MY BROTHER JOE

Sherlock Holmes was very smart, and he had a brother named Mycroft who was much smarter. I like to think that I am IQ smart, and my brother Joe is much smarter.

Joe is a retired school teacher in Bucyrus, Ohio. He is also an expert horse trainer, sports-lover, sometimes farmer, free-thinker and puzzle solver with the nom de plume, "Ishmael." He has a large, good-looking family that loves him.

As an Easterner, I am astounded by the shenanigans of Ohio politicians.  Apparently, Joe is too.

From time to time, Joe sends me documents that reflect his humorous views on interesting events taking place in Ohio, other States, and around the world.

In my hand I have such a document and I have Joe's permission to share with you some of his musings.

01. The High Price of Gasoline

"I think that I have finally figured out why the cost of gasoline is so damned high.

The product has to be transported from a distributor via truck, and the price of gas is so damned high because it costs a lot to fill up the trucks!

And why does it cost so much to fill the trucks?

Why, because the price of gas is so damned high!"

02.  Unemployment

"Which reminds me of the state starting an unemployment office in a small rural community.

The community was so small it had only one unemployed guy, Chester, who was hired to run the office.

As soon as Chester started, the state decided to close the office because there were no more unemployed people.

State officials then noticed that there now was one unemployed guy, Chester, so it hired him to run the agency ... ad nauseum." 

03.  Justice

"A schoolgirl in Dayton moved to a different seat on the school bus when she noticed a girl and boy having sex nearby!

Of course she duly reported the incident to school authorities who immediately administered punishment.

Yes, they punished the girl who made the report because she changed her seat!"

04.  Sports Injuries

"When I played (sports) we wore relatively soft leather helmets and I can only recall one time when a teammate (Buck) sustained a concussion.

... When he got hurt, our town doctor was summoned.

He looked Buck in the eye while holding up 2 fingers, asking Buck how many Buck saw.

Buck said, '4?'

Doc said, 'that's close enough, put him back in.' (True story)"

05.  Fire!

"You have heard about the little town of Centralia, PA?  Most of the town has been evacuated because of the noxious fumes of a coal mine fire that has been smoldering since 1962 and has enough fuel to keep on for a long time.  Lehigh, PA had a similar situation, with the fire burning 80 years."

Joe writes that it rains a lot where he lives (Liquid Sunshine), and signs his document thusly:

"That's all from this wet little corner of the world."

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Go, and laugh some more.