Cal.E.’s Corner; Day Sixteen on Planet Earth
C.: At least Mom and Dad put me into a kennel with nice accommodations for my rehabilitation. There is a T.V. and a cell phone in my cubicle. I wonder what is on the “boob tube.” Oh, yes, my favorite soap opera is on. It is called “The Cat’s Meow.” Well, this is boring. I think I will use my cell phone and call my friend d.c. scot. “”d.c., how is it going?”
d.: Okay, I guess, Cal.E. what are you doing?
C.: I am watching my favorite soap opera “The Cat’s Meow.”
d.: I watched that when I was only working with animals. I haven’t had time to watch it in the last twenty years, though. What is going on now?
C.: It’s later that same day… All of the cats have awakened from their naps. Now they’re all stretching and stretching and…more stretching. This really IS boring. Tell me about your day, d.c. PLEASE. I need something more interesting than this show to distract me from my plight of being stuck in rehab for who knows how long!
d.: Okay, Cal.E. I will since you asked. I worked on one of my off days yesterday to help out on the human side of The Kennel. It was NOT fun. I worked with two other nurses. One was using a walker to ambulate and the other one used a scooter! When we went on emergency calls, I was the only one capable of picking anyone up if s/he was injured. Of course, the nurse on the scooter was the first one there, but she could not pick any patients up, since it is necessary to use one’s legs to do this properly. I was so exhausted when I got home that all I wanted to do was take a shower and go to bed. I was just waking up when you called.
C.: Well, you probably need to get ready for the day then, d.c. I will just read for a while. TTYL.
d.: Okay, Cal.E. I will talk to you later.
C.: Here are some more interesting quotes from “Murphy was an Optimist.”
Never judge a man till you have walked a mile in his shoes, 'cuz by then, he's a mile away, you've got his shoes, and you can say whatever the hell you want to.
Newberry's Observation: The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle.
Nolan's Observation: The difference between smart people and dumb people isn't that smart people don't make mistakes. They just don't keep making the same mistake over and over again.
Nolan's Placebo: An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.
Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.
Nothing is impossible for anyone impervious to reason
Parker's Law: Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
Paulsen's Rule: Enter a purported contest and be on the sponsor's sucker list for life.
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