Archive for April 12th, 2012

Tanks for the memories.

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

I was not a big fan of the M1A1 when it was introduced. In retrospect, I was wrong.

How was I to know she was with the Russians too?

Can’t talk about tanks without talking about the Sherman.

So what brings on the tank binge? I don’t usually read this comic, but Popehat pointed to today’s “The Oatmeal”, which I thought was dead on target. Read all the way to the end for the punchline.

Edited to add: Come to think of it, why don’t I read “The Oatmeal”? Fixed.

Inside jokes explained.

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Several years ago, my aunt and uncle came from Ohio to visit us.

Of course, we wanted to show them a good time while they were visiting. The weekend they were here, Fall Creek Vineyards (whose products I wholeheartedly endorse) was having their annual “grape stomp”.

Now, the grape stomp is a family event, so of course they want to have something for the kids. That year, they happened to have a petting zoo.

While we were there, a non-child (I’d estimate his age at mid-20s to early 30s) picked up a little piglet that was running around the petting zoo.

Bad idea. You could hear the piglet screaming for miles around. Ear-piercing screams. And worse yet, the gentleman in question seemed totally oblivious to the fact that this little piggy was squealing at a decibel level only matched by AC/DC concerts.

I sidled over to my aunt and said, under my breath, “Put. The. Pig. Down. And nobody gets hurt.”

From that point forward, “Put. The. Pig. Down.” has become a family code phrase for “Somebody needs to stop what they’re doing now“.

Why do I bring this up?

Clad in a pink jacket and khakis, Young also carried a lamb around for ten minutes of his sermon. “Let’s give it up for the lamb and the lion!” Ed Young said over the bleats of the increasingly agitated lamb.

Put. The. Lamb. Down. Ed.