A helpful party tip
I'm sure my sister-in-law meant well. One of the celebrations for my wife Sue's 50th birthday was a small family gathering at my mother-in-law's place. And Sue's sister had gone all out - a basket full of brightly wrapped gifts. Sue opened one at random: there was a dollar bill in it.
Right there, the other shoe dropped - there were 50 baskets.
Well, after the initial laughter, what are you left with? Forty-nine boxes to open and no more surprise. The joke wears off pretty quickly, even if the gratitude remains.
Right there, the other shoe dropped - there were 50 baskets.
Well, after the initial laughter, what are you left with? Forty-nine boxes to open and no more surprise. The joke wears off pretty quickly, even if the gratitude remains.
posted by Michael Riley at 2:01 PM
10 Comments:
At least it wasn't her 100th birthday! 99 gifts with one dollar bill...open one up..98 gifts with one dollar bill...lalalalalala
I bet if your wife was no longer alive you would give your right arm to watch her open 50 gifts with one dollar in each of them. Was it way too hard for you to just sit back and relax and let your wife have the limelight? Maybe YOU thought it was boring and got "old" fast, but the LOVE given to your wife was anything but. She is one lucky lady to have a sister who loves her. Silly goes a long way Mr. Riley. That is what is wrong with alot of adults. They have lost the child-like quality that makes life fun. SUE
Maybe you could apply the $50 towards your property tax bill. Oh wait, you don't pay those taxes. Nevermind. On second thought, maybe Popeye's Chicken is having a sale.
Mr Riley at the end of anon# 2 is marked SUE..is that your wife writing in as anonymous?
Wow. Someone is really really disturbed by the fact that you rent. I think this is the third comment to that affect by someone here.
I am right, that anon is a riley.
That Anon was not me and I'm pretty sure it wasn't any other Riley either. I am lucky to be loved and appreciated by my family though. My family traveled to come see me and I don't even want to think about how long it took my sister to wrap all those presents. It doesn't bother me that Mike didn't find it very funny, it wasn't for him.
why do you even waste your time with this loser?
Voter turn-out for yesterday's election was estimated to be about 26%.
Here's a few solutions for the problem of low voter turn-out: (1) Move Election Day to a Sunday when most folks are not working; (2) Permit voting via the Internet (If I trust Amazon.com enough to hand over my credit card information on their web site, then surely we can develop sufficient anti-fraud measures that would make voting via the Internet a feasible option) and; (3) Allow the electorate the very real option of casting a ballot for "NONE OF THE ABOVE."
When I say that voters should have a real option to vote "none of the above," I mean there should be an actual button that I can push or an actual lever that I can pull that says that I disapprove of all of the candidates running. If the "none of the above" option should happen to win an election, then there would be a run-off election in three weeks in which "none" of the candidates that lost the first election would be permitted to appear on the run-off ballot. And what if by chance the "none of the above" option should win the run-off election? In that case we would keep voting until we found some candidate that the electorate tolerates.
Oh, and while I am rambling, here is another proposed solution that I have for the problem of low voter turn-out: (4) GIVE VOTERS A WILDCARD VOTE.
Here's how the wildcard voting scheme works: In addition to casting a ballot for all of the current offices and/or questions that are normally presented to a voter, the voter would get a single wildcard vote that he could use in any election. If the voter really liked a particular candidate in his own district/state, he could use his wildcard vote to vote for that candidate twice. If, however, the voter wanted to vote in an election where he was not a resident, he could use his single wildcard vote to cast a ballot in that particular election as well. (e.g., a voter in Texas could cast his wildcard ballot for whomever is running against Ted Kennedy, a US Senator from MA)
The Wildcard Option might require some tinkering with the Constitution, but I think it's worth it. Voting should be at least as much fun as is watching the NBA Draft or American Idol.
One more proposal: (5) Outlaw political contributions to campaigns, including contributing to one's own campaign. People don't willfully hand over their hard-earned money unless they expect something in return. It's that "something in return" part that corrupts the whole process and which has left us in the mess we are currently in. Let the taxpayers fund each and every political party and/or candidate with the same amount of cash and then let the games begin. If we did that, we would be hearing from voices that are otherwise never heard from. And that would be a good thing. I have to believe that all too many people that are sitting on the couch on Election Day feel that no one adequately speaks for them.
If these proposals fail to draw a sufficient number of voters to the polls, then we should consider doing what the churches do now: (6)offer free food and (7) free daycare for a few hours.
God bless America! Any thoughts?
My, my. It seems some folks are more interested in who wrote what as opposed to what was written. I am SUE (yes, more than one person has that name). Mr. Riley's blog is an "opinion" blog. He gave his about the 50 gifts. I gave mine. I was hoping he would see my point of view, or at least consider it. I miss several of my family members who have passed away and I was hoping to convey that we must enjoy everything while we can while our loved ones are still here with us. Whether silly or not. That is all.
To Mrs. Riley, I apologize for causing confusion by putting my (very common) name at the end of my comment. I must commend you though, for enjoying your gifts in spite of your hubby's opinion. Love is all that matters. You and I both KNOW that! You go girl!
We are all entitled to our opinions. Afterall, we are "Only Human". SUE
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