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 Hotel Quality Indicatorsby Tex Norman(13) When you stay in a lot of hotels you can get a feel for when the hotel is high priced and nice, or low rent crummy. One of the ways I use to figure out the quality of my hotel is by examining the television remote control device. The Dump Hotel Room If you stay in a dump you will notice that the TV remote is bolted to the bedside table. The Medium Quality Hotel Room On the remote is a note taped to the device that says: This Remote Will Not Work On Your Home TV. The Classy Hotel Room The remote works just the way it does at home. There are other ways to figure out if your hotel is a good one or one you will remember in nightmares for the rest of your... (continue reading) |
Oh Rats! by Frankie Lassut People seem to have this hatred for rats. It's a special hatred though, probably due to the fact that the last time they were here, they died in the great plague. It can also be belived that Hameln, in germany...you know it as Hamelin, was a bit of a shithole too, at the time of the Pied Piper, which is why there were so many rats. iI is also written that the Pied Piper was also a kiddie fiddler and murderer, and they found the bodies in the woods after he killed them; probably disgruntled by the council officials not wanting to pay him (nothing new there then). So, and as an early conclusion, rats are there because humans make it dirty enough for them to thrive on our waste? But, human... (continue reading) |
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| Rules by Tex Norman(13) The Glass Cleaning Rule: The smudge is on the other side. The Toast Dropping Rule: It falls butter-side-down. Always. The Meatball Dropping Rule: The rug will be egg-shell white. The Grocery Store Line Rule: (continue reading) |
Thumbing Through a Book by Tex Norman(13) I wrote, I was thumbing through a book, and then paused to consider the phrase. Id just used a clich, a tired old phrase used by billions of lazy talkers and writers, a descriptive phrase that was, once, when Adam and Eve were teenagers, an original phrase, not a clich but a unique and effective use of words. It becomes a clich because it is so apt, pertinent, effect, and understood. Well, I suppose it was not a clich or even accurate back in the days when all books were on scrolls, but as soon as the codex was invented, especially the pocket book codex, this thumbing through a book phrase, was very accurately and uniquely... (continue reading) |
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