Rain! Lots of it. This morning I walked in the rain to get the paper for the third day in a row, though it has subsided by this afternoon. I feel like one of those little dinosaur sponges, all nice and squishy, now.
Seems the perfect time to expose a few more of the less-critical 911 calls received by the Nevada County authorities recently. This morning they were heavily weighted in the tree-fell-on-my-house-or-car category, but before that:
"8:29 p.m.--A caller from a business on Nevada City Highway reported an incident last week involving French fries." [oh, the humanity!]
"5:18 p.m.--A man from the 300 block of Bennett Street reported his son was yelling and throwing things. He then went to the liquor store." [we know it only got better after that...]
"9:07 p.m.--A caller from a business in the 100 block of West Main Street reported a man jumped over the bar and assaulted the caller. At 10:32 p.m., a man who wanted to remain anonymous reported a bartender assaulted him because he was attempting to play the banjo. He said he fought back and some of the bartender's friends assaulted him. He said he thought the bartender was on drugs." [just another case of BIV-"banjo-induced violence"...]
"10:30 p.m.--A caller from Rough and Ready Highway reported a woman running from a man who was described as wearing a black tank top with a Harley emblem on the back and brown, shoulder-length hair possibly styled in a mullet." [Seriously, "wear a mullet, go to jail..."]
"6:25 p.m.--A caller from the 700 block of Lindley Avenue reported her boyfriend was hurting her feelings." [perhaps he had accused her of over-reacting to stuff...]
"3:33 p.m.--A caller from the 14000 of Osborne Hill Road reported a burglary to a home that occurred in October, 2008." ["and who's that black guy living in the White House?"]
"9:41 a.m.--A caller from the 100 block of Argall Way was threatened by a parent who didn't like the color the caller had painted on a daughter's toenails." [in times like these, we can't be forgetting to sweat the small stuff...]
"8:30 a.m.--A caller from the 600 block of Freeman Land reported a blue and white cooler sitting in a planter. The caller was concerned it might be a bomb. The cooler was found not to be a bomb." [no kidding.]
"1:20--A man who would not give his name or address wanted information on how to remove Taser barbs. His 23-year-old son had shot himself with a personal Taser because he wanted to know what it felt like. He was advised to have the barbs removed at the emergency room." ["oh, and do you have any information about where I can buy some common sense..."]
"5:57 p.m.--A person reported noise pollution in the Brunswick Road area. The person advised that the Blue Tooth in the air is causing resonating noise." [sorry, we can't get to that until after we've rounded up all the aliens that are wreaking havoc with the mail service."]
"11:03 a.m.--A woman from the 400 block of Butler Street reported the tires on her husband's vehicle were slashed, the vehicle was egged and the turtles were turned over in the yard and the bathroom." [where to begin with this one? REAL turtles? In the yard AND in the bathroom? Before or after they slashed the tires?]
Now, because you've been so patient to get all the way to the bottom, here is your reward--a few of my fave websites of late:
Priceless baby video--
http://www.huliq.com/1/baby-dancing-beyonce-youtube
Unbelievable!
http://www.toothpickcity.com/
It's all about fun!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3542257/piano_stairs_rolighetsteorin_se_the_fun_theory/
That's all for now, folks!
