 

After lunch, I made my way around the traffic circle to the park where the greens were sunny and bright and green. The dancing fountains were fun to watch for a bit before  revisiting the several various fountains that poured a stream of water into a canal that flows under several cross ways in the coolness of the trees and benches. I had just gotten back to the transit center when I say my bus rounding the corner. It was a 38-minute ride back to the house. Having had a late afternoon  lunch, dinner was delayed until the 8 o'clock hour. Then, it was only a light snack at that. 

Pictures came out very well. I'm  still  in edit mode, then getting them published. Once published, I'll release them on the blog. 

Number 4 of the Pun Series

 Pun # 4

"Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death".

Thus endeth the pun for today. Every one have a great day. Be kind. Get Vaccinated. 

Hear Ye, Hear Ye. Pun No. 3

 Number 3

Dijon vu---the same mustard as before. 

Thus endeth the pun for today. 

Every on have a great day. Check out the webpage. It's been rearranged for the late summer cleaning. 

And old one still popular

 Pun #2 

A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

Especially, at White Rock Lake. 

From today Until November 9th is Pun Day Amplified.

 Beginning today. Regardless of other post or not, there will be a post with one pun. Don't thank me, thank my friend Mo (Maureen), from across the pond. I am cleaning out things and ran across an email she sent me from way back in 2003. Some, you might have heard. Maybe not.

1. A good pun is its own reword.

Thus endeth the first pun in this fun series. 

 

 

 

Other Light Adventures Around the Metroplex

Learning to be a good listener has been a life-long course. Even today, I find myself picking up on things people say that they don't always understand just what they said. I guess that is where the old adage "a picture is worth a thousand words" comes into play. But, somethings, getting a picture of that in action isn't always an easy task, even in the days of Tik Tok videos and the like. 

There were 2,755 Billionaires, according to Forbes. And, 86% are richer than they were a year ago for  a combined $5 trillion increase in wealth since 2020, according to Forbes. Some say that is a clear sign that billionaires do exercise their risk-taking muscle. AH!

Bob Jordon, will become Gary Kelley's replacement as CEO of Southwest Airlines in February 2022. You may  have to fly Southwest even more. Because Bob needs the money, now. That's a  little take on the funniest bumper sticker that I have ever seen concerning a business  on the Forbes lineup. During  Herb Kelleher's  founding run as CEO, the bumper sticker read: "Fly Southwest. Herb needs the money."Thanks Gary. Welcome, and congratulations, Bob. 

Not a hill that I want to die on, but the Governor, Mr. Abbott , made the statement , "That's pretty goofy" and now has tested positive within the week for the Corona Virus. He had meet a large (3,500) social gathering in Plano, a Republican Party fund raiser. (He's running for Governor again.) Now, his staff says that the Governor  meets large groups of people. What they failed to say was those crowds you could not get within ten feet of him. The news file footage had many surrounding his wheelchair. They were all notified that the Gov could have spread the virus even though he said that he had received both vaccinations. He mentioned that he had received his booster but that is not confirmed. Currently, he is mansion-bound in quarantine.

At the Dallas Zoo, it has been a couple of months of celebrations. First, the zoo had two new arrivals in the Giraffe barn. They were both  born in July and have been  released  into the Savannah to run and frolic seeing this big old world for the first time.  So cute. And this week, a trio of big cat cubs turned 1-year old and got a frosty treat. All three were licking it up! They each weigh about 150 pounds now. No "here kitty kitty.!

It's now only  5 weeks until the State Fair starts its run this year on September 24th  You can get 20 bucks of food coupons if you  roll up your sleeve under Big Tex and get your Covid19 shot at the fair. People won't get their shots on their own, but you can bet they will grab up those $20 coupons as they roll up those sleeves. It makes no sense. Did they even think that they had to pay to pass through the turn-stiles at the gates just to get in? My favorite TV kid that makes me laugh when he says, "I'm only 6. You figure it out." had another hit with that one. 

The hot air balloon festival in Plano has been cancelled again this year. Bet they hate that.

And on closing this post out, I head someone say the other day, " Don't you have an obituary to be in?"

 Cannot forget about Mary Wallace Funk aka Wally Funk, Jeff Bezos' Goodwill Ambassador for her flight on Blue Origin. The woman is no slouch. She has over 20,000 flight hours in and was the first female member of the National Transportation Board. She is from the Grapevine area...didn't get to far from DFW airport though until she left planet Earth and experienced real weightlessness. No big Bowing going up and down to create weightlessness.Wally finally got to experience the real thing.  Also, she's only an octogenarian, not the nonagenarian, that Miss Opal Lee has in the bag. 

 

Miss Opal Lee, the  nonagenarian, who walked to D.C. to get a national holiday established for June 19, 1865, (also known as Juneteenth) the day that about 2,000 Union troops made their way to Galveston Bay, Texas, with the executive decree announcing that a quarter of a million enslaved black people were free.Today the nation has a new Federal Holiday. Miss Opal's walks and talks got the legislative bill passed creating the National Holiday in 2021.Thank you, Miss Opal.

Finally, a couple of weeks ago a pet black banded 6-foot cobra slithered out of his unlocked cage. When his owner of only a few days or more discovered it, he called 911. Long story short, since that news cycle ended, not one word was been said about whether the snake (very venomous) has been seen, recaptured, killed or whatever. People were scared and rightly so. So the news clamps up. 

Tonight, on the news, a python was seen crawling out of the spice isle in a Sydney, Australia supermarket. He was captured by a shopper, who turns out to be a snake handler, put it in a plastic bag and later released it into the wild. What are the odds. It's non venomous for one. Catch and Release johnny on the spot. End of story. 

Several years ago, I was shopping at a SAM's Club and saw a lot of blue vest running from isle to isle. It turns out, there was a snake loose in the store. It most likely came in on a pallet. It was finally caught and disposed of. When you hear people say, "be aware of your surroundings" they don't always limit that to a villain, don't you know. 

 

We got plenty at White Rock, too!