April 18

It’s very overcast here today. That makes us sleepy and lazy.  And it rained.  It hardly ever does that here.  So we ran (okay, we walked slowly) outside to collect some drops for our glass/water experiment.  By the time we got out there, it had stopped.  Oh well, we walked slowly back inside to guffaw over the following;

1. It’s very handy if you also want chips. Someone came up with the idea to put pot in vending machines. At first pass, this seems like a bad thought.  After we let it sink in and moved over all the things that could go wrong – we rather like the idea.  We like it as much as we like the vending machines that make fresh bread and cupcakes.  Our liking of it has nothing to do with the fact that we’re considering buying vending machines . . . right next to the pot machines.

2. Our dogs would not be good at this. Initially, we enjoyed the story about the dog in New Jersey being summoned for jury duty, but when we looked for more info we just got

He looks very trustworthy

confused. How in the hell did the dog’s name even get into the County Judiciary coordinator’s computer system to be added to the pool? Everyone in authority seems to be explaining it came from his dog license. Or possibly the newspapers didn’t get the facts right. You know, that’s a pet peeve of the Sisters. They always leave us with more questions than answers. Regardless of what the real details are, we thought having dogs on juries might not be a horrible plan. Everyone says that dogs have good instincts when it comes to people. Maybe other dogs but ours. Winnie the Wonder Mutt and Rocket O’Reilly think absolutely

We’d consider going this way instead. Is this legit?

everyone is fabulous, thus all criminals are innocent. Roscoe says, “fry ’em!” So maybe not such a good idea.

3.  No chickens. Our state lawmakers have decided that chickens on single family property are still a no-go. This is very bad for the Sister’s plans. We have our coop all selected and everything. We want a chicken or seven.  This legal approval was going to be the piece de resistance of our

So where do you pile the good cards?

argument for yard poultry with our husbands.  Who are they to tell us no when the state says YES!  Vote Yes for Chickens 2014.

4. No, we’re not counting cards. An Atlantic City casino is suing a gambler for 9.6 million dollars because they say he was cheating by sorting and arranging the cards into “good” piles during baccarat. We’re going to be the first to admit that we don’t understand baccarat. That seems like a very complicated game that rich people play in Monte Carlo. It’s true that we’re a little iffy about a lot of the games in casinos. Honestly,

Now this one we get

we’re not even 100% clear on the rules of Go Fish, so baccarat is a lost cause, but we’re pretty sure that the rules on ANY card game don’t allow you sort the “good” cards into piles. If that was the case, gambling would be a hell of a lot easier than it is. We like the cards with queens and diamonds on them. How much does that win us?

5. LAFNRVN. Lots of pet peeves here today.  We pulled up behind a car sporting the following license plate LAFNRVN.  We kicked around quite a few ideas of what it meant.  Laugh ‘N’ Run.  We decided the V was a stand in for a U.  Folks get real creative when the plate they want is taken.  La Fun RV’n.  Maybe they were French.  We had a co-worker with us.  She only puts up with the Sisters for so long before she calls us idiots and takes action.  Rolling down the window, she verifies with the car owner that it means Laughing Raven.  We liked the RV plate better.