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Shovel Ready

The Sicilian Storyteller

This is a great post by our friend, Bluebird of Bitterness.
Be sure to check out some of the other funnies on Blue’s site!

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An old man lived alone in the country. He wanted to dig up his garden and plant vegetables, but the ground was too hard. He sat down and wrote a letter to his son, who was in the state penitentiary. 

Dear Fred,

It looks like I won’t be able to plant my garden this year. I’m too old to be digging up a garden plot. If only you were here, I know you’d dig the plot for me and all my troubles would be over. 

Love,
Dad

A few days later he received a letter from his son.

Dear Dad,

Whatever you do, don’t dig up that garden — that’s where I buried the bodies!

Love,
Fred

Early the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left.

The following day the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Dad,

Go ahead and plant your garden now. That was the best I could do under the circumstances.

Love,
Fred

Shovel ready

Speaking of plants, this is a photo of one I picked up several weeks ago; it’s a type of philodendron called “Prince of Orange”:

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And this is what it looks like now after a few weeks of water and sun; I just repotted into a larger pot; now I’m going to stand back and watch what happens. I’ve been thinking I should name it Audrey III!

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It looks a bit prehistoric, doesn’t it? All that new reddish growth will unfurl into giant-sized leaves; if you look closely you can see some are already beginning to unfurl. This is one of the largest plants I have. Stay tuned for Audrey III’s growth over the next few weeks.

See you next time!

NAR©2024

From Little Shop Of Horrors, this is “Feed Me”, sung by Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops.

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  15. That was ingenious! It reminded of the short stories by my friend Bruce at ‘Weave a Web’.

    Oh, I was reflecting on the first line thinking of how much I would Iike to toss out all modern technology and just be an old man tending to his vegetable garden, living alone in the country. ‘Serenity Now’!

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