Did You Ever Wonder Why...

[Jane]

The people that build cars put turn signals in that no one ever uses.

[flo]

don't know how he was with pies, but my Grandpa Johnson wouldn't eat a cake that hadn't fallen.  Said otherwise they were too dry. And I agree with Jo, who cares what they look like, sometimes the best tasting pies are the ones that the crust falls apart and the juice runs over the edges.  Oh Oh, this reminds me of something.  Years ago daughter Kelly (then a teenager) asked her dad to throw her a piece of pie from the cabinet.  He threw (yes literally) her the whole pie.  Cherry,...  she ducked, and guess who cleaned cherry pie off the walls, the table, the chairs, the floor - UGH  - My sister in law said it should have been one of her pies, then the crust would have held together )

[kdfrawg]

Maybe you would have been better off with a pie made by my first wife.

It would have then bounced all over the kitchen like a super-ball but absolutely none of the filling would have come out.

[flo]

  was your first wife my sister in law? 

[kdfrawg]

I doubt it, but anything is possible with somebody who can make a pie-crust that is pretty mich only good for tire-patches. Was your sister-in-law named Linda?

[flo]

Did you ever wonder why for 5 days straight, day and night, fireworks, fireworks, fireworks, then come July 4th and not one popping sound. 

[MarineMom]

could it be because their parents have the day off from work so the kids aren't running wild today?
or maybe they all stayed up late for last nights fireworks and are still sleeping, or they all used them up and ran out to soon and now they cannot buy anymore until next year

[Wilma]

I hope they are used up.  I know I am old because I jump every time a loud one pops.  Sometimes they seem to be just outside my door.

I shouldn't complain because I shot off my share when I was growing up, but we had to buy them with the money we earned throwing papers so we were more careful with them.

[emptynest]

I didn't get to grow up with fireworks......parents didn't have enough money for them times 7 and we were lucky if we even got sparklers.  So I became somewhat in-experienced and very fearful of them.  My own children were shielded from them for awhile, then we bought some, but would not let them light them or do anything with without our supervision.  As they got a little older that changed a little, but we didn't dole out $$$ for them.  But I still don't enjoy the big booms, but only the beautiful ones that someone does.  And my big black lab is terrified of them---to the point that she almost needs medicated........

[Marty Hunter]

Sorry Wilma, they probably are almost outside your door this year.  Clay has lots of stuff to shoot off that he's been making dents in.  He spent the last several years SELLING fireworks in Lousiana and then storing what he got for "next year".  This year he stayed home to help with the farm and it's rained so much he didn't get any work yet at all ~ so he's shooting fireworks instead.  He has a lot that will go off tonight, but I'm hoping that most are in the "Ohh ... Ahh ... " category instead of the "BOOM BOOM BOOM" kind.

Emptynest, I feel sorry for your dog ~ ours has always been like that too, but for some reason this year she's decided those things are trying to get her "boy" and so she tries to go out and bite them.  We have to keep her locked in the house for fear she'll get hurt trying to protect us.  Sure would be helpful if you could "explain" things to animals sometimes.

Joanna ~ I forgot to log Marty out and sign me in... again...