P.80 Checking in...in English: it is harder than you think

Amazingly we all understood each other despite ENGLISH.

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

79A John at High School Graduation

John was not at the reunion, but we are putting his picture up anyway. Jacquie and Julia are talking to him with their backs to the camera.

Any other Graduates? Send Pictures. Got college pictures? I will post them.

--Can atheists get life insurance for acts of God?

P.79 Dwaine & Jessie

We think them for family history and auctions.

Challenge. Answer in the comments. Put in order of oldest to youngest: Lonzo, George, Allie, Earl, Alta Mae. The winning post (first correct post) will be declared the best dancer of all the desendants of Lesley Sutton for that day.

PS. Our friend Jessie should refrain for a couple of days. Give us a chance.

Some basic English oddities:
* A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
* When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
* I did not object to the object.
* The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
* There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row .
* They were too close to the door to close it.
* The buck does funny things when the does are present.
* A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

P.77 Alice

Challenge: Put from oldest to youngest: George, Allie Marie, Earl
Enter your answer in the comments section. The first correct answer will be declared the smartest person in the family for that day.

I am addicted to plecebos. I'd give them up, but it wouldn't make any difference.
Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.
I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.

P.118 Blue and white... that's my type

*Gravity gets me down
* I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
* Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

P.78 Wilda's observation

---->Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.

P.76 We were blessed with good auction help.

My wife recently came home from the reunion with an escalator. She'll buy anything marked down!

Pet Store sign: "Buy one, get one flea."