229 - Long Weekend Comes to a Close

Well, after a nice, 4 day weekend, it's time to go back to work on Monday.

Wednesday night, my friend Dave, TJ and I went to see Transformers. Personally, I liked it a lot. It was better than the reviews I saw, though the director tried a bit too much for laughs early on.

Thursday, I went and had a wonderful lunch with my brother at a place we both like (it rained), and we had a great time.

Friday, I spent with my wife and daughter looking for a new dining room table for her. After searching from 10am through 8pm, she ended up having one custom built to her specs, and it's going to be gorgeous, but she has to wait 8 weeks for it to be made and delivered (it's being made in Canada).

Saturday, we had a cook-out here at our house with all the family, and it was a nice day out. Clouds and sunshine, and around 75 degrees out.

But Sunday... well, it was 100% Sunshine, blue skies and nice. My wife and I went to a car show in Bethlehem CT and had a wonderful time. There, I saw something I hadn't seen before.

Back up to when I was 17, I bought a 1968 Dodge Coronet R/T from a guy in town. It was my first "muscle car", and I loved it. For some odd reason, the guy who sold it to me, bought it back to me about a year and a half later (he had another one in his garage too). I've never, ever seen another one. Ever. Until Sunday.

 

At left, is a 1968 Dodge Coronet R/T that arrived at the show, much to my surprise. Mine was midnight blue with white stripes around the back. (click on the picture to 'embiggen')

I talked to the owner, and I reminisced about mine, and it brought back memories.

 

 

Now, also at this show was my friend Robert's yellow 2009 Camaro SS. It's a gorgeous car, and I couldn't believe the size of the wheels (20"). Oh, and he's replacing them with 21" ones!

All in all, a perfect ending to a nice, long weekend.

 

And now, for some funnies:

Hollywood Squares: 
These great questions and answers are from the days when ' Hollywood Squares' game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter Marshall  was the host asking the questions, of course.. 

Q.  Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?
A. Paul Lynde (About fifteen minutes later):  Loneliness!
And the audience laughed for another 10 to 15 minutes.

Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be? 
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it. 

Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a 
man or a woman? 
A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake. 

Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married? 
A. Rose Marie: No wait until morning. 

Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older? 
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency. 

Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'?
A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty. 

Q. What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'?
A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment. 

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking? 
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget.

Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily. 

Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year? 
A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries. 

Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy. 

Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures. 

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom. 

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? 
A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out. 

Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark? 

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to? 
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark. 

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it? 
A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do? 
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth. 

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex? 
A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him... 

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions..What are they? 
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh

Have a great Monday all!