Manic Monday: Bat

I have a couple of cool pictures for today's word: Bat

This one was hanging right outside my front door...you can see the doorknob just to the left of his wing.....biggest dang thing I've ever seen. I woke up in the morning, got my cup of coffee and started to step outside the door to see what kind of day it was and lo' and behold there he was. He was hanging by one foot on the left-over halloween decorations.... we thought someone had put another decoration up as a joke. But no...it was a real bat! He was about 3 feet long at least.

Here is his buddy. This one was hanging from one of the eaves on the second floor. Pretty creepy huh? We called animal control and the guy who came out said he wasn't touching these guys with a 10 foot pole.

We couldn't have anyone over with a huge 3 foot bat on our front porch, right in front of the door, so we had to come up with some kind of plan......

Come on Down...

Yes, today I'm going to talk a little bit about The Price is Right. It's Tuesday and I don't really have much to talk about today...and this is something I've been meaning to write about for a while but just keep forgetting about and I happened to remember today...*breath*....

I have two anecdotes for you about the beloved game show. The first is not so interesting, but kind of funny to me and my family. My grandfather is a HUGE fan of the show. I'm anxious to discuss with him his feelings of the departure of Bob Barker. I am wondering how well he is going to like Drew... it may ruin the show for him.

When I was pregnant with my second born, I would watch The Price is Right every day. This was before the days of watching the Disney Channel, and Nick Jr.... I loved to call my grandfather and talk with him as we watched the show, or right after to talk about the contestants.

When I actually gave birth to my second daughter, we went in the hospital around 6am...watched the morning news show, and then whatever..The Price is Right...and as soon as that was over, we were in business... it was almost as if the announcer said "Come on Down!" and Lyanna did. We all think it's hilarious here...

The other thing that happened during that time was something I saw on one particular show. I don't know if anyone else happened to see it, or comment about it....but I thought I would pee my pants while watching it. *I was pregnant*

As usual a group of college kids was there. One of the guys was called down to the front. Every time he was asked to bid on an item he would give the same amount:
$420.

FOUR TWENTY!!! His friends were dying in their seats each time, laughing their assess off, the rest of the audience had no clue what was going on, and Bob definitely didn't. Knowing that the audience was totally clueless was funny enough...I kept wondering why no one took the kid off the air...but I guess no one at the show knew what was going on either...which made it even more funny..I sort of felt sorry for Bob, because it was kind of sad to see him being duped that way..... It was hilarious, I just wish the guy would have actually wond something and gotten on stage...that would have been GREAT!

"Gotta go with four twenty Bob..." "Bob, I gotta say four twenty..." "Sticking with four twenty this time Bob..."

That had to be, hands down, one of the funniest days of that show for me.

If you don't know about 4:20 here is the Wikipedia definition and a linky poo:

4:20 (cannabis culture)

4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is a term used in North America as a discreet way to refer to the consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis culture. Phrases such as "420 friendly" sometimes appear in roommate advertisements, indicating that the current occupants are tolerant of cannabis users. [2]

And the Beat Goes On....

My husband found this video on one of his old high school classmate's blog. I had to share it with ya'll. I laughed so hard I gave myself a stomach ache. I hope you think it's as funny as I did.

Enjoy!


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Flashback Friday: For Your Amusement: 1983

Alrighty, I missed Friday, so you get something from the vault today. It was a wierd couple of days around here for me....

This is a delightful little story I wrote (I'm guessing here) in 1983. I was 13 years old and in the 8th grade. I'm guessing it was around Halloween. I will add more comments after the story because I don't want to give anything away. *said while laughing my ass off and hubby says..what is so funny.....* and oh yeah, I will not correct any grammar or usage errors.

I wish I could show you the picture I drew to go with it.....Oooo wait I'll take a picture and put it on here. (it was written in red marker so I had to put it in red here as well)

Never go into the Cemetery

Right at midnight the two boys crept into the cemetery. Neither one of them noticed the open grave or the dark figure hiding in the shadows.
As the boys silently and un-suspecting tiptoe around the graveyard, the dark figure half chuckles to itself. One of the boys jumped,
"Did you say something?" he asked.
"No," said the other, "you're just imagining things."
Suddenly the boys are falling into a grave, just as they fall the dark figure leaps in after them..

The next day the caretaker notices one of the graves had been dug up. He quickly called the police and they investigated. Soon they come upon the two bodies of the boys. They called the local doctor, Dr. Wilson, to see if he can figure out what happened.
In his mansion, later that night, the doctor discovers two small puncture marks in the neck of each boy, also they had suffered a severe blood loss.
Quickly the doctor runs to a case full of books, and picks a book titled "Vampires". He soon realized his hunch was correct.
He then set about to warn the people of San Gordon about the blood thirsty monster.
He went and told his wife Ethel, but she just said his work was getting to him. When his wife wouldn't believe him the doctor decided to take things into his own hands.....

That night somewhere else in town a youngman was walking home from a party. Suddenly a lady appeared before him all dressed in black.
"Good evening," said the lady in a whispery voice.
"Hello," said the youngman, and he continued on.
Everyonce in awhile he would look behind him and there would be the same woman following him.
Now came the part of walking home he hated, going past the cemetery. But tonight a strange force was calling him into the cemetery, Maybe I'll go rest on one of the tombstones for awhile he thought to himself....

It just so happened at this time the doctor strolled past the cemetery and heard someone screaming. He rushed to the youngman's rescue just in time to see a dark figure slip away into the night....

That next moring the doctor brought the youngman in to talk to. He explained to the man that he thought the lady that had followed him was a vampiress and would the youngman help him catch her. Of course the yougman was more than happy to help....

That night the two hid in some bushes in the cemetery. About midnight they started hearing strange noises. After that night no one ever heard of the two men again.
It didn't take long for Ethel to figure out that what her husband had said was true, so she read up on vampires, and went into the graveyard with a shovel, mirror, stake, and hammer.....

When she got there she started digging the grave where the bodies of the boys had been found, and sure enough when she opened the casket there lay the woman all dressed in black.
The woman gave no reflection in the mirror, so Ethel quickly hammered the stake deep into the heart of the vampiress
Now there was peace in San Gordon, well at least for a while......

I hope you enjoyed my little horror tale. Some observations:

When I wrote this I was already deep in my fascination with vampires. I love vampire movies, books, legends. I'll have to remember to talk about that more..I really like the fact that my villain was a female instead of a male.

My sense of humor.....it is a little strange. Ethel as my comic relief is hilarious to me now. I guess I knew I had to have something to ease the suspense/horror of my story..thus Ethel.

So..tell me what you think.