54. Itching and Scratching
Nasruddin and his wife lived in a small house and shared a small bed; they had just a single pillow.
One night Nasruddin’s head itched so badly that the itchy feeling woke him up. He scratched and scratched, but it didn’t do any good. “What an itch!” he thought to himself.
Then his wife yelled, “Stop scratching my head! I’m trying to sleep.”
“My apologies, dearest,” said Nasruddin. “Go back to sleep.”
Nasruddin then felt around until he found his own head.
“Ah,” he said to himself, happily scratching the itch. “That explains it. I was scratching the wrong head.”
This Tale is from “Tiny Tales of Nasruddin” by Laura Gibbs. The book is licensed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. © 2019-2022 Laura Gibbs.
This is probably obvious to most of you but there doesn’t need to be any advertising to sell what people actually want. I have for many years attempted to ignore all advertising. Removing Amazon from consideration when looking for something I want to buy has also been a step that I took along those same lines. There is a reason for Amazon to always be at the top of the search list – Advertising! Advertising has became more important to the economy than anything it advertises.
Hillary has come forth with a clarification concerning the ‘deplorables’ slur she made in 2016. She is now stating that ‘Some of those folks, they are irredeemable.’ So I will now proudly assume the mantle of a ‘irredeemable deplorable’ if that will make her feel superior. I just hope she doesn’t end up in a position of power within the Harris administration where she can implement this: “There needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members,” Hillary Clinton told CNN in 2023.
Yesterday was my last trip to Reserve this camping season. I will drive through there when I leave but will not stop for breakfast. I tried to have breakfast at Smokey’s again but this time although they were open there was no cook so I went across the street to Ella’s again. I’m not so sure that Smokey’s is going to be in business when I return.
Filled Desperado’s gas tank on my way out of town; used not quite 40 gallons of gas since 28 June when I filled up last. Then before getting back into my space at the Park I filled Desperado’s propane tank. That much of my preparations for leaving have been completed.
‘irredeemable deplorable’ would look great on a t-shirt and on the back of that shirt, Hillary’s face with a noose around it. I think you need to add a category to your sidebar called “Diners”. Then fill it up with all your stories of problems you have written about over the years. They are quite amazing and shows just what the economy is like in very very small western towns.
The ‘irredeemable deplorable’ on the back of of a T is probably already available. If not I should copyright it.
The “Diners” idea is a possible but certainly not now. I don’t have the internet connection to take on any more projects that require a good connection.